212: Chapter 212 Peace Talks?!

After Master Yuxu and Master Wuhai appeared one after another, yet another person emerged.

That is...

Master Zilong?!

"Humph, as expected, you all gathered together long ago," Master Yuxu said angrily.

However, it was not hard to guess that the timing of the actions taken by the Anti-Immortal Alliance and the three nations was far too coincidental. They had already suspected it before, and now it seemed that not only did Medicine King Valley participate, but the Anti-Immortal Alliance was involved as well.

Because of this, Yan Country was truly at a disadvantage.

Including Master Yuxu, the Yan Country side now only had seven people.

Meanwhile, the Cultivators of the three nations plus the other two factions reached a full fourteen people, which was double that of Yan Country.

How could they still fight this?

Such a thought flashed through the minds of all the Yan Country Cultivators.

"Are you alright?" The Palace Master of Biluo Palace seized the opportunity and headed toward Master Yuxu.

The other Golden Core Masters of Yan Country also walked to Master Yuxu's side.

The opposing side did the same.

"Fellow Daoist Yuxu, the outcome has been decided. If you are willing to cede the territory of six provinces, we wouldn't mind letting you leave safely," Master Wuhai said with a squint and a chuckle.

In terms of strength, he might not be Master Yuxu's match, but when it came to astuteness, he was confident that even if Master Yuxu were to Cultivate for another hundred years, he still wouldn't be his match.

Because from the very beginning, all of this had been manipulated by him in secret, whether it was the establishment of the Anti-Immortal Alliance or the instigation of Medicine King Valley's betrayal.

"Bullshit! If you want to fight, then let's fight. If you want the six provinces, come and get them!" From behind, Daoist Wuyou cursed angrily.

The expressions of the few others were also extremely gloomy.

If Yan Country really ceded six provinces today, I'm afraid that in a few years, it wouldn't just be as simple as ceding territory.

After all, the cultivation world had always been like this—the weak are prey to the strong. If they didn't dare to directly wipe them out today, it was also because they feared that they still had about a dozen Golden Core Masters, and none of these factions dared to completely and utterly offend Yan Country to the death.

But ceding so much territory all at once would instantly reduce Yan Country's cultivation resources by more than half. Let alone staging a comeback in the future, it was hard to say whether they could even support their current Cultivators.

As time passed, Yan Country would only grow weaker and weaker. Meanwhile, after annexing a vast amount of Yan Country's territory, the opposing factions' influence would only grow stronger and stronger. By the time Yan Country truly became weak and emaciated, for these few factions, it would just be the next feast of partitioning.

The other side also knew that their previous demand was a lion's share, and understood that the opposing party would not agree.

Wei Wuyai continued, "Since it's a transaction, it can naturally be discussed, but..." Before he finished speaking, his gaze sharpened.

The thirteen Golden Core Masters behind him took a step forward; anyone could guess what that meant.

As long as Master Yuxu and the others did not agree, this immensely mismatched war would continue to be fought until Yan Country and the others completely submitted.

"Three provinces. This is our limit," Master Yuxu said helplessly.

The current situation was already very obvious: Yan Country was weak and could no longer continue fighting against them.

To continue fighting would at most result in the other side losing a few more Cultivators, while the ultimate outcome would be Yan Country's complete defeat and destruction.

Even though Master Yuxu possessed the cultivation of the Golden Core Great Perfection, the enemy had not only Wei Wuyai, who was at the Golden Core Late Stage Peak, but also two other Golden Core Late Stage Cultivators. Fighting three of them alone, he truly had no way of winning.

As for his own side, most of them were quite heavily injured, especially the Palace Master of Biluo Palace. Also being a Golden Core Late Stage Peak Cultivator, he had suffered extremely severe injuries earlier, and it was already quite good if he could display the combat prowess of a Golden Core Early Stage Cultivator at this moment.

The result was very obvious; everyone was clear about it.

