Sword Emperor of the Astonishing Sky

Yi Jinyi wanted fifty Qianzhou, but Lin Bai was only willing to give twenty-five, which was the limit of what Lin Bai could give.

She was obviously not satisfied, and looked at Yi Gu and the hunchbacked old man in turn.

Yi Gu pursed his lips, not knowing how to answer.

The hunchbacked old man did not hear Yi Gu's answer for a long time, and then sighed again:

"Yi Gu, you are now the leader of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, and some things need you to make decisions in person."

"Although your eldest sister is smart, she is a woman after all, and she is worried about the gains and losses in handling certain things."

"Or maybe you two have seen too little and have too little experience, and you still don't understand the mystery of the word "willing to give up."

"It's a pity that we can't give you so much time to increase your knowledge and experience."

The hunchbacked old man seemed to be very disappointed with Yi Gu. He was very disappointed without saying anything, and sighed twice:

"Lin Bai, as you said."

"Twenty-five thousand states, let's say twenty-five thousand states."

"But..."

He just agreed, which made Lin Bai happy, but then he suddenly changed his tone:

"These twenty-five thousand states must be selected by us personally, and cannot be assigned by the Nine Nether Demon Palace and other forces at will."

"Otherwise, what's the point of assigning some poor and remote places to us?"

Old fox, is this what you call the word "willing to give up"? It's really a bit mysterious... Lin Bai sighed in his heart.

Twenty-five territories with abundant resources, and fifty territories with poor resources, can this be compared?

As long as you are not a fool, you will choose the twenty-five territories with abundant resources.

Since the person he was talking to changed from Yi Jinyi to the hunchbacked old man, Lin Bai simply said to him:

"Junior wants to know which territories you want to choose?"

The hunchbacked old man basically didn't think much and replied:

"I won't make it difficult for Emperor Lin Bai. Just focus on the territory of the capital of the Seven Nights Divine Sect and expand to the surrounding areas, dividing it into 25 territories."

That is to say, the Seven Nights Divine Sect wants to return to the old place of the mountain gate... Lin Bai made a brief calculation in his heart.

Upon hearing this, Elder Wen immediately sent a voice message to Lin Bai, saying, "Son of the Emperor, the area around the Seven Nights Sect's capital is one of the most fertile territories in the entire Seven Nights Sect."

"Moreover, this place is also very close to the gate of our Nine Nether Demon Palace, Huanglong Qianzhou."

Lin Bai immediately sent a voice message to ask, "Does this conflict with the future development and strategic planning of our Nine Nether Demon Palace?"

Elder Wen put his hands in his pockets, frowned and thought for a while, and replied, "It doesn't conflict too much."

"But many people are eyeing that territory. Both Chunyang Sect and Phoenix Valley hope to get that territory."

As an old servant beside the Demon Palace Master, Elder Wen is deeply trusted by the Demon Palace Master and has participated in the formulation of many plans and strategic goals of the Demon Palace.

This is also the main reason why the Demon Palace Master sent him to Lin Bai.

Before Lin Bai could finish thinking, the hunchbacked old man sighed:

"It is hard to leave your homeland. If the emperor Lin Bai is willing to agree to our Seven Nights Divine Sect's request, our Seven Nights Divine Sect is willing to submit to the Nine Nether Demon Palace."

Lin Bai still did not answer. Suddenly, the hunchbacked old man's preaching to Yi Gu just now appeared in his mind.

The word "willing to give up" began to appear in his mind.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he chuckled softly: "According to the original idea of ​​the Nine Nether Demon Palace, the Seven Nights Divine Sect was to build a mountain gate in other territories."

"But since the Seven Nights Divine Sect wants to return to its homeland, it is not impossible."

"But senior should also know... the territories around the Seven Nights Divine Sect's capital are all extremely rich places belonging to the Seven Nights Divine Sect."

"Not only the Nine Nether Demon Palace is eyeing that territory, but the Chunyang Sect, Phoenix Valley, Fantian Sect, and Baitian Sect are also eyeing it."

"It may not be easy to carve out 25 thousand states from that territory."

Lin Bai said to the hunchbacked old man: " If the Seven Nights Divine Sect is willing to rebuild the mountain gate in other territories, the Nine Nether Demon Palace is willing to give 25 thousand states. "

"And the Nine Nether Demon Palace guarantees that the 25 thousand states given are definitely not barren lands."

"But if the Seven Nights Divine Sect wants to rebuild the mountain gate in the capital territory, then we can't give 25 thousand states."

"I hope you can understand us."

"You should also know how precious the territory around the Seven Nights Divine Sect's capital territory is, right?"

If that piece of land is not precious, how could the Seven Nights Divine Sect choose to build a mountain gate there?

The hunchbacked old man was speechless for a moment, as if he was thinking, and then he answered after a moment:

"If we choose the territory of the capital of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, how much is the Nine Nether Demon Palace willing to give?"

Lin Bai thought for a moment and answered: "Ten thousand states!"

