Human beings are in a state of deception, and immortality begins with the secret book of origami.

Chapter 399 Mu Lin: King of Donghai, you are not qualified to negotiate with me!

Ji Yu, who was panicked and angry, kept cursing at Mu Lin. The reason he did this was that he felt a crisis - a fatal crisis.

As the losses caused by Mu Lin in the East Sea Kingdom grew larger, the eyes of the King of East Sea looked at him more and more coldly.

Ji Yu had a feeling that his father now wanted to kill him.

The reason why he didn't do so was just because of face issues... The King of Donghai didn't want others to think that he had surrendered and killed his son to atone for his sins under Mu Lin's coercion.

However, although the person was not killed, he has been put under house arrest, and in the foreseeable future, his fate will not be good.

In addition to the King of East China Sea's disgust, what worries Ji Yu even more is the opinions of other clansmen in the King's Palace of East China Sea.

Now, his uncle and brothers, because of the heavy losses they had suffered, were disgusted with him.

At the same time, the King of Donghai was ambitious and valued his reputation very much, so he did not want to reconcile with Mu Lin.

But other people in the Donghai Palace did not have such ambition. They only wanted to squeeze the people's money and enjoy life. They did not want to live in fear anymore.

Therefore, Ji Yu was very afraid that others would no longer want to fight and would hand himself over.

Ji Yu’s worries...are correct.

When many aristocratic families had disloyal intentions and ordinary people heard various propaganda and, with the influence of Lycoris Radiata, felt that the King of East Sea was a foolish and tyrant, the clan of the East Sea Palace also sent people to negotiate a reconciliation with the King of East Sea.

"Tianhai, stop it. If you continue to fight, you will destroy all the wealth of the clan. Then, you will become a sinner of the East Sea Palace. I think this is not the result you want."

"That's right, Uncle Tianhai, there's no need for that. You don't have only one child, Ji Yu. He's not even the legitimate son or heir you chose. It's really unnecessary to squander the family's wealth for such a rebellious son."

"Because of jealousy, the family suffered such heavy losses. No matter where he is or which family he belongs to, Ji Yu will be expelled from the family. Prince, if you protect him to the death, it will only disappoint everyone in the Kingdom of the East Sea."

The most important thing for a superior is to clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments. Even an emperor cannot do things according to his own preferences.

In the previous life, the Tang Emperor was forced to kill Yang Guifei and Yang Guozhong.

Today, Ji Yu has caused even greater trouble than Yang Guozhong, and everyone is disgusted with him. If the King of Donghai continues to protect him, it will only alienate everyone.

The King of East Sea also understood this. In addition, the Zong Zheng in front of him was also an earthly immortal and an important force in the Palace of East Sea. Therefore, the King of East Sea did not drive him away indiscriminately, but explained it to him.

"I have no intention of forcibly protecting Ji Yu. He has caused such a big disaster. Now that this matter is over, I don't care whether that rebellious son is crippled or killed."

"Even after this is over, I have no objection to handing Ji Yu over to you for punishment."

At this point, the King of the East Sea said solemnly:

"What I have been protecting from the beginning to the end is the reputation of our Donghai Palace."

"A Transcendent Monk attacked our door and killed so many people. If our East Sea Palace does not respond strongly, our East Sea Palace's reputation and dignity will be completely lost."

"Without our prestige, do you think the other aristocratic families in the kingdom will still obey us?"

"Do you think they will return our minerals, spiritual fields, and even the city taxes we control?"

"If you don't have these resources, do you think you can still live a good life and practice well?"

Looking at the tribesmen in front of him, the King of the East Sea said fiercely:
"Don't be so naive."

"Everything you enjoy now was taken from other powerful families by force. We are cutting their flesh and bleeding them."

"If we remain strong, then it's fine. But once we decline, those aristocratic families and great sects will never hand over these resources. They will devour them like jackals. Without these resources, all of you will be treated less well, or even nothing at all."

"At that time, our Donghai Palace will slowly decline and die, and our final situation will become the same as that of the Liang Palace."

At this point, the sneer on the King of the East Sea's face became even colder:
"Come to think of it, you don't know the situation of the Liang Palace. Because of the scarcity of resources, all of their clansmen, unless they are three generations of direct descendants, will be expelled from the palace and left to fend for themselves, instead of controlling all the powers of the East Sea Kingdom like you do."

