Diplomatic Affairs Hall.
Li Zhier stood beside me in the main council hall. The representatives of the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect each held their breath, while the man standing at their head was Li Tianjing, sect master of the Heavenrealm Gate.
"Alliance Leader Li, you plan to take Li Zhier away with just these few conditions? Aren't you looking down on Sky City a little too much?" I said coldly. The Heavenrealm Gate was a sect under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect, but it was also something of a hegemon in the southern heavens. After the aura of the Heavenly Dao leaked out, the Heavenrealm Gate had seized its opportunity to develop. It had swallowed up countless sects through its alliance, and after the current Chaos Tide broke out, everything had gone even more smoothly.
But what did a mere Heavenrealm Gate amount to in my eyes?
Li Tianjing wiped away a bead of sweat and hurriedly said, "Respected City Lord, if these three conditions won't do, then I truly have no other way. I am only here to deliver a message and would never dare make decisions on behalf of the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect..."
"Heh, then what should we do? The Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect doesn't want her anymore?" I chuckled. I looked toward Li Zhier, who had also been stunned by the situation. With the three conditions initially offered by the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect rejected by me, the negotiations had effectively collapsed, which meant she could not return.
As for why she was able to sit in on the proceedings, one reason was that the matter concerned her. Another was that whenever I attended to many governmental affairs, I had her follow me directly, allowing her to broaden her horizons.
"Of course not,