NOVPUBChapter 934: Chapter 496 Attitudes from Various Parties_2 Chapter 934: Chapter 496 Attitudes from Various Parties_2 After this, the territories of the two great Golden Core Families of Wei Kingdom were essentially determined, with the Lin Family controlling seven mountain ranges and the Chen Clan reaching nearly twenty.
As the territorial distribution between the two major families came to an end, Lin Tianming and some others made small talk for a while. 𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑝𝘶𝘣.𝑐𝘰𝘮
During this period, Lin Tianming also discussed the specific details of the exchange with Lu Xingfeng.
From the timing of the territorial handover, the specific circumstances of those subordinate families, to the additional millions of spirit stones needed for the exchange, many details had to be finalized.
As time moved forward, half an hour had passed.
Following thorough discussions, Lin Tianming and the others reached an agreement with Lu Xingfeng that he would soon make a public announcement, revealing the details of the territory exchange between the Lin Family and the Zhenyang Sect.
This was also to personally affirm the authenticity of the exchange and recognize the Lin Family’s control over those few mountain ranges.
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Additionally, the specifics of the handover were to be gradually completed within the next year.
Including Qianchuan Market—aside from a small number of lofts and caves that continued to belong to the Zhenyang Sect—all other business control went to the Lin Family.
And significantly, the third-order defense array in Qianchuan Market was also exchanged by the Lin Family for hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, a rather low price.
On this matter, it must be said that Lu Xingfeng was quite generous, aware of what the Lin Family currently lacked the most.
Thus, he was not stingy in this regard, which made Lin Tianming very grateful and excited.
With these agreements in place, the Lin Family’s profit distribution was largely complete, with only the issue of quotas for the Tianfeng Wind Secret Realm remaining.
As for this matter, the Lin Family already had prior agreements to obtain twenty slots in the Tianfeng Adverse Realm.
Although Zhou Yunxiao and Lu Xingfeng did not mention it now, it would ultimately have to be finalized.
Therefore, Lin Tianming did not bring up this matter, planning to wait until all profit distributions were concluded to discuss the Tianfeng Wind Secret Realm quotas.
Thus, Lin Tianming and the others did not leave immediately but continued to stay as observers.
During this period, Zhou Yunxiao and Lu Xingfeng also distributed the remaining benefits, from third and fourth order treasures to the vast territories left by the Golden Sword Sect, all in front of members of the two great families.
This also served as a witness to prevent any party from reneging later, thereby avoiding unnecessary conflicts.
Under the witness of Lin Tianming and his cohort, Zhou Yunxiao and Lu Xingfeng fiercely debated, each fighting for greater benefits on behalf of their respective sects.
After an hour, the two great sects finally reached an agreement.
Following this, of the remaining ten-plus fourth order treasures, the Zhenyang Sect obtained four, and Myriad Medicine Valley obtained six, with the total value being roughly equal.
Regarding the territory left by the Golden Sword Sect, beyond the sixteen mountain ranges divided between the Chen Clan and the Lin Family, the remaining mountain ranges were taken by the Zhenyang Sect, thirty-six, and Myriad Medicine Valley, thirty-one.
Additionally, following discussions between Lu Xingfeng and Zhou Yunxiao, eight mountain ranges near the West River Li Family were handed over to control by the Li Family, which suffered heavy losses in the great battle.
This action was also seen as both major forces compensating the Li Family to avoid antagonizing cultivators paying attention to these events.
After all, at this time, almost all major families and loose cultivators of Wei Kingdom were monitoring this issue.
Both great sects had promises with the Li Family, who indeed had contributed significantly in the great battle, with Li Wenhe even perishing.
It can be said that the Li Family’s contributions to both sects were substantial.
Although the Li Family was not given any third or fourth order treasures, providing them with more territory and supporting the Li Family cultivators was seen as beneficial.
Otherwise, if no benefits were actually provided, even if the Li Family didn’t dare to cause trouble due to the great difference in power, it would surely incite the anger of the Li Family Cultivators.
Moreover, once all major families and loose cultivators became aware of this matter and saw the two great sects burning their bridges after crossing, it would definitely anger the cultivators and the sects would lose their credibility.
If that were the case, recruiting them in the future would be impossible; no one would trust them anymore.
Given this, the benefits that the Li Family received were something the two great sects dared not be too excessive with.
As all these immediate benefits were finalized, Lin Tianming finally spoke up, bringing up the quotas for the Tianfeng Wind Secret Realm.
