Chapter 1399 - 1399: Casting a Long Line to Catch Big Fish

"Enough!"

"You must be dreaming!"

Many Elders could no longer listen.

Is there no end?

Continuously talking about wanting to kill the Supreme Palace Master in front of us.

It's practically challenging us.

Can this still be tolerated?

"I think you're crazy."

"Actually expecting us to help with the killing..."

The three words "Jiang Taishang" weren't yet spoken when Gong Qing raised her hand to stop them.

"We can take this job."

What?

All the Elders were shocked and looked at Gong Qing.

"But we have a condition."

"What condition?"

Gong Qing calmly said, "After the task is complete, the handover location should remain at our Ice Palace."

King Shi and Prince Yi's hearts tightened, a warning suddenly rising.

Almost simultaneously, they uttered those two words.

"No way!"

Previously bribing Cyan Bear Valley, they already planned to deal with Cyan Bear Daoist Venerable post-success.

This time the Ice Palace is simply too strong, can't be dealt with.

But they are very familiar with this routine.

By assessing themselves, they feel the Ice Palace might have malicious intents.

If by chance after the success, the other party doesn't honor their word and plans to eliminate them while seizing the property, what then?

If the handover is on their turf, wouldn't it be like offering themselves for slaughter?

"Not just the Ice Palace, even Yunmi Dao is no good."

"We'll hand over in other domains, otherwise, the transaction stops here!"

Other domains lack Yunmi Dao's 'strength in numbers' rule, with their Divine skills, even being besieged they can easily break through.

Next, centered around the handover location, both parties began negotiations.

On the Ice Palace side, Gong Qing and Yuan Guang Daoist Saint were mainly involved.

"It's not possible for us to go to your domain either!"

"You don't trust us, how do we trust you?"

"Since that's the case, then let's choose a neutral area neither of us knows for the handover!"

After rounds of eliminating opposition in tug-of-war, the handover location was set at Yuanji Dao.

It's in the border area of the Land of Dao Extinction, a full thirty domains away from Yunmi Dao.

Even in case of danger there, King Shi and Prince Yi can easily retreat toward the Celestial Palace, the road is quite short.

The area's special heavenly rules also 'amplify' the effects of any Immortal Power attack.

Fair treatment, regardless of numbers or professional attributes.

There, both sides suffer no disadvantage; it's indeed fair.

After agreeing, King Shi and Prince Yi bid farewell.

Once they left, some Elders expressed their strong confusion.

"Palace Master, how could you truly agree with them?"

"The Supreme Palace Master has been so good to you; how can you aid outsiders in attacking him?"

"This is simply absurd!"

"They are enemies with Jiang Taishang; they should've been directly dealt with just now!"

"Exactly, letting them go is ridiculous."

But more Elders were not surprised, instead, they all wore knowing smiles.

Yuan Guang Daoist Saint said blandly, "If I'm guessing right, the Palace Master is planning to fish for a big catch by setting a long line?"

Gong Qing nodded.

"Indeed, there's no way I could kill Jiang Taishang."

"That was just a plan to stabilize them."

She glanced at over three hundred Daoist Venerables present.

"To kill Jiang Taishang, the other party has dispatched two Daoist Saints, indicating a powerful hidden force behind!"

"Now killing them is easy, but other enemies won't fall for the bait."

Everyone started to understand.

So it turns out Gong Qing wants to lure them out to capture them all.

"But during the handover, they might not send many experts, how to capture them all?"

"They will."

Yuan Guang Daoist Saint interjected.

"Just now, the Palace Master proposed the handover at the Ice Palace to deliberately scare them, making them suspect we have malicious intentions."

"After they develop this notion, they'll naturally be cautious."

"So at the next handover, they will dispatch a sufficiently strong lineup to ensure safety during the exchange."

At this point, he couldn't help but give Gong Qing a nod of appreciation.

This Ice Maiden's skills may not be outstanding, but her mind is frightening.

It seems she lost by not having her Ice Palace request fulfilled.

But her real aim wasn't that at all.

The moment she proposed the requirement, the other party already fell for it.

The Elders were almost speechless.

Is this even human?

Fortunately, she's on our side; if she were an enemy, we'd be tricked without even realizing it.

But then, the next issue arose.

"But the handover location isn't in Yunmi Dao."

"Right, Yuanji Dao isn't our territory, over there we have no advantage."

If things go this way, luring the snake out the hole might get swallowed instead.

"Given the strength of their lineup, we could be counter-attacked at that time."

"Indeed, this should be thoroughly considered!"

However, Gong Qing wasn't worried in the least.

"Rest assured, we'll surely win."

"Don't forget, we still have Jiang Taishang!"

Lord Jiang's Shengyuan Red Cloud can be effective outside Yunmi Dao; the entire Land of Dao Extinction is our home ground, do I need to say this proudly?

The crowd didn't know her trump card.

But considering Brother Cheng's past record in killing Yimeng Daoist Saint, they suddenly regained confidence.

On the other side, Prince Yi and King Shi also started their discussion upon leaving Yunmi Dao.

"The Ice Palace definitely harbors malicious intentions, we must be cautious!"

"Be cautious? Do we need to be cautious?"

King Shi coldly smiled.

"I wish they'd bring more people at that time."

Prince Yi was taken aback: "Why?"

"That way, we can capture them all at once!"

King Shi proudly said, "In terms of power, a mere local sect like theirs can't compare to our Celestial Palace."

"Outside Yunmi Dao, they're nothing!"

Hearing this, Prince Yi finally understood.

"You're planning to summon several Divine Monarchs to wipe them out at Yuanji Dao, right?"

"Of course!"

King Shi's eyes gleamed with intense killing intent.

"The Land of Dao Extinction is essentially a potential strong enemy of our Celestial Palace; we destroy one at a time!"

"I only hope that at the next handover, their Supreme Palace Master is present."

"Then we'd truly catch the big fish!"

The two glanced at each other and laughed aloud.

As they headed back to the Celestial Palace to gather forces, Gong Qing also went to Taiyuan Hall.

Recently Jiang Cheng has been in seclusion taking medicine, but since this matter involves him, Gong Qing definitely needs to report it.

However, before she even arrived, another message was delivered.

"More Daoist Saints paying a visit?"

"Plus, three of them?"

Not just other Elders, but even she was puzzled.

"What day is this?"

The level of Daoist Saints cannot be slighted; she could only return to gather the Elder Council to meet with them.

This time, appearing before them were Ancient Qi Daoist Saint, Shengjue Daoist Saint, and Dust Owl Daoist Saint from the Evil Immortal Realm.

As if prenatally arranged, these three also changed their appearances, temporarily altered their special aura, pretending to be Immortals from other domains of the Land of Extinction.