Beastmaster of the Ages - Chapter 7062

Chapter 6973: Where is Justice?

“Since that’s the case, I won’t disturb Your Excellency any longer. I’ll take my leave now,” Ji Yu said with a slight bow.

“Alright,” Li Tianming nodded.

Then, filled with worry, Ji Yu headed straight into the old capital where the revelry was in full swing.

She was considerate enough to leave Li Tianming alone to contact others.

Ji Yu’s mood was also quite complicated. Her negotiations with Li Tianming had yielded some results, but the situation wasn’t as optimistic as she had imagined.

The win-win solution she thought of would require Li Tianming to pay a heavy price, and even then, success was not guaranteed.

At this moment, only Li Tianming remained outside the old capital. He pondered for a while, thinking about whether there was a good way to handle the situation.

“Currently, the main issue is the appropriate level of negotiation with the young emperor. How can I change his attitude towards the Divine Treasure Clan in a way that is neither offensive nor presumptuous?” Li Tianming pondered.

Seeing that he seemed a little worried, Aurora gently whispered in his ear, “Why don’t we contact Governor Wei first? We’ve already taken over the Little Divine Treasure Star System, which is quite an achievement. Informing him would be a good way to report the situation.”

“Hmm,” Li Tianming nodded, his mood improving slightly. “That’s right. Besides, we might be able to consult with her and perhaps gain some different insights.”

He took out the communication tower and sent a message to Wei Shendao.

Soon, a figure with green hair and green eyes, exuding elegance and nobility, appeared on the communication tower.

“Tianming, I see you don’t seem nervous at all. It seems things went quite smoothly?” Wei Shendao said with a smile.

She seemed to be in a very good mood.

“It went quite smoothly. I have successfully taken over the Little Divine Treasure Star System,” Li Tianming said with a slight smile.

Wei Shendao’s eyes showed surprise. She covered her mouth and said, “So fast? That shouldn’t be the case. Logically, you should have already taken over the old capital before slowly wiping out the Shenzang Clan on the border.”

“It is that fast. I have already successfully unified the Little Shenzang Star System,” Li Tianming said with a smile.

“This is not right, it’s not normal. You even had your elders in the family deal with the Shenzang Clan?” Wei Shendao asked suspiciously.

Then, Wei Shendao frowned slightly and said, “After all, the Little Divine Treasure Star System has Heavenly Venerable experts. It’s normal to use some methods. But dealing with the top experts is one thing, but why do we need external forces to clean up the other Divine Treasure Clan?”

She then earnestly instructed, “Your handling of this is too arrogant. In short, let’s block the news first. Anyway, the Little Divine Treasure Star System is surrounded by gray star systems. Without the Heavenly Emperor Sect’s troops stationed there, it should be able to cover it up.”

Li Tianming said speechlessly, “Governor Wei, what are you talking about? I didn’t ask my ‘elders’ to help wipe them out.”

“Then I misunderstood you. It’s best if I didn’t.” Wei Shendao smiled slightly, expressing her apology, and then widened her green eyes and said, “Then how did you manage to resolve it so quickly? Even on the scale of a level nine star system, it’s very difficult to search for the Divine Treasure Clan scattered in various places.”

“Ahem.” Li Tianming smiled and patiently explained, “Simply put, the crisis of the Divine Treasure Clan made the surrounding gray star systems eyeing them covetously. I negotiated with the clan emperor and other high-ranking officials of the Little Divine Treasure Star System in advance, negotiated terms, and helped them repel these people.”

“In the end, they willingly submitted to me and signed the declaration of war,” Li Tianming said.

He then produced the declaration of war, signed by ten Celestial Venerables of the Divine Treasury Clan, and showed it to Wei Shendao.

“Therefore, my legion only repelled the star system alliances that wanted to encroach on my battlefield, but did not attack the Divine Treasury Clan.”

“Now, we can be considered to have peacefully ruled the Lesser Divine Treasury Star System, and there’s no need to initiate the extermination plan,” Li Tianming said with a slight smile.

However, Wei Shendao suddenly fell silent upon hearing this news.

Her smile vanished, and after a long pause, she said softly, “Don’t be so smug. This kind of ‘shortcut’ has actually gotten you into big trouble…”

Li Tianming was astonished, completely bewildered. Why would it cause trouble?

“What does Governor Wei mean by that?” he asked, puzzled. “Not launching the extermination plan, peacefully governing, greatly reducing casualties among our own legion members, and avoiding the creation of an ’empty shell of a star system’ due to slaughter—shouldn’t everyone be happy?”

“It’s not as simple as you think. You’re too naive,” Wei Shendao said seriously, his gaze sharpening.

Seeing that Wei Shendao seemed to consider this matter quite serious, Li Tianming didn’t persist.

He humbly asked, “Please enlighten me, Governor Wei.”

“Your decision involves far too many causes and effects,” Wei Shendao sighed.

Wei Shendao slowly extended a finger and said, “First of all, have you ever considered that while the young emperor used tyrannical methods to conquer the unyielding Shenzang race, you used benevolent methods against the Shenzang race in the Little Shenzang star system, taking it over with little effort? What will others think?” “

The extermination plan is undoubtedly brutal, but before that, people’s impression of the Shenzang race was that they were an unconquerable race. Therefore, no one dared to object when the young emperor initiated the extermination plan, since there was no other way.”

“But now you’ve taken the opposite path, accomplishing what he thought was impossible. The two of you will definitely be compared, making the young emperor appear brutal and ruthless.”

“That’s one point. You can do very well, but you can’t be better than the young emperor. Being compared to him is a slap in the face.”

Li Tianming fell into deep thought, considering the pros and cons.

In fact, he still didn’t approve of the extermination plan; otherwise, he wouldn’t have sought what he considered the optimal solution.

However, what Wei Shendao said did have some merit, and these things had to be taken into account.

These powerful figures also cared about their reputation.

If you don’t surpass him, he might smile and pat you on the shoulder to encourage you. But if one day he suddenly discovers that you’ve surpassed him, and that he can no longer encourage you from a superior position, he’ll become furious.

That’s human nature.

Wei Shendao said seriously, “Before this, in everyone’s eyes, there was only one way to conquer the Divine Treasure Clan, but now you’ve taken a second path. Don’t think this is a good thing.”

“The difference between these two methods of governance will make outsiders think that the young emperor deliberately chose the path of initiating the ‘extermination plan.’ Do you understand?”

Li Tianming was silent, then said quietly, “I understand what you mean, but I think justice resides in the hearts of the people. My Tianming Army is happy to take over the Little Divine Treasure Star System in this way, and the people of the Little Divine Treasure Star System are also happy…”

“Under absolute power, there is no justice. Their ‘justice’ doesn’t need the hearts of the people to prove it,” Wei Shendao shook his head.