Facing Xing Piaopiao's astonished gaze, Bai Ze said calmly, "Creation is forever harder than destruction."
"Smashing the whole world to pieces isn't difficult."
"What is truly difficult is how to preserve the world's integrity as much as possible while defeating one's opponents."
"Otherwise, what did you think we had been doing for the past five hundred years?"
Upon hearing this answer, Xing Piaopiao suddenly understood. "Lord Bai, I understand!"
"The reason Young Master needed five hundred years to prepare was because he had to wait for us seeds to take root and sprout."
"Because he knew that although the Great Song court was bloated and rotten, many officials throughout the realm were still loyal to Great Song."
"If he did not kill them, Young Master would be unable to control the Greenwood Epoch. But if he killed them, he would not be able to find enough replacements in such a short time."
"So the problem blocking Young Master was not how to kill people, but how to find enough people capable of working for him."
Hearing Xing Piaopiao's answer, Bai Ze nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad. You can be taught!"
"Although five hundred years did not produce many high-level cultivators, we now have a large group of core personnel under our command."
"Once Chen Changsheng conquers this land, they can swiftly replace officials at every level and fulfill their duties."
"That way, the Greenwood Epoch can transition without too much turmoil."
As he spoke, Bai Ze suddenly froze for a moment, then pulled a Qilin Communicator from his floral shorts.
"You haven't come looking for me in more than twenty years. You suddenly contacted me—could something have happened?"
Bai Ze spoke casually, and Chen Changsheng's voice came from the Qilin Communicator.
"How is the search for clues going?"
"More or