Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 1010 Vesa Twilight's Visit
"Dean Liu, our Notting Academy has always been committed to helping others achieve their goals. Since you and Xiaogang are in love, I will naturally not force you to stay."

Dean Notting didn't care that Yu Xiaogang was leaving after the Mainland Elite Tournament, just as he hadn't cared when Yu Xiaogang wanted to return to Notting Academy.

"Thank you."

Yu Xiaogang stared at the paperwork that Dean Notting had prepared. He could leave his job in two months once he signed it, but for a moment he couldn't bring himself to do so.

However, he eventually picked up the pen and signed "Yu Xiaogang" on it, then dipped his thumb in the red mud next to him, leaving a bright red thumbprint on it.

Seeing this, Liu Erlong finally breathed a sigh of relief, put his arm around Yu Xiaogang, and said, "When the qualifying rounds are held, come to my place and get familiar with the environment."

Yu Xiaogang was somewhat embarrassed, but Liu Erlong forcibly dragged him out...

"cough!"

Dean Notting woke up Flander, who was still in a daze, and brought him a chair, saying, "Brother Flander, don't be shy, have a seat."

After saying that, she poured him some tea.

"No! Dean! Just call me Brother Flander!" Although Flander's soul power level was higher than Dean Notting's, he was much more adaptable than Yu Xiaogang.

“You’re older than me, so it’s not a loss for me to call you ‘brother.’ Besides, there’s no one else here, so there’s no need to be so formal. In the academy, I privately call teachers with higher soul power levels than me ‘brother’ or ‘sister.’”

Dean Notting laughed heartily.

"Haha."

Flanders picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "Good tea."

"It's naturally good tea."

"..."

While Dean Notting was awkwardly chatting with Flander to build rapport, two more guests arrived on Zhou Qing's side.

"It's been a long time, Zhou Qing, Tang San, Romantina, and Xiao Wu."

The visitor was none other than Visa.

"It hasn't been that long, has it? We keep in touch every year, don't we?"

Since the end of the last Continental Elite Tournament, Visa had been trying to persuade his father to make contact with the Red Society.

That's why Zhou Qing said that.

Every year, the Heavenly Soul Kingdom purchases large quantities of grain and cold-resistant seeds from Notting City and Holy Soul Village in the wasteland area of ​​the Fasno Province.

"It only happens once or twice a year, isn't that a long time?"

Visa, while picking up his hot tea, blew on it to cool it down, took a sip, and got down to business, "Could the grain and seeds be cheaper? And what about cold-resistant varieties? Are there any better ones? After three seasons, the yield is very low!"

"It's really not going to be cheap. The taxes in the Fasno Province area are much higher than in other provinces within Tiandou. If it were cheaper, the local people would have a hard time. Since our Red Society has already created a good living environment for the local people, we can't let them suffer."

Despite knowing Visa, Zhou Qing would never compromise on price.

"The people of my Heavenly Soul Kingdom are also ordinary people!" Seeing that Vesa was somewhat at a loss, Mu Bing spoke up for her, saying that the people of the Heavenly Soul Kingdom also had a hard time.

“How about you relocate your entire country to the Fasno Province? There are large areas of undeveloped forests and land on the western side of the border between the two empires, and we are short of people there,” Zhou Qing joked.

To everyone's surprise, Visa actually started thinking about it and nodded, saying, "That is indeed a good idea."

"Ahem!" Mu Bing glared at Vesa, sighed helplessly, and said, "President Zhou, please stop joking. Let's talk about the price of the grain seeds."

“Cultivating cold-resistant grain varieties is quite troublesome.” As the person in charge of grain variety cultivation, Tang San is the most qualified to speak on this matter. “The price can only be reduced by a maximum of 10%.”

In fact, in terms of profit, even if the price is halved, the profit can be more than ten times. However, the Equatorial Guinea is currently in a stage of rapid development and needs money in all aspects. How can it slow down its own development speed for the benefit of other countries?

That doesn't make sense!

Therefore, they could only make life difficult for the people of other kingdoms, and thus incur infamy—

It seems they can't bear the burden either.
Despite Mu Bing's flowery words, Zhou Qing and Tang San refused to budge, so she sighed and said, "One part is fine, one part is acceptable."

Even a slight decrease is better than nothing.

Then, Visa brought up another matter, saying, "Are you aware that the Star Luo Empire is going to wage war against the Heaven Dou Empire?"

"Although there is no news on the mainland, the birth of Haotian, the return of Tang Chen, and the existence of the 'Netherworld White Tiger' in the Star Luo Empire, and now the appearance of the Evil Eye Saint King... If I were the emperor of the Star Luo Empire, I would also be unable to resist launching a war of unification."

Zhou Qing picked up his teacup, moistened his throat, and exhaled, "However, for the Star Luo Empire, the Spirit Hall and our Crimson Society are uncertain factors."

But the uncertainties don't just extend to the Spirit Hall and the Crimson Society.
The same applies to the various kingdoms and duchies within the Tiandou territory.

Even the lords of provinces and cities directly under the jurisdiction of the two great empires might harbor ulterior motives.

They might declare themselves independent kings or emperors, or betray their allies and defect to the enemy...
In short, war is a high-stakes gamble. Once it breaks out, it's either a swift annihilation of the enemy and unification of the continent, or a protracted war that continues until the people on both sides can no longer survive and the soldiers are weary of fighting, at which point it will naturally end.

Mu Bing was surprised by Zhou Qing's insights into the war, but also admitted that what he said was true, and said: "War is indeed about to break out, and Emperor Xue Ye is also considering internal stability. The Crimson Society is an unstable factor, and the various kingdoms and duchies within the territory are also unstable factors."

so--"

"Seeking cooperation?"

Zhou Qing put down his teacup and looked directly at Mu Bing. "Your Heavenly Soul Kingdom intends to launch an attack on the Heavenly Dou Empire while the war between the two great empires is about to break out?"
Then please don't contact us.

Unless Emperor Xueye marches on the province of Fasno, Chi will not participate in any war. At most, he will settle the refugees who have fled there and secretly provide some weapons of war to forces in need.

Visa's eyes widened: "You sell weapons?!"

Mu Bing was speechless: "Then you can be considered to have participated in the war."

"We are just the manufacturers of weapons. What the buyers do with the weapons is none of our business."

It's impossible for someone to buy a knife, kill someone, and then for the victim's family to cause trouble for the blacksmith who sold them the knife, since they can't find the killer. That doesn't make sense.

As Zhou Qing chatted and laughed, he glanced at Tang San.

The latter understood immediately and took out the Zhuge Divine Crossbow (non-soul guide version) from the Moonlit Pavilion on the twelfth floor, and took out a steel plate with a thickness of more than ten centimeters for testing.

Pulling the trigger, sixteen arrows made of fine iron shot out, instantly piercing the ten-centimeter-thick steel plate.

With a wave of his hand, Zhou Qing caused the sixteen arrows to stop in mid-air and not advance any further before slowly landing on the table.

"this!"

Mu Bing is incredible.

Besides being amazed by the power of the Zhuge Crossbow, they were even more shocked by Zhou Qing's ability to casually catch sixteen fine iron arrows from a distance!

The moment the arrow shot out of Zhuge's crossbow, even she could barely see the afterimage!
(End of this chapter)