Chapter 963

In the year 10,355 of the Blue Star Xia calendar, Mahayana Star…

After visiting Taibai Star, Lin Jiang successively toured other planets in the Tianbei Star Domain, like Yuanzai Star, taking five years to finally return to Mahayana Star.

This trip left a deep impression on Lin Jiang; many planets were preparing for war, even the damaged Taibai Star was the same. The day of battle may not be far away.

This worried Lin Jiang. Although Mahayana Star is stable, the Blue Star alliance does not have a strong army. Continuous battles could easily lead to the downfall of Blue Star amid the larger situation.

After thinking for a long time, Lin Jiang had no plan to respond. This great situation is not something he could influence now. Lin Jiang could only rely on the power of the Six Stars and focus on nurturing talent.

"In the years you’ve been away, six more Tao Achievers have appeared in Huaxia. There are two in Li Qing’s area and five Demon Emperors in the Demon Queen’s territory. In the Blue Star camp, there are over five hundred people who have reached above Tao Achieving, including sixteen in the Transmigration Stage."

One day, Cao Ying handed a list to Lin Jiang, who quickly looked it over.

In the Blue Star camp, there are six planets and six immortals, but really there are only three factions: the demon race, Lin Jiang’s faction, and Li Qing’s faction. Lin Ying and Liang Long do not have their own separate forces, and Cao Ying is one of us.

"With six planets, having only about five hundred Tao Achievers is not very many."

"It’s not much, but the potential is huge. After checking, there are still more than one thousand five hundred Void Achieving cultivators. Based on our understanding of these people, about eighty percent of them have a chance to break through to Tao Achieving; it’s just a matter of time. There are already over ten thousand Soul Changing cultivators, and for Nascent Soul, it’s not a tenfold increase, but a hundredfold. Experts predict that if we develop peacefully for five hundred years, it won’t be hard for the Blue Star camp’s human race to have more than a thousand Tao Achievers, not counting the demon race."

Cao Ying said that development takes time to accumulate. The further up in cultivation, the slower the improvement, so this time requirement is counted in centuries.

"Right now, the Tianbei Star Domain is preparing for war. If we only send Space Battleships without troops, that won’t work. They won’t be so foolish as to let us just develop quietly. Besides, we might be the first to face danger; we don’t have enough time."

"Even if we don’t have enough, there’s nothing you can do about it. Just focus on your cultivation. Don’t forget that you are an immortal now. When the time comes to join the battle, you won’t go to the cultivator battlefield; you’ll have to go to the immortal battlefield."

"That’s true, I understand now."

Lin Jiang nodded and then discussed some methods of the Immortal with Cao Ying.

Immortals are not like cultivators; they do not act easily. When they do act, they aim to eliminate their opponent. However, it is very difficult to kill an Immortal. Even if their body is destroyed, they can easily come back together. Only by breaking the Immortal’s path can they truly be defeated, which is also very hard to do.

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Lin Jiang was slowly getting used to his identity as an Immortal, such as not appearing easily. This made him a little uncomfortable because before he always dealt with big matters, and many people were used to reporting things to him.

Lin Jiang was worried about how to find someone to take over his leadership. Unfortunately, it was hard to find such a person. He had many talented people, but most of them were specialists, and he had not found an all-around talent yet.

Cao Wang, Zhu Bin, and Lin Huafei each had their own responsibilities: one was in charge of the Spiritual Energy Research Institute, one was in charge of formations, and one was in charge of alchemy. They were all experts in their fields, but they lacked a bit in management.

Finally, Lin Jiang called his personal disciple, Ye Chen. Lin Jiang had actually trained Ye Chen a long time ago to guard other planets, but Ye Chen seemed a little inexperienced in this area. However, since Lin Jiang had no one else to rely on, he had to let him step up.

"Master, I can’t do it. I know I’m not suited for this. Managing a small planet is fine for me, but carrying the whole Blue Star camp’s burden is too heavy."

After Ye Chen learned that Lin Jiang had called him with this intention, he directly told Lin Jiang that he did not have the ability for it.

"Among the short ones, you are the tallest. It’s your turn now. Don’t make excuses. Take on the responsibility. If you really think there’s a problem, help me find and train a few successors."

Lin Jiang said that the requirements for his replacement are very high. First, they must be someone he can trust. If he can’t trust them, even if they have great skills, he won’t dare to use them.

Second, they should have a decent level of cultivation. Not to mention Transmigration Stage, at least they should be Tao Achieving. When going out on missions or internal inspections, without some level of cultivation, how can you command respect from others?

