Every player in the spectator seats today had been sent by one of the major corporations.
They had come for one reason: to see what position the Tripod-Seeking Conference would take on the Divine Realm.
Then they could handle it the same way.
But they had never imagined the Tripod-Seeking Conference would shamelessly flip the table!
If the Tripod-Seeking Conference brought the Divine Realm into its fold, wouldn't all the benefits end up in the pockets of those thirty-seven top corporations?
Were the rest of them supposed to live on thin air?
Yang Ling was a little surprised too, but he remained calm.
The offer to let the Divine Realm join the Tripod-Seeking Conference did not excite him in the slightest.
Titles were empty.
Benefits were what mattered.
And there's a more serious problem right now. I won't stay on the Grandmaster Network much longer. Once I advance to Second-Grade Human Immortal and move to the Celestial Immortal Network, their attitude toward the Divine Realm will change.
Not one of these corporations can be trusted. They have no ties to the Divine Realm, and their games are competitors.
So the best choice isn't to join the Tripod-Seeking Conference. It's to remain absolutely... neutral.
By now, the venue had erupted into an argument.
The thirty-seven representatives were trading barbs with members of the major corporations in the spectator seats.
"All right, stop arguing. Let me say something."
Yang Ling's voice rang out.
A few seconds later, the venue gradually fell quiet.
Every gaze turned toward Yang Ling.
"The Divine Realm will not join the Tripod-Seeking Conference. This is a world where big fish eat little fish.
"The Divine Realm doesn't even have a single Earthly Immortal player.
"Why would we join your conference? To be your lapdogs?"
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