Chapter 394: Alliance Conference

Alliance Conference.

Yan Buji was arranged to sit aside, as the first-time Dragon People conference delegate, he actually had no inclination to listen to the meeting agenda.

The meeting room wasn't too large, but there was no hierarchy; presumably the Snow People also didn't intend to talk down to everyone.

Originally Yan Buji had a clue about a brand-new Martial Dao Profound Skill, but in a blink two days passed and he was forced to stop, which was really irritating.

A Nascent Soul cultivator of the Snow People walked over and sat in front, saying: "I am Elder Xue Changsong of the Snow People, presiding over this meeting in place of the clan chief; greetings, fellow Daoists."

"Greetings, Elder Changsong."

Since all Snow People bear the surname "Xue", we can only address them by their given names.

While Yan Buji sat aside observing the surroundings, there were indeed many non-human races; besides the Snake People, Shark People, Winged People, and Stone People he had seen before, there were also Fox People, Wolf People, Water Spirits, etc., plus his own Dragon People, making quite a mixed gathering.

"Before the conference begins, let us welcome the Dragon People joining the Alliance of Extraordinaries; may we work together and achieve great results." Xue Changsong gestured to Yan Buji beside him.

Yan Buji naturally rose, clasped his fists, and said: "I am Yan Buji of the Dragon People; greetings, fellow Daoists. This is my first time attending the Alliance Conference; please excuse any offense."

After Yan Buji finished speaking, he sat down, and the surrounding extraordinary beings clapped three times to show welcome.

Yan Buji was quite curious how this alliance system actually resolves the problems of each race.

Xue Changsong nodded, looked at everyone, and said: "Then the meeting officially begins. First, we enter the first segment."

Xue Qing from the side walked over, handed some documents to Xue Changsong, then stood upright at the side holding a jade slip, seemingly preparing to record the meeting's discussion.

Xue Changsong glanced at the document and said: "Regarding the Snake People's submission about invading demon beasts, the Snow People have already communicated with the Monster Clan, and the reply was that the Monster Clan also does not know the origin of those demon beasts."

She Junshu frowned and raised her hand to indicate.

"Snake People representative, please speak." Xue Changsong gestured and said.

She Junshu rose, clasped her fists, and said: "How could the Monster Clan not know the origin of those demon beasts? To put it bluntly, the Monster Clan covets our clan's Heavenly Snake Secret Technique passed down; otherwise, how could those demon beasts appear out of nowhere in our territory?!"

After this questioning, the faces of the extraordinary beings present slightly changed, and they all looked toward Xue Changsong.

Xue Changsong frowned: "Since the Monster Clan has said that, the suggestion is to kill all the demon beasts that have entered the Snake People's territory."

"But the problem is we have indeed captured a few Monster Clan members hiding in disguise, trying to steal our clan's secret technique, and their identities are sensitive; if we launch a major offensive, provoking the Monster Clan's interrogation, the Alliance might mediate or give us support for self-defense?" She Junshu frowned and said.

This matter is somewhat sensitive; the Monster Clan is powerful, and Yan Buji is not entirely clear about the situation of the Monster Clan within the Frigid Winter Ocean, but from Xue Changsong's attitude it seems he wants the Snake People to handle this themselves.

But She Junshu thinks that since they give the Snow People so many resources as tribute each year, if this matter is not handled well, it could easily give the Monster Clan a pretext to launch a full-scale invasion of the Snake People; if the Alliance does not intervene, then the Snake People's troubles will be great.

In the most dangerous situation, either they fight to the death, or they can only abandon their foundation and flee with all the clan's strength.

Yan Buji secretly guessed that the Monster Clan might indeed have such a plan, after all he had once clashed with the Monster Clan and understood that there are certainly intelligent individuals among them.

Such a tactic can almost be called a blatant scheme; if the Snow People do not step in to mediate, then everyone's attitude toward the Alliance will also undergo a major change.

Xue Changsong nodded: "I will inform the Ancestor as soon as possible, but please have the Snake People representative produce evidence later; otherwise the Ancestor's side will be hard to speak on."

"The evidence naturally exists; the Snow People are willing to help, and I am deeply grateful." She Junshu smiled and retake her seat.

Next, it is the issues submitted by each race, and then the Snow People will raise them at the conference.

If the Snow People cannot resolve these issues on their own, Xue Changsong will throw them to everyone for collective discussion on how to solve them.

After the first procedure.

Xue Changsong looked around and said: "The first segment ends, the second segment begins."

"First, the Snow People provide an order list for everyone; those interested can view the contents and trade with us."

Yan Buji glanced at the list handed to him and found that the spiritual materials on it were somewhat niche, or not widely needed, possibly unique to certain individual extraordinary races.

As for Yan Buji here, he did not see any spiritual materials specifically aimed at their Dragon People, but some strange mineral materials could be found in small amounts in the Boundless Sea Trench.

But before Yan Buji could speak, the surrounding extraordinary beings began to quote prices.

"My Winged People can offer a hundred catties of Flowing Cloud Fruit, but the price must be increased by ten percent; over these years the Nine Heavens Gale Wind has intensified, greatly reducing the yield of Flowing Cloud Fruit, and I hope the Snow People can agree."

Xue Changsong nodded: "Okay."

"As for this Metamorphosis Grass, our Water Spirits clan has little stock, we can only offer five catties."

Xue Changsong frowned: "Only five catties?"

A tiny spirit figure within the nearby water ball said: "It's not that we don't want to offer more, but human cultivators are hateful; last year, some unknown human ran to our settlement and stole a large amount of Metamorphosis Grass! If you have any news of humans coming to the Frigid Winter Ocean, you may privately inform me; if credible, I, Wang Tian Sheng, will surely reward you handsomely!"

Yan Buji raised his eyebrows and glanced at that Water Spirits clan's Wang Tian Sheng.

Wang Tian Sheng sensed Yan Buji's gaze and nodded slightly.

Xue Changsong sighed: "If that's the case, does anyone have Deep Abyss Flower as a substitute?"

"Deep Abyss Flower? Isn't that spiritual material exclusive to the Netherworld?"

"Speaking of which, if the Snow People send a Nascent Soul True Lord down there to pick some, wouldn't that solve it?"

"This... the Netherworld has undergone drastic changes; we mortal realm cultivators cannot descend." Xue Changsong said helplessly.

"The Netherworld has undergone drastic changes?"

The representatives around all wore strange looks; the conference attendees here are Golden Core cultivators, likely still unaware of what happened in the Netherworld.

Although Nascent Soul cultivators can shuttle their souls between the two realms, this is only possible after practicing some spatial translocation techniques; if there is no compelling reason to go to the Netherworld, naturally few would know of this.

But Yan Buji himself originally came from the Netherworld, so he naturally assumes that the new Netherworld and the original Netherworld have gone to war.

In that case, it's uncertain whether the Dragon People's breeding method will still work after the two realms are fully unified; wouldn't that be disastrous?