To be honest, Qin Chen did not believe that the roc imperial clan would back down for no reason.
Perhaps something had happened during the confrontation between the extreme ancient weapon where the extreme dao battle almost broke out at the end. That happening had made it so that even the powerful roc imperial clan had to retreat.
One couldn’t help but think deeply about the matters within.
Now that two of the people involved were here, the best way was to ask directly.
While he was asking, Qin Chen was not idle. He took out a jade bottle and poured fragrant divine spring water into a teapot that was on a fire, and the fragrance of tea flowed out.
The two Ancient Sages had gone to the roc imperial clan for him, so he naturally could not mistreat them. He immediately took out the meditation tea leaves that he had received as a reward for checking in and brewed them with divine spring water for the two Ancient Sages’ enjoyment.
Soon, the tea was ready.
He poured tea.
Among the two, the Sage King of the Great Qin Dynasty was called Sage King Riyue. He was not as old as the Ancient Sage Jing Tian, and his blood energy was still strong. He wore a divine robe inlaid with patterns of the sun, moon, and stars. Sitting on the guest seat, he took a sip of the tea that Qin Chen had brewed with the divine spring and immediately felt his mind become more focused. He then exclaimed, “To think it’s the meditation tea brewed from the legendary meditation tea leaves. Thank you.”
The meditation tea leaves were produced by the legendary meditation tea tree that would only produce 1296 tea leaves every hundred years.
Every single meditation tea leaf was a rare treasure in the world. They contained traces of the Heaven and Earth Dao and had magical effects in helping one to meditate and comprehend.
The meditation tea tree was located in the depths of the absolutely forbidden land, the Emperor Burial Abyss.
The Emperor Burial Abyss had three gradients. The deeper the gradient, the more dangerous it was.
The meditation tea tree was located in the depths of the Emperor Burial Abyss’s second gradient. Even an ancient Sage would face the danger of death if they stepped in.
However, because the meditation tea leaves had magical effects on meditating and comprehending, many Holy Lords, Imperial Lords, and Family Lords would try their best to obtain them. Every hundred years, they would send people into the first gradient of the Emperor Burial Abyss which was relatively less dangerous. At those times, strange winds that came from nowhere would blow some meditation tea leaves out from the second gradient that would then be caught by people from the outside world.
Not many tea leaves could be obtained, usually only about a hundred.
Even the Great Qin Dynasty, which had the inheritance and extreme orthodoxy of a great emperor, only had some such tea leaves. After so many years, they had only accumulated a few hundred meditation tea leaves. After all, there were too many immortal inheritances or powerful cultivators that were after the meditation tea leaves.
Of course, Qin Chen didn’t have to go through so much trouble. Over the years, he had checked in and obtained thousands of meditation tea leaves. To him, the tea leaves were just considered normal.
Ancient Sage Jing Tian took a sip as well and swirled the tea in his mouth. He comprehended carefully and felt that his mind was also greatly enhanced. He sighed in amazement, “Although I’ve been born for quite some time now, I have only tasted three meditation tea leaves that I have brewed repeatedly. How could I have tasted the tea brewed from the many tea leaves in the hands of the Minister?”
Indeed. Qin Chen brewed ten meditation tea leaves in one go. He could be said to be simply rich.
Furthermore, the more meditation tea leaves there were in a pot of tea, the better the effect of enlightenment.
Qin Chen smiled. He would not treat them shabbily. He took out a jade box and said, “These days, the two of you have spoken up for me, much to my thanks. I don’t have much to offer, but please take this as a small token of my respect.”
Sage King Riyuen and Ancient Sage Jing Tian took the jade box and opened it. Inside were over a hundred meditation tea leaves and a jade bottle on the other side. They could sense that the bottle contained more than a jar of divine spring water, which was equally precious.
The two of them were taken aback, and they hurriedly declined, “Minister, this gift is too precious. It’s not appropriate for us to accept it.”
“You’re being too polite,” Qin Chen waved his hand.
Since he insisted, Sage King Riyue and Ancient Sage JingTian could only accept it gratefully. They were increasingly satisfied with Qin Chen and felt that they had not done wrong in choosing to help the latter.
Sage King Riyue looked at the Minister, who was surrounded by chaotic light, and didn’t ask to see his face. He continued to sip the tea made from meditation tea leaves. After he was slightly satisfied from sipping on tea, he said, “The negotiation with the roc imperial clan was indeed a little troublesome. As an ancient imperial clan, the roc imperial clan is naturally very powerful. Furthermore, there are many Ancient Sages in their clan. If we were to really fight, I’m afraid that everyone from the four great immortal divine dynasties would have died. Of course, the roc imperial clan is unwilling to openly offend the four human imperial clans and immortal divine dynasties as well. They didn’t go too far. They just asked the human race to hand you over, or they will fight with the human race.”
“Even though the roc imperial clan kept saying that they wanted to start a war, we humans aren’t afraid either, including the Great Qin Dynasty. They are an ancient imperial clan, but so are we. We aren’t any weaker than them, so we naturally started with a friendly conversation. It’s just that the roc imperial clan kept on harping on the matter of you suppressing Ancient Sage Peng Wei. They are insistent on us handing you over no matter what. After a long, long negotiation, the negotiations finally came to a standstill. At this moment, the roc imperial clan decided to be ruthless and sent out an old senior.”
“An old senior?” Qin Chen looked at him.
“A Supreme Sage,” Sage King Riyue said. It was only three words, but it gave people an unbearable sense of pressure.
Supreme Sages were existences that dominated the world and were absolute ancient overlords.
As expected, the roc imperial clan had a Supreme Sage, and he had personally stepped into the battle. This was a show of might to the human race.
“We had no choice but to invite a Supreme Sage and bring an extreme emperor weapon into the negotiations as well. A great battle almost broke out,” Sage King Riyue said, “Because the human Supreme Sage brought an extreme emperor weapon, the negotiation was successful, and the roc imperial clan no longer pursued the matter.”
Qin Chen was shocked. So a human Supreme Sage had personally made a trip to the roc imperial clan. No wonder the latter had to give in.
Furthermore, this human Supreme Sage had brought an extreme emperor weapon with him. A Supreme Sage was already terrifying enough to make even the ancient imperial clans fearful, but this human Supreme Sage had brought an extreme ancient weapon with him, which made him even more terrifying.
Qin Chen knew that although the roc imperial clan was strong and that they must have Supreme Sages, even the strongest ancient imperial clan had to be wary of the current human race.
Once an all-out war broke out, the roc imperial clan would be worried no matter how strong they were. After all, the human race didn’t just have one imperial clan.
Currently, if the roc imperial clan started a war, the losses to them would outweigh the gains.
Of course, even though the roc imperial clan had given in, the human race had also compromised. They were willing to let the roc imperial clan occupy a piece of land that was a million miles. Furthermore, the two ancient Sages of the Great Qin Dynasty had their agendas this time. They were here to persuade Qin Chen to release the Ancient Sage Peng Wei.
Qin Chen naturally understood that although the human race had the confidence to win the war, the roc imperial clan was still an ancient imperial clan. Their foundation was unfathomable. They had Supreme Sages and extreme ancient weapons. Once the war started, even if the human race won, it would still be a destructive blow.
To be able to make peace with the roc imperial clan was definitely the best outcome.
“Alright, I agree,” Qin Chen said.