Taiyi Dao Fruit

Everyone was waiting, so time passed peacefully in the waiting.

A month, two months, half a year, a year.

Keeping the peace, a year passed just like that.

The Buddha Country set up in Yong Province, only spreading the teachings and not pressing forward, then waiting for the internal conflicts in Great Zhou to ferment;

The Imperial College increased manpower to help Zhong Shenxiu rebuild Liangzhou Province, then waited for the factions of the Eldest Prince and the Second Prince to clash again with the side of the Princess;

The Eldest Prince and the Second Prince both lay low, focused on demonstrating Dao Fruit, trying to advance to the fourth-rank, and then waited for the Buddha Country to advance east, occupying Jiang Li and the Princess;

The Immortal Queen simply waited for the war with the Buddha Country to begin.

Wait, wait, wait! Everyone was waiting, unaware of what others were waiting for, but as time passed, some began to grow increasingly impatient.

Fight, you better start the fight, why hasn't the fight started yet.

Divine Capital, Upper City District, Meng Residence.

In a quiet garden, a young man in pale blue elegant attire sat in the shade of a tree, gazing at the vibrant scene of the garden, listening to the clear and crisp sound of orioles, yet his face gradually showed signs of irritation.

"Still not fighting!"

The young man smashed the stone table beside him with a palm, the palm force swept across, causing the large tree behind to shake violently, "Why hasn't the fight started yet?"

The Eldest Prince's face was almost unable to hide his agitation, not satisfied with one strike, he was to raise another palm to vent the fire in his heart.

"What on earth are they waiting for?"

The violent Qi Mechanism brewed in his palm, with faint blue scales emerging, just as he was about to destroy the scenery around him with a palm, a gentle cough sounded.

A faint sound wave directly broke the palm force, and the young man, like a deflated ball, slowly lowered his hand, looking towards the source of the sound.

The old Family Head of the Meng Family, Meng Jun, came over with a steady face, huffing and saying, "To achieve great things, the first rule is to remain calm in the face of change; with such magnanimity, do you still think of ascending to the position of the Emperor? Already fifty years old, yet still can't handle the pressure."

"Grandfather."

The Eldest Prince, who looked youthful, greeted him with some dejection, then said softly, "There are spies from the Southern Heavenly Department all over the palace, and my aunt even legitimately sent the Imperial Physician to check my cultivation level and grade under the guise of health care. Their foundation in the court is becoming more stable, if we wait any longer, I'm afraid I won't have any power to resist."

Once a Prince advances to the fourth-rank, he can accommodate the Emperor Dao Fruit, and then start making moves, so the Princess must keep mind of the grades and cultivation of the Princes.

If this is conducted secretly, it might just be brushed off, so the Princess simply conducts the checks openly, leaving the Princes unable to hide or avoid.

Hence, the Eldest Prince who advanced to the fifth-rank early on is actually near Perfection but has always been afraid to advance. The situation with the Second Prince is not very clear, but it seems quite similar.

Originally, they intended to wait for the Buddha Country and Great Zhou to start fighting, for the Princess to be distracted by the war, to seize the opportunity to advance, but unexpectedly the war never started. The Eldest Prince felt the days dragging like years, even though he is already over fifty, he was becoming impatient.

Hearing the Eldest Prince's words, Meng Jun could somewhat understand his predicament, and sighed lightly, "It won't start in the short term."

He took a Jade Scroll from his sleeve and handed it to the Eldest Prince, "News came from the Immortal Palace, that the Buddha Country has only sent people to travel and spread teachings throughout Yong Province so far, without any intention of starting a war."

"They stopped spreading the teachings?" The Eldest Prince was stunned.

After waiting bitterly for more than a year, to be told there would be no fight, how could the Eldest Prince accept it.

With things going this way, who knows when he might be eliminated. Although his aunt might soften, that traitor to the dynasty has hands stained with the Royal Family's blood.

The Lu King, the Fourth Prince, and the former Zong Zheng, these members of the Royal Family all died by his hand, adding one more Eldest Prince wouldn't be too much.

"No."

Meng Jun shook his head and said, "Outside of Yong Province, the monk soldiers of the Buddha Country have been stationed for several months, they could advance at any time. A fight will still happen, but when it will happen cannot be said."

"Currently, the lead in spreading Buddhist Law to the east by the Buddha Country is the Mo Sect's traitor, Tan Wuwei, who deeply understands the court's situation and knows that we and that Jiang Sikong cannot coexist; she may be waiting for internal chaos in Great Zhou."

The Eldest Prince was somewhat stunned.

Their side was waiting for the Buddha Country to attack, while the Buddha Country was waiting for their side to make the first move, and then they were stuck.

"Then should we······"

He wanted to say, should we make a move? But on second thought, what if they made a move and there was no response from the Buddha Country?

Putting himself in the shoes of the Buddha Country, if the Eldest Prince was on their side, seeing internal strife in Great Zhou, he definitely wouldn't start a war directly, instead he would let the arrows fly for a while, letting the internal strife become more intense. Moreover, who knows if the turmoil is real, or if they are trying to trick the Buddha Country into striking first.

The situation has been calm for a year, so if there is a sudden change now, the other side certainly won't rashly believe it.

The Eldest Prince, although his spirit was worn out and agitated, after all was the Emperor's eldest son, he won't lose his mind and act rashly.

"We can't make a move."

Meng Jun shook his head with a wry smile, following the Eldest Prince's words, said, "Even when the Buddhist monk soldiers of the Buddha Country advance, we can't act rashly. Since we can see the situation, Tan Wuwei, that Mo Sect rebel born in the Nine Provinces, can also see the situation; if the Buddha Country advances at this time, it could be to lure us into internal chaos."

Once Great Zhou falls into chaos, the Buddha Country might instead slow down the war effort.

This is something very likely to happen.

This is also the root of the awkward situation, none can entrust faith in the rest.

You don't act, I don't either, acting may lead to being taken advantage of.

Even if you act, I still can't act, because you might be scheming, trying to gorge on my blood-soaked bun.

If it started with an outright war, it might lead to a collective movement, but after a year of waiting, seeing clearly the situation, instead comes apprehension, not daring to move rashly.

The Eldest Prince could understand the meaning of Meng Jun, the Grand Commandant, but precisely because he understood, he became increasingly irritated.

"Then aren't we just waiting to die?" he said fiercely.

Jiang Li, that traitor, has been in seclusion at the Dinghu Sect most of the year, coming to the Divine Capital occasionally, only staying for a day or two.

This made some in the court who had intentions breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that it was a good thing Jiang Sikong had no time to manage both court and sect. But as it turns out, this is a joke of a good thing.

Jiang Li is intensely focused in seclusion, with unparalleled demonic talent, his strength must have greatly improved, and although those in the court also went into seclusion, they couldn't progress as swiftly as Jiang Li could.

The longer the time drags on, the stronger Jiang Li becomes, while their side can only be stuck in the mire of the predicament.

Isn't this just waiting to die?

"Even if we're waiting to die, we must wait."

Meng Jun said in a low voice, "Acting rashly is a path to death, only waiting holds a slim chance of success, we can only wait."

The elderly face, with micro-trembling wrinkles, showed that this senior was not without any inner turmoil, but still made such a seemingly negative decision.

——Wait!

"Wait for someone to break the stalemate, wait for someone to act, it's not only us who don't want to see that person keep advancing."