"Grandmaster Li, why have you withdrawn your troops again?"
With Li Chen halting his advance, the Creation Sect naturally had its doubts and soon sent an inquiry through the Heavenly Net Network.
He made no secret of his reasoning. "The Go Dao has nine ranks: entering the divine, sitting in illumination, grasping the concrete, penetrating the mysteries, wielding wisdom, subtle ingenuity, contending through strength, seeming foolish, and keeping to simplicity... there was a reason the ancients placed seeming foolish and keeping to simplicity at the highest level."
"Because in the great affairs of the Military School, sometimes what matters is not how many advantages you have accumulated or how many victories you can win, but how many fewer mistakes you make than your enemy."
"Especially when we already hold the advantage. If we can win by meeting movement with stillness, why take risks?"
"What's more, production and creation are the defining strengths of us Puppet Masters. Given time, our advantage will only grow!"
"Then what if the enemy takes the initiative and counterattacks?"
Li Chen gave a cold smile at the question. "If they have the ability to counterattack, let them come."
The Creation Sect's Great Elder, who had made the inquiry, fell silent.
If the enemy could counterattack, they would have done so long ago. There would have been no need for him to ask that question.
He could not help putting himself in the Immortal Alliance's shoes and carefully considering their position, but the answer he reached was despairing.
Against an enemy like Li Chen, who was both powerful and as steady as a mountain, there was simply no strategic advantage to be gained.
Perhaps their only chance was for a Great Power to act, staking everything on a counterattack. But a Great Power taking action also meant