Today's third update: Chapter 3159! 3/4!
For now, setting aside whether Erh's plan was truly flawless and foolproof, the concept alone was already bold beyond measure—nothing short of shocking.
Ransoming Renekton, the eighteen Tribe- trấn Turtle Kings, and recovering as many remnants of the scattered allied forces as possible was the foremost objective. It was necessary to stop the losses.
But the key was how to handle the aftermath, and why the Huang Race would agree to release such a fat piece of meat that had already reached its mouth.
Even if Erh personally stepped forward as the Acting Tortoise Lord, his prestige might not carry much weight with the Huang Race, which had won battle after battle, was riding high on momentum, and clearly held the Black Tortoise Race's traditional authority in no regard.
This was bound to be an exchange of interests!
And as the Acting Tortoise Lord, Erh now held the highest authority over the Black Tortoise Race's vast resources.
This was the genuine sincerity and bargaining chip he had prepared for these "peace talks"!
As for bringing back Xuan Bai, Xuan Liao, Tortoise Shell, and the other traitorous Tortoise Marquises, on the surface, it seemed like an internal effort by the Black Tortoise Race to set things right and purge its ranks.
From the Black Tortoise Race's traditional perspective, so long as the price paid was great enough, the individual value of these Tortoise Marquises did not seem impossible for the Huang Race to give up.
Then after bringing them back, would they settle the score afterward, or...
Erh's answer was to put them to important use!
His core reasoning was this: in the past, it was the Black Tortoise Race—or more specifically, the Eight Wise Kings faction—that had wronged them first.
Now that a