Chapter 2177: Chapter 2177 Testing Out Each Other
Compared to battleships, these ferries are far more expensive to build.
The entire Zhongxing Dynasty had only nine ferries, now that they lost three of them in one shot, Mo Xiaotian was undoubtedly exasperated.
Despite the large number of experts they dispatched to investigate, they could not find the real culprit.
Because of the spies monitoring the Eastcloud Dynasty, it’s been consistently confirmed that Ye Liuyun did not leave the palace. Moreover, Mo Shaowen of the Fairy Clan appeared to have caused chaos in Tredgeroh City.
For it, Mo Xiaotian blamed it all on the Fairy Clan.
Mo Xiaotian immediately had someone contact the Fairy Clan to reprimand them. However, the Fairy Clan denied the claim with the excuse that Mo Xiaowen had destroyed his Fairy Clan token and hence was no longer a member of the Fairy Clan.
"These b*stards, washing their hands clean of responsibility! Do they think I’m an idiot? They claimed that he had left the Fairy Clan only when the trouble came!" Mo Xiaotian cursed the Fairy Clan in anger.
However, the Conveyor Formation connecting the foreign race battlefield and the Eastcloud dynasty had blocked any nine-realm martial practitioners from entering. Thus, he wasn’t able to dispatch his men to the Fairy Clan’s region to do anything. All he could do now was to dispatch martial practitioners below the ninth level to the Foreign Race battlefield to exterminate any Fairy Clan disciple they could find.
Consequently, the Fairy Clan disciples in the foreign race battlefield suffered severe casualties leaving only a handful of survivors. Even Guan Shanyue, who was enslaved by Ye Liuyun, died at the hands of the Zhongxing Dynasty.
Reacting to the news, the Fairy Clan instantly sent an order to evacuate all their disciples from the foreign race battlefield. Their course of action totally cut off any harm from the Zhongxing dynasty against them.
Regardless of the fact that Deliverance Hill was no longer blocking the path, getting around Deliverance Hill to reach the Fairy Clan’s territory would take over a year. It was too long for them to reach.
Even if they allow martial practitioners to cross the Endless Sea using a ferry, they wouldn’t want to waste so much time on the detouring.
Even if they expedite the ferry sails, it would still take at least four to five months to reach the Fairy Clan’s territory. It was still a period too long for their consideration.
Mo Xiaotian was unable to come up with a solution. He summoned everyone for a gathering to brainstorm useful suggestions.
"King of God, we can use Ye Liuyun!"
An adviser named Song An excitedly suggested.
"How can we make use of him? What does he have to offer?" Mo Xiaotian asked in confusion.
Mo Xiaotian had always looked down on Ye Liuyun. He had always regarded his success came from luck. That he was lucky he killed an alien, stumbled upon some important information, and hence got rewarded by the Alliance of Goddesses.
As for the fall of the East Dynasty, he had always thought it was nothing but a joke. The East Dynasty had always been incomparable to their flourishing dynasty.
Song An explained to him, "Now that the foreign race battlefield doesn’t allow ninth-level martial practitioners to pass through, we can use the Conveyor Formation of the Eastcloud Dynasty to send our martial practitioners there!"
"Ye Liuyun has had conflicts with the Fairy Clan too. As long as we guarantee not to attack Ye Liuyun and focus solely on the Fairy Clan, I believe he will agree for us to use his conveyor Formation. We can even let the martial practitioners we dispatch sign a soul pact with him!"
"Will he agree for us to let us pass through that easily?" Mo Xiaotian thought it was feasible. However, he believed Ye Liuyun would surely demand something more in return.
Song An chuckled as he replied, "It was just some resources. Just hand it off to him! When we get to those Fairy Clan members, we can seize their abundance of resources!"
"Once we conquer the Fairy Clan and gain access to the Conveyor Formation, we can turn tides and target Ye Liuyun there and then. His resources will ours too!"
Mo Xiaotian earnestly nodded his head. He immediately asked Song An to negotiate with Ye Liuyun while he started reaping out suitable martial practitioners for the mission.
