The sun hung high in a clear, cloudless sky.
Within the deep palace of yellow tiles and red walls, Xu Lanqing and the Ice Empress strolled leisurely along the path out of the palace, looking as relaxed as though they were walking through their own backyard.
The negotiations had been resolved easily. Before absolute strength, no matter how unwilling they were, they could only agree.
The two sides signed a ceasefire agreement. The Heaven Dou Empire would withdraw its troops unconditionally, promised not to invade one another with the Sun Moon Empire for twenty years, and would compensate the Sun Moon Empire with one billion in war reparations. Most importantly, it ceded the Tiandou Mountain Range fortress to the Sun Moon Empire.
This diplomatic mission to the Heaven Dou Empire had earned the Sun Moon Empire a fortune.
Enjoying the sunlight on his body, Xu Lanqing glanced at the Imperial Guards standing watch atop the high walls on either side, their gazes filled with hostility, and suddenly asked, "Logically speaking, even if Du Busi couldn't win, he could still run. And with people like Lü Chenggan there as well, what did you prepare to beat them into that state?"
In a normal confrontation, Du Busi, relying on his numerical advantage, might not necessarily have feared the Snow Empress.
Just consider how Zhongli Wu had dared to lead people in surrounding and trying to kill Di Tian in the core region of the Star Dou Forest, Di Tian's own territory. Though they had taken the initiative with a surprise attack and wounded Di Tian, which gave them some inexplicable confidence, they had clearly underestimated the strength of Douluo Continent's publicly acknowledged strongest expert. In the end, they became Di Tian's prey, yet Zhongli Wu still...
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