"The Immortal Cultivators believe in the law of the jungle and the law of infinite evolution. The experts who stand at the peak of evolution are naturally qualified to dominate the weak and realize the rapid evolution of the entire civilization," Heiye Lan explained.
Heiye Lan explained, "If we have to surrender or submit, of course, we are only willing to surrender to the strongest and submit to the strongest!
"In the entire Xing Yao Federation, who else deserves the title of 'strongest' other than Master Li?"
The relationship between Heiye Lan and Li Yao was very subtle. It was both a cooperative relationship and a subordinate relationship.
Li Yao did not intend to recruit a fourth true disciple right now, and he did not think that Heiye Lan was on par with Jin Xinyue and the rest of them. However, he had indeed taught Heiye Lan some of the secret arts of refining from the ancient Cultivators. It was quite appropriate for her to address him as' master '.
"Is that so?"
Li Yao sniffed and said, "Why do I feel that there are a lot of people in the Federation who are stronger than me? I am only at the peak of Yuanying. Not to mention the few experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage, even Ding Ling Dong's combat ability or Yan Liren's most powerful killing intent, I am not confident that I can defeat them. "
"The Imperium advocates real battles. The difference between the strong and the weak does not depend on one's level but on military accomplishments."
Heiye Lan looked at Li Yao in admiration. "Master Li, you defeated the extraterrestrial devils in Hundred Flowers City at the most critical moment. Then, you descended from the sky and destroyed the space gate of the Black Wind Fleet. My father, the highest commander of the Black Wind Fleet, was also killed by you in the eyes of most Cultivators.
"It is needless to say that you are the spiritual symbol of the Xing Yao Federation in the first place. You are a powerful person who can do anything you want. The so-called Speaker of the Federation and the leaders of the few top sects are just your puppets."
"Wait! Wait! Wait!"
Li Yao hurried to wave his hands. "What are you talking about? What do you mean by 'my puppets'? The Speaker of the Federation happens to be my wife. I happen to have some shares in the few top sects of the Federation, too. The heads of the few secret agencies of the Federation happen to be related to me, too!
"You know that I am not interested in fame and fortune. The so-called 'dominator of three Sectors' is just a false title that has been imposed on me. I'm quite bothered, too!"
"Yes, yes, yes. Everybody at the edge of the cosmos knows that you are approachable and low-key, Master Li. After spending a few days with you, Master Li, they will naturally know how noble your personality is, how great your integrity is, and how you regard money as dirt and power as smoke. As for the fact that you have become one of the most powerful people in the Xing Yao Federation without anybody knowing, it is just a 'coincidence'. You did not intentionally manipulate it."
Heiye Lan said respectfully, "It is a pity that the world is ignorant and best at measuring the heart of a great man with the yardstick of a scoundrel. It is difficult for them to understand your mindset and level, Master Li. Most of the people in the Black Wind Fleet did not have a chance to communicate with you deeply and only saw the problem on the surface. If they measure other people by their own standards in the past, how can they believe that everything is a coincidence?
"Well, there seems to be a saying among the defeated soldiers of the Black Wind Fleet. The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. But the oriole is still not the final winner, and it is inevitable that it will be killed by the hunter.
"The Federation is the cicada, the Black Wind Fleet is the mantis, the extraterrestrial devils are the oriole, and you are the hunter, Master Li. In fact, everything is within your calculations. They are all traps that you set up. The Xing Yao Federation, the Black Wind Fleet, and the extraterrestrial devils have all been toyed with by you!"
Li Yao's eyelids were twitching violently. "Are you kidding me?"
"I'm not kidding. It's true," Heiye Lan said solemnly.
"Your glamorous return in the space battle was too shocking and coincidental. All the defeated soldiers of the Xing Yao Federation regard you as the real helmsman of the Xing Yao Federation. You don't know how much they admire you!"
Li Yao was dumbfounded. "Are you serious? They 'admire me'? We are mortal enemies! "
Heiye Lan shook her head and said, "It is true that we fought a battle, but there is no 'mortal enemy', is there? After all, both the Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators are people standing at the peak of evolution. We are all compatriots of human beings. Faced with the Pangu civilization, the extraterrestrial devils, and the alien species in space, the minor conflicts between us are naturally nothing.
"The Imperium of True Human Beings is always in a highly competitive state. Frictions among the Sectors are nothing unusual, too. But as long as the winner is determined, the weak will obey the strong. They will pledge loyalty to and learn from the strong wholeheartedly, becoming part of the strong. That is our way of survival and development.
"After all, the purpose of competition is evolution, not mutual destruction. The people of the Imperium are not idiots!"
Li Yao thought for a moment and realized that it did make sense.
"In order to disintegrate the morale of the defeated soldiers of the Black Wind Fleet and urge them to surrender as soon as possible," Heiye Lan continued, "it seems that several versions of our letters adopted the same approach. Your adventures in the past hundred years and your magnificent return at the last moment were all exaggerated and exaggerated, as if they were all carefully planned by you. Right. You seem to have consulted Master Han Baling and asked him to write some of the paragraphs in the letters."
Li Yao: "… What a mess!"
"The Immortal Cultivators are very proud of our strength. Before Master Li showed up, we were suppressing the Federation's fleet. If Master Li hadn't arrived thunderously with twelve Colossi, we would've smashed the Burning Prairie Fleet, the most elite fleet of the Federation, into smithereens!