Song An promptly set off, hurrying towards the Foreign Race battlefield. Currently, the Conveyor Formation wasn’t accessible by the Zhongxing Dynasty. Hence, they could only transfer through the Foreign Race battleground.
Song An was in the advanced eighth level and hadn’t reached the ninth level, hence he could travel through the Formation Conveyor. He did not bring a big party with him- only two guards who were in the advanced eight level.
When Song An arrived in the Eastcloud Dynasty via the Formation Conveyor, he was soon spotted by several primary ninth-level martial practitioners who guarded the formation. He didn’t hide his identity and instantly requested to meet with Ye Liuyun.
Upon receiving the news, Ye Liuyun checked with Jing Yong about Song An’s character.
"Song An is a strategist for Mo Xiaotian, very crafty and different from Xu Mulin’s type of powerful figures," Jing Yong told Ye Liuyun. "However, Mo Xiaotian rarely consults his strategists and doesn’t particularly like Song An."
"Since many people praised Song An for his capability, Mo Xiaotian naturally felt some wariness and jealousy towards him."
Ye Liu Yun paid attention when he heard him comparing Song An and Xu Mulin, and immediately instructed Jing Yong to hide their martial practitioners of the intermediate and advanced ninth realm. Leaving only those in the primary ninth realm around.
He then had his men bring Song An to a tranquil guesthouse, and served him tea and refreshments. The main hall was not suitable for receiving guests because it was too vast and barren.
When Song An was brought in, he was gracious and courteous. He took the initiative to introduce himself to Ye Liuyun. He was at the age of around forty to fifty, with a fairly high realm, and his expression appeared natural.
Ye Liuyun casually welcomed him, dressed in plain robes. They avoided talking about the Zhongxing Dynasty’s effort to steal Ye Liuyun’s wealth as they conversed informally like old friends.
"What exactly is the relationship between the Zhongxing Dynasty and the Alliance of Goddesses?" Ye Liu Yun casually asked.
"When one becomes excessively dominant, they tend to deteriorate over a lengthy period," Song An said honestly, "So, both collaboration and opposition are necessary."
Ye Liu Yun was rather surprised by Song An’s profound understanding. Song An had beliefs that were at odds with several practices of the Zhongxing Dynasty.
Thus, Ye Liu Yun indirectly asked him about the Zhongxing Dynasty’s view and attitude towards martial practitioners.
He noticed that Song An had well-considered, strategic opinions on a variety of issues.
It seemed inconceivable to Ye Liuyun that a man of his stature would choose to pillage his possessions.
Ye Liu Yun reasoned to himself, "In this case, many activities of the Zhongxing Dynasty didn’t seem to derive from Song An’s views."
Ye Liuyun was undoubtedly being tested by Song An as well. Unlike the frivolous youth that Mo Xiaotian described of him, he felt that Ye Liuyun’s insights often resonated with his views.
"Who gave the Prince of God false information? Ye Liuyun is a true threat to the Zhongxing Dynasty. If he had the chance to grow, he might pose a greater danger to the Dynasty than the Fairy Clan!"
To avoid Ye Liuyun becoming even more troublesome as he matures, Song An had already planned to suggest to Mo Xiaotian upon his return that they eliminate him promptly.
At this moment, Song An finally disclosed his purpose for his visit.
Based on their earlier discussion, he reckoned Ye Liuyun would reject his proposal if he was far-sighted enough.
However, Song An needed to conduct one final test. He had to know if Ye Liuyun was greedy. If Ye Liuyun changed his initial intention due to greed, it would also mean that he could exploit Ye Liuyun’s weakness in the future.
Even if Ye Liuyun was talented, as long as he showed weakness, Song An would have something useful for his future use.
However, at this moment, Ye Liuyun was thinking if he should seize the chance to apprehend Song An.
Although forcibly detaining an envoy might be somewhat disgraceful, the merit of having someone as useful as Song An by his side was worth the risk.
However, the detention of Song An could provoke the Zhongxing Dynasty to launch an attack on him.
He had been using the Fairy Clan as a shield in the past. If he were to confront the Zhongxing Dynasty directly, many things would be irreversible.
