After most of the uninvolved people left, Zhou Xu and the others wore expressions of smug satisfaction.
"From today's perspective, being forced to this extent yet still able to endure, Bai Mu must have been seriously injured by the Snake Demon and hasn't fully recovered."
"Indeed," Zhou Xu said, "now that we've laid our cards on the table and become enemies with Bai Mu, we should be decisive, cut ties quickly. Besides Bai Mu himself, we should replace the others in the county office who need replacing, win over who we can, and eliminate those we can't in order to prevent future troubles."
"Once we've made irreversible changes and turned the Yongzhou County Office into a fortress, even if Bai Mu reports us to the court, the Ji Family won't be able to touch us. Any Prefectural Governor they send, we'll sideline."
"Yes, that's how it should be."
After some small talk with the others, Zhou Xu turned to Zhou Xintong and said, "Let's go."