Chapter 1252 (1/2)

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”There are currently two prominent voices in the Dou Spirit Empire, the first of which I just elaborated on. The other side advocates engaging the federal military in direct battle and letting the chips fall where they may. Of course, there's also a minority that proposes negotiating for peace. In reality, if it isn't for the fact that the Dou Spirit Empire is a monarchy, most of the empire would probably be in support of surrender. They're well aware of the disparity between them and the Douluo Federation. This is a fundamental gap that can't be bridged.”

Tang Wulin's brows furrowed slightly. ”How is our Tang Sect's relations.h.i.+p with the royal family?”

Li Yun replied, ”We are the number one arms suppliers to the Dou Spirit Empire. Almost all their high-end weaponry technology was sold to them by our Tang Sect, but in reality, we've been very conservative with the technology that we've been selling them in the past several millennia. This is to limit the rate of their technological development and to prevent them from depleting their resources too quickly. As such, our Tang Sect holds a very lofty status in the Dou Spirit Empire, but the royal family is actually rather dissatisfied with us. They're harboring great hopest that you'll be bringing them sufficient weapons for them to contend with the Douluo Federation. As such, it'll be very easy to give them the weapons, but preventing this war from happening will be nowhere near as simple.”

Tang Wulin nodded in response. ”I see. Is there a city known as Spirit Wave City near Heaven Dou City?”

”There is. Spirit Wave City is quite a small city, though.” Li Yun was rather befuddled by the sudden change in direction this conversation had taken.

”Let's go to Spirit Wave City first,” Tang Wulin instructed.

Li Yun's brows furrowed slightly. ”Why do you want to go to Spirit Wave City? The Dou Spirit Empire's royal family has already received news of your arrival; shouldn't you be going to see them first?”

Tang Wulin shook his head in response. ”No, we'll go to Spirit Wave City first.”

Li Yun's brows furrowed even more rightly upon hearing this, and he wanted to say something further, but he repressed the urge to do so in the end and turned to the driver at the front. ”Go to Spirit Wave City.”

The atmosphere had become rather awkward, and Li Yun turned to Tang Wulin with a contemplative look before asking, ”Sect Master, would you be able to tell me your purpose for visiting Spirit Wave City? I believe it would be inadvisable to simply ignore the royal family.”

Tang Wulin replied, ”I have something I need to do in Spirit Wave City. On top of that, I didn't know that we had to visit the royal family right after arriving here, so they can wait.”

Li Yun could tell from Tang Wulin's demeanor that he had already decided everything without discussing the matter with him, and that made him quite displeased. This young man's cultivation rank wasn't anything special, but he sure had a bit of a temper!

A faint smile appeared on Tang Wulin's face. ”Sometimes it's good to make people wait, wouldn't you say so, Hall Master Li?”

Li Yun replied in a serious manner, ”I think that would be very inadvisable in this current situation. If you're determined to do this and sour our relations.h.i.+p with the Dou Spirit Empire as a result, it'll be very difficult for us to carry out the rest of our mission.”

Tang Wulin said, ”We shouldn't be the ones clambering to meet them. You just said that the Dou Spirit Empire is a monarchy, and the biggest concern for a monarchy is that the inheritance of their power gets severed. Hence, they won't surrender to the federation no matter what, and they need us far more than the Star Luo Empire does. We are in a position of power here, so why should we be in a rush to meet them? Let them wait.”

Li Yun remained silent in response, but cast his gaze out the window to express his displeasure toward this course of action.

Tang Wulin naturally had selfish intentions behind his decision to visit Spirit Wave City first. Saving his parents was extremely high on his list of priorities, but at the same time, it really was a good idea to make the royal family wait for now. If they wanted to gain the upper hand in the negotiation, the first thing that they had to do was place themselves in an advantageous position. In the face of the Dou Spirit Empire and Star Luo Empire, the last thing the Tang Sect wanted to do was to appear overly eager as that would completely ruin the basis for negotiation.

Thus, silence returned to the vehicle, and Tang Wulin closed his eyes to rest. For some reason, ever since he arrived in the Star Luo Empire, he had been struck by an indistinct feeling that there was something familiar and intimate nearby.

Was this the feeling of being in close proximity to his parents?

Spirit Wave City was less than 100 kilometers away from the capital of the Dou Spirit Empire, Heaven Dou City, and they arrived at their destination after about four hours.

From a distance, it could be seen that Spirit Wave City was quite a simple city that was rather antiquated in design. The style of the buildings was similar to that of Heaven Dou City on the Douluo Continent, and they had clearly drawn inspiration from the same sources.

What was quite intriguing to Tang Wulin was that Spirit Wave City had city walls. In the Douluo Federation, city walls were almost relics of the past that could only be seen in ancient tomes; who would've thought they would still be in use in the Dou Spirit Empire?