Under the surveillance and inspection of the Holy Dynasty, no new vassal state would ever emerge.
Even if the Green Forest were to grow stronger, it would ultimately struggle to see the light of day.
Rather than overtly striving for a mere title, it would be better to manipulate and control from the shadows.
Of course, these words were not something he could openly discuss with Xiao Qiushui.
Xiao Qiushui was a man of passionate disposition, prone to swings of dramatic emotions. At times, his killing intent was too strong, slaying all evildoers on sight to kill in order to stop killing.
Although he was not afraid, for the greater strategy, it would be good to use this person first and reach for the throne of supremacy later.
Not until the two had finished a long and earnest conversation did Ding Peng, who had been listening, speak up, "You both have such lofty ambitions, and even a rough man of the Martial World like me is boiling with enthusiasm.