With both Spirit Hall's official and private matters settled, Mo Lin stayed at Spirit Hall for another twenty-odd days. Those twenty-odd days were not spent enjoying family life. After all, this was a newly formulated plan and path, and as its initiator, Mo Lin naturally had to handle as much as possible personally—what could be told to everyone, and what could not.
For example, the connection between Grace Hall and Spirit Hall was best known by as few people as possible. In any case, Gengxin City had a Spirit Hall branch, so even if they needed to send something over, it would not arouse Star Luo Empire's suspicion.
Afterward, Mo Lin sent Qian Renxue back to Heaven Dou City to continue carrying out the "Nation-Stealing Plan." This time, she had an additional priority: infiltrating more people into the Heaven Dou Empire's military. Power in the Heaven Dou Empire was divided in every respect, and military authority was naturally divided as well.
Moreover, Ge Long, the man with the greatest authority and prestige in the military, was already gone. There was currently no one in the Heaven Dou military whom every commander trusted. And in order to suppress news of Ge Long's death, as well as the deaths of up to a hundred thousand men, Xue Ye could not possibly appoint a new supreme marshal. That would be far too abrupt for the lowest-ranking soldiers, and there was no plausible explanation for it either. Ge Long was still nowhere near the point where his health had failed and he had to retire.
Mo Lin estimated that the Heaven Dou Empire could only "give" the enormous power vacuum left by Ge Long to the many high-ranking officers beneath him. In a short time, that immense authority would be rapidly carved up. The