Xiao Tianyang would not simply sit and wait for death.
Since he already knew the pressure was immense, he naturally had to find people to share the burden.
Now that Cao Cao and the others had appeared, it meant that other figures from the Three Kingdoms Period would appear one after another as well.
Besides fierce generals, the Three Kingdoms Period also produced strategists and talented scholars representing the great aristocratic clans.
Xiao Tianyang selected three people from the Wei, Shu, and Wu factions to serve as his aides.
They were Lu Su, known for steadiness; Fa Zheng, known for precision; and Jia Xu, known for ruthlessness.
If strategists were ranked by level, Jia Xu belonged to the level of those who could strategize for the world.
The other two were, at most, capable of Strategizing for the Nation.
They could only be considered outstanding, not truly exceptional.
Of course, when devising plans in specific times and places, their usefulness might not necessarily be inferior to strategists who could strategize for the world.
Moreover, Xiao Tianyang had gone to considerable lengths to recruit them into serving the Heavenly Martial Dynasty.
First, he established a second independent organization outside the Hall of Enshrinement, named the Heavenly Strategy Bureau.
Second, he spread a large number of names and had Baihua Tower find the people for him.
He believed no strategist would refuse an invitation that offered them a stage, opportunity, and trust.
Besides, on Douluo Continent, the Heavenly Martial Dynasty was the only place where one could truly display one's talents.
Unless they betrayed Douluo Continent outright, the Heavenly Martial Dynasty was their only destination.
There was no second choice.
Back to the matter at hand.
Xiao Tianyang stood atop a tall tower in the center of Hektonmar, gazing into the distance.