"What? I decide for myself?" Chen Luo stared at Hou An in surprise. Hou An nodded. "That's what His Majesty and the two Grand Ministers meant."
"I'm a Dharma Manifestation. This isn't my responsibility..." Chen Luo tried to pass the buck again.
Hou An chuckled softly. "His Majesty said that everyone bears responsibility for the rise and fall of the world. You're also a Grand Minister in your own right, General Chen. You can make the decision on this little matter yourself."
"His Majesty is waiting with his speech drawn and ready to fire!"
Chen Luo: (ˇˇ)
So much for rising early and working late. So much for being a wise ruler of the age.
In the end, you just came up with 'waiting with your speech drawn and ready to fire'?
Fine. Compared to that Tathagata, you're pretty driven!
After sending Hou An away, Chen Luo returned to his study and sank into thought.
Although he didn't know why those few had thrown the buck back to him, it looked like this really was something he had to decide for himself.
That meant he had to rack his brains.
To be honest, setting Feng Nanzhi's matter aside, Chen Luo truly didn't want to go to war with the Tiger Clan at this stage.
After all, with the spread of martial cultivation, time was on humanity's side.
Moreover, even if Chen Luo drove a wedge into the Lion Clan, the Tiger Clan was unlikely to mobilize its entire strength to clash head-on with Great Xuan. The most likely outcome would be retaliatory raids. Great Xuan could naturally retaliate in turn, but such tactical tug-of-war would be meaningless and would only cause the people to suffer needless losses.
The Tiger Clan could afford to disregard demon soldiers, but every human