Rebirth: City Sovereign

Don't even mention greetings, there wasn't even the most basic of knocking etiquette. Just as Bishop Arianna was halfway through speaking, the previously closed conference room's door was kicked open by someone in an extremely crude manner.    

Seeing this scene, even the temperamental high ranking Bishop and high ranking cultivators couldn't help but frown within the meeting room, revealing displeased expressions.    

"Is he here?" On one side, Lear stands up from the obsidian conference table he had prepared earlier. He turns his head and looks at the door.    

Standing there were all kinds of pagan clan leaders with different appearances and shapes. The moment Lir saw those clan leaders, he began to count them in his mind.    

one, two, three    

It just so happened to be twelve of them, not a single one was missing!    

In the silence, the leading middle-aged man stroked his thick beard with one hand as he looked around at everyone in the meeting room. He spoke with an extremely heavy and hoarse voice as he coldly spoke.    

"Heh, you guys are really relaxed. Send an invitation and have us come all the way from the other side of the Lanya Star, yet now, we don't even greet you. So this is how your Flower Man Clan treats its guests?"    

When the Bishop Arianna heard this, he immediately bowed towards the chiefs and replied respectfully.    

"Clan leader Shan Lao, please forgive us for not welcoming you at a distance."    

"Hmph." The middle-aged man called Shan Lao harrumphed, and without saying anything further, he sat down on a chair on the other side of the conference table. He placed his feet on the conference table, with his nose facing the sky, as if the people opposite him owed me five million.    

Immediately after, an old man whose hair was as messy as seaweed, and a middle aged man whose limbs were all tree trunks sat on Shan Lao's left and right sides. Finally, the other nine clan leaders all sat down.    

From the beginning to end, Ye Kai did not say a word, coldly sizing up these foreign races.    

It seemed that the first three to take their seats were the heads of these foreign clan leaders.    

Beside Ye Kai, a young Bishop understood tacitly, and whispered into Ye Kai's ear.    

"It's the Mountain Rock Clan's clan leader, the Chieftain of the Sea Arena Clan, and the Mu Li Clan's clan leader. They are the opposition to the Mother Saint, and have been strongly opposing from the very beginning."    

"Just because of this, we even had a few conflicts with them. Quite a few cultivators in the Flower Man Clan were severely injured."    

But before Bishop could finish speaking, at the opposite side of the two, Patriarch Shan Lao snorted and rudely interrupted them.    

"If there's anything you want to say, start right away. Don't jabber on over there."    

The young Bishop was instantly silenced.    

Thus, the layout of the conference table was very clear.    

Seated on the left were Ye Kai, Lear, Ya Si, Bishop Arianna and two other young Bishop. The other Flower Clan cultivators were standing behind them in unison.    

As for the one seated to the right, it was naturally the Mountain Cliff Clan's Clan Chief, Shan Lao led the twelve other Clan Chiefs who opposed the Mother Sage.    

Exhaling slowly, Bishop Arianna looked at the heads of the other clans and said.    

"Since the Mother Saint has met with misfortune, let me be the representative for the Sparkling Garden for the time being."    

"I believe that the various Clan Chiefs are aware of it. Just a few days ago, Mother Saint was killed by a traitor, and his soul has already returned to his home."    

"The murderer, I don't need to say anything. Everyone should know who it is."    

"The Twelve Saints, huh?" On the right side, an unremarkable non-humankind chief spoke with a heavy expression.    

But Patriarch Shan Lao's face was filled with disdain, and said while snorting.    

"Why do you have to make it sound like she died because of Lanya Star?"    

"Bringing the matters of the Twelve Saints to this planet, from the beginning, this is your fault, right?"    

After Shan Lao finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room fell again.    

In the silence, the Bishop and the Cultivator all could not help but frown and suppress the anger in their hearts. However, in order for these foreign races to sign a contract with their Sparkling Garden and activate the Flower of Planet system, they had no choice but to tolerate it.    

Moreover, some of what Clan Leader Shan Lao said was indeed correct.    

While suppressing his emotions, the Bishop Arianna continued to speak.    

"Even though Mother Saint is dead, I wonder when her invasion will come again."    

"Before the Mother Saint died, she left behind her most precious legacy, the Flower of Planet System."    

While she was speaking, a Bishop stood up from her seat and placed a printed document introducing the Flower of Planet on the table in front of the patriarchs.    

