40,000 Years of Cultivation

As rows of data staggered across the faces of Boss Bai and Lei Chenghu, Boss Bai's eyebrows gradually spread, and the gloom on Lei Chenghu's face was almost like black magma, about to explode.

"what do you mean?"

Lei Chenghu clenched his metal arm into a "click", sparks burst from between his teeth, and asked every word.

"It's what you see, General Lei."

Li Yao smiled and said, "I will return the entire celestial star to your reformist cultivators in its entirety, but not including the Jinjing Pagoda—strictly speaking, it takes the Jinjing Pagoda as its core and a radius of ten kilometers. An area will be opened up as a'demilitarized zone'. The presence of any armed forces will trigger my most serious reaction. Please also be aware of this."

"Do you want to take the Golden Tower as your own?"

Lei Chenghu was angry, "What do you want to do!"

"Don't worry, I know the horror of the Jinjing Tower as deeply as you, and I never want to activate such a horrible weapon again."

Li Yao sighed and said, "It's just that Boss Bai is right. The so-called alliance is the most stable only when the two sides are evenly matched. Now that the strength of the empire and the federation are so different, our ideas are even more severely divided. If there is no "insurance", how can this temporary alliance be maintained for a long time?

"I'm just adding a solid guarantee for our alliance. Otherwise, even if General Lei regards dignity and commitment higher than life, there is no guarantee that among the thousands of immortal cultivators, there will be no unpredictable people who will covet the Federation, and Some of our cultivators here, in order to guard against the coveting heart of these cultivators, they will inevitably think of the first to be strong-so mutual internal friction, never ending, the alliance is falling apart, how to deal with the remnants of the four major families and Covenant League?

"What's more, we practitioners are only willing to cooperate with you under the righteousness of'renovating the empire.' On the issue of how to renovate the empire, we must ensure our own supervisory capabilities and ensure that the so-called'renovation' is beneficial to the general public. The people at the bottom of the empire are good. Otherwise, Wu Yingqi, Li Linghai, or you General Lei Chenghu, what is the difference? Why should we help you and defeat Wu Yingqi?

"The Golden Tower is our greatest reliance on our supervisory role, and it is also the greatest hope for the salvation of the people at the bottom of the empire. It belongs to the wealth of all mankind, including the primitive people in the ground. As the boss just said, I have no qualifications. , Even less power, hand it over to you."

"Supervise our innovation..."

Lei Chenghu narrowed his eyes, his murderous aura almost condensed into a sword visible to the naked eye, gritted his teeth and said, "Li Yao, are you threatening me?"

"Not a threat, but it is a deterrent."

Li Yaosi was not swayed by Lei Chenghu’s killing force—in fact, after experiencing a fierce battle with Wu Yingqi, looking at the entire empire, it is difficult for a second person’s killing force to shake him, "You immortal cultivators, Isn’t it the most respected rule of'natural selection of things, the strongest eating of the weak'? Don’t you believe that “the winner is king”? If we cultivators can’t control the power that can deter the imperial capital, why should we get your attention and be equal to you? Cooperation?"

"I know it, I know it!"

Lei Chenghu snarled angrily and roared, "I know you cultivators are absolutely untrustworthy. You didn't have good intentions from the beginning. It was not as simple as trying to solve Wu Yingqi! First, use Wu Yingqi's unsightly and dirty Dirty images are used to shake the morality of the cultivators and tarnish the glorious image of our founding emperor. Now even the secret treasures belonging to our empire are claimed for themselves, Li Yao, you despicable and shameless villain, you really think you have something for me. Don’t I dare to turn my face for help?"

"This point, you are wrong, General Lei Chenghu, the Jinjing Tower does not belong to the empire. Strictly speaking, it should be regarded as an unowned thing, a legacy left by the ancient civilization to all mankind. The magic weapon has no owner. Virtue is in it, and now it is in my hands, naturally I am a'virtuous'!"

Li Yao continued to smile and said, "As for me, it's not a day or two for me to be shameless. You've known it a long time ago. I have never pretended to be a honourable gentleman in front of you, right?

"You know that I'm not a good person, and you still want to cooperate with me, why? Just because you had no choice at the time!

"Since I have chosen to cooperate with me, and I have really exposed Wu Yingqi's true colors as promised, and even killed him, of course I have the right to claim a part of the reward. If not, you want to occupy the imperial capital without a dime? Wouldn't it be too cheap? Right?"

Lei Chenghu took a deep breath, and instantly retracted the fierce flames that had just flared his teeth and danced his claws and drew his sword back, as if it was just a bluff.

But his eyes, which were as deep as a muzzle, burst out with a more dangerous light, showing that he had made a cruel decision deep in his heart.

"Tell me, Li Yao."

