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"I deliberately slowed down the movements by 10 times so that you can savor them carefully."

"But... even if it's just a memory, I'm too strong, so this jade pendant can only be used once."

Whether you can learn it or not depends on your comprehension, talent, and luck.

Upon hearing Zhao Ji's words, Qiu Tu accepted the jade token from her hand with a hint of surprise, his heart filled with joy.

'Wow! Did this mean I got a gold coin explosion?'

'It seems... flattery really is Zhao Ji's G-spot.'

'Just for taking a few extra shots, you're giving me this much of a benefit?'

'If I pat her a few more times, will I be able to get her onto the bed?'

"Hmm?" Perhaps sensing Qiu Tu's inappropriate thoughts, Zhao Ji's eyes flashed with a cold light as she gave Qiu Tu a sharp look.

However, this time, surprisingly, she didn't say "Damn it, Shudao Mountain!" Instead, she snorted coldly, said, "You clean up the mess. I'm going back to cultivate," and then vanished in a flash.

Qiu Tu didn't care at all when he saw this.

Anyway... Zhao Ji can see what kind of person he is very clearly now: he's like a mango, yellow on the outside and yellow on the inside.

Moreover, he never hid his lust for Consort Zhao.

Just before this great battle began, or even just now, Qiu Tu had been saying ambiguous things from time to time in order to get closer to and change the relationship between Zhao Ji and himself.

This is actually a secret technique from "The Emotional Handbook".

The Emotional Handbook [108 Ways to Enhance Relationships] No. 11: Subtle and Gentle Influence.

If a girl is hard to pursue, then give up on her.

When pursuing girls, choose the easy ones, the ones you can be with. Casting a wide net is the key to winning them over.

But if... you can't see things clearly and insist on clinging to one thing, then there's a way: "to subtly influence others."

"Nourishing things silently" doesn't mean you should be a sycophant, constantly fawning over her. Nor does it mean you should be her friend, silently waiting. Doing so will only make you a backup option or a scapegoat.

The key to "subtle and silent influence" is actually to disrupt your "stable relationship" with her by constantly creating "ambiguity" around her.

For example... say a few ambiguous things today, get others to tease you tomorrow, and increase physical contact the day after. This subtle and gradual blurring of the relationship between you makes the other person used to the ambiguous relationship with you.

At that time, all you need is a suitable opportunity: perhaps a romantic firework display, an ambiguous chat, or a chance glance, all of which can help you successfully win the heart of your beloved.

Attention! Do not confess your feelings during this period. Taking action to "cross the boundaries of the relationship" is far more effective than simply saying it.

After all... if a girl is willing to hold your hand, hug you, kiss you, and even... play cards with you all night, does it really matter whether she verbally calls you her girlfriend?

In fact, most of the time, once you cross these boundaries, it will be the girl who comes to you, seeking confirmation of your relationship.

What if the other person consistently opposes your attempts to cross the line into an ambiguous relationship?

Please see the first few sentences of the "11 points": When pursuing a girl, pursue the easy ones, the ones you can end up with. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Otherwise, those two bachelors out of the eleventh year will be your fate...

After mentally reviewing the "Emotional Handbook," Qiu Tu came to his senses.

He glanced at Xialing City in the distance, where it seemed as if the world was undergoing a dramatic change, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

Regardless, Zehime's conquest plan is progressing steadily. He has already begun to see signs of the iceberg melting.

In his past life, he had heard that when an ice queen melts, there's often a lot of water in her body. He really wanted to verify whether it was true or not...

Having finished considering his private matters with Zhao Ji, Qiu Tu couldn't help but start thinking about official business...

News of today's battle should soon spread throughout the entire Northwest region.

With a record of slaying a level 7 enemy and capturing a level 6 enemy, suppressing the 6th Shelter and pacifying the 7th Shelter should be no problem.

Of course, Qiu Tu believed that the Zhao and Han families would not sit idly by and wait for their doom, and would definitely want to launch a counterattack before they died.

But... now the tide is in Qiu Tu's hands. Besides their loyal followers, how many people in the 7th Shelter will follow them down this dark path?

......

As expected, this was exactly what Qiu Tu had anticipated.

The major battle in the Xialing region had a truly enormous impact.

After all, a battle between 7th-tier evil gods is practically a cataclysmic event. There's simply no way to conceal it.

