Let Fu Xuan be the Master of the Alchemy Commission?
Let a diviner manage these followers of Yaoshi?
The turn of events felt somewhat familiar to Mr. Yang, but no matter how he looked at it, this move was completely absurd.
Noldrei explained, "If the Yuque Xianzhou can let the Divination Commission be the sole power, there's no reason the Luofu can't allow its current Master Diviner to manage the Alchemy Commission, right?"
Dan Shu was naturally aware of the situation on the other Xianzhou ships. What truly puzzled her was that Noldrei would dare to make such a suggestion.
"Don't you know that I plan to destroy the Ambrosial Arbor?"
Noldrei shook his head. "No, you don't plan to destroy the Ambrosial Arbor. You just want to use its destruction to destroy the Luofu's faith in the Hunt."
Dan Shu hesitated for a long time before understanding the meaning behind Noldrei's words.
"You're saying you have a better way to destroy the Xianzhou's faith in the Hunt?"
Noldrei nodded in agreement. "Yes, that's what I'm thinking. Do you want a Xianzhou ship that belongs exclusively to the faith of Yaoshi? I have a way to get these followers of Yaoshi back on the market under the shell of the Luofu."
At this, Dan Shu's spirits lifted.
"I'm listening."
The two of them were openly discussing how to collapse the Luofu's faith in the Hunt, yet no one present, neither the General nor the Master Diviner, could stop the discussion from continuing.
They felt as if they had been excluded from the future power of the Luofu, left to watch as Dan Shu and Noldrei planned and partitioned its future.
Mr. Yang pushed up his glasses, knowing this was likely the first time he had encountered such a situation.
A situation where the boss villain was victorious.
This was an 'alternative battle' in which the Nameless could not intervene.
"March, Stelle, and Dan Heng, you must watch and remember this carefully. You might encounter similar situations in other worlds in the future."
A troubled expression appeared on March 7th's face. "Mr. Yang, are we going to have to deal with this kind of thing in the future? This is just too..."
She had no desire to encounter such a situation again, especially these internal conflicts on the Xianzhou, which made outsiders like them keenly aware of their status.
This wasn't a problem of one or two Stellarons.
What March 7th was worst at was dealing with these kinds of interpersonal conflicts.
Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan were even more nervous. They worried that Noldrei would come up with some terrible plan. If the Luofu really changed its colors, they would become traitors to the Hunt.
"If a human civilization cannot change its faith according to its own interests, then it is an immature civilization. A superior civilization should have long-term plans for its faith that align with its own interests."
"Of course, I'm not asking the Xianzhou people to do anything world-shattering in this Aeon-ruled universe. But that doesn't stop us from setting up the future Xianzhou people."
"Dan Shu, didn't you risk your life for this very moment? To just die and take the Ambrosial Arbor with you would be letting the current Xianzhou off too easily."
Noldrei said frankly, "Suppose you take the Ambrosial Arbor. Then I, as the General of the Luofu, would use my last bit of authority to separate the other followers of Yaoshi. I would create a special Cavern to isolate them, a 'one ship, two systems' approach to maintain the balance of the Xianzhou."
"In the long run, the Pure Land Sect is undoubtedly a compromise by the followers of Yaoshi to the Xianzhou's governance. But is that enough? In that case, the power of the followers of Yaoshi would be used by the Xianzhou. That's certainly not enough for you..."
"Only as long as the Ambrosial Arbor exists will extremist believers on the Xianzhou continue to be born. How can you let the Xianzhou resolve its internal affairs so easily?"
Noldrei's words struck the minds of everyone present.
They had never thought that the existence of the Ambrosial Arbor could have such an effect.
In that moment, Jing Yuan even had the thought of taking Dan Shu down with him. Though he would die as the General, the future faith of the Xianzhou would be more stable.
Dan Shu was silent for a long time before saying, "But didn't we just talk about this? The Arbor itself cannot influence people. It is the people themselves who create conflicts due to their own interests, and they just use the Arbor to express this conflict."
"No, I understand what you mean..."
Dan Shu's mind worked quickly, and she immediately grasped the meaning behind Noldrei's words.
The key to resolving the situation was not the Ambrosial Arbor, but the Luofu's Six Charioteers' insufficient control over Xianzhou society. The Six Charioteers could not fully integrate the internal interests of the Xianzhou people, and even a rather terrifying cosmic class society had emerged.
Noldrei said with great composure, "I believe that the future Xianzhou will not be able to handle the benefits brought by the Ambrosial Arbor. As long as it exists, they will eventually fall into an internal cycle of schism and struggle due to the uneven distribution of internal benefits."
Fu Xuan looked at Noldrei in shock, not expecting him to say such a thing. This was a clear sign that he looked down on the Xianzhou.
Dan Shu also hadn't expected Noldrei to say such a thing. She instinctively felt it wasn't a problem, but at the same time, felt it was worth mentioning.
Dan Shu wasn't sure if the Xianzhou had the ability to handle the conflict of faith between Yaoshi and Lan.
But she believed Noldrei was right. The blessings of Yaoshi and the blessings of Lan were inherently at odds, and there was basically no possibility of reconciliation between their followers.
If it weren't for Noldrei's creative invention of the Pure Land theory, the two sides would only be able to continue their slaughter.
"That makes sense. What you're saying really makes sense... With the Xianzhou's education system, there's no way they could let all the Xianzhou people know the inside story. The people of the Six Charioteers don't have the ability to control this real-world conflict."
Dan Shu was surprisingly tempted. There were many things she didn't care about, but the thought of bringing trouble to the Xianzhou was actually a bit appealing.
Elysia felt that the old Noldrei had been too merciful to the Finality.
She had never seen such a humiliating method.
The future of the Xianzhou was being decided by the fact that the Xianzhou itself had insufficient control over its internal affairs.
How could there be such a bizarre method of torture? And Dan Shu was actually tempted by it.
"Can you damage the Ambrosial Arbor to a very weak state? Can you turn it into a very fragile sapling? If possible, it would be best to keep the Arbor on the verge of being destroyed at all times."
Dan Shu now fully understood what Noldrei meant.
It would be best if she could leave the Arbor in a state where anyone could easily destroy it. That way, the Xianzhou would have no choice but to assign someone of sufficient importance to protect this extremely fragile Arbor.
The Arbor not only held the key to various past technologies of the Xianzhou but was also crucial to solving the problem of the Mara-Struck in the future.
To make the followers of the Hunt personally protect the blessings of Yaoshi... could there be anything more interesting to Dan Shu?
Dan Shu moved the trunk of the Arbor, swaying her massive body. She seemed to transform into a cheerful, mature woman.
"Excellent, excellent, excellent!"
"The undying followers of the Hunt! The vengeful running dogs of the Hunt!"
"To make them personally serve the blessings of Yaoshi... is there any more delightful punishment than this? You truly are one of a kind! Since it has come to this, I will grant your wish, regardless of whether you can ultimately solve this problem."
"I will be waiting in another world, looking forward to the future of the cyclical struggle of believers you spoke of."