Chapter 1836: Unwilling to Accept It! The Plan and the Mission

"Fine!" Tan Zhiqing closed her eyes. "Isn't the Chen imperial clan in Babao City? Ask them how many cities Chen Guo has in total, and we'll go by that number."

Tan Zhiqing certainly knew that if these two targets were chosen, the problem could be very serious.

But her temperament was different from Tan Ming's.

Tan Ming was "prudent and steady," and liked to consider "the big picture"!

But Tan Zhiqing, being a soldier, rarely considered any overall situation!

She believed more in her own fists, more in strength.

She preferred to repay tooth with tooth, violence with violence!

As for the consequences, she didn't think the Babao Zhai really fell that far short of the Shenlongshang Alliance.

Moreover, she also knew that if the Babao Zhai didn't act, the several nations along the border line really might fall apart!

Those nations attached themselves to the Babao Zhai—wasn't it precisely because the Babao Zhai was strong enough?

But if Chen Guo were destroyed and the Babao Zhai made no response at all, those nations would of course grow disloyal.

As for reporting it to the Great Jin Empire… she was rather unwilling.

Even if this matter were reported, the Great Jin Empire's way of handling it would probably be the same as last time.

In the past thousand years, the Great Jin Empire had not only had problems on the front-line battlefield.

Within the imperial court, problems had in fact been constant…

Of course, destroying the same number of cities as Chen Guo's was still relatively restrained on Tan Zhiqing's part.

"Good!"

Yun Shuying said joyfully.

Not long after, Chen Yueyao and an Imperial-grade Beast Tamer of Chen Guo entered the hall.

Chen Yueyao also produced a map of Chen Guo, on which was marked that Chen Guo possessed a total of three hundred and seventy-two cities!

The vast majority of those cities had vanished forever.

This time, the Shenlongshang Alliance had practically destroyed Chen Guo.

Tan Zhiqing let out a heavy sigh: "Then three hundred and seventy-two cities it is!"

Chen Yueyao wept: "Many thanks, President, for upholding justice for our Chen Guo!"

Tan Zhiqing said slowly: "This is only right!"

Naturally it was only right.

The Babao Zhai had not taken anything from Chen Guo.

Tan Ming lowered his head and said nothing.

Perhaps he was too ashamed to face the people of Chen Guo.

Tan Zhiqing ordered clearly: "Yun Shuying, filter out the targets!"

"Yes!"

In barely a minute, Yun Shuying had drawn a large circle on the map.

The circle encompassed two hundred and three cities of the Lanmo Kingdom and one hundred and sixty-nine cities of the Yemo Kingdom.

This was what Yun Shuying had casually drawn.

As long as the cities of the Lanmo Kingdom and Yemo Kingdom that were close to both sides' border line and close to the Babao City direction were connected into one patch, that would do.

Tan Zhiqing looked at the map and nodded: "That's fine, we'll do it that way!"

On the map, they were only three hundred and seventy-two small dots, but each small dot corresponded to a city, with at least several tens of thousands of demons living within.

"This time, I'll take action personally!" Tan Zhiqing thought for a moment and said, "However, with just me alone, the difficulty may be a bit high. I need people to cooperate—preferably those strong enough and who possess a spatial-type divine beast."

Once Tan Zhiqing finished speaking, all the elders looked toward Su Yang.

Su Yang rubbed his nose and said helplessly: "Fine, I'll do it!"

Su Yang met all of Tan Zhiqing's requirements.

Most importantly, he was from the hawkish faction!

"Chen Zhanglao, that works!"

Tan Zhiqing nodded seriously, acknowledging Su Yang's strength.

"Tomorrow, we set out together!" Tan Zhiqing looked toward Tan Ming. "Tan Zhanglao, while I'm away, you'll handle the daily affairs of the Babao Zhai."

"Alright!"

The aged Tan Ming could only nod in the end.

Yun Shuying suddenly suggested: "President Tan, should we contact the other nations and have them prepare for war?"

"Mm?"

Yun Shuying: "Prepare for the worst!"

"Fine!" Tan Zhiqing thought briefly. "Notify the nations: those countries close to the demons are to prepare for legion warfare; those farther away are to have their elites ready."

"Those who actively respond to our Babao Zhai's call—this favor our Babao Zhai will remember. If war truly breaks out, once the war ends, we will, according to merit, give appropriate support!"

"Understood!"

Inside Su Yang's villa, the other five Divine-grade Beast Tamers and three members of Chen Guo gathered together.

Yun Shuying said with concern: "Chen Zhanglao, be careful on this mission!"

"Mm!"

Chen Yueyao dropped to her knees directly before Su Yang: "Chen Zhanglao, your great kindness and virtue—our Chen family will remember it forever!"

"Get up!"

As she spoke, an invisible force lifted Chen Yueyao up.

Su Yang reminded her: "Don't kneel again next time—kneel once more and I'll throw you out!"

Chen Yueyao stood before Su Yang, looking a little uneasy.

"Yueyao, you must listen to Chen Zhanglao!" Yun Shuying reminded her.

"Alright, I won't kneel from now on!"

After Chen Yueyao, Yun Tianyin, Zhou Qian, and the others left, the entire villa was left with only Su Yang, Xia Na, and Yun Shuying.

Gazing at Chen Yueyao's retreating back, Su Yang said, "Chen Yueyao said she's grateful to the Eight Treasures Studio, but they probably still can't swallow it!"

Yun Shuying nodded. "Of course they can't. Their fine royal clan status is gone!"

"The Chen Guo royal clan was only a branch, but it still numbered several hundred thousand people. Of those who can gather now, there are probably fewer than ten thousand. Most are branch members who were pushed out of Chen Guo and have long since lost any loyalty to it…"

"They must really want to kill Elder Yan Mo, but President Tan probably isn't confident!"

"Come to think of it, the fact that Eight Treasures Studio can help them get their revenge makes Chen Guo quite lucky compared to that country that vanished back then!"

Su Yang said softly, "This world really is cruel!"

Yun Shuying: "No matter which world, it seems to be the same!"

"Indeed, no matter which world, it's all the same!"

The next day, Su Yang brought Xia Na and met Tan Zhiqing.

"Nana, come with me!"

"If you're not afraid of the danger!" Tan Zhiqing reminded them. "During the mission, you might run into God-Rank High-Grade experts from the Shenlongshang Alliance."

"It's fine!"