"Hiring them first will do. Our school is about to open, and we're desperately short of teachers. I originally planned to hire a batch from Ridge-Sea Academy, but now that relations have soured, that's certainly out of the question," Tang Wen said.
"Ridge-Sea Academy will definitely retaliate. We need to prepare early," Luo Yiwu said.
"Yes, quite a few officials came out of Ridge-Sea Academy. I'm worried they might send naval forces or soldiers here. If tens of thousands come, with Black-Clad Cannons as well, we'll be in trouble," Ge Ziyun said.
"That isn't something to fear. I'm also Jiangzhou Prefecture's Deputy Tuanlian Commissioner, and I hold a noble title.
"They have no grounds to send tens of thousands here. We're neither pirates nor enemies.
"But Ridge-Sea Academy alone is no weak force, and they must have plenty of friends.
"Experts from the major sects, for instance. We need to prepare early for them too.
"Li Liao, Tian Guiyun, step up the drilling of the Personal Guard Army and the Guard Team. Dongfang Ming needs to intensify the Police Officer Hall's regular training.
"Also, install the dozen or so Black-Clad Cannons the commander got us. Have them guard Crouching Dragon Lake for now; there's no need to deploy them along the coast.
"Otherwise, when the time comes, our whip might be too short to reach. Crouching Dragon Lake is the priority," Tang Wen said.
After the meeting, Tang Wen personally led a group into the cave.
He planned to set up the Nine-Nine Return-to-One Array in the cave first.
Naturally, as the cave was his own cultivation space, its arrangements deserved particular attention.
Tang Wen planned to use five hundred high-grade spirit stones, two thousand middle-grade ones, and ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones to set up a Nine-Nine Return-to-One Spirit