City Lord Zhou's words moved all the other City Lords present.
Although the Cheng Family refused to budge, City Lord Zhou had promised not to use force against the various alliances.
If that was the case, they wouldn't have to worry about the Cheng Family annexing them.
Even if they could confirm this, they would still have enough time to think of other ways to deal with the Cheng Family in the next few years.
If the Cheng Family kept plotting against them, they wouldn't have the time to think of ways to make the alliance prosper. They would have to rack their brains to deal with the Cheng Family.
"City Lord Zhou, is what you just said true? If we are willing to open up all the gates, will the Cheng Family really not annex our territories in the future? "City Lord Hai asked.
"Of course, you can ask City Lord Bai. The White City Alliance submitted to the Cheng Family, but we didn't annex them. They chose to submit themselves!" City Lord Zhou said as he pointed at City Lord Bai.
"That's right. Although the White City Alliance used to be adjacent to the Cheng Family's territories, the Cheng Family has never harassed us.
I chose to submit myself to the Cheng Family in search of a better future. " City Lord Bai was very tactful as he stepped forward to explain the situation to everyone at this critical juncture.
However, City Lord Bai despised City Lord Zhou in his heart.
It was true that the Cheng Family didn't annex the White City Alliance by force, but if they hadn't submitted themselves to the Cheng Family when the White City Alliance was in trouble, the Cheng Family wouldn't have helped the White City Alliance and wouldn't have appeared here.
Therefore, although the Cheng Family didn't take the initiative to expand or annex the White City Alliance's territories, the White City Alliance was forced to a dead end by the Cheng Family.
However, no matter what, he couldn't say that the Cheng Family had taken the initiative to annex the White City Alliance. After all, he was the one who had approached the Cheng Family.
If he hadn't approached the Cheng Family, the White City Alliance would have been devoured by the other alliances.
Moreover, he couldn't possibly ruin City Lord Zhou's reputation. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to get City Lord Zhou's help in the future.
Seeing that City Lord Bai had taken the initiative to speak up for City Lord Zhou, the other City Lords clearly trusted him a little more. Perhaps City Lord Zhou's words were reliable after all.
"City Lord Zhou, although we all believe your words, I feel that it's more reliable to put it in black and white.
Why don't you write a promise to all of us that the Cheng Family won't take the initiative to attack us and annex our territories? That way, we won't have to worry about whether the Cheng Family will harm us or not! "The City Lords discussed among themselves, and the Sea City Lord stood up and said.
"You want me to write a promise? This was impossible! I've already said this much and I've made it very clear to you. Whether you believe me or not, it doesn't matter to me or the Cheng Family.
Therefore, I will never write this promise.
In addition, I am only reminding you and pointing out a clear path for you. If you don't act according to our Cheng Family's wishes, then the consequences will be unbearable.
I don't want to talk so much nonsense with you. Today, I just want you to say one thing. Are you willing to open all the gates for free? "City Lord Zhou was clearly getting impatient.
He was only a City Lord in the Cheng Family. He could speak on behalf of the Cheng Family, but he couldn't make any promises on behalf of the Cheng Family.
Even if the Cheng Family didn't intend to annex them, he definitely couldn't say these words.
If the Family Head or the elders of the Cheng Family were to find out, those who knew him might think that he wanted to become the Family Head of the Cheng Family.
Therefore, he could only verbally discuss this matter with everyone. If they believed him, then this matter would be settled.
If they didn't believe him, then it would be up to them to decide what to do.
In any case, to the Cheng Family, whether it was peace or war, it was all up to them.
City Lord Zhou's unyielding attitude once again caused the other City Lords' hopes to fall through. Especially when faced with City Lord Zhou's attitude, they couldn't do anything about it.
They couldn't beat him in a fight. They couldn't even talk to him.
Indeed, strength was the way to go. Only with strength would one have the right to speak. Without strength, no matter how touching one's words were, it was meaningless.
"City Lord Zhou, I am willing to accept your request!" City Lord Hai was also at his wit's end. They had already retreated time and time again, but the Cheng Family's attitude was too unyielding. They didn't give them any chance at all.
In any case, they absolutely couldn't start a war with the Cheng Family.
