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Wait for Li Daoshi to finish speaking.

cooperate?

Still uncooperative?

This voice, like a guessing spell, kept playing in the minds of Shengxu Daozu and others.

His face was full of confusion and his heart was filled with hesitation.

If we choose to cooperate, it will have both advantages and disadvantages for Guangleishan.

The advantage is that you can get unimaginable huge economic benefits and earn almost countless spiritual coins.

What's the downside?

It may be like the Hundred Cities Alliance more than ten years ago, Feiyun Mountain a few years ago, and Chixing Mountain not long ago, with a worrying end.

What will happen to these forces?

merge.

Without exception, all were merged and annexed by the Wancheng Kingdom.

Then they use methods such as controlling the source of disciples, tying them up financially, sending disciples to study abroad, etc. to give them complete control and no way to escape.

In the end, I had to abide by mortal laws and be on an equal footing with mortals. I couldn't get complete freedom and had to look at mortals' faces.

Living in this kind of hellish life, no matter how much spiritual coins you can earn, is meaningless.

What about not cooperating?

Get beaten.

Be prepared to be beaten.

Because the mortals of Wancheng Kingdom are so rich!

Estimating from their clothing, productivity level, military strength, quality of life and other aspects, Wancheng Kingdom is at least 100 times richer than Guangleishan.

It doesn't matter if they have a lot of money, the problem is that their military strength is also growing explosively.

Under the national cultivation mode, with a population of 800 million, multiplied by 1/400, there may be nearly 2 million monks in Wancheng Country.

Three percent of them are monks in the liquid condensation stage, and one ten thousandth are immortals in the solid elixir stage.

Coupled with the auxiliary bonuses of the Spirit Gathering Tower and the Spirit Melting Pill...

In a few years, Guanglei Mountain will be submerged by the monk army of Wancheng Kingdom.

And they also have Lingyuan battleships that can kill the ancestors of the gods with one shot, and there may be hundreds of them.

Supplemented by the benefit of utensils.

This is a suffocating and despairing power gap.

To say that I will not cooperate at this time is to say - I choose to die.

Of course, the facts may not be as exaggerated as stated above, but it is true that the strength gap between Guangleishan and Wancheng Kingdom has not been narrowing, but widening in recent years.

It gets bigger and bigger.

There is no possibility of catching up... Even if Guangleishan has carried out certain reforms, imitated the tiger and imitated the cat, introduced some advanced systems, and created a powerful Lingyuan Cannon.

Still to no avail.

But cooperation...will be swallowed up sooner or later.

After being annexed, many benefits were gained, but a large part of rights and dignity were lost.

How to choose?

In the Guanglei Hall, the elders were in a quarrel.

The vast majority are against cooperation.

"Wanchengguo has evil intentions and comes with the despicable purpose of annexing us. We must not cooperate with him!"

"Spiritual coins, magical instruments, and property are all things outside the body. What use do we practitioners need?"

"Yes, we immortals only want eternal life. No matter how much wealth we have, they are nothing more than dung."

"Sect Master, please expel all the visiting delegation from Wancheng Kingdom and return all the property. We must not fall into their trap of inducement!"

"Don't think that we, the people of Guanglei Mountain, are all fools! Your Wanchengguo's thoughts are clearly revealed. Do you think we can't see it?"

"By agreeing to cooperate, you fell into Wan Chengguo's poisonous scheme."

In the main hall, there were voices that saw through Wan Chengguo's ambitions and intentions and believed that they could not cooperate.

But there are also a small number of people who think that cooperation is not impossible.

"Cooperation is possible, but Wan Chengguo is not allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of Guanglei Mountain, and it is not allowed to invade our city in the mortal world."

"Yes! Cooperation is possible, but in our territory, we must be the main ones, and we must not turn against the customers!"

"We have taken precautions. Wan Chengguo's tricks are useless. We can get some of their good things."

"Yes, at least that Fusion Spirit Pill, I must have it in Guanglei Mountain!"

Among these voices of support and opposition, Ye Kong, who was sitting in the front seat, did not say a word and remained silent.

The mood is very heavy.

Because whether it is cooperation or not, it means two words to Guangleishan.

crisis.

A major crisis related to the survival of the sect.

Some elders may think this is an opportunity and think they can earn countless spiritual coins through cooperation, but Ye Kong knows in his heart that this crisis has officially begun.

From the moment when Wan Chengguo's delegation presented what was called "sincerity", but it was actually a disguised display of strength and muscle, Ye Kong knew that Wan Chengguo was going to take action against Guanglei Mountain.

When talking about cooperation, I just want to test Guangleishan's will to resist, collect some intelligence, and prepare for the conquest.

Why do you say that?

Because the strong have no habit of cooperating with the weak.

No matter how powerful Wan Chengguo is, there is no need to cooperate at all.

So Ye Kong saw a huge crisis.

Not the slightest bit optimistic.

He asked the old man in his mind: "Grandpa, this crisis in Guanglei Mountain will be unprecedented. What should I do?"

The opponent was too powerful, and Ye Kong had no idea at all, so he could only ask the old man habitually.

"Well……"

The old man in his mind thought for a long time and asked him first: "What would you do if Wancheng Kingdom came and wanted to destroy Guanglei Mountain?"

