"For the sake of my Household and clansmen, of course I don't want to join this war!" Yun Heng immediately rejected the idea, but she soon frowned and continued, "However, Leader Zi Ye probably won't give up so easily either. If this battle spreads across the entire Prosperous Zone, that's certainly not something I want to see!"
"I can have you mediate between them, snuffing out the war through an exchange of interests, or at least keeping it within a certain scope. However, the grudge has already been forged. I'm afraid they won't lower their banners and beat their drums so easily, will they?" I found myself admiring the girl a little more for her neither servile nor overbearing manner.
"Then what scope of mediation would Leader Zi Ye be willing to accept..."
"If they don't want to wage war, they must leave the Prosperous Zone as a whole within seven days. I can permit them to take away whatever gains they can carry with them. As for their fixed industries, they must all be taken over and inherited by the Infinite Star Sea. That is their only path to survival." I sneered.
"Th-this... That's impossible!" Yun Heng immediately rejected it.
"What? Star Lord Yun Heng, you haven't even asked them yet, and you can already make the decision for them?" I countered.
"Setting aside whether I can make that decision, this is their core interest zone. You're asking them to leave territory they've cultivated for a thousand years. They definitely won't agree!" Yun Heng found my condition utterly fanciful.
"You haven't asked them yet. How do you know whether they'll agree? Or do you think I can't do it?" A hint of amusement appeared on my face.
"This..." Yun Heng didn't dare make a rash decision, but it was