Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16442 Proposal
"What do you all think of Elder Wen's suggestion? Is it feasible?" Gongliang Juewen asked, looking at everyone.

Everyone fell silent. To be honest, Wen Cheng's suggestion was indeed very good, but everyone was also having a headache over this matter. The plan Wen Cheng mentioned might actually succeed, but even if it did, it would still be a headache. If the plan succeeded and they really penetrated into the heart of the Blood Slaughter Sect, the people at the Blood Slaughter Sect's current defense line would also return to reinforce. At that time, the people they sent out would really be attacked from both sides, which would be very dangerous for them.

Wu Qian then spoke up, "It is possible to directly attack the Blood Slaughter Sect's territory, but we must be prepared to retreat at any time. Therefore, to attack the Blood Slaughter Sect's territory, we must use large-scale magical artifacts and plan our retreat route carefully, otherwise there will be real danger."

Everyone nodded in agreement with Wu Qian's words. Wu Qian then said, "The Blood Slaughter Sect's first line of defense has already been established. Even if we want to get through their defenses, we must be extremely careful."

Everyone nodded again, and Gongliang Juewen said, "Alright, let's use this plan as our attack plan for now. After we get back, let's discuss it carefully and try to improve it as much as possible."

Everyone responded, and Gongliang Juewen continued, "Let's talk about the second thing: whether we should build a third line of defense. Let's discuss it."

This time, almost everyone spoke without hesitation. Qingxuan immediately said, "Your Majesty, I believe we must build a third line of defense. In fact, we not only need to build a third line of defense, but also a fourth. We must even be prepared to turn all our territory into a line of defense."

Upon hearing Qingxuan's words, Gongliang Juewen was quite surprised. He looked at Qingxuan and said, "Qingxuan, please explain your thoughts in detail."

Qingxuan responded and then said, “Your Majesty, my suggestion to turn all our territories into defensive lines is not because the Blood Slaughter Sect has the strength to directly break through our defenses, but because the Blood Slaughter Sect possesses two large magical artifacts. The first is the Creation Golden Wheel, which has decent defensive capabilities and is quite fast. Most importantly, its offensive power is also very strong. The second is their spherical magical artifact. We don't yet know how powerful this artifact is, but it is certainly not weak. They possess two large magical artifacts, and quite a few of them. If they use these two large magical artifacts to attack our heartland, how should we respond? Therefore, I believe we must strengthen our defenses. Ideally, we should turn all the cities and sects in our territory into bases. This way, even if the Blood Slaughter Sect really attacks, our losses will not be too great.”

Upon hearing Qingxuan's suggestion, everyone nodded in agreement. Qingxuan's idea was indeed excellent. The Blood Slaughter Sect possessed large magical artifacts, which would allow them to directly attack their territory. If the Blood Slaughter Sect were to do so, the cities and sects within their territory would likely suffer greatly, as many of these cities and sects had not yet established underground bases.

Gongliang Juewen nodded and said in a deep voice, "What Qingxuan said makes sense. It is indeed a good idea to have all cities and sects establish underground bases. Are there any other ideas?"

Qingxuan said in a deep voice, "There is also the matter of those rogue cultivators. There are still many rogue cultivators who have not gone to the battlefield. I think we must make use of these rogue cultivators. We should directly stipulate that all rogue cultivators must join various sects or families, and at the same time, place restrictions on them. I have thought about it, and the reason why the Blood Slaughter Sect's attacks have been so successful may also be related to those rogue cultivators."

Everyone looked at him with some confusion. Qingxuan spoke up, "Everyone only remembers the Blood Slaughter Sect now, but has forgotten the Myriad Laws Divine Sect. The Myriad Laws Divine Sect is a branch of the Blood Slaughter Sect. When the Myriad Laws Divine Sect was proselytizing, countless rogue cultivators joined them. However, at the time, no one took it seriously. The Myriad Laws Divine Sect allowed those who joined to also believe in other religions, and even gave away techniques to those rogue cultivators for free. At the time, no one took this seriously, thinking that the Myriad Laws Divine Sect was just trying to increase its influence by allowing people to join, and that there was no real binding force. But what if those rogue cultivators had been secretly placed with restrictions by members of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect when they joined? Perhaps..." They've been planning this for a long time, so all those rogue cultivators who joined the Myriad Laws Cult could potentially be members of the Blood Slaughter Sect. Even if they don't destroy our base, just sending intelligence to the Blood Slaughter Sect is enough to give us a headache. Therefore, we must place restrictions on all rogue cultivators. After all, if a rogue cultivator has one restriction on their body, other restrictions can't be placed on them. We can use this method to identify which rogue cultivators are problematic, or even potentially members of the Blood Slaughter Sect. If some rogue cultivators refuse to have restrictions placed on them, then we must kill them. Better to kill the wrong person than let one go. After all, even if we kill the wrong person, it's not a big deal, but if we let those people go, the threat to us will be too great.”

