"This time, Xiao Xing's betrayal dealt enormous damage to the Great Xia Fief."
Xia Feng stood among the crowd, his voice low and measured. "If White Phoenix Lord Lu Wang had not seen through Xiao Xing's scheme, the consequences would have been unthinkable... To thank Lu Wang, I have decided to gift the Bone-Melting Fief to the White Phoenix Fief as a vassal territory."
The Evolvers of the Great Xia Fief faction all found this rather abrupt.
Giving away a vassal territory outright was far too lavish a gift.
However, considering Lu Wang's help to the Great Xia Fief faction, such a reward did not seem inappropriate.
More importantly, Xia Feng held great prestige, and Guo Baisheng was utterly loyal to him, so no one raised any objections.
This was the solution Bai Xiaowen and Xia Feng had discussed.
Bai Xiaohua had entrusted the Snow Li Fief to Xia Feng only for temporary management. Now that he had met Bai Xiaohua's younger brother, Xia Feng naturally had to hand over what had been entrusted to him to its rightful owner.
From Bai Xiaowen's perspective, his sister Bai Xiaohua's territory meant far more than merely a vassal territory.
Moreover, his father Bai Yuantang's first Spirit Thought had once told Bai Xiaowen to reclaim the Snow Li Fief. Only after accomplishing this could Bai Xiaowen encounter Bai Yuantang's second Spirit Thought.
Using a "gift of thanks" as an excuse to give the Bone-Melting Fief to Bai Xiaowen was also meant to prevent the Great Evolution Territory and any enemies possibly standing behind it from becoming suspicious.
Bai Xiaowen was soon led to the Bone-Melting Fief's Boundary Stele. After dismissing the others, he placed his palm on the stele.
The Spirit Realm Rules quickly informed him that he had obtained control over a