In terms of state of mind and scheming, Feng Tianwei is naturally far superior to Feng Hengkong.
But the prerequisite for psychological warfare is that the other party does not know your background, otherwise you have already lost before it even begins.
Feng Tianwei was like this, but he didn't realize it. Because even in the Phoenix Divine Sect, there were only a few people who knew that the Phoenix God was dead.
"Conditions? Haha, you are indeed the Grand Master of Phoenix Sect. You are really smart and straightforward, much better than you, the useless son who inherited the position of the Sect Master. Not only did I not do such a ruthless thing before, but I gave you opportunities again and again. The first thing I did every time I came was to take the initiative to negotiate with your Phoenix Divine Sect, and the negotiation conditions were clearly listed. Unfortunately, you guys kept giving me face and didn't care!"
“Now, you are the ones who are taking the initiative to negotiate with me.” Yun Che narrowed his eyes, and stared at Feng Hengkong with a mocking gaze like a bayonet: “Feng Hengkong, I really feel sorry for those Phoenix disciples, princes, elders, and grand elders who were forced to death by your stupidity!!”
“You!” Feng Hengkong gritted his teeth, almost spurting blood. To this day, he could no longer help but admit with great sorrow that… he, the dignified Phoenix Sect Master, the Divine Phoenix Emperor, had been completely defeated in front of Yun Che.
From the first day, he appeared as a weakling, and proposed a condition that he knew the other party would never agree to, and would instead treat as a joke... Then he gradually revealed his strength, and every time he revealed a little, he would propose conditions that were even more unacceptable to them, and make them mistakenly believe that that was the limit of his strength...
He did take the initiative to negotiate and put forward conditions every day. But every time he put forward conditions, it was clear that they were deliberately unacceptable! And when they were forced to accept, the conditions he put forward would be even more unacceptable to them...
His revenge was not only to make them die or get hurt... but also to make them tremble, feel fear, humiliate, and regret...
And all of these, just as Yun Che wished, were fiercely pressed upon Feng Hengkong’s soul.
Although, these were all deliberately created by Yun Che, but the loss of dignity, the collapse of Phoenix City, the death of the Fourth Prince, the death of the Fifth Elder, the death of Feng Tianqing and Feng Tianyu... were all caused by his repeated failure to agree to Yun Che's requests! !
But now, facing the danger of genocide, they have no choice but to actively seek negotiations!
All the deaths before were in vain!
This kind of hatred, regret, and fear had caused Feng Hengkong's heart to twitch in pain countless times, almost breaking into pieces.
Feng Hengkong knew that this was Yun Che's cruel revenge on him, and he had succeeded completely. At least right now, Feng Hengkong was feeling a thousand times more pain and humiliation than death.
In front of Yun Che, he was completely defeated, and even in terms of profound strength, he was far inferior. Feng Tianwei faced him in person, and his back was covered with sweat, and he, the Phoenix Sect Master... did not even have the qualifications to face him directly.
“What conditions did Yun Che mention before?” Feng Tianwei turned sideways and asked Feng Hengkong in a deep voice.
Feng Hengkong pressed his palm against his chest and said calmly with all his strength: "He wants us to withdraw our troops within a certain period of time, pay compensation of 30 billion purple profound coins, and make amends to the Blue Wind Nation. The apology edict must be hung on the city wall for at least ten years. And..." Feng Hengkong gritted his teeth fiercely: "And he wants us to cede the entire Red Qiong Region to Blue Wind, and also wants Xi Ming to abolish his profound skills and be a hostage in the Blue Wind Imperial City for a full fifty years!!"
“…” Feng Tianwei’s brows furrowed. Compensation, apology, cession of territory, hostages… Each and every one of these was an unprecedented humiliation in the history of the Divine Phoenix Nation. Each and every one of these conditions was trampling on the five thousand years of dignity of the Divine Phoenix Nation!
“Grandfather, Ximing may not be powerful, but at least he is the Divine Phoenix Prince! Even if I die, I will never accept this humiliation! I, the Divine Phoenix, cannot accept this humiliation!” Feng Ximing shouted in a trembling voice. Undoubtedly, he was afraid that under such heavy pressure, Feng Tianwei would really agree to Yun Che’s conditions. He was originally the Divine Phoenix Prince, but if his profound skills were really abolished and he went to the Blue Wind Imperial City, then for the next fifty years, he would spend every breath in unimaginable humiliation.
