Chapter 417: Cooperation
"What is your purpose, although we are at a desperate end, if you think that this will be an easy way to subdue us, I am afraid that the result will disappoint you!"
Qiu Wanzhong was the first to ask questions to Ye Ye, hoping that Ye Ye could tell them his intentions directly.
Because the hatred between Longjiang Ancient City and Mohai Ancient City was too deep, even if they fell to this point, they still didn't have the intention of surrendering to Ye Ye easily.
When Ye Ye saw this scene, he had a trace of admiration for the courage of Qiu Wanzhong and the others in his heart. However, when he came to the basement this time, he never thought of subduing Zhu Longkong and the others, so after hearing Qiu Wanzhong's question, he said to them straight to the point: "You seem to think too highly of yourself! There is not even a strong martial king, what is the use of me subduing you? The reason why I personally appeared in front of you today is just to tell you that I, Ye Ye, can completely eradicate you at any time." If you still want to survive in the ancient city of Longjiang, it is best to cooperate with me obediently and give full play to your last trace of use. Otherwise, I can let you go down and reunite with those blackfriars right now!"
As soon as the words fell, Ye Ye suddenly released the coercion of his Martial King peak powerhouse. Suddenly, everyone in the basement except Ye Ye staggered, as if they were about to fall, and their faces became very pale.
Although Zhu Longkong had the cultivation of the peak realm of Martial Monarch, in front of Ye Ye, he still felt that he was like a lonely sail in the stormy waves, and he could be submerged by the rough sea at any time, so his eyes when he looked at Ye Ye were full of horror.
"How do you want to cooperate? As long as we can give us a way out, we are willing to agree to your conditions!"
Zhu Longkong knew that Ye Ye's words just now did not have the slightest element of panic, if they dared to say a word, I am afraid that no one in the basement would be able to leave alive today, so he hurriedly expressed his attitude to Ye Ye.
Not only that, Yang Liuzhi, Qiu Wanzhong and the others also nodded at Ye Ye, and there was even a hint of pleading in their eyes. One of the two of them is the head of the Chongyun faction and the president of the Three Swords Society, but at this time, they don't even have the courage to fight with Ye Ye, and it is nothing more than fish on Ye Ye's chopping board, so they can only follow Zhu Longkong to give in to Ye Ye and show their obedience.
Seeing this, Ye Ye finally nodded, and after reining in his coercion, he said lightly directly to Zhu Longkong and the others: "One day later, Xiao Cheng of the Xiao family will drive a dragon horned rhinoceros from the terracotta forest to the Xiao family with the Imperial Beast Order, I want you to intercept and kill Xiao Cheng and the others that night, and bring the dragon horned rhinoceros to the City Lord's Mansion after refining the Imperial Beast Order." If you can do it, I can pardon your crimes and let your major forces return to the stage of the ancient city of Longjiang. As for whether you can make a comeback under the suppression of the four major families, it depends on your own ability. ”
After Ye Ye finished speaking, he stared at Zhu Longkong and the others tightly, his eyes were full of sincerity and determination, which immediately made all the monks in the basement excited, and a trace of gratitude appeared in his eyes when he looked at Ye Ye.
Only Zhu Longkong and Yang Liuzhi still remained calm, although they didn't know what Ye Ye's purpose was in doing this, but it was certain that Ye Ye's arrangement this time would have a significant impact on the future situation of Longjiang Ancient City, and even make it impossible for Longjiang Ancient City to break away from the control of the Mohai Alliance.
But now Zhu Longkong and the others have no choice at all, if they refuse, they will be killed by Ye Ye on the spot. Therefore, after Zhu Longkong, Yang Liuzhi and the others glanced at each other, they all solemnly replied to Ye Ye: "Yes! I hope you don't go back on your word!"
Although Zhu Longkong and the others were excited about Ye Ye's letting several major forces return to the ancient city of Longjiang, they also knew that Ye Ye wanted their major forces to fall into a never-ending internal struggle with the four major families.
No matter which side of them and the four major families wins in the end, it is bound to seriously deplete their own strength. What's even more terrifying is that the internal strife of the major forces in the Longjiang Ancient City will seriously shake the original consensus of the Longjiang Ancient City to resist the Mohai Alliance, once Ye Ye takes this opportunity to win the hearts of the people of the Longjiang Ancient City, their goal of expelling the Mohai Alliance will no longer be possible.
However, even so, Zhu Longkong found that he could not refuse Ye Ye's offer. Not to mention that they don't have the right to choose at all now, and the hatred between the four major families and them has long reached the point where it is impossible to reconcile. As long as there is a chance, Zhu Longkong and the others will definitely open fire on the four major families and avenge those fellow disciples and relatives and friends who were killed by the four major families. Therefore, Ye Ye's proposal hit their hands to a certain extent, making Zhu Longkong and the others have no courage to refuse Ye Ye at all.
Seeing the cold look in the eyes of Zhu Longkong and the others, Ye Ye smiled and nodded to them, and then turned around and left the basement where Zhu Longkong and the others were hiding.
Before formally contacting Zhu Longkong and the others, Ye Ye might still suspect that Zhu Longkong would take the opportunity to escape from the ancient city of Longjiang and never come back. But after confirming the hatred of Zhu Longkong and the others for the four major families, Ye Ye believed that they had a great chance of abiding by the agreement and staying in the ancient city of Longjiang to fight against the four major families to the end after completing the tasks assigned by Ye Ye.
