"Ridge-Sea Academy has a group of people we can force to work for us when the time comes. The Four Elders would be good candidates. We can let them atone for their crimes through meritorious service," Tang Wen said with a smile.
"The people from Ridge-Sea Academy alone won't do. They don't have any Thought-Connecting Realm experts at all," Wen Jinyuan said, shaking his head.
"Of course they aren't enough. But isn't there still the Moving Wood Palace?" Tang Wen said with a smile.
"The Moving Wood Palace is one of the Ten Sects of the Sea Saint. Why would they work for us? Master, don't forget that the last time you went with Zhuang Qiyang to demand they hand someone over, you almost didn't come back," Wen Jinyuan said.
"That was then, and this is now. Our Tang family is no longer what it was a few months ago.
"We've already captured Ding Kui, the Moving Wood Palace's Ninth Elder.
"He implicated Third Elder Sun Long, so this time, we'll go there for Sun Long.
"And Sun Long probably has some connection to the Moving Wood Palace expert who injured us with his voice that day.
"When the time comes, he certainly won't let us take Sun Long away.
"Of course, the best approach would be to capture Sun Long first and interrogate him in secret.
"Once we have results, we'll point our swords at that expert.
"The man who injured Zhuang Qiyang with a single utterance is probably a Thought-Connecting Realm expert.
"Then, as long as we establish that the Moving Wood Palace colluded with Ridge-Sea Academy, and that Ridge-Sea Academy collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, we'll pin that charge on the Moving Wood Palace.
"We'll force them to send troops to fight for us.