Even the world's barrier was breached; the sky and the earth were torn apart. Even the "Boundless Sea of ​​the Heart" was completely annihilated.

Such a celestial change was clearly visible not only to those affected by the catastrophe, but also to ordinary people.

Thanks to the battle between Jackal and Qiu Tu a few days ago, and the trouble Jackal caused in the 6th Shelter these past few days, all the major shelters have taken notice of Jackal and Nine-Headed Lion's arrival in the Northwest region.

This has led them to deploy numerous spies around Xialing City in the past few days to monitor the movements of these two super-level evil gods.

As soon as the battle ended, almost all the shelters received relevant intelligence.

Because they couldn't enter the "Summer Ridge Area," the scouts didn't have much intelligence; most of it consisted of only one sentence:

"Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji went to the 'Xia Ling Region', where they killed the 7th-tier Great Evil God Nine-Headed Lion and captured the 6th-tier Evil God Jackal."

However, the value of a piece of intelligence is not entirely proportional to the number of words.

This intelligence report... almost every word weighs a ton.

"Slay" the nine-headed lion, "capture" the jackal.

As the area leader in charge of suppressing the 4th Sanctuary by the "Mist Shadow Society," the Nine-Headed Lion is actually quite famous among the human faction.

Born in the "Core Region", with a distinguished family background, exceptional strength, and possessing top-ranking catastrophe capabilities in the "Core Region".

Such an enemy is a nightmare for the human forces.

Even with the "Iron Women Army," a special army of cataclysmic beings that ranks among the top in the human camp, even with a Tier 6 powerhouse in charge, and even with nuclear weapons as the final weapon, the Fourth Shelter is still formidable.

However, over the years, they have almost been defeated by the "Hidden Mist Society" several times because they could not deal with the bug in the "fringe area" of the Nine-Headed Lion.

The countless skeletons in the 4th Sanctuary are the best proof of the Nine-Headed Lion's power.

And now... a newly appointed leader of the little-known 8th Shelter has actually killed him?

This outcome indeed silenced all the shelters for a time...

Shelter No. 8.

After reading the intelligence in their hands, Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng remained silent for a long time.

Even as Qiu Tu's maternal family, his strongest backing, and even though they already had a certain understanding of Qiu Tu's abilities...

But when they saw this shocking information, the two were still somewhat incredulous...

If Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng are in this state, then the other shelter leaders are even worse off.

It is said that Elder Zhao and Elder Han of Shelter No. 7 were so angry that they smashed a room full of furniture!

Although Elder Wei did not smash anything, his expression was solemn, and he remained silent for a long time.

Even Kou Xuan, who was a master strategist and a strategist who could win battles from afar, froze upon receiving the intelligence, his eyes filled with disbelief.

If even the high-ranking officials in the Northwest region who knew about Qiu Tu's deeds were so surprised, then the other shelters in the human camp must be even more astonished.

The third, fourth, and fifth shelters almost immediately raised Qiu Tu's intelligence level to the highest level.

Even the Second Sanctuary, located in the "Boundless Heart Sea - Core Area," received intelligence about the battle.

Because this victory was so extraordinary, almost the entire human faction was simultaneously studying Qiu Tu's resume, deeds, intelligence, and political line.

"Using an evil god to subdue another evil god?" The same question was uttered by almost all the high-ranking members of the "Iron Lady Gentleman" in the 4th Shelter, as well as the president and vice president of the 5th Shelter.

Only the higher-ups at the Third Shelter had slightly strange expressions when studying Qiu Tu's intelligence.

Among them, Shen Yuzhou, the vice-chairman of the Third Shelter, had a rather gloomy expression.

.......

Regardless of the reactions from the various shelters.

For Qiu Tu, this was an opportunity to expand his political influence and... actual power.

So, after he paraded the jackals in public throughout the major cities of the 6th Shelter, he directly ordered Tang Feifei, Huang Shangzong, and Yan Chen, who were already prepared, to officially launch an attack on the 7th Shelter!

During the time Qiu Tu was advancing, Tang Feifei, with the help of Huang Shangzong and Yan Chen, had successfully reorganized the royalist faction.

Almost all the conservatives who were originally loyal to Prince Kang were purged from the ranks, leaving only those who were loyal to Princess Xi.

With the addition of the military supervisor and the main army of Dongye Prefecture, the royalist faction, after being weakened by a quarter, actually became more cohesive and combat-effective.

