Absolute control over the start, I will develop my own immortality

According to the conditions proposed by Venerable Xuanfeng, it is obvious that Wudeju can gain more benefits.

Although Zhou Ming lowered the standard of spiritual land to Jindan, he only maintained a 30:70 split at the Jindan level.

The higher the level, the more the share will tilt towards Jiulong Mountain.

When it comes to the Return to Void level, even Jiulong Mountain has the advantage.

Although there are many Jindan-level spiritual places, there may be only a few Fanxu-level spiritual places.

But in terms of value, one plant of Fanxu elixir could be exchanged for thousands or even tens of thousands of Jindan elixir.

The value between the two is totally incomparable.

This is why Wudeju is giving concessions to Jiulongshan.

The purpose is to make the people of Jiulongshan feel real benefits and satisfaction, rather than just tolerating it for the sake of a temporary situation.

Zhou Ming wants a longer-term cooperation, and they can continue the cooperation even if there is no threat from the Hu family in the future.

Venerable Xuan Feng naturally understood this point.

Although Venerable Shenniu did not have such a long-term vision, he could see the tangible benefits of the conditions proposed by Zhou Ming, even if only for now.

For a moment, a hint of recognition appeared in the eyes looking at Zhou Ming.

"Okay!" Reverend Xuanfeng nodded: "I agree to this condition!"

Once this basic condition is met, the interests of both parties are bound together, and other things will follow naturally.

Jiulongshan immediately stated that it could send people to Tuoyue City to develop trade, and also stated that it would join the city defense alliance and stand firmly on the same front as Wudeju.

Although the entire city defense alliance is now completely dominated by Wudeju, with the joining of Jiulongshan, this may not be the case.

"Also, regarding the issue of sending Return to Void cultivators to guard here... Sorry, we are being targeted by the Hu family right now. The enemy is strong and we are weak, so it is better not to split our forces!"

Venerable Xuan Feng said.

"I have different ideas about this matter!"

Zhou Ming said: "Indeed, the Hu family has two people in the middle stage of Return to Void and two people in the early stage of Return to Void. In terms of strength, they are stronger than us. Facing them, we really need to concentrate our strength to deal with them. However, the two of us are in Tuoyue City, and the three of you are in Jiulong Mountain. Isn't this a kind of division of forces?"

"Feel sorry!"

Venerable Xuan Feng immediately realized his problem.

At present, most of the conditions have been negotiated and the alliance has been basically determined, which means that both parties are already on the same side.

However, in her subconscious, she still separated the three people from Jiulong Mountain and Zhou Ming.

Since we don't want to divide our forces and merge them together, naturally we should treat the five of us as a whole!

The Divine Bull Venerable had been confronting the Heyi Alliance for a thousand years and was quite experienced in this regard. He asked, "The five of us together are indeed very intimidating, but... do you two want to station in Jiulong Mountain?"

Reverend Xuanfeng said, "If that's the case, we in Jiulong Mountain will naturally welcome you. After the alliance is established, Wude Residence will start building a spiritual medicine garden. If you two want to be stationed in Jiulong Mountain, you can just supervise this matter."

Zhou Ming shook his head.

"If you defend too long, you will lose! You two should understand this truth. As the defending party, if the five of us gather together, sooner or later the opponent will find out our flaws, and it will not be conducive to the development of our forces.

The best defense is actually offense. Eliminating the threat from the Hu family is the best way to solve this problem!"

He paused and looked at the two of them.

The two of them naturally understood this principle, but it was a bit arrogant to talk about taking the initiative to attack when facing the Hu family.

First of all, the Hu family is the stronger party.

And they are the weaker party. If the weak face the strong, but take the initiative to attack, isn't that courting death?

Secondly, the Hu family’s roots are not here, but in the south. Now they have only sent a few strong men to investigate.

This is even more difficult to deal with.

Venerable Shenniu felt it was ridiculous, but Venerable Xuanfeng said, "Does fellow Daoist have a way to deal with it?"

Zhou Ming said: "The Hu family has set their sights on the Jiulong Mountains. Their goal is not to destroy them, but to conquer them. If they want to do this, what is the simplest way?"

"Kill us!" said the Divine Bull Venerable.

Zhou Ming nodded: "That's right! In this case, if we all gather in Jiulong Mountain, how should the Hu family respond?

Either they attack Tuoyue City, lure my two brothers away, and then deal with you and share the spoils. Or, they attack Jiulong Mountain directly... However, the latter is unlikely."

If you choose the latter, the battlefield between the two sides will be in Jiulong Mountain.

Although Jiulong Mountain is vast, if the Return to Void cultivators really fight, they can destroy the mountain range.

This is something that neither the three people from Jiulong Mountain nor the Hu family want to see.

Venerable Xuanfeng already understood what he meant: "Daoyou, what you mean is that we all gather in Tuoyue City. In this way, if the Hu family wants to destroy us, they can only come to attack Tuoyue City, right?"

"That's right! Attack where the enemy must rescue, defend where the enemy must attack, that's the truth!"

If everyone gathers at Jiulong Mountain, the opponent may declare war on Tuoyue City or Jiulong Mountain.

The latter is something neither side wants to see.

As for the former... once the other party did this, Zhou Ming and Venerable Yun Jian would not be able to stay waiting in Jiulong Mountain.

By then, we will definitely have to return for help.

It would be better to garrison in Tuoyue City from the beginning.

After starting a war in this way, the battlefield can be led to the south and avoid entering Jiulong Mountain.

"But if this happens, once the war breaks out, Tuoyue City will probably..."

Venerable Xuanfeng hesitated.

Zhou Ming smiled and said, "This city itself doesn't have much value. Now that you and I are in alliance, there will be countless spiritual medicine gardens built in Jiulong Mountain. Compared to this, what is a Tuoyue City?"

Xuan Feng nodded, and then he understood what Zhou Ming meant.

Simply put, Tuoyue City is nothing more than a place for gods to be worshipped.

Even if a war breaks out, if it's destroyed, it's destroyed.

The key is the safety of Jiulong Mountain.

Now that the alliance between the two sides has been formed, there will be countless spiritual medicine gardens in Jiulong Mountain, belonging to Wudeju.

If a war breaks out in Jiulong Mountain, these spiritual medicine gardens will be in danger.

Compared with these spiritual medicine gardens, a Tuoyue City is nothing.

Even if it is destroyed, as long as Wudeju and Jiulong Mountain are still there, it is entirely possible to rebuild a city on the ruins.

"And there is another advantage in Tuoyue City..."

Reverend Xuan Feng's eyes lit up: "You mean... Zhao Yue Pavilion?"

Zhou Ming nodded: "Yes, I'm afraid you need to pay more attention to this."

Xuan Feng understood.

Although the transaction contract reached between Jiulongshan and Zhijinlou was merely for the supply of raw materials.

But who can know it as an outsider?

All they could see was that Jiulong Mountain and Zhijin Tower had been trading with each other for thousands of years. They couldn't say that the relationship was very good, but it certainly wasn't too bad.

And this is the biggest deterrent!

With such a huge deterrent in place, if the Hu family wants to attack Tuoyue City, they have to think carefully.