Wanbao Lady

Chapter 401 Negotiation

Inside the Ice Palace, the man's pupils shrank, and his left hand, which was supporting the throne, unconsciously exerted force, almost breaking a piece of the throne off.

After a while, another subordinate came in hurriedly, shouting, "Report! Report, the mutton-fat jade pestle is missing!"

Hearing this, the man closed his eyes.

A bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

One month.

Previously, the Jade Ferry Master had asked to borrow it for a month, and he had wanted to steal it. But in the end, when he said one month, it was exactly one month, no more, no less.

Really, what a good trick!

He suddenly opened his eyes, but there was no anger in them, instead there was admiration and respect for his worthy opponent.

"Master Dumeng... this..."

The man who came to return the treasure looked at his empty hands in horror.

But he saw his own Du Meng waved his hand, "It's okay, you two can go down."

The two subordinates took their leave respectfully as if they had been pardoned.

Watching the two men retreat, the man sighed slightly in his heart, feeling very regretful.

Now that such a useful treasure is gone, it will take a lot of effort to quell the glacial floods.

Thinking of this, he rubbed his forehead with a headache.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came to my ears: "Chaotu, our messenger has returned, and Dadumeng let us all pass."

Hearing this, the man immediately stood up and said, "I understand."

After he finished speaking, he disappeared into the ice palace.

-

The wind and snow were howling, and majestic white eagles and some unknown birds and ferocious beasts were circling in the sky.

Beneath the clouds, there was a towering glacier lying on the ground like a giant dragon, overlooking the entire prairie.

The overall layout is circular, with a group of strange buildings built on top, with solid stone as the base, large blocks of solid ice as the outer walls and domes, and ice crystals and animal bones as decorations.

And this is the royal palace of the Cangyuan tribe.

Chao Tu took a deep breath, then stepped in step by step, stepping on the thick carpet made of ferocious beast fur.

Not long after, the nine tribes of the Cangyuan clan and the nine Dumengs had all arrived.

After everyone waited for a while, with the sound of a loud horn, the leader of all tribes, Dadu Meng, also appeared in the palace and slowly walked to the main seat at the top.

"Meet Dadu Meng!"

Everyone said in unison.

"No need to formalize, everyone." The middle-aged man with a strong figure, wearing a luxurious woolen coat made of the fur of ferocious beasts and a rough face, raised his hand slightly.

"Thank you, Dadu Meng."

The middle-aged man nodded, and then said: "I invited everyone here today because the envoy we sent to the Great Zhou has returned!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure holding a staff walked quickly up from outside the palace. As soon as he arrived, he saluted towards Dadu Meng at the top and the people around him.

"Tell me, what does Da Zhou say?"

"Yes!" The man nodded, his face extremely serious.

"Reporting to Dadu Meng, the Great Zhou court said that they are unwilling to remove the Spirit Gathering Pillar, but in order not to escalate the situation, they are willing to reduce its effectiveness to 30% of the original!"

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked and then became furious.

"How ridiculous!" a fat man named Du Meng said angrily, his eyes were as big as copper bells due to excessive anger.

"What a good calculation! Reducing the efficacy to 30%, yes, there will be no more floods in the future, but isn't this still sucking the blood of our Cangyuan?"

"They don't let us live easily, so we won't let them live easily either! Let's fight them!"

"Oh, no, no! The high priest and his men are still deep in the snowfield. If we fight them rashly, we will injure eight hundred of the enemy and a thousand of our own!"

"Is that all?"

Everyone was talking at once, arguing a lot.

Suddenly someone suggested:

"Isn't it that Yongzhou's floods are worse than ours because of the disorder of spiritual energy? It just so happens that their most powerful magic weapon has been seized by us. Why not take this opportunity and take the ferocious beast to kill him, so as to relieve our anger!"

Hearing this, Chaotu covered his forehead and said helplessly: "I have bad news to tell you...the treasure...is gone."

After he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence on the field, and everyone immediately looked at him.

"What do you mean it's gone? Didn't I hear it was used before?"

Hearing this, Chaotu felt even more ashamed, "It's just... the time limit is up, and it was taken away..."

The scene was in an uproar.

Some were surprised, some were unexpected, some were sarcastic, and some sighed with regret.

But that is the fact, there is no point in saying more.

Not long after, someone suddenly proposed: "The upper reaches of many of their rivers are here anyway. Once the high priest and his people are stable and the flood is over, we will cut off the upper reaches and cut off their water supply! We will not give them any excess water even if we drain it eastward to the Arctic Ocean!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

They were all shocked by his bold remarks.

At the same time, someone else suggested: "After all, it was their dishonorable behavior. If we expose this matter to the public and let them know about it, I don't think their court will be able to save face under public opinion!"

But some people still shook their heads.

"What if they refuse to admit it?"

The person who started the conversation had an unfathomable look on his face when he heard this. "Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they can't be stopped. Aren't there many immortal sects that claim to be the 'right way'? If they knew about this, do you think they would be alienated? In short, there must be an explanation for this matter. We can't let them fool us like this!"

"Correct!"

"But now that the border is under strict inspection and prevention, how can we spread the news?"

"Hey, this isn't that simple, let's just do this..."

-

Seven days later.

Yongan City.

Early in the morning, a middle-aged man wearing a thick cotton coat and carrying a load on his shoulders walked towards the market step by step.

I saw that he had a large fish basket hanging on one side of his shoulder pole and a wooden bucket filled with water on the other, but he walked steadily.

Then he looked around, skillfully found an empty seat on the street, and unloaded the burden on his shoulders.

With the sound of splashing water and water droplets, one live fish after another was transferred from the fish basket to a wooden barrel with larger space.

"Fresh fish! Freshly caught live fish!"

As the man shouted loudly, he immediately attracted the attention of passers-by and many people gathered around him.

When he saw the fat and beautiful fish swimming in the clear water, he couldn't help but nodded slightly.

"Young man, how much do you sell this fish for?" an old man with a cane pointed at a fish swimming in the water.

Hearing this, the man smiled naively, "This grass carp, twenty cents!"

The old man nodded. The fish was big, plump and fresh, so it was a good deal.

"Then please help me kill the fish! I'm old, and my hands and feet don't work well anymore." The old man said helplessly.

"okay!"

The fishmonger took out a fish knife from his waist, grabbed the fish's gills with one hand, and killed the fish in a few strokes. Then he scraped off the scales and cut open the fish's belly.

He reached into the fish's belly with his big hands and was about to take out the internal organs when he was slightly startled.

Just because the feeling in my hand... seems to be something wrong.

The fishmonger was puzzled for a moment, then he pulled hard with his hands, and the fish viscera mixed with a strange, small cylindrical object appeared in everyone's sight.