The negotiation with the Phantom Clan did not go well, but it was within Yuling's expectations.

There will always be various conflicts between the interests of groups, and most importantly, there is not even the most basic trust between the two sides.

For the martial artists of the Northern Realm, the Phantom Spirit Clan is one of the five great spirit clans after all, everyone knows that it will not take many years for them to stand at the top of the world again, if they don't take advantage of the current time to gain the upper hand, they will be completely wiped out in one go, otherwise when the Phantom Spirit Clan appears as a cultivator of the Dao Realm, the Northern Realm will be powerless to resist their invasion.

Therefore, except for a very few subordinates who were loyal to Yu Ling, the other cultivators would not understand why he chose to negotiate peace when the situation was good, and if it was not handled properly, the Ancestral Star cultivators' admiration for Yu Ling would turn into disappointment.

And for the Phantom Clan, this is also an extremely aggrieved thing, the original precise plan was smashed by Yu Ling, and at the same time, the dream of dominating the North and even the Endless Realm was shattered, even if Yu Ling promised them more resources, they would not be able to bridge such a gap.

It is conceivable that as long as the Phantom Clan is given a chance to recuperate, three years later, five years later, once there is a suitable opportunity, they will definitely fight back again, and if the two sides are in a peaceful state, they will definitely inevitably interact with each other, which will make it more convenient for them to infiltrate openly.

This seemed to be a dead knot, so that the two sides talked for half an hour, but the contradiction was not only not resolved, but became more and more acute, Yu Ling simply walked out of the door, leaving some time for internal discussion between the Phantom Spirit Emperor and the others, and he also needed to be quiet alone for a while, and then sort out his thoughts.

The surrounding Phantom Clan people all looked at Yu Ling in unison, the expressions on their faces were very complicated, and they probably guessed that this negotiation had no result.

Yu Ling didn't bother to take care of them, and sat on the bench in the courtyard by herself, and Zichen couldn't help but smile in her mind.

I still remember that in Senluo Domain, she looked at him gently and reluctantly, and said in a resolute tone: "I will wait for you to come back, whether it is three years, five years, or ......."

At that time, Yuling interrupted her and told her that there was no more.

From the last parting to the present, there have not been three or five years, not even a year, but she has waited for him for too long.

Maybe for many cultivators, a few years is nothing, and a retreat will pass, but in Zichenruo's more than twenty years of life, four or five years is enough to occupy one-fifth of her life.

Yu Ling was originally very relieved to finally see the dawn of hope, but when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, there were too many problems to be dealt with, so many that he felt that this glimmer of light would soon fall into endless darkness.

Countless plans crossed through Yu Ling's heart, but they were all rejected by him one by one, until he suddenly got a little tired of it, and just wanted to empty his mind and quietly come out of his mind for a while.

But it didn't take long for the surroundings to suddenly be a little noisy, and then a soft voice sounded in front of him: "Yuling, I'm here, I've kept you waiting for a long time." ”

Yu Ling raised her head and saw a familiar figure standing in front of him at some point, the soft afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on her body, dyeing half of her hair a faint gold, and those bright eyes were still as gentle as water.

"Chenruo, why are you ......" Yuling immediately got up, slightly stunned.

"Two formation masters from the southern realm sent me here, by the way, I have met your father. Zichenruo smiled, his eyelids drooped slightly, and said softly: "I just don't want you to bear it here alone, so I came, for our future, we will work together." ”

She blinked and held out her hand.

Yu Ling smiled slightly, only to feel that the haze in his heart was swept away in an instant, as if the bleak sunset was gorgeous.

He was only one step away from hope, and despite all the odds, he would not turn back.

"Let's go. He took Zi Chenruo's hand, and regardless of the gaze of the group of phantom people around him, he pulled her around and turned around and walked into the house.

Several people in the room were arguing fiercely, several elders were divided into two factions, arguing with each other with red faces, only the Phantom Spirit Emperor sat in place and listened expressionlessly.

The light at the door was suddenly blocked, and these Phantom Spirit Clan elders didn't care, only the Phantom Spirit Emperor Huo Ran raised his head, looking at Yu Ling with a calm expression, and Zi Chenruo beside him who pursed his lips slightly, and his face couldn't help but sink.

The Phantom Spirit Emperor knocked on the table, and the elders of the Phantom Spirit Clan gradually quieted down, and when they saw Zi Chenruo sitting aside, they couldn't help but be stunned: "Your Highness the Spirit Girl, why are you here?!"

