Bai Xiaowen understood what Candice meant and responded: "Lord Candice is right, cooperation can only lead to win-win results. We, the White Phoenix Leader, love peace and will never initiate a war."
Candice: "It seems we have reached a consensus on this point. Lord Lu Wang, I have one more thing."
After a pause, Candice sent another message: "Currently, I have mastered the territory coordinates of the White Phoenix Territory, but I can assure you that I have not leaked your territory coordinates to any third-party territory..."
Bai Xiaowen's heart tightened slightly, and then he understood.
Bai Xiaowen had also seen the discussion within the Blue Star Lords group, including Candice's move to sell "tickets" for the viewing. Since she could arrange investigation methods on the battlefield, she must have found the White Phoenix Leader on the star track.
Location.
After all, the Rivendell Territory is also in the Gemini Star Region, so the distance is not too far.
Even if Candice didn't say it, Bai Xiaowen would still mention it. Now that Candice took the initiative to bring it up, it was a show of goodwill, and Bai Xiaowen certainly expressed his gratitude.
Candice: "No need to thank you. In fact, after this battle, the White Phoenix Territory has already gained prestige in the Star Alliance. Most territories would not dare to start a war lightly. Lord Lu Wang can rest assured."
Bai Xiaowen certainly understands that as the attacker, he needs to create boundary gates and transport troops. The defender only needs to rely on the territorial protection formation to defend. Territory wars in the Star Alliance are detrimental to the attacker.
Therefore, even if a conflict arises between two territories with similar strength, they will generally not start a war easily, but will resolve it through mediation and negotiation.
Unless one of the parties is very powerful and far superior to its opponent, it will use this contradiction to declare war.
However, declaring war is often just a means to achieve a goal and does not mean actually launching a war.
After all, waging a war means astronomical military expenditures, and due to the territorial self-destruction mechanism and the strict restrictions on territorial annexation, spending a lot of money may not achieve the goal, but may cause commotion.
For example, when the Great Xia Territory declared war on the Gondor Territory, it was to express an attitude. The Gondor Territory knew that it was outmatched, so it quickly asked important figures from the Divine Court and Pan-Asia to come forward to mediate. In the end, the Great Xia Territory used a duel to win with a negligible difference.
At the price, a spiritual crystal vein was won, which was certainly much more cost-effective than launching a war.
Bai Xiaowen replied: "Even so, the White Phoenix Leader still hopes to keep the coordinates of the territory secret. Lord Candice can make a price, and if it is suitable, I am willing to pay it."
This is the hush money. Bai Xiaowen doesn't think he has such a big reputation. He must have a lot of territory to allow Lord Candice to let the money go without making any money. He is interested in the coordinates of the White Phoenix Territory. It doesn't mean that he must start a war, but
It is precious information and worth collecting in itself.
Let me mention here that the battlefield observed by the three Forest Eyes was only a small patch of starry sky within a radius of dozens of kilometers. In the background was only part of the White Phoenix Territory and the Tang Dynasty Territory Gate. The other lords watching the battle,
Trying to determine the coordinates of the White Phoenix Territory on the nearly 20 million kilometers of Gemini starry sky through these dozens of kilometers of starry sky is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.
Therefore, it is certain that the coordinates of the White Phoenix Territory are currently only in the hands of Candice.
Candice replied: "Lord Lu Wang, please speak quickly, and I won't beat around the bush. I don't need the hush money. The White Phoenix Territory has just gone through a war, so there must be a shortage of spiritual crystals. I hope that between the Rivendell Territory and the White Phoenix Territory, there will be
Sign a mutual trust agreement and strengthen exchanges between each other."
"Mutual trust agreement? Can you elaborate on it?" Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes.
Candice: "The Mutual Trust Agreement is a commonly signed agreement between Star Alliance territories, which is very convenient for territory communication. It is divided into three levels according to the degree of mutual trust between the two lords. After signing, the territories of both parties can directly communicate through the portal.
To complete the exchange of materials or personnel, there is no need to transit through the Blue Star platform."
"Including personnel exchanges?" Bai Xiaowen frowned. If you include personnel exchanges, you need to be more cautious. What if the other party sends a group of masters and looks for opportunities to seize classes and seize power? Although the possibility is low, you have to guard against it.
Candice understands Bai Xiaowen's concerns: "In fact, generally no lord dares to violate the mutual trust agreement. Using the mutual trust agreement to engage in a surprise war will greatly increase the bellicosity index of the territory, which is equivalent to severing the Blue Star lord group. So the two territories
If there is a conflict between them, before launching a war, there must be a routine procedure for declaring war. Of course, in order to eliminate your concerns, we can start with a preliminary mutual trust agreement."
Subsequently, Candice sent the content of the preliminary mutual trust agreement.
Bai Xiaowen browsed through it. After the preliminary mutual trust agreement was signed, the portals of the two territories were visa-free for each other, which meant that the lord's consent was no longer required to allow transmission.
However, this kind of visa-free transmission has strict restrictions. For spiritual materials below the gold level (including gold level), the number of spiritual crystals in a single transmission must not exceed 3,000, the number of people in a single transmission must not exceed 10 people, and the personnel level must not exceed level 13.
In other words, it only includes low-level evolved people, awakened people or real ordinary people.
The visa-free restrictions of this mutual trust agreement are limited by the rules of the spirit world, which means that tricks like hiding your strength and reducing your own spiritual power fluctuations below level 13 cannot pass the visa-free process of the portal.
This visa-free method will definitely be the general trend in the future, because the lord cannot always stay in the territory, nor can he always be a visa tool. Every time someone uses the territory portal, the lord's consent is required, and the lord does not have to do business.
Take the White Phoenix Territory as an example. Several friends are eligible for visa exemption. They have all left their spiritual auras on the stone pillars of the portal. In this way, when entering and leaving the White Phoenix Territory, Bai Xiaowen’s consent is not required.
Can be sent directly.
Of course, as a lord, Bai Xiaowen has the power to erase a certain spiritual aura, which is equivalent to withdrawing the other party's visa-free qualification.
Seeing that Bai Xiaowen had not responded, Candice sent another message: "In fact, we can publish a notarized message in the Blue Star Lords Group. Rivendell and White Phoenix have signed a primary mutual trust agreement. In this way, if one of us
If one party violates the agreement, it will be difficult to move forward in the Star Alliance in the future... Even annexing the other party's territory will not be enough to compensate for this price. Lord Lu Wang should feel relieved."
Bai Xiaowen replied: "No need, I believe in Lord Candice's character... There is no need to notarize it in the Lord Group, we can just sign it directly."
Bai Xiaowen considered that if it was notarized, all the lords would know about it, and other lords would soon come to the door and want to sign a mutual trust agreement. If Bai Xiaowen refused, he might offend others.