Bang! With a crisp crack, Purple Butterfly slammed his right hand viciously onto the table. His gaze was deep, his fury difficult to quell.
"Impossible. We will not agree to either of those conditions. Lu Yang, you have no sincerity whatsoever in cooperating with us. All you think about is scraping away benefits for yourself. How could there be such a cheap deal under heaven?"
Purple Butterfly would have to have a hole in his head to agree to Meng Zhao's two conditions. Besides, he was not someone who could make the final decision within the Rebel Army.
If they truly wanted any substantive breakthrough, he would still have to return and consult the real decision-makers.
At the end of the day, he was merely an envoy—an envoy carrying a special mission.
Now that the mission was one hundred percent impossible to complete, he was somewhat lost for a moment and unable to make decisions on many matters.
Meng Zhao smiled. Purple Butterfly's fury had been entirely within his expectations. His tone was clearly mild, and his expression did not change much, yet his manner and bearing carried an overbearing, unyielding force.
"There is nothing impossible under heaven. Those two conditions I named are what the Dan Chi Clan must do if they wish to join you. Otherwise, there is no need for either side to keep tangling with the other. Let us go to war directly.
"Ah, right, I forgot to remind you. The Dan Chi Clan currently has more than thirty thousand men fit for battle who can be gathered together.
"Every one of them has lived and honed themselves amid the mountains and forests. Their Blood Qi, Killing Aura, and skill at killing are all outstanding.
"Even the old and weak can still kill so long as