Lin Fan didn’t have any fear that the four sects would be weakened because of his actions.
Since they were weakened, they wouldn’t be able to fulfill their roles as cannon fodder as well as if they were as strong as they were before. As such, it would mean that the mission to subdue these sects would only be considered a half success.
Still, Lin Fan didn’t care at all about this.
After all, he knew that the most important thing was loyalty.
It didn’t matter how strong they were if they were disloyal since all that it would mean is having another knife in the dark to look out for. It was better to just snip their wings and train them to be loyal pets than to leave them as wolves that could betray them at any moment.
Just because someone gave them a piece of their soul, that didn’t mean that they would be absolutely loyal.
There were all kinds of strange techniques that were in this world, so there should be ways of getting out of giving up a piece of one’s soul. Perhaps it would be some kind of special soul preserving elixir or something else.
In fact, even just becoming strong enough would be enough to preserve one’s soul since the stronger that one became, the less that piece of their soul that was separated mattered.
After a certain point, losing that fragment wouldn’t matter at all.
Especially for the stronger experts that went beyond the Nascent Soul Realm.
The Nascent Soul Realm was a realm where one would develop a new soul.
So that was why Lin Fan killed all of the ancestors and sect masters.
The elders were different since they could be trained as well. In fact, the elders were already partly trained since the reason why they would even join these sects in the first place was to rely on these sects for protection and resources.
With the resources that Lin Fan had, he was sure that he would be able to use carrot and stick to get them under his thumb.
Once that happened, it wouldn’t matter how they tried, they wouldn’t be able to escape the grasp of the Love Sect.
But he also had to explain this matter to Mu Bao Bao.
Or it was better to say that he had to explain this in a way so that Mu Bao Bao would be able to convince her ministers and generals why what he did was fine. Why it was alright that these sects were weakened because of his actions.
In the first place, they were the reason why this matter was pushed so hard that Mu Bao Bao brought it up with Lin Fan. Otherwise, she would have used her power to suppress this matter completely.
“It’s better to have loyal dogs than to have a dog that will one day bite your hand.” Lin Fan kept insisting on this when Mu Bao Bao asked him about this.
She looked at him with narrowed eyes as if she was exhausted hearing this, but she didn’t push the matter in the end.
Instead, she brought up a different matter.
“The Mu Empire will be hosting a conference for the sects soon. You will have to lead the Love Sect to participate in this conference.” Mu Bao Bao said with a sigh.
“Conference?” Lin Fan was a bit confused when he heard this.
Mu Bao Bao said with a nod, “That’s right, the Mu Empire will be hosting a Demon Slaying Conference.”
“Demon Slaying Conference?” Lin Fan repeated with an even more confused voice.
He didn’t know what this event was since he had never heard of it before, but he knew that it wouldn’t be simple with a name like this. There was no doubt that it was some kind of big event if Mu Bao Bao even wanted him to join it.
Mu Bao Bao gave a sigh before saying, “This is an event that the Mu Empire has been preparing for a long time now. It will be a crusade against the demonic cultivators that are in the lands of the Mu Empire.”
This time, Lin Fan deeply knitted his brows when he heard this.
He looked at Mu Bao Bao like this for a bit before suddenly asking, “Is this really alright for you to do this? Demonic cultivators…”
HIs voice just trailed off like this and he didn’t finish what he was saying, but the way that he did this made it very clear what he was implying.
Mu Bao Bao gave a nod to show that she understood his concerns before saying, “This is a matter that has been approved of after seeking the advice of the elder. The Heavenly Demon Sect is a demonic sect, but it’s made up with demonic cultivators that have a code of ethics. They are not monsters that kill for fun, like the ones that will be hunted this time.”
Lin Fan’s brows relaxed a bit upon hearing this, but he still slightly kept them knit as he thought about these words.
Even if they were all demonic cultivators, that didn’t mean that they all acted the same.
It seemed that those from the Heavenly Demon Sect looked down on these demonic cultivators that slaughtered people for fun.
Thinking even further about it, Lin Fan realized that Ye Tian Xie and Ye Qing Huan wouldn’t stay in the Heavenly Demon Sect if it was filled with people like that.
He felt that he had a good understanding of their personality after all.
In that case, it seemed like it wouldn’t be a problem for them to go through with this Demon Slaying Conference.
Only he was still a bit confused why they were holding this Demon Slaying Conference in the first place.
As if she could guess what he was thinking based on the way that he looked at her, Mu Bao Bao said, “It’s a way to see how loyal the sects are. Even though they were spared by the previous emperor, that doesn’t mean that they are all loyal. They were just the sects that didn’t have any signs of cooperating with others, but that doesn’t mean that this won’t change. You should be aware of this since you’ve already dealt with those four sects.”
She couldn’t help giving a sigh after saying this.
Lin Fan gave a slow nod of acknowledgement since he knew that what she said was the truth.
It was also the reason that he gave for killing the ancestors and sect masters, which resulted in these four sects becoming weaker.
It seemed that the Mu Empire was really making a big move by putting on this Demon Slaying Conference. It seemed like they were planning on dealing with all of the sects in one fell swoop with this.
“What are the prizes that you’re offering?” Lin Fan suddenly asked.
For this to work, there had to be prizes offered that would incentivize the sects to do their best. Just like how there would be punishments prepared for those that were found to be traitors.
Only the punishments wouldn’t be done in the light of day.
Mu Bao Bao gave a nod as she understood why he asked this before saying, “There’s all kinds of prizes that are prepared, but the biggest one will be a special item. That is all I can tell you for now.”
Lin Fan raised a brow to look at Mu Bao Bao, but she didn’t say anything to explain.
It seemed like she was really intent on keeping this matter a secret no matter what.
That just made Lin Fan even more curious about what she was hiding, but it didn’t seem like she was willing to say anything.
In the end, he just said with a sigh, “I’ll have to talk to the others first.”
Mu Bao Bao nodded in agreement with this since she felt that this was important too.
Even if she was the empress of the Mu Empire, she still considered herself one of the members of the Love Sect. So she cared very much about the Love Sect and she didn’t want to force them into anything.
Even if she was supposed to force them since this was an important matter for the Mu Empire in making sure that the sects were loyal to them.
Though in reality, the people of the Love Sect cared very much for Mu Bao Bao as well.
If it was Mu Bao Bao’s request, then there was almost no way that they would reject this.
It would have to be something that really went against their code of ethics for them to reject a favour from her.
Lin Fan then asked, “What kind of demonic cultivators are being targeted in this Demon Slaying Conference?”
Mu Bao Bao gave a nod before taking out a map.
It seemed like she had already expected this question and had been prepared to answer this.
The map that she took out seemed to be a map of a valley.
“This is Dragon Beard Canyon, it is where five different demonic sects will be holding a meeting in two weeks. This is the target for our Demon Slaying Conference.”
Lin Fan raised a brow as if he was asking her how she obtained this information.
Mu Bao Bao just calmly said, “The Mu Empire is a large organization, we have our ways of getting information.”
Lin Fan seemed to think about it at first before giving a nod of agreement.
“The plan is to…” Mu Bao Bao just continued to lay out the plan for the Demon Slaying Conference.
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