Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16437 Mindset

Wen Jing's words caused everyone's expressions to change. Their gazes all fell on the map, focusing on the locations of the three cities, including Wuwei City. Upon hearing Wen Jing's words, their faces were filled with disbelief. Gongliang Juewen even spoke up, "Minister Wen, do you know what you're saying? You know how long the first line of defense is. Are you saying that the Blood Slaughter Sect wants to build a magic array to cover the entire first line of defense? That's an area larger than Thousand Lotus Mountain. Can they even do that?"

Upon hearing this, Wen Jing immediately said, "Your Majesty, I know what I'm saying may seem unbelievable, but it's all true. If the Blood Slaughter Sect really has mastered this method, then the first line of defense will be in danger. Once their formation is completed, everyone on the first line of defense will be trapped inside. Most importantly, since these people haven't been recognized by the formation, they will be identified as enemies. Once they are identified as enemies, they will all be trapped and die inside. If that happens, our losses will be enormous. At least 20% of the troops we can muster are on the first line of defense. If all of them are lost, the losses will be too great, and it will severely damage our strength."

Gongliang Juewen and the others looked even more grim. After a long while, Gongliang Juewen finally spoke, "If everything you said is true, then the first line of defense is indeed in danger. But this is just your guess. You said yourself that you saw this method in an ancient book, which means that you can't do it. If you can't do it, then why do you think the Blood Slaughter Sect can? If the Blood Slaughter Sect can't do it either, and they're just threatening us, but we actually withdraw all the people from the first line of defense and hand it over to them, then wouldn't we become a laughing stock for the whole world?"

When the others heard what Gongliang Juewen said, they all nodded in agreement. They thought that what Gongliang Juewen said made sense. Indeed, if the Blood Slaughter Sect was just making empty threats and they were to give up their first line of defense, they would lose face big time. It was really unreasonable.

Gongliang Juewen glanced at everyone and then said, "However, we must be prepared for this situation. I think we should withdraw some of the experts from the first line of defense. If something happens there, we can have them return via the teleportation array. As for the ordinary cultivators on the first line of defense, I think they should stay there. Of course, each family can transfer some of their elite disciples and then see how things go. If something really happens, each family's strength won't be greatly affected. What do you all think?"

Upon hearing Gongliang Juewen's words, everyone nodded in agreement. They were also grateful to Gongliang Juewen, for he was actually willing to withdraw the disciples of each sect from the first line of defense in order to preserve the strength of the sects. This was indeed very rare.

Just as Gongliang Juewen said, everything Wenjing said was just his speculation. Whether his speculation was true or not, there was really no way to say. If the Blood Slaughter Sect was just making empty threats, then Gongliang Juewen's order for the disciples of various sects to retreat would put the first line of defense in danger. This was indeed for the benefit of the various sects, and the people of the various sects should indeed be grateful to him.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Gongliang Juewen continued, "Alright, then everyone go and make the arrangements. Remember, it's okay to withdraw people, but you must ensure they can return at any time." Everyone responded once more, and then Gongliang Juewen directly adjourned the meeting, and they all left the main hall.

After everyone had left, Gongliang Juewen's face darkened. He returned to his study and immediately called Chang Jun. As soon as Chang Jun answered the phone, Gongliang Juewen told him about what had happened that day.

Chang Jun was somewhat surprised by Gongliang Juewen's words. He looked at Gongliang Juewen and said, "So that means someone really saw through our intentions? Not bad, this Wen Jing is really good. It seems that his array formation skills are quite impressive. To be able to see through our intentions is no simple feat."

Gongliang Juewen snorted and said, "He only said that he saw that the sect might do this, and he didn't have a way to break it, let alone set up such a formation. So I think his talent can only be considered average."

