"So there we have it. We were never enemies to begin with. You have two objectives: the Ancestral Emperor's Eye and the treasures of the Crime-Suppressing Main Hall. This dragonbone coral gold is important, but it isn't your primary objective. Am I right?" Fang Yun asked.
"Indeed," the Ancient Elephant King said. "You're very clever. The other things aren't important objectives. The Summit of Myriad Stars merely ordered us to destroy as much as possible."
"The decree from the Summit of Myriad Stars is certainly important," Fang Yun said. "But if I, an inheritor of the Fu Yue Clan, told you that seizing the treasures of the Crime-Suppressing Main Hall would cause the Ancient Demon Clan to break with the Human Race and Dragon Race, what would you do?"
"Sorry," the Ancient Squid King said coldly. "Even if it means breaking with both races, we cannot give up the treasures of the Crime-Suppressing Main Hall."
"I agree!" the Ancient Elephant King said.
"If we break with them over the treasures of the Crime-Suppressing Main Hall, I don't think the Summit of Myriad Stars will blame us."
Fang Yun smiled. "Good. Then what would the Summit of Myriad Stars think if you broke with both races over this dragonbone coral gold?"
The three Ancient Demon Kings froze and exchanged glances, unable to answer for a moment. Reason told them that breaking with both races over this dragonbone coral gold was hardly worth it, and the Summit of Myriad Stars would very likely punish them for it.
In the Ancient Demons' plan to counterattack the Demon Realm, an alliance with the Human Race was not among the most important matters, but it certainly ranked in the second tier of importance. Every Ancient Demon supported it. As for an alliance with the Dragon