The pain... it really stopped!

"Your Highness, May I know why did you decide to reveal your identity to me? Is there something I can do for you?" Chen Lao asked respectfully.

Ashen nodded with a smile with his hands clasped behind him: "Well of course, I need you to submit to me. Become my subordinate and help me in my path to the throne!"

Chen Lao's eyebrows twitched at his words. He was a sect leader who had the right to choose whomever he wanted to follow. Also, the top ten sects weren't under anyone's command so becoming Ashen's subordinate meant putting the sect's well-being at risk.

Chen Lao, hence, declined: "I'm sorry your highness but I'll have to decline. We top ten sects have never participated in the battle of the throne and I'd like to keep it that way."