Within the Grand Qian imperial court, inside the secret realm's Tai Miao.
After the current Emperor reported the specific current situation of the Liu family and the improvement of the arid land.
Several old ancestors of the imperial clan began to discuss actively.
"In my opinion, there is no need to wait any longer. We can act immediately. After all, the dire situation in the sub-central region is extremely difficult even for a Nascent Soul ancestor with Water-Wood spiritual roots to handle, let alone a Golden Core True Monarch who only cultivates a special technique.
That she has managed to restore the arid land to its current state.
In my opinion, it is already quite remarkable.
Now she has been sitting idle in the sub-central region without any action, which is not enough to prove that she is helpless against the terrible environment of that area? Therefore, there is no need to delay this matter any further. Let's quickly set a date to act against the Liu family.
If we delay too long, I fear she might break through again. If she breaks through to Nascent Soul, although she might still not be our match, she would most likely be able to preserve her life. We cannot withstand the desperate revenge of a Nascent Soul True Monarch.
So, it's better to act sooner rather than later.
Lest complications arise!"
Emperor Qu He, upon hearing the current situation, immediately stated decisively. They could wait for three to five years, and they were willing to wait. However, if the other party needed thirty to fifty years to restore the environment of the sub-central region,
Then they could not wait any longer.
Not only could they not accept the decline of the imperial clan's luck for thirty to fifty years, but they were also worried that the head of the Liu family, who became a Golden Core True Monarch in their teens, might break through to the Nascent Soul realm.
It was easy for their imperial clan to control Golden Core cultivators, but once the other party became a Nascent Soul cultivator, it would not be so easy to handle.
The other several imperial clan ancestors likely had similar concerns, so no one objected.
"Indeed, we should do so, and we cannot delay any longer!"
"I also agree!"
"The fruit can be harvested now, but do we still need to find a reason? What do you think? Should we disguise ourselves as demonic cultivators and destroy the Liu family, and then have the imperial clan step in to take over the lands enfeoffed to the Liu family?
Or should we find another excuse?
Find a more justifiable excuse?"
Emperor Qu He rolled his eyes upon hearing his son's suggestion and decisively rejected it:
"This plan is definitely not feasible. The major sects and aristocratic families are all puzzled as to why the spiritual rice and spiritual wheat seeds obtained from the Liu family cannot flower and bear grain. They have been sending people to watch that area closely, wanting to understand the specific reasons. The demonic energy we create can fool ordinary people, but it cannot fool those sects and aristocratic families.
At that time, if they spread the word, our imperial clan would be infamous. The most crucial point is that if we cannot figure out why their spiritual rice and spiritual wheat seeds cannot flower and bear grain while eliminating the Liu family, those aristocratic families and sects will not let us off either. They might even suspect that we have obtained a secret and will then unite to force us to hand over the secret.
Therefore, we cannot act in secret. We must act openly and ideally gain the moral high ground to act against the Liu family with justification. If possible, it would be even better to contact some sects and aristocratic families and act together.
For this, we can appropriately give up some benefits.
The minimum bottom line is to reclaim the lands and hundreds of millions of people enfeoffed to the Liu family."
Another old ancestor beside him quickly understood Emperor Qu He's intentions and immediately nodded in agreement, seconding the motion:
"I understand. You mean to say that although we have the ability to destroy the Liu family on our own, the Liu family still holds many secrets that other sects and aristocratic families are interested in. Therefore, it is best to unite a few sects or aristocratic families and act together to bear witness to each other, so that they do not suspect that we have obtained secrets and target us later.
Although there may be some losses, it is worth it.
After all, for us.
The most important thing is to restore the land and the imperial destiny.
With various potential hidden dangers resolved, only one problem remained: what excuse could they use to legitimately destroy the Liu family?
"Judging by the current situation, the Liu family hasn't committed any major offenses. I really can't think of a reasonable way to destroy them. Fabricating reasons won't hold up!"
"That arid land and the refugees were clearly assigned to the Liu family by imperial decree. She is now sending Liu family members to manage those refugees and even collect taxes.
There seems to be no problem!"
"Saying they abducted refugees won't hold up, and saying they illegally collected taxes, many sects and aristocratic families are doing the same. We don't receive a single cent of tax from their lands.
We can't just say the Liu family wants to rebel and become emperors, can we?
Their current development model is more like a combination of sects and aristocratic families, with the Liu family as the core, taking in refugees with potential and teaching them various cultivation techniques.
Although according to internal rumors, there were plans for establishing a kingdom,
They have never implemented it. The so-called plans for establishing a kingdom were mainly to formulate specific rules and regulations, and set up corresponding management departments. Many sects and aristocratic families have done similar things, but their scope of influence was smaller, and their numbers were fewer, far less than the Liu family's scale and number, but it cannot be considered rebellion!"
"Why must it be justified and evident? We just need an excuse to externalize it. Internally, as long as the sects and aristocratic families who cooperate with us tacitly agree, then there will be no problem. So what if it's a baseless accusation?"
"Yes, even if they really didn't plan to rebel, we can forge some evidence afterwards. Moreover, they now occupy such a large territory and have so many people in their hands, it is natural for them to rebel.
This is not defamation or framing on our part!"
"Alright, let's do it this way. We will personally go out later to connect with several major sects and aristocratic families, discuss the specific plan and profit distribution.
As for how many people to send and when to do it,
We'll decide after we return!"
After a period of discussion, the several old ancestors of the imperial clan quickly settled on a general plan, and each chose a sect or aristocratic family that they were relatively familiar with, or had past connections with, or even had intermarriages with, to contact for cooperation.
Those sects and aristocratic families were indeed tempted by some things from the Liu family, but due to face-saving and mutual suspicion, they had only made small moves in private before, without acting openly.
Now that the Grand Qian imperial family was willing to take the blame,
They were naturally happy to help.
After all, if there were any bad rumors later, they could use the excuse of being instigated by the Grand Qian imperial family to shirk responsibility. At that time, they would still be pure and upright righteous parties.
They were all reputable sects and aristocratic families. Without touching their fundamental interests or survival, wasn't maintaining their reputation paramount?
Now the imperial family bore the reputational risk.
By participating in the action, they could share some benefits.
Why would they disagree with such a good thing? It wasn't long before they finalized the specific date of action and the specific division of benefits. Yes, they felt that this matter was a sure thing. A few combined Nascent Soul Venerables, could they not destroy a Golden Core family? Therefore, before taking action, they had already discussed how to divide the benefits.
In order to obtain what they wanted as soon as possible, they did not delay. Three days after the discussion, they united and headed straight for the Liu family.
At this time, Ding Yun had already completed her breakthrough.
And immediately began closed-door refining after returning.
Refining a magical treasure that could completely solve the problem of the arid land.