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Seeing that Bai Jiu agreed, Ling Yi didn't say anything more. She only needed to convince Bai Jiu. As for the Northern Underworld Emperor, that was something Bai Jiu had to talk to himself.

"When are we leaving?" Baijiu asked. "I want to spend some more time with my uncle and the others before saying goodbye."

Ling Yi said, "The Fengzhou Formation can only last for another six months at most. After six months, it will become ineffective. In order to avoid running into those who come to reinforce the seal, we need to leave in advance. Including the journey to the edge of the Yunzhou Sea, we will have to set off in a month."

A month was too rushed, but the more rushed Ling Yi felt, the more serious the problem seemed.

"I understand," Baijiu said. "I'll tell my uncle and the others when they arrive."

"Hmm." Ling Yi didn't say anything more and returned to the courtyard with the white wine.

...

Two days later, the other three major imperial teams arrived in the capital and all entered the palace. After receiving the news, the Dean took Ling Yi and Bai Jiu to the palace.

As soon as Ling Yi entered the main hall of the palace, dozens of eyes turned to him. Most of those eyes were scrutinizing and probing, a few were filled with curiosity and doubt, and some were filled with joy and disdain at the sight of an acquaintance.

Ling Yi ignored those gazes and calmly followed the dean to his seat.

Baijiu was summoned by the Northern Underworld Emperor.

After Ling Yi and the Dean took their seats, Emperor Dongyang said, "Everyone, we have gathered here today for the safety of the entire Yunzhou. Please feel free to speak your mind and share your thoughts without beating around the bush."

“Since His Majesty Dongyang has said so, I will ask directly. Please do not take offense, Miss Ling.” As soon as Emperor Dongyang finished speaking, an old man from the Western Yan Empire spoke up.

Ling Yi looked at the old man: "If it's about the Demon Clan, you don't need to ask me. I'm here today only to tell you about the Fengzhou Grand Formation. As for the Demon Clan..." Ling Yi looked at the white wine.

The man sitting next to Baijiu, who was also the Northern Underworld Emperor, spoke up immediately in Ling Yi's eyes: "The matter of the Demon Clan has been made very clear. The Demon Clan has agreed not to attack us, but on the condition that we have no ill intentions towards them."

"Your Majesty Beiming, have you seen the Demon Clan?" the old man asked at the beginning. "We've been in Yunzhou for so long and we didn't even know they existed. It was Ling Yi who discovered them. We haven't even seen a shadow of them yet, and Ling Yi said he'd negotiated with them. Who did Ling Yi represent in the negotiations?"

"Furthermore, can the demon negotiating with Ling Yi truly represent the demon race?" The old man's every word was filled with doubt: "Is it really wise for us to so easily believe the promises of a sealed race?"

"Ling Yi can represent the Dongyang Empire." As the old man finished questioning, the Dongyang Emperor stated directly: "The Demon Clan was discovered by Ling Yi in the Beiming Snowfield, and the reason Ling Yi went to the Beiming Snowfield was to investigate an incident from thirty years ago for me. The Beiming Emperor also knows about this."

“That’s right.” Emperor Beiming continued, “My daughter Qian Ning accompanied Ling Yi there. Qian Ning saw the demon with her own eyes, there’s no doubt about it.”

"Bei Ming's attitude is the same as Dong Yang's; he is willing to coexist peacefully with the demons."

As the Northern Underworld Emperor finished speaking, the Southern Kite Empress also spoke: "Ling Yi once helped the Spring Kingdom resolve a disaster, saved the young girl's life, and helped her recover her cultivation. The Southern Kite Empire unconditionally supports Ling Yi."

After the three major empires made their statements one after another, the last one remaining was the Western Flame Empire, and the old man was from the Western Flame Empire.

Ling Yi looked towards the Western Yan Empire and saw Yan Wuxin with a helpless expression and Yan Wuxuan with an even colder face than usual.

His gaze swept over the two men and landed on the face of the man in the middle.

Emperor Xiyan remained silent, but since he tacitly allowed the old man to question him, the old man's attitude was his attitude.

Ling Yi chuckled lightly: "Everyone, let me remind you that you do not have the strength to compete with the Demon Clan. If the Demon Clan retreats, you will benefit, not them. If you do not want this benefit, you can give it up at any time. No one is forcing you to accept it."

"As I just said, I came here today only to tell you about the situation of the Fengzhou Great Formation." Ling Yi looked at Emperor Dongyang: "The Fengzhou Great Formation will expire in six months. At that time, the demons will come out, and at the same time, someone will come to reinforce the seal, trapping the people of Fengzhou and the demons together. Their purpose is to make the people and the demons fight each other. This is all what that Demon Lord told me. The reason that Demon Lord is willing to coexist peacefully is that he does not want to fulfill the wishes of the people of Fengzhou."

After hearing Ling Yi's words, Emperor Dongyang frowned and asked, "Did that Demon Lord say why he wanted to seal off the prefecture?"

"I don't know," Ling Yi said slowly. "If Your Majesty is curious, you can wait for them to come out and ask them."

Emperor Dongyang was somewhat suspicious, but since Ling Yi didn't want to talk about it, he couldn't force her to, so he changed the subject: "Can we stop outsiders from sealing off the prefecture?"

Ling Yi said with a serious expression, "If the four great empires join forces and send out their armies, they should be able to barely fill the stomachs of those sea monsters, causing them to give up their attack, thus gaining time to cross the sea, reach the edge of the sea, take one last look, and then be completely annihilated."

Emperor Dongyang raised his hand and pinched the space between his eyebrows, feeling somewhat weary.

Ling Yi continued, "Your Majesty, you shouldn't ask me about this. You should ask the people of the Western Yan Empire. They have experience, after all, their empire has had an outsider before."

Upon hearing this, the old man's expression instantly turned ugly, and the Western Flame Emperor's expression also turned cold, after all, the crime committed by the person Ling Yi mentioned was truly disgusting.

Not only that, Ling Yi's mention of that person also reminded them that the person had died at Ling Yi's hands. The guards had said that the person's cultivation was extremely high, and they were completely helpless against him. If it weren't for Ling Yi, they wouldn't have been able to return.

Ling Yi is extremely powerful.

Remembering this, the old man stopped questioning, and although the Western Flame Emperor's expression was not good, he did not retaliate.

"Is that so?" Emperor Dongyang looked at Emperor Xiyan: "Since you have experience, why not share it?"

Emperor Xiyan suppressed his anger and smiled: "Brother Luoshu is joking. That person's cultivation level is below that of a Spirit Saint. If it weren't for Ling Yi's help, we wouldn't have been able to deal with him at all. If we really need to choose someone to stop outsiders from sealing off the state, then Ling Yi is the only one who can do it."

Ling Yi: "I can't do it. The people of Fengzhou are much stronger than Cheng Xu. I would have a hard time dealing with just Cheng Xu."

"So, it seems we have no choice but to let outsiders seal off the state." Empress Nan Yuan was genuinely considering this matter, her eyes filled with worry as she spoke.

After Empress Nan Yuan said that, everyone fell silent.

They can't even get to the edge of the Fengzhou formation. What else can they do but let Fengzhou be sealed off?

The clearer one's awareness of their own weakness, the more powerless one feels.

Emperor Dongyang's gaze swept over the crowd, breaking the silence: "Why is everyone so downcast?"