Qi Wei was so shocked by the fact that Feng Tianlai was ambushed by Feng Tianye and then besieged and killed by everyone in the Soul Realm that he was speechless for a long time.
Qi Wei had never expected that the head of a holy land family would be killed in such a frustrating way by his own people and enemies.
After a long silence, Qi Wei showed an apologetic look and said, "It is really regrettable to hear such news, but I still have to say sorry, Senior Chao Yuan, our Imperial City cannot participate in the war so easily.
After all, Soul Realm and Great Snow Mountain Divine Religion are both holy places. Once we join forces to join the battle, it will be equivalent to a melee among the four factions, which will set off a huge wave in the martial arts world."
Hearing Qi Wei's refusal, Feng Chaoyuan shook his head and said, "Great Elder Qi Wei, I know that your Imperial City cannot refuse me, otherwise you would not have come to my Feng family today.
To tell you the truth, even if your Imperial City does not participate in the war, my Feng family will still fight this battle with the Soul Realm.
However, if our Feng family is exterminated by the Soul Realm and the Great Snow Mountain Divine Cult, you in the Imperial City will not gain any advantage.
And then, you will definitely become their next target.
After occupying my Feng family's territory and annexing our industry, you in the Imperial City should be very clear about how the Soul Realm and the Great Snow Mountain Divine Sect will develop. I think you don't want to see this happen.
What's more, the crazy expansion of the Soul Realm has often affected your Imperial City, especially the outermost grassroots forces under their control.
It is madly encroaching on the surroundings. Your Imperial City must have been troubled by it for a long time."
While Feng Chaoyuan was speaking, he stared into Qi Wei's eyes the whole time, as if he wanted to see through Qi Wei's thoughts.
Qi Wei was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then he said: "Senior Chao Yuan is right, our Imperial City is indeed somewhat troubled, and we have also thought about taking action with the Soul Realm.
But... But I won’t hide it from you, Senior. The current situation of my Imperial City is not very good. I can’t make the decision alone.”
Hearing Qi Wei's words, Feng Chaoyuan was stunned and said, "Your Di Tianyao has been in seclusion all the time, and you are now the chief elder of the inner court, and you basically have the power to make the final decision on all matters.
If even you can't make the decision, is there anyone else in the Imperial City who can make the decision?"
Qi Wei sighed upon hearing this and said, “Although I have been promoted to the position of Grand Elder, the Imperial City today is very different from the past.
I will not hide it from you, Senior Chao Yuan. Our Imperial City has been divided into two parts by the city lord. One part is managed by me, and the other part is the newly established Imperial Internal Affairs Army. I don't even have the right to ask about it.
The Imperial City's Internal Affairs Army was proposed by the city lord, and some of the Imperial City's elders, deacons, and supreme elders were selected to join it.
They are almost trying to become independent from the Imperial City. In short, they want to be out of our control in everything.
The only people who can manage them are the city lord and the former chief elder of the inner court, who is now the chief of the internal affairs army.
According to the city lord, this internal security force was prepared to deal with any crisis that might come in the future. It was also established to prevent the infiltration of spies. The candidates have been screened repeatedly to ensure that there are no foreign spies.
The current Imperial City is divided into two parts. In order to distinguish it from the Internal Affairs Army, we are called the Foreign Affairs Army.
From the words "inside and outside", you should be able to hear that our status is definitely not as good as that of the Internal Affairs Force.
Therefore, if you want us to cooperate, I cannot make the decision alone. In other words, I can only guarantee that the Imperial City will devote some of its strength to cooperate with you.
In other words, I can only agree to the Feng family's request on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Army and form an alliance with you, but I have no control over the Internal Affairs Army, and I will not be involved in this part that occupies most of the resources of the Imperial City."
Hearing Qi Wei's words, Feng Chaoyuan was stunned, and then looked at Qi Wei with some sympathy. He certainly understood what the establishment of the Internal Affairs Army meant to Qi Wei.
This is equivalent to reducing Qi Wei's real power by half. In the past, the Grand Elder of the Inner Court had great power, but now he is only equivalent to the head who handles some foreign affairs.
"Then, Great Elder Qi Wei, can't you report our request to City Lord Di Tianyao after you return and let him make the decision?"
Feng Chaoyuan spoke up.
Qi Wei shook his head and said, "The city lord and the great elder... No, now I should call him the chief steward of the internal affairs army. He has left the Imperial City for some time.
Before they left, they told me to only take care of the affairs of the Foreign Affairs Army and not to interfere with the Internal Affairs Army.
The Internal Affairs Force has its own operating mechanism. I can’t interfere with it at all, and it’s even difficult for me to ask about it. I really can’t do anything about this matter.”
Feng Chaoyuan frowned at Qi Wei's answer. He pondered for a moment and said, "It would be fine if only your Foreign Affairs Army joined without your Internal Affairs Army joining.
Although the Soul Realm has now joined forces with the Great Snow Mountain Cult, they have no intention of acting completely together. Most of the time they still act separately.
If we have reached an alliance agreement, Great Elder Qi Wei, you can temporarily not announce it, or even announce to the public that we have not formed an alliance.
In this way, the Soul Realm should not be on guard at all.
At that time, we will deliberately leak some false information to the Soul Realm to lure them to send out heavy troops to attack us.
At that time, Great Elder Qi Wei, you will cooperate with us and send a large number of foreign affairs troops to help, and severely damage the Soul Realm in one fell swoop."
Hearing Feng Chaoyuan's words, Qi Wei's eyes flashed a few gleams.
Personally, he really didn't have a good impression of the Soul Realm.
This newcomer to the holy land doesn't seem to be a good person. He behaves mysteriously and looks very ambitious.
Phoenix Villa was relatively weak and became the target of the enemy's attack.
Once Phoenix Villa really falls, their Imperial City will definitely become the target of the other side's attack.
After all, ambition is something that can only grow bigger as it accumulates, it can never get smaller.
The Great Snow Mountain Divine Cult is basically the same kind of people. If their strength in the past had not been relatively weak, the Great Snow Mountain Divine Cult would have done what the Soul Realm is doing now a long time ago.
After a long silence, Qi Wei finally nodded and said, "Okay, then I will agree to Senior Chao Yuan's proposal and cooperate with your Feng family.
The foreign affairs army of my Imperial City will form an alliance with your Feng family to jointly deal with the Soul Realm and the Great Snow Mountain Cult.
The combination of these two forces is a threat to our other holy places, so we can only make some preparations in advance."