My Profession Can Be Upgraded Without Limit - Chapter 269

"Once she had secured her own safety, the first thing she did was seek out Rogue Cultivators for answers... She asked what this world was called, how vast Southeastern Province was, which factions the Cultivators surrounding her came from, which factions were strong and which weak, who was close to whom, and who smiled on the surface while harboring different thoughts within."

"Only after she had learned about our world from those Rogue Cultivators did she lead her few remaining guards across that rift and onto the land of our Firmament Ancient Realm."

"This time, she did not come merely to beg for mercy. She came to negotiate terms."

Jiang Xuan had no intention of criticizing the princess's approach.

Doing everything in her power to carve out a path to survival for her people in the midst of desperate straits—such responsibility and courage were worthy of royalty, and were the dignity of someone fulfilling her duty.

Still, admiration was one thing; reality was another.

Shaking his head, Jiang Xuan said in a calm yet piercing tone, "If she wants to negotiate terms, she needs the capital to do so. She probably doesn't have any chips that would move people, does she?"

To Jiang Xuan's surprise, Dongfang Xiyue refuted him this time. "She does."

"Hm?" As Jiang Xuan showed slight surprise, Dongfang Xiyue said quietly, "The other side is, after all, an Otherworld. The laws of heaven and earth, even the nature of spiritual energy, differ somewhat from those of our Firmament Ancient Realm."

"When our people go there, the power of their Spell Arts is at least halved, and recovery slows considerably as well... Our overall strength does not even reach half of what it is in our own world."

"The reason we won that battle earlier was purely because