“Take it, Xiao Yangzi, just take it! This is the perfect chance to have them join our Great Dou Dynasty!” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy egged him on from within the mental space, trying her best to sway him. “This counts as expanding our territory. This immortal will make sure you get great credit for it.”

Although Lu Yang was the Great Dou Dynasty’s Pillar Minister, he still had his own ideas. He couldn’t simply do whatever the Everlasting Immortal Fairy demanded.

I have turned up at the imperial palace to stop a fight and uphold justice, not to claim territory or seize land. What if word of this gets out? It would tarnish my upright and honorable image.

Lu Yang tucked the imperial jade seal back into the emperor’s hands and explained calmly, “Our Great Dou Dynasty is no longer recruiting.”

“Great Dou Dynasty?” The emperor was taken...