Chapter 1404: Teacher Ye's Task

Teacher Ye's Task

"He has already gone to support the Hidden Clouds Domain." The Blind Man spoke calmly. "For now, the South Sea Domain is under my full command."

Teacher Ye was somewhat astonished, but after a moment of thought, he nodded slightly, seemingly acknowledging Chu Changqing's decision, and walked straight over to a seat to sit down.

Sitting across from Teacher Ye were the Head of the Pu Family, Pu Chunshu, and Pu Xiachen. He was not unfamiliar with these few people; after all, they were all higher-ups of the Pu Family and owners of the Celestial Star Positions. During this period, Teacher Ye had seen them plenty of times in meetings... But seated between the Head of the Pu Family and Pu Chunshu was a youth whom Teacher Ye had never seen before.

"This is?" Teacher Ye asked in confusion.

"I am Pu Sanyuan." The youth smiled politely. "A former member of the Adjudication Proxies. The current Head of the Pu Family is my older brother. I recently just returned from the Tianshu Domain."

The youth before his eyes was precisely the "Scholar" who had once crossed paths with Chen Ling and the others in the Wuji Domain, and also the Rank 8 of the Path of the Scholar God who had briefly entangled with First Senior Brother Ning Ruyu. He was one of the Pu Family's most important foundation pillars.

"Hello." Teacher Ye nodded slightly.

"Everyone has arrived, aren't we going to start?" A Councilor couldn't help but question the Blind Man. "There is still slaughtering going on at the frontlines, and we're just wasting time here?"

"For this meeting, there is still one important person who hasn't arrived."

"Who else?"

The Blind Man didn't speak.

After a brief silence, the doors to the conference room were opened once again.

A figure draped in an Enforcer's trench coat, with silver stripes embroidered on the hem, slowly walked into everyone's field of vision.

Han Meng's gaze swept across everyone, pausing briefly on that Councilor for a moment, before speaking calmly, "It seems I'm late."

"It's you? Why are you here??"

Seeing that familiar face, the Councilor's face was full of shock. "Shouldn't you be under house arrest at the Pu Family?"

"Special times, special policies." The Blind Man spoke unhurriedly. "From now on, the solitary confinement punishment for Enforcer Han Meng is suspended. If Han Meng can perform meritorious deeds in this campaign, his past criminal record will be completely wiped clean."

"He's a lunatic! How could you guys just let him out like this! If his brain cramps up on the battlefield and he judges our own people, who will bear this responsibility!" The Councilor abruptly stood up from his seat and shouted loudly.

The Blind Man frowned:

"This is the Lord of the South Sea's order before he left. Do you have an objection to the Lord of the South Sea's decision?"

The Councilor's voice abruptly ceased.

"No... Even if it's the Lord of the South Sea, he doesn't have the right to make this kind of decision without a unified resolution from the Alliance Council. I want to initiate an Alliance Council meeting!" The Councilor gritted his teeth as if he had thought of something.

"Councilor Qin, I think you haven't recognized the situation clearly yet." The Blind Man sneered. "Right now, all domains are facing life-or-death crises. How can we convene an Alliance Council meeting? As I said, special times, special policies. Now is the most crucial moment of the war, everything must make way for achieving final victory."

The Councilor's face turned somewhat pale.

He understood... The Lord of the South Sea establishing the Alliance Council was in order to balance the political situations within the domains during peacetime, weakening inherent powers including the Pu Family, while simultaneously making resource allocation better in the early stages of the war.

After all, those capable of becoming Councilors were all commercial giants within the major domains, or they held extremely important resources. Through them, the Lord of the South Sea continuously extracted resources from the wealthy families native to the domains, and ensured material supplies for the rear during the wars of the past few months, stabilizing the internal situations of the domains.

This was also the main reason why the South Sea Domain, despite nearly being destroyed by the Forbidden Sea a few months ago, was able to rebuild so well in such a short amount of time.

But now, the return of the Red Star was imminent, and the final decisive battle between humanity and the Calamities had already begun. Power weakening, resource extraction, supply allocation—all of it had to be temporarily tossed aside... If this war was lost, the South Sea Domain would certainly perish, let alone talk of any rebuilding.

Nowadays, politics had to make way for the military. A soldier capable of playing a role in this war was worth a hundred politicians.

"Heh... What a Lord of the South Sea."

The Councilor had already seen through the logic behind this, and his whole body sat back down weakly in his chair.

Han Meng didn't even bother to spare him another glance and directly pulled up a chair to sit down, as if he had already guessed long ago that he would sooner or later be personally released by the Human Domains...

"How is the battle situation now?"

"To tell you the truth, the current situation is passable." The Blind Man sat up straight.

"Although the Calamities of the Forbidden Sea have also come out in full force, their combat power on land is not high. Moreover, the Ancestor of the Pu Family has already fixed the surrounding terrain, so the seawater won't be able to surge up for a short period of time...

"Currently, the South Sea Domain is easy to defend and hard to attack. As long as we guard the few key 'breathing portals' well, we should be able to hold out for a very long time."

This point had actually already been guessed by everyone present, otherwise they wouldn't even have the chance to be sitting here having a meeting right now.

"The Forbidden Sea definitely won't only have this bit of means." Han Meng spoke in a deep voice. "We absolutely cannot relax our vigilance."

"Indeed... Be prepared for danger in times of peace. With preparedness, there is no peril." Pu Sanyuan nodded in agreement.

"This point is for certain, otherwise I wouldn't have called everyone over... We hope that everyone can take turns garrisoning the 'breathing portals', and even operate outside the 'breathing portals', to relieve pressure on the frontlines on one hand, and pay attention to observing the surroundings on the other." The Blind Man paused for a moment.

"Acting as a cowardly turtle will only forever result in taking a passive beating; possessing sharp eyes is what allows one to anticipate danger in advance."

This was also one of the reasons why the Lord of the South Sea requested the release of Han Meng. Among everyone present, perhaps no one was better at discerning details and identifying danger than Han Meng.

"Oh... Except for Teacher Ye." As if he had recalled something, the Blind Man's gaze turned toward Teacher Ye.

"Teacher Ye, your task is to manage the people of your Integration Faction well during this period. Do not let them affect the battles at the frontlines."

Teacher Ye froze, and subsequently, a trace of anger uncontrollably surfaced in his eyes:

"What do you mean by this? Our children of the Integration Faction are not some law-breaking criminals! Over these past few months, haven't they honestly stayed within the factory as per your requests? They have already become prisoners according to your wishes, and you're still not satisfied??"

"Teacher Ye, that's not what I meant..."

"I know you hold prejudices against the Integration Faction, but you must at least give us an opportunity to prove ourselves, right?" Teacher Ye suppressed his emotions as much as possible, speaking peacefully.

"Leaving aside the young children for the moment, Old Wolf and the other high-tier combat powers will absolutely play a role on the battlefield no smaller than any of you!

"You can have special policies for special times and allow Chief Han Meng to return to the battlefield. Why... can't you give our Integration Faction a chance?"