Chapter 739: with translation of chapter title

Whatever the enemy hopes we will do, we cannot go and do it!

Since Bird Master has become the supreme leader here, the overall person in charge, taking over Dragon Master's position... now that the sky has fallen, they should be the ones to bear it, they should be the ones charging forward, telling everyone "Follow me up", not moral blackmail, just saying "Come up for me"!

Despite Bird Master's interference, Dan Zhu stood firm, bearing immense external pressure, stabilizing internal morale, convening a meeting, and stressing the main priority.

Dragon Master's ministers implemented his will, righteously refuting Bird Master's arrangements, and also proposed another solution to the problem, using it as their side's justification.

Each craft has its own specialization, but there is also the wonderful principle of mutual generation and restriction.

It's not only my Dragon Master who can control water!

There once was a great dragon-phoenix calamity, also known as the clash of water and fire.

The dragon clan can command the four seas, mobilize the seven great innate true waters, making them boil over the heavens and erode the earth... Does the phoenix lineage therefore have no recourse?

And yet it was broken one by one using the seven great innate true fires!

Now Dragon Ancestor has gone, Phoenix Ancestor remains, and the Bird Master lineage can be named precisely because back then the primordial law-body of the phoenix ancestor descended, leaving a bond of incense.

So why seek far when the near is at hand?

Please, Bird Master, consider solving the problem of the Milky Way's weak water eroding the Eastern Barbarians.

The Dragon Master's senior minister in charge of diplomacy confronted him directly, refuting Bird Master's act of bringing people to fan the flames.

Just like an environmental dispute caused by development issues... the weak cutting themselves is a solution, the strong contributing all their exclusive low-consumption high-new technology is also a solution.

Dragon Master is unwilling to take the blame.

Having taken on the blame and made self-sacrifice, who knows how much of their foundation will be exhausted.

After all, it is no longer the time when Dragon Ancestor was still around!

This great sage, who masters the Water Element Great Dao, handling the Nine Heavens' weak water problem, is naturally a piece of cake.

But if it were the Four Seas Dragon Kings, the nine sons of Dragon Ancestor, even though they have the closest relationship to the Great Sage Dragon Ancestor, able to rely on clan fortune and karma to manipulate the Water Element Great Dao, it is still extremely difficult.

Not to mention the manpower and material expenditures, which are astronomical; once the vital energy is spent, it's spent, and within however many years they cannot even think of developing again, they cannot recover dead or alive.

Even if Bird Master promised to relinquish the disputed land, Dragon Master still would not agree.

Power must be held in our own hands!

After all, without the dispute with Bird Master, there remains the Heavenly Court as an enemy!

Dan Zhu trusts Chonghua not at all.

He does not believe that such a person, who toyed with him for three years, leaving him utterly embarrassed and disgraced, would, when the Heavenly Court one day strikes a killing blow at the wounded Dragon Master, voluntarily come forward without regard to cost to support Dragon Master.

He will wait until my Dragon Master is destroyed, then with tears in his eyes and a smile at the corners of his mouth come to receive Dragon Master's inheritance!

After tea and meals, Dan Zhu freely tells his subordinates his speculation about Chonghua's sinister intentions.

When the other side is completely dead, naturally there will be no dispute!

Either solve the problem.

Or solve the person who creates the problem.

If it cannot be solved openly, using a borrowed knife to kill is also not bad.

It is quite wonderful.

Although Dan Zhu does not know Chonghua's background, he can still accurately grasp his thoughts; perhaps this is also influenced by the grudges between Dragon Master and Bird Master.

The Nine Heavens' weak water is a mess; whoever takes on this project will suffer great vital energy loss.

Dan Zhu's eyes gloomy: "Our Dragon Master, after the father emperor fell, has been deteriorating; we truly cannot afford to suffer further injury."

He sighed.

The Dragon Master of those days, how mighty and overbearing!

Various proactive offensives carved out a brilliant expanse of heaven and earth!

At that time, Chonghua had just debuted; facing Fangxun, he also had to be obsequious, lowering himself before him, and had to "voluntarily" accept inspection—Fangxun arranged his nine sons to be by his side!

Nine people stared at one person, observing his outward conduct—how many could endure that?

Those who could endure it were not ordinary people.

Chonghua endured it.

Does he hold a grudge?

Seeing how Chonghua deals with Dan Zhu is enough to know.

How arrogant was the Dragon Master's aura back then?

Now, it is just how miserable.

To wander the world, one must eventually repay.

