Talks Begin
While Xu Jiujiu and Bei Bei were exchanging compliments, the others arrived quickly.
The first to arrive was Princess Vina, the representative of the Heavenly Soul Empire, and beside her was a Titled Douluo.
Judging from his appearance, he doesn't seem to be from the Heavenly Soul Royal Family, which means he must be from the Body Sect.
Seeing Xu Jiujiu others already seated, Vina smiled elegantly and said, "I apologize to everyone from Spirit Contract Pagoda and Shrek Academy. We're not late, are we?"
Bei Bei smiled first and said, "No, no, it's still early. We just arrived not long ago."
Xu Jiujiu added from the side, "What's more, the people from Dou Ling and Star Luo Empire haven't arrived yet."
"Oh, that's great," Vina said, as if she had breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she saw Xu Jiujiu sitting with Spirit Contract Pagoda and asked with surprise and a hint of probing, "Oh, Sister Jiujiu, you've Spirit Contract Pagoda? Was the rumor that Sister Jiujiu was dismissed true?"
Faced with Vina's probing, Xu Jiujiu and frankly admitted the truth. "Yes, I did join the Spirit Contract Pagoda."
"There's nothing I can do; that's just how domineering my Xingyu is. If she can't be a princess, she can only be the young master's wife of my fiancé."
Vina said happily, "Congratulations, Sister Jiujiu! I'm so envious of having such a fiancé."
Xu Jiujiu responded with a forced smile, "Not at all, I heard that Sister Vina was also chosen by the Body Sect, and they even made the Body Sect the state religion of the Heavenly Soul Empire, didn't they?"
"I think Long Aotian, the young sect leader of the Body Sect, would be very willing to be your fiancé, after all, Vina is so cute."
"Hehe, thank you so much for your compliment, Sister Jiujiu."
"Same to you."
Those who were listening to the conversation between the two women broke out in a cold sweat.
Is this what they call aristocratic etiquette? Superficially polite to each other, yet subtly implying that they've all tied themselves to powerful figures?
After a "friendly" exchange between Xu Jiujiu and Vina, the two "good sisters," representatives from the Dou Ling Empire and the Star Luo Empire made their appearances.
The representative of the Dou Ling Empire was its third prince Xue Nan, accompanied by the Dou Ling Empire's Guardian Douluo, Heavenly Sun Douluo, who possessed the cultivation of a level 97 Super Douluo.
The appearance of the people from the Star Luo Empire surprised Xu Jiujiu.
The representative of the Star Luo Empire is named Xu Tianxing, who is the son of her brother Xu Jiawei, and thus her nephew.
Despite being siblings, Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu have a significant age gap.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the former has a son of similar age to her.
However, her surprise wasn't because the representative was her nephew; after all, there weren't many people who could represent the royal family after she left Star Luo Empire.
The main reason she was stunned was actually the person who appeared as the other party's bodyguard.
As for why she was so surprised, it's because theoretically she should have called him "Grandpa" or "Grandfather" for Xu Jiujiu.
That's right, the person who appears is Xu Xingyu's only blood relative, the only duke in the Star Luo Empire besides the White Tiger Duke, the Star Saint Duke Xu Tian.
Although Xu Jiujiu really wanted to greet his grandfather, whom he hadn't seen for many years, he decided to postpone the meeting until after the negotiations were over, considering that it was a formal occasion and everyone was present.
Therefore, after some pleasantries, the talks officially began.
Xu Jiujiu stood up and took on the responsibility of hosting, saying, "Thank you all very much for participating in this meeting. I believe everyone here understands the main purpose of this meeting."
Everyone present remained silent, their expressions conveying tacit approval.
Seeing this, Xu Jiujiu clapped his hands and said, "Very good. Now that everyone knows, I believe that the messages that our Spirit Contract Pagoda previously sent out have been verified, right?"
In response, Vina elegantly stated, "If you're saying Sister Jiujiu Jiu, that Xu Tianran might be planning to use this competition to wipe out all the forces, taking those who are willing to submit into his grasp and eliminating those who aren't."
"That's true. Our Heavenly Soul Empire's state religion has already sent people to verify it. Although we still haven't found concrete evidence, with the opening of elite Soul Master across the continent, all routes in and out of Mingdu have been completely sealed off."
"It would be strange if Xu Tianran didn't have this thought, wouldn't it? I believe the others present felt the same way, right?"
"It does indeed match what our Shrek Academy detected," Bei Bei nodded.
"The same applies to Dou Ling."
"The same applies to the Star Luo Empire."
"Since this is a fact that everyone here agrees on, Sister Jiujiu, why don't you get straight to the point?"
Xu Jiujiu simply gave a professional smile and said, "Although this meeting was invited by our Spirit Contract Pagoda, you are essentially looking for our Spirit Contract Pagoda's help, aren't you?"
"Why don't you just say it outright? What kind of plans do you expect our Spirit Contract Pagoda to cooperate with in relation to the Three Kingdoms? You even want to drag Shrek Academy into this?"
"If you're willing to be frank, I'd like to share some special information about Mingdu that our Spirit Contract Pagoda recently obtained."
To be honest, Xu Jiujiu one present expected Xu Jiujiu to say that so bluntly, but since the conversation had already started, there was no need to keep hiding it anymore.
Moreover, they wanted to know what kind of demands the Spirit Contract Pagoda had for them, so it was better to lay out their requests directly.
After the representatives of the three kingdoms exchanged glances, Xu Tianxing, the representative of the Star Luo Empire, finally spoke.
Xu Tianxing stood up, looked around, and slowly said, "Since Miss Xu Jiujiu has already been so frank, then we will also speak frankly."
"Xu Tianran's preparations for this competition have made us feel deeply threatened. Unlike the current Sun Moon Emperor, this person is extremely ambitious. Once he gains complete power, he may directly launch a war, breaking the peace between our nations that we have maintained over the past few years."
"Our strategy as the three kingdoms is to assassinate him during this Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament, thereby eliminating him and striking a blow to the Sun Moon Empire's long-held ambition to unify the continent."
"We hope that Spirit Contract Pagoda and Shrek Academy will support us in this operation," Prince Xue Nan continued, "Because we know that with our current strength, we are no match for the advanced Soul Tool deployed in Mingdu."
"Our Heavenly Soul Empire is the same," Princess Vina continued, "In this operation, we hope to obtain intelligence and combat support from the Spirit Contract Pagoda and Shrek Academy."
"At the same time, we also hope that the Spirit Contract Pagoda can provide support in Soul Tool for this operation. After all, the only one on the entire continent that can rival the Sun Moon Empire in the field of Soul Tool is the Spirit Contract Pagoda."