What was there left to say about taking offense? Wasn't that just rubbing salt in the wound? Huang Lie grumbled inwardly, but outwardly he repeatedly apologized. "In the end, we were the ones who were too shortsighted. Elder Niu's ambitions lie elsewhere; why would you bother quibbling with us over Southern Prefecture's gains and losses? For the things we did wrong before, I hope Elder Niu can be magnanimous."
"It's all in the past." Niu Youdao waved a hand. "Besides, it's rather unreasonable to keep Great Zen Mountain squeezed into Southern Prefecture. What do you think of Guang Prefecture, in the former territory of Zhao Kingdom?" He pointed to Guang Prefecture's location on the map.
"Guang Prefecture?" Huang Lie was startled and uncertain, unable to tell what he truly meant. "Huang is ignorant. I ask Elder Niu to enlighten me."
Niu Youdao said, "Great Zen Mountain is bound to feel uncomfortable remaining cramped in Southern Prefecture, constrained at every turn. How about having Great Zen Mountain relocate to Guang Prefecture and hold it down?"
With Niu Youdao backing Southern Prefecture, Great Zen Mountain had already been unhappy about it. Now that Niu Youdao had become an Elder of Purple Gold Cave, they would inevitably be crushed until they could barely breathe. Naturally, they would be overjoyed to have somewhere else to go. Yet Huang Lie did not believe that Niu Youdao, having only just arrived at Purple Gold Cave, could wield such immense authority or decide how an entire prefecture's status and territory would be allocated. He could not help asking tentatively, "Is this Purple Gold Cave's intention?"
Niu Youdao said, "Whose intention it is isn't important. As long as Great Zen Mountain is willing, there won't be a problem."
"This..." Huang Lie still could not believe it. "Elder Niu,