Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1938 Alliance
At this moment, the impact on Bogner was far greater than that on the other elves.

The scene before him was completely beyond his imagination. The mere sight of the extraordinary creatures at the Vajra Realm level as mounts caused a storm of shock in Bogner's heart.

Then, his incredulous gaze unconsciously swept towards the figure sitting on the back of the giant beast, only to find himself staring into a void abyss, surrounded by endless mist that seemed to be about to completely engulf him.

He tried to dispel the fog and see the other party's true face, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get a glimpse of it and instead became more and more entangled.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

With a piercing scream, Borgner covered his eyes and collapsed to his knees with a thud, tears of blood streaming uncontrollably from his eyes.

This commotion startled all the elves around.

Upon hearing the commotion, the Elf King immediately checked Bogna's condition and, having already grasped the situation, sighed inwardly before speaking quickly...

"Help Bogner down to rest, and don't let him run around for the next while."

Faced with the Elf King's command, the silver-armored guards behind him carried it out without the slightest hesitation.

During this time, the other elves around them reacted a little slower than the Elf King, but they quickly figured out what was going on.

They had long felt that Bogner would get what's coming to him sooner or later, and now it seemed that day had finally arrived.

However, it must be said that the strength of the Great Zhou Emperor before them was truly astonishing.

Although Bogner is reckless, his strength as a Saint Realm mage is genuine. The fact that the other party could easily do this means that their strength is at least one major realm above Bogner's!

Thinking of this, the elves present unconsciously developed a sense of awe towards Zhou Xu.

Meanwhile, Zhou Xu sat upright on Qian Sui's back and slowly approached.

Seeing this, the Elf King immediately signaled the stag to take two steps forward.

"Greetings, Your Majesty. The children in our clan were just being disobedient; please forgive them."

Zhou Xu listened and smiled slightly.

“You’re too kind, Elf King. I certainly won’t hold a grudge against a child.”

In fact, Zhou Xu did absolutely nothing throughout the entire process.

Bogner ended up in this miserable state purely because the other party rashly used their mental power to probe him.

Normally, it would be extremely offensive for two parties to probe each other's situation during their first contact without any clear hostile relationship.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense wouldn't do such a thing, but someone so reckless is unlikely to even have that awareness.

He is now a five-star Gold Mage in the Nascent Soul Realm. Even without deliberately releasing his spiritual power, he is not someone a Saint Realm Mage can easily mess with.

If the other party uses their mental power to probe him, they will surely suffer a backlash!

Of course, without Zhou Xu deliberately making a move, the backlash from the spiritual power he naturally spread was only enough to cause the opponent some suffering, given the spiritual strength of a Saint Realm mage. The opponent would recover after a month or two of recuperation.

The Elf King was clearly aware of this as well, and at this moment he not only could not blame Zhou Xu, but even had to apologize to him.

Fortunately, neither side was petty. In their eyes, the matter of Bogner was a minor issue, which was basically glossed over and did not have much impact on their meeting.

The Elf King, riding a stag, led Zhou Xu directly to the outside of the Elf King's castle. Unlike Hilke, who only realized the barrier after entering, Zhou Xu sensed its presence as soon as he approached.

After entering the barrier, looking at the towering ancient elven tree in the distance, Zhou Xu was almost completely certain that the core of this barrier was the ancient elven tree.

However, Zhou Xu had no intention of investigating, not only because it would be impolite, but also because even without investigating, he could sense the power of the barrier, and if he rashly investigated, he would inevitably suffer a backlash.

Upon entering the Elf King's castle, the Elf King led him directly to the banquet hall, where they gathered for afternoon tea. Hilke was very familiar with this place.

The entire process of negotiating the alliance agreement was not as serious as expected, or rather, the elves did not realize that this should be a serious occasion. It felt like they were just having tea and chatting and then discussing the matter.

The detailed terms are numerous, easily filling seven or eight pages of the alliance agreement, but the core idea is simple: 'Both parties will become allies, helping each other and advancing and retreating together.'

Both Zhou Xu and the Elf King were very satisfied with the agreement.

After discussing this important matter, the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

During this process, the elves showed great interest in all kinds of goods from their Great Zhou Dynasty.

Zhou Xu's smile deepened.

"That's easy, we can open a trade agreement between the two sides."

Please elaborate.

Having never cooperated with any power before, let alone the Elven race with whom they had a deep partnership, they clearly did not know what a trade agreement was.

"Simply put, you can sell us some items in exchange for our Great Zhou currency. Once you have our Great Zhou currency, you can simply use it to purchase any goods you desire."

"As for the specific product list and price list, I will arrange for a dedicated staff member to come and draft and compile them later."

Zhou Xu has a wealth of experience in this area.

He could always easily resolve the various questions raised by the elves with just a few words, which made the Elf King even more interested in him.

After the tea party ended and everyone dispersed, I finally seized the opportunity, and even somewhat eagerly, to talk to him about my philosophy of governance and development as the king of my tribe, as well as some of my thoughts.

This is undoubtedly within Zhou Xu's comfort zone. Zhou Xu's ideas and concepts can be said to be very mature and advanced. Most importantly, he has accumulated a lot of practical experience and is a typical example of true knowledge coming from practice.

From Zhou Xu's perspective, these developmental problems of the Elven race are trivial.

Later, the Elf King even began to raise some questions that had troubled him for a long time, hoping to get answers from Zhou Xu.

During this time, Zhou Xu also clearly discovered that the Elf King himself was aware that his people were too undisciplined, squandering their long lifespans and outstanding talents.

He was determined to change the status quo, but his attempts all failed.

Zhou Xu smiled when faced with this question.

"It's actually very simple, just create demand for them."

"..."

(End of this chapter)