"I'll give you two choices..."
Jian Shang pondered for a moment, then said slowly:
"First, the Zhao Clan will retain the Godslaying Spear. Your young clan leader, Zhao Feng, will be appointed General Who Guards the East, with a third-grade fruition rank;
Second, for the great merit of offering this treasure, your young clan leader will still be appointed General Who Guards the East, and also Governor of Penglai Commandery. Zhao Yun will additionally be enfeoffed as the Young Hero Marquis, with the General-Marquis Fruition Rank;
Choose for yourselves!"
Penglai Commandery was a newly designated region of Great Huan for this enfeoffment ceremony-the Marshall Islands. When the Great Huan Dynasty and the China Alliance joined forces to campaign in North and South America, the Marshall Islands would serve as their staging ground and were certain to flourish. Naturally, the governorship of Penglai Commandery was a fat plum coveted by countless people. Its guardian should originally have held at least the Marquis Rank. For the Huan Emperor to intend to bestow it upon Zhao Feng, the Zhao Clan's eldest legitimate son, truly showed boundless imperial grace!
"Well..." Zhao Deping shuddered, his face filling with hesitation and inner conflict.
He had never imagined that the Zhao Clan would still have a chance to obtain the legendary innate treasure, the Godslaying Spear. Could the Huan Emperor really bear to let it go?! Everyone knew that, to repay the Huan Emperor for rescuing them from their predicament, the Yu Clan had once given him and the Western Chu Hegemon Xiang Yu a treasured halberd each. The Huan Emperor's halberd had even advanced in grade and been renamed the Heaven-Setting Dragon Halberd. However, as his cultivation and strength soared by leaps and bounds, the Heaven-Setting Dragon Halberd had become unsuitable, unable to fully unleash his