"What will you do now?" Ning Xueyan had to take two quick steps to catch up with Ao Chenyi's pace. "Destroy the nine barbarian states alongside Wen Xueran?"

"No." Ao Chenyi raised an eyebrow and smiled mysteriously. "I'll negotiate with Wen Xueran."

Confused, she repeated, "Negotiate?"

"The people of the nine barbarian states have always been different from those of the central plains. They're valiant and barbaric. For many years, they have wanted to ...