Great Xia Immortal Dynasty's decree was issued secretly and quickly.
There was no crusade that spread throughout the world, and there were no stern statements of accountability from officials of the Immortal Dynasty.
Several elite Imperial Guard units that were originally stationed in Yunzhou Prefecture and were at war with each other quietly broke camp and retreated 800 miles back in just five days.
The wanted notices posted in front of the gates of major cities were torn clean by government officials overnight.
What followed was a royal airship that quietly set off from Imperial City.
Half a month later.
A purple-gold flying boat whose entire body was polished with thousand-year-old agarwood and without any offensive heavy cannons engraved on it penetrated the clouds and slowly hovered outside the east city gate of Azure Cloud City.
On the top of the flying boat's mast, a white dragon and sapphire flag representing the highest regulations of the Great Xia Imperial Family peace talks hung.
On the deck of the flying boat, stood a middle-aged man wearing a purple five-clawed dragon robe.
Great Xia Imperial Family Twelfth Realm Dao Integration Early Prince, Prince Duan Jiang Chengfeng.
Looking at the completely reborn black iron city below, Jiang Chengfeng's brows furrowed deeply, and his mood was extremely complicated.
The city defense formation and Spiritual Qi light pillars that once shone endlessly inside and outside Azure Cloud City are now gone.
On the city wall, the people on duty were all mortal warriors armed with Refined Iron heavy guns and wearing rough heavy armor. The condensed aura of thousands of Qi and Blood vigorous warriors made the Twelfth Realm great monk feel a dull pain in his skin even though they were hundreds of feet in the air.
"Your Majesty, these idiots are too presumptuous."
An early Twelfth Realm royal servant next to him snorted coldly, "You are the current prince who is here in person on behalf of the Holy Emperor. They didn't even open the city gate, and only sent a junior from the Fourth Realm to greet you at the door!"
Jiang Chengfeng turned his head sharply, his eyes as stern as a knife. "Shut up, have you forgotten all the strict orders of the Imperial Master before coming here? Put away your Divine Sense pressure. If you alert the person inside, I will not be able to save your life."
The worshipper looked stern, lowered his head quickly, and restrained all the energy around his body.
After a while, the flying boat slowly landed on the flat ground outside the city gate.
Lu Chang'an stood in front of the stone steps of the city gate with his bare right arm, carrying a heavy weight Dark Iron Sledgehammer, with a cold expression. "The lord is here Star-Picking Tower. Your Majesty, please come in, and I will stay behind."
Jiang Chengfeng nodded, straightened his robes, and without putting on any royal airs, he followed Lu Chang'an through the city gate alone with a valet holding a box.
As we walked through the streets and alleys, the shock in Jiang Chengfeng's eyes became more and more intense.
There are no shops selling talismans and elixirs on both sides of the street. Instead, there are tinkling blacksmith shops, workshops for brewing medicinal bones, and mountains of ore.
The mortals walked like flying, with confident and calm expressions. The young warriors patrolling the streets all had sharp eyes, Qi and Blood condensed, unable to see the slightest bit of humility and cowardice that mortals used to have when facing immortal cultivators.
After half a stick of incense, Star-Picking Tower is in the main hall on the top floor.
The sunlight shines through the window lattice and onto the Bluestone ground.
On the main seat in the center, Su Yueli is sitting on a wooden chair.
She was wearing a plain white dress, her black hair was tied up with an ordinary wooden hairpin, and her expression was as calm as water.
Han Yu held Eight-Thousand-Jin Black Iron Greatsword in his hand and guarded him three feet away from Su Yueli with an expressionless face. His cold eyes were directly locked on Jiang Chengfeng who entered the hall.
As soon as he stepped into the main hall, the Jiang Chengfeng Twelfth Realm Dao Integration strong man's breathing suddenly stopped involuntarily.
The woman sitting upright still couldn't feel any Law Power fluctuations in her body, and even her heartbeat and breathing were extremely weak.
