"Hmm? To make Xiaoyan Zone surrender? When did Xiaoyan Zone have any conflict with Yin Zong Zone?"
Hearing this, Li Qi was stunned for a moment.
He didn't even consider whether it was because Yin Chuan had discovered his true identity.
If Yin Chuan had discovered that his true identity was the Lord of the Dixu Realm plane, he wouldn't have the guts to cause trouble for Xiaoyan Zone.
The only possibility for Xiaoyan Zone to inexplicably surrender was that someone in Xiaoyan Zone had provoked someone from Yin Zong Zone. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
But at Li Qi's subconscious question.
Xu Tianzong shook his head slightly.
"That's not the case. How would our Xiaoyan Zone dare to have any conflict with a behemoth like Yin Zong Zone?"
Immediately, Xu Tianzong slowly explained the cause and effect of the matter to Li Qi.
Decades ago, under Yin Chuan's leadership, the plane lords of Yin Zong Zone had successively harvested and subdued all the regions that had attacked Yin Zong Zone at that time.
Subsequently, the plane lords of Yin Zong Zone returned to Yin Zong Zone with a large amount of resources to recuperate.
In the past few decades, powerful figures in Yin Zong Zone had emerged like mushrooms after rain.
Even in Yin Zong Zone, apart from Yin Chuan, the strongest plane lord's cultivation had reached the peak of Hedao.
This period of recuperation stopped more than ten years ago.
One day, more than ten years ago.
In Yin Zong Zone, many plane lords joined forces and, under Yin Chuan's leadership, went to other regions around Yin Zong Zone.
A few days later, no major battles broke out.
But the strongest individuals of the regions that Yin Chuan had visited all spoke in unison.
From now on, they were willing to surrender to Yin Zong Zone and follow its lead.
At that moment.
All the cultivators who heard the news were astonished.
At the same time, they understood one piece of information, which was... that the only plane lord in the Tribulation Stage in Yin Zong Zone wanted... all the surrounding regions.
As expected, next, with Yin Chuan's appearance.
Even if some people were unwilling in their hearts, under Yin Chuan's absolute power,
Countless strongest individuals of the regions eventually expressed their willingness to surrender.
During this period, there was indeed a small number of strongest individuals of the regions who refused to submit and wanted to resist.
But it was of no use. For those cultivators whose cultivation was only at the Hedao stage.
Yin Chuan, with just a casual point of his finger, caused those who attempted to resist to spit blood and be seriously injured.
Then, the speed of surrender in the surrounding regions accelerated, and the voices of dissatisfaction and resistance decreased.
After all, for Yin Chuan, the resistance of Hedao stage cultivators, except for Li Qi who had beaten him, was meaningless.
And more than ten years later.
Even though Xiaoyan Zone was quite far from Yin Zong Zone.
The plane lords of Yin Zong Zone still came to Xiaoyan Zone, found the overt strongest individual, Xu Tianzong, and spoke to him about surrendering, asking him to consider it for a few days and give them an answer.
Thus, during these few days, Xu Tianzong hurried out of his Xiaoyan Realm and came to the Dixu Realm to ask Li Qi for his opinion.
Should they surrender, or... resist?
Regarding this, Li Qi's expression was thoughtful, and he began to ponder.
For him, Yin Chuan was originally his subordinate.
If he truly didn't want Xiaoyan Zone to surrender, it would only take a word.
But if he were to approach Yin Chuan and ask for Xiaoyan Zone not to surrender, it would inevitably make Xiaoyan Zone, this peculiar anomaly, too conspicuous.
This was not what Li Qi wanted to see.
Compared to "the tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind," Li Qi preferred to go with the flow, to be an ordinary person in the crowd, not attracting any attention.
"What are the conditions for surrender?"
Li Qi raised his head from his contemplation and asked Xu Tianzong.
Hearing this, Xu Tianzong quickly replied, "If we are willing to surrender, then from now on, every ten years, the 'region' as a unit, will have to pay a certain amount of resources to Yin Zong Minor World."
Paying resources?
In simple terms, it was paying protection fees.
Li Qi's eyes remained unchanged, and he soon said.
"It's just paying a certain amount of resources every ten years. Since that's the case, then surrender. After all, as a Tribulation Stage expert, even if we do our best, we probably won't have the strength to resist. If we surrender peacefully."
Li Qi's words were not opposed by Xu Tianzong at all.
As for Yin Zong Zone, the region with the sole title of Tribulation Stage expert, how could a cultivator like Xu Tianzong, who hadn't even reached the peak of Hedao, dare to resist?
In Xu Tianzong's own estimation, if Yin Chuan really wanted to, he could crush him with a single finger.
The reason he didn't directly agree to the surrender demands from the plane lords of Yin Zong Zone was that he knew Li Qi was the strongest person in Xiaoyan Zone, and he needed to consult with Li Qi before making a decision.
"Fellow Daoist Li also thinks so? Then I, Xu, will go back and give those fellow Daoists from Yin Zong Zone a reply."
Xu Tianzong said, and after a brief chat with Li Qi about other matters, he left directly.
Watching Xu Tianzong's figure quickly disappear, Li Qi withdrew his gaze.
Keeping himself hidden had its advantages.
If the resources Yin Chuan demanded were too outrageous, he might have really had to reveal some information to discipline Yin Chuan.
But even with the restrictions he had placed on Yin Chuan, there was no need to worry about Yin Chuan betraying him.
However, it would still make Yin Chuan guess his relationship with Xiaoyan Zone.
But if it was just a matter of demanding some resources, it would be convenient.
He didn't lack anything else, but he had plenty of resources.
From now on, he only needed to play the role of an ordinary plane lord of a region under Yin Zong Zone, who had surrendered.
Perhaps even Yin Chuan himself would never have dreamed that...
The person who had beaten him up and set many restrictions on him had so easily surrendered to Yin Zong Zone in this act of submission.