A gleam flashed through Chen Xuan's eyes.
In an instant, a complicated expression crossed Jia Xingtian's face inside the great hall.
He knew very well that obtaining something meant paying a corresponding price. Nothing in this world came free, much less a high-grade item capable of helping someone break through to Dou Zong.
Jia Xingtian knew that something capable of enabling that breakthrough was most likely a Sect Breaking Pill.
This was a top-grade tier-six pill-a Sect Breaking Pill.
Its rarity even rivaled that of ordinary Seventh-Grade Pills.
Thus, the price of obtaining such a thing would be enormous.
At that moment, Jia Xingtian's expression shifted between light and shadow, his heart filled with conflicting emotions.
Only after a long while did Jia Xingtian grit his teeth, slowly raise his head toward Chen Xuan, and say, "As long as Your Majesty can help me break through to Dou Zong, I'll agree to any terms."
He had reached this decision after thinking it over again and again.
This was a world where the strong reigned supreme.
If he failed to reach Dou Zong and lost the wholehearted support of the Snake-People Tribe, the Jia Ma Imperial Family would probably soon be destroyed by the Misty Cloud Sect.
When that happened, everything would come to nothing!
Not only would he lose his life, but the Jia Ma Empire would no longer belong to him either. What was the point of agonizing over it?!
Whatever the price, so be it!
Only if he could break through to Dou Zong would the entire Jia Ma Imperial Family have the right to survive.
"Very good!"
Hearing this, Chen Xuan smiled faintly. "Then let me tell you the price."
"The price is that, starting today, your Jia Ma Imperial Family will become a vassal state of