Under constant open or covert suppression by Bird Master, the present Dragon Master has long lost his former hegemony, needing to pinch pennies to get by.

Only thus can there be hope to endure until Dragon Ancestor returns.

Of course, some do not hope Dragon Master can achieve this.

The principle is relative.

What the enemy hopes for is what we must destroy.

Dragon Master is thus, Bird Master is likewise.

Dragon Master wants to lurk, Bird Master is unwilling to see such a scene.

——Unstable factors must be eliminated! Erased!

When Dragon Master deflects, not being fooled, not wanting to undertake solving the Nine Heavens' weak water problem, Bird Master changed his attitude.

From meddling and urging, it turned into domineering hardness, forcing Dragon Master to consider the overall situation of the camp.

My Bird Master's mascot, the primordial ancestor of the phoenix lineage, is now indeed engaged in a bloody battle with the Heavenly Court's main force!

Chonghua convened a press conference, speaking eloquently at the meeting.

This is a more important, greater undertaking!

This is for the dream of all humanity!

A mere Weak Water problem, how could such a pinnacle figure be recalled? Do you want the main battlefield to collapse!

And I, the Bird Master, have recently been diligently overseeing the Dongyi defenses, exhausting my heart and blood, not daring to be distracted in the slightest!

Speaking of contributions, nowadays I, the Bird Master, surpass the Dragon Master by a thousand times! Ten thousand times!

In such a situation of tribal calamity, some people, for their own private interests, disregard the overall situation and are unwilling to do their duties...

There's no helping it; we must represent the vast clans and tribes, go together to seek justice! Seek an explanation!

At the end, Chonghua released the threat of war.

——If you won't drink the toast, then I'll bring you a penalty drink!

However, the Dragon Master is not easily frightened.

Back then, Fangxun could command Dayi, to kill the nine sons of the Heavenly Emperor Di Jun; such ruthlessness, could it be that of an ordinary person?

Definitely not!

Dan Zhu is naturally not as good as his father, but he's no soft shrimp, scared off by a little fright.

On the contrary, he is quite tough.

Then let your allied forces come!

Dan Zhu responded coldly, 'The dragon's spirit can be tolerant, but will never submit!'

Back then, Rahu stirred up the demonic calamity, wantonly cleansing and slaughtering, yet did not completely break the dragon's backbone, let alone you!

Dan Zhu displayed the dragon's noble bearing.

Chonghua endured and endured, but ultimately did not show his hand.

——The times have changed!

——Back then Rahu was awesome, but now a new generation replaces the old!

——My true form appears, surpassing Rahu in awesomeness!

——Rahu cannot break the dragon's backbone; I may not be able to suppress it!

Chonghua suppressed his inner impulse, merely silently turning harsh words into reality.

No matter how harsh the words, they're not as harsh as actions.

When the day comes, to have complete power over life and death of the dragon clan, even reducing two drops of rain, all thrown upon the Dragon-Slaying Platform…… Strictly demand of the dragon clan zero-zero-seven; dare to neglect, and we'll meet at the dinner table……

At that time, will the dragon clan's bones still be as hard as today!

Chonghua put on a cold face, wore a black visage, attitude hardened, indicating he just wants the Dragon Master to know why the flowers are so red.

Meanwhile, his hidden hand on the other side begins to stir, starts to build momentum, singing the red face, indicating everyone should talk nicely!

——The Moderator appears!

I'll say a fair word!

An elder of the Dongyi has come forward.

How to tactfully indicate that one has taken money?

That's the sentence!

Of course, although doing things for money, the art of deceiving the masses still needs to be refined.

Bird Master's Majesty Chonghua, his words are quite reasonable…… They have indeed made enormous contributions to humanity, and are now unable to attend to him…… Forcing them to bear work is improper both emotionally and rationally……

But Dan Zhu Prince's concerns, we can also understand. The Dragon Master and Bird Master have fought for so many years, accumulating grudges, mutual lack of trust is normal…… After all, the Dragon Master truly is not as former……

Sounds like both sides are being considered, but between the lines there inevitably is some subtle mockery of the Dragon Master's narrow-mindedness, lacking a global view.

However, this is just a fleeting moment.

The real main course is later.

Bird Master's contributions, Dragon Master's concerns, we see them in our eyes, knowing they are not easy…… But the problem of the Nine Heavens Weak Water must ultimately be dealt with…… For even according to the simplest values, delaying a bit longer loses the social wealth of all humanity……

Although acting as a moderator, one also needs to have some reason.

The resentment of the two camps, the loss is of all humanity…… At this point, the matter must be properly resolved.

