Chapter 1402: The Overlooked Xuanyuan

"Report!!!"

Lu looked at the Soldier rushing over with some excitement, knowing that some good news must have been discovered: "Speak."

"General! Tribal Chief Xuanyuan! Two people have arrived below, and one of them says he is Jiang Cheng, wanting to come over to negotiate with us."

Lu and Xuanyuan widened their eyes at the same time; regardless of what he was here to negotiate, this was good news for now, because they finally knew where those people had gone and no longer needed to worry.

"Bring him over quickly," Lu said, one step ahead of Xuanyuan.

Both of them were calculating in their hearts; if it were anything else, it would be easy to handle, but if he had come to surrender, that would be tricky. After all, surrender was not the same as taking captives after a battle; between their two tribes, who would be the appropriate one to take the surrendered people?

Last year, those people had indeed sought out the Xuanyuan Tribe because that was their original target, and it was not easy for Huaxia to intervene. Now it was different; this had been won by everyone together, and Huaxia could also put on a display to entice them to choose themselves. After all, such a large population was still very beneficial to Huaxia.

Although Jiang Cheng had been defeated, he still had his own pride and did not act servile or lower his status after seeing Xuanyuan and Lu. It was a very difficult thing to make a core figure from the largest and relatively ancient tribe bow his head to others.

Lu and Xuanyuan also understood that to have a smooth negotiation, they first had to show the other party a certain amount of courtesy. Both of them stood to welcome him. Fortunately, several Huaxia Soldiers were relatively civilized; they only surrounded and brought him over without drawing their Weapons. When the slope was slippery, the Huaxia Soldiers even helped Jiang Cheng, which was something Jiang Cheng had not expected.

He had anticipated that he might be subjected to humiliation as soon as he arrived here. The respect given by the Huaxia Soldiers along the way made his mood relatively calm. Now, seeing the two of them smiling, he felt uneasy in his heart; after all, such a situation was too rare.

"Tribal Chief Jiang Cheng?" Lu stepped forward first: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Lu, a General of Huaxia, and also the main Leader of this campaign for Huaxia."

"I am Xuanyuan."

Compared to Xuanyuan, Jiang Cheng was naturally more interested in Lu: "The Heavenly Thunder was released by your tribe, right? Could that Great Shaman be you? Were you the one here last year?"

The series of questions made it difficult for Lu to answer. He simply took Jiang Cheng by the arm and sat him down in the seat originally occupied by Limu, while he himself sat in his original position.

Xuanyuan also sat back down. Limu knew that this place was indeed not suitable for him to sit, so he sat behind Xuanyuan with Fenghou and the others to listen to this negotiation.

Jiang Cheng had many doubts in his heart, but he could not resist Lu. He was afraid that Lu was that Great Shaman; if it were true, how could he resist? Mainly, he was now on someone else's territory, and he had come to seek peace and surrender, so he did not have much room for choice.

"Let me explain slowly. The Heavenly Thunder you speak of is indeed Huaxia's. The one who releases the Heavenly Thunder is not a Great Shaman; all of our Soldiers can release it, I am just the one who gives the order."

Jiang Cheng's eyes widened extremely wide. In his excitement, he almost fell off the small stool. He looked around in utter disbelief, as if he were surrounded by rolling Heavenly Thunder, but everyone was either looking at him with a serious expression or smiling.

He did not want to believe Lu's words; this must be fake, an impossible thing.

Lu was not prepared to explain it clearly to him; after all, he was still an enemy, and he had not stated his own intentions clearly either.

"Believe it or not, that is just how it is. The commander of Huaxia last year was not me; he was also my Leader. This year, our King, who is our Tribal Chief, let me be the main Leader to command these Soldiers." Lu tried his best to explain in words that others could understand, and Jiang Cheng had indeed understood.

What he wanted to know was now clear. He was also observing at this moment that the entire team was divided into two relatively distinct parts. One part was similar to their Soldiers, just with some that looked relatively better, wearing animal skins that were quite tough, and holding Bronze Weapons in their hands.

There was another part that was a completely different type of person in terms of dress, appearance, and spirit. At a glance, they were not from the same tribe, and each was well-equipped, holding metal Weapons in their hands—Ironware. They had also captured some last year; they were harder and sharper.

Those Weapons were also one of the reasons why they had not received severe punishment from Shennong; after all, they had brought back some good things. But Jiang Cheng did not expect that the people he saw were all uniformly equipped with Ironware, which showed how strong and wealthy those Soldiers must be.

Xuanyuan could not get a word in for a moment. He felt that he seemed to be at a disadvantage in this meeting because a Heavenly Thunder seemed more important than ten thousand Soldiers.

Seeing that Jiang Cheng still did not speak, Lu continued to add: "We have formed an alliance with the Xuanyuan Tribe. We have the most Soldiers and sufficient food, and our goal is to defeat Shennong."

"Now, your Jiang Surname Tribe and Jiebing Tribe should no longer have the ability to continue fighting, right? What have you come here for, and how do you want to negotiate?"

Jiang Cheng regarded Lu as the highest-ranking person here, but he thought it would be better to ask again, after all, Xuanyuan was also a Tribal Chief.

"Who among you is the main Leader who can make the final decision?"

Lu pointed to Xuanyuan and then to himself: "The two of us. Tribal Chief Xuanyuan represents the Xuanyuan Tribe. Although I am not a Tribal Chief, our King has given me authority, and I have the power to decide matters during this war."

"Of course, if it concerns both of our tribes, we need the two of us to discuss it."

So that was it, Jiang Cheng thought to himself. Fortunately, he had not directly treated Lu as the main Leader, otherwise, there might have been trouble later. But he suddenly thought of a question, so he ignored Xuanyuan again and asked Lu once more: "How big of a tribe is your Huaxia? Why have I never heard of it before?"

"The Xuanyuan Tribe used to belong to the Shennong Clan, so I know it, but I have never heard of a Huaxia tribe. Is it as big as the Xuanyuan Tribe?"

With Xuanyuan nearby, Lu could not exaggerate himself, so he could only laugh it off and say: "It's not small, anyway. In terms of strength, it is about the same as the Xuanyuan Tribe. Even the Suiren Clan didn't beat us before."

The latter sentence was what shocked Jiang Cheng. The Suiren Clan was not as big as the Shennong Clan, but it was also a very large tribe. In his impression, it was much larger than the Xuanyuan Tribe.

However, his information was not updated. The Xuanyuan Tribe he knew and the actual Xuanyuan Tribe were too different; the current Xuanyuan Tribe had long since expanded by an unknown amount compared to before.