Back then, they had brought people to Qingyang City because they were worried that the Cheng Family would harm them.
However, the people they had brought were clearly useless now.
Since the Cheng Family didn't want to start a war with them, were they going to take the initiative to start a war with them?
At the very least, with so many alliances present, no alliance would have the guts to do so. After all, even if someone dared to do so, it would be difficult for the other alliances to stand on the same side.
Therefore, no one dared to take this risk.
In that case, they might as well make up their minds. There was no need to continue arguing with the Cheng Family.
If the Cheng Family really planned to expand their territory again, the neighboring alliances would definitely be the first to suffer. Even if they had a promise, it would be useless.
If the Cheng Family really didn't intend to annex their territory, they would still be safe with or without this promise.
Therefore, he didn't want to continue arguing like this.
"I am also willing to accept City Lord Zhou's request!" Seeing that the Qinghe City Lord and the Hai City Lord had taken the lead to make a choice, the other city lords also saw the situation clearly and quickly expressed their positions.
"We are also willing to accept City Lord Zhou's request!" Seeing the city lords below making a compromise choice one after another, the city lords who hadn't made a choice were helpless and anxious.
Although they knew that this might really be the only path they could take, this path was really not that good. No matter how much resistance they had in their hearts, no one really dared to stand up and speak up. They could only compromise with the other city lords one by one.
"Since everyone here has made a choice, it seems that I can only choose to compromise too."
In the end, City Lord Wu couldn't help but sigh.
It wasn't until this time that all the city lords expressed their positions. No one objected.
Of course, it wasn't that they didn't want to object, but that they didn't dare to object.
Moreover, even if they objected, it wouldn't bring benefits to their own alliance. Instead, it would bring unimaginable disasters.
As a city lord of an alliance, they obviously didn't dare to make such a decision easily, especially when so many people had already compromised.
Although they had made a choice, none of these city lords were happy. Everyone's expression was very helpless and sad.
Originally, they were also very powerful alliances around them. It had always been them who forced others, but now, they didn't expect that all this would happen to them.
"Everyone, although you have made your choice, I will not ask you to write a promise again.
I only hope that after you return to your alliance, you will fulfill your promise as soon as possible.
Regarding this, our Cheng Family will not send anyone to check on it. However, don't think that this will be fine.
If someone comes to the Cheng Family and says that your alliance's gate is blocked or demands money from those who pass, the Cheng Family probably won't be as easy to talk to as it is now! " City Lord Zhou was satisfied when he saw that all the city lords had stood up and expressed their positions. However, he didn't forget to remind them.
Although they had the strength to take down these city lords, if the matter of the White City Alliance could be resolved easily, why would they need to resort to violence?
"We understand!" The city lords nodded helplessly.
Now that things had come to this, they could no longer change anything. They could only listen to City Lord Zhou.
"City Lord Zhou, in that case, can we leave Qingyang City now and return to our alliance?" City Lord Wu stood up and said.
Originally, they had come to Qingyang City confidently, thinking that with so many alliance forces, everything would go according to their plan.
However, there was always a huge gap between reality and ideal. From the moment City Lord Zhou appeared, everything completely deviated from their original direction.
After a discussion with City Lord Zhou, they didn't accomplish anything in the end. Everything was completely under City Lord Zhou's control.
This showed how much of a failure the discussion had been. What was more infuriating was that because of the Cheng Family's strength, no one dared to object.
Since things had already developed to this point, he didn't want to stay in Qingyang City any longer. He might as well return to his own territory as soon as possible. After completely opening up the pass, he should also think about how to reduce the population loss of his Wu City Alliance as much as possible.
"Of course!" City Lord Zhou nodded.
He couldn't wait for these city lords to return to their territory as soon as possible and open all the gates so that others wouldn't be affected.
"In that case, I'll take my leave first. Everyone, see you again!" City Lord Wu was rather carefree. He knew that everything was set in stone. Without any hesitation, he left the hall after receiving City Lord Zhou's permission, leaving behind a group of people looking at each other in dismay.
"City Lord Zhou, we'll take our leave too!" Seeing this, the other city lords also stood up and said goodbye to City Lord Zhou.
City Lord Zhou nodded and watched them leave one by one.
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