"At the same time, the Liang Palace has very little control over the dragon veins within its territory. Because of this poor control, the Liang Palace can only support one earth immortal (dragon vein earth immortal) in each generation."

"Haha, if you want to cut off your roots and future, I have no objection."

"Anyway, even if you admit defeat and surrender, as a prince, I can still keep my position as an earthly immortal, and my palace will not be short of various resources, but you, just find a way to support yourselves."

"Oh, by the way, the aristocratic families are very afraid of our resurgence. Even if you go out, you will be guarded against and suppressed by the aristocratic families in various ways."

"Those who are confident that they don't rely on the resources of the palace and are not afraid of being suppressed by the aristocratic families can stand up now."

"..." After the King of the East China Sea finished speaking, the person who stood up was naturally... no one.

It can only be said that the King of Donghai is still very capable. His words not only completely reversed the situation of being held accountable, but also threw his anxiety and worry to other people.

Thinking about the disappearance of resource supply and their own fall into poverty, all the clansmen who had come over shuddered.

Life is indeed important, but sometimes, resources and status are more important than life.

Anyone who is not extremely stupid knows that there are countless people from poor families who risk their lives to climb up.

And many times, the poor paid the price of their lives but still could not climb up.

"I will never let our family decline from my hands."

With such thoughts in their minds, their desire to deal with Mu Lin became stronger and more active than that of the King of the East China Sea.

However, some people regained their courage, while others still had doubts.

Like the Zongzheng, he frowned and said:
"Our prestige has been damaged and people's hearts have been scattered. It is indeed difficult for us to be the leader. It would be best if we could kill Mu Lin and restore the prestige of the East Sea Palace. However... can you kill him?"

"No matter how he did it, two earthly immortals have already died in his hands."

"Moreover, after this incident, the Earth Immortals from other aristocratic families will never fight for us again. In this situation, we can only rely on ourselves..."

The Zong Zheng did not say the rest, but the King of Donghai already understood what he meant.

With just them, it would be fine if they could just kill Mu Lin, but if they fail to kill him, Mu Lin will run away or cause even greater damage.

At that time, their situation and condition might be even worse than that of King Liang.

Even if they win, if it is only a narrow victory, they will not be able to maintain their current position.

Only a great victory, a complete victory, can restore their prestige.

But Mu Lin is too strong, they may not win... This is a vicious circle.

"Oh!"

"It's all Ji Yu's fault. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have ended up in this situation!"

Zong Zheng of the East Sea Palace was angry, and the King of East Sea was also hesitant.

He did not want the reputation of the East Sea Palace to be damaged, nor did he have the determination to defeat Mu Lin.

In the end, he chose to find a way to deal with Mu Lin himself and let Zong Zheng talk to Mu Lin.

"Think of a way to deal with Mu Lin while negotiating at the same time...Okay."

The Zong Zheng did not really want to reconcile with Mu Lin. He just did not want the Donghai Palace to suffer any more huge losses, so he persuaded the Donghai King.

At this moment, he found that the King of East Sea's proposal was the best for the Palace of East Sea, which naturally met the wishes of the Zongzheng, so he did not refute it.

Afterwards, the two people who had reached an agreement discussed the conditions and bottom line of the negotiation.

——In order to preserve the reputation and strength of the Palace of the East Sea to the greatest extent, the King of the East Sea drew several bottom lines.

"You can go and negotiate with Mu Lin, and tell him that I will stop chasing him, but he also needs to apologize to my Donghai Palace, and he also needs to return my Shanhe Ding..."

……

The King of Donghai proposed many conditions, but since Zong Zheng was not really loyal to Mu Lin, he not only did not reject the bottom line set by the King of Donghai, but also added a few more conditions.

What is even more natural is that after the conditions of the King of Donghai were conveyed to the Yan and Chu families, Mu Lin did not agree to any of them.

Not only did he not agree, Mu Lin also sneered and said something.

"Tell the King of the East Sea that what he couldn't get on the battlefield, he won't be able to get at the negotiation table either."

"He was the initiator of this war, and he is also the loser. He has no right to negotiate with me!"

"If you want to surrender, that's fine, but you have to put your attitude in the right place... an attitude of apologizing and admitting your mistakes!"

(End of this chapter)