Looking at Gongliang Juewen's expression, Chang Jun knew that Gongliang Juewen was angry because Wen Jing had ruined the sect's plans. If Wen Jing hadn't said those things, Gongliang Juewen wouldn't have suggested moving people out of the first line of defense. In that case, once their formation was activated, each sect would lose at least 20% of its best fighters, which would be a huge loss for those sects. But now, Gongliang Juewen had no choice but to have the experts of each sect withdraw from the first line of defense. So when the sects activated their formations, although the major sects and families would suffer some losses, it wouldn't be enough to cripple them. That's why Gongliang Juewen was so angry.

Chang Jun, seeing his expression, smiled slightly and said, "Don't be angry. Actually, you've done very well, really. Even if the various sects and families withdraw their elite disciples, they won't suffer much loss. For us, it's not a big deal. But for them, not suffering much loss isn't necessarily a good thing; it might even be a bad thing." Gongliang Juewen looked at Chang Jun with some confusion. Chang Jun, seeing his expression, smiled slightly and said, "Are you confused about why I said that? It's very simple. Think about it, how many cultivators are there on the first line of defense right now? How many of them are from the various sects and families? I'm talking about the major sects and families, right?"

Gongliang Juewen said, "There are about a billion cultivators on the first line of defense. There are also quite a few disciples from the major sects and families, but not many. They probably add up to about a million people."

After he finished speaking, Gongliang Juewen immediately realized what was going on and said, "I understand. On the front lines, there are not only people from the major families and sects, but also many people from smaller families and sects, as well as independent cultivators. After this incident, the losses of the smaller sects, families, and independent cultivators will be enormous. Once they discover that the major families and sects have suffered no losses, they will immediately assume that the major families and sects knew about the danger all along but did not tell them, just to make them suffer more losses. In this way, the smaller families and sects will hold the major families and sects responsible, and they will become disloyal. This is not a good thing for them."

Chang Jun smiled and said, "That's right, that's exactly it. This matter is not necessarily a good thing for them, so even if they all leave, it doesn't matter. It's the same for us."

Gongliang Juewen finally breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "That's right, it really is the same for us. It seems that there is still a problem with my mentality. In the future, I must think more carefully when I encounter problems."

Chang Jun smiled and said, "We've been through a lot. Think about it, how can everything in this world go as we wish? What should we do if things don't go our way? Should we just stay angry? That won't help. Instead, let's look at it from a different perspective. Maybe the result will be different. Call it self-comfort or a good mindset, but at least it won't let us fall into negative emotions, which is a good thing for us."

Gongliang Juewen nodded, and Chang Jun smiled slightly and said, "Alright, we'll be activating the magic array in two days. They'll probably have a different opinion then. By the way, remember to act like you're really regretful for not listening to Wenjing, so they won't have any suspicions."

Gongliang Juewen smiled and said, "Elder Chang, don't worry, leave this matter to me."

Chang Jun smiled and said, "Okay, that's settled then, I'll hang up." Gongliang Juewen nodded, and then Chang Jun hung up the phone directly.

Meanwhile, after Qingxuan and his group returned to their sect, they immediately sent letters to the kingdom-level experts and elite disciples at the front lines, ordering them to retreat to the second line of defense. To be honest, they didn't really believe Wenjing's words, but regardless, to ensure the safety of those disciples, they still issued such an order. To the outside world, they said that they were going to hold a meeting at the second line of defense so that no one would suspect them.

Meanwhile, the members of the various sects and families on the first line of defense were quite surprised when they received the letter from their sects and families. They didn't quite understand why the sects and families wanted them to retreat to the second line of defense, yet also assured them that they could return to the first line of defense at any time. This puzzled them greatly, but they could not disobey the orders of the sects and families, so they did as they were told and immediately retreated to the second line of defense.

Their departure didn't cause much of a stir at the first line of defense. After all, there were simply too many people there, and it was perfectly normal for them to leave. So no one suspected anything. The people from the various sects and families were scattered across different bases, not all in the same one. Each base had hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of people. The departure of a few hundred or a thousand was nothing, and no one would notice. Even if someone saw them leave, they would just assume they were transferred elsewhere. This was perfectly normal, and no one would suspect anything, because no one believed they would abandon the first line of defense.