"Let's talk about the Black Turtle Clan first." Qin Beiwang said in a deep voice, "Do you know what conditions they offered?"

Long Long thought for a moment:

"Qi Weihong's promise?"

"That's right." Qin Beiwang sneered, "Qi Weihong promised to share a series of powers with the Dragon Clan after he ascended the throne, and he also made a huge list."

"The elders and I reviewed the list and thought that if it could be fully fulfilled, it would be very attractive to the dragons."

"The prerequisite is that it can be fully fulfilled." Long Long said calmly, "Is there any benefit that can be paid immediately after the signing of the alliance?"

"Yes." Qin Beiwang said briefly, "For example, some trade conditions, intelligence sharing, and the right to develop resources, but compared to the overall situation, they are almost insignificant."

"The Black Turtle Clan is not sincere." Long Long immediately made a judgment, "We don't have the force to constrain Qi Weihong to fulfill his promise after he ascends the throne. If the benefits cannot be paid immediately, then there is no meaning."

"That's what the ancestor meant." Qin Beiwang sighed and said, "We are currently putting pressure on Gui Yan. He seems very hesitant and keeps making concessions on specific conditions. But as mentioned before, he has not given much benefits that can be redeemed immediately."

"This is quite strange." Long Long frowned and said, "From the current political situation, the Xuanwu clan does not have the ability to fight against Qilin and White Tiger at the same time. They must get the alliance of the Dragon clan... But this is completely different from the price currently offered by the Xuanwu clan."

He sorted out the current information in his mind and said:

“There are several possibilities.”

"First, the Xuanwu clan cannot afford these costs."

"Is this possible?" Qin Beiwang asked curiously, "The conditions they have offered so far are far below the upper limit of what they can afford."

"It's really unlikely." Long Long replied, "Unless Qi Weihong has different ideas."

"What do you mean?" Qin Beiwang asked with a frown.

"False promises may be useful to small demon tribes because they don't have enough people who understand politics, but such verbal guarantees will definitely not confuse us dragons." Long Long thought and guessed, "I can only say that unless the Black Turtle tribe despises us too much, they are unlikely to negotiate with us like this - they can expect that bluffing will only anger us."

"You mean, Qi Weihong and the Black Turtle Clan have a disagreement." Qin Beiwang immediately understood, "This Qilin Prince is talented but has little ambition. He thinks that we Dragon Clan don't need to be taken seriously, and he forcefully demands that the Black Turtle Clan listen to him?"

"Or to be more precise, this Qilin Prince Qi Weihong has a lot of objections to me...well, to the fact that I rescued the little emperor from the assassins in the imperial capital." Long Long guessed tactfully.

"If that's the case, then Qi Weihong is really acting on impulse." Qin Beiwang shook his head. "But sometimes, we always have to succumb to such unreasonable bigwigs. What's the second possibility?"

"The second possibility is that the Black Turtle Clan has secretly reached an alliance agreement with the Vermillion Bird Clan." Long Long replied.

"Bypassing us, they want to reach an agreement, right?" Qin Beiwang frowned and said, "But without Dongzhou as a hub, what can they do even if they form an alliance?"

"That's right." Long Long said thoughtfully, "But let's skip this step and think about what they will do next if they form an alliance?"

"If we form an alliance..." Qin Beiwang followed his train of thought and continued, "We in Dongzhou cannot be absent from joining, otherwise the two states of North and South will be separated and unable to bond, so their common goal is to pull us in Dongzhou into the alliance."

“But if the two have already reached an alliance, we won’t be able to wait for a good price.” Long Long reminded.

"Hmm." Qin Beiwang made a sound of sudden enlightenment, "So that's it! This also explains why the Xuanwu clan's offer is so low, because they have already colluded with Zhuniao and it is impossible for them to offer a higher bid."

"Let's talk about these two possibilities." Seeing that the clan leader had completely followed his thinking, Long Long said, "The first possibility means that the real resistance comes from Qi Weihong, not the Xuanwu clan."

"This situation is worse, because Qi Weihong does not have many connections with us. In other words, it is unlikely that his impression of the dragon clan will be changed. Therefore, under this situation, we must not form an alliance with the Xuanwu clan... To be more precise, we must not let Qi Weihong ascend to the throne."

"Yes, that's the truth." Qin Beiwang expressed his great agreement.

How much trouble can an emperor who is prejudiced against a certain vassal bring to this vassal? Without mentioning anything else, just look at everything Qi Weihuan did to Nanzhou during his reign!

Even after Qi Weihuan died, Zhuniao refused to compromise with Qilin, and it even evolved into an all-out hatred between the Feather Clan and the Horn Clan. This is the huge trouble that an emperor can bring.

It might be very difficult for the demon emperor of the Eastern Emperor Realm to accomplish anything big, but it would be too easy for him to disgust the princes.

"But if it's the second possibility, it's not too bad for us." Long Long continued to explain his inference, "It's nothing more than the buyers colluding together and unable to raise the price."

"Yeah." Qin Beiwang said that he completely understood. "We originally had to choose between neutrality and alliance Xuanwu, and see who offers the higher price. Now we don't have to choose, which is good."

"In fact, there is a third possibility." Long Long reminded him tactfully, "If the subsequent Qilin's offer is high enough, it is not impossible..."

Qin Beiwang was a little surprised, because based on the treatment Long Long had received in the imperial capital, he had thought that Long Long would be the one most opposed to cooperating with Qilin.

Very good, you are worthy of being the most intelligent talent of this generation of our dragon clan!

"Well, Long Long, you said it very well. Now the tribe has a task for you." Qin Beiwang thought for a moment and thought that he still had to find out the information about Xuanwu and Zhuniao. Otherwise, the analysis would just be random guesses and would be meaningless. "Aren't you familiar with Gui Ling'er of the Black Turtle Clan and Her Highness Feng Yan of the Zhuniao Clan?"

"Go and build good relations with them, and then find out whether they have reached a secret alliance, and what Qi Weihong's attitude is towards our dragon clan. Go!"

Long Long: ...

How could I have shot myself in the foot again!

Damn it, if I had known that the tribe leader would ask me “What do you think”, I would have answered “Yeah, yes, yes!”

He could only leave the hall dejectedly. He was thinking about how to extract information from Gui Ling'er and Feng Yan while protecting himself from being eaten. Suddenly, he saw Longhu running towards him excitedly.

"Long Long!" She rushed over and hugged Long Long's arm, saying in shock, "I heard from people outside that Feng Yan offered a huge price to the Dragon Clan and asked you to marry into their Feather Clan. Is this true?"

Long Long's eyes turned, and a plan came to his mind. He whispered to Long Hu:

"The clan leader wanted to find out whether the Vermillion Bird clan had a secret alliance with the Black Tortoise clan, so he asked me to curry favor with Her Highness Feng Yan and Gui Ling'er and get them to talk."

"But, but!" Longhu was so anxious that he was about to cry. "Feng Yan obviously has bad intentions towards you, but the clan leader wants you to get her to tell him something. Isn't that like a snake entering an eagle's mouth?"

"No! Let me do this, you can't go!"