Chen Xinjie's indifferent gaze swept past Bai Ziyuan before finally settling on Vice Minister Zhou's anxious face. His voice was steady, yet carried an unquestionable force. "The Tang Sect's reconciliation proposal is feasible. I agree."
Vice Minister Zhou froze on the spot, his face filled with disbelief as he blurted out, "General Chen, but..."
"No buts."
Chen Xinjie directly cut off his attempted argument, his tone showing no hint of concession.
"The Tang Sect has already shown the utmost sincerity and yielded step by step. If we continue clinging to this matter and insist on internal conflict, we will only become a laughingstock for the Holy Spirit Cult. Shrek City went through a bloody battle just yesterday and is still in ruins. Our foremost priority is to stabilize the situation, not to throw ourselves into infighting."
As he spoke, his gaze seemingly casually swept over Bai Ziyuan.
Their lips moved soundlessly, clearly conducting an encrypted voice transmission. Seeing this, Vice Minister Zhou assumed that the Tang Sect had secretly yielded further conditions after being unable to save face publicly, which was why Chen Xinjie had chosen to reconcile with them.
No matter how hard Vice Minister Zhou racked his brains, he could not imagine that Chen Xinjie, the next master of the War God Temple, would so easily let off the Tang Sect after finally catching them by the tail—especially when Shrek Academy's top combat power was severely lacking and this was the perfect chance to kick them while they were down.
Interesting, Xiao Cheng thought. *What exactly did Bai Ziyuan say to Chen Xinjie that made the Vast Sea Douluo relent so readily? Don't tell me it had something to do with Long Yeyue? Bei Dexun isn't dead yet, and he's already in such a rush to put horns