Entering the conference room, the first people who caught my eye were several senior federal officials who were around sixty years old.
There was a hint of surprise in their eyes when they saw Xu Zhi's appearance. Although they had seen Xu Zhi's photo a long time ago and had monitored several transactions with the Federation, the Xu Zhi in front of them was obviously different from what they had seen before.
There are even huge differences from her original photos. It's not that her facial features have changed, but the huge contrast in her temperament and body shape makes her look like a completely different person.
Xu Zhi felt a surge of extraordinary energy when she entered the conference room. With her [Prying Eyes], she could easily tell that this conference room was set up with an anti-peeping formation, which to a certain extent isolated all prying eyes.
It seems that the other party really attaches great importance to this meeting.
After taking their seats, the Federation member wanted to exchange a few pleasantries with Xu Zhi to close the distance, but Xu Zhi was completely unimpressed and began bluntly, "I'm here again to do business with the Federation."
"This transaction is special and requires your presence to make the final decision."
Seeing that Xu Zhi had no intention of exchanging pleasantries, the others exchanged glances and then got down to business: "So, what deal does Miss Xu want to discuss?"
"First," Xu Zhi said, "the original reward for helping you deal with the Archbishop was increased because your intelligence was incorrect. The number of Archbishops increased from two to three, so you need to increase your reward."
"This..." Several people looked at each other in confusion. "Ms. Xu, to be honest with you, the Federation has already spent a lot of money to pay you. Now, adding more... I really can't afford it."
"Besides, we didn't intentionally hide the information about the Archbishop, but we didn't even know about it!"
After listening to this, Xu Zhi felt that the other party was not really unable to do it, but was just using it as an excuse to bargain.
But she did ask for too much at the beginning, and the Federation also suffered a loss.
Moreover, she had known for a long time that there would be more than two archbishops coming in, and that they were not as ignorant as they appeared, but she seized on this point and intended to demand more compensation.
"Of course, I'm not someone who asks for too much," Xu Zhi said. "I'd like to believe that you're not deliberately trying to trick me and that you're unaware of the third archbishop's situation. So, I can halve the reward for dealing with him, but you have to promise me one other thing."
Xu Zhi’s purpose was naturally not to really ask for such a large reward. Anyway, her ultimate move to obtain the core was still to come.
"Please speak." The federal people did not take Xu Zhi's "easy-going" behavior lightly. Instead, they knew that this other matter would probably not be an easy one.
"I demand that the Federation give me the ownership of Yuncheng. Yuncheng will be independent from now on. I also want to publicly declare that Yuncheng no longer belongs to the Federation, but to Xu Zhi personally."
The meeting room suddenly became quiet.
silence.
Everyone looked at each other, then looked at Xu Zhi's expression, as if to confirm whether she was serious.
Then, judging from Xu Zhi's expression, this was not part of the bargaining process. This young girl was serious.
It is not easy to get the Federation to agree to this.
After all, the Federation has always coveted Yuncheng. Now that Yuncheng has opened a gap, there is hope that people will be able to enter and exit freely. At this time, Xu Zhi's request is undoubtedly a blow to the Federation.
"We can't agree to your request."
Sure enough, the old man in the lead refused.
Xu Zhi was not surprised by this. She smiled and said, "Don't rush to refuse."
"I think you should know one thing. Your agreement or not is not very important to me."
"All I want is a clear path forward. In fact, whether you agree or not, Yuncheng is now my private property."
As soon as he finished speaking, the looks of the old men opposite him were clearly a little strange.
Their thoughts were obvious. Even if Xu Zhi's personal strength was unmatched, how could she directly go against the state apparatus?
If we really want to tear our faces apart and mobilize the entire federation, is it still impossible to restrain Xu Zhi?
Dealing with the Archbishop before did make them exhausted and overwhelmed, but that was only because they were concerned about the safety of life and property of the people of the Federation. They did not initiate certain extreme measures, which did not mean that the Federation was really at the mercy of others.
Xu Zhi’s attitude at the moment is indeed a bit arrogant.
Seeing this, Xu Zhi continued in that tone without any tact: "Putting aside my personal strength, the most important reason why you can't refuse me is..."
"I can control who can enter and leave Cloud City."
It was like dropping a bomb into deep water, and the atmosphere in the conference room instantly became boiling.
Just like Zhong Lingfan couldn't control his expression when he heard the news, the same was true for this group of high-ranking officials.
Xu Zhi looked at their surprised and unbelievable expressions calmly. Soon, someone asked in a deep voice, "Is what Miss Xu said true?"
Xu Zhi raised his eyebrows: "Of course, is it necessary to tell such a lie?"
That's true, it's too easy to verify the authenticity.
"Then, could you please prove it, Miss Xu?"
The federal government is not stupid and will not believe whatever you say.
Xu Zhi nodded and took out a wooden sign about half the size of his palm. It looked crudely made and had five words engraved on it: [Yuncheng Pass].
This was done by Xu Zhi who asked the extraordinary people in the residential area to help her with the work for a fee.
The wooden sign was attached with her extraordinary energy, and one wooden sign was enough for one person to enter and exit Cloud City once.
Xu Zhi briefly explained the purpose of the wooden sign, then said, "You can enter or exit from any position. Let's give it to someone to try."
"You can also try to see if you can get in and out by other means to see if I am deceiving you."
Xu Zhi's words were quite confident. With a mentality of half-belief and half-doubt, and even praying that this matter was not true, the wooden sign was urgently sent to the outskirts of Waiyun City.
Soon, everything came to verification.
This wooden sign does have the ability to allow people to enter and exit Cloud City, and it can only be used once.
".How is this done?"
"How can we believe that this is your ability and not something else?"
The Federation's problems arose one after another, and suspicions continued.
Xu Zhi's face showed a hint of impatience: "Don't you have any extraordinary people who can check other people's extraordinary energy fluctuations?"
"Wouldn't it be better to just check to see if the wooden sign contains only my extraordinary energy fluctuations?"
The people of the Federation are not fools, so they naturally thought of doing this. Their current questioning is just an attempt to find out more.
Seeing that Xu Zhi refused to budge, the Federation was also quite troubled. This was the first time they felt that they had no way to deal with such a tough guy.
"Okay, we understand. Can we discuss this?"
Xu Zhi was puzzled: "What is there to discuss?"
"Either you agree and gain entry to Cloud City, or you refuse. No one from the Federation will be able to enter from now on. We in Cloud City will live our own lives."
Seeing that the senior executives looked unhappy, Xu Zhi sighed and said sympathetically, "How about this, ten minutes. Give me an answer in ten minutes."
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