"This is excellent. I wonder, is the Donghuang Immortal Land truly the greatest power in the entire Nine Immortal Realm?" the girl couldn't help asking. As the person in charge here, she naturally put her own faction's interests first. And this was precisely the crucial moment in the negotiations: the Earth City would side with whoever offered the more favorable terms.
"Naturally. Donghuang is currently the head of the Nine Immortal Realm's Immortal Alliance, while my Donghuang Immortal Land possesses the greatest number of immortals, the finest resources, and the deepest wealth in the Nine Immortal Realm. So the expenditure of one hundred thousand immortal crystals isn't something we can merely cover for one year." Wang Naihe had completely changed his previous attitude. No longer hesitant, he put on the air of a man with money to burn.
Of course, I didn't show any impatience. Instead, I turned to Qingli Mo and said, "Miss Qingli, aren't you planning to fight for your Immortal Venerable brother? For example, offering two or three hundred thousand a year. If the Earth City joined the Qingli Immortal Land, your brother would probably become the next overlord of the Nine Immortal Realm. He'd be number one under heaven."
Qingli Mo glared at me, her expression saying that this idea was unreliable. "Two or three hundred thousand a year? Do you take our Qingli Immortal Land for suckers? Not to mention that merely exempting all taxes would already damage our foundation and shake public confidence—we'd still have to produce at least one hundred thousand jade crystals every year. That's utterly insane! Of course, if we only paid one hundred thousand to try it for a year, I could agree on my brother's behalf!"
She wasn't any brilliant stateswoman, and when it came to benefits, she only