"The Flower of Planet system is a top tier Defensive Formation that can cover the entire Lanya Star. According to the Mother Saint, as long as all the foreign races on the Lanya Star work together, they can activate the Flower of Planet system and defend against the Twelve Saints's invasion."    

While casually flipping through the documents with one hand, the Shan Lao Patriarch grinned and said.    

"Oh? That sounds good. "    

Seeing Shan Lao like that, Bishop Arianna's eyes lit up, and said excitedly.    

"Mn, because of this, I, on behalf of the Mother Saint, beg all clan leaders, to sign a contract with our Sparkling Garden."    

In the next second, Shan Lao extended his right hand and tore that pile of documents into pieces in front of everyone.    

"Crash."    

Looking at the shattered pieces of paper on the ground, Bishop Arianna's face was gloomy, for a long time, he was unable to say a word.    

Not only that, the Chieftain of the Sea Progenitor Clan, the Chieftain of the Mu Li Clan, and the rest of the clan leaders either threw the documents on the ground or pointed to a Spiritual Fire and burned it, revealing expressions of disdain.    

Seeing this, Little Ya Si couldn't help but shiver, while Ye Kai and Lear's expressions darkened instantly.    

While exchanging seats on the conference table with his left and right feet, the Shan Lao Patriarch patted his thigh, as if he was bored out of his mind.    

"Irina, don't tell me that."    

"You want my Cliff Race to become a vassal of your Flower Man Clan? You don't even have a door."    

Bishop Arianna clenched her teeth and insisted.    

"This concerns the life and death of the entire Lanya Star, please do not act emotionally!"    

"Don't be ridiculous, do you really think that a small Lanya Star of ours, combined with Shan Lao's bullshit Flower of Planet, can stop the Twelve Saints and Divine Capital Army?" Beside Shan Lao, the chief of the Hai Yang family was also snorting.    

"If Twelve Saints and Divine Capital Army really come, everything will be over once we surrender. I don't want to die from the disturbance between you two Twelve Saints."    

Hearing the sea chief's words, all the Bishop's people looked lifeless as they stared at the clan leaders. Their faces were filled with disdain and deep disgust.    

"How did this happen?"    

The young Bishop beside Ye Kai collapsed onto his seat in despair.    

It was only then that he understood that these foreign clan leaders, from the very beginning, did not plan to make a contract with Sparkling Garden!    

Thinking about that, the Bishop stood up from her seat and shouted with a flushed face.    

"If the Mother Saint had not used her own spirit energy to renovate the place where you live, at least half of your clansmen would have died due to illness and environmental pollution!"    

"It has nothing to do with me. She's just pretending to be sentimental." Shan Lao's face was filled with disdain, he even used his pinky to pick at his ear.    

"You …" Bishop choked to the point of not being able to say a single word.    

"You want us to sign a contract? "Alright." Shan Lao laughed sinisterly as he stood up from his seat and said.    

"Kneel down, and swear your loyalty and loyalty to my Cliff Tribe. Until your death, I will sign a contract with your Sparkling Garden. How about it?"    

When the Bishop and the others heard that, they gritted their teeth, their hearts tangled.    

They knew very well that even if they knelt down, these non-humankind leaders had a great chance of going back on their word. But as things stood, they had no other choice.    

Finally, a few Bishop s closed their eyes, their faces ashen. They pulled out the chairs they were sitting on, preparing to kneel down to the clan leaders.    

Seeing this scene, the clan leaders all revealed a hint of a cold smile.    

"Whoosh!"    

But right at that moment, a few rays of Spirit Qi flew out at the same time, landing on the knees of the Bishop s, lifting them up.    

"Hey, what are you doing?"    

Shan Lao Clan Leader's face changed, as he looked towards the owner of the Spirit Qi, and shouted angrily.    

"Hmm, it really wasn't written."    

In his field of vision, a young man in white clothes was sitting in his seat. He gently put down the document in his hands and looked at the heads of the other clans that were glaring at him. There was no fear on his face.    

A bone chilling voice slowly rang out from Ye Kai's mouth.    

"Do you really think that just because we don't sign the contract, we can't activate the Flower of Planet?"    

Hearing Ye Kai's words, the Shan Lao Family Patriarch hesitated for a moment, then forced out a stiff smile and replied.    

"What kind of joke is this? We are a race born with Lanya Star, without our consent, you have no way at all!"    

But before he finished speaking, Ye Kai had already spoken first.    

"Of course there is."    

"That is, make the twelve of you, disappear from this planet."