Finally, there must be real talent. For example, they should have experience in grassroots work and a history of defending a region, etc. After considering everyone, the others just aren’t suitable.

Hearing Lin Jiang say this, Ye Chen couldn’t refuse anymore and could only agree.

Then Lin Jiang reminded Ye Chen of a few important things. Ye Chen would oversee the overall situation, and there was no need for him to handle specific tasks. What mattered was to ensure that the strategy for Blue Star remains on track.

Internally, there are mainly two points. First, use Qiu Weidao to balance things. Qiu Weidao is not fighting alone; he already has a strong team. Among his subordinates, there are eight who are Tao Achieving, but compared to other interest groups, he is still in a weaker position, so when necessary, it’s important to support Qiu Weidao.

Secondly, regarding the relationship with the demon race and Li Qing, we must distinguish between major and minor issues. In small matters, we should be more accommodating. For example, when there are conflicts of interest between them and Huaxia, we can make slight concessions to maintain unity, and this is essential. Most importantly, enhance communication so that we are not used by those with ulterior motives.

Additionally, with Cao Wang, we must ensure that a certain amount of funding is invested every year. The combination of technology and cultivation is the mainstream, but the official investment still focuses on the technology aspect.

On the outside, Blue Star must always be humble. Losing a little is okay, as long as it doesn’t cross the bottom line. Sometimes it seems like Huaxia is at a loss, but in fact, they are gaining an advantage, because Huaxia has many ways to seek benefits, and they must always present themselves beautifully.

"Master, I understand. If I don’t understand something, I will ask you."

"Yes, if you have any questions, just ask. Don’t be shy."

Lin Jiang nodded. He wasn’t dead; he just needed to focus his energy elsewhere.

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Mahayana Star, a certain place

Lin Jiang saw Stone Emperor soaking up the sun. Perhaps he should now be called Stone Emperor, as he had reached the eighth level, equivalent to the Transmigration Stage.

The Stone Monster clan is still very few in number on Blue Star. After several thousand years, there are only a little over thirty members, but their strength is very great, with eighteen of them achieving the Tao.

"Lin Jiang"

The Stone Emperor saw Lin Jiang and greeted him warmly, also making room for Lin Jiang to join him in the sun.

"Stone Emperor, how is the Mahayana Star?"

"It’s very good and comfortable; my people like it a lot."

"What about you?"

"I don’t mind; my progress has come to a stop. I need to Transmigration."

"Oh, when will you Transmigration?"

"I don’t know."

The Stone Emperor shook his head. Among his clan, he was the strongest ever, without any experience to learn from.

"Well, do you still read books?"

Lin Jiang said that he remembered the Stone Emperor once said he wanted to read all the books in the world.

"Lin Jiang, please don’t make fun of me."

Speaking of this, the Stone Emperor felt his face turn red. He had indeed said he wanted to read all the books in the world, but who knew there were so many? He had been reading for thousands of years and still hadn’t finished.

In Jingdu City of Blue Star Huaxia, there is a library that is said to be the largest in the universe, covering an area of five hundred acres and containing one hundred eighty billion books. The Stone Emperor spent a full five hundred years inside it.

But after five hundred years of reading all the books, he found that the library had expanded again, and the number of books had tripled. The Stone Emperor completely gave up.

"Haha, I’m not laughing at you. In fact, you did the right thing; reading is a good thing."

"I read books now too, but I won’t brag about it."

"Hmm, how about you just focus on helping me fight from now on?"

"Lin Jiang, I don’t like fighting."

"I know you don’t like it, but in order to study peacefully, we have to fight. I don’t need to explain this further, right?"

Lin Jiang said that he found the Stone Emperor mainly because after his own Transmigration, the Stone Emperor had become the strongest cultivator among them.

Besides lacking some long-range attack methods, the Stone Emperor had almost no weaknesses; he had high defense and high output, and his body was incredibly tough. It seemed that his tribe was born for war.

In the interstellar war, the battle prowess of cultivators was very important. A powerful expert could easily defeat a whole army.

"Okay, but you can’t make me fight all the time, and you can’t let my weaker tribesmen go to battle."

The Stone Emperor also knew he was in a difficult position, and seeing Lin Jiang say this, he could only agree.

"Of course, don’t worry, I won’t let you down. I have sent a team to search for cultural books from various planets, and I will show you everything."

Lin Jiang said that he always valued cultural development and specifically looked for books on every planet, gathering all kinds of them, and he sent people to organize them. He even discovered many interesting things; it didn’t matter to him if the Stone Emperor saw these books or not.

Upon hearing this, the Stone Emperor smiled widely. He really enjoyed reading, and he wasn’t fond of fighting and killing.

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