"If the people of your Human Domain Palace are innocent, then are the people of our Azure Mountain not innocent? Your lives are valuable, but ours are worthless? You can kill us whenever you please — is that it?"
"If not for the Ancient Elves, the Dark Hall, the Demon Flood Dragon Royal Clan, and the Four Great Imperial Clans lending their aid today, our Azure Mountain would have been razed to the ground by your Human Domain Palace, and every last one of us would have been slaughtered."
"At that time, who would have shown us any sympathy?" Chu Feng fired off one question after another, his expression extremely agitated. If he could choose, he would have loved nothing more than to kill the shameless old wretch that was the Master of the Human Domain Palace right then and there.
"Young friend Chu Feng speaks the truth. In my view, there's no need for compensation at all — we should simply wipe them out." The Yellow-Crowned Elder of the Dark Hall spoke in a loud voice.
"That's right. We don't want compensation. No matter how much compensation there is, our fallen brothers won't come back to life. What good is compensation? All we want is for the Heavenly Dao Palace and the Human Domain Palace to pay with blood — blood for blood."
At the same time, the members of the Dark Hall, the Demon Flood Dragon Royal Clan, the Four Great Imperial Clans, and Azure Mountain all raised their voices in unison.
Their cries were thunderous, and their killing intent surged to the heavens. These were no idle words — they truly desired to annihilate both the Heavenly Dao Palace and the Human Domain Palace right then and there.
Faced with this situation, the members of the Heavenly Dao Palace and the Human Domain Palace wore expressions of deep distress. Many trembled with fear, for none of them wanted to die, and all of them dreaded death.
"......" Under such circumstances, the Master of the Human Domain Palace was rendered speechless. He had never expected Chu Feng to be so formidable — even more skilled than himself at reading and manipulating the hearts of men.
In a moment like this, the winds of public sentiment were blowing clearly in one direction. Even if Chu Feng had ordered the extermination of both the Heavenly Dao Palace and the Human Domain Palace, no one would have blamed him for it.
Thus, the Master of the Human Domain Palace could only clench his teeth and force out the words as if each one cost him a drop of blood: "Fine. I accept young friend Chu Feng's conditions. We will provide them compensation."
Seeing the Master of the Human Domain Palace submit, Chu Feng merely let out a cold laugh. He had long seen that this man was a coward who valued his own life above all else, so he had known all along that the man would agree. Therefore, Chu Feng did not bother with any further response to the Master of the Human Domain Palace. Instead, he turned his gaze directly to the Master of the Heavenly Dao Palace and asked, "And what about the Heavenly Dao Palace?"
"The Heavenly Dao Palace also accepts young friend Chu Feng's conditions." With the example of the Human Domain Palace set before them, the Master of the Heavenly Dao Palace dared not refuse.
The victor was king; the defeated were bandits. All he could do now was accept his fate.
"If there are no objections, then fulfill your promises now," Chu Feng said.
"Now?" Upon hearing these words, both Masters' expressions stiffened once more.
"Do you have a problem with that?" Chu Feng asked.
"The Emperor Weapons and Half-Emperor Weapons currently in our possession belong to their owners. If we hand them over now, even if they receive them, they won't be able to claim them as their own," the two Masters said in unison.
"You don't even know how to sever the bond? It's fine if you don't — I can help you. It's just that I tend to be a bit rough, and someone might end up dying," Chu Feng said.
Crack—
Hearing this, both Masters immediately clenched their fists tight.
This was a threat — a bare-faced threat. Yet faced with such a threat, they had no choice but to yield.
"Very well. We shall do as young friend Chu Feng says." In the end, they could only submit to Chu Feng's demands.
And so, the experts of both the Heavenly Dao Palace and the Human Domain Palace publicly severed the bonds between themselves and their weapons. The Master of the Human Domain Palace suffered the worst blow, for his palace possessed a total of only six Emperor Weapons, and all six had to be surrendered. Even his own personal Emperor Weapon had to be disconnected. The moment he handed it over, his heart truly bled with every beat.
The Dark Hall's losses were one matter, but when the Demon Flood Dragon Royal Clan and the Four Great Imperial Clans each received two Emperor Weapons and forty Half-Emperor Weapons, their excitement was beyond measure.