Armipotent

Chapter 2055: Meeting with the Daenelis Clan

Tang Shaoyang went exploring in the Starter City of the God Realm. He visited this place once and never came back to this place again. His return was to check on the market price for the potion, which seemed more advanced than they thought.

He was standing in front of a shelf of healing potions, and next to him was Khaya. Today was the day she and her clan’s elders met Li Shuang to join the Tang Empire. They met here and would meet at the Tang Garden. That was the easiest way to set up a meeting place, since the Tang Empire’s territory was not readily accessible at the time.

After getting complete samples of all kinds of potions from different shops with different prices, Khaya brought him to meet the Daenelis Clan’s Chief and Elder. He saw a familiar face, someone he recognized but did not remember who the man was.

Tang Shaoyang was confident that he had seen the man who stood behind the Chief of Daenelis Clan. The fact that he didn’t remember his name might be because he was unimportant. He ignored the man reaching the Chief’s hand for a handshake.

“I am Tang Shaoyang.”

“I have heard your names a lot,” The chief that looked like he was still in his forties responded with a smile and a nod, “My name is Avourel Daenelis, the Chief of the Daenelis Clan.”

He then started to introduce the seven Elders, but he didn’t introduce the man behind him.

’It’s not important, it is.’

Tang Shaoyang confirmed his assessment that the man was not really important, “Then we will move to the meeting place. Please don’t resist it, or something might go wrong.” As he was about to bring them to the Tang Garden, one of the Elders stopped him.

“Wait!”

He turned toward the voice, the only woman in the elder rank, and she looked much older than everyone else with those heavy wrinkles. She might be over one thousand years old, or maybe even over ten thousand years old, for her to have those kinds of wrinkles. Her name was Oriphine.

“Yes?”

“Why do we have to hold the meeting in this Tang Garden? Is there any specific reason we can’t talk here?” Oriphine asked.

Tang Shaoyang felt something bad from that question, distrust. He then glanced at Khaya since he had told her why they couldn’t have the meeting in this place. However, it seemed Khaya also was not expecting this from her Elder.

“Because the people you will talk to can’t be here. Can we go now?”

“I have safety concerns because we don’t know what kind of place this Tang Garden is. How are you going to guarantee our safety in this Tang Garden?” Oriphine was not going to drop it.

It looked like she was trying to fish out something from Tang Shaoyang, and he didn’t like it. The meeting was held at their request. He agreed to the meeting, and now they were trying to do something weird he didn’t know. He quickly figured out there might be more than just joining the Tang Empire.

“The rule is simple. Don’t do something stupid, and you will be safe. What you are doing right now is considered something stupid. You are requesting this meeting. You are the one who needs this meeting, not me. If you are so concerned about your safety, we can cancel the meeting.”

Tang Shaoyang had a good time during his break. At least, it was a good time in the last three days when he spent his time in the Tang Garden with his daughters. He didn’t expect today’s meeting to ruin his good mood. Now he was truly considering whether he should bring them to the Tang Garden because he didn’t want any trace of them in his private place.

Tang Shaoyang felt something was wrong with the meeting. He could not pinpoint what was wrong, but he didn’t feel like bringing them to the Tang Garden. His instinct told him that something bad might happen if he brought them to the Tang Garden, a strong hunch.

Chief Avourel stepped in before Tang Shaoyang voiced his desire to cancel the meeting, “I apologize for Elder Oriphine. She sometimes can be too paranoid because of her traumatic experiences. She was once ambushed by our enemy during a peace talk. I hope you can understand her condition.”

Tang Shaoyang just nodded and brought them to the Tang Garden. The moment he arrived in the Tang Garden, he sent a message to Glodden to keep a tight watch on his daughters. Then he also sent a message to his Chief Caretaker to keep a watch on their guest.

They had set up a table in the open place near the pond, and he shook his head at Li Shuang, telling her they were up to no good. He decided to continue the meeting because he was giving Khaya a face.

Li Shuang greeted them with her business smile, polite while telling them to enjoy the snacks they had prepared. Li Shuang was not alone; Zhang Mengyao, Wei Xi, Ava, Aleesa, and Alissa joined the meeting.

Tang Shaoyang planned to leave the meeting to his wives since he trusted Khaya. However, the early interaction changed his mind. He must be here to make sure nothing went south.

They started the meeting with a formal introduction. They quickly became friendly, but no one touched the main topic. Then they got to the main topic after some time, about the Daenelis Clan joining the Tang Empire as a vassal.

This was just a simple interview, asking them why they wanted to join the Tang Empire. What was their goal, and she would ask them to follow the empire’s regulation if they wanted to join and so on, but one of the Elders, Elder Ivaran, kept cutting Li Shuang’s words.

Li Shuang had patience and became a bigger person. She let Elder Ivaran finish his thoughts, but it kept repeating. Then it quickly turned around, and Elder Ivaran started asking about how many God Ranks the Tang Empire had.

“How many God Ranks do you have?” The question itself was questionable, but what made it worse was his tone. There was an authoritative tone in his voice, commanding.

“Why does it matter?” Li Shuang stopped smiling, and so did everyone else

The only ones who kept their smiles were Chief Avourel, the man behind him, and four Elders, which included the woman elder.

“Of course, it matters. The Daenelis Clan has 27 God Ranks, and from what I know, the Tang Empire only had 3 God Ranks. If you want us to join your little empire, you’d better give us many great privileges. It’s fair, right? Because the Daenelis Clan will boost your empire’s force substantially.”

Tang Shaoyang immediately stood up, “Alright, the meeting is over. You are not needed in the Tang Empire.”

He was about to teleport them out of the Tang Garden until Elder Oriphine stood up and took out her bow. An arrow appeared in her right hand, and she aimed at the sky.

Tang Shaoyang no longer hesitated and teleported them out. However, Oriphine managed to shoot an arrow. He didn’t think much since he thought she was shooting one of his flying Beast Spirits. He was about to question Khaya until Oriphine said something alarming.

“Are you sure you want to scold her instead of checking your garden?” There was a smugness in her tone.