"Three provinces is too few," Wei Wuyai shook his head.

As soon as these words were spoken, murderous intent flashed in the eyes of everyone from Yan Country.

On the opposing side, the dozen or so Golden Core Masters simultaneously released their auras, causing both sides to instantly bristle with tension as if drawn swords were about to snap.

Wei Wuyai didn't care and continued, "Right, did you guys forget one thing? This ceded territory does not include Yangzhou, which is controlled by Medicine King Valley."

Hearing this, Master Yuxu narrowed his eyes.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Wuhai, it seems you want to have a bout with this old man."

"This humble self is more than willing to accompany you," Wei Wuyai said with a curved smile.

"None of you make a move," Master Yuxu stopped them.

"Fellow Daoist Yunding, Fellow Daoist Songshan, and the other two Fellow Daoists, none of you make a move either. I will personally go and meet the strongest Golden Core Master of present-day Yan Country, Master Yuxu."

Hearing this, True Person Yunding and the others all nodded.

The two of them immediately left this place and headed towards the distance.

Everyone knew that aside from having a bout, what was even more important was to negotiate the subsequent division of territory through their strength.

Master Tianyan and the others stared coldly at the opposite side. At this moment, they could only wait for the negotiation result from Master Yuxu.

Not only that, but it was also unknown when the war below would end.

Chen Changqing and the others finally had time to recover their magical power. They also knew that this war was about to end, as long as both sides agreed on the issue of territory division.

...

Far away in Ying Province, Chen Xuanyi and the others knew nothing about the events in Jizhou. After several bloody battles with ghost entities, the Cultivators suffered heavy losses.

Originally, the mountain range guarded by the Chen Family had a full seven hundred and more Cultivators at the very beginning. Now, even counting the Cultivators from other factions who came to reinforce them, the total added up to less than three hundred.

Leaving aside the other families, out of the forty Qi Refining Cultivators brought by the Chen Family alone, nearly twenty had died, including Family geniuses like Chen Changshi.

Among the Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Chen Lingchuan had also died, while Zhou Ziye and Liu Wuxie were too heavily injured and had already retreated to the rear to recuperate.

Fortunately, quite a few of the Qi Refining Cultivators who had originally followed the Chen Family into battle had also returned to the rear.

Nowadays, among the Cultivators still guarding this place, only a very small number were Chen Family Cultivators, and the rest were Cultivators from various other factions.

"Brother Chen, I'm afraid there will be another fierce battle ahead. Let's have our Cultivators exchange their contributions and leave!" Li Taixuan stepped forward and said.

Chen Xuanyi nodded. Anyway, staying behind, their Chen Family's Cultivators couldn't help much anymore. Furthermore, the losses this time were far too great; nearly twenty Qi Refining Cultivators from the Chen Family alone had died, including quite a few geniuses upon whom the Family had pinned high hopes.

Even Chen Lingchuan had died in battle.

The moment he thought of how Chen Lingchuan was torn to pieces by two Tier 2 fierce ghosts in order to save him, he felt somewhat depressed. It should have been him protecting the Family, but in the end, it was Chen Lingchuan who protected him with his own life.

Seeing Chen Xuanyi's current mood, Li Taixuan could only offer a few words of comfort.

Although he was not a member of the Chen Family, he was also a Cultivator from a Family; towards such matters, he felt the exact same empathy.

"Ghost entities are coming again."

Not far from the two of them, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator shouted.

Chen Xuanyi and Li Taixuan immediately had the Qi Refining Cultivators of their respective families exchange their contributions and leave. There were quite a few others doing the same as them.

Purple Mansion factions like the Xuantian Sect did not try to stop such matters. After all, this was originally a reward given to them; if they were forced to fight here to the bitter end, it would yield adverse results instead.

Moreover, they themselves and the others were the same—as long as contributions were sufficient, they would immediately let their own disciples and juniors leave.