Daixiaomei, who had been diligently monitoring news from the Korean peninsula after Ao Yuan's departure, found herself increasingly puzzled. In a matter of minutes, Elder Long had called her over a dozen times, each call coming just seconds after the last.
"What could possibly be happening?" Daixiaomei wondered, attributing the flurry of calls to something significant. If nothing major had occurred, Elder Long wouldn't be bombarding Ao Yuan with so many calls.
Realizing this, Daixiaomei quickly searched online for news regarding Da Xia. To her further confusion, the situation remained as it had been. While Da Xia did experience the occasional emergence of minor realms during this period, these were typically resolved by Da Xia's warriors within a day. There were no reports of any other significant events occurring.
"What is going on?" Daixiaomei frowned, desperate to understand. "Could it be related to the Korean peninsula?" she mused speculatively. But then she dismissed the thought, deeming it impossible. If it were connected to the Korean peninsula, Elder Long wouldn't be the one making the calls.
As Daixiaomei pondered, time slipped away. When she finally snapped back to reality, she realized an hour had passed.
"So much time has gone by!" she exclaimed, instantly jolted into awareness. She hadn't forgotten the task Ao Yuan had assigned her and immediately resumed her search for news from the Korean peninsula.
"Just one hour, and the situation in the Korean peninsula has become this dire?" Daixiaomei's eyes widened in horror. Following her gaze, the phone screen displayed a stark headline: "Korean Peninsula Forces Utterly Defeated; Nation Arranging Refugee Evacuation!"
Ring, ring.
At that moment, Elder Long's phone rang again. This time, Daixiaomei didn't hesitate. She quickly grabbed her phone and hurried towards the Dragon Palace, intending to find Ao Yuan.
"Daixiaomei! Daixiaomei!"
"Coming?"
As soon as Daixiaomei's voice sounded, Ao Yuan materialized beside her.
"Daixiaomei, the situation in the Korean peninsula is extremely serious. Elder Long has also been making calls."
Ao Yuan nodded calmly and then took the phone, answering it.
At this very moment, the five-nation conference was ongoing. Han Yibang and John Clisson had been driven to the brink of madness during this period. Han Yibang was frantic due to the urgent crisis in the Korean peninsula, while John Clisson was infuriated because Ao Yuan had done nothing after receiving five hundred billion from him. Five hundred billion! This wasn't a trivial sum; even the wealthy and powerful America would find it difficult to produce such an amount so readily. Especially since, during this time, they had urged Elder Long to continuously contact Ao Yuan, but all calls went unanswered, leaving both men pacing like ants on a hot pan. Han Yibang regretted not agreeing to Ao Yuan's terms earlier. After all, half of his country was preferable to the Korean peninsula being annihilated by monsters from a minor realm.
"It's connected, it's connected!" Just then, Emperor, the leader of North Bear Country, seemed to notice something and shouted excitedly.
Elder Long glanced at his phone, then at the people around him, and replied, "Ao Yuan, the Korean peninsula has agreed." "But Han Yibang says he can't give half, only a quarter! That's their absolute limit!"
After Elder Long finished speaking, Ao Yuan remained silent for a long time. This caused Han Yibang's heart to clench. He quickly urged Ao Yuan, "Ao Yuan, the Korean peninsula is willing to give half of its territory. But you must completely resolve this minor realm incident!"
"Fine!" With those words, Ao Yuan's long-awaited voice finally echoed through the phone to everyone present.
"Hoo... hoo..." Han Yibang sighed in relief. While he was extremely reluctant to surrender half of his territory, he had, at least, managed to preserve the Korean peninsula! He then gestured to Elder Long to relay his message. Elder Long, clearly understanding the gesture, asked, "Then when will you go to provide support?"
"No rush," Ao Yuan replied. "I have a deal to discuss with you."
"Ao Yuan! Our Korean peninsula is in a dire situation!" Upon hearing Ao Yuan's words, Han Yibang couldn't hold back. "Please come and provide support as soon as possible!"
"You better wait!" Ao Yuan said coldly. "If you anger me, and your Korean peninsula is destroyed, I can still take over your land then." Hearing this, Han Yibang was enraged and wanted to retort, but after opening his mouth, no sound came out. If Ao Yuan truly acted upon his words because of this statement, he would die with unbearable regret.
"What deal did you mention?" Elder Long asked hurriedly, seeing this.
"After I suppress the creatures within the Korean peninsula's minor realm," Ao Yuan stated, "how about I cede half of the Korean peninsula's territory to Da Xia?"
"What!" The leaders of several nations present in the video conference were stunned by these words. Their mouths gaped so wide a fist could fit. They then turned their gazes towards Han Yibang. Seeing his grim expression, veins bulging on his forehead, yet remaining silent, they all chuckled inwardly. To resell the Korean peninsula's territory in front of Han Yibang was truly a devastating blow!
"Ao Yuan..." Elder Long pondered for a moment, glancing at Han Yibang and John Clisson. He could no longer afford to offend them and immediately asked, "What are your conditions!" Half of the Korean peninsula's territory was not insignificant, but for Da Xia, it was an opportunity that was too good to pass up. He didn't want to let such a valuable chance slip away.
Ao Yuan asked, "Do you have spirit stones?" He paused, then explained, "Stones that contain spiritual energy!"
"We haven't specifically searched for them, but if you need them, I can arrange a search!" Elder Long replied. "However, we do have items with spiritual energy. Are you interested in those?"
"Yes!" After a moment of silence, Ao Yuan nodded. "In that case, prepare all items that can be found to contain spiritual energy and transport them all to Mount Taibai. I have a use for them!" "The compensation will be five hundred billion and half of the Korean peninsula's territory!"
Hearing this, a few dark lines appeared on John Clisson's brow. However, he secretly took Ao Yuan's words to heart, preparing to dispatch people to search for items containing spiritual energy as soon as the conference concluded. Despite his reluctance to admit it, as Ao Yuan was currently the most powerful individual, if he said they were useful, they undoubtedly held significant value.
"Then, I'll go and deal with the Korean peninsula's territorial issues first!"
...
"Daixiaomei, what do you need items containing spiritual energy for?" Ao Yuan asked curiously within the Dragon Palace.
"Mysterious uses!" Ao Yuan smiled mysteriously and then flew out of the Dragon Palace. As he flew, Ao Yuan's lingering voice echoed in Daixiaomei's ears, "Gather all the beasts belonging to the Dragon Palace shortly. When I return, I have an important task for you all to handle!"