“It’s okay, I understand, emotions running high.” Fang Yue waved his hand, not really minding.

You Sisi was stunned, her brow furrowing slightly before quickly returning to normal, but she seemed a little sulky, glaring at everyone unhappily.

“Night Bro, You Da Qingyi seems to have taken a liking to you.”

At that moment, Jing Yan suddenly sent a friend message.

“No way.” Fang Yue was taken aback, glancing at You Sisi beside him, whose fierce light was exposed as if she was looking for an opportunity to lash out.

“She looks like she wants to eat someone…”

“Hehe! Night Bro, don’t believe it if you don’t want to, let’s wait and see.”

Stroking the Little Blood Fighter sleeping in his arms, Jing Yan chuckled mischievously, his lewd appearance causing Qing Chen, who had no seat and had to stand, to silently move away from him.

Most of the people who had escaped from the underground stronghold were now in this hall.

After returning to Qing Si County, everyone had things they wanted to do, but before doing their personal things, they were all summoned by You Sisi to the Qing Si hall to first discuss how to deal with the underground strange occurrences.

“…Although it’s just a precaution, if that [Coffin-Dragging Ghoul], plus other groups of ghouls, really come towards our Qing Si County, then the more support we have, the better, and the faster the better. So, I propose initiating the *Zhao Zong Ling* (Summoning Order).”

At that moment, Tian Erjun, the person who had been in the Qingyi position in Qing Si County the longest, proposed another route for requesting assistance.

“Night Bro, what’s *Zhao Zong Ling*? Can you eat it?”

To Fang Yue’s right, sitting on a chair and gnawing on wood, Bai Xiaoya looked at Fang Yue with confusion, her innocent big eyes blinking.

“…You can’t eat it, don’t always think about eating!”

Fang Yue’s face darkened as he ordered.

On the way to the Qing Si hall just now, if he hadn’t stopped her, Bai Xiaoya would have gnawed on everything she saw on the road, from trees to houses.

Fang Yue had always thought Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu was a glutton, but compared to her now, what was Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu?

At least Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu wasn't completely useless except for eating.

But this one, now, really only knows how to eat, opens her mouth to eat, closes her mouth to eat. Sometimes she even steals chickens, starting to eat directly without asking Fang Yue.

The chair was the result of Fang Yue making her gnaw on it with a dark face after Bai Xiaoya had already started eating it, just hoping she wouldn’t gnaw too fast, lest she set her sights on something strange again later.

As for the *Zhao Zong Ling* that Tian Erjun proposed, Fang Yue approved of it with both hands and feet.

After all, this decision could be said to be the decision that would maximize Qing Si County’s combat power in the shortest amount of time.

As for the Qing Si far away, and the [Hong Bu] (Red Division) whose location was unknown, they couldn’t be counted on in the short term at all.

The so-called *Zhao Zong Ling* was to issue a request for assistance to all sects related to Qing Si County, gathering their strength together to defend Qing Si County.

At first glance, the sects would suffer a great loss, using their backbone strength to protect Qing Si County, but in reality, Qing Si County’s local defense force was very strong, and under normal circumstances, the *Zhao Zong Ling* was not needed at all.

And without using the *Zhao Zong Ling*, the benefits enjoyed by these sects closely related to Qing Si County were all freebies.

Being able to enjoy benefits without any cost, this was what the *Zhao Zong Ling* usually looked like.

And as long as the *Zhao Zong Ling* was used once, the next time they wanted to use it to summon these sects, it would have to be five years later.

Responding to the *Zhao Zong Ling* only once every five years or even longer, and then being able to justifiably freeload on the benefits and treatment given by Qing Si County, who could resist this temptation? Anyway, the nearby sects basically couldn't resist.

In addition, Qing Si County’s *Zhao Zong Ling* was used very rarely, and the sects only had to develop, without worrying about being pulled in as cannon fodder, and the sects became increasingly powerful.

The stronger the sect, the more obvious the help they provided to Qing Si County during the *Zhao Zong Ling*, so this was essentially a win-win situation, or rather, an operation to exchange benefits for pleasure.

The sect forces gathered by the *Zhao Zong Ling* were often even stronger than the Qing Si’s forces.

Of course, this referred to the middle-level forces. The top-level group was definitely still stronger in Qing Si. After all, Tian Erjun, the ceiling of the Xiantian realm, was holding the fort here.

“Lord Jun means that among the many sects that the *Zhao Zong Ling* brought in, there isn’t even a single Earth-rank expert?”

“You’ve misunderstood. Naturally, there are Earth-rank experts in some of the larger sects, but they may not be willing to send them out to support us.”

Fang Yue’s face darkened: “If Qing Si County is destroyed, their sects won’t have a good time either. Don’t they understand the principle of ‘if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold’?”

“How could they not understand this principle? But compared to the later occurrence of ‘if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold’, they care more about whether their sect’s Earth-rank experts will be lost in the call of the *Zhao Zong Ling*.

If an elder or sect leader dies, even if the sect can be preserved at the time, it will later be annexed by other sects. Who would be willing to have their sect, which they worked so hard to build, destroyed for the sake of Qing Si County’s survival?”

Damn it! What he said makes so much sense, I’m speechless.

People are selfish.

For the sect’s higher-ups, the sect’s affairs are their own affairs.

The affairs of Qing Si County are external affairs belonging to outsiders. They can help, but they can’t help with all their strength, even if they know that if Qing Si County falls, their sects won’t last long, but they still have that mentality.

“Lord Jun, what should we do then? If the sects only send some small fry, how can we withstand such a large army of ghouls, and that unfathomable mysterious Coffin-Dragging Ghoul?”

“Night White Robe, don’t worry, listen to me slowly.”

Lord Jun was very calm, very familiar with the situation: “If we simply issue the *Zhao Zong Ling*, the old guys in the sects, those who are truly powerful, will definitely not be willing to put themselves in danger. But after so many years of cooperation, we’ve long been familiar with each other, and I know what to do to make them help us with all their strength.

First, I, this old thing, need to sell some favors. I’ll write letters for those far away, and personally lobby those nearby. With the Qing Si horse, it won’t take too much time to go back and forth.

Secondly, I need to make it clear to them how serious the problems Qing Si County is facing are. If Qing Si County is destroyed, and the higher-level Qing Si blames them, every one of their sects will be implicated, even to the point of being exterminated. I’ll tell them the severity of the consequences depending on the specific situation, and they’ll figure out what to do.

Finally, and most importantly, is to promise benefits. I still have to do this personally. Others may not understand the temperaments of these old guys, and don’t know what they like. I’ve been working in Qing Si County for so many years, and I’ve long been familiar with them and had dealings with them, so I know how to cater to their preferences while also restraining them so that they have no choice but to help our Qing Si County.

With multiple approaches, I’m confident that I can invite 80% of the high-end combat power of the sects!”