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Chapter 318 - 318 0250 Its not easy to do well

Chapter 318: Chapter 0250: It’s not easy to do well Chapter 318: Chapter 0250: It’s not easy to do well Chapter 0250 – It’s Not Easy to Do Well

While Huang Zhiwei was writing his appeals, Tongmen West Pass and the small city were completely immersed in celebrations. Over the years, the Tongguan Left Guard Station had never achieved such a significant victory before. Regardless of how the court would reward them in the future, the success itself was worth celebrating extravagantly. For a while, both the military and civilians at the Tongguan Left Guard Station were singing and dancing. All the taverns, tea houses, and other entertainment venues in the small city were packed. The merchants were ecstatic.

Another group was also filled with high spirits – the cultivators who had participated in this battle. In this war, Qi Tian had personally dispatched several of the strongest cultivators among the Chi Di. This broke the Chi Di cultivators’ morale and limited their movements on the battlefield. Some even fled before the grand battle among the cultivators had begun. This gave the Great Zhao’s cultivators an rare advantage on the battlefield, and they managed to kill nearly two hundred Chi Di cultivators. Most of the defeated were at the Qi Cultivation Period, despite those at the Foundation Establishment Stage being in the minority, there were still as many as twenty to thirty of them.

None of the cultivators involved in the mortal battlefield were particularly affluent, yet even a broken ship carried three pounds of nails, let alone cultivators, and so many of them. The treasures they carried all became war trophies for the cultivators of Great Zhao.

These spoils of war were divided according to the rules they had set in advance, almost everyone got something. Some of these treasures were used by them, some were not. So naturally, they had to exchange what they couldn’t use with others. For a while, the trading square for cultivators in the small city became bustling once again.

Qi Tian gathered all the cultivators and announced the disbandment of the cultivator team, thus relinquishing his role as the leader.

All the cultivators greatly admired Qi Tian as their leader. Even those like Jixiang and Yin Zexiong, who had once clashed with Qi Tian over the position of the leader, had to admit their admiration for him in their hearts. They were certain that if they were in Qi Tian’s position, they could never have helped the Great Zhao army achieve such a massive victory in such a short period of time. Qi Tian single-handedly reversed the war situation between Great Zhao and Chi Di, causing heavy losses to the Chi Di. It was feared that Chi Di would not be able to pose a threat to Tongmen West Pass of Great Zhao in the next two or three years.

Yin Zexiong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Qi Tian step down as the leader. For a long time, the Guardian National Master Manor he represented had been suppressing the Imperial Master Mansion. If Qi Tian, as the leader, had taken more than six hundred cultivators to the Imperial Master Mansion, the power of the Imperial Master Mansion would definitely surge. But Qi Tian didn’t do that. He simply stepped down from his position without making any propaganda for the Imperial Master Mansion or trying to draw manpower for it. It was unclear whether Qi Tian was foolish or simply lacked the foresight.

Yin Zexiong did not disclose his thoughts to Qi Tian. If he did, Qi Tian would have certainly argued with him. Qi Tian had considered to allure these cultivators to the Imperial Master Mansion, but that was not something that could be accomplished via simple lip service. In order to attract people, a sufficient economic foundation was needed first. It was impossible to invite people without offering any benefits. Furthermore, they had to provide abodes and monthly allowances. Even the existing disciples in the Imperial Master Mansion were not completely satisfied with these. Qi Tian had felt the economic strain in the Imperial Master Mansion more than once. Bringing people would seemingly enhance the strength of the Imperial Master Mansion, but actually it would burden it with heavy debts. There were many examples on Earth in his previous life where companies had collapsed due to blind expansion and subsequent financial ruptures. How could Qi Tian repeat this mistake?

Besides, the doors of the Imperial Master Mansion were always open. If these cultivators really intended to join the mansion, Qi Tian wouldn’t need to introduce them. They would go by themselves. If they didn’t want to join, no matter how much Qi Tian endorsed it, they may not be willing. Furthermore, even if these were not problems, if the Imperial Master Mansion had enough financial strength and these people were willing to join, would the Imperial Master Mansion readily accept them? The Imperial Master Mansion was not something Qi Tian controlled. He was just a small figure in the Foundation Establishment First Level. He didn’t have much foundation in the Imperial Master Mansion. They wouldn’t necessarily admit all these people just because of his words. This could lead to deterioration of relationships, resulting in antagonism from the initially good relationship. That would be Qi Tian’s fault.

It was after thorough consideration that Qi Tian decisively resigned as the leader. In this way, they would still be friends in the future. If the Imperial Master Mansion really needed help in the future, Qi Tian could still invite them.

Qi Tian cared more about the people around him. He brought Zhang Lei, Pan Yulin, Jiang Pan, Zhang Guangyao, and Wang Shuqing before him. During this confrontation between Chi Di and Great Zhao, apart from Qi Tian’s own efforts, Zhang Lei and others had provided significant assistance to end the war quickly.