Chapter 713

Unexpectedly, Wan Wan changed the subject and turned to leave.

Yelu Chu, however, was a shrewd man; he knew that when Wan Wan had first arrived, she had appeared out of nowhere.

None of the civil and military officials filling the hall had seen when she arrived, or how she had gotten in.

Now, with this deliberate show of mystery, she clearly intended to drive up the price on the spot.

Only now, in negotiations with the Yin-Yue Imperial Court, it was the Yin-Yue Imperial Court that held the upper hand.

After all, the Dayuanjie Alliance had Tie Muzhen and Borhu's two main armies, plus countless experts trapped in the Great Tang.

To break the deadlock, they had to win over a third party.

The Yin-Yue Imperial Court was the most suitable third party at present.

"Wait, wait!"

Yelu Chu immediately hurried down from the dais and came before Wan Wan,

"Why the rush, Demon Emissary? How about this—

To show our Dayuanjie Alliance's sincerity, from now on our relationship with the Yin-Yue Imperial Court will be merely that of partners.

What does the Demon Emissary think?"

Whether it was the Dayuanjie Alliance, the Great Tang, or even the Great Qin.

These three great courts had all originally aimed to win the Yin-Yue Imperial Court's or the Xuanxinzheng Sect's submission and allegiance.

But Yelu Chu knew that whether it was submission or cooperation,

the most important thing right now was to ally with the Yin-Yue Imperial Court against the Great Tang.

Minor details were, on the contrary, unimportant.

"Your words? Can they represent the Dayuanjie Alliance?"

Wan Wan's lips curled slightly, and she looked at Yelu Chu with a half-smile as she asked.

Before she came, she had indeed represented the Yin-Yue Imperial Court's Demon Lord to discuss the matter of rescuing the Yin-Yue Imperial Court.

Only, the bottom line the Demon Lord had given was that at most the Demon Lord himself would submit as an individual; the Yin-Yue Imperial Court as a whole could not submit.

Now she saw the Dayuanjie Alliance's bluster and weakness, and knowing the matter of Guo Beizhen, she deliberately played hardball with the Dayuanjie Alliance.

Sure enough, the Dayuanjie Alliance had taken the bait.

But she did not recognize the person before her—who was he, after all?

"He is the Dayuanjie Alliance's Chancellor Yelu Chu; his words are this Khan's words!"

Tie Muzhen finally caught on: Wan Wan had not come to assassinate, but to discuss cooperation.

If she could talk, then let them talk.

The slight grudge he had held against Yelu Chu vanished in an instant.

He said outright before everyone.

Boyan, who had just climbed up from the floor, could not help but look at Yelu Chu with a touch of envy.

A senior was a senior, after all!

He himself had given such an all-out performance today, even staking his life.

He had not expected Yelu Chu to stop Wan Wan with just a few words, and once again win the Great Khan's trust.

Sometimes, opportunity was just that subtle.

Yelu Chu's grasp of opportunity could not be called anything but swift.

At this moment, Boyan was both deflated and full of admiration.

"So you are the Dayuanjie Alliance's Khan; this one is merely the Chancellor."

How could Wan Wan fail to recognize who the Khan was? After all, Tie Muzhen had been guarded at the center of a ring by so many men.

She had only said it deliberately, to show the Yin-Yue Imperial Court's pride.

She then gave Tie Muzhen a slight bow, and only then said to Yelu Chu and Tie Muzhen,

"I have come this time upon hearing that the Dayuanjie Alliance is most adept at gathering and nurturing spirit children.

The Yin-Yue Imperial Court's demon-hosting requires a batch of spirit children.

This demon-hosting concerns one of the Yin-Yue Imperial Court's most important figures—Pudu Cihang.

As long as the Dayuanjie Alliance can see this matter through, I can represent the Demon Lord in forming an alliance with the Dayuanjie Alliance."

A moment ago, the atmosphere had been taut, as if a falling-out were imminent.

