268: Three Martial Kings

The group re-seated themselves. Long Yuan was arranged at the head seat, with Xue Qing sitting beside him, serving tea and snacks. Tong Fenglai and Qi Huaiyi sat on either side. This arrangement would surely shock many people: the famous Tong Family Head of South Ming City, and the Captain of the Southern Division, Qi Huaiyi, were merely accompanying guests?

Long Yuan felt a slight discomfort, as he had rarely experienced such a scene before. However, he naturally exuded Xuan Huang energy, and a noble aura invisibly emanated from him, allowing him to firmly control the situation.

This point was very important, especially in negotiation settings, where the ability to control the atmosphere played an extremely crucial role in the subsequent discussions.

Xue Qing, by his side, was also dumbfounded and filled with emotion. She hadn't expected such a dramatic change in Long Yuan's temperament in such a short time. From a middle school student to a high-ranking official, she almost didn't recognize him.

Tong Fenglai gently clapped his hands. The music and dance troupe below immediately brightened, music began, and the troupe slowly entered. Male and female dancers began to move to the music, with delicious food, fruits, tea, music, and beautiful people… What a magnificent scene of peace and prosperity!

It must be said that Tong Fenglai, this old fox, had an extremely strong ability to control. For him, today's objective was clear: to go all out to secure both Qi Huaiyi and Long Yuan. Especially Long Yuan, who, with his help a few days ago, enabled the Tong Family to connect with the military, causing the Family's wealth to double. If they could continue to receive military orders, the Tong Family could take off, and all of this would naturally rely on Long Yuan's help. Therefore, this time he was prepared to make a significant sacrifice, including his descendant granddaughter, Xue Qing. If necessary, she would also be offered. So, this song and dance was just the beginning; no rush, old Tong is not in a hurry.

Long Yuan secretly chuckled. Although he hadn't experienced Tong Fenglai's tactics on Blue Star, he had seen plenty of more Advanced versions on Earth, such as international head-of-state meetings. Therefore, he wasn't intimidated at all. To put it plainly, he held the initiative with respect to the Tong Family. No matter what Tong Fenglai wanted to discuss, he could remain steady, adapting to each move, with moves in hand but no moves in his heart, defeating moves with no moves.

And while their gathering was underway, another major event occurred on Blue Star!

The so-called major events happened not in one place, but in three: the North Ocean, the West Ocean, and the East Ocean. In these three oceans, near the continents, three figures were currently hovering in the sky. Over the vast oceans, these three figures appeared incredibly small, yet the energy they brought was earth-shattering!

Although the three were far apart over three oceans of Blue Star, and their actions were not simultaneous, they seemed to have a tacit understanding. Each of them dove into the ocean with a single swoop. Their movements underwater were recorded as evidence. They shattered the ocean floor with one strike, and with continuous punches, they directly reached the magma layer of the ocean floor, thereby triggering a not-insignificant submarine volcanic eruption. After multiple strikes and multiple eruptions, the magma slowly accumulated, and after a period of time, a small island appeared on that ocean surface!

If an oceanic volcanic island were formed naturally by nature, it would undoubtedly require an extremely long time to form. But under their actions, a volcanic island formed in just one day!!!

Creating an island out of thin air in the middle of the ocean, such a magnificent feat was accomplished by a single person. As soon as these three videos were released, they immediately caused a sensation across all of Blue Star.

While Long Yuan and the others were still at their gathering, someone delivered this astonishing news, leaving all three of them wide-eyed and stars in their eyes, their inner shock indescribable.

At this point, Tong Fenglai's request had been made, and Long Yuan also promised that he would contact Xu Ruoying again to see if the matter of the Tong Family becoming a military supplier could be definitively settled. Tong Fenglai was overjoyed. In his view, as a direct descendant of the royal Family and such a Genius, Long Yuan's intervention was better than all his other efforts. Whether it succeeded or not in the end didn't matter; the Tong Family would always be grateful to Long Yuan!

Long Yuan also inquired with Tong Fenglai about Alchemy and Artifact Refining waste. Tong Fenglai was initially surprised, not expecting Long Yuan to be interested in the waste from the Alchemy and Artifact Refining guilds. However, he didn't ask why, but instead immediately ordered his subordinates to investigate. Soon, news came back that both sides had a large amount of unprocessed waste. Due to the high processing costs, it had accumulated into mountains, occupying large areas of land.

"Dragon Elder, do you need me to have someone pack it up and transport it to your designated location?" Tong Fenglai asked.

"No need. Just give me the location of the waste, and I will collect it myself before leaving South Ming!" Long Yuan said.

"Oh? Are you sure you don't need me to send someone to help?" Tong Fenglai asked, surprised.

"No need! Just clear out the surrounding people, so that the Qi in the air doesn't affect them when I collect it," Long Yuan laughed.

"Understood!" Tong Fenglai quickly responded.

Both parties had achieved their objectives, and everyone was in the mood to discuss the major event that had occurred on Blue Star in the past few days. Tong Fenglai seemed to know more about the inside story of this matter, so he shared his views with Long Yuan and Qi Huaiyi. He believed that this was proof, following the War Bear Country, Snow Eagle Country, and Flying Lion Country's public declaration two days ago that they had Martial King-level and above powerhouses within their borders. If these three videos were proven true, then there was no doubt that these three powerful nations indeed possessed Martial King-level and above powerhouses. And the Great Ming, which had not yet publicly revealed any Martial King powerhouses, suddenly faced much greater pressure.

Especially now that the War Bear Country was attacking Great Ming, claiming to have Martial King-level and above powerhouses at this time immediately gave them an advantage in high-level deterrence, causing an imbalance in the power comparison between the two sides!

And this should be a strategic objective that the War Bear Country wanted to achieve.

Qi Huaiyi nodded and said, "Senior's words are reasonable! In my opinion, this video information should be true. I just don't know how our Great Ming will respond next?"

Tong Fenglai sighed, "I heard that the high-level officials of our Great Ming gathered to discuss this matter yesterday after receiving the news. The Imperial Advisor has already given instructions, and I believe our Great Ming will also make a move soon. We just need to wait and see!"

"Long Yuan, what is your view on this matter?" Qi Huaiyi asked again.

Long Yuan was currently cursing these three Martial Kings in his heart. If you want to display your martial power, do it properly on land. Why do you have to run to the ocean to display it?

Don't you know there are great terrors in the ocean?

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