After saying this, Ling Moxue found that his grandfather's spirit had become a little depressed, as if the head of state had just been removed from his face in front of the gods.

Because saying this is equivalent to giving up all the compositions, all the struggles, and all the political aspirations hidden in my heart, and giving up the throne of power by default and giving up my lifelong climb.

This is a very difficult choice.

Especially when you put your mouth down and feel reluctant to leave.

To put it bluntly, his pursuit of immortality may not be a yearning for the path of immortality and exploring all wonders. The greater proportion is that he is afraid of death when he is old.

That's all.

Xia Guixuan could obviously see that he did not evaluate the choice, but instead comforted him: "If you can make a choice, you are all warriors."

Ling Tiannan looked up at his eyes, Xia Guixuan's eyes were calm, without any sarcasm.

Ling Tiannan seemed to be a little relaxed and smiled: "Don't Xiaoxia think I've said so much, I'm full of calculating and hesitating for a lifetime. I'll lose all my last words of immortality. Is it a ridiculous thing?"

"I don't think so." Xia Guixuan said lightly: "Because I am not much better myself... It is not embarrassing to pursue immortality."

At this point, the atmosphere was quiet, and everyone seemed to have realized something: if we say so, the progress of the matter could be Ling Tiannan abandoned the country to cultivate immortals, and Gongsun Jiu took the lead in the monopoly.

Ling Moxue scratched her head.

Originally, my grandfather wanted to win the cooperation and support of his master, but as he spoke, he became the master invisibly become Gongsun Jiu's lobbyist?

Just at this moment, the bell of Ling Tiannan's office rang, Ling Tiannan answered at will, and the secretary's voice came: "Head of the First Nations, Marshal Gongsun asked for a meeting."

The three of them were stunned. Ling Tiannan looked at Xia Guixuan's expression and laughed: "Please come in."

The door opened, and Gongsun Jiu walked in with great strides. He happened to see him first from Ling Moxue's perspective. I wonder if it was the illusion brought by the conversation just now, but I always felt that there was a dragon and tiger lingering around him.

Then Gongsun Jiu entered the door and saw Xia Guixuan sitting there. Just like the dragon loli and the fat tiger were both terrified, the dragon and tiger ran away with a slight sound, and then turned into an ordinary thin and handsome man with eyes.

"Uh..." Gongsun Jiu calmed down: "Why is Captain Xia here?"

Xia Guixuan laughed: "No need to be a captain, no more. Mo Xue is his own person. I am talking to the head of state as the father of Canglong."

Ling Moxue clearly saw the change in Gongsun Jiu's expression, raised her handsome eyebrows slightly, and her eyes were nailed to her body, which was a little sharp.

Ling Moxue would not give him face, so she glared back sharply, with sword energy scattered.

Ling Tiannan suddenly felt that he had become an outsider even though he was obviously his office.

Gongsun Jiu finally picked a sofa and sat down, put his hands in front of him, and looked at the floor thoughtfully: "I came here, I wanted to work hand in hand with the head of state again and cooperate sincerely. Since you are here, I guess I don't need to say anything anymore?"

Xia Guixuan smiled and said, "I haven't had time to talk about Zelt yet, so I'm chatting more often."

Gongsun Jiu nodded: "Then let me say it."

She briefly explained Zelt's situation and summarized it directly: "The military staff held a night meeting and it was not disbanded until now. I won't mention the specific details. I am here to seek support from the head of state."

Ling Tiannan frowned slightly.

At this time, Daxia did not plan to fight, just discuss the matter. The political circle of Daxia had just passed a five-year development plan. It took a long time to study the items, which took a lot of effort and long-term research from the national think tank. This is really a leap forward for the development of national economy, people's livelihood and technology.

Once war starts again, this plan will inevitably be seriously affected, and in fact, whether Daxia can launch a war with national strength at this moment has to be questioned.

The military is not in charge of many things and does not know that the cost of food and rice is expensive. The military cannot explain the reason because of the population structure caused by death in a war. Isn’t this burden still lies with the public in the political circle?

Xia Guixuan can transform resources, making everyone extremely rich in material resources, but it also has its limits. If he can create a galaxy fleet out of nothing, then he will probably be supreme. At most, he will transform the earth's vein environment and give spiritual energy to birth, and the next thing still needs artificial.

To be honest, Ling Tiannan doesn't quite agree with the preparations for combat at this time. If Xia Guixuan were not available, this matter might have been a fuse for even a struggle.

But it is obvious that this is what Xia Guixuan wants to do...

Ling Tiannan thought for a long time and suddenly said, "If Xiao Xia was not here, how would the marshal originally plan to reach an agreement with me? What is the righteousness? State the interests?"

Gongsun Jiu laughed: "There are different paths in literature and martial arts, and everyone's interests are different. Perhaps the head of state and a large number of the ruling and opposition officials will think that diligently cultivating internal strength and consolidating their own foundation is the top priority. Regardless of the chaos in Zelt's star domain, there will be still opportunities in the future."

Ling Tiannan nodded: "Not bad."

Gongsun Jiu downplayed: "I understand that many Northern Expeditions in history were stranded like this."

“…”

"Some people want to care for the people's strength, some people think that expanding territory is not good for them, but it only makes me Gongsun Jiu..." Gongsun Jiu smiled: "Before I came here, I knew that using interests can't convince anyone, and I will only fall into endless disputes and endlessly."

Ling Tiannan also smiled: "So what did the marshal want to say when he comes here?"

Gongsun Jiu said lightly: "Maybe many people think that I will further centralize power through this battle... Indeed, I was also looking forward to such a result. But if we take the future of the Yongding Star Domain, compared with my authority..."

He paused and said word by word: "If the Head of State supports this matter, Gongsun Jiu will give all the checks and balances the head of state wants after the war, and lock his right to do good in a cage."

Xia Guixuan smiled slightly, his eyes gentle.

Ling Moxue looked at Gongsun Jiu in shock.

Ling Tiannan was even more moved.

He proposed the conditions for being a villain and traitor of the country. Isn’t this the result if he wants to get Xia Guixuan’s support?

But he didn't need to do anything at all, Gongsun Jiu took the initiative to propose this result...it was just to be able to permanently settle the star field.

The conversation with Xia Guixuan just now flashed across his mind, and Ling Tiannan knew why Xia Guixuan trusted Gongsun Jiu's sincerity.

Because that is not PPT, that is proven by him personally.

But he heard Gongsun Jiu continue to say: "In fact, after pacifying Zelt, there is no problem with Gongsun releasing Jia and returning to the field. The reason why he is just willing to add shackles to himself but still has military power is simply because he is afraid that he will become Yue Fei."

Ling Tiannan smiled: "I am not Zhao Gou."

Gongsun Jiu did not answer, obviously he did not trust him very much.

But Ling Tiannan pointed at him and smiled: "You come and be Zhao Gou."

Gongsun Jiu: "?"

Ling Tiannan's feeling of being pulled out of energy, which had been slightly melancholy before, completely disappeared, and he smiled casually: "You don't need to give you conditions, because Father Canglong has already given you conditions... The Marshal can do his own thing with peace of mind, and I, Ling Tiannan, will help you for the last time."

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PS: I probably won’t update these two days, because I received a notification from the editor yesterday that I would write a copy of the extras before February 4th. It’s only two or three days, so the extras should be about 10,000 words, so I won’t add the updates for now. (The manuscript will be submitted on February 4th, and it’s unknown when it will be released)
Chapter completed!