After Hu Zhiyao, Mo Guyu, and the other three God Children returned to the Devil Palace, they seemed to realize that Lin Bai was currently being suppressed by the First God Child. Thus, they believed they had enough leverage to negotiate a deal with Lin Bai.
That was why Hu Zhiyao had opened with a commanding tone, ordering Lin Bai to allocate the "Mystic Heart Thousand Provinces" to the Hu Family.
Lin Bai had clearly seen that Hu Zhiyao had come with ill intentions. From the look on the usually taciturn Li Guxian's face, he could also make out some clues.
These God Children and Goddess must have secretly met before coming to see Lin Bai.
They also seemed to have already presented their ideas and demands to Li Guxian, but Li Guxian had been unable to satisfy them and had failed to persuade them to change their minds.
Therefore, when Li Guxian entered with them, Lin Bai easily noticed her displeased expression.
Thus, Lin Bai had devised a way to secretly suppress Hu Zhiyao, Mo Guyu, and Zhao Yuanchen.
Once they understood the current situation—that their families needed to rely on Lin Bai, rather than Lin Bai needing to rely on them—
when Hu Zhiyao suggested that "it seems the Emperor Child needs our help more," Lin Bai immediately promised the territories needed by the families of the Second God Child and Third God Child.
He successfully won the Second God Child and Third God Child over to his side, using them to balance Hu Zhiyao, Zhao Yuanchen, and Mo Guyu.
This made one thing clear to them: Lin Bai now had the support of the Duanmu Family, the family of the Second God Child, as well as the Shen Family, the family of the Third God Child.
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