Long Yue stroked his chin thoughtfully:
"The danger with this plan is that
Zhang Geyang might rely on his formidable Level 98 strength to forcibly suppress dissent and tear off all pretense.
Hiss... are there any Super Douluos within the Spirit Pagoda still loyal to the empire?"
"Why do you ask?"
Qilin Douluo Tong Yu asked cautiously. Although his junior brother Long Yue had said his brain was unsuited to political struggles, he was still curious and wanted to get to the bottom of it.
"Zhang Geyang doesn't dare tear off all pretense because the Imperial Preceptor is a Limit Douluo."
Long Yue answered calmly:
"That's why the Spirit Pagoda and the empire have coexisted peacefully in the years since the city traveled through time.
Of course, another reason is that the empire and the Spirit Pagoda have overlapping interests when dealing with the natives and wild Soul Beasts, which naturally leaves room for cooperation.
But when it comes to Immortal Herb quotas, the empire's interests and Zhang Geyang's clash head-on. Everyone wants more Immortal Herbs, so a struggle is inevitable.
If the old man personally enters the fray, Zhang Geyang will use the emperor's interference in the Spirit Pagoda's internal affairs as grounds to shut the empire out entirely. After all, neither the empire nor the Sun Moon Federation has ever interfered in the Spirit Pagoda's internal affairs.
So the old man and His Majesty can only support someone within the Spirit Pagoda to go up against Zhang Geyang.
That person must be a Super Douluo... or at least a Titled Douluo. Otherwise, they won't withstand the pressure from Zhang Geyang's faction, nor will they be able to lead and consolidate the Spirit Pagoda's local faction."
"The third-ranking figure in the Spirit Pagoda branch is surnamed Xu. He's from