"Hmph! Isn't it all thanks to the Qinghe Alliance? If it wasn't for your suppression, we wouldn't have announced this at all, "Governor Bai scoffed coldly in response to the Qinghe City Governor's questioning.
"It's not a shameful matter. Why hide it?" the Qinghe City Lord replied calmly.
"That's a matter between the White City Alliance and the Cheng Family. There's no need for unrelated people to know about it, right?" Governor Bai said disdainfully.
The Qinghe City Lord fell silent. He couldn't tell if Governor Bai or Governor Zhou were telling the truth.
If the White City Alliance had already submitted to the Cheng Family a year ago, he wouldn't have anything to say.
Governor Zhou was only willing to hand over the Cheng Family missions after the Qinghe Alliance submitted to the Cheng Family. This was almost impossible.
Why would he submit to the Cheng Family for such a large alliance? He wasn't a spineless person like Governor Bai.
Furthermore, even though he was the City Lord of the Qinghe Alliance, the Deputy City Lords wouldn't agree to submit to the Cheng Family so easily.
"Qinghe City Lord, you should believe me now. The White City Alliance has already submitted to the Cheng Family. If the Qinghe Alliance wishes to receive missions from the Cheng Family, you have no choice but to submit to the Cheng Family. This is something that cannot be changed, "Governor Zhou said.
Even though he didn't necessarily want the Qinghe Alliance to join the Cheng Family, it was precisely because of this that he didn't leave any leeway for the Qinghe Alliance.
The White City Alliance hadn't submitted to the Cheng Family, but the Cheng Family had agreed to work with them. That was because the situation back then was a little special.
Firstly, Governor Bai had noticed a problem with the Cheng Family. The Cheng Family was overpopulated, which made it difficult for many people to receive missions from the Cheng Family.
Furthermore, Governor Bai was the one who had suggested this partnership, not the Cheng Family.
Since the Cheng Family could benefit from it, they naturally wouldn't reject Governor Bai's offer.
However, the situation was different now. Ever since the partnership with the White City Alliance, the Cheng Family's problems had been effectively resolved. Therefore, the Cheng Family wasn't in a hurry to find more partners.
Since that was the case, the Cheng Family didn't care if the Qinghe Alliance wanted to work with the Cheng Family.
As such, the conditions were naturally even harsher. If the Clear River Alliance didn't agree to submit to the Cheng family, the Cheng family definitely wouldn't give them this opportunity.
If the Clear River Alliance agreed, it would be a great contribution to City Lord Zhou, or rather a pleasant surprise.
Even if they didn't agree, as long as City Lord Zhou allowed them to remove all the blockades, his mission would be considered complete, and his contribution would not be reduced.
"City Lord Zhou, why is the Cheng Family so unreasonable? Now that I've agreed to open all the gates for you, it can be considered as a favor to your Cheng Family.
Moreover, even if the Clear River Alliance didn't submit to the Cheng Clan, I feel that we could still work together.
As long as the Cheng Family is willing to hand over the mission to the Clear River Alliance, the Clear River Alliance is willing to exchange a large amount of resources for it. I believe this isn't a bad thing for the Cheng Family, right? "
Although City Lord Zhou had made it very clear, he still didn't want to give up.
Everyone was just doing this for their own benefit. As long as the Cheng Clan wasn't willing to allow the Clear River Alliance to submit, they would be willing to fork out some resources to cooperate with the Cheng Clan.
After all, he knew very well that if he could obtain the Cheng Family's mission, he would definitely attract many people.
Just like the White City Alliance. Hadn't they not been doing well in the past few years?
However, ever since the White City Alliance had issued the Cheng Family's mission, the White City Alliance's situation had clearly improved, and the various cities had slowly become more prosperous.
Based on the Clear River Alliance's situation, the White City Alliance had definitely made a lot of money in the past two years.
Compared to the White City Alliance, the Clear River Alliance was even larger. If they could be like the White City Alliance and start to rise after receiving the Cheng Family's mission, they would be able to do so.
He believed that in less than a year, the Clear River Alliance would be able to recoup all of its losses.
From this perspective, giving the Cheng Family some benefits was not a loss. At the very least, the Clear River Alliance would still belong to them and not to the Cheng Family.
The other deputy city lords were clearly not as smart. After hearing the Clear River City Lord's words, they were visibly worried. However, the Clear River City Lord completely ignored them.
"Clear River City Lord, your idea is indeed very good, but I have already made it very clear.
If you want to cooperate with the Cheng Family, there is only one way, and that is to submit to the Cheng Family.
Apart from that, the Cheng Family has no interest in any form of cooperation. "City Lord Zhou shook his head and interrupted the Clear River City Lord's beautiful dream.
One had to admit that the Clear River City Lord's calculations were very shrewd. Actually, wasn't this kind of cooperation the same as the White City Alliance?
