When Baili Qingfeng left, no one tried to stop him.
The Star Empire still observed the basic rule that envoys were not to be killed during conflicts between nations.
But...
"Your Majesty, this Baili Qingfeng really doesn't know how to behave."
The old man standing beside Yinghuo spoke in a low voice.
He was Tai Lei, the Star Empire's Minister of Military Affairs.
The Tai Family was also one of the empire's most illustrious top-tier clans. Tai Mo, one of the only two demigods among the royalists, was the Tai Family's ancestor.
For the past eight hundred years, generation after generation of the Tai Family had served the Star Empire's royal family. Deeply trusted by the royals, Tai Lei was equally blunt and direct when speaking with Saint Star Radiance.
"Looks like our Mr. Baili Qingfeng is quite proud."
The rather youthful-looking man beside Saint Star Radiance smiled. "Father proposed two hundred thousand Divine Gold Coins in military reparations, along with having him serve for ten years at the Cloud Glow Mountain front. Both were well within his means. He possesses True God Essence, so he could easily produce two hundred thousand Divine Gold Coins. As for the Cloud Glow Mountain front... with his strength, so long as he didn't attract the attention of a demigod from the Pterosaur Kingdom, there was no reason for his life to be in danger. Yet he refused—without even the slightest intention of bargaining. He rejected it without the slightest hesitation."
He was Saint Star Soul, the Crown Prince of the Star Empire—a peerless prodigy who was not counted among the Three Sovereigns Six Saints, yet whose fame surpassed even theirs.
"Young people who haven't suffered the beatings of society naturally turn out this way."
Another voice came from behind. Immediately afterward, an old