The Duke Who Guards the Nation gradually calmed down. He looked at Lin Bai, seemingly reassessing the young man before him. "How confident are you of winning this war?"
"One hundred percent," Lin Bai blurted out without thinking.
"What tactics will you use?" the duke pressed.
"I came to promote the laws, so naturally, I'll use the laws against my enemies." The look Lin Bai gave the duke seemed to say, How did you ever become the Duke Who Guards the Nation?
The duke's negative emotions had never stopped pouring in, so Lin Bai might as well harvest his fill. He figured that as long as Xu Longyun was with him, the duke probably wouldn't think well of him anyway.
This is the husband you chose?
The duke glanced at Xu Longyun and inwardly shook his head. Suppressing his anger, he said, "Lin Bai, if your laws are all like marriage fate and the Heavenly River, disgusting people without hurting them, they probably won't help this time. To establish your might, you must kill. The Seven Righteous Sects and Five Demon Sects dominate the Cultivation World because they survived several Gods and Devils Wars. Their reputations were forged through mountains of corpses and rains of blood. How many people has your Righteous Alliance killed so far? Joining the Righteous Alliance guarantees safety. They suffer no losses, so their methods against you will only grow more frenzied and unscrupulous..."
"Duke, I'm better at winning people over with virtue," Lin Bai said with a faint smile.
"Don't smile." Smiling himself, the duke glared angrily at Lin Bai, painfully putting on a display of facial contortions before him.
Seeing her stern old father forced to pull faces, Xu Longyun burst out laughing.
The duke shot her a glare. "Lin Bai, the Heavenly Dao