Compared to the temptation of resources, the Cheng Family was obviously more interested in expanding their territory and influence.
Even though the Cheng Family was very strong and their influence in the cultivation world was constantly increasing, compared to the rest of the world, the Cheng Family was still nothing.
Therefore, the Cheng Family still needed to continuously expand their territory.
Just the power of the dynasty alone was many times greater than that of the Cheng Family.
However, he did not know that their family head and the dynasty had been enemies for a long time and that they would have to fight a battle in the future.
If he had known, he would have spared no effort in helping the Cheng Family expand their territory.
"City Lord Zhou, don't you want to know how many resources the Clear River Alliance is willing to provide the Cheng Family?
Perhaps if you hear this number, you won't be so insistent anymore! " The City Lord of Qinghe City saw how firm City Lord Zhou was. His suggestion was so good, but City Lord Zhou rejected it without even asking. This made him very unhappy.
"Clear River City Lord, I have already told you very clearly. If you want the Cheng Family's mission issuing rights, the only way is to submit to the Cheng Family.
Therefore, I am not interested in how many resources the Clear River Alliance is willing to provide, "City Lord Zhou rejected again.
"The Cheng Family is too much. So you are saying that all the factions that want to cooperate with the Cheng Family must submit to the Cheng Family? Then aren't you brazenly trying to annex us? "Vice City Lord Huang finally could not take it anymore and retorted with dissatisfaction.
Originally, when the City Lord said that he would provide the Cheng Family with a large amount of resources in exchange for the Cheng Family's mission issuing rights, he did not agree.
However, what he did not expect was that the Cheng Family's ambition was even greater than he had imagined.
They had no interest in the resources offered by the City Lord and only wanted to annex them. There had never been such a shameless faction in the world.
There were many factions in the cultivation world, just like the Clear River Alliance.
Some of the alliances were very powerful, many times more powerful than the Clear River Alliance.
But even so, they wouldn't want to annex forces that were weaker than them, because at least they had a bottom line.
However, the Cheng Family was much more arrogant. If anyone wanted to cooperate with the Cheng Family, they would have to submit to the Cheng Family.
What was the difference between this and annexation?
In the eyes of the Cheng Family, there was no such thing as cooperation. In the end, everything would belong to the Cheng Family.
If they submitted to the Cheng Family, then what was the point of cooperating? In any case, everything would belong to the Cheng Family!
How could the Cheng Family's attitude not be infuriating?
Actually, Vice City Lord Huang was not the only one who was angry about the Cheng Family's attitude. The other vice city lords were also very angry.
However, who asked them to be weaker than the Cheng Family?
Although they knew that there were close to two million soldiers in Clear Sun City, no one dared to reveal this army and start a war with these people.
This was because they knew that even if they successfully defeated these people and killed them, it would not solve the root of the problem. Instead, it would bring disaster to the Clear River Alliance.
After all, the Cheng Family was still here. If they killed these people or completely tore apart the relationship between the two sides, the Cheng Family would definitely not let them off.
"Vice City Lord Huang, you can't say such things recklessly. You have to know that it is not the Cheng Family that wants to cooperate with you. It is you that wants to cooperate with the Cheng Family.
Since it is a cooperation, both sides will definitely pursue their own interests.
If you are not willing to accept the conditions of this cooperation, you can choose not to cooperate. Why talk about annexation? "City Lord Zhou said calmly.
This was how the world was. Whoever's fist was harder would have the right to speak.
The Cheng Family did not need to cooperate with these factions at all. In addition, the Cheng Family was far stronger than them, so they naturally did not have to worry about being restrained by others.
However, the Clear River Alliance was different. They had been greatly affected by the rise of the Cheng Family.
If they cooperated with the Cheng Family, they could indeed effectively alleviate their current situation.
However, if they did not cooperate, then it would be very difficult to predict what would happen in the future.
Moreover, if the Cheng Family really wanted to attack their Xiang Xiu in the future, the Clear River Alliance would definitely not be able to stop them.
However, the Cheng Family did not intend to force them to that step yet. After all, the Family Lord did not allow them to do so.
"What you said is correct, but what you are doing is forcefully annexing other factions!" Vice City Lord Huang said unwillingly.
"If Vice City Lord Huang insists on saying this, then there is nothing I can do. However, the Cheng Family's attitude has always been very clear. If you want to cooperate, then submit to the Cheng Family. If you don't want to cooperate, then the Cheng Family will not force you.
If the Cheng Family really wanted to annex you, do you think I would still be standing here talking to you? Think about it carefully.
Also, I would like to ask the Clear River City Lord for a favor! "City Lord Zhou said somewhat impatiently.
"What does City Lord Zhou want from me?" The Clear River City Lord knew that there was no way he could get the Cheng Family to agree to cooperate with them after hearing City Lord Zhou's attitude.
"Inform the other alliances that have sealed off the gates and tell them to hurry to Clear Sun City as soon as possible.
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