Although Cultivators knew quite a bit about Heavenly Demons, almost none of the Cultivators in the Cangwu Realm had ever seen one.
Great families usually acted pragmatically. The Zhu Family was pessimistic about a battle against Heavenly Demons precisely because Dongsheng lacked experience.
Seeing something a thousand times was no substitute for doing it once. No matter how well they understood the Heavenly Demons' weaknesses, it was all just armchair theory.
The Zhu Family did not believe Dongsheng would inevitably fall. The odds of losing first and winning later in this battle were not low.
But that process of losing first... it was truly difficult to predict just how badly they would lose.
Zhu Jiayi also supported resisting to the end, but if they truly reached a desperate situation, he hoped to leave the family a way out.
He said that once the war began, with an internal Teleportation Array in place, the two sides could share information, and combat supplies could be moved efficiently as well.
Moreover, he promised that unless absolutely necessary, the Zhu Family's members would never move into Red Leaf Ridge in large numbers.
He even candidly suggested that if Red Leaf Ridge did not trust the Teleportation Array, they could send people to the Zhu Family to guard it.
In other words, Red Leaf Ridge personnel would be stationed at both ends of the Teleportation Array—surely nothing could go wrong then?
Hearing this, Qu Jianlei could not help nodding. "To dare place such a heavy bet, Fellow Daoist, you truly have courage."
Zhu Jiayi could roughly guess what the other party wanted to ask, so he simply took the initiative to explain.
"Your side is not only powerful; more importantly, you have experience dealing with Heavenly Demons. That is what my Zhu Family values most."