Even if he could return to Shenhuang alive fifty years later, he would have become a cripple and it would be impossible for him to still be the Crown Prince of Shenhuang. When people saw him, they would only think of the humiliating history that was nailed on his back.
“Yun Che, if these are the conditions you proposed…” Feng Tianwei’s eyebrows tilted into a “V” shape: “Do you think there is a possibility that my Divine Phoenix Sect will agree to them!!”
“Oh no, no, that’s not it.” Feng Tianwei was about to release the pressure and anger that he had secretly gathered, but Yun Che’s smiling denial came to his ears, which made him slightly stunned. In contrast to Feng Tianwei’s cold and hard face, Yun Che’s expression was relaxed: “That was just the condition yesterday. Your son should know very well that today’s conditions are not likely to be the same as yesterday’s!”
“Hiss…” Feng Hengkong’s lips were trembling. The memories of the past three days hovered heavily in his mind like a nightmare. Each time was more terrifying than the last, with the pain, resentment, roaring, regret, and humiliation piling up one after another…
Thinking back to the first day, Yun Che was so kind that he was like the reincarnation of the most benevolent living Buddha in the legend.
"What do you mean?" Feng Tianwei's brows sank even deeper.
“Father…” Feng Hengkong opened his mouth, but it took him a long time to make a sound. Finally, he raised his fingers, condensed the fragments of memories of the past few days into profound energy, and transmitted it to Feng Tianwei’s heart and soul.
All of a sudden, everything that Tian Feng Hengkong had experienced when facing Yun Che appeared clearly in Feng Tianwei's mind without omission. His expression did not change, but his eyes shook violently...
What shocked him was not Yun Che’s scheming.
Rather, their intentions and methods are more heartbreaking than those of the devil and more vicious than those of a poisonous snake.
His age... is he really only twenty-two?
“Haha, Grand Master, there’s no need to be nervous. Although I, Yun Che, am not a kind person, I believe that I have shown the greatest kindness in my life to you, the Divine Phoenix Sect!” Yun Che said with a faint smile. Anyone in the Divine Phoenix Sect would think his words were a joke. Only he knew that he meant what he said without compromise. “The opportunity was wasted by your own arrogance and stupidity. No one else can be blamed. However, the Grand Master showed up in person and took the initiative to step back. As a junior, I naturally have to give him some face. So compared to yesterday, I will only make three minor changes today.”
After reading the memory fragments sent by Feng Hengkong, Feng Tianwei had completely understood that Yun Che was not only difficult to deal with... He was now negotiating with a real devil. He raised his head slightly and said in a calm tone: "Tell me, which three places."
"First, the compensation will be changed to 50 billion purple profound coins! It will be delivered to the Blue Wind Imperial Family within 30 days, not a single cent can be lost!!"
“Five… fifty billion!” The faces of the Phoenix elders, who were completely unable to accept the ten billion that Yun Che had initially proposed, twitched. Feng Ximing gritted his teeth and growled, “Yun Che, stop daydreaming!”
“…Just keep talking.” Feng Tianwei said in a low voice.
“Second…” Yun Che’s eyes swept over Feng Ximing, causing his entire body to tense up suddenly. “Yesterday, I proposed that you, the Divine Phoenix Crown Prince, should come to visit my Blue Wind Imperial Family. I didn’t expect that you would scare the honorable Crown Prince so much that he would pee and shit. It really makes people feel sorry for him. If he were to become insane after being frightened when he arrived at my Blue Wind Imperial City, that would be too ugly.”
“Yun Che, you!!” Feng Ximing’s face turned dark, and he wished he could tear Yun Che into pieces with his mouth.
“So it’s better for this Divine Phoenix Crown Prince not to go to my Cang Feng land. But there must be people visiting my Cang Feng Imperial City…” Amid the frightened eyes of everyone, Yun Che’s gaze fell on Feng Hengkong: “Then let the current Phoenix Sect Master do it for you.”
“Disable all of Feng Hengkong’s profound skills, follow me back to Blue Wind Imperial City, and kneel in front of my father Emperor Cang Wanhe’s tomb for a hundred years!”
“Not even a day less!!”
Yun Che's words undoubtedly struck a thunderbolt in the hearts of everyone in the Divine Phoenix Sect, causing all of their faces to change drastically. Their chests were about to burst with anger, and even the ten fingers of Feng Tianwei's hands could be heard making loud sounds like metal breaking and bones shifting.
