Blue Phoenix Chapter 39 - To Wage War or Not?

As time went by, the lords roamed through the room. Some of them stayed in specific chairs, letting other lords come to them while some roamed through the entire library speaking with virtually every lord as they assembled information and opinions from the various lords.

During this time, Hui Yue stayed at the long table where the conversation started. He knew none of the lords and felt that he was not suited to talk to them. He was not here as a Lord of the Forest; instead, he was here to be the bargaining chip for Wan Qiao. As he sat at the table, he started cultivating his inner energies because trying to listen to what the experts were talking about was impossible. Each and every one of the lords were doing everything they could to lower their voices and only allow those who should know, to know about what was being said.

Being seated at the table, Hui Yue decided that instead of staring at an empty table he might as well cultivate, and his choice of action caused quite a few of the Saints to think highly of him. To be able to cultivate in a room filled with this many Saints, one could tell how strong his willpower was. Most Duke ranked experts would be uncomfortable being in a room with this many high ranked experts. Yet here he was, a young man who had not broken into the King rank, doing just that. He managed to stabilize his mind enough to enter meditation. For him to reach such tranquility showed exactly what many of these experts needed to see, that he was not daunted by the pressure of higher-ranked experts.

While these experts were all feeling positive towards Hui Yue and his talents, not to mention The Art of War provided by the young man, there was still a fraction that was completely and utterly against the notion of waging war.

“I understand that this young man is a god-sent gift to us. I have to admit that waging war is far more tempting now than it has ever been,” a woman said with a quiet, beautiful voice as she was in the middle of a conversation about waging war in one of the many groups formed

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