Even if Ye Ye really looked away, it was impossible for Zhu Longkong and the others to really escape from the palm of his hand. Because even if Zhu Longkong and the others deceived Ye Ye and planned to take this opportunity to escape directly from the ancient city of Longjiang, Zhang Tianyu, who had been monitoring this place under Ye Ye's order, would be the first to know.
At that time, even if he risked exposing the details, Zhang Tianyu would go to the terracotta forest to complete the deployment of Ye Ye instead of Zhu Longkong and others. As for Zhu Longkong and the others who wanted to escape from the ancient city of Longjiang, even if Ye Ye didn't kill them in person, he would directly inform the four major families of their whereabouts. When the time comes, the two sides will break out in a decisive battle in advance, and Ye Ye can easily reap the benefits of the fisherman, which is also a good result for him.
The next day, Ye Ye still acted like a nobody, wholeheartedly leading everyone in the City Lord's Mansion to prepare for the upcoming martial arts conference.
In order to understand the true views of the monks of the ancient city of Longjiang on the martial arts conference, Ye Ye even personally visited the streets and alleys of the ancient city of Longjiang, and listened to the discussions of the monks in the city about the martial arts conference in the popular restaurant of the ancient city of Longjiang.
When Ye Ye stopped at a place called Jincheng Restaurant, a young man in a white robe immediately caught Ye Ye's attention.
The white-robed man's name is Xing Yi, and he has the cultivation of the martial monarch realm. He looks dignified and talks extraordinarily, and at first glance he is a child of a big family. But Xing Yi is not a person from Longjiang Ancient City, the reason why he appeared here is actually attracted by Ye Ye and intends to come to Longjiang Ancient City to join Ye Ye.
When Xing Yi was dining in the restaurant, he heard someone at the adjacent table laughing at the upcoming martial arts conference held in the City Lord's Mansion, and he immediately couldn't help but retort. The two sides came and went, and they quarreled in the lobby of the restaurant for a while.
"Ye Ye is an outsider, and he still wants to hold a martial arts conference in our Longjiang Ancient City, who does he think he is? There won't be many people in Longjiang Ancient City who will sign up to participate, Ye Ye is purely humiliating himself this time!"
Several big men at Xing Yi's adjacent table obviously didn't have a good impression of Ye Ye, and one of the bearded men even called him by his name, openly expressing his disdain for the martial arts conference, and immediately won a round of applause in the lobby of the restaurant.
Because the grievances between the Longjiang Ancient City and the Mohai Ancient City have been going on for a long time, even though Ye Ye is now famous in the entire Tiannan Region, the monks of the Longjiang Ancient City still have a lot of disdain for him. It's just that since Ye Ye has become the city lord of the ancient city of Longjiang, most people just keep their words in their hearts. There were not many people who dared to say as much as the bearded man, so the people in the hall who agreed with his views couldn't help but cheer for him after hearing it.
Seeing this, Xing Yi's face was quite ugly, and he turned his head to stare at the bearded man and said unconvinced: "The strong in this world are respected, and the martial arts conference will attract everyone's attention no matter where it is. You can't represent all the people in the ancient city of Longjiang, and there will definitely be many strong people participating in this martial arts conference. What's more, this martial arts conference has no geographical restrictions at all, and people outside the ancient city of Longjiang will also flock to it when they hear the news, why do you say that Lord Ye Ye is humiliating himself?"
As a supporter of Ye Ye, Xing Yi has already taken Ye Ye as his role model. This time when he came to the ancient city of Longjiang under Ye Ye's rule, he didn't expect it to be such a scene at all, so he immediately expressed his dissatisfaction with the bearded Dahan and the others.
In the lobby of the restaurant, everyone saw that Xing Yi was not from the ancient city of Longjiang. When many people who hated Ye Ye heard Xing Yi's words, they immediately let out a burst of boos and disdainful laughter, which made Xing Yi's expression even more embarrassed, and he was almost about to flip the table and start with them.
"Why? Just because this is the ancient city of Longjiang! He Ye Ye is not willing to serve as the city lord of the ancient city of Longjiang, and our ancient city of Longjiang will naturally let him see the reality clearly. Even if Ye Ye's strength was unrivaled in the Longjiang Ancient City, he couldn't force the monks of the Longjiang Ancient City to participate in his martial arts conference! If he really did that, it would only make his situation even more embarrassing in the future!"
The bearded man was obviously very sure of his judgment, and after answering Xing Yi's question with a sneer, he once again received a round of applause from the lobby of the restaurant. Even the shopkeeper of Jincheng Restaurant agreed with the bearded man's opinion, so instead of stopping them from continuing to argue, he followed the other diners to express their support to the bearded man.
Xing Yi coldly glanced at the laughing crowd in the lobby, but still had no intention of admitting defeat. In order to change everyone's attitude towards the Martial Arts Conference, he continued to calmly say to the bearded Dahan and the others: "You believe in the monks of the Ancient City of Longjiang so much, but how did I hear that this Martial Arts Conference is mainly the four major families actively preparing? Even if you don't give face to the City Lord's Mansion, don't you give face to the four major families?"