Before they could roar in anger, Yun Che’s voice continued: “Third, starting from this year for two hundred years, your Divine Phoenix Empire will pay tribute to my Blue Wind Imperial Family every year at least one billion purple profound coins, thirty thousand kilograms of purple crystals, five hundred thousand kilograms of black iron and black stone, five thousand swords forged with Phoenix Fire, and five thousand sets of armor forged with Phoenix Fire!”
"And every ten years, the number increases by 20 percent."
"It can only be more, not less!!"
~! @#￥%…………
Even if Feng Tianwei had thousands of years of state of mind and self-restraint, at this moment he still wanted to point at Yun Che’s nose and curse.
The faces of everyone in the Phoenix Sect had turned dark blue, uglier than if they had swallowed 100,000 kilograms of dog shit. Even though Feng Tianwei tried his best to suppress his anger, his voice could no longer remain calm, and instead began to tremble violently: "Yun... Che! I took the initiative to give in to you because you saved Xue'er, so don't... go too far..."
He simply couldn’t find any words that could describe his emotions at the moment… The four words “too much bullying” were simply not enough to vent even a shred of his anger at Yun Che!!
“You’re going too far?” Yun Che’s eyebrows sank, and his smile turned extremely cold: “A total of 50 million lives of my Blue Wind Nation have been destroyed because of you! Countless people have been displaced and are in hell… For these, let alone a mere 50 billion Purple Profound Coins, even if it’s 500 billion or 5 trillion, don’t even think about saving a single life!!”
"Fifty billion in compensation is not excessive at all!!"
“The late Emperor Cang Feng, who is also the father of my wife Cang Yue and me, Emperor Cang Wanhe, has always been in awe of you, the Divine Phoenix, and has never had any hatred or even disrespect. Yet you put him to death… As the emperor of the same country, my father was cruelly killed by you, and Feng Hengkong, who deserved to die even more, I never said I wanted his life, I just asked him to atone for his sins of just a hundred years, is that too much!!”
"Since Cang Feng was founded a thousand years ago, I have been paying tribute to your Divine Phoenix Empire for generations, for a whole thousand years, without missing a single year! Now that you, the Divine Phoenix, have trampled on my Cang Feng to this point, I only ask you to pay tribute to my Cang Feng for a mere two hundred years... How can this be too much!?"
“Feng Tianwei, please explain to me, is it me who bullied your Divine Phoenix too much, or your Divine Phoenix who bullied my Cang Feng too much!!”
When the last sentence fell, Yun Che's voice had already stirred the entire Phoenix City, and dust rose up everywhere, deafening and trembling.
“Yun Che, you don’t have to argue with me.” Feng Tianwei’s eyes were stern, and veins on his forehead bulged: “I, the Divine Phoenix, can give the 50 billion purple profound coins as compensation to the Blue Wind Imperial Family without a cent less, and even the Crimson Jade Region can be ceded to you, the Blue Wind! But this is the last bottom line that I, the Divine Phoenix, can tolerate. As for the rest…”
“You don’t have to waste your breath talking to me about these useless nonsense.” Yun Che sneered mercilessly: “You only need to tell me whether you agree or not, and you have no right to bargain.”
“Not at all!!”
Every word of Yun Che's words was like thunder, leaving no room for any leeway.
“Grand Master, neither our Divine Phoenix Empire nor our Divine Phoenix Sect will ever be trampled upon and humiliated like this!” the fourth Phoenix elder shouted.
"We have the protection of the Phoenix God. If he really wants to destroy Phoenix City, the Phoenix God will definitely show up. Every word of this evil creature is a daydream!!"
“Yun Che, just wait for the punishment and wrath of Master Phoenix God!!”
"Shut up, everyone!" Feng Tianwei waved his hand suddenly, causing a gust of air to explode. In the minds of the Phoenix elders and disciples, the Phoenix spirit was still alive in the world, so although they were extremely angry, they were still confident enough in their hearts because of the existence of the "ancestor Phoenix God". The mental pressure on Feng Tianwei, Feng Hengkong, and Feng Ximing was undoubtedly thousands of times greater than theirs.
Only they knew that what they were facing now was most likely a truly catastrophic disaster.
If it really comes to that, the destruction of Phoenix City is just the starting point. The chain reaction caused by the exposure of the truth that the Phoenix God is dead will be the most terrifying.
Therefore, no matter what, Yun Che must not be allowed to sink the Destruction Domain.
But the conditions he proposed...how could I agree to them!!
“Very good, very good indeed.” Feng Tianwei glared at Yun Che, his entire body trembling slightly. At this point, the only thing he could rely on was to use the “Ancestral Phoenix God” to intimidate Yun Che: “What if I don’t agree!”
