Beauty and the Bodyguard

"Yes, and there's another point. Lin Yi may not want to talk to me directly, but that doesn't mean he'll force you to talk to him personally. After all, we're not the only ones who need to make a compromise, he needs to do the same from his perspective." Lu Pingan analyzed.

"And then?" Chen Jiu gestured for him to continue.

"I think that Lin Yi has his own requests, and he'll want to talk to us as well, but he doesn't want to talk to us like this. First, he thinks he's too passive, and second, he thinks it's beneath him. Maybe he's looking for a mouthpiece to negotiate with us." Lu Pingan said.

"Who is it?" Chen Jiu asked.

"Xin Yijie," Out of all the Golden core stage higher-ups in the green cloud sect, only this one could talk to Lin Yi and win his trust.

"Alright, go find him then." A fierce light flashed through Chen Jiu's eyes. After this incident, he didn't even need to think to know that Xin Yijie would be a dead man.

When Lu Pingan came to find him, Xin Yijie was still thinking of ways to win over the other golden core stage upper echelons. He knew that this was a critical period where the People's hearts were leaning against each other. One more supporter meant one more point of power and one more chance of victory.

When he suddenly saw Lu Pingan, Chen Jiu's personal disciple, Xin Yijie's blood turned cold. His first reaction was that the matter had been exposed, and the Grand Elder was ready to take him down!

When he understood what the Grand Elder meant, he couldn't help but be stunned. From Lu Pingan's words, Grand Elder was prepared to negotiate with Lin Yi on equal footing, and Lu Pingan and him were each other's negotiation representatives?

Of course, Xin Yijie didn't dare to agree to something like this. After understanding Lu Pingan's intentions, he quickly ran to the ascending cliff to ask Lin Yi.

"Since they want to talk, let's talk. We won't lose anything anyway." Lin Yi replied.

"Then ... How?" Xin Yijie said weakly.

"You don't know how to wrangle?" Lin Yi looked at him.

"Wrangling?" Xin Yijie's eyes were a little dazed."Martial granduncle, we should have a goal in our negotiations, right? could wrangling be our goal?"

"Yes, wrangling is our goal. He can talk to you however he wants. There's only one thing you have to do. Don't object or agree. In short, it's wrangling. When you've wrangled yourself unconscious, you'll have succeeded." Lin Yi said.

"W-why?" Xin Yijie didn't quite understand what Lin Yi was getting at-what was the point of all this?

"There are two reasons. First, the half-dead person now is Chen Dongcheng and not our people, so they should be the ones who should be anxious. We have no reason to be anxious at all. In negotiations, whoever is anxious will always be at a disadvantage. Just you wait and see. Once the argument drags on for too long, they will definitely lose their cool. That will be our chance." Lin Yi said.

"Yes, yes." Xin Yijie nodded and asked,""What's the second?"

"The second one is you." Lin Yi said.

"Me?" Xin Yijie asked, confused.

"Let me ask you, what have you achieved by winning over the hearts of the people?" Lin Yi asked.

"Uh ... Very little ..." Xin Yijie blushed with shame. It wasn't that he didn't work hard, but his strength and status were too ordinary. Usually, he was the type of person who no one paid attention to among the Golden core stage senior executives. At this juncture, he didn't have any appeal at all. Even if they were dissatisfied with the Chen family faction, after hearing his proposal, they would only laugh and say that they were overestimating their ability. Few would really take it seriously.

It was actually a little better now-the shock from Lin Yi's display of power had caused the other golden core stage executives to stop scoffing at Xin Yijie like before. After all, in their eyes, even if Lin Yi couldn't compare to a nascent soul old monster like the Grand Elder, he was still an existence that they couldn't go up against. However, it wasn't realistic to say that they could rope him in so easily.

"Therefore, this negotiation is an opportunity to increase our influence." Lin Yi said.

Hearing this, Xin Yijie finally came to a realization. He smacked his head and said,"I understand. Martial granduncle's meaning is that this negotiation not only has to be delayed, but it also has to be delayed until everyone knows about it. This way, the whole sect will form a concept that you and the Grand Elder are equal in status, and I, as your negotiator, can also use this to improve my status and influence!"

"That's right, but there's another meaning. Everyone knows that the green cloud School on the northern island is divided into the local faction and the Chen family faction. Now, the Grand Elder of both sides of the negotiation is the representative of the Chen family faction. So, who do you think is the representative of the main body faction?" Lin Yi's lips curved.

"Of course, it's you, grand uncle-master!" Xin Yijie's eyes lit up.

The main reason why he couldn't get the Golden core higher-ups and disciples from the other local sects to join him was because they didn't believe that he could carry the weight of the local sect. Now that Lin Yi stood out and called for a battle, not only did he easily cripple Chen Dongcheng, he even forced the Grand Elder to sit down and negotiate patiently. This was something even the sect leader Hong Zijun couldn't do!

This way, once the concept of "competing as equals" was deeply rooted in people's hearts, it would be impossible for Lin Yi not to be the leader of the local sects. Because all the Golden core higher-ups and disciples of the local sects would gather here on their own, and once they formed a force, it would be unstoppable!

"That's why you're still not going to wrangle with him?" Lin Yi said with a shrug.

"Understood!" Xin Yijie immediately left, full of confidence.

What happened next was exactly as Lin Yi had expected. Xin Yijie might look honest and kind, but he was actually very smart. He was able to argue with Lu Pingan like a flower falling from the sky, and he wasn't at a disadvantage at all.

Lu Pingan was about to go crazy. He thought that he would be more relaxed if he didn't have to face Lin Yi directly, but he didn't expect this guy to come. At first glance, he looked like an ordinary pot of warm water, but after being in contact with him for a long time, he realized that this guy would never boil. He was no less difficult to deal with than Lin Yi.

In the end, it could be summed up in two words: no way.

However, he couldn't do anything about it. After all, in this negotiation, they were the passive and weak party. Moreover, the other party was not uncooperative. In fact, it should be said that they were very cooperative. They were just wasting time. The other party was determined to fight a protracted war. What could he do?

If it wasn't for Chen Dongcheng, Chen Jiu would've fallen out with him long ago. But now, he could only grit his teeth and hold back his anger, instigating Lu Pingan to continue to grind Xin Yijie down.

But as time went on, Lin Yi's image and status in the North Island's Green cloud sect changed!