Chapter 1080 - 1180: Assigning Tasks

All the Sect Leaders of the Minor Sects present fell silent for a moment after hearing the mixed coaxing and intimidating words of the Taichu Sect's true master.

It is impossible for them not to worry, after all, what the Taichu Sect's master said is true. Even if the Taichu master's words had a bit of craftiness, the Sect Leaders of these Minor Sects clearly understood that in the end, the demonic cultivators of the Demon Sect would certainly vent their anger on them. Considering the Taichu Sect's strength, those demonic cultivators would look for soft targets to attack.

"I agree to let the demonic cultivators join, but they must not be allowed to gain too much benefit. If they develop too far, it would be a disaster for all the people in the world." A Sect Leader from a Minor Sect, after a moment of silence, spoke to the Taichu master. Although he agreed to this matter, he played a little trick, using the banner of the people of the world to restrict the Taichu master from giving too much credit to the demonic cultivators.

Yet indeed, as this Sect Leader from a Minor Sect said, if you give the demonic cultivators too much power, they might get overly complacent, possibly showing interest in the future to directly target some secluded towns for a massacre.

After hearing the words of this Sect Leader, other Minor Sect Leaders also agreed with his view. Though these Minor Sects would see a significant increase in strength with external development, if the sects of the demonic path also grew significantly, it would mean their strength did not diverge much, and some demonic cultivators might find massacring towns boring and potentially turn their attacks on these Minor Sects to test their newly gained power.

While these concerns remain just that—concerns without yet happening—the probability of such events, from the perspective of the orthodox path's understanding of the demonic path, is not small. Therefore, they all opposed allowing the demonic path to gain more credit.

"Everyone, rest assured, I will not give the demonic path too much credit. I will divide the teams exploring beyond the wall into eleven teams, and the logistics and supplies into two teams. I will only assign one team to the demonic cultivators, and with logistics and supplies split, each team will be divided into ten smaller squads. We will assign them one small squad; otherwise, they will still stir up trouble. Giving them this one major team and one small squad is to shut them up. Keep in mind that in the end, whether exploring beyond the wall is possible still depends on us, the Taichu Sect," said the master of the Taichu Sect, implying increasingly towards the end that this was not only said for the demonic path but also for all the Sect Leaders present.

It was to tell them that whether the plan beyond the wall could be implemented still depended on the Taichu Sect. At worst, they could go it alone. Although fewer resources would be obtained alone compared to working together, at least it would continue to increase the Taichu Sect's power, and this would accelerate. Although this cycle might take time, if truly pushed to limit, the Taichu Sect would not mind this cycle at all. After all, everything belongs to them; the Taichu Sect can say whatever they want, and if they don't give opportunities, you won't gain any benefits.

After hearing this from the Taichu master, especially the last sentence, Ye Tianfan suddenly felt that the Taichu master was not always genteel, and being domineering could be quite impressive too.

Moreover, the Taichu master was not always actively dominant; it was the excessive agitation of the Minor Sect Leaders that prompted such assertive words. Although this dominance was somewhat subtle, the Sect Leaders below were not fools; they knew this was not only spoken for the demonic path but also meant to suppress them.

While some Minor Sects felt that providing one major team and one small squad to the demonic path was excessive, upon reflection, it seemed reasonable. No one wants to share a team with the demonic path, so directly giving one major team and one small squad to them was already quite acceptable.

Moreover, the leaders of some Major Sects realized that, on the surface, one major team and one small squad were given to the demonic path, but actually, the logistics and supplies small squad was given to the Demon Sect. After all, the Demon Sect couldn't possibly allocate the logistics and supplies small squad to other sects.

As for the major team, it was even more implausible for the Demon Sect alone to support a massive team. The entire orthodox path barely managed to split into ten teams; one can imagine how large each team was. With a mix of elements in the demonic path, the losses would definitely be significant when all grouped into one team.

When the time comes, the tasks for each team will be the same, and tasks based on other teams' standards would be somewhat difficult for the team formed by the demonic path because they do not understand what teamwork is.

For the orthodox path, even if not from the same sect, they understand cooperation. Furthermore, the team formed by the demonic path was not that strong in the first place, and with their lack of cooperation knowledge, their damage during the mission to explore beyond the wall would be severe. At that point, weakening the demonic path's power while indirectly increasing the orthodox path's strength becomes feasible.

One sip, one bite, and after this incident, the strength of the demonic path might not increase much.

When the leaders of Major Sects realized this, they broke into a cold sweat, not expecting the Taichu master to be so crafty and cunning as to devise such a task. Seems like they should never offend the Taichu master, or he might trap them while they still think he's doing them a favor.

Isn't that how it was with this exploration beyond the wall? The Taichu master directly invited the demonic path to explore beyond the wall, rather than waiting for the demonic path to start harassing the sects before inviting them. This made some rational people within the demonic path express their gratitude to the Taichu master while ensnaring them in the Taichu master's plan.

Moreover, even if you figure it out, without evidence, it's all speculation. And if you find out, what can you do? You still have to go beyond the wall, or else the gap with others will widen. This is an overt strategy. Even if you fall into the trap, you still need to thank the Taichu master for granting this opportunity. Otherwise, if he didn't give you this chance, then what?

Moreover, truly intelligent people are rare in the entire demonic path. Only a few cunning old foxes would realize the overt strategy the Taichu master employs, while other crooked ones would either be exceedingly grateful or feel it's only right.

The Taichu master doesn't need their gratitude, merely keeping them occupied to prevent disturbances is the best return for the Taichu master. After all, as long as the demonic people are quiet, the Taichu Sect can continue developing peacefully.