“That’s really great!!” There was no hesitation or disappointment at all. Instead, Yun Che’s face showed an excited expression, as if he was eager for Feng Tianwei to respond like this: “Then let this Phoenix City disappear from the world forever!!”
“Hahahaha!” Feng Tianwei raised his head and laughed wildly: “I really don’t have the ability to counteract your flame domain. But do you really think that you can destroy Phoenix City with just this little power of yours! I just said that although our ancestor Phoenix God rarely appears in the mortal world, if you dare to sink that domain, it will affect the safety of Phoenix City, and Master Phoenix God will definitely show up! With Master Phoenix God’s power, it only takes a moment to completely eliminate this destructive domain and you from the world!”
“Okay! Then I will blast down this destruction field right now, and let me see what your so-called ancestor Phoenix God of the Phoenix Sect looks like!!”
Feng Tianwei had never dreamed that Yun Che would not be frightened or hesitate in the slightest when he called out “Ancestor Phoenix God”. Instead, his aura surged violently, and his entire body was ablaze with flames, as if he was about to blast the domain down directly.
“Stop… Stop!!!!” Feng Hengkong roared with all his might, his voice hoarse and ferocious. Yun Che’s actions almost made the three of them lose their souls.
Boom boom...
The sound of the riot of mysterious power came from the sky like thunder, and the red-gold field slowly rolled like a sea of magma covering the sky. The temperature of the already extremely hot air increased sharply again, and an aura of doomsday fiercely obscured the entire Phoenix City.
Under Feng Hengkong's terrified roar, Yun Che's arm movement suddenly stopped. Although the destruction domain was turbulent, it was not sunk by him. Yun Che lowered his eyes and said with a sneer, "What's wrong with Phoenix Sect Master? You are protected by the great Phoenix spirit. Not only can I not harm Phoenix City by sinking this domain, but I will also seek death. Is Phoenix Sect Master thinking about my life?"
Yun Che's voice, eyes, and aura were all very clear and firm. At this point, Feng Tianwei finally began to feel that Yun Che seemed to have known the truth about the death of Phoenix God...
Otherwise, how could he be so decisive and calm facing the "Ancestral Phoenix God" who had absolute deterrence over the four holy places!
If this was really the case, then his last bargaining chip against Yun Che would be gone.
“Yun Che,” Feng Tianwei closed his eyes, and his voice became long and slow: “Do you have to be so cruel?!”
“Ruthless?” Yun Che’s icy sneer was his response: “If I had come back one day later, there would no longer be a Blue Wind Nation on this Profound Sky Continent! Anyone in this world can say these two words in front of me, but you, the Divine Phoenix… are the only ones who don’t have the qualifications!”
Feng Tianwei: “…”
Boom boom...
The purgatory in the sky was churning more and more violently, and hot and chaotic air waves were constantly rushing down from the sky, especially at the edge of the domain, where the boiling red-gold flames had begun to slowly sink. Yun Che looked up, narrowed his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "This destruction domain is only the second time I have used it in my life. Both times, I gave it to your Phoenix Divine Sect. Feng Tianwei, you should have almost felt it. The remaining power I have now can no longer maintain it in this state for too long. In at most another sixty breaths, it will be completely out of my control. By then, I will not be able to take it back even if I want to."
"That is to say, I can give you at most sixty breaths of time... to choose to survive or perish!"
The air was so hot that ordinary people would die if they touched it, but Feng Tianwei, Feng Hengkong, and Feng Ximing felt as if they were falling into an icy cave. The Phoenix elders also began to realize that something was wrong, and all their eyes were focused on Feng Tianwei, not daring to say a word.
“Grandfather…” Feng Ximing looked at Feng Tianwei’s back, his face pale and bloodless. He would never have thought that Yun Che, whom he had ignored back then, would actually control the life and death of his Divine Phoenix Sect in just three years.
“Father…” Feng Hengkong shouted weakly, then slowly stretched out his right hand, and silently pressed the palm of his hand on the core of his profound veins…
Just as he was about to release his profound strength, an extremely familiar aura heavily touched his soul, causing him to raise his head as if he had been electrocuted.
Almost at the same moment, Feng Tianwei, Feng Ximing… everyone’s eyes were focused on the same spot.
Yun Che's expression also suddenly froze at this moment...
………………
"Brother Yun... is it... you...?"
A dreamy girl's voice came from behind him, as soft as clouds and like the sobbing of the wind.
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