Lei Chenghu said coldly, "If I refuse to admit what you call...'Demilitarized Zone', and insist on sending Marines to land on the surface, invade the ground, and take over the Jinjing Tower, what would you do?"

"If this is the case, I am afraid that the combined arsonist fleet will immediately attack the Thunder Fleet, and my puppet regiments on the ground and underground will resist desperately and fight to the point of one soldier."

Li Yaodao, "We will do whatever it takes to guard the Jinjing Tower, including using... the last measure."

"The last measure?"

Lei Chenghu laughed, "Are you saying that restarting the Jinjing Tower will anger the sun again?"

Li Yao's eyelashes quivered quickly: "...Yes, this is what you forced me. If you really attack the underground, I will restart the Jinjing Tower."

"Haha, Li Yao, although you are a despicable and shameless villain, you are still a cultivator. This is not only your most precious strength, but also your most fatal weakness."

Lei Chenghu laughed, "Tell you, I don’t believe it, I don’t believe that you will go against the Taoism of the cultivator, restart the Jinjing Pagoda again, and use the lives of tens of billions of people as a bet to deal with me, especially when you just Don't forget everything, after saving these people from Wu Yingqi! Your Dao Mind, your laws, and your ideas won't allow you to do this.

"You may be an excellent lurker, or even an excellent fraudster, but your heart is too soft to be a qualified deterrent. Your threat and deterrence are almost zero.

"Let me tell you how to be a qualified deterrent. Next, I am going to issue my own deterrence——

"I will give you half an hour for you to make a final decision. You have two ways to go.

"First, within half an hour, drive the arsonist united fleet to the ninth orbital base, and hand over the highest control authority for all key ground facilities, including the Jinjing Tower. I will abide by the past promises to ensure your safety and security. Power, and even some "renovation supervision committee" can be established as you wish, as a supplementary body of the Senate.

"And you, Li Yao, your identity as the'King of the Black Wind' and the'Master of the Five Black Wind Realms' will also be recognized by me and the imperial military's strong support. The future Black Wind Five Realms can become a kind of In the form of a special zone for cultivators, the cultivator fleet can also operate openly in the empire under the name of the Black Wind Legion.

"This is the limit of my sincerity and the limit that thousands of immortal cultivators can tolerate.

"Second, if within half an hour, the arsonist combined fleet has not sailed to the ninth orbital base, and you insist on not surrendering the highest control authority of the ground facilities, especially the Jinjing Tower, then my troops will forcibly land on the celestial pole. Sing, take over all the facilities, and what happens next is beyond anyone’s control."

"Lei Chenghu, you are playing with fire!"

The boss next to him snarled, "You are ruining a hard-earned victory!"

"Yes, but the so-called'deterrence' is like this."

Lei Chenghu folded his hands and said lightly, "This will of course cause great troubles for the reformers' undertakings and even the rebirth of the entire empire, but I believe that you cultivators will definitely suffer ten times more severe blows. Bet, you dare not completely tear your face with me, of course, if I lose the bet, I will not hesitate to throw out the bargaining chip, put the threat into action just now, this is a qualified'deterrent', It should be done."

Boss Bai fell silent and looked at Li Yao.

Li Yao's face was pale, his expression hesitated, and his eyes hesitated, as if he had no idea.

"Look, Li Yao, this is your nature."

Lei Chenghu saw through the weakness in Li Yao's heart and smiled and said, "This may not be considered a weakness, it's just'inappropriate'. Each of us always has our own suitable position, and your position should never be. The'deterrent', especially the use of the lives of tens of billions of people as a bargaining chip, you can't afford to play such a game.

"In any case, my troops will land in half an hour. If you want to restart the Jinjing Tower, please, I will just watch you press the button of destruction, will you?"

"...I, I won't."

Li Yao was sweating profusely in an instant, and he seemed to have a nervous breakdown at any time. He bit his lip and sighed, "You are right, General Lei, it seems that I am indeed not a deterrent. This is the first time. Deterrence just fails, it’s really, really useless to be seen through by you at a glance!

"It is indeed impossible for me to restart the Jinjing Tower. It is impossible anyway. If I do this, I am afraid that my Dao Xin will collapse within 0.1 second. I, I cannot bear such pressure, it is too cruel, and It's...exciting."

"It's okay, it's not your fault, or even your strengths."

Lei Chenghu smiled and said, "It seems that we have reached an agreement. You are not a qualified'deterrent'. I am more suitable than you to be in charge of the Jinjing Tower and become a real'deterrent', right?"

"Yes, you are not wrong at all."

Li Yao blinked and wiped the sweat from his forehead, but a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "But I am so soft-hearted, feminine, indecisive, and more suitable to be a'deterrent' than me. You, I don’t have to hand over the Golden Tower to you either.

"By the way, have I introduced you to my two children, Xiao Ming and Wen Wen?"