In the Beiming Fanyang secret realm, there are about tens of thousands of Jiaolong people - much more than Long Long originally estimated.

It is very difficult to take care of the eating, drinking, defecating and urinating of tens of thousands of people.

However, Beiming Fanyang has been leaderless for many years, so everyone has adapted to this long-term state of anarchy. Every household prioritizes "taking care of their own business" and does not need too many management functions.

On the other hand, this lax state has also seriously affected the development of Beiming Fanyang.

For example, on the issue of "whether to communicate with the outside world", from beginning to end, only Elder Longyuan and Elder Longqi (the middle-aged monk led by the radical faction) argued endlessly, and the rest of the Jiaolong monks did not care about it at all.

It can be seen from this that Beiming Fanyang not only lacks leadership, but also does not even have a collective consensus on "how to develop next."

To unite Beiming Fanyang, the first thing we have to deal with is the fragmented human hearts.

As the daughter of Emperor Yinglong, Longhu has natural political prestige in this regard;

If her own cultivation realm could reach the level of an ancestor, then her ruling position would be even more unshakable... After all, the cultivation level of the Transformation Realm is still a bit low, so she needs to win over the elders of the Cave Origin Realm to ensure that subsequent governance and reforms can proceed smoothly.

"There are three factions here." Long Long began to teach the Dragon Fox Emperor the mind, "Elder Longyuan's pro-foreign faction, Elder Longqi's xenophobic faction, and the neutral faction that has no inclination at all."

"Uh." Longhu tried to do his own reading comprehension. "Support the pro-foreign faction, win over the neutral faction, and crack down on the xenophobic faction, right?"

"Yes, but not entirely." Long Long said mysteriously, "What do you think are the characteristics of Beiming Fanyang's pro-foreign faction?"

"Few people?" Longhu guessed.

"There are indeed few people." Long Long said, "Generally speaking, the number of people willing to participate in politics is proportional to the population base."

"Among the Jiaolong clan, there are several hundred cultivators above the Transformation Realm, and more than twenty of them are interested in the future of Beiming Fanyang. This proportion is actually not small."

Long Hu knew that he was talking about the xenophobic faction, so he pondered for a moment and said:

"So, even among the huge number of neutral factions, there aren't many truly pro-foreign factions...right?"

"That's right." Long Long said, "Neutral people are not strictly non-partisan, but because the current pro-foreign and xenophobic factions do not have any appeal to them."

"However, if you really have to choose sides, there will definitely be more people who choose xenophobia than those who choose pro-foreignism. And Beiming Fanyang obviously can't continue to be closed, so what you have to do next is to make sure that the pro-foreign faction falls, but also not let the two factions have a very serious conflict - as long as the internal fighting continues, it will inevitably shake your ruling foundation."

The dragon fox fell into deep thought.

"I need to win over my allies," she concluded slowly, "and strike my enemies. But I can't strike them too hard, or they will take risks and engage in fierce confrontation with me."

"That's right." Long Long said approvingly, "For the entire Beiming Fanyang, once a factional infighting occurs, it will inevitably cause serious damage to both sides."

"As a ruler, you need to make precise calculations to determine which conflicts should be avoided as much as possible and which conflicts can be tolerated. The latter is more difficult than the former, because it is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm. It is difficult for a ruler without sufficient wisdom, decisiveness and courage to do so with ease."

"Then how do we distinguish them?" Longhu continued to ponder in confusion, "Try to avoid, and be able to bear, what is the standard for judging these two?"

"This requires your own improvisation." Long Long said, "Generally speaking, it can be divided into the following principles."

"As time goes by, the advantage will be more and more in my hands, so I have to try to avoid conflicts with the other side."

"On the other hand, if the disadvantage is going to get bigger and bigger, then we need to create conflict as quickly as possible and not give the other side time to develop."

"If the conflict itself will cause damage to my core interests, then I must implement a war avoidance strategy and retreat to protect myself;"

"On the contrary, if the conflict harms my marginal interests but damages the other party's core interests, then it is appropriate to provoke a conflict."

"It is beneficial to me in the short term, but it may cause damage in the long term. Such conflicts must be strictly controlled in terms of intensity and scale, and must not be allowed to expand recklessly."

"If it is harmful to me in the short term, but it is really necessary in the long run, I need to simmer it over low heat, keep it at a certain temperature, and constantly test the other party's boundaries and bottom line."

"Yeah." Long Hu listened silently to Long Long's extremely detailed teachings, and suddenly felt an extremely subtle uneasiness in his heart.

She always had a strange feeling, as if Long Long was telling her about his last wishes... Of course, this feeling was completely unfounded. Long Long was a Jiaolong cultivator at the Dongyuan Realm, he was very powerful! How could he suddenly die?

But girls are not reasonable after all. So when Long Long finished telling his experience and asked Long Hu if he understood, Long Hu wrapped his tail around his calves, hugged his arms with both hands, and started to act coquettishly:

"I don't understand! I don't understand what you mean by core interests and marginal interests! Say it again, please say it again~"

So Long Long patiently explained it to Long Hu in detail.

But the more he talked, the more questions the little fox asked, which made Long Long so thirsty that he had to go outside under the pretext of drinking water to reorganize his thoughts.

"What about now?" Just as Long Long was looking at the glacier in the distance from the stands, he heard Kunlun Jing suddenly ask, "Are you still determined to leave without saying goodbye?"

"A Jing, what kind of question are you asking?" Long Long said with a smile, "Otherwise, I can still live in the East Emperor Realm forever and use your illusion to pretend to be with her, right?"

Kunlun Mirror fell silent.

After a while, she spoke with difficulty:

"Actually... it's not impossible."

"The East Emperor Realm is not like the Cultivation Realm. Once you seize the fragments of the Heaven-Repairing Stone, the sects will notice it and may even turn against you... Why do you have to leave Dragon Fox behind? She is so attached to you and needs you... You understand, right?"

"Of course I understand." Long Long sighed deeply and asked calmly, "What about the others?"

"Ah Jing, let me ask you. If after the Sky Repair is over, I am asked to permanently become Long Long and stay in the East Emperor Realm to accompany Long Hu, what will happen to Junior Sister Xu, Senior Sister An, Madam Liuli, and Madam Jiang?"

"Will you continue to use your time travel and illusions to allow me to wander among them in different identities, and continue to conscientiously play the role of their senior brother, junior brother, and husband?"

"I get tired too, okay? I'm already exhausted from playing so many characters now, and you want me to continue playing these roles after I patch up the sky... Are you some kind of devil capitalist who wants people to work for you for life?"

Kunlun Mirror was speechless.

Although she didn't know what "capitalist" was, she instinctively guessed that it was not a good word.

Plus, thinking that he really opened so many small accounts just to help him mend the sky...he felt a little guilty.