"What?" Yuan Xi looked as though she had misheard. "You want to affiliate yourselves with our city?"
Affiliation relationships existed between Uniting Dao Cities. The Ten Great Cities, for instance, had many Uniting Dao Cities under their wing.
Not only the Ten Great Cities—many Cosmos-tier and Flood-tier Uniting Dao Cities also had affiliated Uniting Dao Cities. The higher the rank, the more affiliated cities they had.
Such affiliation was essentially a subordinate relationship. If a smaller Uniting Dao City suffered bullying or came under siege, it could seek aid from its superior city.
Yuan Xi had never considered having other Uniting Dao Cities affiliate themselves with her, because Yuan Xi City itself was not yet fully developed.
Much less in an environment like this.
City Lord Zhao said, "Fellow Daoist, what I mean is that during this period of turmoil, our city wishes to establish a closer cooperative relationship with yours. Within this Snow Plain, our city will be an affiliated Uniting Dao City of yours. At your command, none of us would dare disobey."
"I see..." Yuan Xi understood what he meant. Clearly, City Lord Zhao did not wish to remain beneath others forever, which was why this affiliation would exist only within the Snow Plain. Once everyone left the Snow Plain in the future, they would go their separate ways.
After considering it, she said, "I'll need to discuss this matter carefully with my Vice City Lords and Great Commander. How about I give you an answer afterward?"
City Lord Zhao smiled. "Naturally. Then let us deal with the spoils over there first."
Yuan Xi's side naturally had no objections.
City Lord Zhao and the others soon departed. Shortly afterward, both sides dispatched some people to the enemy Desolate-tier City.
"Council meeting!" Yuan Xi called out.
A moment