Now that Wan Wan had stated her purpose, everyone was both surprised and found it strange.

What exactly was demon-hosting? The Dayuanjie Alliance's ruler and ministers had just been discussing it.

All were pondering what the similarities and differences were between so-called demon-hosting and the Wang Si reincarnation.

After all, an ordinary farmer's daughter, Nie Xiaoqian, had become a late-stage Heavenly Being Realm grand master simply by being demon-hosted by the Seven-Life Bitter Lovers.

What was the difference in cost compared to the Wang Si reincarnation?

They had not expected that, before they could even discuss it to a conclusion,

the Yin-Yue Imperial Court's Demon Emissary Wan Wan would come to them of her own accord.

She requested the Dayuanjie Alliance to cooperate with the Yin-Yue Imperial Court in demon-hosting another Pudu Cihang.

But what exactly was this Pudu Cihang?

Could it be another Heavenly Being Realm master on par with the Seven-Life Bitter Lovers' Nie Xiaoqian?

Then, if the Dayuanjie Alliance agreed to Wan Wan and helped the Yin-Yue Imperial Court demon-host a Pudu Cihang,

would the Dayuanjie Alliance not only be able to ally with the Yin-Yue Imperial Court, but also gain another grand master?

For a moment, the Dayuanjie Alliance's ruler and ministers, who had just calmed down, could not help but let their imaginations run wild.

"Demon Emissary Wan Wan, forgive the bold question—what exactly is this Pudu Cihang?

"How many spirit children does my Great Yuan need to provide again?"

One batch of one? Or eight or ten?"

While Tie Muzhen and the other Great Yuan court officials were letting their imaginations run wild, it was Yelu Chu who reacted first.

Since the last battle at Long Yin Grotto, the four Incarnation-stage High Monks of the Lotus-Born Living Buddha's four Great Ming Kings had their physical bodies destroyed by Ximen Wudi with a single wave of his hand.

Great Yuan had not only nearly drained the pond for fish by scouring the Zong Sects within its borders, but had also secretly gathered quite a few suitable spirit children from the other great imperial dynasties.

By today, Ming Wang Si already had no fewer than ten thousand spirit children.

The majority of them were used to reconstruct physical bodies for the Lotus-Generated Living Buddha and the others, three people burdened.

Long Xiang Seng escaped the sea of suffering one step earlier, and with Ming Wang Si's aid, successfully obtained a physical body.

But Tie Muzhen had given the order: after the Lotus-Generated Living Buddha and the others, three people, succeeded,

the remaining spirit children were to continue incarnating as Great Yuan's nation-protecting Incarnation Gao Seng.

After all, in this great contentious age, the pressure only grew greater and greater.

For Great Yuan, experts were never too many.

Wan Wan opened her mouth asking for a batch of spirit children, so Yelu Chu deliberately said at most eight or ten.

As for Yelu Chu's little trick, how could Wan Wan not know?

She let out another light laugh, one that nearly dazzled every man in the entire court, before she slowly said,

"As for these spirit children! Naturally, the more the better.

But at the very least, it cannot be fewer than a thousand!"

"A thousand?"

The Great Yuan court officials, including Tie Muzhen and Yelu Chu, could not help but turn pale with shock.

Successfully incarnating even one Lotus-Generated Living Buddha required around a hundred spirit children just to get it right through trial and error.

But this Wan Wan was something else — opening her mouth to ask for a thousand.

Did she think spirit children were cabbages, that they could be had just like that?

Even these ten thousand spirit children were something the Great Yuan Imperial Family, together with Ming Wang Si, had spent untold manpower and material resources to gather, you know?

"Wan Wan Demon Emissary, isn't this a bit too many..."

Yelu Chu instinctively wanted to haggle.

Not wanting to give Yelu Chu a chance, Wan Wan went straight on,

"Actually, if I had said ten thousand, that would be leaving a little something for Great Yuan.

After all, Pudu Cihang is no ordinary figure even within the Yin Moon Imperial Court!"