In the Dragon Palace of the South China Sea, demons dance wildly.
As far as the eye can see, there are some strange and unique creatures with crooked melons and cracked dates.
Umbrella stood silently behind Ji Changyun, constantly peeking around, feeling a strong sense of disobedience in her heart.
Can you imagine a scene where a group of non-human guys are whispering to each other and having a meeting and discussing happily?
Thinking of this, Umbrella glanced at Ji Changyun and found that he was discussing with a catfish spirit whether the mermaid or the clam girl was more fun.
A human and a monster discuss female spirits...
Is this a cross-racial friendship unique to male creatures?
Umbrella blinked, feeling that the painting style was gradually becoming outrageous.
Seeing that the style of painting was starting to go awry, Xianxian couldn't help but send a message: "Leader, why are they so ink? It's been several hours and they are still talking about it."
The reason for their meeting still needs to be told two days ago.
At that time, Ji Changyun showed something to the Dragon King of the South China Sea, which was a fragment of the ancient teleportation array obtained from Wu Xiuyun, made of unicorn skin.
Although this thing is scrapped, it doesn't mean it is worthless.
As long as it has something to do with ancient times, even a piece of shit is worth a lot of money.
Ji Changyun's intention was to use this thing as bait and make up a tempting gimmick around it to convince the Siren Clan to cooperate with Long Zu in the treasure hunt.
After the Dragon King of the South China Sea heard the explanation of the eight words "make distant friends and attack closely, unite vertically and horizontally", he instantly understood Ji Changyun's thoughts.
Judging from the distribution of territory in the sea area, the South China Sea Dragon Clan and the Siren Clan are not close to each other, and there is a force from Tianyu Island between them.
The meaning of Ji Changyun's move is nothing more than to use bait to promote friendship between the Dragon Clan and the Siren Clan, and then take action against Tianyu Island sandwiched in the middle.
The Dragon King of Nanhai thought for a while and found no problems, so he readily agreed.
Immediately afterwards, at Ji Changyun's suggestion, he sent the third prince to the Siren Clan to negotiate and facilitate this matter.
Just today, the Third Prince returned safely and brought a reply from the Siren Clan.
People say that talking about business with empty words has little credibility. In order to establish a foundation of trust, Siren proposed the exchange of hostages.
The general meaning is that the Dragon Clan gives the Siren an important hostage, and the Siren gives one in return.
In this way, everyone has something to hold on to, so they don't have to worry about each other making small moves, and can naturally cooperate with peace of mind.
to be honest.
This condition of the Siren Clan is really quite reasonable.
The only question is, who will the Dragon Clan send as a hostage?
It is precisely because this matter cannot be settled that the Dragon Clan has held a meeting to discuss it until now...
"Master Ji."
"Hmm? What's wrong with the Dragon King?"
The Dragon King narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile: "In your opinion, what should I do?"
Ji Changyun muttered: "I think the Siren Clan's conditions are not excessive. After all, they will also send a hostage of comparable status."
The Dragon King of South China Sea asked with a smile: "Of course I know, I just want to ask...who does the leader think is a suitable hostage?"
Of course he had his own reasons for asking this question.
First of all, Ji Changyun is an outsider and has no interest entanglements with the Dragon Clan. His words are relatively fair and will not cause too much criticism.
Secondly, even if Ji Changyun's talk about the hostages aroused criticism, the Dragon King would be able to dismiss it lightly because he had just arrived and didn't know much about the Dragon Clan.
"I'm here for the first time, so I don't know much about it."
Ji Changyun said helplessly: "Let's do this. Although I don't know who is suitable, I can list a few conditions and let everyone see who is more suitable."
When the demons heard this, they immediately became interested and pricked up their ears.
"Um……"
Ji Changyun cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "First of all, this matter is very important. You can't just use the hostage to fool you."
"The Sirens are not fools. Doing this will only make them doubt our sincerity, and may even make them think that what happens next is a mistake."
While speaking, he also glanced at the Dragon King of the South China Sea.
Of course the Dragon King knew what was going to happen next, and he nodded solemnly, agreeing with what he said.
"Secondly."
Ji Changyun continued: "I suggest choosing a hostage with a higher status and average abilities. If something goes wrong, the strength of the Nanhai Dragon Clan will not be weakened."
This is also very reasonable. Even if the vase is accidentally dropped, the Dragon Clan will not suffer much loss. If the genius is used as a hostage, the risk is too high.
All the monsters nodded after hearing this. They are indeed from the human race, well-educated and educated. What they said makes sense.
"at last."
Ji Changyun raised his finger and said in a deep voice: "Choose one that is more famous and known to everyone. This will be more convincing."
"What if our hostage is very important, but the Kraken clan has never heard of it, doesn't recognize it, and certainly won't believe it."
After the three prerequisites were listed, the demons suddenly understood and couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
"That makes sense."
"Master Ji is right."
"He has a great status, has no ability, and is quite famous... I think the ninth prince is quite suitable."
"Hmm? Ninth Prince? Not to mention, it's quite appropriate."
I don't know who picked the first one, but everyone's attention quickly focused on the Ninth Prince.
It’s okay not to think about it, but the more I think about it, the more appropriate it becomes.
In fact, the reason why everyone thought it was suitable was because, apart from the fact that the conditions mentioned by Ji Changyun were indeed in line with the Ninth Prince, there were also some personal grudges.
