Listening to Ning Fengzhi's long speech, which seemed to make sense every word but was actually pressing every step of the way, the expression on Nan Feng's face did not change at all.
He did not follow Ning Fengzhi's train of thought to give any so-called "guarantee". Instead, he leaned forward slightly and asked with a hint of joking in his double-colored eyes:
"Ning Fengzhi, with so many roundabout words... do you want to test whether my brain is working well?"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the imperial study room instantly solidified.
Ning Fengzhi's face changed slightly, and the originally gentle smile froze on his face, and he quickly bowed slightly, "Senior is joking, junior... junior must never dare to have such disrespectful thoughts."
"Don't you dare?"
Nan Feng sneered, patted the table unceremoniously with his little hand, and made a muffled "bang" sound:
"I think you are very brave!"
"What is reassurance? If I remember correctly, regarding the safety of maritime shipping, I made it clear and clear to old man Xue Ye yesterday!"
Nan Feng mercilessly exposed Ning Fengzhi's pretense of trying to bargain:
"Purple Pearl Island The more than five hundred high-level Sea Soul Master reorganized navy will be responsible for maintaining the safety of maritime shipping throughout the entire process. The main task is to use their familiarity with the sea area to use the most iron-blooded means to attack and eliminate all stragglers and sporadic pirates along the way! Isn't this called security?"
"As for the Sea Soul Beast attack you mentioned..."
Nan Feng leaned back in his chair, "That's because you inland landlubbers don't understand the rules of the sea at all!"
"On the surface, the ocean seems dangerous and unpredictable, but in fact, the order of survival in the deep sea is much more stable than your land, which is full of intrigues!"
"As long as merchant ships strictly abide by the safe waterways designated by Purple Pearl Navy and do not deviate to those forbidden territories of Sea Soul Beast, the vast majority of high-level Sea Soul Beast will not attack human ships rashly. Because the shriveled flesh and blood of humans is not part of their daily diet!"
"If Sea Soul Beast takes the initiative to attack a huge merchant fleet, there is a high chance that it is the greedy sailors of your human chamber of commerce who are the first to launch the provocation in order to obtain the skin and bones of high-level Soul Beast!"
"There is only a very small chance that you are just too unlucky to run into the extremely dangerous Sea Soul Beast who is naturally violent and murderous, or is going crazy."
"As for this last risk, Purple Pearl Island's navy will naturally send out elite Sea Soul Master on overseas cruises on a regular basis to discover and clear out these extreme safety hazards on the route in advance. This is the sincerity and guarantee Sea God Island gives you!"
Having said this, Nan Feng's eyes suddenly became sharp, staring at Ning Fengzhi:
"So, on top of these three layers of basic guarantees, Ning Fengzhi, what else do you want so-called 'reassurance'?"
"Is it possible..."
There was a hint of unabashed sarcasm and chill in Nan Feng's voice. "Ning Fengzhi means that as long as your merchant ships Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou Empire go out to sea, I, Sea God Island, have to be like a nanny to ensure the absolute safety of all of you and your goods?"
"If you encounter a storm at sea, or if you commit suicide and cause Sea Soul Beast to capsize, if anything goes wrong and you lose even a copper plate, I, Sea God Island, will be fully responsible and will compensate you for your losses?!"
Hearing this extremely heartbreaking hat being pulled down, a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on Ning Fengzhi's forehead.
"Senior, calm down! This junior has no such intention!" Ning Fengzhi quickly bowed deeply, and even Sword Douluo Chen Xin next to him subconsciously tightened his grip on the sword hilt, fearing that the eccentric Demon God Douluo would suddenly attack.
"Junior just means..."
"Okay, don't explain." Nan Feng interrupted Ning Fengzhi's defense extremely rudely.
He sat back on the chair and looked condescendingly at the three powerful figures in the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Then what kind of reassurance does Ning Fengzhi want? Is it possible that you want 100% absolute safety? Do you want 100% guaranteed profit without loss, and huge profits that can be put directly into your pocket?"
"If you don't dare to take this risk in doing business, how can Ning Fengzhi make Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce number one in the world?"
"Besides, everyone... did you make a mistake on something extremely important?"
Nan Feng stood up slowly. Although his height was less than Ning Fengzhi's waist, his domineering aura made the three big figures present dare not even breathe.
"About developing Purple Pearl Island and establishing trade routes... for me, for the high priest, and for the entire Sea God Island, it is not a necessary strategy at all!"
