Fox Demon: Huaizhu is not a concubine, and hegemony has no wife

"Husband, do you think they can return safely? And can they reveal to us the true secrets of 'Outside the Circle'?"

Dongfang Huaizhu asked curiously.

She knew that her husband did not approve of the Mask's trip outside the circle, and she decisively refused even Wang Quan Baiye's invitations several times.

Su Mu looked up, looked at Dongfang Huaizhu's curiosity, thought for a moment, and then shook his head: "I'm not too optimistic."

"Do you think they will return empty-handed?"

Dongfang Huaizhu blinked.

"It's not just that. Maybe... not many of them will come back."

Su Mu whispered, and thinking of the final outcome of these people, Su Mu sighed slightly.

Young people are full of vigor and ambition, and always think that they can do anything in the world. However, they don’t know that human power has its limits.

Dongfang Huaizhu was slightly startled. Although she had not joined the 'Mask', she had gotten to know them over the past few days and roughly knew the identities of the 'Mask' members. These people were arguably the top masters of the younger generation. Even one of them should not be underestimated, not to mention that with so many people gathered together, they were so powerful that they could probably handle the 'Demon King'. In Dongfang Huaizhu's opinion, even if they encountered setbacks 'outside the circle', they could always get out of it safely.

But my husband said that it would be difficult for these people to return safely.

"Is this 'outside the circle' really so dangerous?"

Dongfang Huaizhu couldn't help but exclaim.

"If it wasn't dangerous, how could there be no record of 'outside the circle' for thousands of years?"

Su Mu said calmly.

Dongfang Huaizhu was silent for a moment. If these people really died "outside the circle", the matter would be extremely serious.

You must know that these people are the top talents of the major families and the backbone of the major Taoist alliance families in the future. If these people die, it will be a big blow to the major Taoist alliance families behind them.

The Dao League's strength came almost entirely from the major aristocratic families. If the aristocratic families were severely damaged, how could the Dao League remain unscathed?

Perhaps, nothing can be seen now because the Taoist Alliance is supported by the older generation, but the consequences will only become truly apparent in ten or twenty years.

Thinking of the bleak future of the Yiqi Dao League in more than a decade, Dongfang Huaizhu frowned. After all, more than a decade later, her husband would be powerful and, with the support of his father, would have the possibility of taking the position of leader of the Dao League. By then, he would be taking over the weak Dao League, which would definitely not be a good situation for her husband.

After all, the opponents that the Taoist Alliance has to face must not be underestimated, whether it is the missing Fox King Fan Yunfei of the Western Region, or the current Demon Emperor Shi Kuan of Beishan, or the Fox Demon King Tushan Honghong of Tushan, or the King of All Poisons in the South, Huandu Qingtian.

Each of them is not a character to be messed with.

She felt uncomfortable when she thought that her husband would have to support all these alone in the next ten or twenty years.

"What are you thinking about? Why are your brows furrowed so deeply?"

Su Mu stepped forward and gently held Dongfang Huaizhu in his arms.

"I didn't think much of it. I just felt that if they really did what my husband said, the Dao Alliance would be weak for a long time in the future. When facing other opponents again, I'm afraid they would have no choice but to give in step by step and swallow their anger."

"Huaizhu is worried about the Western Region, Beishan, Tushan and the Southern Kingdom?"

Su Mu reached out his hand and gently brushed the hair scattered on Dongfang Huaizhu's face behind her ears, then laughed softly.

"Don't you worry, my husband?"

Dongfang Huaizhu blinked. She knew her husband had a personal relationship with Tushan Honghong, the Fox Demon King of Tushan. But once her husband truly ascended to the position of leader of the Daoist Alliance, what would that personal connection mean in the face of the broader world? And how could Tushan Honghong, for that matter, disregard her own personal connection and come to his aid?

After all, at that time, they represented not only themselves, but also the Taoist Alliance and Tushan behind them.

When a conflict breaks out between Dangtu Mountain and the Dao League, even if they do not want to be enemies with each other, the general trend of the world will push them to become enemies, and then everything will no longer be up to them.

She already knew all this.

After all, her father Dongfang Gu Yue was the leader of the Taoist Alliance, so how could she not know this?

When she was very young, Dongfang Huaizhu remembered that her mother was pregnant with her younger sister and was in poor health. She needed her father's care, but an emergency occurred in the Taoist Alliance, and no matter how reluctant her father was, he had to leave.

As the leader of the Taoist Alliance, sometimes he cannot be independent.

Moreover, there is not only Tushan, but also Beishan, Xixiyu and Nanguo. Which one is easy to deal with?

Didn't she think her husband couldn't think of this? So she waited for him to explain it to her.

"Has Huaizhu ever thought that in ten or twenty years, if the Dao League becomes weak, it will be my chance to show my strength?"

Su Mu stretched out his finger and scratched Dongfang Huaizhu's small nose with a smile.

"Huaizhu should also know that the series of things I've been doing at Shenhuoshan Villa are actually not what the Dao League's aristocratic families want to see. Over the years, aristocratic families have held privileges in the Dao League, almost to the point of 'no aristocratic families, no Dao League'. Aristocratic families guard every position in the Dao League, and these positions are almost entirely hereditary. Everything I've done at Shenhuoshan Villa is undoubtedly giving ordinary people opportunities to make a name for themselves. If ordinary people make a name for themselves, they will challenge the positions of the aristocratic families. How can the aristocratic families be willing to accept this? And how can people from aristocratic families allow their positions to be taken away by ordinary people?"

"The noble families are used to being high and mighty. How could they allow ordinary people to interfere with their rights?"

"At present, my reforms are limited to the sphere of influence of our Shenhuoshan Villa. With my father-in-law as the stabilizing force, these Dao Alliance families are unwilling to offend him, which is why we can maintain stability. But even so, these families still make many small moves."

"They can still watch with indifference now only because my reforms don't directly affect them. But once they involve the entire Dao League, I will encounter widespread opposition from these Dao League families. The resistance will be almost unimaginable."

"But if the Dao Alliance is weak, the resistance it encounters will be much smaller."

Dongfang Huaizhu was slightly surprised when she heard her husband's words. She had never thought about these things, nor had she thought that her husband would have such a big idea.

If the 'mask' is damaged 'outside the circle', it will reduce a lot of resistance to what my husband wants to do.

But what about the outside?

As if aware of Dongfang Huaizhu's thoughts, Su Mu also stood up and gently opened a scroll and handed it to Dongfang Huaizhu.

Dongfang Huaizhu opened it curiously. The content of this book was just a volume about the recent conflict between humans and monsters in the Taoist Alliance. The number of humans injured reached a terrifying level.

Looking at these data, Dongfang Huaizhu was depressed because of the large number of human casualties, but he was more confused.

The disputes between humans and demons have always been going on for a long time. Such things have never been lacking in the past thousands of years, and will not change in the future. Dongfang Huaizhu didn't quite understand why her husband showed him these.

Could it be that my husband still wants to resolve the dispute between humans and monsters?

For thousands of years, the hatred between humans and demons has been deeply rooted in their blood. How can it be easily eliminated?

Besides, what does this have to do with what my husband is going to do?