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Tie Ao ultimately left without giving Su Xin an answer. In truth, Tie Ao could not give Su Xin one.
Su Xin's momentum had now fully taken shape, and judging by his current manner, there was no chance he would submit without resistance. Thus, as Su Xin had said, Tie Ao could only stand with Great Zhou while maintaining neutrality.
In fact, the military now shared this sentiment. Even Xue Zhenyue, one of the military's foremost figures, was not involving himself in this matter. Why should the other military powerhouses risk their lives fighting Su Xin?
However, compared to the Six Fan Sect monopolizing power, Great Zhou's influence over the military remained considerable. Under an imperial decree, not only had the Three Great Field Armies guarding Shengjing City begun to move, but Great Zhou's higher-ups had also mobilized troops from the Northern Frontier and Eastern Jin to deal with Su Xin.
Ji Wuling and the other members of the Ji Imperial Clan were equally decisive. Since Ji Xuansi's so-called strategy of gradual encroachment no longer worked, they could only be even more resolute and eliminate Su Xin in one stroke.
At this moment, the entire world sat watching Great Zhou's internal strife. Yet Su Xin was not in the Northwest Circuit—he was on the northern grasslands, in the Golden Tent Khanate!
This time, Su Xin intended to make it big. Just as he had told Tie Ao, once Su Xin made a decision, no one could stop him.
The Ji Imperial Clan wanted to seize power, wanted to eliminate Su Xin and the Northwest Circuit. Then Su Xin would let them see that, relying on themselves alone, they could not protect not only the Northwest Circuit, but even