Chapter 1040: Meeting

Because the Outside the Realm Army had already entered the Immortal Abandoned Land when the cultivators of the Gentleman Alliance had long since been taken away by Wang Jianqiang, the place was deserted.

Therefore, the Gentleman Alliance did not attract the attention of the Outside the Realm Army, nor was it affected by the fighting.

The various buildings within the Gentleman Alliance area remained intact.

After returning to the Gentleman Alliance, Wang Jianqiang first arranged guest rooms for Xuanyi and the others, then came to a Square and released the many cultivators of the Gentleman Alliance from the Jade Bead Space.

After appearing in the outside world, everyone looked around at once.

Upon seeing the familiar environment, the tense expressions on everyone's faces immediately relaxed.

"Has the war ended?"

Dong Yue looked at Wang Jianqiang, a touch of joy appearing on her face.

Wang Jianqiang smiled, "It is temporarily over, but the hidden dangers have not been completely resolved yet."

Hearing this, the women revealed expressions of confusion.

Wang Jianqiang smiled and told the women about how the Sea Clan invaded the Eight Continents Outside the Realm and how the Outside the Realm Army was forced to retreat.

Only then did the women show looks of sudden realization.

Just at this moment.

Wang Jianqiang's expression stirred, and he took out a Sound Transmission Talisman.

A voice appeared in his mind, "Little brother, arrange a great hall; there is something to discuss."

……

Not long after.

In a great hall.

Xuanyi and Lan Feng sat side by side at the deepest part of the hall, and a group of Void Refinement Stage cultivators sat on both sides in front of them.

Originally, Xuanyi had arranged three main seats in total.

One of them belonged to Fire Fairy, but what surprised him was that Fire Fairy actually refused this main seat and instead sat in the seat beside Wang Jianqiang.

After everyone was seated, Xuanyi looked at Fire Fairy, feeling a sense of oddity in his heart.

Could this Fire Fairy value Wang Jianqiang too much?

Even for seating, she had to sit by his side.

Unable to figure it out, he did not continue to think about it.

He shook his head secretly.

His gaze swept over everyone present, and after a moment of silence, he said, "This meeting is convened not only to discuss the future of the Immortal Abandoned Land, but there is also one more matter to notify you all about."

Having said this, Xuanyi paused, "During the previous great battle, I saw the Out-of-Boundary Cultivators suddenly split, so I took the opportunity to win them over."

"In order to win them over, I made heavy promises."

"Using the top-tier cultivation lands within our Immortal Abandoned Land as bargaining chips to exchange for the help of those Out-of-Boundary Cultivators."

"When the time comes, the interests of your respective factions may be affected by this; please prepare yourselves in advance."

Hearing Xuanyi's words, expressions of admiration appeared on everyone's faces one after another.

"Senior Xuanyi is worthy of being the leader of our Immortal Abandoned Land; his reaction is truly fast."

"It is just a bit of territory; being able to exchange it for a glimmer of survival for our Immortal Abandoned Land is worth it."

"That's right, Senior Xuanyi, rest assured; if those factions that helped our Immortal Abandoned Land take a fancy to the lands where our factions are located, none of us will hesitate."

"Exactly."

……

Those present were all the power-holders of the major top-tier factions in the Immortal Abandoned Land.

The regions occupied by these top-tier factions were all Treasure Lands most suitable for cultivation in the Immortal Abandoned Land.

If those three Out-of-Boundary factions that helped the Immortal Abandoned Land were to choose, they would very likely pick the territory of one of the factions present.

Xuanyi pointed this out in advance because he did not want trouble when the time came.

"Old brother, you promised to give them the top-tier cultivation lands?"

Just at this moment, a surprised voice suddenly rang out.

"Otherwise? Do you think those Great Vehicle Out-of-Boundary cultivators are so easy to invite?"

"Do you have an opinion?"

Xuanyi glanced at Wang Jianqiang.

In this hall, the weakest cultivator had the cultivation of the Void Refinement Stage.

Wang Jianqiang was the only cultivator present with a cultivation lower than the Void Refinement Stage.

He was originally just surprised after learning that he had secretly communicated with Wen Tiansheng, and then Xuanyi had reiterated the promise.

That was why he couldn't help but speak up.

He didn't expect this old man to speak so sharply.

He chuckled, "I just think old brother gave away a bit too much."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, before Xuanyi could respond, the people present spoke up one after another.

Some contained sarcasm, while others were filled with a lecturing tone.

"Hehe, little friend, are you doubting the wise decision of Senior Xuanyi?"

"Giving and taking; one must give in order to receive."

"If he hadn't made heavy promises, how would those Great Vehicle Out-of-Boundary cultivators have agreed to defect?"

"Sigh, still too young; you don't really think those Great Vehicle Out-of-Boundary cultivators are so easy to invite, do you?"

……

Hearing the chatter of the crowd, Wang Jianqiang was stunned, and then, a faint, imperceptible smile curled the corners of his mouth.

"What you seniors say is actually not wrong."

"Those Out-of-Boundary Cultivators are indeed very easy to invite."

Hearing this, the chattering voices of the crowd suddenly stalled, and after the great hall was silent for a moment.

A burst of sneers rang out.

"The young man does not know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth."

"Very easy to invite? Then why don't you go and invite them?"

"Wang Jianqiang, although Senior Xuanyi appreciates you, you are being a bit too arrogant."

Facing the numerous sneers, the smile at the corners of Wang Jianqiang's mouth grew even richer.

"Ahem, Brother Wang, if you envy me for showing off a bit, that's fine, but you mustn't be jealous and hateful."

Xuanyi gave Wang Jianqiang a strange look and said earnestly.

Wang Jianqiang glanced at Xuanyi.

Seeing that this old guy looked calm, but the corners of his mouth were twitching uncontrollably, as if he were holding back laughter.

He did not respond directly to the old guy Xuanyi, but looked at that crowd of "sycophants," his tone mocking, "How do you seniors know that those people weren't invited by me?"

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, the crowd was stunned and looked at each other, "Wang Jianqiang, what do you mean by this?"

"Are you trying to say that those Great Vehicle Out-of-Boundary Cultivators were invited by you?"

"You wouldn't really be trying to steal Senior Xuanyi's credit, would you?"

"Brother Wang, is it really necessary? If you wanted this credit, couldn't you have just told me? Is there any need to steal it?"

"Even if you wanted to steal it, you don't need to find such a far-fetched excuse, right?"

Xuanyi looked at Wang Jianqiang with a beaming smile.

Ever since he met this kid, he had often been thwarted when facing him; having finally encountered an opportunity to make this kid embarrassed, he immediately perked up.

Wang Jianqiang looked at Xuanyi with a smile, "Brother, you wouldn't happen to not know where I went after I went missing back then, would you?"

Xuanyi was stunned upon hearing this.

A portion of the experts present also froze.

Just at this moment, Wang Jianqiang's voice came out again, "I actually went Outside the Realm by a stroke of luck."

"And the place where I lived all these years Outside the Realm was precisely the Beast Taming Sect."

"Oh, right, you all probably aren't very familiar with the Beast Taming Sect Master; he is that quite handsome old hunk among the Out-of-Boundary Cultivators who helped us earlier."

"I have a good relationship with him, and I specifically notified him earlier to ask for his help."

"And that very beautiful one..."

"As for those two old beauties and that group that glows with Golden Light whenever they fight, they were actually persuaded by the Beast Taming Sect Master."

"My promise back then was to carve out some areas in the Immortal Abandoned Land to give to them, oh, right..."

"Regarding these territories, there were no requirements in my promise, which is to say..."

"They don't need to be top-tier in resources; any random ones will do."