Chapter 1638: The Spiritking Arrives (1/2)

Chapter 1638: The Spiritking Arrives

The negotiations between the Tian Yuan Continent and the World of Forsaken Saints would be held every ten to fifteen days. However, since they never reached an agreement, they would always end up leaving with a bad taste in their mouths.

As the place where the two worlds held the negotiations, Flame City’s fame boomed once more, skyrocketing to a point where not only did everyone on the Tian Yuan Continent know about it, its name had even spread across the vast expanse of the World of Forsaken Saints.

The Origin realm experts that belonged on the side of the Tian Yuan Continent had chosen Flame City because they feared the Origin realm experts of the other world. They planned on using the prestige of the city to deter the Origin realm experts from laying their hands on them during the negotiations. After all, even damaging a tiny portion of the city would be akin to directly offending Jian Chen.

At the same time, this precaution indirectly elevated the position of the Flame City. By now, there was no organisation across the world that could rival its prestige, even though it was nowhere as expansive as the seven capital cities of the continent.

The current Flame City had reached the level of the Sacred Spirit Hall in the World of Forsaken Saints. It had reached a point where it could no longer be replaced.

The Heavenly Enchantress sat on a large grey rock on the top of Three Saint Island, exuding an otherworldly beauty. A simple zither was placed before her. As her slender fingers slowly swept across the strings, she played an enchanting music. The music seemed to have fused with nature, carrying a certain airiness. It could calm people and make them be at ease.

The music rang through Three Saint Island, causing all the fishermen who lived on the island to seem enchanted. Large fish had even begun to float to the surface of the ocean as if the music enchanted them as well.

A handsome young man sat next to the Heavenly Enchantress. The music did not affect him at all. He cast his gaze out towards the horizon, towards the distant Tian Yuan Continent. At the same time, he would look at the sky often. The young man could vaguely see a small red cloud at the edge of the blue sky. The red speck was only visible to those who possessed extraordinary visual senses.

The music stopped after a while and Shangguan Mu’er put the zither away. She gazed into outer space with her enchanting eyes and murmured, “The evil power has weakened slightly. Your father should be absorbing the power in there, but by the looks of things, he’ll need quite some time before he fully absorbs it all.”

The handsome young man looked at the Heavenly Enchantress when he heard her words and said with some worry, “Mother, the power is so great and evil. Will father harm himself by absorbing it?”

Shangguan Mu’er fell silent in thought for a while before responding, “Your father’s cultivation method is as special as yours, so you can’t treat it like anything else. At the same time, he always knows what he’s doing, so if he’s daring enough to absorb it, he’ll definitely have full confidence.”

“I don’t have to worry then,” the young man immediately became relieved. As expected, he was Shangguan Aojian.

After a moment of silence, Shangguan Aojian said, “Mother, the Tian Yuan Continent is currently negotiating with the World of Forsaken Saints. The difference between the Origin realm experts of our world and theirs is very great, so we might show weakness during the negotiations. This is the exact time when they need you, mother, so why don’t you go to the Tian Yuan Continent to watch over matters?” Shangguan Aojian hoped his mother could go to the Tian Yuan Continent very much as he had grown attached to the continent during his journeys there. He obviously did not wish for the Tian Yuan Continent to suffer too much during the negotiations.

At the same time, the Tian Yuan Continent was his father’s homeland.

Shangguan Mu’er looked at Shangguan Aojian, and her eyes warmed up. She said, “Xiao Bao, I understand that you worry for the Tian Yuan Continent, but there’s really no need. Even if you ignore the fact that our side hasn’t shown any weakness at all, it’s impossible for the negotiations to conclude so soon. No matter what they end up negotiating, the decision will be personally made by the Spiritking and your father in the end. If your father refuses to agree, it doesn’t matter how much advantage the World of Forsaken Saints manages to gain through the negotiations. Do you understand?”

“I see. It’s because we have no need to fear the World of Forsaken Saints at all with our current strength.”

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Like an arrow, time passed by in a flash. In the blink of an eye, the two worlds had already been negotiating for ten years. The two sides still failed to reach an agreement after this decade. They both understood already that it would be very difficult for them to reach an agreement just by themselves. In the end, the decision would still be made by the most powerful people of the respective worlds. As a result, the negotiations towards the end were just a symbolic push and pull to drag out time as they waited for the Spiritking and Jian Chen to emerge from seclusion.

During the ten years, the news that the humans, Hundred Races, Sea race, and magical beasts had to give up a portion of their land had already spread far and wide. It had led to quite a large disturbance. Some people did not care too much about it at all, but there were also others who insisted on keeping their territory, refusing to leave even if they were to die.