"Of course we have to fight for it, but fighting like this means making enemies. If we offend too many Sword Gates, won't they all come and besiege us?" Li Tianjing was startled.
I said calmly, "Master, then we'll beat them until it hurts. The Heavenly Sword Mountain is unimaginably vast now; just making one round-trip would probably take a long time. The six-month deadline is actually very short, so the attacks and defenses definitely won't last too long. Once we seize territory, all we have to do is defend it with our lives for six months. Besides, if everyone comes to besiege us, don't they have to worry about their own territory? If they attack us, we can attack them too. And after the realms merge, we'll have far more forces at our disposal."
"Where are we supposed to find elite troops?" Li Tianjing hurriedly asked.
"I've already persuaded my eldest, second, and third brothers. Their territories will all be incorporated into our Thirteenth Sword Gate, and their fiefs contain no shortage of elite troops. We can mobilize them completely. When the time comes, we'll attack from multiple directions and seize as much territory as possible within these six months—more than the First Immortal Gate if we can. Then it will only be a matter of time before we become the true number-one Immortal Gate under the Heavenly Sword Immortal Gate!" Li Zhier looked at Li Tianjing with a radiant smile.
I had deliberately arranged this scene, of course. When Li Tianjing saw how domineering his beloved was—and how enormous a pie she had drawn for him—he was overjoyed, his face splitting into a grin. Perhaps imagining himself soon becoming the foremost Sword Gate under the Heavenly Sword Immortal Gate, Li Tianjing declared ambitiously, "Junior Sister Zhier is right.