But he had never imagined that Young Master Azure Jade would come in person, bringing his people with him.
He had originally planned to fob them off with a few excuses, but now he no longer dared entertain that idea.
After all, any sensible person knew that a genius like Xia Jue was someone to befriend, never someone to make an enemy of.
But no matter how much Yu Jin regretted it, it was already too late. What was done was done. He might as well hear their demands and conditions.
Xia Jue glanced at Su Jiu, his gaze darkening slightly, then addressed Yu Nian and the other elders. "We can help you take down the Zheng Household, but we have one condition." All they really wanted from taking down the Zheng Household was control over half of Jade Sun City. That was of no use to the Azure Tide Sect, far away in Azure Mist. Even if they took over the Zheng Household, no one would be willing to stay here and manage it.
"Please, go ahead," Yu Nian said.
"I want Jade Sun City to become a subordinate city of our Azure Tide Sect. Of course, we won't send anyone to manage it. We merely want this city to become one of our bases on the Spiritflight Continent." Everyone in the hall understood what Xia Jue was implying: any Azure Tide Sect disciples who came to Jade Sun City in the future would no longer be subject to its authority.
They would also have to hand over a copy of their Mechanism Diagram to the Azure Tide Sect. Yu Nian even suspected that this was Xia Jue's true objective.
As soon as Xia Jue finished speaking, everyone below fell silent.
The Eighth Elder slammed the table and sprang