<blockquote>"Ah! I know!" Wei Ying pointed at the pretty young master. "If I agree to help you in the fight against Wen Ruohan, then you have to give me your firstborn child."
The young man's eyes grew wide. For a moment, he seemed wholly taken aback. Then his expression hardened and he nodded.
"I cannot create life by myself. If the Yiling Patriarch wishes to claim my child, he must first help me conceive."
(In which the "terrifying" Yiling Patriarch strikes a bargain, and winds up in over his head.)</blockquote>