Biting her lips, Heiye Lan said, "You said that the defeated soldiers of the Black Wind Fleet should surrender to the Burning Prairie Fleet, which they had defeated. How is that possible? Only Master Li is the key to defeating the Black Wind Fleet. Only by surrendering to you can all the members of the Black Wind Fleet be convinced. "
"Fine."
Li Yao managed to accept Heiye Lan's explanation, but the details of the negotiation made him frown hard again.
The defeated soldiers of the Black Wind Fleet, commanded by General Di Feiwen, were willing to negotiate with the Xing Yao Federation and even completely surrender when the conditions were favorable.
However, the so-called negotiation had a prerequisite. Not only did they ask to negotiate with Li Yao alone, but they also asked that Li Yao fight the three experts of the defeated soldiers of the Black Wind Fleet first before the negotiation began!
What was the meaning of that?
Li Yao was certainly not a pacifist, but he was not a barbarian general in the medieval times, either.
Although he was not against slaying the enemy's generals and completely disintegrating the enemy's morale when two armies were engaged in a battle, the defeated soldiers of the Black Wind Fleet were already at their wits' end, and the future of an entire fleet was decided by the valiance of an individual?
That was too hilarious!
"Is there something wrong with this General Di Feiwen's head?"
Li Yao sneered. "Does he think that he can bargain with us because he has a whole Black Wind Fleet in his hands? Right now, our army has such a huge advantage that he will be exhausted if we take our time. Why should I go over there and fight the valiant warriors of the Black Wind Fleet? "
"Please calm down, Master Li," Heiye Lan explained.
"What General Di Feiwen meant was that he was only the deputy commander of the Black Wind Fleet after all and did not have my father's absolute power and prestige," Heiye Lan explained. "Also, with the Black Wind Fleet on the brink of collapse right now, his orders might not be able to pass through every starship unimpeded.
"Naturally, he is sincerely negotiating with the Federation and even surrendering, but other captains and branch fleet commanders may not think the same. In order to convince all the officers, the fleet of the brown dwarf that did not participate in the previous battle must be shown the dominance of the Federation.
"Of course, the two parties can arrange another battle, but if they do so, the casualties of the bottom-level soldiers on both sides will be too high. In both the Federation and the Imperium, there are tremendous ordinary soldiers on the starships. Since the Xing Yao Federation's mission is to protect the ordinary people, there is no need for the blood of so many ordinary people to be shed for nothing. The competition of the experts may seem ancient and stupid, but it will minimize the sacrifice, won't it?"
Li Yao did not even blink. "What if I refuse? Negotiation requires leverage. Tell me about it. What leverage does Di Feiwen have?"
"Yes."
Heiye Lan sensed Li Yao's rising fury. Every cell in her body was shuddering, but she pretended to be calm and said, "General Di Feiwen said that if Master Li refused his request for negotiation, he would order the fleet of the brown dwarf to jump to the other worlds of the Federation other than the Tian Yuan Realm, especially the underdeveloped worlds such as the Water Crystal, the Nether World, and the Forest Ocean.
"Without the guidance of the space gate, it is naturally impossible for them to maintain a large-scale fleet, but they do not need to maintain any fleet at all, because they will become the most brutal space pirates who will flee here and there in the boundless sea of stars for the sole purpose of harassment and sabotage. It will take the Union Army three to five years to completely annihilate them.
"Three to five years is more than enough for them to slaughter the underdeveloped worlds in panic, significantly slowing down the development of the Federation, and creating more cracks among the worlds."
Li Yao narrowed his eyes, with cold killing intent beaming out of them.
"Also …"
Heiye Lan could not help but shudder. She swallowed hard before she went on. "Right now, he has controlled the super remote communication system that can reach out to the homeland of the Imperium, but he has not told the capital the truth about the Federation and the war yet. He has kept all the information to himself without sending it out.
"If Master Li refuses, he will report everything that happened here to the homeland of the Imperium truthfully. He will also try his best to exaggerate the prosperity of the Federation, the mysteriousness of Kunlun, and the threat that the Federation poses to the Imperium.
"You know that there is a long way to go. Most of the time, the news at the edge of the cosmos depends on the mouths of the commanders of the expedition army or the explorers. It is unlikely that the information can be verified by multiple parties.
"He will even jump back to the homeland of the Imperium without bothering about anything. Even if he becomes someone else's subordinate, he will still try his best to facilitate the second expedition of the Imperium against the Federation.
"In the second expedition, they will certainly learn a lesson from this one and not allow the Federation to have a 1% chance of winning. That is the oath of Di Feiwen, the Immortal Cultivator!"
Li Yao rubbed his teeth softly and uttered three syllables rhythmically. "Di … Feiwen?"
Heiye Lan was almost out of breath. It was not until Li Yao slightly restrained his aura that she was able to finish her sentence while catching her breath. "Thirdly, right now, the fleet of the brown dwarf is mostly intact. It boasts the most advanced comprehensive supply starships of the Imperium and other types of starships. For the Xing Yao Federation, it is an inestimable fortune.
"If Master Li is willing to negotiate, General Di Feiwen can guarantee that all the starships will fall into the hands of the Federation government intact. Not even a screw or a hominoid soldier will be damaged. That is what he said."
"Is that a threat?" Li Yao asked, one word after another.
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