Although they can't be considered elite troops, they are at least capable of fighting.

In addition, Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji had just killed the quasi-7th-tier Great Evil God Nine-Headed Lion and captured the 6th-tier Evil God Jackal.

Emboldened by their great victory, the allied forces stormed into the 7th shelter without any resistance, and with the cooperation of the 1 soldiers in the 8th shelter, they forcibly occupied Phoenix Perch State.

As the speaker of Fengqi Prefecture, Cheng Hong, the head of the Cheng family, fled in panic, taking the entire Cheng family to the 7th Shelter at an early age.

This allowed the combined forces of Princess Xi and Qiu Tu to seize a state of the 7th Sanctuary almost without bloodshed.

Following this, with Phoenix Perch Prefecture as her base, Princess Xi, under Qiu Tu's instruction, officially sent a letter to the 7th Shelter in her capacity as the head of the Lin family, requesting entry into the Senate and to become a senior member of the 7th Shelter.

According to the original agreement between the Lin, Han, Zhao, and Wei families when they established the 7th Sanctuary, no matter how much the four families declined, the heads of the families would automatically be qualified to become elders of the Senate.

This is the largest and most core right of the four original shareholders. It was even written into the bylaws of the 7th Shelter.

Therefore, Princess Xi's request is reasonable and legal.

This gave the Han, Zhao, and Wei families a bit of a headache.

So, on the afternoon of the same day they received the official letter, the top executives of the three companies gathered together to discuss how to handle the matter.

Among the major shelters, Shelter No. 7 is somewhat unique. The other three shelters are roughly equal in strength and status.

Therefore, not only were all important matters discussed together, but even the meeting tables were round, with no distinction between superiors and inferiors.

At this moment, right at that round table, the heads of the three families stood in a triangle, their expressions somewhat solemn.

Zhao Pan, the head of the Zhao family, slammed his fist on the table with a livid face and said without any politeness, "Wolf-like ambition! Wolf-like ambition indeed!"

"Qiu Tu isn't even pretending anymore; he's just starting to seize Fengqi Prefecture."

"He's torn up the 'peace and mutual assistance treaty' between the various shelters! He's truly digging his own grave!"

Upon hearing Zhao Pan's words, Han Qidong, the head of the Han family, nodded slightly and then chimed in, "Indeed."

"In order to deal with the great cataclysm and those evil gods, our various sanctuaries agreed to help each other and not invade each other when they were established."

“These policies have been implemented very well over the years.”

"Who would have thought that Qiu Tu would ruin everything?"

At this point, Han Qidong seemed to remember something, looked at Wei Zhengze, the only one at the table who hadn't spoken, and said, "Also, Elder Wei, I heard that just now, you signed a statement of condemnation and sent it to various shelters?"

"But the wording in that statement seemed somewhat euphemistic?"

He recalled for a moment, then repeated, "The mad Qiu Tu sent troops to occupy Fengqi Prefecture?"

After saying that, he tapped his fingers heavily on the round table and said, "Is this the kind of wording used when facing an aggressor?!"

Do you think such condemnation will scare Qiu Tu away?

The three companies are almost evenly matched, and there's no question of one company being able to overpower the other, so there's no need for them to hold back.

Wei Zhengze, the head of the Wei family, glanced at the two of them expressionlessly and said, "Condemnation will not scare Qiu Tu away."

"But... is there anything that can scare Qiu Tu away now?"

"The military, high-end combat capabilities?"

"The army... Qiu Tu has the strong support of the 6th shelter."

"High-end combat power..." Wei Zheng chuckled, not finishing his sentence, but the meaning was self-evident.

Not long ago, Qiu Tu fought against a level 6 enemy. After a few days of seclusion, he and Zhao Ji joined forces to kill a level 7 enemy and capture a level 6 enemy alive.

This level of combat power would place them among the top experts in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Shelters, which have accumulated over many years and received funding from the 2nd Shelter.

As for the 7th shelter... it simply couldn't stop Qiu Tu.

After pointing out Qiu Tu's advantages, Wei Zhengze then said, "So, if you ask me, we might as well just surrender, okay?"

"Anyway, the 7th Sanctuary needs us to maintain its rule. At that time, it will just be that there will be an emperor over us, and we may not be as free to do things."

"But it doesn't matter."