Wu Shattered Star River

Ninth Lord was generally amiable both internally and externally, making him a better choice for negotiations.

Ninth Lord accepted the task and immediately left the Saint Tower for Baijing City to visit Fan Dongyang.

City Lord Ding and the others did not return; they waited in the Saint Tower for the results of Ninth Lord's negotiations.

Ninth Lord arrived at the courtyard where Fan Dongyang resided. He was very polite and did not teleport directly in. Instead, he asked a soldier outside the courtyard to announce his arrival.

Fan Dongyang quickly came out, bringing Yao Xi to greet him. After politely inviting Ninth Lord inside, Fan Dongyang said, "Old Lu, we are old friends. Why be so polite? Just come right in! This is still the Eastern Region!"

Ninth Lord said with a smile, "A guest is a guest. Brother Dongyang is leaving, how could I not come to see you off?"

Fan Dongyang cupped his hands and said, "Old Lu is too kind. I have no choice this time. The orders came from above, and I can't make the decisions. I hope you understand."

Yao Xi stood to the side without speaking, appearing very well-behaved, but she was listening intently to their conversation.

Ninth Lord said, "Understandable, understandable, but we still hope that Great Emperor Yao Ao can reconsider? After all, cooperation benefits both sides, while conflict injures both. We have a common enemy, do we not?"

"Indeed!"

Fan Dongyang nodded and said, "I think so too. I will definitely persuade His Majesty when I return. The Eastern Region is sincere, I can see that!"

Fan Dongyang emphasized the word "sincere," and Ninth Lord immediately caught the meaning. He said with a smile, "Of course, we have supported each other for so many years, we are naturally sincere."

Ninth Lord changed the subject, turning his gaze to Yao Xi and saying, "Yao Xi, little girl, why don't you stay? Stay at Green Willow Manor for a while? My Xiaoyu likes you very much!"

"Thank you, Grandpa Lu!"

Yao Xi bowed and said, "I would also like to stay longer, but we must return to report. When we have time later, I will come and bother Grandpa Lu again."

"Good!"

Ninth Lord nodded with a smile, then added, "We are indeed busy recently, so I won't chat much longer. You also know that a mysterious expert in the Eastern Region has captured many of our Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators. Old Xiong is getting restless and is preparing to personally hunt him down."

"Oh?"

Fan Dongyang and Yao Xi exchanged a glance, their expressions becoming serious. Fan Dongyang pondered for a moment and said, "Lord Xiong is preparing to take action personally? Does he know… the identity of that mysterious expert? Such audacity, it's normal for Lord Xiong to be restless."

Ninth Lord said, "We still don't know the identity, but Great Lord has already announced that if the mysterious expert releases the seven Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators, he can be forgiven for the past. Otherwise, he will personally take action to kill him."

Fan Dongyang nodded and sighed, "Since this mysterious expert has already taken action, I'm afraid he won't give up easily. Does he have some kind of request for such behavior?"

Ninth Lord said, "To be honest… Great Lord suspects that this mysterious expert might be Zhen Ji! Zhen Ji secretly infiltrated, no doubt to rescue Jiang Han and Ye Wanqiu!"

"Zhen Ji?"

Fan Dongyang and Yao Xi exchanged a glance, both revealing expressions of "perfectly timed" surprise.

Fan Dongyang said, "So that's how it is. We haven't received any news and didn't know that Zhen Ji had secretly infiltrated the Eastern Region. Then Great Lord's intention… would he release Ye Wanqiu and pardon Jiang Han?"

"Great Lord was initially firmly opposed!"

Ninth Lord continued to cooperate in the act, saying, "But after our repeated persuasion, Old Xiong finally agreed to release Ye Wanqiu and pardon Jiang Han."

"But there is a prerequisite: these two cannot stay in the Eastern Region. They must be expelled, and they must be expelled to the Southern Region. If this bottom line is crossed, Old Xiong would rather go to war with Zhen Ji!"

"Expelled to the Southern Region?"

Fan Dongyang and Yao Xi exchanged another glance, their expressions becoming serious. They did not speak, because what they said was not important; they could not make the decision.

"Alright!"

Ninth Lord stood up and said, "I'll take my leave first. When you leave tomorrow, I'll come to see you off."

Fan Dongyang quickly stood up and said, "Old Lu, you are too kind. I'll see you out!"

After Ninth Lord left, Fan Dongyang returned and took Yao Xi into a room with a formation set up. Then, he used the communication formation inside to send a message.

City Lord Ding guessed correctly; the mysterious expert was indeed Yao Ning. Fan Dongyang and the others proposed to leave, but they did not leave immediately. Their purpose was to put pressure on the Eastern Region and force them to release Ye Wanqiu and pardon Jiang Han.

After sending the message, Fan Dongyang and Yao Xi waited in the room. He did not send a message back to the Northern Region, as it could not be done here. He needed to go to the Northern Region's entrance where the secret agents would receive the message and then return to the Northern Region to transmit it.

He only sent a message to Yao Ning. Great Emperor of the Northern Region had already sent orders, letting Yao Ning make all decisions himself, so Fan Dongyang only needed to wait for Yao Ning's message.

Half a day passed, and the communication formation did not light up. Yao Ning did not send a message.

Perhaps he was constantly being chased by several lords and didn't have time to set up a communication formation to send a message back.

However, the Saint Tower received news!

The mysterious expert suddenly appeared in a small city and, in front of everyone, threw out two Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators before disappearing into the sky.

The mysterious expert did not say a word, but his actions conveyed a very clear signal—he agreed to Great Lord's proposal. He first released two Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators to show sincerity.

"Send a message! Tell Old Liu and Old Kou to stop the pursuit!"

After receiving the news, Great Lord immediately arranged for the Saint Envoy to send a message. Since Yao Ning had released goodwill, they had to follow up and express sincerity.

At the same time, Great Lord also arranged for his subordinates to "accidentally" transmit this news to Fan Dongyang.

Fan Dongyang immediately understood and had Yao Xi go out for a stroll, stay at Green Willow Manor, and begin to find excuses to delay leaving Baijing City.

The next day, Fan Dongyang sent someone to inform Ninth Lord that Yao Xi and Liu Fangfei, Lu Yu sisters, were deeply affectionate and wanted to stay for a few days, so they were postponing their return trip, tentatively leaving in ten days.

Many of the lords sneered after receiving the news. Everything was clear, everything was as City Lord Ding had predicted—the Northern Region did not sign a contract with the Eastern Region, and Yao Ning's actions were all to rescue Ye Wanqiu and Jiang Han.

Great Lord ordered the Tribunal to cease the execution of Ye Wanqiu and ordered Third Lord and Fourth Lord to immediately teleport back to convene a Saint Tower meeting to discuss changing the verdict of Ye Wanqiu and Jiang Han.

A day later, all the lords teleported back and convened the Saint Tower meeting. City Lord Ding did not participate and returned directly to Tianyu City.

There were no surprises!

The Saint Tower meeting passed a resolution to change the verdict of the Tribunal, deciding to expel Ye Wanqiu and Jiang Han from the country, forbidding them from ever stepping into the Eastern Region again.