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"The envoy from Jiulong Mountain, 'Xuan Tong', greets His Excellency, the Heavenly Lord."

Xuan Tong is a fox demon who has reached the late stage of the Spiritual Transformation Realm. Although he has completely transformed into a human form, he has retained the characteristics of fox ears and tail, proving his identity as a demon.

He was very polite and did not seem shabby in a meeting place.

"Haha," Zhou Ming said with a smile, "Time is tight, and I just showed up today. I'm afraid the three Taoist friends from Jiulong Mountain don't know my name yet. The two characters 'Wu De' are exactly my name."

Xuantong felt relieved.

Coming here as an envoy at this moment, he can be said to be shouldering a heavy responsibility.

Wudeju defeated Heyimeng. Although it was a good thing for Jiulongshan, it also meant that they had a new neighbor whom they didn't know at all.

What kind of temperament this neighbor has and whether they will live in peace or be hostile to each other in the future are all unknown questions.

Xuantong came here just to test the attitude of the owner of Wudeju.

Then, based on this attitude, decide your response.

If Zhou Ming's attitude is friendly, then naturally he treats you well.

But if Zhou Ming was extremely rude, then with the background of Jiulong Mountain and the strength of the three Return to Void Realm people, they would naturally not be afraid at all.

Now, Zhou Ming called him "fellow Taoist" and took the initiative to say his own name, which was obviously showing his goodwill.

This is a good thing for Jiulongshan.

The struggle between Jiulongshan and Heyi League was entirely due to the blood feud accumulated in the past.

There is no other reason besides this.

There are not many interests involved.

Tuoyue City is a place that only has a geographical advantage. Its spiritual energy is not as abundant as that of Jiulong Mountain, so it is naturally not taken seriously by Jiulong Mountain.

For Jiulongshan, it doesn’t matter whether or not this city is occupied.

Even if they conquered it, this piece of land would not bring them much benefit.

Now that the Alliance has been destroyed, the hatred will naturally disappear as well.

Jiulongshan naturally does not want to fight with Wudeju, which now occupies this city.

That's something that will not benefit you at all no matter who you win or who you lose.

"The words of the venerable one should be remembered."

Xuan Tong said: "The monks of the Heyi League were all demon hunters in the past. They killed countless people of Jiulong Mountain for profit. The blood feud will never end! Your Excellency has now destroyed the Heyi League to help Jiulong Mountain avenge this hatred. Jiulong Mountain is grateful to you.

To express our gratitude, Jiulong Mountain is willing to give you many land deeds in Tuoyue City. I hope you will accept them."

"Hahaha,"

Zhou Ming smiled and said, "We dealt with the Heyi League only because the Heyi League had no moral principles and wantonly plundered the cargo ships of Wudeju. It had nothing to do with Jiulong Mountain. Therefore, Jiulong Mountain does not need to thank us for this.

Within Wude Residence, humans and demons live in harmony. As they are all intelligent creatures, they are judged only by their abilities, not by their race.

Tuoyue City is a city where humans and demons live together, and it should be like this in the future. Although Jiulong Mountain is a demon clan, as long as you follow the rules and don't violate them at will, this city welcomes any intelligent creatures!"

Xuan Tong's body trembled.

This is no longer a hint, it is a direct statement.

"As for these land deeds... let's take them back."

"Your Excellency, this..."

"That's it, see you off!"

Seeing this, Xuan Tong had no choice but to accept the deeds and leave.

"After so many years, Jiulong Mountain has saved one third of the entire city..."

Yun Meng muttered, "My Lord, you have lost so much profit this time."

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "One third of the land? It looks big and tempting, but in fact, it's just chicken ribs."

The most important thing in the spiritual world is not the land, but the land and resources rich in spiritual energy.

If there is a large spirit stone mine under that one-third of the land, then Zhou Ming will definitely occupy it without hesitation.

But it doesn't.

That one third is just land.

The concentration of spiritual energy is not very high, and there are no special assets.

In other words, the Heyi Alliance, which has no foundation, would set its sights on this piece of land.

Jiulongshan occupied that land in order to curb the development of the Heyi Alliance.

In fact, they don't care about this land at all.

They don’t care, but Zhou Ming cares?

Even if we take over this land, what can we do with it in the future?

The most you can do is open a shop, do business, or collect some rent.

But Zhou Ming is not bragging, with his background, how much money can't he make?

The one-third of the city occupied by Wudeju will become the most prosperous area in the city in the future. Even if it is just doing business and collecting rent, the profits obtained will definitely be dozens or hundreds of times that of Jiulongshan.

If you think about it this way, you will find that the land is of no use to Zhou Ming at all.

Moreover, Zhou Ming destroyed the Heyi Alliance. As Xuan Tong said just now, his action helped Jiulong Mountain eliminate a great enemy.

Jiulongshan therefore owed someone a favor.

If these land deeds were collected, it would be equivalent to Jiulong Mountain using these deeds to repay Zhou Ming's favor.

That was a favor owed by a powerful force with three Return to Void masters. How could it be offset with these useless things?

"Besides, these lands are in the hands of Jiulong Mountain. They certainly won't just abandon them."

Zhou Ming said: "Even if it is really abandoned, when we make this city prosperous in the future, they will naturally send people to manage the land and earn spirit stones.

At this time, we can let some members of the Mo Ming Palace come to the city to take charge of business. Then..."

"Then, we help them build their business, and they can use this as a chance to gain merit and move into the upper echelons of Jiulong Mountain!"

Yun Meng laughed and said, "My Lord, you are too insidious!"

Zhou Ming smiled.

Actually, it's just a casual move.

His main reason for not accepting those land deeds was that he didn't want the favor from Jiulong Mountain to be offset so easily.

As for the latter, whether or not it will happen in the future and whether or not it is possible to do so, we can only wait and see.

"However, in order to express their goodwill, Jiulongshan will probably sell off a large amount of their land. You can also buy some. But remember, only buy two or three places with good terrain, don't buy too much.

It would be best to sell some of the land of the Heyi League... especially those remote places. We should sell all of them. We are short of manpower, and I don't want to place precious manpower in places that are not important at all and can't earn a few spirit stones."

Zhou Ming said: "I suggest you study the four overlords of Tianheng City and learn their style of doing things. Why are there so many forces in Tianheng City besides the four overlords? Is it because they don't have the power to take over the entire city?"

Yunmeng nodded, looking very serious.