Inside the North Sea Prefecture Duke's Mansion.
Upon her return, Instructor Liao Feibai summoned Liu Feng and Gu Tieqi and truthfully relayed the outcome of this trip to the Five Immortals Sect.
Having learned the news, Liu Feng and Gu Tieqi looked at each other, their expressions bitter.
Only after a long while did Liu Feng slowly speak.
"Madam, although we have Grand Sect Master Su of the Heavenly Luck Sect's hundred Dao Realm experts, twenty Creation Realm Divine Beings, and one Creation Realm Divine General to assist us, this situation is nearly the same as the worst-case scenario I envisioned before."
"The only forces we can truly rely on are those hundred Dao Realm experts. The twenty Creation Realm Divine Beings and that one Creation Realm Divine General can only serve as a restraining force and decisive power at critical moments. Otherwise, if North Sea easily deploys the power of Creation Realm Divine Beings under the present circumstances, I fear it will bring catastrophic consequences. Whether it is the Devil Race, the Water Clan, or even the Heaven Temple that monitors the world, they possess far too many Creation Realm experts," Gu Tieqi said.
"The worst-case scenario? How exactly do we deal with it?" Instructor Liao Feibai asked.
"Madam, the worst-case scenario means we must make sacrifices and choices."
"What sort of choices?"
"Lord Ye instructed us long ago: preserve the land and lose the people, and both people and land will be lost; preserve the people and lose the land, and both people and land will remain. Under the current circumstances, we can only preserve the people and lose the land. This subordinate suggests that, beginning now, we implement a policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, relocating the people under our rule into several fortified