As Ao Bing spoke, he exchanged a glance with Kai Yun before turning to Wang Ping. "The Datong Dynasty has already reached the end of its road. The split between the two southwestern dynasties has become a foregone conclusion, and the New Dynasty in the north is a complete mess internally..."
Before Ao Bing could finish, Rongyang cut him off. "Don't bring such trivial matters to the Second Seat meeting. Just get to the serious matter."
Ao Bing frowned slightly when Rongyang interrupted him, then simply ignored him and continued. "The only reason the two southwestern dynasties can still exist is because Disciples under Fellow Daoist's command have forcibly intervened. That does not conform to the Dao Palace's rules, does it?"
Wang Ping did not refute Ao Bing. He merely said casually, "Then let us follow the document's proposal and imitate the regulations established when the Datong Dynasty was founded: cultivators above the Second Realm are forbidden from taking part in the struggle for the Divine Artifact."
Ao Bing smiled. "Fellow Changqing truly understands reason. That is precisely the principle." He looked around the table. "This matter is of great importance. If any of you have thoughts, feel free to raise them. We do not necessarily have to adopt the regulations from the founding of the Datong Dynasty."
He became generous because he understood that this proposal would certainly pass. So long as no cultivators of major realms intervened, he was confident he could contend for the Central Province Divine Artifact—especially if he could dampen the True Sun Sect's momentum.
With that thought, Ao Bing smiled again and looked toward Rongyang, lifting his chin in a provocative, disdainful glance.
Seeing Ao Bing's expression, Rongyang smiled. "The struggle for the Central Province Divine Artifact will certainly require war. War requires money.