The Fourth Financial Crisis

Yang Lu had never taken the initiative to speak before, so the lords of the outlying islands only regarded him as a bodyguard hired by Han Fu.

Upon hearing Yang Lu's proposal to take a step back, the lord of the outlying island immediately spoke sarcastically: "Master Immortal Master, we outlying islanders have our own rules, and we don't follow the rules of your cultivators. The allied forces from the outlying island are fighting fiercely against Guhong Island. In two months, your Haiya fleet just came here and took advantage, why should you share the spoils with us in half?"

This provocative speech attracted the support of other outlying island lords:

"That's right, I think Tian Beixi is at the end of its rope a long time ago. You, Haiya City, are just here to pick peaches!"

"These prisoners of war are originally residents of outlying islands. How can there be any reason for them to be abducted by outside cultivators like you?"

"With only a few thousand tired soldiers in your Haiya fleet, what qualifications do you have to negotiate terms with our 100,000-strong army on the outlying island?"

"It must have been you cultivators who just ordered the firing of ballistae at us, hoping to bring down our outlying island coalition forces and Tian Beixi! Now that we see that we have the upper hand, are you talking about taking a step back? Bah!"

Seeing the angry expressions of the outlying island lords, Han Fulai suddenly thought to himself:

This is the time to talk about collapse!

Faced with the verbal threats from the people on the outlying island, Yang Lu smiled instead of getting angry.

With a look of disdain on his face, he knocked on the command table in front of the great lord Huang Xuan very arrogantly and said: "Our Haiya Fleet can even defeat Tian Beixi. Do you really think that I am afraid of you Islanders? I just proposed The split is 50-50, and I also want to leave a step for everyone, so don’t be ignorant!"

"What do you mean, kid?"

"Come here, protect the great lord!"

Hearing Yang Lu's threat, the lords of the outlying islands took a few steps back and signaled their guards to reveal their weapons.

This negotiation was held at the outlying island coalition base camp precisely because the lords of the outlying islands were worried that Yang Lu would jump over the wall in a hurry. In order to show his sincerity, Han Fulai only brought Yang Lu, a monk in the early stage of Qi refining, to the meeting, not even Lin Muhu.

Otherwise, these outlying island lords would not come forward to receive them in person.

However, Yang Lu is a cultivator after all.

Although he has been surrounded by soldiers from the outlying islands, and he will definitely die if he plays hard, but if something goes wrong in his head and he has to die, then there will be no room for reasoning with these outlying island lords.

Faced with Yang Lu's threat, some outlying island lords had begun to consider sneaking away, and then they threw cups as a sign and called the swordsmen lying in ambush nearby to swarm them.

The atmosphere at the scene instantly became tense!

However, Yang Lu, the instigator, made a calm gesture at this time: "Don't be nervous, I don't want to intensify the conflict between the two parties. But if we don't take the initiative to show our strength, you may not be able to position yourself correctly!"

Ke Laibo, the lord of Haihong Island, yelled angrily: "What do you mean-"

Before Ke Laibo could finish speaking, Yang Lu lightly snapped his fingers.

"Boom——"

A loud thunder-like sound suddenly exploded from everyone's ears.

This loud noise was very sudden and instantly interrupted the shouts and curses of the lords of the outlying islands.

Everyone followed the sound and discovered that there was a sudden explosion in a camp not far from the negotiation site.

The power of the explosion was not very strong and caused almost no casualties. It only knocked down several nearby island soldiers guarding the gate. Compared with Tian Beixi's sorcery, it was more than a little less powerful. However, due to the close distance, the people involved in the negotiations were Everyone still felt their ears buzzing, and there was even a familiar smell of sulfur in the air.

"The demonic method is Tian Beixi's demonic method!"

"Yes, this is definitely Tian Beixi's magic. Tian Beixi is back!"

I don’t know who suddenly shouted like this. Immediately afterwards, a series of exclamations swept the entire battlefield. The outlying island coalition forces who were frightened by Tian Beixi did not understand the reason and broke out into huge chaos. There were even some outlying island lords. The personal guards were all frightened by the familiar gunpowder explosion, and they threw their boss away and ran away.

Of course, this explosion was obviously not caused by Tian Beixi.

Yang Lu had long known that the outlying island coalition forces would make extremely demanding demands, so he put Tian Beixi's remaining gunpowder in a small jar in advance, and then secretly buried it on the outlying island near the negotiation site on the way to the negotiation site. Beside the coalition camp, even the defeatist soldiers who had just shouted "This is Tian Beixi's demonic method" were entrusted by him in advance.

These agents were all Haiya soldiers, but they disguised themselves as prisoners of war on Guhong Island and sneaked into the camp of the coalition forces on the outlying island.

Seeing the lords of the outlying islands looking at him with horrified eyes, Yang Lu smiled and said: "I have already said that since we can defeat Tian Beixi, we naturally understand the secrets of her magic. How about you guys reconsider my decision?" Did you propose it?"

Although Yang Lu's personal statement is very convincing, there are still some island lords who do not believe in the heresy: "Since your Haiya Fleet knows the magic method, why didn't you use it earlier? Why do you still come to negotiate with us in a pretentious manner?"

good question!

As the saying goes, three cobblers are equal to Zhuge Liang.

These outlying island lords were really quick to react and almost stopped Yang Lu on the spot.

"Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway!" Fortunately, Yang Lu suddenly came to his senses and replied in a nonchalant tone, "I'll just put my words here, agree to my proposal, and I'll pretend that nothing happened just now. , if you don’t agree, I’ll do it to you now, and let’s see if your gang can stop me!”

"you dare!"

"Do you think I dare?"

The lords of the outlying islands looked at their subordinates running around and couldn't help but swallowed.

Even if the explosion just now was just a coincidence, the coalition forces on the outlying islands are now in huge chaos. Even if these lords send people out to refute the rumors and say that the explosion just now was not caused by Tian Beixi, there is still a big question mark as to how effective it will be.

If Yang Lu takes the opportunity to violently injure people and attack the high-ranking officials of the outlying island coalition forces, it would be difficult for the chaotic troops under their command to avenge them. After all, no one knows how much Yang Lu still has in his body after the battle just now. mana.

Under Yang Lu's coercion and inducement, the island lords looked at each other, and no one dared to make the final decision.

In the end, the great lord Huang Xuan, who was sitting behind the command table, made the final decision: "Haiya Sect is a vassal sect of Wuliang Sword Sect. I, the chief executive of the outlying island, am also an official appointed by Wuliang Sword Sect. We are all one family. Don't worry about it because of This little thing hurts the harmony!"

In the negotiation just now, the great lord Huang Xuanke never said that he was the chief executive of an outlying island.

Now he suddenly said that he was also an official appointed by the Wuliang Sword Sect. Obviously he did not dare to bet on whether Yang Lu had other cards in his hand, so as to give everyone a step down and allow the two sides to continue to sit down and negotiate honestly.

Yang Lu actually didn't want to fight.

Even if he is 90% sure that he can win by flipping the table, there is still a 10% chance that he will overturn.

The kind of plot where you risk your life on probability can only happen in cool articles. Taking advantage of negotiations to make a profit is the way to go. This is just like after making money with American options, the optimal solution is mostly to close the position directly instead of waiting for delivery.

So he smiled and cupped his hands and said, "If the great lord is willing to value peace, that would be great!"

Now that the general tone of peace has been set, everyone has no choice but to continue sitting down and talking.

After many rounds of wrangling, the two parties finally settled on the final charter:

Of the more than 20,000 Guhong Island prisoners, the Haiya Fleet can take away 8,000, and the offshore coalition forces will leave at least 12,000 behind!