Chapter 682

"No!"

Cao Cao raised his hand and denied it decisively upon hearing this: "Agree to him!"

"This... why? Is this Especially Guan Yu Yu really that important? Important enough to make you compromise like this, my lord?"

Xia Houyuan was somewhat unconvinced.

Cao Cao glanced at Xia Houyuan and thought: "You kid don't understand at all! The one truly playing the empty-handed white wolf is your eldest brother, me!"

"Whatever children of Liu Bei are all nonsense; even if they are pregnant, they will only be my, Cao Cao's, children!"

"I have been deceiving Especially Guan Yu Yu from beginning to end."

Therefore, these conditions of Especially Guan Yu Yu seemed very excessive, but in Cao Cao's view, that was just how it was.

Could it be more excessive than him?

Of course, he would not tell Xia Houyuan these words.

The fewer people who know the secret of this matter, the better, to avoid leaking it.

Currently, the only ones who truly know are Zhong Yao, Chen Qun, and a few dead soldiers.

Of course, on the surface, he still had to try his best to appease Xia Houyuan and the others, so Cao Cao explained immediately: "Actually, I don't want to be like this either! But who made me lack powerful, peerless fierce generals or Heaven-Man divine generals who can make the final decision and determine the outcome of field battles under my command?"

"If any of you could meet this requirement, why would I need to be subservient to cater to Especially Guan Yu Yu?"

"That Especially Guan Yu Yu is already a half-step Heaven-Man Realm powerhouse, and he might break through to the Heaven-Man Realm at any time; he is exactly the battle general we cannot do without, so even if his conditions are a bit harsh, I must agree;"

"I must have him, do you understand?"

Seeing Cao Cao so serious, and his words revealing suffocation and unwillingness, Xia Houyuan was also infected and felt somewhat guilty: "My lord! It is the incompetence of the end general and others that has disappointed you and made things difficult for you!"

"Please rest assured, I will work harder to cultivate in the future and raise my strength to the peak of Gangjin or even the Heaven-Man Realm as soon as possible!"

"At that time, you won't have to be so difficult and compromise, my lord!"

Xia Houyuan had never hated himself for not working hard enough in the past as much as he did now.

"Alright!"

Cao Cao saw that Xia Houyuan had been fooled by him and was moved to tears, and his goal had been fully achieved, so he immediately smiled and patted his shoulder to appease and encourage him: "What's with a big man crying with a sad face? Your eldest brother believes in you!"

"Alright! Go and pass the message to Especially Guan Yu Yu! Can't keep people waiting for too long!"

"I'm still waiting to win him over!"

"Besides! Those conditions of his are just his current thoughts!"

"Once he joins my command, I will constantly bestow favors upon him; am I afraid he won't be convinced and completely loyal to me?"

"Go quickly!"

Cao Cao was still full of confidence about this.

He felt that even a stone could be warmed up by him.

He was very confident in his means of winning people's hearts.

"Yes!"