Chapter 2157 - 2161: Profiting from the Disaster?

"Yunxi sister, you're awake?"

Just as Mu Yunxi lay on the bed, looking at Qin Tian with gentle eyes, Liu Fei'er and Yan Ruolan, having heard her voice, hurriedly stepped inside.

Originally, Mu Yunxi and Qin Tian were having a moment in the room, Qin Tian was still hesitating in his heart. Seeing Mu Yunxi finally showing a coquettish and alluring look, he was contemplating whether to satisfy Mu Yunxi.

As a result, Liu Fei'er and the others came in, making it impossible to do anything.

Especially Mu Yunxi, a second ago she was being coy, the next second, upon hearing Liu Fei'er's voice, she immediately felt a jolt in her heart, knowing she was blushing and too shy to meet anyone, she quickly pulled the quilt over her face to hide it.

"Yunxi sister, are you okay?"

Liu Fei'er and Yan Ruolan wanted to check on Mu Yunxi, Qin Tian, standing by, chuckled secretly. Seeing Mu Yunxi embarrassed, he knew she was thin-skinned, so he quickly diffused the situation by saying, "Yunxi hasn't eaten for a long time; shouldn't you hurry and get her some good food and supplements? She even told me she was hungry, and I was just going to make something for her."

"Alright, alright, we'll go now."

Liu Fei'er and Yan Ruolan snapped out of it, promptly going out to make food for Mu Yunxi.

After waking up, Mu Yunxi rested for a few days before her body slowly recovered. However, she still looked thinner than before, which pained Qin Tian greatly.

After the fall of Demon Capital City, the entire Demon Clan seemed to fall into Qin Tian's hands, but secretly, there was an undercurrent of unrest. Many of the former Demon Clan aristocrats and City Lords naturally were dissatisfied with a foreigner ruling them, so they secretly conspired together, ready to oppose Qin Tian.

Qin Tian had anticipated such a situation might arise before, so he had Xiao Zhuang strengthen intelligence investigations in this area and indeed received some unfavorable news.

At the military meeting in Demon Capital City, Qin Tian directly announced in front of all his trusted aides: "Mu Yunxi is a member of the Demon Clan, and I plan to let her inherit the position of Demon King, to rule the Demon Clan. A Demon ruling Demons, there's no problem with that, right?"

Zuo Yuanhao said, "King Qin's suggestion is excellent. Although those preparing to rebel will not change their minds because of this, if Princess Mu governs the Demon Clan, it will be most convincing. Those hesitating Demon cities might accept it and choose not to rebel."

Saying this, Zuo Yuanhao looked at Qin Tian and said, "Of course, the precondition for them not rebelling is that we must quickly suppress the rebellious Demon cities."

These issues were already considered by Qin Tian when he prepared to hand over the Demon Clan to Mu Yunxi.

Especially during the previous siege of Demon Capital City, countless died and were injured, with over a hundred thousand casualties on both the West State Army and the Demon Clan's sides.

Currently, in Demon Capital City, including the fourteen thousand West State Army and the eighty thousand Demon Clan troops, all of whom surrendered, the morale is unstable.

Qin Tian is worried that these over eighty thousand Demon Clan troops will become a future hidden danger.

Thus, he met alone with Zuo Yuanhao and Zhou Yang to discuss strategies.

"Under the current circumstances, we don't have a large number of Demon Clan troops available, so we must rely on these eighty thousand. Otherwise, things might become even more chaotic," Zhou Yang said.

"Of course, we need to rely on these eighty thousand. What I want to discuss is how to organize the morale?"

Qin Tian looked at Zuo Yuanhao.

Before the siege of Demon Capital City, Zhou Yang, worried they wouldn't succeed, secretly called Xu Kuan, Che Aijun, and Zuo Yuanhao for reinforcements. As a result, the three of them brought twenty thousand troops and two thousand Qin Family troops for aid.

They arrived at Demon Capital City just when Jin Lin and the Fairy Miaoyin were on a killing spree, so Che Aijun and Xu Kuan both fell victim to Jin Lin, barely escaping with their lives.

Almost all his trusted confidants had come to Demon Capital City, leaving his main base in West Capital City rather empty, so Qin Tian wanted to settle matters in Demon Capital City quickly and return to the West Capital soon to avoid any variables.

Zuo Yuanhao and Zhou Yang exchanged a glance, then Zuo Yuanhao said, "King Qin, regarding stabilizing the Demon Clan's morale, I discussed it with Military Advisor Zhou earlier. We all believe that to stabilize their morale, it is most important to settle the mindsets of their generals."

"Among all the surrendered Demon Clan generals, the highest-ranking and most esteemed is none other than their General Zhu Bowen. If we want to control these eighty thousand Demon troops, the best approach is to win Zhu Bowen's heartfelt allegiance."

Zhu Bowen, Qin Tian had known this name before attacking Demon Capital City, as he was a valiant general among the Demon Clan troops.

"After Zhu Bowen's surrender, has he shown any actions? Do you know what he's thinking?"

Qin Tian asked.

Zhou Yang smiled wryly and said, "Boss, the reason Zhu Bowen surrendered then was because we severely wounded him. At that time, he was about to attack Immortal Jiu alongside the Demon King, but was critically hit by Immortal Jiu, lucky to survive, though his Dantian Qi Sea was damaged, and his cultivation has been declining."

"Not only that," Zuo Yuanhao added, "Zhu Bowen is a filial son. I heard the reason he chose to surrender was that his parents are alive, and he has over ten siblings. He wants to protect his family."

What Zhou Yang and Zuo Yuanhao said led Qin Tian to ponder deeply.

To use forceful means on Zhu Bowen: for the sake of his family, Zhu Bowen would have no choice but to comply and listen to Qin Tian.

However, this kind of "obedience" is precisely what Qin Tian currently does not want.

He desires the true loyalty of the Demon Clan forces.

"If that's the case, we'll visit Zhu Bowen. I've heard that he is a calm and loyal person, a filial son, wouldn't be someone unaware of the current situation."

Qin Tian decided to approach Zhu Bowen.

Zhou Yang said, "Boss, are you confident you can persuade Zhu Bowen?"

"No matter what, we must try."

Just as Qin Tian finished speaking, Xiao Zhuang knocked and entered from outside.

"Boss, two things. One is that Immortal Jiu has finally awakened, but he looks very haggard, and we are having someone heal him."

"The second thing is, the Imperial City seems to be planning some actions now that we've suppressed the Demon Clan. In the southwest, the Fourth Prince has already begun mobilizing troops, seemingly taking advantage of our heavy losses in Demon Capital City and most of our generals being in Demon Capital City, to launch a blitzkrieg and raid Yueya City and West Capital City."

As Xiao Zhuang spoke, Qin Tian, Zhou Yang, and Zuo Yuanhao exchanged looks, none of them surprised.

Capturing the opportunity while Qin Tian suffered over a hundred thousand losses in Demon Capital City and with commanding officers Xu Kuan and Che Aijun severely injured in Yueya City, the Fourth Prince's character would indeed take advantage of the situation, and it would be surprising if he didn't.