The family heads including Lei Ju, Feng Li, Yin Chou, Jin Tiexin, Huo E, Shui Wubo and the young masters including Lei Sha, Huo Xuan, Jin Li, Shui Yin, as well as many elders from various major families, all knelt respectfully on the dock of Wufeng City.
The three old ancestors, Lieyang, Cangyue and Hanxing, as well as all the elite disciples of the three immortal sects and the heads of many super powers in the spiritual realm, stood far aside, with smiles that could not be concealed, looking at the group of ugly-looking members of the Celestial Clan with a happy look.
Chu Tian and Zi Tianzun were dressed neatly, with every strand of their hair combed smooth and shiny. They stood in front of the group of Celestial Clan members who were kneeling on the ground, looking very energetic.
Zi Tianzun smiled condescendingly, raised his chin, and read out the peace treaty he and Chu Tian signed, one by one, slowly and leisurely, as if he was chatting with friends after a meal, without taking it seriously at all.
Luo'er and Chu Tian drafted these terms of the treaty in a cup of tea. Due to the rush of time, there were many mistakes and omissions.
The mistakes and omissions here do not mean the loopholes left for the Celestial Clan to exploit, but that some of the clauses have not been carefully brewed and crafted, and appear to be very rough, harsh, and greedy, giving people the feeling that bandits have come down the mountain to rob innocent people.
For example, the first article directly declared that the Celestial Clan's war against the Fallen Star Ocean was unreasonable, unscrupulous, and against human ethics, and should be punished by both heaven and earth.
This is an immoral and unjust war. The party that provoked the war, that is, the major families of the Celestial Clan, should compensate for all the losses caused by this war - they must release all the spiritual captives, release all the abducted civilian slaves, and at the same time pay high compensation for their lives and property!
As for the specific compensation, Luo'er and Chu Tian didn't think too much about it. They roughly estimated the number of spiritual forces in the first, third, and fifth island circles that were harmed by the Celestial Clan. Luo'er casually said a number, and Chu Tian multiplied it by ten and filled it into the peace treaty.
Zi Tianzun didn't take it seriously and just casually reported the number. The family heads including Lei Ju who were kneeling on the ground broke out in cold sweat and their bodies trembled slightly.
The eyes of several family heads flashed with astonishment, disbelief, and even fierce cruelty!
Such a huge amount of resources, even if it is distributed equally to all the major families sending troops this time, it would still be a huge sum of money that would hurt them greatly!
If it weren't for the strict laws and rules formed by the Celestial Clan over countless years, if it weren't for the innate superior oppression in their blood that made these family heads kneel on the ground and unable to move, there might have been family heads with bad tempers and twisted personalities - people like Huo E who drew their swords and slashed at Zi Tianzun three to five hundred times!
Ancestor Lieyang and the others kept nodding and smiling, and their eyes were full of warmth and kindness when they looked at Chu Tian!
It was incredible. He was indeed the confidant of that noble lady. He chopped her hard with his sword! This astronomical amount of compensation made even the old ancestor Lieyang feel inexplicably shocked!
Such a huge sum of money is enough to make up for the losses even if two or three island circles are completely destroyed, and there will still be a huge surplus!
Obviously, the losses suffered by the first, third, and fifth island circles were less than half of this huge sum of money. After a small part of this huge sum of money was used to compensate the damaged spiritual forces, who would own the remaining huge wealth?
It won’t work if Patriarch Lieyang and the others are unhappy!
And this was not the most demanding clause in the peace treaty. The terms of the peace treaty that Zi Tianzun read out next made the veins bulge all over the bodies of Lei Ju and other family heads. Their lips were trembling with anger and they almost vomited blood!
For countless years, the Celestial Clan has never had such a humiliating treaty!
The joint action of the Celestial Clan and the Spiritual Cultivators against the ancient evil demon that broke the seal, as well as the joint war against the Thousand Eyes Evil Demon, was actually completely led by the Spiritual Cultivators? All actions, including the allocation of troops, logistics supply, etc., were completely in charge of the Spiritual Cultivators?
The Celestials have become cannon fodder? They have become puppets and thugs that can be manipulated at will by the spiritual practitioners?
Doesn't it mean that if the spiritual cultivator in charge of commanding the war does something bad and deliberately lets the elite of the Celestial Clan go to die, they will also jump into the trap helplessly?
Lei Ju suddenly raised his head, and with a thunderous personality, he wanted to roar in protest.
Zi Tianzun simply lowered his head and glanced at Lei Ju coldly. A natural suppression in his blood suddenly came down. Lei Ju, whose strength was more than ten times stronger than Zi Tianzun, groaned and fell heavily to the ground with powerlessness.
The lightning power in Lei Ju's body suddenly became agitated, and the lightning shuttled through his body crazily, continuously making low thunderous sounds. Lei Ju's body trembled a few times, and suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood mixed with internal organs.
Before the sticky blood even hit the ground, it turned into large pieces of tiny electric sparks that bounced around and dissipated into nothingness.
The bodies of many family heads and elders around them froze and their sizes suddenly shrank. They pressed their foreheads to the ground in fear and trepidation, not daring to make a sound.
Especially the leaders of the Five Elements Tribes such as Jin Tiexin, were so frightened that they were like quails and dared not move.
Lei Ju is the patriarch of a superior family. His cultivation is much stronger than theirs, and his bloodline is much more noble than theirs. He was in such a miserable state just by being glared at by Zi Tianzun. If it were them, wouldn’t most of their cultivation be wasted?
"The compensation of the Lei clan will be doubled!" Zi Tianzun smiled and announced the punishment for Lei Ju: "Also, the Lei clan will select 100 daughters of the direct lineage and send them to my palace to serve as eunuchs. Lei Ju, do you have any objection?"
Several dazzling lightning flashed in his body. Lei Ju raised his head tremblingly and forced a smile: "Everything is as you wish!"
Zi Tianzun smiled and nodded, looked at Lei Ju with satisfaction, and continued to read out the other terms of the peace treaty.
The last clause, and the one that was most unacceptable to all the Celestials present, was that in this joint operation, all the spoils of war of the Celestials would belong to the spiritual cultivation lineage.
In other words, in this war, no matter how many sacrifices the Celestial Clan makes or how much they pay, they won’t gain any benefit at all!
All the spoils, including the eyes taken out from the Thousand-Eyed Demon and all the spoils that might be valuable on them, all belonged to the spiritual cultivation lineage - this time, the Celestial Clan was completely reduced to being workers for the spiritual cultivation lineage!
"This..." Several family heads looked up in astonishment. They wanted to say that such terms were unfair to them!
Several elders of the Zi Clan who were standing behind Zi Tianzun took a step forward without saying a word. The superior pressure from their bloodline came down like a mountain pressing down on their heads. All the family heads who dared to raise their heads vomited blood at the same time, and the sound of broken bones could be heard from time to time in their bodies.
"Everything is as you wish!" Everyone lowered their heads and accepted their fate!
The Celestial Clan, after all, is just one of the three supreme clans.
Among the three supreme clans, only the Purple Clan is the most honorable, important, and fundamental!