"Tell me the hardest truth."
Nan Feng's heterochromatic eyes were full of arrogance and disdain. "Even if Spirit Hall really becomes the king of the continent and slaughters your two empires and all the sects... will it have any substantial impact on us Sea God Island?"
"Xue Ye The so-called 'lips and teeth are cold' that the old man cried to me... is simply a big joke! It doesn't exist at all!"
Nan Feng put his hands behind his back and said in a contemptuous tone:
"Spirit Hall Even if they really use all the strength of the continent, even if they have a million troops and tens of thousands of high-level Soul Master, they still don't have the courage, let alone the qualification, to step foot on my Sea God Island!"
"Do you really think that Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluos of Sea God Island and the high priest Bo Saixi are just relying on their own cultivation to support Sea God Island's defense? We are just a group of believers who enjoy the absolute protection of Lord Sea God on the island."
"No matter how strong Spirit Hall is? Even if their so-called ninety-nine-level Peerless Douluo Qian Daoliu hidden in the Douluo Hall comes in person! In front of Lord Sea God, who truly controls the world, how different is he from the ants on the ground?!"
"Not to mention, if we really want to fight, with Sea God Island's own strength, there is no need to alert Lord Sea God to come forward!"
Nan Feng glanced at Chen Xin mockingly. "Spirit Hall attacked Sea God Island and lost two Titled Douluo and several Qian Jingli. Don't think that just because a small number of those trash Spirit Hall managed to escape back to the mainland and saved their lives, that they really have the ability to start a war with Sea God Island on this sea."
"If the high priest really had murderous intentions back then, even if Spirit Hall came out in full force, it would only be adding a little cheap fish bone nutrients to the vast sea!"
"So, put away your haggling businessmen faces."
Nan Feng stood up, his small body exuding majesty and arrogance that was hard to look directly at:
"In the final analysis, this cooperation is just because the high priest is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see the lives of the mainland being devastated and being affected by the war of the Spirit Hall. In addition, when Spirit Hall invaded Sea God Island, there are still some old grudges between us. The high priest wants to use this to make Spirit Hall feel unhappy."
"Otherwise, Sea God Island doesn't need to set up any trade zone at all, let alone build any alliance with weaklings like you!"
Nan Feng walked to the door, stopped, turned around and gave them a look of utmost contempt:
"Spirit Hall's threat? A joke! Ask Qian Daoliu if he dares to take his Spirit Hall's Soul Master into the ocean, and if he dares to face Sea God's Wrath?"
"A bunch of short-sighted landlubbers, you don't know the horror of the sea!"
As Nan Feng's sarcastic and arrogant sneer dissipated in the hall, his small figure walked directly out of the imperial study and walked away without even looking back.
There was only a deathly silence left in the imperial study room.
The atmosphere in the room, which was originally a bit oppressive due to Nan Feng's unreasonable and domineering pressure, was extremely awkward, even smelling of gunpowder that was difficult to conceal.
Ning Fengzhi took a deep breath. His face, which originally looked a little pale due to being scolded by Nan Feng, gradually turned a sullen flush.
He slowly turned his head, and his eyes, which had always been as gentle as jade, were now staring at Xue Ye, who was sitting on the dragon chair with a somewhat evasive expression.
The clay figurine is still very angry, let alone the dignified master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
Even with Ning Fengzhi's deep self-cultivation and Chengfu that he has cultivated for so many years, he can't suppress the urge in his chest to curse directly at this moment.
"Your Majesty..."
Ning Fengzhi's voice was very low, but anyone could hear the suppressed anger and question, "Are you... a little too unkind?"
Sword Douluo Chen Xin snorted coldly, the sword energy on his body overflowed uncontrollably, and his cold eyes swept over Xue Ye.
If in normal times someone dared to scheme against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect like this, his Seven Kill Sword would have been unsheathed long ago.
The reason why Ning Fengzhi is so angry is because of the core guarantees that Nan Feng mentioned when he scolded him just now - more than five hundred high-level Sea Soul Masters of Purple Pearl Island will be responsible for escorting the entire journey, delineating absolutely safe fixed waterways, and regularly patrolling to clean up extreme Sea Soul Beast hidden dangers...
These are the most critical basic security frameworks that businessmen value the most. When Xue Ye summoned him for a confidential talk this morning, he didn't even mention it at all!