Baiyue might have been a small state, but it was by no means cut off from the world.
They were still well informed about news from beyond their borders.
Tian Ze and the others were certainly not ignorant fools.
Even someone as thickheaded as Unrivaled Ghost
had heard of the Ghost Valley School.
"When angered, the feudal lords tremble; when at peace, all under heaven falls silent."
That assessment could not have been any loftier.
Yet the disciples of the Ghost Valley School throughout the ages had lived up to it.
Su Qin, Zhang Yi.
Sun Bin, Pang Juan.
Which one of them had not been a towering figure?
Which one had not possessed the talent to govern a state?
Of course, the Ghost Valley School's core philosophy lay in influencing the overall situation of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras by manipulating the games between the various states.
They excelled more in chaotic times than in peaceful governance.
However, that distinction only existed in comparison to their own abilities. In truth, even in the peaceful governance they supposedly did not excel at, they could still rival renowned ministers. This world was, after all, one enormous makeshift troupe. As long as everyone else performed absurdly enough, any normal person would seem rational, clear-minded, and reliable enough to be entrusted with great responsibilities.
Take the present Han Kingdom, for example.
No matter how mediocre Wei Zhuang was,
if he were placed in Ji Wuye's position,
he would still perform better than Ji Wuye.
Still, Wei Zhuang was somewhat too inexperienced at present. Gai Nie was much the same. Neither of them was qualified to inherit Guiguzi's title, and they still had a certain gap to cross before reaching the level of the current Guiguzi—their master. They also lacked a