And Zhou Yunxiao, without wasting words, immediately produced the token from the Golden Sword Sect that controlled the secret realm and handed it to Lin Tianming.
Following that, according to prior agreements, the Lin Family obtained twenty quotas for the secret realm, and the Chen Clan obtained five quotas.
Additionally, thanks to the efforts of Lin Tianming and Chen Maohua, the Li Family also obtained three secret realm quotas.
Although there was a discrepancy from the agreed number, it was still better than nothing.
Lin Tianming and Chen Maohua did this also intending to support the Li Family as much as possible, fulfilling their duty as fellow clan cultivators.
Besides this, they had a deeper motive for their actions.
Considering that Zhenyang Sect and Myriad Medicine Valley were overly powerful, both the Lin Family and Chen Clan needed to form alliances with other forces to collectively deal with threats that could possibly arise from the two major sects.
Although everything was calm at present, the future was unpredictable, so precautions were still necessary.
In Lin Tianming’s eyes, families with too little strength were of no use, but the West River Li Family was a good choice.
Although the Li Family currently lacked Golden Core Stage combat power, it was ultimately a Golden Core Family and had been around for two thousand years.
As the saying goes, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse!
The Li Family also possessed dozens of Foundation Establishment Cultivators, not to mention their considerable territory and properties, making their overall strength the unchallenged first among the Foundation Establishing Families of today.
One could say that the Li Family still possessed significant potential.
If a Golden Core Cultivator were to emerge in the future, the Li Family would once again be able to join the ranks of top forces.
By that time, recalling the help offered today by the Lin Family and Chen Clan, and with subsequent support, they would likely side with the Lin Family and Chen Clan’s alliance.
These were the reasons Lin Tianming and Chen Maohua strenuously argued.
Fortunately, after their efforts, they had reached their goals and the matter had come to a successful conclusion.
With the distribution of interests concluded, the major powers were quite satisfied; at least there were no obvious conflicts.
Soon after, Zhou Yunxiao and Lu Xingfeng brought up the matter of the three major sects of Huangyang Kingdom and asked for opinions from the Lin Family and Chen Clan.
Regarding this matter, Lin Tianming and his people along with Chen Maohua had already made some predictions and speculations.
Judging by the attitudes of Zhou Yunxiao and Lu Xingfeng, they too seemed hesitant, not wanting the state to pursue accountability from the Three Great Powers of Qingyun Sect to avoid provoking more intense contradictions.
However, during this crisis, to have the three sects of Huangyang Kingdom exploiting the situation had resulted in the loss of more than twenty mountain ranges’ influence, a severe blow.
In their view, this undoubtedly added insult to injury.
If it were not for the unexpected emergence of the Lin Family, the outcome could have been dire.
Looking back at the situation then, had they been destroyed by the Golden Sword Sect, it would have been too late for anything.
Fortunately, luck was on their side and the timing of the Lin Family’s appearance was crucial; they managed to smoothly get through the crisis.
Given the foundation of Myriad Medicine Valley and the Golden Core Sect’s might, naturally, their anger had not subsided.
Thus, they were not inclined to let this matter pass easily.
Although Lin Tianming and his group did not show much reaction, they felt the same way internally.
After all, the process of this great battle was indeed fraught with immense danger.
The Lin Family had also nearly been annihilated by Xu Zhi of the Qingyun Sect, with Lin Shikang and others sustaining serious injuries.
Now that the Lin Family had finally recovered, if they didn’t even let out a peep, it would appear far too humble.
Thus, Lin Tianming opened his mouth and said, “Esteemed daoists, this time the three sects of Huangyang Kingdom exploited our troubles, bringing no small loss to Wei Kingdom’s various forces.”
“We have now recovered some Yuan Qi, and if we do not inquire, they will certainly think that our forces in Wei Kingdom are too cowardly.”
“As such, their bullishness will only increase in the future, they might even oppress us, or perform a full-scale invasion of Wei Kingdom.”
“By that time, Wei Kingdom might not have any peaceful days!”
“Moreover, in my view, we should still send some top combatants to pursue accountability from the Three Great Powers of Qingyun Sect.”
“Of course, overly provoking these major powers is not our intention.”
“What we need to do is merely show our stance to make them restrain themselves, but try our best to avoid radical actions to prevent an escalation into a larger war.”
“Especially since Wei Kingdom has just regained stability, our major forces have also suffered significant losses, and it really isn’t easy to start a major conflict which could lead to a comprehensive escalation of the situation.”
With these words, Lin Tianming analyzed the current situation from multiple angles.
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