"Friend Zhou Qing, are you truly going to attack Heaven Dou City?"
That night.
Zhou Qing met with the Three Education Commissioners. Meng Shenji was among them and tried to persuade him. "With so few men, it's simply impossible for you to take control of all Heaven Dou!"
Their loyalty to Heaven Dou—
Was genuine.
And they believed in the formidable individual strength of Zhou Qing and his people—
That, too, was genuine.
But governing an empire took more than great strength. Otherwise, the emperors of the Two Great Empires should all have been Titled Douluo or Peerless Douluo.
"Dean Meng, you worry too much. We do have rather few people, but we never intended to take Emperor's Province." Zhou Qing said with a grin.
Meng Shenji wore an expression that plainly said, "I don't believe you." He stared at Zhou Qing for quite some time before saying, "I understand now. Everything you say is true, but when it comes time to act, it becomes another matter entirely. The theory of Qi Field Power you sold us back then was really just theory, wasn't it?"
"Dean Meng, Commissioner Bai, Commissioner Zhi, tell me—did I deceive you? Relying on that theory, each of your cultivations has improved. From what I can see, if you cultivate for another two or three years, you may well break through into the Titled Douluo realm."
Zhou Qing smiled. "Two billion for a chance to break through to Titled Douluo. Was that a loss? You practically robbed me blind!"
The three men were speechless, yet it was difficult for them to refute him.
Bai Baoshan muttered, "So what if we break through to Titled Douluo? The Red Assembly's theories on Martial Soul cultivation are surely far more advanced than ours, aren't they? Even after we were