Did I Agree?

Chi Jiu and the others conducted an extremely restrained negotiation with the Di Man Race representatives. In Lin Shen's view, it should not have been called a negotiation; haggling would have been more accurate.

The Di Man Race's asking price was eleven designated Foundation Change Planets, while Chi Jiu and the others were only willing to offer three Foundation Change Planets in exchange for the Celestial Divine Statue.

Sometimes, even Lin Shen felt dazed listening to them. Haggling with planets as currency easily gave one a strange feeling.

Tian Xun was still striving to become a true Star Lord. Even now, Giant Ring Star was not nominally under her complete rule.

Yet a mere statue could be exchanged for several planets.

The people on those planets would also have no choice but to leave their homes because of it.

Those able to leave their homeland were already the lucky ones. Those who could not leave were, in truth, bundled up and sold along with it.

In the eyes of great races like the Di Man Race and the Celestial Race, a planet and the living beings upon it were nothing more than a number or a commodity.

Lin Shen watched both sides cross swords with their tongues, arguing until their faces turned red. He merely sat quietly to one side, drinking tea without saying a single word from beginning to end.

Chi Jiu sneered inwardly. I thought there was some reason he had to come. Turns out he's just here to play dumb.

As a top-tier Immortal, Chi Jiu naturally thought little of Lin Shen, a lackey from some minor race. He was even rather hostile toward him.

The Chi family produced many famous generals, most of whom guarded the borders of foreign realms or opened new territory for the