To achieve immortality, I cultivate using Qi Luck

"Previously, you disregarded me, now I won’t let you reach for me."

Like Jintai Gate, actively aligning and even committing manpower to desperately help Taiping Dao defend the Nine Provinces, the old man secured his position as the master of the Southern Domain.

This, of course, goes without saying, he’s definitely someone who can be treated well as a meritorious vassal.

Places like Bihu Palace, though not very proactive, didn’t cause trouble either and were obedient when facing orders.

Considering his honest dealings, it’s possible to let him off.

Places like Xuan Turtle Mountain, always discontented and scheming in the dark, ambitious from the start, were never our own.

Reluctantly at first, and now seeing the situation not good, they come to seek refuge, but what kind of fortune is this?

However, considering that our side still lacks in strength and indeed needs manpower to bolster our influence,

we must also look after the feelings of the other two junior sects, to prevent them from grieving over the fall.

After going through what the Changqing Immortal Sect did, slaughtering and squeezing the vassal sects, all sects within the Changqing Domain are now extremely nervous.

Any small movement causes a great panic.

Before this great battle, if Taiping Dao wanted to destroy Xuan Turtle Mountain, Jintai Gate and Bihu Palace would not have said a word.

Because they all knew the hidden motives of Xuan Turtle Mountain.

This was a rebellious faction. Not aligning with Taiping Dao and being eliminated by Taiping Dao was normal.

They would even applaud it.

After all, Xuan Turtle Mountain, before Taiping Dao arrived, had been conspiring to dominate the Southern Domain and had long-standing grievances with the two sects.

If Taiping Dao wanted to eliminate this sect, it would be considered as avenging them, giving them a sense of relief.

But now it’s different.

After seeing the sad plight of the Immortal Sects in Northern, Central, and Eastern Territories, despite previous grievances, as vassal Immortal Sects, Jintai Gate, Xuan Turtle Mountain, and Bihu Palace were already tacitly on the same side.

This wasn’t merely smoothing over grievances with a laugh, but a necessary tactic for survival and self-preservation.

No one wanted to follow in the footsteps of those vassal sects under Changqing Immortal Sect.

If Taiping Dao oppressed Xuan Turtle Mountain too harshly, or even wiped them out directly, it would definitely frighten the other two houses.

Under such circumstances, causing such a situation, Jintai Gate and Bihu Palace might directly revolt or flee with their sects.

If this actually happened, then losing these three vassal sects and five True Immortals in one go, Taiping Dao’s influence would plummet, losing nearly one third of its strength.

At this moment, because Changqing Immortal Sect and Jiuzhou Immortal Gate had suffered too many casualties and their strength was greatly reduced post-battle, just evening out the playing field, this would be instantly disrupted.

Originally, as the three houses’ strength was becoming closer, without these three vassal sects, Taiping Dao would be reverted to the weakest of the three.

This would let the neighbors to the west and north laugh out loud, mocking Taiping Dao’s foolishness.

The two countries’ territory recently conceded by Changqing Immortal Sect could also immediately spur new troubles.

Therefore, for the sake of soothing Ning People and stabilizing the overall situation, despite his disapproval of Xuan Turtle Mountain, Lu Yuan still had to reluctantly take them in as a dog.

But for them wanting to be his dog, they couldn’t just show up at the Doorway barking a few times to be let in.

If you don’t go out to bite for me and bring back some bones, what use are you?

Red Creek Valley and Flying Mist Mountain, these two Immortal Sects, were the two bones Taiping Dao threw to Xuan Turtle Mountain, two prey items.

Only by killing them would Xuan Turtle Mountain prove their worth.

With this stain, they also held a handle in Taiping Dao’s hands.

In the future, wishing to control them would then have a perfectly good excuse.

As an Immortal Sect, how can they masquerade as demons and attack other fellow sects without reason?

Just this one charge was enough to manipulate Xuan Turtle Mountain at will.

With this leverage in Taiping Dao’s hands, if they’re not fully committed and harbor other intentions, Lu Yuan could directly act and squash this deceitful player.

This was the strategem of using people.

Having conveyed his intentions, Lu Yuan waved his hand, "Go then, first see if Red Creek Valley and Flying Mist Mountain are willing to surrender. If not, send Xuan Turtle Mountain to take action. The matters of the Western Leshan and Northern Anyang, let’s handle it this way."

"Yes, I’ll go do it."

Qing Guanzi nodded and immediately withdrew.

The opportunity to surrender had already been given to Xuan Turtle Mountain, Red Creek Valley, and Flying Mist Mountain. Whether they chose to be dogs was up to them.

Regardless, Taiping Dao’s will must be enforced.

The entire Southern Domain, including the two newly acquired East Territories, could only prosper if compliant and perish if rebellious, and could not resist.

Now, as the openly recognized first sect in the territory, even Changqing Immortal Sect had to yield to the momentum of Taiping Dao, ceding two countries.

What could other minor and uninfluential sects do?

Behave as dogs, and they might live.

If they resisted stubbornly, they would just be annihilated.

Thus, with Lu Yuan’s orders passed down, Taiping Dao began a new round of integrating its controlled territories.

Striving within this short accumulation of budget time, to forge the ten countries under its control into an ironclad unit.

And the entire Changqing Domain, along with Changqing Immortal Sect ceding two countries, soothed Taiping Dao and quickly stabilized again.

As long as Taiping Dao did not make trouble in the south, Changqing Immortal Sect could concentrate on the west, putting all their efforts into dealing with Jiuzhou Immortal Gate.

Jiuzhou Immortal Gate at this time, although they had received support from other external sects, was rapidly recovering in strength.