Seeing that Mo Hua had been lost in thought for a long time, with no idea what he was pondering, Bai Xiaosheng said somewhat helplessly:
"Stop dwelling on all these odds and ends. With such a strange title, perhaps it was just some idle reading Lü Chongshan picked up for amusement..."
"Deal with the important things first. The Lü Family and the Golden Core cultivators in Azure Fields City will definitely stop you from opening the tomb."
"If you want to open it, make your plans early. Don't drag your feet."
"I don't want to spend my whole life playing around in Azure Fields City with you..."
"I know," Mo Hua said, "but things have to be done one at a time..."
"These local clans, wealthy landowners, and gentry aren't the Azure-Faced Host, after all. They haven't openly rebelled, so we can't simply mobilize the army to flatten them. That would provoke mutiny and unsettle everyone."
"And seventy or eighty Golden Core cultivators gathered together aren't that easy to kill... Golden Core cultivators aren't cabbages, after all. You can't chop them down whenever you please."
Of course Golden Core cultivators weren't cabbages...
In an ordinary state boundary, Golden Core cultivators were absolute powerhouses. Even among the Great Clans, they formed the main fighting force. How could anyone kill them on a whim?
Yet coming from Mo Hua's mouth, those words always struck Bai Xiaosheng as strangely eerie.
Gu Changhuai pondered for a moment, then nodded solemnly. "During the suppression of a rebellion, warfare and slaughter are certainly difficult."
"But afterward, placating all the different powers is the greatest headache..."
"Especially these wealthy landowners and gentry rooted in the area. They're actually more troublesome than they appear..."
"In a third-grade state boundary, they have Golden Core cultivators backing them and excel