Winning Over Hundred Birds (3)

"Don't worry about proving your surrender."

"I'm not the type to make outrageous demands."

"Nor am I the type who refuses to act until I see the payoff."

Ye Qingcang glanced at the silent Mo Ya.

Before Mo Ya could speak,

a casual remark had exposed his little thoughts.

It made Mo Ya's heart pound.

After all, even though Ye Qingcang had not used mind-reading, this almost prophetic ability still exerted incomparable pressure on him. Especially with Surprise Carp seated beside Ye Qingcang and Hei Bai Xuan Jian standing behind him—calling this place a dragon's pool and tiger's den would not be an exaggeration. Thus, although Ye Qingcang appeared calm, neither smiling nor wearing a gloomy expression, but rather as leisurely as though nothing had happened, Mo Ya did not dare underestimate the man before him in the slightest.

To put it another way,

he was like a tiger.

Even if that tiger was full and asleep,

few people would dare wake it.

Who knew whether a tiger had a foul temper after waking up?

If it got angry and swatted you to death, there would be nothing to say.

Of course, Ye Qingcang had not said this to frighten Mo Ya. Though he did have a few twisted amusements, they had not developed to that extent. He said it mainly to be frank with him.

Sincerity alone was worthless.

But sincerity paired with strategy became precious.

Thus, after a brief pause, Ye Qingcang continued, "The states of the world are at war. As the saying goes, the strong grow stronger, while the weak perish. Among the states, Qin Kingdom is undoubtedly the strongest, followed by Chu Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom. Though Qi Kingdom is not skilled in warfare and has not seen a war in decades, it lies by