Master of Strange Dao

The main reason is that in Daqian, the Jinyi Wei's reputation is poor and it's too dangerous. Even the Commander at the top of the pyramid could have his head borrowed for use any day.

Although the New Emperor is benevolent and rarely kills, the courtiers on the court believe that the recent continuous rain is an ominous sign, hence they decide to sacrifice a Jinyi Wei to Heaven.

Tomorrow will be noisy, full of contradictions, and they'll find a Commander to take the blame and kill to ease the tensions.

Look at the Riddler of Dadui, who can laugh and joke with the commoners, with ordinary people even daring to mock the Riddler as pretentious.

Although the Riddler is disgusting, the ordinary people's goodwill towards him is higher than towards the county government office.

Even some jokes in the Jade Tablet tell the deeds of the Riddler disgusting the officials in the county government office...

The Jinyi Wei also need a sense of security and accomplishment, they have families too, don't they?

Yu Ziqing's intentions are sinister, and the research on the Jade Tablet and Jade Pillar continues. However, the Jade Tablet hasn't released its latest version, while the Jade Pillar has quietly been replaced in Dadui.

Since the return from Dadui, some open Jade Tablet channels of Dadui have been selectively opened.

Basic livelihood education channels, specific entertainment channels, have all quietly adjusted their content, quietly laying the groundwork for public opinion.

Things that seem ridiculous have all sorts of reasons stacked behind them.

Upon the return from Dadui, many expected things didn't happen; at least on the surface, Dadui doesn't seem very weak.

It doesn't quite match what some masters who have been to the sealing understood.

More importantly, the New Emperor simply has no interest or mood to care about Dadui's affairs.

The New Emperor's benevolence, to put it harshly, means his control over the court isn't strong enough, his authority isn't strong enough, forcing him to release more power to the courtiers than the Old Emperor Qian.

Nominally, the New Emperor has been in retreat recently, claiming the path to the Tenth Tier is open, those strong enough at the Ninth Tier Peak are already in retreat, even if the New Emperor hasn't reached the Ninth Tier Peak, he must hurry to cultivate and improve his Realm.

In reality, he's nestled in the Imperial Family's library, perusing various classics.

Especially classics related to the Old Emperor Qian, those written, annotated, and even read by him, he wants to see.

He wants to understand everything.

He knows the Old Emperor Qian's encounter in the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land, understands the current changes in the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land, even knows its impact on Dazhen, and realizes there's a significant probability that Dazhen will head south next.

He is certain this is his father's handiwork, feeling shocked by his father's ruthlessness.

He flipped through a large number of classics and even discovered quite a few missing texts in the old paper piles.

Many are related to Dadui.

He even saw the Old Emperor Qian's annotations on a travelogue about Dadui, speculating on Dadui's overall strength from a point of view.

Soon, the New Emperor found a seemingly ordinary classic, documenting various accounts of Daqian's west.

The New Emperor looked at the records in the classic and recalled the court's various policies towards Daqian's western region over the past two thousand years.

He suddenly laughed.

Others might not see the problem, as they wouldn't have the same understanding or see these detailed accounts.

But coincidentally, when the New Emperor was the Crown Prince, he wrote a strategic essay related to West Qian and South Qian, he is very familiar with these.

Back then, the Old Emperor Qian was always passively dealing with related matters.

Now looking at it, the New Emperor understands this is a tail, a deliberately left tail.

In the past, beyond West Qian was Wilderness, naturally irrelevant and unnoticed.

But now, with Dadui's return, beyond West Qian is facing Dadui directly.

The border, already filled with many pits, has an even higher chance of problems occurring afterward, no need to do anything intentionally, a single spark could ignite the tensions.

And now, Dazhen won't wait until they truly have no way to survive to take action.

If Dazhen fights against Dali, whether Dazhen or Dali, they won't let Daqian just watch the show.

Especially Dali, they'll certainly guard against Daqian stabbing in the back.

At such times, the junction between Dadui and Daqian has already been covered with flammable catkins, even if Daqian does nothing, someone will surely ignite it.

And when the tensions are ignited and continue to burn hotter, whoever is on the throne must inevitably prioritize Daqian's interests.

Or, unwillingly, they can only do so.

Dadui and Daqian fighting becomes a probable event.

With Daqian's forces being tied up, Dali naturally has more forces to invest in the war with Dazhen.

One side fights to survive, the other to protect their territory, the intensity of the war will only increase.

Both sides face off, Daqian only has to deal with a Dadui that has been sealed for many years, plagued for many years, just crawled out from the ground, still carrying a rotten aura.

Low-intensity local conflicts might gradually change into a war of annihilation once tasting the sweetness.

When the general trend is formed, the New Emperor with insufficient authority simply cannot and has no ability to stop it, nor does he have a reason to stop it.

When Daqian really spends a long time and destroys Dadui, the northern Dazhen and Dali might already be battered, consuming a large amount of vitality.

Because Dazhen has no choice, Dazhen's territory, places suitable for survival, must be decreasing, eventually making the entire territory unsuitable for human habitation.