After deciding to continue negotiations with the envoy from Taibai Star, Liu Changxu immediately held an in-depth discussion with everyone present about the specifics of the negotiations and their bottom line.
In truth, everyone present found the prospect of joining the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land quite tempting. However, the conditions proposed by the envoy from Taibai Star were far too harsh and ran directly counter to their own interests, which was why they had opposed them so strongly.
Yet as they discussed the details of the negotiations and their bottom line, clear differences once again emerged between their views and demands.
In Zhang Hao and Li Yan's opinion, the best way to join the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land was to send four Tribulation Transcendence elders and three million alliance troops to Taibai Star.
They believed that if the force they sent was too weak, it would fail to win sufficient regard from the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land. Moreover, without powerful reinforcements in the coming war, their forces would very likely become worthless cannon fodder, sacrificing their lives for nothing.
Most of the others, led by Su Lie, held a different view. They believed that sending two elders in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, together with one million troops from the Demon Suppression Army, would be enough.
Seeing everyone once again arguing until their faces flushed crimson, Liu Changxu hurriedly spoke up:
"Each elder's view has its own merits and sound reasoning. However, whether this can ultimately go ahead depends on the actual outcome of our negotiations with the envoy from Taibai Star. If he stubbornly insists on his earlier harsh demands, then however fiercely we debate here, our efforts will come to nothing and serve no practical purpose.
"Still, in my opinion, if we can successfully join the Heavenly Lake Sacred