Ji Yao gets wasted
As the full moon rose to the peak of the inky sky the closed-door meeting finally came to an end. What should have been a two-hour session had run over five hours because they couldn't come to an agreement.
This keystone business was highly controversial considering that Qilin Hao was associated with Prince Rui and this vile man had no good intentions. If they were to offer up those keystones on a silver platter to the enemy they would be not only putting themselves at risk but the entire continent.
Only the heavens know how long it took for humans and the first Nocru to drop arms and learn to coexist. For a very long time, there was tension between the human community and the Nocru living in the same country. The tension was amplified by the segregation of the imperial city from the rest of the continent.