Moreover, it's also easily solved.

Since it's a problem of wealth loss, we'll use wealth concession to solve it.

The elder arranged to come forward proposed another solution, with a compromising nature.

Each clan and tribe will benefit from the stable environment after the water disaster is resolved, so we can consider each providing funds to support clans able to solve the water disaster……

When the funds are in place, few problems cannot be solved.

For example, the concerns of the Dragon Master's friends…… aren't they worried that excessive consumption of manpower and material will harm their own safety and development?

Everyone can first fill in for you.

This way, we can also incidentally test the sincerity of the Bird Master's friends…… If they sincerely want to solve the problem, they should not obstruct the Dragon Master's fundraising.

This elder's words are pleasant, easing the faces of the Dragon Master's representatives.

——Yes!

——Exactly!

——Why should only our side solve the problem?

——Everyone must participate!

Unconsciously, the train of thought was led in.

From originally firm refusal, it became possible to consider.

Everyone likes harmony and compromise.

For example, you say this room is too dark, must open a window here, everyone would certainly not allow it.

But if you advocate tearing down the roof, they will come to compromise, willing to open a window.

The Bird Master's aggressive pressure, compared to the gentle tone of compromise and harmony, made the Dragon Master's resistance lessen.

Little did they know, some people were just waiting for them to board this pirate ship.

Because...

This ship will sink!

Whether tearing off the roof or opening a window, none of that really matters… bringing you in is the goal!

To conceal this goal, the Bird Master even put on a show of competing with the Dragon Master, wanting to take over this project to manage the Weak Water.

But this time, the Dragon Master side strongly emphasized "professionalism," going on and on about specialization, swallowing without changing expression their earlier rebuttal of the Bird Master's argument.

——What did I say?

——I didn't say anything!

The Bird Master and Dragon Master went back and forth, parrying each other's moves, one side arguing whose professional technique was superior, the other side talking about getting the project done for less expense… a war of words, they argued in the meeting hall until heaven and earth seemed to split.

In the end, the Dragon Master secured the right to lead this project!

However, the Bird Master ultimately remained the hegemon of this version, obtaining supervisory authority to represent the vast clans and tribes in oversight, preventing the Dragon Master from privately embezzling and withholding the special funds.

But the Dragon Master didn't really care much.

Money makes money!

As long as this huge sum of money can circulate within the Dragon Master's sphere, even if it eventually comes out in full, the stimulated industry and created value along the way would be enough to revive the Dragon Master's development situation!

Once the pattern opens up and we grow big and strong, there's no need to embezzle and withhold.

Everything seemed so beautiful.

When the Bird Master and Dragon Master reached a consensus on managing the Weak Water, everyone seemed to become iron buddies, close brothers—you're good, I'm good, we'reall good.

With everyone thinking as one and exerting effort together, there's no problem that can't be solved!

At first, the funds that had been raised began to flow into the Dragon Master.

The Dragon Master was also very responsible.

Once the funds were in place, the project launched immediately.

They were very urgent.

After all, after years of being suppressed and blocked by the Bird Master, the Dragon Master's days hadn't been easy either.

Now that the living water funds and resources have arrived, signs of a soaring revival appeared all at once.

It was like a snowball rolling.

As the Dragon Master began to recover and soar, more external forces began to pay attention, slowly entering this market, gradually approaching the prosperity of the time when Fangxun was still alive.

This eased Dan Zhu's tightly furrowed brow… although his instinct told him that behind this scene, some mist seemed to be obscuring things.

But perhaps limited by his vision, experience, or cultivation… and so on, he couldn't see many problems, so he could only tentatively regard it as an illusion, at most heightening his vigilance a bit.

……

"Very good."

"Just like that."

In the Bird Master's royal court, Chonghua smiled and whispered softly.

After the whisper, he issued an order to temporarily go long on the Dragon Master, laying out preparations… when the right opportunity came, he would strike back and completely short this great faction.

"Guide them… let more small clans join in helping the Dragon Master's recovery."

"That way, when they finally lose everything to the Dragon Master's schemes, they'll be even more dependent on the Bird Master's rescue."

Chonghua gave instructions to his confidants.

The confidants received the order and took charge of the operations.

Only Chonghua remained, picking at the lamp flames, half-smiling.

"Young Dragon, let me teach you a lesson…"

"Don't bite off more than you can chew about the future."

"Otherwise the bubble will burst, leaving a half‑finished project—watch out, others might fight you to the death…"

(End of chapter)