I, the Villain, Become Invincible the More Descendants I Have

Chapter 38 The Surrender of the Four RegionsThe news of the founding of the Great Xuan Dynasty spread throughout the entire Xuanhuang Mortal Realm in just three days.

The sects in the Eastern and Southern Regions that had previously been watching from the sidelines and maintaining a wait-and-see attitude were now in an uproar, each one sitting on pins and needles.

The Valley Master of the Ten Thousand Sword Valley in the Eastern Region sat in his chair, twirling a teacup in his hand, his palms covered in sweat. ”It’s over, it’s over, it’s all over! That brat Emperor Cao Xukun has directly ascended the throne! He even incorporated the eighty thousand disciples of the Heavenly Dao Alliance. Now that he has strong troops and sturdy horses, if we in the Eastern Region don’t declare our stance, we will be the next to be annihilated!”

The elder beside him stamped his feet in anxiety. ”Valley Master, what are we waiting for? Hurry and send an envoy to submit! Otherwise, we won’t even dare to step out of our valley’s gates!”

”Submit? What should we send if we submit?” The Valley Master looked pained. ”Our Ten Thousand Sword Valley’s greatest treasure is that ’Heaven-Splitting Sword’, plus the spirit stones in the sect’s treasury. If I send those away, my heart aches!”

”It aches, but you still have to send it!” The Second Elder slammed the table. ”He even intercepted the jade slip of the Immortal Realm envoy and crippled Alliance Leader Wang Teng with a single spear strike. Our little bit of family assets is nothing but a fart in his eyes! If we don’t send it, we’ll lose our lives!”

The Valley Master gritted his teeth and finally nodded. ”Fine! We’ll send it! Not only will we send the supreme treasure, but I will also send my grandson as a hostage! Tell them that our Ten Thousand Sword Valley is willing to submit to Great Xuan, and we have absolutely no disloyal intentions!”

Almost at the same time, the Blazing Fire Sect of the Southern Region, the Ice Soul Sect of the Northern Region, the Bodhi Temple of the Western Desert... all the major sects followed suit.

At the main gate of the Cao family in Luoyang city, groups of envoys wearing various sect attires arrived every day, each carrying treasure chests and holding children, squeezing inside as if they were rushing to a market.

”Make way, make way! I’m from the Ten Thousand Sword Valley of the Eastern Region! Our Valley Master sent me to bring the Heaven-Splitting Sword, and my little grandson to serve as a hostage!”

”I’m from the Blazing Fire Sect of the Southern Region! This is our sect-protecting Fire Lotus, and my niece—from now on, she belongs to Emperor Xuan!”

”I’m from the Ice Soul Sect of the Northern Region! We offer the Ice Soul Cold Jade, and my disciple; I guarantee they will be loyal!”

Emperor Cao Xukun was sitting on the dragon throne in the main hall, cracking melon seeds while listening to the envoys reporting one by one, his mouth unable to close from smiling.

Li Tieniu sat on a small stool nearby, keeping accounts, muttering as he wrote: ”Oh my god, in just three days, we’ve collected thirty-six sects, over a hundred supreme treasures, more than twenty hostages, and over a million spirit stones! This is even more profitable than robbing the Heavenly Dao Alliance!”

Emperor Cao Xukun spat out a melon seed shell and waved his hand. ”Small scene, just a small scene. The main point is that those who understand the times are heroes. If they had surrendered earlier, they wouldn’t have had to go through all this trouble.”

Just then, an envoy from the Hundred Flowers Valley of the Eastern Region walked in cautiously, holding a brocade box. ”Your Majesty, Emperor Xuan, my Valley Master says that we are willing to offer all the cultivation resources and disciples of the Hundred Flowers Valley, only asking that Your Majesty retain the organization of the Hundred Flowers Valley, without merging or reorganizing it!”

”Oh? Retain the organization?” Emperor Cao Xukun raised an eyebrow, becoming interested. ”Tell me, how do you want to retain it?”

The envoy hurriedly said, ”The Valley Master said that in the future, the disciples of the Hundred Flowers Valley will still be managed by the Valley Master, cultivation resources will be received from Great Xuan, and taxes will be paid on time every year. We will absolutely not cause trouble, and we will be absolutely obedient!”

Emperor Cao Xukun nodded, his heart blooming with joy.