Independent Action

As for whether Lu Yuan had the ability to deal with the Giant Spirit Eagle Clan's upper ranks...

All that could be said was that it was enough for Lu Yuan to have confidence...

After all, this was a cruel world, and the Nine-tailed Fox Clan happened to be in an even crueler environment. Although avoiding meaningless losses was an instinct etched into the bones of every living creature, the Nine-tailed Fox Clan could indeed afford to lose a Heavenly Realm cultivator at present, but it could not bear the loss of a Supreme. Even in strategic terms, that Heavenly Realm cultivator was an alchemist and held greater value than a Supreme.

What was more, Hu Jiu Jiu was there.

Though Hu Jiu Jiu agreeing with Lu Yuan's philosophy was a highly irrational move, for her to sit in the position of clan leader of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, she had to possess exceptional cultivation talent and a relatively clever mind. Otherwise, she could never have held up the Fox Clan.

In other words.

Hu Jiu Jiu might not have particularly impressive methods.

But her rationality and intelligence were absolutely reliable.

Methods determined how ruthless a person could be. Take Prime Minister Cao's quench thirst with plums as an example. That was the kind of method unique to Prime Minister Cao, and it had nothing to do with whether he was intelligent. Another person equally intelligent might not have used such a lie to fool the soldiers, instead thinking of another solution.

Chancellor Zhuge was the prime example in this regard.

To transport provisions, he developed the Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse.

Perhaps if the same situation had fallen into Prime Minister Cao's hands, or into the hands of the Military Immortal Han Xin, they would have been more likely