1354 She Couldn“t Lose!
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! The snakes were being whipped back.
Even Lord Card was also suddenly attacked. He was forced back to his original position.
At that moment, the icy throne Ling Lan sat on had ten intimidating tentacles flailing around it, creating an indomitable image to the people below. Along the tentacles, there were slit-like openings that had teeth in them. In that moment, the tentacles currently had their slit-like mouths open savagely and it would drool from time to time. As the drool fell onto the floor, it would create a sharp hiss before quickly corroding holes on the ground.
‘What a terrifying sight!’ The five lords got vigilant when they saw the tentacles.Lord Zhen stood there frozen like a statue. He had seen Lan Xiao’s space domain concept and ice element concept. Now, he was showing a plant based concept? He was now completely confused. What was his actual domain concept? Or perhaps he had three different domains concepts?
Lord Zhen shook his head to get rid of the ridiculous thought out of his mind. Logic told him that it was impossible. However, what was before his eyes made him doubt himself. What was even happening? He could now only hope that Lord Qian and Lord Kun could give him a logical answer to these series of ridiculous events. Otherwise, he would actually doubt the knowledge he acquired in the past. If that were to happen, it would damage the foundation of his domain concept, which would be really bad for his progress into god-realm.
“It seems Mr. Lan Xiao has many trumps cards up his sleeve,” Lord Kan, who hadn’t made any remarks, finally said his first few words. A guarded look appeared in his eyes. If they were afraid of the Rainbow Raiders in the beginning, then they were also now somewhat afraid of Ling Lan as well.
“I wouldn’t dare to come and stay in the Lawless Lands if the Emperor didn’t have confidence in me to do so.” Ling Lan smiled lightly. While he said that, pride and confidence oozed out of her demeanour.
It seemed like Lan Xiao was probably the most prized underling of the Emperor of the Soul Society. Some of them even suspect that Lan Xiao might be the Soul Emperor’s son or grandson. Only those who had the full backing of a strong organization would be able to show such a confident expression.
The five lords all made this judgment in unplanned unison. The reason they came to the rainbow palace wasn’t because they had made a decision. Instead, they were trying to probe Ling Lan. If Ling Lan’s behavior was off by even a little bit, they would determine that taking Ling Lan out wouldn’t cause the Soul Society and the Rainbow Raiders to react. If that was the case, the five of them would definitely cooperate and kill Ling Lan on the spot. However, Ling Lan’s uncanny behavior made her hard to read.
The five of them looked at each other with suggestive glances, in the end, Lord Zhen spoke up, “Lan Xiao, as long as the Soul Society keeps its promise by only taking Lord Gen’s territory, not cause problems or start wars and open trade routes to the Lawless Lands, we will not take offense for the previous Lord Gen’s death.”“No problem,” Ling Lan said without hesitation. Since she was about to succeed, she wasn’t going to back down.
“When will the shipment of supplies arrive?” Lord Holy suddenly asked in a serious tone.
The other four lords all looked towards Ling Lan, waiting for her response.
Ling Lan raised her eyebrows. She knew that this was one of the tests for the other lords to accept her as one of them. If she was to say that she couldn’t supply them supplies, it would reveal that her position in the Soul Society wasn’t as high as she behaved. At the same time, it would show them her cooperation with Rainbow Raiders wasn’t on the best of terms. Once they believe they could bear the negatives of killing her, the other lords would definitely make a move on her life.
“When do you want it to arrive?” Ling Lan smiled lightly, looking as if she was very confident.
“One month!” Lord Kan said without hesitation.
“You are purposely making it hard for me…” Ling Lan had a helpless look on her face. “Even if I report this to the Emperor now, from preparation to communicating with the mercenary world and shipping it here, it would be impossible without at least three months. The Lawless Lands is too far away from the center of everything.”
“If you depart from the closest nation near the Lawless Lands, just one month should be enough,” Lord Kan said plainly.
“You think we’re so stupid to expose where the Soul Society is stationed?” A look of mockery showed on Ling Lan’s face, mocking them for doubting her intelligence.
If they actually import supplies from the closest nation near the Lawless Lands, that territory would instantly become useless. With that intelligence, that nation’s government would immediately move out all their forces to wipe out all of the Soul Society influences in their territory.
“Since we’re going to cooperate, you need to show your sincerity.” Lord Kan’s attitude was quite clear. If the Soul Society wanted the lords to accept them, the Soul Society must accept their conditions.
“If we were to give up a stable territory for an unstable territory… Do you think the Soul Emperor will agree to that?” Ling Lan half-smiled. “If you want to cooperate peacefully, don’t bring up such unrealistic conditions.”
The two of them met each other’s gazes with neither of them wanting to let up. The atmosphere instantly turned tense and it seemed as though a battle was going to ensue.
“It’s just supplies, isn’t it? Lan Xiao’s words make sense, so we should give him some time. However, the Lawless Lands is currently in dire need of more supplies, so the faster the better. How about this? We will meet in the middle. How about two months? If we see the supplies in two months, we won’t interfere with the Soul Society doing anything in Lord Gen’s territory. If the supplies don’t arrive in two months, then sorry, we will take back Lord Gen’s territory and ask the Soul Society to find somewhere else to settle,” Lord Zhen spoke up. He had a determined look on his face with the meaning that the terms were not for discussion.
“Is that a promise?” Ling Lan raised her eyebrows and asked.
“Yes, it’s a promise and condition from us,” Lord Zhen said without hesitation.
Ling Lan’s eyes brightened, and after a few seconds, she responded, “Alright, I will notify the Emperor.”
“Alright, we await your good news.” After saying those words, the five lords disappeared from sight.
After waiting quietly for a while, Ling Lan confirmed that the lords had left. Then, she said plainly, “Come out.”
A silhouette appeared in the main hall of the palace. His expression was somber while his eyes had a look of worry that he couldn’t hide.
At the same time, the dancing tentacles suddenly disappeared. Then, a little white ball jumped out of thin air. It was Little White. Those tentacles were created by Little White. Its tentacles seemed to have evolved because it had devoured the cores of the four poisonous insects.
“Two months? Where are we going to get them those supplies?” Li Lanfeng steeled himself and forced the low spirited feeling he had into the back of his mind as he spoke out the biggest problem they had at hand.
Ling Lan closed her eyes with an exhausted expression. Although she only spoke with the five lords for a short amount of time, every sentence and expression was still the results from her careful consideration and practice. Maintaining such a high-state of concentration, it was really taxing to her mind.
Looking at the tired Ling Lan, Li Lanfeng felt heartbroken. He walked behind Ling Lan and slowly caressed the side of her head, hoping it would help her feel a little better.
“We’ll let Tian Fang, Luo Lang and the others go back once to find Qi Long to deal with it,” With a steeled expression, Ling Lan forced those words out of her mouth, even though it made her feel useless.
“Will there be enough time?” A back and forth trip, in addition to the time spent on gathering supplies, was already difficult in three months, not to mention how the 13 Lords only gave them two months to work with.
Ling Lan clenched her fists until her nails dug into the palms of her hands. She really didn’t want to drag too many people into this. However, now it seemed that couldn’t be avoided.
“If Luo Chao fuses with Jialan, it can be done.” In the end, she still dragged in her two little sisters. However, she was already at this step. She couldn’t just lose like this!