The hunchbacked old man was furious when he heard this: "Too much!"

Seeing that this strong man who was only a hair's breadth away from the great supernatural power was about to get angry, Old Wen hurriedly stepped forward and stood in front of Lin Bai, staring coldly at the hunchbacked old man.

The hunchbacked old man gradually calmed down: "Fifteen thousand states, we want fifteen thousand states around the territory of the capital of the Seven Nights Divine Sect."

"This is the final price of the Seven Nights Divine Sect. If the Nine Nether Demon Palace is willing to agree, then we can cooperate."

Lin Bai acted embarrassed, thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, then fifteen thousand states."

"Old Wen, get the map."

Soon.

Old Wen took out a detailed map of the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect from his storage bag.

Although it was called a "detailed map", it was not clear that the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect was only cities and towns, and only the approximate territory of Qianzhou.

"Senior, please specify the area."

Lin Bai spread the map of the Seven Nights Divine Sect on the stone table, and the hunchbacked old man came over with a cane.

He first took a look at the general situation of this territory, coughed twice with some sadness, and then set his eyes on the territory of the capital of the Seven Nights Divine Sect.

"This... this... this..."

He stretched out his dry fingers, and with the territory of the capital of the Seven Nights Divine Sect as the center, he selected another fourteen Qianzhou around it and designated it as the current territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect.

As he finished designating, Lin Bai cast an inquiring look at Old Wen.

Old Wen nodded silently, indicating that there was no problem.

Lin Bai nodded and said, "Okay, then these fifteen thousand states will belong to the Seven Nights Divine Sect from now on, as your current territory."

The hunchbacked old man laughed dryly and said, "Does the emperor Lin Bai keep his word? In other words, can the emperor Lin Bai make the decision?"

"Do you want to go back and discuss with the high-level officials of your Nine Nether Demon Palace?"

Lin Bai replied, "Of course I will go back to the Demon Palace to discuss with the high-level officials, but since I have decided on something, I will definitely be able to do it for you."

The hunchbacked old man's old eyes suddenly flashed with light: "Good, you have courage, you are worthy of being the former King of Qin of Chu and the current emperor of the Demon Palace!"

"If the Seven Nights Divine Sect had a successor like Lin Bai, it would probably not have fallen to this point."

The hunchbacked old man said to Yi Gu, "Yi Gu, you should ask Lin Bai for advice in the future."

Yi Gu nodded silently.

After the hunchbacked old man finished designating the territory, he said to Lin Bai: "Since the Nine Nether Demon Palace agreed to our conditions, then after we move back to the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect's capital, we will announce our submission to the Nine Nether Demon Palace!"

Lin Bai smiled with relief, but before he could be happy, the hunchbacked old man started to make trouble again.

"But before the Seven Nights Divine Sect surrenders, I have two more requests."

This old fox is really hard to deal with! ...Lin Bai maintained a calm smile:

"Please speak, senior."

The hunchbacked old man replied: "I hope that Emperor Lin Bai will tell the high-level officials of the Nine Nether Demon Palace something truthfully."

"My Seven Nights Divine Sect is willing to submit to the Nine Nether Demon Palace, but the prerequisite must be... Young friend Lin Bai must become the ruler of the Nine Nether Demon Palace in the future, that is, the Palace Master!"

"If something changes inside the Demon Palace, so that Young friend Lin Bai does not become the Palace Master of the Demon Palace in the end, then we will not continue to submit to the Nine Nether Demon Palace."

"Of course, if Young friend Lin Bai eventually becomes the Palace Master of the Demon Palace and becomes the ruler of the Demon Palace, and his life span will end many years later, and he has to retreat behind the scenes, then the Seven Nights Divine Sect will continue to submit."

In other words...the prerequisite for the Seven Nights Divine Sect to submit is that I must become the Palace Master of the Demon Palace? ...Lin Bai asked in confusion:

"Why me?"

The hunchbacked old man said to Lin Bai: "The Nine Nether Demon Palace has been hidden underground for too long, and we don't know about the Demon Palace warriors."

"We only want to believe you!"

His words suddenly reminded Lin Bai of what Wang Zhengyang had said.

At that time, when they were on the border of the East Region, Wang Zhengyang said to Lin Bai, "Rather than letting the Demon Palace warriors we are not familiar with become the emperor's son, we would rather see Brother Lin become the emperor's son."

"At least we know Brother Lin, and know Brother Lin's temper and character."

And now, the concerns of the hunchbacked old man seem to be similar to Wang Zhengyang's.

The hunchbacked old man also doesn't believe in the Demon Palace warriors, and hopes to believe Lin Bai more.

Lin Bai shrugged and said, "But it's not up to me. I can't decide whether I can be the Palace Master of the Demon Palace."

The hunchbacked old man shook his head and smiled, "No, no, no, you underestimate yourself."

"As long as you want to be the Palace Master of the Demon Palace, you can do it."

"Just the three words 'Supreme Phase' are enough to make you the Palace Master of the Demon Palace."

