When the Zhao Family faces war, all their vassal powers must answer the call to arms and unconditionally contribute manpower and resources.
Of course, if a vassal power is invaded by an external enemy, the Zhao Family is also obligated to intervene and protect the vassal's legitimate interests.
These were the most crucial clauses in the alliance treaty. The remaining articles, numbering over a hundred, covered all sorts of details from every possible angle.
In the Cultivation Realm, there are countless examples of main families successfully managing their relationships with vassal powers, but just as many failures. It's hard to say definitively who was right or wrong in each case.
However, in Ling Changqing's and Shangguan Qingying's eyes, this treaty was merely a stopgap measure. In twenty or thirty years, once the Zhao Family's power had grown further, they could consider tearing up the treaty and launching a major campaign of external expansion.
