"What you said, can I still take advantage of you?"
"What I'm worried about is that Di Jun is dissatisfied."
"In this matter, I, Wu Clan, am a latecomer. Even if I suffer some losses, I can't say anything. But Demon Clan is different, especially Di Jun, who has a petty temperament."
"If he knew that after you cooperated with the Demon Clan, you cooperated with the Wu Clan and got the maximum benefit."
"Even if he doesn't say anything, he will secretly write it down in his heart, and then he will bring it up to settle the accounts with you at a critical moment."
Empress Houtu shook his head and smiled, expressing his worries. So what if Jiang Yuan got the greatest benefit? Anyway, she Wu Clan didn't suffer, so it's not unacceptable.
But if she cooperates with Jiang Yuan on behalf of the Wu Clan, it will undoubtedly push Jiang Yuan to the forefront, and Di Jun may not know how she will hate him in her heart.
As an enemy, Empress Houtu would definitely be happy to see the result. But Jiang Yuan has brought benefits to the Wu Clan, and can barely be regarded as Wu Clan's friend.
When treating friends, Wu Clan cannot be unkind and put them in danger.
"What does the empress mean?"
Jiang Yuan seemed to have some realization and asked.
"There is no need to cooperate, but Earth Grand Canon Wu Clan will still be able to repair it. In the eyes of outsiders, I, Wu Clan, am taking advantage of you. But privately, I, Wu Clan, owe you a favor."
"In this way, you will not only benefit, but you will not be targeted by Di Jun."
Empress Houtu said that what she meant was very simple. The idea was ready-made anyway, so they just copied it as if Jiang Yuan had never proposed cooperation.
In this way, the fact that Wu Clan compiled Earth Canon has nothing to do with Jiang Yuan.
After all, let alone Jiang Yuan, even Di Jun can't control Wu Clan. They insist on taking advantage of Jiang Yuan, so what can Jiang Yuan do? They can only endure it.
But this is an external statement. Privately, Wu Clan will still appreciate Jiang Yuan's feelings and will try his best to compensate him if he needs it in the future.
"The empress wants to use Wu Clan's reputation to protect her disciples, which is really touching. But it's not necessary. I'm not afraid that Di Jun will hate me, because he hasn't targeted me once or twice."
Jiang Yuan is very grateful to Empress Houtu for thinking about him. Please note that if he does what she said, Wu Clan's reputation will definitely be damaged.
This sincerity can be said to be quite sufficient, far beyond the comparison of Di Jun.
But there is no need. First of all, he belongs to the Emperor Xi faction in Heavenly Court and is destined to be tolerated by Di Jun.
Now Di Jun is using him because his cultivation is weak and easy to control. If his cultivation were stronger, Di Jun would suppress him.
Since the future is destined to be targeted by Di Jun, what is there to be afraid of now? If you should cooperate with the Wu Clan, cooperate with the Wu Clan, so that Di Jun knows that he still has a way out.
I don't want to leave you here, I have my own place to stay.
Secondly, the foundation of Human Race is on the earth, not the starry sky and Nine Heavens. If the intersection with the Demon Clan is too deep, it will easily be squeezed out by the Ten Thousand Races on the ground.
Therefore, appropriate conflicts with the Demon Clan will help ease the relationship between Human Race and Ten Thousand Races on the ground.
Finally, according to what Empress Houtu said, although he could get a favor from the Wu Clan, the benefits of compiling Earth Grand Canon had nothing to do with him.
There are other ways to get Wu Clan's favor, and there is no need to take advantage of the Didian.
Therefore, based on the above three points, Jiang Yuan rejected Empress Houtu's proposal.
Of course he knows that by doing this, he is suspected of riding a wall between the Wu-Yao clans. And the fence-sitting faction has never had a good end since ancient times.
But when you think about Human Race's original fate, it doesn't matter at all. If you are a fence-sitter, you will be massacred by the Demon Clan, but if you are not a fence-sitter, won't you be massacred by the Demon Clan?
Since you will be slaughtered by the Demon Clan no matter what, you might as well be a fence-sitting faction. After all, when you sit on the fence, the benefits you get are real.
"You're playing with fire!"
Empress Houtu looked at Jiang Yuan and suddenly became serious. This was provoking Di Jun. It was so bold, but she liked it.
"I am not playing with fire. Everything I do does not contain any evil intentions. It is all for the good of all sentient beings in the world."
Jiang Yuan replied seriously that the policies he formulated, whether Demon Clan did it or Wu Clan did it, can further improve the Primordial World order.
This means that he is indeed making a contribution to Primordial World. As for Di Jun's dissatisfaction, it can only be said that his structure is not big enough and his strength is not good enough.
If he is strong enough and unifies Primordial World early, then the policies proposed by Jiang Yuan will all belong to Heavenly Court, who can exclusively enjoy the benefits, and Wu Clan will have no share.
It was because he was not strong enough and failed to unify Primordial World, which resulted in the separation of heaven and earth. This caused the benefits that should have been exclusively enjoyed by Heavenly Court to be divided into two, half of which was taken up by the Wu Clan.
These words are also applicable to the Wu Clan. It's all Di Jiang's fault for failing to unify Primordial World, so the benefits that should have been exclusive to the Wu Clan had to be given half to Heavenly Court.
In short, Jiang Yuan is right, his starting point is good, and he is all for the benefit of all sentient beings in the world.
As for why the conflict arose, it was all the fault of the Wu-Yao clans. Who let them down? They have been fighting for many years and still have not decided the winner.
If they had decided the winner earlier and had one side monopolize the benefits brought by the Jiang Yuan policy, wouldn't the conflict be gone? Without the conflict, there would naturally be no more disputes.
"You pushed it all the way!"
Empress Houtu was speechless, but had to admit that what Jiang Yuan said still made sense.
There is no doubt that the policy he proposed is good. It was Wu-Yao who was fighting to implement it, which caused the dispute. So no matter how you look at it, this is Wu-Yao's fault and cannot be blamed on him.
You can't do good things for Primordial World and still make mistakes, right?
"You're awesome, I agree to your proposal on behalf of the Wu Clan, and I'm willing to work with you to compile Earth Canon."
This matter was not harmful to the Wu Clan. On the contrary, it was somewhat risky for Jiang Yuan, but he didn't care. Empress Houtu had nothing to hesitate, so he agreed directly.
As she finished speaking, the statue of Pangu in the hall trembled slightly, indicating that she recognized the agreement.
Witnessed by Great God Pangu, the effectiveness of this agreement is more effective than the oath of Heavenly Dao. Neither Empress Houtu nor Jiang Yuan can afford the price of breach of contract.
"You still have something to do. If not, it's time to leave. If I keep you for too long, someone at the Demon Clan will probably be dissatisfied."
After talking about business, Empress Houtu said goodbye.
But Jiang Yuan still has something unfinished, so how could he leave just like that? I just heard him say, "Empress, I have one more thing to discuss with you, which is related to the Xuanhuang crop."
Hearing this, Empress Houtu was stunned for a moment, then seemed to have thought of something, and smiled, "I forgot, Wu Clan will not continue to attack you after reaching cooperation with you."
"In this case, my previous action of protecting you was somewhat unnecessary and is not enough to offset the favor I owe you."
"Tell me, what compensation do you want?"