Dead silence filled the scene.
A long time passed.
The sincerity on the Mingzhou Prefecture City God's face gave way to indifference once more. "It seems you're beyond reason. Instead of living in peace, you insist on pushing the entire world into the Abyss."
"Heh."
"What?"
"Refusing to cooperate with the Mountain Ghosts means pushing the world into the Abyss?"
"How ridiculous."
Yan Yishu laughed in anger.
"I don't know what those Mountain Ghosts promised you to make you lose your senses and bargain with predators. But I can tell you this: Star Prefecture will not cooperate with Fengyin Mountain."
"And not just Star Prefecture."
"Nandou Prefecture, Ling Palace Prefecture, Willow Ghost Prefecture, Youxin Prefecture, Huai'an Prefecture... none of them will cooperate with Fengyin Mountain."
"And..."
He turned a sinister gaze on Fengyin Mountain's Great Grandmother.
"The blood debt of Qinggua Town."
"I'll collect on that too!"
"How dare you!" The girl, who had been struggling to contain her irritation, finally lost patience at those words. She spoke each word distinctly. "Yan Yishu, Fengyin Mountain answers to no one."
"The Mingzhou City God wanted to talk to you, so I listened."
"Since you can't reach an agreement."
"Then today's business won't end peacefully."
"You want to collect a blood debt from me?"
The girl laughed in fury. "Have Fengyin Mountain's people ventured out so rarely that you think we're yours to push around? You're nothing but a Prefectural City God, yet you have no idea when to back down!"
"Do you really think I can't kill you?"
"No one in this world can demand repayment of a blood debt from Fengyin Mountain!"
The moment she said that.
The soldiers behind Yan Yishu seethed with killing intent, their icy gazes fixed on the girl.
The City God was not to be