But when Jiang Chengfeng's eyes fell on her, the Dao Integration true energy that was flowing smoothly in her body instinctively trembled and flinched, as if what she saw in front of her was not a living being, but a human god condensed from endless years.
"Great Xia Imperial Family's descendant, King Duan Jiang Chengfeng, pays homage to our senior."
Jiang Chengfeng didn't dare to show off in the slightest, so he took a deep breath. Although his knees were not on his knees, he bowed his body at ninety degrees, raised his hands, and performed a grand ceremony like facing the ancestor of the immortal sect.
The attendant behind him quickly presented a heavy treasure box made entirely of ink jade.
"By the handwriting of the Supreme Master and the Holy Emperor."
Jiang Chengfeng's tone was extremely respectful and he spoke clearly in the hall:
"The previous events at Azure Cloud City were all caused by Pacification Commissioner Xiahou Lie's cruel temperament and erratic behavior. Great Xia Immortal Dynasty had no intention of offending our seniors. The Immortal Dynasty, in memory of the Eternal Life Martial Sect, protects the soil and water of the country and protects the people, and hereby issues an edict -"
"From now on, the entire three thousand miles of mountains and rivers in Azure Cloud Province will be designated as the territory under the Eternal Life Martial Sect's own jurisdiction. All the officers and soldiers of Daxia and the Xianmen monks will be withdrawn. Azure Cloud Province will be exempted from all Spirit Stone tributes, and Martial Sect Mountain Splitter will have the right to establish the Tao by default."
"In addition, the box contains three ninth-level earth vein jade, thirty thousand kilograms of ten thousand years of cold iron, and ten strains of the Fifth Grade top-grade Qi and Blood holy medicine. This shows the sincerity of the royal family. I hope you will accept it."
There was silence in the hall.
Han Yu, who was standing on one side, grasped the hilt of the sword, and a look of unconcealable emotion flashed across his eyes.
Three thousand miles of land ceded!
Exempt from all tribute and tax burdens!
Default to sect autonomy!
In the 8,000-year history of the founding of the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty, this kind of comprehensive surrender and compromise to one force is unprecedented!
However, facing this generous offer that would make any immortal sect giant in Kyushu ecstatic, Su Yueli, who was sitting on the wooden chair, did not even lower his head to look at the ink jade treasure box filled with the fiefdom's seal.
White mist rose from the warm tea on the table.
Su Yueli picked up the tea bowl, gently put aside the tea leaves, and took a sip. His eyes fell on the white clouds and wind outside the window, and he never gave the royal prince a serious look from the beginning to the end.
"Put your things down and you can go back."
Su Yueli put down the tea bowl, his voice was clear and light, like the mountain breeze sweeping over the stone steps:
"Bring a message to Jiang Daoxuan."
"Don't get in the way. Since Eternal Life Martial Sect is here, we will set the rules in this city. You Great Xia Immortal Dynasty can't even get into it even half an inch."
The four plain sentences contained no thanks and no courtesy at all. They were as casual as if they were sending away a handyman who was passing by to deliver firewood.
If any immortal sect dared to speak like this to the current prince, it would have been a capital crime for the nine clans.
But at this moment, not only was Jiang Chengfeng not angry at all, but a layer of fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
The other party directly called out the name of Taishang Guoshi "Jiang Daoxuan", which obviously confirmed the record in Taizu's secret slips.
Facing such a real Eternal Life who has survived for thousands of years, it is lucky that Great Xia Imperial Family can escape with all face saved.
"This junior must convey it to the Supreme Master and the Holy Emperor, word for word."
Jiang Chengfeng respectfully placed the ink jade treasure box gently on the stone table, bowed and took three steps back, then turned around and strode away, not daring to stay in the hall for more than a moment.
The purple-gold flying boat rose into the sky and quickly turned into a glimmer of light on the horizon and disappeared.
Su Yueli turned his head and looked at the fiefdom seal on the desk, his expression always as calm as water.
She knew that the royal family's concession was never due to the kindness of the Immortal Dynasty.
It's because Eternal Life Martial Sect's mortal iron fist is so hard that it can break their teeth.