Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16439

Chapter 16437. Mentality

Wen Jing’s words caused everyone’s expressions to change. Their gazes all fell on the map, looking at the locations of the three cities of Wuwei. 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 do that?”

Upon hearing this, Wen Jing immediately… He began, “Your Majesty, I know what I’m saying may sound 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 will be trapped inside. Most importantly, since these people haven’t been recognized by the formation, they will be considered 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 our current forces are on the first line. If we lose them all, the losses will be immense, severely weakening us.”

Gongliang Juewen and the others looked even more grim. After a long while, Gongliang Juewen finally spoke, “If what you say is all true, then the first line of defense is indeed in danger. But this is just your guess. You said you saw this method in an ancient book, which means you can’t do it. If you can’t do it, then what makes you think the Blood Slaughter Sect…” “Can the Blood Slaughter Sect really do it? What if the Blood Slaughter Sect can’t? They just threatened us with words, and we actually withdrew all our men from the first line of defense, handing it over to them? Wouldn’t we become a laughingstock?”

The others nodded in agreement with Gongliang Juewen’s words. They agreed that he was right. If the Blood Slaughter Sect really did just threaten us with words, and they actually gave up the first line of defense, they would be incredibly humiliated. It was indeed unacceptable.

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, they can be teleported back. As for the ordinary cultivators on the first line, I think they should stay there. Of course, each sect can transfer some of their elite disciples and then see how things go. If something does happen, each sect’s strength won’t be greatly affected. What do you all think?”

Upon hearing Gongliang Juewen’s suggestion, everyone nodded. They were also grateful to Gongliang Juewen. To preserve the strength of each sect, he was actually willing to withdraw their disciples from the first line of defense, which was truly commendable.

Just as Gongliang Juewen said, everything Wenjing said was merely his speculation. Whether his speculation was true or not, there was no way to say. If the Blood Slaughter Sect was really 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 those sects should indeed be grateful to him.

Looking at everyone’s expressions, Gongliang Juewen continued, “Alright, then everyone go and make the arrangements. Remember, withdrawing people is acceptable, but you must ensure they can return at any time.” Everyone responded again, and then Gongliang Juewen directly announced the adjournment of 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 immediately 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 impressive. It seems his array formation skills are quite remarkable. To be able to see through our intentions is no small feat.”

Gongliang Juewen snorted coldly and said, “He only said that he saw the sect might do this, and he didn’t have a way to break it, let alone set up such an array. So I think his talent is only average.”

Looking at Gongliang Juewen’s expression, Chang Jun knew that Gongliang Juewen was… Wen Jing was angry because he had disrupted the sect’s plans. If Wen Jing hadn’t said those things, Gongliang Juewen wouldn’t have suggested moving everyone out of the first line of defense. If that had happened, once their formation was activated, each sect would have lost at least 20% of its best fighters, a significant loss for them. However, now that things were different, Gongliang Juewen had no choice but to withdraw the sects’ experts from the first line of defense. So, when the sects activated their formations, while the 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. You’ve already done very well, really. Even if the 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.”

Upon hearing Chang Jun’s words, Gongliang Juewen looked at him with some confusion. Chang Jun, seeing his expression, smiled slightly and said, “Are you a little confused about why I said that? It’s actually very simple. Think about it, how many cultivators are there on the first line of defense right now? How many of them are from their respective sects and families? I’m talking about the major sects and families, right?”

Gongliang Juewen continued, “There are probably around a billion cultivators on the first line of defense right now. The number of disciples from the major sects and families is not small, but it’s not that many either. Adding them together, there are probably around a million.”

After saying that, Gongliang Juewen immediately realized what Chang Jun meant and said, “I understand. On the front lines…” It’s not just people from the major families and sects; there are also many people from smaller families and sects, as well as independent cultivators. After this incident, the losses for these smaller families, sects, and independent cultivators will be enormous. Once they discover that the major families and sects haven’t suffered any losses, they will immediately assume that the major families and sects knew about the danger beforehand but didn’t tell them, just to make them suffer more. This will cause the smaller families and sects to hold the major families and sects accountable, leading to disunity and alienation. This is not good for them.”

Chang Jun smiled and said, “That’s right, exactly. This matter…” “For them, it might not necessarily be a good thing, 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 my mindset is still problematic. In the future, when I encounter problems, I need to think more carefully.”

Chang Jun smiled and said, “We’ve experienced a lot. Think about it, how can everything in this world go as we wish? If some things don’t go our way, what should we do? Just stay angry? That won’t help. So why don’t we look at this from a different perspective? Maybe the result will be different.” “It’s different. Call it self-comfort or a good mindset, but it prevents us from falling into negative emotions, which is a good thing for us.”

Gongliang Juewen nodded, and Chang Jun smiled slightly, saying, “Alright, we’ll activate the magic array in two days. They’ll probably have a different idea then. By the way, remember to act very regretful, regretting not listening to Wenjing. That way, they won’t have any suspicions.”

Gongliang Juewen smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Elder Chang, leave this to me.”

Chang Jun smiled and said, “Okay, that’s all for now. I’m hanging up.” Gongliang Juewen nodded, and then Chang Jun hung up the phone.

Meanwhile, after Qingxuan and his group returned to their sects, 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. Frankly, they didn’t believe Wen Jing’s words, but regardless, to ensure the safety of their disciples, they issued the order. Publicly, they claimed it was for a meeting at the second line of defense, thus avoiding suspicion.

At the first line of defense, the various sects and families were quite surprised upon receiving the letters. They didn’t understand why their sects and families ordered them to retreat to the second line while simultaneously assuring them they could return to the first line at any time. This puzzled them greatly, but they couldn’t disobey their sects’ and families’ orders, so they 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.