Jade Forest True Immortal saw the other party hold out his hand for spirit stones and decisively changed the subject. "When Central Province faces calamity in the future, will Red Leaf Ridge lend a hand?"
"We will." Qu Jianlei nodded. There was no charge for this question. "Just as Central Province helped when the Tiger-Men invaded years ago."
Jade Forest Matron found that answer rather hard to stomach.
How Central Province had acted during the Tiger-Man invasion was something Jade Forest Matron knew perfectly well. Was there anything seriously wrong with Star Palace's arrangements? Not really.
But Central Province's plan at the time had been to completely sacrifice Dongsheng in order to buy itself room and time to respond.
There was a reason people said mercy could not command an army. At the time, no one could determine the upper limit of the Tiger-Men's offensive.
Central Province's cultivators believed their response had been correct, but Dongsheng's cultivators did not see it that way.
They felt they had been singled out. Central Province wanted the people of Dongsheng dead! And Central Province's cultivators were well aware of Dongsheng's immense resentment over the matter.
That was precisely why, even four hundred years after the Tiger-Men had retreated, the Isolation Grand Array still remained.
Central Province claimed it was to guard against a second Tiger-Man invasion, but the real reason was not limited to that.
The resentment of Dongsheng's cultivators was also a major factor.
That was why, upon hearing that Red Leaf Ridge had come into conflict with Central Province, He Jiuling had immediately decided to come along.
So when Qu Jianlei brought up the Tiger-Man invasion now, Jade Forest Matron truly found it unpleasant to hear.
She knew Central Province had sent reinforcements back then, but from a Central Province with