Lin Bai held his breath and thought for a while, then nodded and replied, "Okay, I promise you."

"Tell me your second request."

The hunchbacked old man slowly set his eyes on Yi Jinyi and said in a deep voice:

"My second request is also very simple, it's a good thing."

"Does Lin Bai know...Yi Gu has seven sisters?"

Lin Bai nodded. He had seen his seven sisters when he came to Baima City last time.

The hunchbacked old man continued, "Among Yi Gu's seven sisters, except Yi Jinyi, the others have never been married."

"My second request is... Young friend Lin Bai can choose one of the other six to marry as his wife!"

Ah! ... Lin Bai was stunned.

Ah! ... Yi Gu also widened his eyes.

On the contrary, Yi Jinyi was relatively calm, with no ripples on his expression.

Lin Bai hurriedly evaded, "No, no, no, senior, to be honest, I already have a family and a wife."

The hunchbacked old man waved his hand and said, "Hey, you and I are warriors, fighting against the sky, and have a long lifespan. It is very normal to have three wives and four concubines."

"Although the other six sisters of Yi Gu cannot be said to be stunningly beautiful, they are also peerless."

"The appearance and talent are definitely worthy of young friend Lin Bai."

Lin Bai smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, senior, but there is no need for that. I am not in the mood for love at the moment."

The rickety old man shook his head and said: "No, no, no, little friend Lin Bai must marry. If little friend Lin Bai doesn't marry, then our cooperation will not continue."

Lin Bai frowned and asked, "Why?"

The rickety old man smiled and said: "Because as long as he does not become an immortal, a warrior can still be considered a human being."

"As long as we are human beings, they will change."

"We have no way to guarantee that the decision made by little friend Lin Bai today will still be the same decision thousands of years from now."

So this is a political marriage? Is this a marriage? ... Lin Bai immediately understood the intention of the rickety old man.

Only then did Lin Bai understand the deep intentions of this rickety old man.

He first asked Lin Bai to agree that he would become the master of the Demon Palace and the person in charge of the Demon Palace.

Then use the marriage to strengthen the stability of the relationship between the Seven Nights Sect and Lin Bai.

Even after many years, Lin Bai suddenly changed his temperament, and his current commitment to the Seven Nights Divine Sect was no longer the same. At that time, Lin Bai would still think of the reason that Yi Gu's sister was his wife, and thus feel compassion for the Seven Nights Divine Sect.

But if there is no such relationship, just relying on Lin Bai's credibility and verbal agreement, this cannot count at all.

It was almost like playing house for kids.

The rickety old man smiled and said: "I know that when little friend Lin Bai was in the Chu Kingdom, he was engaged to Princess Shenxian of Prince Hong's Palace, and was also related to Princess Chu Tinghan of Prince Liang's Palace."

"But are the other six sisters of Yi Gu not as good as the nobles of Chu State?"

"If little friend Lin Bai likes it, it doesn't hurt to choose two more."

Lin Bai hurriedly shook his head and said, "Forget it."

The rickety old man shook his head and said, "We can't forget it!"

Lin Bai felt a little conflicted. Upon seeing this, Mr. Wen whispered in Lin Bai's ear:

"Emperor, you might as well agree first. Anyway, the current situation in the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect is complicated, and it is not suitable to get married."

"Just wait and mediate slowly later."

Mr. Wen added: "As this fellow Taoist from the Seven Nights Sect said, a verbal agreement based on just a few words is really like a child playing house."

"If there is this level of marriage, maybe both of us can feel more at ease!"

Hearing Mr. Wen's advice, Lin Bai frowned and was a little unsure.

After a while, he felt that Mr. Wen was right, so he might as well agree first, since now was not a good time to get married anyway.

After a short period of time, when the Seven Nights Divine Sect has stabilized again and they feel that there is no need for marriage to maintain the relationship, they can just cancel the engagement.

"Okay, then I will agree to it, senior."

"Marry one of Yi Gu's sisters!"

Lin Bai replied after thinking.

The rickety old man nodded with satisfaction and said, "You don't know that little friend Lin Bai has fallen in love with Yi Gu's sister?"

Lin Bai shook his head and smiled: "I don't know much about them, how dare I ask for a choice?"

When he said this, Daozi Yuyou, who had been standing silently beside him, suddenly interrupted:

"Since the Seven Nights Divine Sect wants to marry a girl, let the Seven Nights Divine Sect make a careful selection."

"I, the Emperor of the Demon Palace, am not a casual person. I hope that the daughter married by the Seven Nights Divine Sect must be clean!"

After hearing this, the rickety old man thought for a while and said, "Then let's take Yi Jinse! She hasn't left the palace yet, and the palace sand has not dispersed yet. Little friend Lin Bai can check it out."

Yi Jinse! Is this the woman who came to Baima City last time and wanted to chop me with a sword? ... Lin Bai was stunned. He never thought that the person the rickety old man would make the plan would be her!