After contemplating his life choices, Ryan realized he had to take a gamble.
His life wasn't as easy as it previously had been, and his cultivation wasn't progressing at the speed it needed to. He could only place his hope in his bloodline.
"Okay fine, I'll do it," Ryan said, turning towards the egg. "But you're going to need to say a heavenly oath that forbids you from betrayal."
"That would be redundant," Yoko said. "You'll realize once you start to form the pact that it is unbreakable, and as the lesser in the contract, I would die if something happened to you."
Ryan's jaw dropped. "Then why would you agree to such a thing?"
"You don't exactly strike me as the trusting type," Ryan said, furrowing his brow.