Ceding Territory

On the deck of the Flying Boat, two groups of people faced off.

Iron Lion King’s Queen was somewhat bewildered. She never imagined that even with her husband and the even stronger Spirit Transformation Yuanxiang Elephant joining forces, they would still be forced by the Yang Household to negotiate peace.

Is this still the same weak Lineage from before?

How did it happen so quickly that even Spirit Transformation Late Stage expert appeared?

"Before we begin negotiations, could you please explain where this Spirit Transformation Late Stage Dao Soldier came from?" A cold glint flashed in the Iron Lion King's eyes. They even have a Spirit Transformation Late Stage Dao Soldier? And they still say it wasn't reinforcements from the Eight Desolations Arena?

Yang Tianyou remained silent, instead taking out a Heavenly Dao Blood Contract, infusing it with a wisp of his own aura, and swearing, "Heavenly Dao above, I, Yang Tianyou of the Purple Moon Yang Household..."

The Heavenly Dao Oath was sworn, and the Iron Lion King opposite it fell silent instantly. What else could it say?

Since the other party dared to make Heavenly Dao Oath, they did not break the rules.

But how could that be?

Iron Lion King couldn't understand how the Yang Household had managed to acquire so many resources in just sixty years to purchase a Spirit Transformation Late Stage Dao Soldier and two Fifth-Tier Low-Grade War Flying Vessels.

From any perspective, this doesn't make sense.

Yang Tianyou didn't care about the complicated thoughts in Iron Lion King's heart. He looked at the Spirit Transformation Yuanxiang Elephant and smiled, "If I remember correctly, during the last Cold Tide, the three Holy Lords of our Human Race and the four Sage Manifestation, including Elephant Emperor, made an agreement that Holy Land-level Forces would not get involved in the disputes below."

Little did you know, this agreement doesn't even count for you?

Could it be that the Origin Elephant Clan intends to break the agreement?

"..."

The Spirit Transformation Yuanxiang Elephant twirled its long trunk, making a crackling sound as it drew air in, yet it couldn't utter a single word.

Being in the wrong is being in the wrong, and no amount of explanation will help. If one side broke the rules first, even taking the case to a higher level won't change anything.

"What do you want?" In the end, the Spirit Transformation Yuanxiang Elephant finally spoke up and asked.

It was a matter of racial honor, and also of agreements with those important figures; it had to make concessions.

"Three Fifth-Tier Mid-Grade Spirit Items, let's call it quits!" Yang Tianyou said.

"Why don't you just rob it?" The Spirit Transformation Yuanxiang Elephant's eyes widened like copper bells, and his long breaths spewed out, stirring up gusts of wind.

"Rob? No, no, no, this is a fair trade. Compared to the Origin Elephant Clan's hundreds of thousands of years of honor, are three mere Fifth-Tier Mid-Grade Spirit Items really that much?" Yang Tianyou retorted.

"Uh..." The Spirit Transformation Yuanxiang Elephant, who was not good with words to begin with, was speechless.

After a long while, it flicked its trunk, and three shimmering, Fifth-Tier Mid-Grade Spirit Items flew towards Yang Tianyou.

He didn't take it, but instead had the Water God Dao Soldier take it.

Seeing this, the Spirit Transformation Yuanxiang Elephant sneered, as if mocking Yang Tianyou's cowardice.

Yang Tianyou remained expressionless. One must be cautious when dealing with a Middle Stage of Spirit Transformation cultivator.

Such a powerful figure, if a hidden move is made, even if it cannot kill him, it can at least severely injure him.

After examining the Spirit Items, the Water God Dao Soldier nodded slowly. Yang Tianyou waved his sleeve and put it into the Mountain-Sea Pearl.

It was not surprising that the Spirit Transformation Yuanxiang Elephant before him was willing to offer Spirit Items to understand the matter.

For Holy Land-level Forces, face and reputation are very important.

These are just three Fifth-Tier Mid-Grade Spirit Items. If they were just raw materials, their value would be equivalent to a decent mid-grade Fifth-Tier Mid-Grade Law Treasure, at most 800,000 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones.

It's simply not worth ruining the reputation that the Origin Elephant Clan has built up over hundreds of thousands of years for such a small amount of money.

Of course, if Yang Tianyou were to make an exorbitant demand, that would be a different story.

The Origin Elephant Clan did break the rules, but the damage they caused to the Yang Household was extremely limited.

If they make others pay too high a price, the Origin Elephant Clan will dare to overturn the table.

If this gets out, outsiders will think the Yang Household is ungrateful, and even the Sacred Land of the Human Race won't say anything.

Holy Land-level Forces are a circle; even if they belong to different races, their interests are aligned in maintaining the authority of the upper echelons.

In the Lu Wu Realm, racial stratification is indeed severe at the lower levels, but at the higher levels, the relationships between some different races are even better than those between forces of the same race.

Take the Sea Abyss Sect and the Mirage Clan, for example. Because of the relationship between Mo Chengkong and Fairy Nishang, the two are as close as family. Otherwise, with the strength of the Sea Abyss Sect alone, how could they have made Sea Abyss Island one of the safest areas in the Chaotic Sea?

The majesty of the Sacred Land cannot be desecrated, so the Yang Household naturally could not offer too much compensation. Three Fifth-Tier Mid-Grade Spirit Items were just right.

Having resolved the matter with the Origin Elephant Clan, Yang Tianyou shifted his gaze and looked at the Iron Lion King with a smile.

The latter's heart skipped a beat. Iron Lion Ridge was not the Origin Elephant Clan; in fact, they were the defeated side. If they didn't bleed a lot this time, they definitely wouldn't be able to get through this ordeal.

As time passed, during the negotiations, the roars of the Iron Lion King echoed repeatedly, suggesting that the Yang Household had inflicted a heavy blow.

A day later, the somewhat disheveled Iron Lion King, along with the Iron Lion King’s Queen and the remaining Iron Lion Ridge warriors, left the War Flying Vessels. The Spirit Transformation Yuanxiang Elephant had already returned to the Origin Elephant Clan.

On the deck, Yang Tianyou looked at the backup contract in front of him, a broad smile spreading across his face.

In this negotiation, Iron Lion Ridge was forced to cede a large area of territory.

By Human Race standards, it should be about the size of eight or nine ordinary counties.

(Note: The area of a regular county is roughly the same as that of Dragon Valley County. Large counties such as Seven Ultimates County and Purple Moon County are equivalent to two or three regular counties. The area of the Zhou Ping Kingdom is equivalent to three or four regular counties.)

After ceding these territories, Iron Lion Ridge's territory, according to Human Race standards, would consist of only thirteen ordinary counties and eight Golden Core Forces, including White Wolf Mound.

Originally, Iron Lion Ridge had eighteen Golden Core Force, but after the two Cold Tide War, ten of them were wiped out, and its territory shrank by more than half, resulting in a huge loss.

In addition to ceding territory, Iron Lion Ridge also paid a large sum of war reparations, amounting to 18,000 high-grade Upper-Grade Spirit Stones, which completely emptied Iron Lion Ridge's coffers.

However, this is the fate of the defeated. Iron Lion King was even glad that the Yang Household did not take over the entire Azure Flame Spirit Lion Clan Iron Lion Ridge Clan. Otherwise, Iron Lion King, who had no place to stand, would have had no choice but to completely submit to the Azure Flame Spirit Lion Clan.