After all the palace officials left, Li Mu kept Ji Feibai to talk alone.
"Deputy Palace Master Ji, you have gained sufficient understanding of the current situation of the Ji family over the years. If I ask you to win over the Ji family members, how confident are you?"
Ji Feibai smiled bitterly: "After trillions of years of Ji Hao's brainwashing and rule over the Ji family, to be honest, I don't have much confidence."
"Haha, you can try to use Ji Zhe as a breakthrough point." Li Mu said with a smile.
Ji Gulan, the undercover agent Li Mu planted in the Ji family, is a popular figure around Ji Zhe and is highly valued by Ji Zhe. Therefore, he knows Ji Zhe quite well.
"Ji Zhe?" Ji Feibai was suspicious. "Ji Zhe and I weren't that close before. I'm afraid he won't recognize me now."
"Nothing in the world is absolute. How can we know if we don't try?" Li Mu said with a smile, "But there is no rush. When the critical moment comes, using this trump card may have unexpected effects."
Ji Feibai nodded when he heard this. Although he was still skeptical about whether this matter could succeed, since Li Mu said so, he could only follow the arrangements.
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Time has no impact on a monk who has attained enlightenment. In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of years have passed.
During these tens of thousands of years, although Lingxiao Palace has not recruited as many formal members as before, the overall strength of the old palace members has improved a lot, especially those cultivators who had not achieved enlightenment before due to the lack of enlightenment branches. After Lingxiao Jianmu achieved enlightenment, their cultivation level generally improved by one or two levels.
Over the years, Lingxiao Palace has maintained a first-level combat readiness state and has never relaxed.
In fact, when Li Mu first received the news that the six major forces were mobilizing their troops tens of thousands of years ago, he still had some luck in his heart. After all, when Lingxiao Palace was relatively weak before, the six major forces had ignored it. Even when Lingxiao Palace was expanding in the Qiongzu Universe, the six major forces chose to avoid it and chose to retreat.
However, more and more intelligence later indicated that the six major forces’ target was Lingxiao Palace, and they really intended to declare war on Li Mu.
However, Li Mu still had the same attitude towards this matter as before, that is, when the enemy comes, we will fight back with our soldiers; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. More than 100,000 years ago, when Lingxiao Palace just started to expand in the Qiongzu Universe, he was not afraid of the six major forces. Now, Lingxiao Palace is full of talents and masters, and his own cultivation has reached the 9th level of Hongmeng Immortal Ancestor. Why should he be afraid of the six major forces?
However, the other party has been gathering for so many years without taking action, so Li Mu will naturally not take the initiative to attack. After all, if the war starts one day later, his Lingxiao Palace can develop for one more day and have a better chance of winning.
On this day, Li Mu was discussing the future development direction of Lingxiao Palace with a group of senior officials of Lingxiao Palace. Suddenly, an urgent message from his subordinates appeared in Li Mu's mind: "Palace Master, urgent news came from Yunjiang Region. The front-line soldiers found a small number of enemy warships in the Hongmeng wasteland close to the control area of the six major forces. They are heading towards Yunjiang Region."
"Oh~?" Li Mu raised his eyebrows when he heard that. Are the six major forces finally unable to hold back and want to take action?
Seeing that Li Mu stopped talking, Ji Feibai asked in confusion: "Palace Master, what's wrong?"
"I just received a message that a team from the six major forces is suspected to be preparing to attack the Yunjiang Region controlled by my Lingxiao Palace." Li Mu said lightly.
"What? This bunch of bastards have no moral principles and actually choose to attack our weakest defense area! I am willing to lead hundreds of millions of elite troops from Lingxiao Palace to reinforce them! In this first battle, I will defeat them to a pulp! Defeat the morale of my Lingxiao Palace!" Kunpeng stepped forward and volunteered.
"Old Kun, you don't have enough experience in leading troops, so you should take a rest. For the sake of safety, it is best for me to lead the army in this battle." Chi Feng also stood up, "Palace Master, I am willing to lead the army to destroy the enemy!"
"I am willing..."
"I beg you to allow me to..."
All of a sudden, all the deputy hall masters of Lingxiao volunteered, and even the great marshals had no chance to get a word in.
Li Mu pressed his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then looked at Ji Feibai: "Deputy Palace Master Ji, what do you think?"
Ji Feibai was silent for a moment after hearing this, then frowned and said, "I don't think this is that simple. The reason why Yunjiang Domain is weakly defended is because it is surrounded by the six major forces. Except for Hongsheng Domain, which is under the control of Lingxiao Palace, the other major domains are under the absolute rule of the six major forces. If we rashly send a large force to support it, we may be surrounded by the enemy and be wiped out. If the enemy takes this opportunity to launch a full-scale attack, we will be in a passive position."
Li Mu nodded slightly: "What Vice Palace Master Ji said is exactly what I am worried about. Besides, our military deployment has been arranged through repeated deductions over tens of thousands of years, so it is not advisable to change the strategy easily."
Everyone nodded when they heard this. They were indeed a little impulsive just now and almost let the other party lead them by the nose.
However, everyone's positive mood is understandable. After all, Lingxiao Palace has been preparing for war for tens of thousands of years. Who doesn't want to show their skills at the first opportunity?
"Palace Master, what should we do now? Are we just going to watch Yunjiang Territory fall into the hands of the enemy?" Deputy Palace Master Tuntian said.
"We definitely won't retreat. After all, this is our first battle. If we retreat without fighting, it might hurt morale." Li Mu said calmly.
"Palace Master, how about letting me take a small group of elite troops to check out the situation? By then, even if the other party really has a conspiracy, it won't be a problem to use my previous identity to escape." Su Hong said.
"Forget it, do you still think you were the former young master of Tianri Palace?" Chen Siqi teased.
"At least I still know some people. We have billions of years of friendship. Can't they even give me a little face?" Su Hong said in a deep voice.
“Deputy Palace Master Su, you are indeed too optimistic. The six major forces have been preparing to attack my Lingxiao Palace tens of thousands of years ago. If they were sentimental, they would have advised you to leave Lingxiao Palace long ago. But so many years have passed, have you received any news from them?” Yao Xiuqi smiled bitterly.
Su Hong wanted to refute, but then he thought it was inappropriate to argue about his relationship with Tianri Palace in such an occasion, so he could only remain silent.
"Palace Master, why don't you let me go? I come from Earth and I'm a stranger. I won't attract the attention of the six major forces." Zhao Dongsheng said.
"You?" Li Mu asked suspiciously.
"Hehe, although my cultivation is not very strong, Palace Master, do you still remember that I was a 'Kangaroo Man' on Earth for a period of time? I am very familiar with hiding my identity." Zhao Dongsheng looked confident.
"Old Zhao, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but the people you faced back then were not even cultivators. How can they be compared with those now? You'd better not publicize these trivial matters of yours here." Zhang Jingxuan teased.
"I'd love to!" Zhao Dongsheng said unhappily.
"You... In that case, I am also a stranger, and I have been a hermit for tens of thousands of years. Don't I have a greater advantage than you?" Zhang Jingxuan retorted.
"You are just..."
"Okay, stop arguing, both of you. Since you both want to go so badly, just go together." Li Mu said calmly.
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