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Chapter 2014: Chapter 2018: A Political Marriage?

"Haha, again? And this early in the morning? Very persistent."

Qin Tian looked at the letter and admired the persistence of the Leopard City envoy. He said to the guard, "Tell them I’m busy, no time, and won’t meet."

"Yes!"

The soldier hurried away.

All morning, Qin Tian studied the battle situation. After lunch, he planned to leave Zhangmu City alone and go to the border of West State with the Wolf Clan to see the specific situation. If the Wolf Clan’s guard was slack, he intended to launch a surprise attack.

He reached the mansion’s front gate and saw three people, dressed differently from those in the Tianyuan Dynasty, standing at the gate. As soon as Qin Tian appeared, the leader of the three, a middle-aged man, quietly called out, "King Qin! King Qin!"

The three quickly gathered around.

The guards stopped them. Qin Tian looked at the three, one man and two women, but the two women seemed to be dressed as men, with delicate features, appearing in their twenties.

"King Qin, please give us a chance!"

The middle-aged man fixed his eyes on Qin Tian and spoke loudly, "We’ve waited three days for you. Please give us a chance!"

Qin Tian looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "And you are?"

"Leopard City Special Envoy," the middle-aged man replied.

In fact, Qin Tian knew these three were the Leopard City envoys. He nodded, "Come in."

Their relentless spirit made Qin Tian change his mind.

Originally, he was not prepared to cooperate with Leopard City.

However, the persistence shown by the Leopard City envoy surprised Qin Tian. Since that was the case, he was interested to see how the Leopard City envoy would persuade him to cooperate.

The three followed Qin Tian to his study. After the four sat down, a maid served tea.

Qin Tian stared at the three, "You are from Leopard City, and I’ve never dealt with you before."

The middle-aged man smiled, "Never dealt with us before, but everything has a first time. Now there is one, and there can always be more."

"Really?"

Qin Tian slightly raised his eyebrows, "Is there a future? I’ve heard Leopard City is about to be taken down by the Wolf Clan, so isn’t there no future?"

"Whether Leopard City has a future depends entirely on King Qin’s decision."

The middle-aged man stared at Qin Tian, saying, "With King Qin’s wisdom, you surely know why we’ve traveled such a long way to visit."

Qin Tian waved his hand, "Before discussing the matter, I’m curious about how you found Zhangmu City. Shouldn’t you have gone to Nanmu City to find me?"

"We never went to Nanmu City," the man said.

"Oh? Came directly to Zhangmu City?"

"We went to Lin City and Zhangmu City. We didn’t find you in Lin City but found you in Zhangmu City."

"Why go to Lin City?"

"Our princess deduced that the Wolf Clan would move troops to attack Leopard City, and your Qin Army would surely be looking for opportunities near the border. And given your troop strength, to launch a surprise attack on the Wolf Clan, you would definitely lead the team personally to ensure the attack’s success."

"And the cities nearest to the Wolf Clan border, easiest to conceal and launch a surprise attack, other than Lin City, are Zhangmu Town. So, following the princess’s orders, we directly came to these two cities to visit you."

Upon hearing this, Qin Tian laughed, "Haha, your princess, is that leopardess Yan Ruolan, isn’t it? She does seem to have some strategic insight and a big-picture view. Lin City... yes, Lin City is another place for a quick surprise attack."

He continued, staring at the envoy, "Okay, I guessed your intent correctly, you’re probably trying to persuade me to send troops to help break the siege of Leopard City, right?"

The envoy nodded, "Indeed, King Qin, you don’t have to personally lead your troops to Leopard City, that’s unrealistic, too far. You just need to deploy your army, directly attacking the Wolf Clan, and I mean a full force attack, not a surprise attack, to put enormous pressure on the Wolf Clan from behind, causing them panic and withdrawal, thus aiding us."

"Even if the Wolf Clan retreats, can you handle the four-city alliance?" Qin Tian asked.

"The four-city alliance is not a concern. King Qin, you must have known, the joint forces of the four-city army and the Wolf Clan’s vanguard can still be repelled. The mere four-city alliance doesn’t worry us. What we worry about is the Wolf Clan continuously increasing troops or other major clans joining the Leopard City affair, under which we cannot withstand."

The envoy presented a clear strategic analysis to Qin Tian: "Currently no other major clans have involved themselves, but the Wolf Clan covets Leopard Clan territories and has undue aspirations towards our princess. The Wolf Clan refuses to relent until they occupy Leopard Clan. Thus, for a swift resolution, the princess specifically instructed me to communicate the importance and seek an alliance with King Qin."

"Your analysis is quite good, but you mentioned explaining urgency. I now wonder, if I send out troops to assist you, what benefits do I gain?"

"King Qin, by exploiting the Wolf Clan’s empty rear, you can definitely occupy large swathes of Wolf Clan territories. Also, you can relieve the pressure on your Yueya City frontline."

Qin Tian waved his hand, "I’m not interested in Barbarian Clan lands unless I can occupy all Barbarian territories. Otherwise, occupying some land would provoke you Barbarian Clans further, leading to a major counterattack on me. Haha, I wouldn’t relieve the pressure on the front line, but it would tighten instead. Envoy, don’t try to deceive me with this."

"King Qin is indeed wise; I admire you!"

The envoy bowed to Qin Tian, evidently not expecting him to see through the pros and cons so sharply.

"Well then, let’s be honest. Our princess asked me to convey to King Qin that as long as King Qin is willing to help, rescuing Leopard Clan from dire conditions, Leopard Clan would become King Qin’s permanent ally, first to support you in any crisis!"

"Permanent ally..."

Qin Tian grinned, "I don’t believe that. In this world, there’s only permanent interest, not a permanent ally."

"We can sign a treaty."

"Treaties can be signed, but also torn apart. In history, the Barbarian Clan has torn several peace treaties with the Tianyuan Dynasty. Do you think I would trust a paper alliance?"

"This..."

The envoy glanced at his two attendants, hesitating, seemingly reaching a resolution, then firmly said, "Alright, King Qin, let’s be frank. Our princess said before we set off that you might not believe our sincerity."

"Thus, our princess asked me to convey to King Qin, if you don’t believe we can form a permanent alliance, our Leopard Clan and your West State can marry."

Qin Tian was stunned, "Marriage?!"

"Yes, marriage!"

The envoy fixed his eyes on Qin Tian, "This is our princess’s utmost sincerity. Our princess instructed me, as long as King Qin is willing to send forces to save Leopard Clan from the peril of annihilation, then King Qin becomes Leopard Clan’s benefactor, and our princess is willing to repay with marriage!"

(Seeing readers mention issues of age and fertility, a clarification: Immortality Cultivators are eternal and can bear children, do not apply mortal perspectives here. A father aged over ten thousand and a few-years-old daughter is perfectly conceivable.)