Chapter 2229: Preparing to Seize Power

I see you have plenty of strong ones; with so many of you, have you joined the battle?

Ye Liuyun tried another method to probe the numbers of the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance.

"Our Ten Thousand Gods Alliance has only over a thousand members in total."

"Although they are all strong, many are martial cultivators who haven't fought in years, so their actual combat strength isn't high."

"Only those who often go out to handle affairs and recruit martial cultivators have some combat experience!"

Zhang Lingquan inadvertently revealed the numbers of the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance.

Moreover, he blamed their lack of participation on insufficient combat experience.

To Ye Liuyun, these sounded like excuses.

"These old fogies, which one of them hasn't been through a hundred battles?"

"They're spirited when fighting their own people."

"Even if they haven't acted in a long time, a period of retraining would fix that."

So he probed again: "Your Ten Thousand Gods Alliance people wouldn't force someone to sign a Divine Soul Contract, would you?"

"Can I join the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance?"

Zhang Lingquan immediately laughed and explained: "How could that be! All of us voluntarily joined the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance to jointly resist the Foreign Tribe."

"We merely collectively signed a Divine Soul Contract not to disrupt the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance's order."

"Martial cultivators who go to the battlefield also must pledge not to betray the Human Race."

"But that is also to prevent traitors from appearing."

"However... although we don't impose restrictions via the Divine Soul Contract, we will not accept any dynasty's membership."

"After all, a dynasty's influence is too great; we worry it would sway the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance's direction."

"Putting it nicely, these old things aren't trying to monopolize the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance and make it follow their wishes!"

Ye Liuyun silently cursed in his heart.

But on the surface he merely smiled and said he could understand.

"Then, King Ye, look, how should we settle the matter of the Trial Battlefield?"

Zhang Lingquan also steered the conversation back to the main topic.

"Do you have any suggestions?"

"After all, the entire Divine Realm has already been mobilized; if we dampen the martial cultivators' enthusiasm, it will be hard to rally them later for the Alien Battlefield."

"Moreover, many of our soldiers are already in the Alien Battlefield."

"Being in the Alien Battlefield, they don't need me to provide resources."

"Once they return, I'll still have to supply them with resources, which will increase my burden."

"So this matter, from any angle, isn't as simple as issuing an order to stop them from participating."

Ye Liuyun deliberately mentioned that returning troops would increase his burden, just to make Zhang Lingquan misunderstand him as needing compensation before withdrawing the soldiers.

"Of course, we understand that as well."

"The martial cultivators' enthusiasm cannot be dampened for now; the Alien Battlefield still needs them to hold the line."

"We only hope that King Ye can recall all the soldiers."

"Their staying or leaving is relatively simple; a single order from you would settle it."

"Naturally, your losses can be compensated by our Ten Thousand Gods Alliance."

"What do you think?"

Zhang Lingquan proposed.

Ye Liuyun nodded: "That's not a problem."

"However, I've been the one leading the dispatch of people; suddenly withdrawing them might require an explanation to the public, wouldn't it?"

"That's only natural! We'll issue the announcement, saying the Alien Battlefield is overcrowded, and have you cooperate in withdrawing the troops."

"Then you just withdraw the people, and it's solved!"

Zhang Lingquan obviously had this scheme all planned out.

"Since the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance has thought everything through so thoroughly, I naturally have nothing to say."

"However, I must prepare the supplies for the soldiers in advance; once they return, I'll have to distribute them, lest they complain."

Ye Liuyun added.

"No problem! I'll go back and arrange for someone to deliver the resources to you!"

Zhang Lingquan patted his chest and guaranteed.

Thus the two reached agreement; Zhang Lingquan immediately returned to report to the Foreign Tribe, arranging the announcement and preparing resources.

On Ye Liuyun's side, however, he gathered everyone together again to discuss how to deal with the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance.

Song An pointed out: "Although the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance lacks backbone, it isn't necessarily a wrong strategy; we can't say your idea will definitely work! After all, we know too little about the Foreign Tribe's layout and information; everything is just speculation."

"However, from the perspective of dynastic governance, there indeed shouldn't be a force equivalent to a dynasty existing."

"On this point I support your decision."

Ye Liuyun also said: "Indeed! My idea might not be correct either."

"Moreover, allying with other worlds, even gaining the support of the great world, is merely my supposition; others may or may not pay attention to us, and that's not certain either!"

"I just feel that against this bunch of inhuman Foreign Tribe who only know invasion and plunder, retreat is useless and would only give them more time to prepare."

"Not bad! I've dealt with the Foreign Tribe for a long time too, and I think this kid's words are correct!"

Qiong Qi also endorsed Ye Liuyun's idea.

Finally, everyone unanimously agreed with Ye Liuyun's idea, but what comes next is truly the difficult beginning.

That is, Ye Liuyun must consider how to deal with the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance and handle public opinion, how to ally with external forces, and also how to confront the Foreign Tribe.

Qiong Qi also gave Ye Liuyun and the others a detailed introduction to the situation of the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance.

In the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance, he is a rather special existence.

He had previously remained in the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance as a pet beast, so he both understood the alliance's situation and could keep in contact with it, yet he had not signed any allegiance contract.

He told everyone: "The Ten Thousand Gods Alliance is actually formed by the strong individuals of the major powers in the Central Region."

The original members numbered over a hundred.

Afterward, they all began to pull their own families in, taking advantage of the resources.

Because the strong individuals who originally came from the Complete Great World indeed left behind many resources.

Among them, a large portion are the Divine Realm's foremost weapon refiners, alchemists, and formation masters.

Together, these people number over six hundred.

All together, they amount to over a thousand.

Because resources are abundant, their cultivation levels are basically at the Ninth Layer Late Stage or even the peak realm.

As for the martial cultivators on the battlefield and the administrators and stewards you saw on the Alien Battlefield, they actually do not belong to the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance.

The Ten Thousand Gods Alliance has two important things: "One is the token left by the strong individuals from the original complete world; crushing the token allows one to call for their aid."

However, it cannot be used unless it is a matter of life and death.

The other is a palace treasure.

All of the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance's treasure resources come from there.

But they discovered that, after a period of time, the resources there increase somewhat.

It seems as if someone can add resources to it.

Both of these things are in the hands of their alliance leader, Cao An.

However, that palace treasure is not something that can be opened casually.

At the very least, ten elders must open it together, and registration is also required.

So that no one can arbitrarily distribute the resources to their own people.