The specific terms of the agreement reached with the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect naturally could not be too precise.
Like some "outsiders" still muddleheaded and unaware of the changing situation; people who had left the marketplace but had not yet reached the mining districts; or unrestrained rogue cultivators—whether it was the various powers of Ju Jing Workshop or the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect, neither could control them, nor could they kill them all.
There was room to maneuver here. Either side could make an issue out of such matters. One could imagine that if this standoff dragged on, all manner of bizarre, headache-inducing incidents might arise.
Therefore, whoever took charge here had one most fundamental requirement:
They had to be able to wield authority and hold the scene down!
Yu Ci did not lack that.
Using methods at the Earth Immortal level, he temporarily stabilized the situation and demonstrated his presence to all sides.
After that, he no longer waited for news, negotiated terms, or wasted time. The other sects did not have Madam Xia's convenience; even their flying-sword messages had not yet arrived. And even if they did, Zhao Xiangshan could be left to rack his brains over such matters.
What Yu Ci needed to do now was take this opportunity to confirm something else.
From the intelligence just submitted regarding the overseas mining districts, he had especially committed one piece of information to memory: the Golden Banner Sect's arrangements in those districts.
The Golden Banner Sect had indeed put considerable thought into the Lan Hai Mountain region, and its way of eating was truly ugly to behold.
It had to be known that the Lingchen Sect possessed two major mining districts in the waters beyond Lan Hai Mountain, along with dozens of medium and