The Ninth Prince is favored and arrogant. Many of you here have had grudges with him. For the sake of the Dragon King, everyone can only endure it.
Now that we finally see an opportunity, who is willing to give it up?
What's more, this reason is so sufficient and legitimate!
"hiss……"
The third prince looked at the situation in the palace in a vague way, and when he saw Ji Changyun smiling and sipping his wine, he couldn't help but feel chilled in his heart.
This trick is too clever. First, use an interface that does not understand the dragon clan to clarify the relationship.
Using three seemingly objective prerequisites, he quietly pointed the finger at the Ninth Prince.
There is another point that is particularly crucial...
Even if the Dragon King of South China Sea suspected that Ji Changyun secretly took revenge on the Ninth Prince because of the reception banquet, there was no substantial evidence.
Moreover, Ji Changyun has shown great wisdom, and it is related to the dragon clan's grand plan. Unless it is absolutely necessary, the Dragon King will never risk breaking up with him.
Taking a step back, even if the Dragon King of the South China Sea couldn't help but hold him to account, Ji Changyun could easily escape because he didn't understand the dragon clan.
The most disgusting thing is that Ji Changyun's words have now consolidated everyone's opinions.
Unless the Dragon King is willing to give up his plan, he can only hold his nose and send the Ninth Prince as a hostage.
The more the third prince thought about it, the more he felt that there was knowledge in it.
"enough!"
The Dragon King of South China Sea suddenly slapped the case and snorted with displeasure: "There is something in what Master Ji said."
Ji Changyun's smile remained unchanged and his attitude was calm: "What does Dragon King mean by this? I don't understand."
The four eyes looked at each other for a long time.
The Dragon King of South China Sea looked away and said in a neutral tone: "Forget it, what do you think? Who is more suitable to choose?"
Just as the Third Prince expected, although the Dragon King felt resentful, he did not choose to break up with Ji Changyun.
After all, he is the Dragon King of the South China Sea, so he can still tell which one is more important.
However, if something like this happens, the Dragon King of South China Sea will inevitably want to settle the score with the queen.
As soon as the Dragon King finished speaking, the eldest prince stood up and said loudly: "Father, I think that the ninth brother is the most suitable."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately echoed them.
This uniform nodding movement was as if the debate scene where everyone had their own opinions had never happened at all.
When the Dragon King of the South China Sea saw this scene, his face suddenly turned darker. No, it should be said that it turned greener, because his dragon scales were green...
"snort!"
The Dragon King suppressed the anger in his heart and gritted his teeth and said: "It's not that I don't want to give up, but it's because the trouble is serious and the hostages must cooperate."
"Otherwise, even if we forcefully send Xiaojiu there, something will happen to him given his temperament, and it may affect the overall situation."
Although this sounds a bit far-fetched, it makes some sense.
The demons couldn't help but calm down, looking at each other with embarrassed expressions.
When the Dragon King saw this, the corners of his lips raised slightly.
Next, he only needed to say that he would try to persuade the Ninth Prince, but after a few days he would be unable to persuade him, and then he would be able to replace him naturally.
However, what he never expected was that just when his plan was about to succeed, the third prince suddenly stood up.
I saw this guy's expression was serious and his eyes were firm as he said: "Father, I would like to recommend myself to go to Yanlong Cave to persuade my ninth brother..."
"???"
As soon as these words came out, the Dragon King couldn't help but be stunned, and the monsters were even more confused.
The bustling hall suddenly fell into silence, a deathly silence, not to mention a pindrop, I'm afraid you could hear the sound if you dropped a hair.
The silence lasted for a long time. The Dragon King slowly put down the cup and stared at the Third Prince with squinted eyes: "You just said that you were going to persuade Xiaojiu?"
"Do you know that even if the king personally persuades you, you are not sure of success. Do you think you can succeed just by persuading me?"
The third prince took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Back to my father, I would like to issue a military order. If I fail, I will be a hostage."
"hiss……"
The demons took a deep breath of cold air, which made the warmth of the Undersea Dragon Palace a little stronger.
The Dragon King asked again: "Military order? Are you sure?"
"My son, sure."
The Third Prince gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously.
"good."
The Dragon King of South China Sea slapped the case, stood up and said: "Time is pressing, I will give you three days, if there is no result by then..."
The third prince took over the words: "I shall take you as a hostage and go to the Siren Clan."
The Dragon King of South China Sea looked at him deeply, snorted coldly and left with a puff of sleeves: "That's it, let's break up."
Umbrella couldn't help but send a message: "Leader, is the Third Prince crazy? How dare you?"
Ji Changyun played with the wine glass and said with a faint smile: "I asked him to say this."
"Clam?"
Umbrella was immediately dumbfounded, what on earth is going on?
Ji Changyun stood up and walked outside, while transmitting a message: "Go back and prepare yourself to disguise yourself as me."
"What about you?" Umbrella quickly followed.
Ji Changyun smiled: "Me? Of course I pretended to be the third prince's entourage, went to Yanlong Cave, and helped him persuade the ninth prince."
Umbrella couldn't help but widen her eyes: "Can you convince the Ninth Prince to be a hostage?"
Ji Changyun sighed: "I believe that the Ninth Prince understands the righteousness and will make a small sacrifice of himself for the future of the Nanhai Dragon Clan."