Feng Huabin and Jia Gong's submission to Lin Qian was also extremely secret, and only the two of them were aware of this matter, without mentioning it to anyone else.
Including everyone in Feng State and Lianshan State, no one knew they had already been categorized as subjects of the Huaxia Empire.
A wager is a wager, and since they had agreed with Lin Qian that if they lost, the two Sects would be integrated into the Huaxia Empire.
Rather than saying Feng Huabin and Jia Gong were willing to admit defeat in the wager, it was more accurate to say they were subdued by Lin Qian's strength, especially when those twelve layers of Soul Light emerged, causing the two to stop in their tracks, staring at each other dumbfounded.
It was Lin Qian who had to remind them to continue their moves before they snapped out of their daze and proceeded with their contest with him.