"What else can we do, we can only fight!" Ye Kong said without hesitation.

"But Wancheng Kingdom is very strong. If you fight, you may die."

The old man paused and asked, "Aren't you afraid of death?"

die?

Ye Kong was stunned for a moment and thought about this question carefully.

Then he shook his head and said: "No one is afraid of death, but when the enemy comes, I have no choice but to fight him."

Even death is better than being a cowardly deserter.

Zhou Ming immediately understood what he meant and understood his choice very well. After all, Guanglei Mountain was Ye Kong's disciple. Guanglei Mountain trained him, provided resources, allowed him to achieve achievements in cultivation, promoted his position, and made him personally Of course, he also encountered a lot of resistance and suppression in the process, but in general, the favor given to him by the Guanglei Mountain stage was worthy of his reward and loyalty.

It is basically impossible for him to betray this sect or escape from this place.

Because Ye Kong has been deeply imprinted with Guanglei Mountain, creating deep emotions and bonds...even if it is not perfect here.

"Wait and wait and see what happens. There are three ancestors in the trance stage in Guanglei Mountain. There are more than a hundred immortals. It is not that easy for Wancheng Kingdom to destroy them. I am afraid it is for this reason that they proposed cooperation."

said the old man.

Ye Kong nodded. Wan Chengguo's intentions have not been fully exposed yet, and he does not have much say in Guanglei Mountain. Waiting and watching for changes is indeed the best response.

…

At this time, in the main hall, after the heated debate continued for a while, Daozu Shengxu knocked on the low table in front of him to make the people below quiet down.

"Our sect still needs to discuss for a few days whether to cooperate with Wancheng Kingdom. That's it for today. Everyone will return to their respective mountains."

Daozu Shengxu waved his hand to end the palace meeting, and then privately summoned the elders of each mountain to hold an internal meeting to discuss how to deal with it.

At the internal meeting, the elders were consulted for their opinions. 80% thought they could not cooperate and 20% thought they could cooperate.

The non-cooperative faction made up the majority... Ye Kong was also a member of the majority.

Taozu Shengxu himself also felt that Wanchengguo's invitation to cooperate contained a trap and believed that cooperation was impossible.

Therefore, the next day, in the Guanglei Hall, after summoning Li Daoshi, the diplomatic ambassador of Wancheng Kingdom, again, Daozu Shengxu said in a euphemistic tone: "The time is not yet ripe for this cooperation, let us think about it for some time." , we will look for cooperation opportunities in the future.”

Hearing this, Li Daoshi shook his head with regret, "It seems that your sect still doesn't trust our country Wancheng. Your sect's misunderstanding of our country is so deep that a great opportunity has been missed. Unfortunately, it's too bad." What a pity.”

"I think this is because the understanding between the two parties is not deep enough. On behalf of Wancheng Kingdom, this is only my first official visit to Guanglei Mountain. It is normal for there to be a lack of mutual trust."

"However, Wanchengguo and Guangleishan still have good cooperation prospects. The current inability to cooperate is due to insufficient mutual trust between the two parties and a weak foundation."

"As long as the two sides enhance mutual understanding, increase exchanges with each other, cultivate deep friendship, and consolidate the basis for cooperation, they will definitely be able to cooperate in the future!"

Therefore, taking this into consideration, Li Daoshi suggested in a timely manner: The two sides should first establish a solid bilateral dialogue relationship, send personnel to visit each other, cultivate friendship first, and resolve previous misunderstandings.

It would be best if after Wan Chengguo's visit, Guangleishan would also send personnel to pay a return visit to Wan Chengguo.

In this way, mutual understanding can be quickly transformed from "misunderstanding" to "understanding".

Once we fully understand each other, cooperation will gradually become possible.

Send personnel to return visits?

Li Daoshi's proposal aroused heated discussion among the elders. In the end, 50% agreed or disagreed.

Daozu Shengxu thought for a while, Wancheng Kingdom sent a delegation to visit and gave so many generous gifts. Logically speaking, Guanglei Mountain should indeed pay a return visit and give some gifts.

Moreover, the upper-level people in Guanglei Mountain only know about the Wancheng Kingdom from the extremely exaggerated descriptions obtained from the information sent by lurking intelligence personnel. There are doubts about the real situation. If you want to know clearly, you still need to have high-level figures. Go to the Wancheng Kingdom to find out for yourself and see it with your own eyes.

Fortunately, many elders now have cameras given by the visiting delegation, so they can take some photos.

So after another private internal discussion, Guangleishan reached an agreement: agreed to send personnel to visit Wancheng Country.

It’s just this choice...

"Ye Kong, go ahead. You are most concerned about the trends of Wancheng Kingdom. You can apply to become a representative and go to Wancheng Kingdom to inspect." The old man in his mind suddenly suggested.

Ye Kong nodded. It just so happened that most elders were cautious and skeptical about visiting Wancheng Kingdom. They were worried that it was a trap and no one would sign up. Ye Kong took the initiative to ask for a visit. As soon as he said he wanted to go, he immediately received the approval of Taoist Shengxu. He praised him well and called on other elders to learn from him.

In this way, the task of leading a delegation to return to Wancheng Kingdom fell on Ye Kong's shoulders.