Zichen Ruo just looked at the Phantom Spirit Emperor calmly: "Father, as early as the beginning of your army, I talked to Elder Zihuai and Mingxu Yaojun, and they made a bet with me. ”

The Phantom Spirit Emperor had a bad premonition inexplicably, but he didn't interrupt his daughter.

"The content of the bet is that if your side wins, I will follow the arrangement of the clan from now on, and there will be no more objections, but if you don't complete the original plan, Elder Zihuai and Mingxu Yaojun have to promise me one thing. Now, they say they're willing to gamble. Zichen Ruodao.

As soon as she finished speaking, a Phantom Clan elder said angrily, "Your Highness Spirit Maiden, do ......you know what you're talking about!

Zichen Ruo directly interrupted: "Elder Ziji, please don't indiscriminately put a hat like 'betraying the interests of my clan' on my head, listen to me, okay?"

Her tone was not aggressive, but there was a chilling coercion in the calm, Ziji couldn't help but breathe for a while, and couldn't say anything to refute for a while.

Obviously, he is also a master of the True Dao Realm, and he has broken through a little earlier, but for some reason, Ziji feels that he is really fighting, and he may not be the opponent of Her Highness the Spirit Maiden.

Zi Chenruo moved his gaze back to the Phantom Spirit Emperor, and his voice was slightly deep: "Father, the matter has come to this point, and we always have to seek a way out, don't we? Moreover, we don't have much time to squander. ”

"In your opinion?" said the Phantom Spirit Emperor noncommittally.

Zichen Ruoshi said: "The crux of the current problem lies in the lack of a foundation of mutual trust and the need for cooperation. But presumably several elders also know in their hearts that our clan has no way to retreat now, and the northern side could have forced our clan to a dead end in one go, but they chose peace talks, which is their sincerity. ”

She glanced at the elders with black faces, and said in an accentuated tone: "Maybe it's because I left the clan a long time ago and lived in the Seventeen Domains, I actually can't understand where your superiority comes from. The glory of belonging to the Phantom Race 10,000 years ago has long been shattered, and we are now just a group entrenched in the chaos and extremely weak, not to mention fighting against the Daoyu Galaxy, and even the Northern Realm, one of the four boundless realms, is far superior to us in strength. ”

"Even if we have the blood of the Spirit Race, it doesn't mean that other people are ants that can be trampled on wantonly, except for relying on the Dao rules that are integrated into the bloodline, so that we can cultivate faster, there are some methods that foreign races can't imitate, but so what? Are we smarter than them, or are we more diligent than them? ”

An elder opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but Zi Chenruo took the lead and said: "Don't be in a hurry to refute me, what does the human race rely on to stand at the top of the food chain? Is it the bloodline of the spirit race? No, there were no five major spirit races at that time. ”

"It's wisdom, and creation, that's what makes the Terrans the overlords, and in this respect, the spirits are equal to the others. For example, those inventions of the Li Yan clan, whether it was a flying machine or a walkie-talkie, before they appeared, did a few elders have expected that there would be such a convenient thing in the world?" Zi Chenruo looked at them.

Several people were speechless.

"So, put away this gratuitous sense of superiority, we, at least for now, don't have the capital to be proud of. Zichenruo said lightly: "Please also ask the patriarch to understand that the peace talks are not our concessions, but theirs." ”

In the silence, Zichenruo's hand holding Yuling tightened slightly, which made him understand that she seemed to be talking here, but in fact, she was still a little nervous in her heart.

The Phantom Spirit Emperor suddenly sighed and broke the silence: "Then back to the topic, Chenruo, the two cruxes of the two points you just said, but you have thought of a solution?"

Zichenruo pursed her lips and said, "It's not a solution, I'm just offering a suggestion." ”

"Without the goal of cooperation, we will be limited to the quagmire of infighting, but we actually have a common enemy, and you should know this. ”

"There is no basis for mutual trust, because the North and my people are very strange to each other and harbor hostility, and the more moderate way to resolve it is to marry. ”

Zichenruo seemed to have mustered up the courage of his whole body, and his eyes were so firm that he did not waver a little: "If I marry Yuling, the conflict between the two sides will be mediated by the two of us, and many things can be mediated." This is not only my personal wish, but also the best way to solve it. ”

Yu Ling couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, he didn't expect Zichen Ruo to express his heart so bluntly and resolutely in front of his relatives, and he didn't know how many times she had thought about such simple words.

"Your Highness, you ...... You can't help but think about this too simply!" A Phantom Clan elder trembled with anger and slapped the case.

Yu Ling quietly protected Zi Chenruo behind him, looked at him coldly, and said, "Then what does Your Excellency think? If you're just refuting for the sake of rebuttal, it means that you don't want to settle this matter properly from the bottom of your heart. ”