Bai Zichen dusted off his sleeves, his tone as casual as if he were addressing a fellow sect disciple.
Shi Chengdong was furious and his expression was about to twist in anger, but then he recalled a letter from a friend in the Central Domain.
His friend's Sect was a Nascent Soul Sect that relied on him as its sole pillar of support. During the war between the two races, hundreds of its disciples had been conscripted.
A few years later, they had lost a Core Formation disciple and dozens at Foundation Establishment.
They hadn't yet forced him to fight personally, but any Nascent Soul True Monarch who didn't report to the Jishui Camp was required to hand over one Top-Grade Spirit Stone every five years, or provide an item of equal value.
This was a decree issued by the Moral Sect and all the other Super Sects to subsidize the True Monarchs fighting on the front lines.
