The Third Elder disappeared when the sun rose.
With how all traces of him disappeared, it was as if he had never been here in the first place.
Then when Lin Fan met the Star Tower disciples in the morning, it didn’t seem like they knew a single thing about the Third Elder’s appearance. They were acting as if they didn’t have a single clue of what had happened last night.
Perhaps the Third Elder had acted on his own, but that didn’t seem to be the case with what he had said last night. The way that he had said all of that was as if he had the support of the Star Tower’s tower master and all of the elders.
So he shouldn’t have come here without their approval first.
Then did that mean that they were just keeping the disciples in the dark on this matter?
If that was the case, what was their reasoning for that?
It seemed like it would hurt the disciples more than it would hurt Lin Fan or the Love Sect.
In the end, Lin Fan had to forget about this matter.
That was because there was something else that suddenly came up.
“Subdue the surrounding sects?” Lin Fan asked in a confused voice after hearing what Mu Bao Bao told him.
Mu Bao Bao gave a nod before saying, “Now that the Love Sect has developed a bit, we should go and subdue some of the sects that are in the surrounding area.”
Though Lin Fan could understand what Mu Bao Bao was saying, he was still confused by why she was saying this. After all, it was strange for her to suddenly bring up something like this.
From what he understood, the Love Sect had never done something like this before.
The Love Sect was a sect that had kept to itself and had only maintained a neutral stance when it came to other sects. So Lin Fan couldn’t understand why Mu Bao Bao would suddenly mention something like this.
Mu Bao Bao could see the confused look that was on Lin Fan’s face and could guess what his concern was, so she said, “In the past, the Love Sect was completely isolated because of our neutral stance. That was why when the Love Sect was attacked, there were no allies at all to help us.”
As she said this, there was a sad look that filled her eyes that made Lin Fan want to comfort her, but Mu Bao Bao continued speaking before he could.
“I don’t want to see the same thing happen again this time, so we can’t maintain the same neutral stance when it comes to the Love Sect. But allies aren’t reliable when danger comes, so the only thing that we can do is completely control some sects so that we can have backup when the time comes.” Mu Bao Bao said in a firm voice.
With the way that her voice changed in the middle of this, it was as if she had come to some kind of decision.
This was the kind of decision that she wouldn’t regret.
This was most likely a decision that she had made for quite some time now.
But Lin Fan couldn’t help feeling that there was still something that she wasn’t telling him. It felt like there was some other reason that she was suddenly coming to him with this suggestion.
So Lin Fan didn’t say a thing as he looked at her with narrowed eyes.
Mu Bao Bao remained silent at first, but it was a matter of time before she cracked under that scrutinizing gaze.
“Alright, there’s another reason.” Mu Bao Bao said with a sigh.
Lin Fan wasn’t surprised to hear this since he had already been expecting her to say this. So he didn’t say anything as he kept looking at her with this scrutinizing look while waiting for her explanation.
After hesitating for a bit, Mu Bao Bao said, “It’s also because these sects have been going against the empire lately, so it would be easier for the government if they were subdued by the Love Sect that is endorsed by the empire.”
“Going against the empire? What do you mean by that?” Lin Fan was a bit confused when he heard this.
After all, the sects should have all fallen in line because of what the previous emperor had done with the sects that had been controlled by the Five Great Sects. There shouldn’t be a single sect that was left that would want to go against the Mu Empire.
So why were they suddenly going against the Mu Empire like this?
Mu Bao Bao gave a sigh before saying, “When the sects were removed, the resources that they possessed were taken by the empire. However, it wasn’t as if we could digest all of those resources, so some of them were split among the sects. Now they are getting greedy and want more, which is why they are trying to go against the governing of the empire.”
“How so?” Lin Fan couldn’t help asking.
“They’ve been making some deals with some other sources to get resources.” Mu Bao Bao said in an almost mysterious way.
“The Five Great Sects?” That was the only thing that he could think of.
Mu Bao Bao slowly gave a nod.
Lin Fan deeply knitted his brows when he heard this.
He knew that the Five Great Sects wouldn’t just sit there, but he never knew what kind of move they would make. This was the last move that he would expect from them since this was not the kind of thing that large organizations would do.
But when he thought about it again, he realized that this was indeed the kind of thing that they would do. After all, he knew what kind of sects these Five Great Sects were…they weren’t anything good.
The Heavenly Demon Sect as a demonic sect was even better than the other Five Great Sects, but they still had their own problems.
There was no sect that was perfect.
Even the Love Sect couldn’t be considered perfect since there were still things that were going on under the surface.
Such as those from the Hidden Dragon Sect, which was a problem that would eventually have to be discussed.
For now, Lin Fan turned his attention back to the matter at hand.
Seeing that he hadn’t said anything, Yue Lan suddenly said, “I was the one that suggested it. This would be the simplest solution to solving this problem since it would allow us to bring everything under our control.”
Ming Xin nodded along as she was about to say something, but Lin Fan suddenly stopped them by saying, “It’s fine, I understand why you are doing this. There’s no need for any of you to take the blame.”
The three of them all had awkward looks on their faces when they heard this.
Lin Fan didn’t mind this as he continued by saying, “I’m sure that you have information on the sects that you want the Love Sect to subdue. Let me see them.”
Yue Lan gave a nod before taking out four different stacks of paper.
She put them all separately on the table, showing that they were information for four different sects.
Lin Fan didn’t pick up any of the stacks and just flipped through a few pages of each of them before saying, “Just give me the summary of this.”
There was a smile that appeared on Yue Lan’s face before she started giving a summary of the four different sects. With the way that she gave this summary, it was as if she had already been prepared for this, as if she had expected him to react this way.
These four sects were sects that were near Dungeon City and they didn’t seem like they were that strong.
But Lin Fan couldn’t help feeling that there was something strange about this.
“There are more, aren’t there?” Lin Fan suddenly cut Yue Lan off and asked this question. Though the question that he asked wasn’t directed to Yue Lan, but rather it was directed at Mu Bao Bao.
There was an awkward look that appeared on Mu Bao Bao’s face when she heard this.
It didn’t seem like she wanted to say anything after this, but once again, the gaze that Lin Fan gave her made her speak up.
“There are more that are spread out across the empire, but we are dealing with them…” Her voice trailed off as she said this.
It was clear that she wasn’t telling the complete truth, but…
With a sigh, Lin Fan said, “If there’s trouble like this, you know that you can count on me. You don’t have to try and deal with this on your own.”
Yue Lan revealed a faint smile when she heard this before standing up to walk over to Mu Bao Bao’s side. After coming to her side, Yue Lan patted Mu Bao Bao on the shoulder and said with the same smile, “I told you that he would say this. He isn’t someone that would just ignore you when you were in trouble. You should have just told him in the beginning.”
Mu Bao Bao turned her head away in embarrassment at this.
Lin Fan gave a sigh before saying, “I know that I’ve been busy lately, but I hope that you will still rely on me since I’m your man.”
There was a blush that appeared on all three of their faces when they heard this.
Even Ming Xin couldn’t help blushing when she saw him like this.
Lin Fan just gave another sigh before saying, “Alright, let me go and talk to the Love Sect elders. We’ll decide on a plan of attack.”
Though in his mind, he couldn’t help thinking to himself…
“Am I really that unreliable?”
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