The people required in Celestial Xia's document did not have to meet any exact criteria, nor did they have to be cultivators. Even ordinary people could be used to make up the numbers.
Naturally, ordinary people and cultivators could not be equated, and the number of ordinary people needed as compensation differed depending on the level of cultivation.
Quan Councilor said, "What are they trying to do?"
In their view, ordinary people were as plentiful as could be, especially since Celestial Xia could support worldly domains itself and had no shortage of manpower. Why did it need to demand people from them?
Xiang Councilor had considered this question on his way here. He said, "Two Councilors, in Xiang's view, Celestial Xia intends to weaken us by another route. Leaving aside cultivators, every cultivator comes from among ordinary people, and this is also the condition we are most likely to accept."
Guo and Quan felt that this made some sense, but Celestial Xia's intentions surely did not end there. There had to be some reason they had not thought of. Yet, as Xiang Councilor had said, this was indeed a condition they felt they could accept.
Origin Xia had plenty of human stock, as well as low-ranking cultivators of poor aptitude. They normally used them as servants, killing who knew how many every day. They were utterly useless—so what if they gave them away? Besides, once Celestial Xia was destroyed, would not Celestial Xia's possessions become theirs anyway?
With their status, why would they need to weigh and consider matters for such people?
Quan Councilor said at this time, "Perhaps Celestial Xia intends to contend with us in the long run, but they have miscalculated. The foundations of our Origin Upper Hall cannot be weakened by such things.
"Still, let them