Chapter 1401: Wang Shouzhe Is the Ultimate Villain? (Part 5)

“Oh, Shouzhe, you dare to threaten Us?” Emperor Longchang trembled with anger, “We will not allow the Wang Family to leave, nor will we allow you to move your assets.”

“Your Majesty, our Wang Family is your subject, not your servant.” Wang Shouzhe said calmly, “All the properties of our Wang Family are legal and protected by the Daqian Law. As the legitimate Patriarch of the Wang Family, according to the ancestral rules and national regulations, I can sell if I want to sell, and move if I want to move. And you are the Emperor of Daqian, not the law itself!”

“Ha, Shouzhe, you’re getting confrontational with Us, We might as well ignore reason and just bully you with Our fists?” Emperor Longchang said indignant and angry, “We also have a bad temper.”

“Saint Master.” Wang Shouzhe cupped his hands towards Jiang Zhencang, “Your Saint Land is supposed to supervise Daqian on behalf of the Immortal Palace and protect the Human Race. Now the esteemed Emperor of Daqian plans to resort to brute force to oppress a small Fifth-Grade Noble Family, won’t you intervene? Such a tyrant like His Majesty, I suggest listing him as one of the Ten Most Wanted Criminals of the Immortal Dynasty.”

“Hey, kid… If I don’t lose my temper, you won’t know how many eyes Lord Ma has…”

“Alright, alright, Longchang, be quiet, and Shouzhe, don’t intentionally provoke Longchang.” Jiang Zhencang looked helplessly at these two incompatible fellows, “Longchang, I think Shouzhe makes some sense. Now that our Daqian is finally showing some promise, if it becomes the vortex center of the Immortal Dynasty and Demon Dynasty struggle, we will not benefit at all.”

“Could it be that we just stand by and watch the great opportunity slip away?” Emperor Longchang said with dissatisfaction, “I remember Shouzhe once said, a war must be fought for profit. If worst comes to worst, we’ll raid the enemy nations with Old Jiang leading the army, looting and burning before returning.”

“If you’re going, you’ll go. This Saint Master won’t do such things.” Jiang Zhencang glared at him fiercely, “You should listen to Shouzhe’s next plan carefully.”

“Your Majesty, is that all you’re capable of?” Wang Shouzhe sighed.

“That’s all We can manage, hmph! Are you not convinced?” Emperor Longchang murmured disgruntled, “Hurry up and tell your cunning plan, I’m so angered I’m hungry, today I want to eat Immortal Spirit Rice.”

“Delay tactic.” Wang Shouzhe said succinctly, “We will resist the Western Jin to the west and block the Southern Qin to the south, using defense as offense, executing a protracted war of attrition. Meanwhile, by leveraging the advantages of time and terrain, we’ll gradually wear down the national strength of Southern Qin and Western Jin, continuing our economic development plan, carefully managing Daqian, training the military, and consistently strengthening ourselves. Over time, the Western Jin and Southern Qin will grow weaker, while our Daqian becomes increasingly strong.”

“At that point, our Daqian’s comprehensive strength will be several times theirs, and we will have plenty of means to deal with Southern Qin and Western Jin.”

“The plan is good.” Jiang Zhencang said, “But the rulers of Southern Qin and Western Jin are not fools, they will continuously attack our defensive line.”

“Hope! Hope is a magical power.” Wang Shouzhe said, “We have to give Southern Qin and Western Jin hope, make them believe that if they just work a little harder, they can break through our borders, and this requires acting skills.”

“At the same time, the Blood Child Demon Monarch, who covets the Blood Venerable’s relics, also needs to be lured. We have to give him both hope and a sense of crisis from time to time. For instance, our intelligence can be divided into parts, the Wang Family is about to crack the relics’ Guardian Array, oh no, the Wang Family has reached the entrance of the relics but temporarily blocked, oh no, the Wang Family has broken through the first layer, and so on…”

“At that time, the impatient Blood Venerable will surely use all his power to coerce and entice Southern Qin and Western Jin.”

After hearing this, Emperor Longchang slapped his thigh and said enlightened: “I get it now, the Blood Child Demon Monarch sees the Blood Venerable’s relics as forbidden, akin to his bride.”

“Because of the information blockade, he doesn’t know that his so-called bride has long been in Wang Shouzhe’s hands. Moreover, Shouzhe is mischievous, occasionally teasing the Blood Venerable, saying he’s going to strip the bride, and the bride is desperately resisting. Then later, saying the bride’s clothes are torn, and I’m going in…” Emperor Longchang became more excited as he spoke, beaming with delight.

“Ahem!” Wang Shouzhe hurriedly interrupted him, “Your Majesty, can you use a different analogy? It doesn’t sound good if it spreads.”

“What, are you scared?” Emperor Longchang hummed, “In any case, Shouzhe, you’re an out-and-out villain, it’s easy to fall into your trap. Both We and Old Jiang have inadvertently become your accomplices and henchmen!”

Even Jiang Zhencang couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration: “Shouzhe is truly unparalleled in wisdom and strategy. The crisis of Blood Venerable spying on the relics and the alliance of Western Jin and Southern Qin attacking has been fully utilized by you, forming a deadly trap.”

“Alright, alright, We admit you have some tricks.” Emperor Longchang said, “Anyway, we’ll just wait and keep watching, is today’s meeting over? There should be a working meal, right? We haven’t had Immortal Spirit Rice for five days now.”

Speaking of Immortal Spirit Rice, even Jiang Zhencang’s throat gulped. He realized Longchang had one merit: enough shamelessness.

Saint Master Jiang never imagined that one day he would join Longchang in leeching off someone else’s Immortal Spirit Rice.