"Don't think you can pass off a defective product as something good enough to fool me. The first Human Race Emperor and the second Human Race Emperor were both Sage disciples.
When the empress-conferment ceremony is held in the future, I will surely invite a Sage to personally preside over the grand ceremony.
If the candidate you choose fails to catch a Sage's eye, then I won't be polite to the Phoenix Clan.
I know you can't make the decision. You can return and seek His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor's instructions.
If the Phoenix Clan can accept this, then we'll have a pleasant cooperation.
If you think it won't work, then we'll simply proceed according to the original conditions."
Ji Shui was making an outrageously excessive demand, going to extremes.
If he could truly obtain a peerless-talented empress from the Phoenix Clan, it would be a major boon both to Ji Shui and to the Human Race.
Perhaps this empress would still keep the Phoenix Clan in mind for a short time and put the clan's interests first in everything.
But as time passed, she would inevitably come to identify more with her status as a member of the Human Race than with the Phoenix Clan.
For the Human Race, that would amount to gaining a Quasi-Sage powerhouse for free.
As for entering the Sage Realm together, that was merely Ji Shui's exaggeration. He himself had no confidence in Attaining Sainthood.
The Phoenix Clan's Quasi-Sage indeed had no way to make this decision. The only one who could decide this matter was Ancestor Huang, the Heavenly Emperor.
After the negotiations ended.
The Phoenix Clan's Quasi-Sage immediately sent the news back to the Heavenly Court.
Then he began waiting anxiously.
Chao Heng was already somewhat bound to the Phoenix Clan.
Naturally,