At that moment, Piao Ye and Dragon Turtle were in a position where the butcher held the knife and the fish lay on the chopping board. After all, they had already "betrayed" Chi Xue and the others, leaving them nowhere to retreat. They could only let Ling Tian and his companions name their terms. They looked at Ling Tian, their expressions growing grave.
It wasn't just Dragon Turtle and Piao Ye who were nervous. Tan Tai Chang Feng was, too. He was worried Ling Tian might demand something too harsh.
"As for the terms..." Ling Tian deliberately drew out his words. Seeing the nervous looks on Dragon Turtle and the other two, he put on a solemn expression. "There's only one condition: we form a sincere alliance. Don't stab us in the back."
"That's all?" Piao Ye stared at Ling Tian in astonishment, as if trying to tell from his expression whether he was joking.
To Piao Ye, "forming a sincere alliance" wasn't a condition at all. It was simply something they had to honor. Ling Tian had asked for nothing else, so how could they not be surprised?
"Don't underestimate this condition. It's the most important one. If you can keep it, I'll be able to rest easy." Ling Tian spoke with complete seriousness. Seeing the disbelief on Dragon Turtle and the others' faces, he glanced at Tan Tai Chang Feng. "Honestly, if Brother Tan Tai weren't here, I would've demanded something harsh—maybe one or two Order Divine Artifacts, or some cultivation techniques. But Dragon Turtle is Brother Tan Tai's big brother, and he'd be caught in the middle. I don't want to put him in a difficult position, because he's my brother."
Those two words, "my brother," filled Tan Tai Chang Feng with indescribable emotion. He had seen