After hearing Qingxuan's words, everyone fell silent. To be honest, they had never thought about this matter before. Back then, when the Myriad Laws Cult used that method to recruit believers, everyone laughed at him for being foolish. Because they had almost no restrictions on those believers, allowing them to join other sects, and they didn't need to do anything for the Myriad Laws Cult. They only needed to symbolically complete the initiation ceremony to become members of the Myriad Laws Cult and could get several spells for free.

But what if this was a scheme orchestrated by the Blood Slaughter Sect long ago? Did they really place restrictions on those rogue cultivators before releasing them, pretending not to care? How many rogue cultivators on their territory are actually members of the Blood Slaughter Sect? If that's the case, it's terrifying. As for using restrictions to identify who has joined the Blood Slaughter Sect, it's indeed a good and simple method. Of course, some will refuse to have restrictions placed on them, and these people aren't members of the Blood Slaughter Sect. But such people are a minority. Even if they kill the wrong person, it's not a big loss for them, as Qingxuan said. But if they fail to find members of the Blood Slaughter Sect, their future losses will be much greater. So, it's truly wise to kill the wrong person rather than let them go free.

Gongliang Juewen glanced at the people below and then said, "What Minister Qingxuan said makes sense. What do you all think?" Although Qingxuan's proposed method would cause great losses to the Blood Slaughter Sect's disciples in the Divine Kingdom, those disciples would be resurrected anyway. Gongliang Juewen still supported Qingxuan's proposal. After all, with him around, what kind of information could the Blood Slaughter Sect not get? So, of course, Gongliang Juewen would not oppose Qingxuan's proposal.

The crowd below all nodded in agreement. In their view, although this might result in the wrongful killing of many cultivators, it would all be worthwhile as long as they could find the Blood Slaughter Sect members.

Gongliang Juewen continued, "If everyone agrees, then this matter is settled. We will do three things next: First, prepare for the attack on the Blood Slaughter Sect; second, all sects and cities must build underground bases; and third, place restrictions on all rogue cultivators. This is an order; all rogue cultivators must place restrictions on them. Anyone who dares not to will be executed."

Everyone responded. Gongliang Juewen looked at them and then said, "These three things must be done simultaneously. However, we must handle the third thing first before considering attacking the Blood Slaughter Sect. Otherwise, if we can't find all the people in the Blood Slaughter Sect, our plan to attack them might be exposed, and we'll be in danger. So the third thing needs to be done first. Do you understand?"

Everyone responded, and Gongliang Juewen nodded before saying, "Alright, everyone go back now. Remember, you must do the third thing first. Okay, everyone, that's enough."

Everyone responded, then stood up, bowed to Gongliang Juewen, and turned to leave. Gongliang Juewen then said, "Minister Wu, come to my study."

Wu Qian, who was leaving, quickly responded and then stayed behind. The others were not surprised by this. Although Wu Qian's position on the second line of defense was actually quite awkward, he hadn't really made any mistakes in command. If the Blood Slaughter Sect hadn't created such a large formation, the first line of defense wouldn't have been lost. This matter really wasn't Wu Qian's fault, so Gongliang Juewen certainly wouldn't punish him. The fact that Wu Qian was left behind this time was probably because he had another purpose for him.

After everyone else left, Wu Qian followed Gongliang Juewen to his study. As soon as they entered, Gongliang Juewen said to Wu Qian, "Sit down." Wu Qian responded and sat down. They were all members of the Blood Slaughter Sect, and it could even be said that their status in the Blood Slaughter Sect was the same, so Wu Qian felt more at ease here.

Gongliang Juewen also sat down and then said, "I didn't expect Qingxuan and the others to make such a suggestion. It seems that the sect's rogue disciples in the Divine Kingdom are in danger this time."

Wu Qian nodded and said, "That's true. However, we can't not support this matter yet, otherwise it will arouse their suspicion. We'd better not arouse any suspicion at all. If they really suspect us, then it will be really troublesome. At that time, the sect may really lose our source of intelligence."

Gongliang Juewen nodded and said, "I kept you here because of the third line of defense. I actually wanted to finalize the matter of the third line of defense before, but Qingxuan changed the subject. It seems that he guessed that I wanted you to command the third line of defense."