Seven Stars Sect.
Shen Yu had spent quite a lot of time to think of a way to deal with it. He could just forcibly take over, but it would be too troublesome and he would need to handle a lot of things.
He also didn't want to repeat what happened with Wind Flower Sect so there were only a few options left. After all, Seven Stars Sect was under the Heavenly Sect Federation and after what happened with Wind Flower Sect, they had been keeping eyes on every sect.
So, unless they destroyed the whole Seven Stars Sect, it would be impossible to not become enemies with the Heavenly Sect Federation, which he didn't want to do this early.
That was why a hostile take over and destruction, both were out of the way. But he had gotten an opportunity to deal with the Seven Stars Sect easily without alerting others.
And that was to give their support to Bai Li, who was supposedly Sect Leader's son and had the right to succeed him. They could just her 'him' the Sect Leader and deal with others in shadows.
After all, the Assassin Organisation had changed a lot and if they assassinated someone important suddenly, it wouldn't be weird.
Shen Yu rubbed his chin, thinking of another problem.
'They have a backing. We will need to somehow cut that backing out.'
He raised his head and looked at Song Junwan.
"Do you have any ideas to deal with the Heavenly Sky Sect? Like not personally but I want to cut the backing of Seven Stars Sect."
Song Junwan fell in deep thoughts, before sighing.
"It's simple, Master. We will make our presence known and go with the plan we discussed in the Tournaments. We couldn't do as our plan because of the sudden changes but now it's a perfect opportunity. With the allegations and mess, the Heavenly Sky Sect won't pay much attention to the Seven Stars Sect."
Her smile grew wider as she continued.
"The Sect and Empire will be suspicious of each other. Not only that, they will also suspect that some power from Holy Lands is interfering. It's not the first time it happened so I'm sure they'll believe it. Once their focus on this matter, they will forget about matters of Lackey of theirs."
Qing Zhiyan nodded and added.
"Sister Song is right. My father is actually in a tight position and the relationship between the sects and Empire isn't good. If I have to guess, then my father will try to recruit this new power even. This is a major issue and with all of this, unless there are heavy changes, the Heavenly Sky Sect wouldn't pay much attention to the Seven Stars Sect."
Shen Yu smiled in pride. See how inteligent were his wives. They figured out a solution so quickly.
"You're right on that. And even if they somehow pays attention, we can use the Assassin Organisation to distract them. We will just pretend that Assassin Organisation is going to submit to the Empire. I'm sure the Major Sects would be alarmed from this news. Coupled with the destruction of the Slave organisation, which we will obviously succeed in, they would have no choice but to focus on Empire."
He then clapped his hands.
"Excellent planning, ladies."
Qing Zhiyan blushed as redness creeped on her cheeks, while Song just giggled in happiness. Praise from their Master was all they needed.
Shen Yu thought of something and closed his eyes. He was using his mental connection with the Sect's identity token to contact Bai Li. Since he was the Sect Leader and the one who made the technique, he didn't need the identity token.
After hearing everything, Bai Li couldn't help but grin at the prospect of her future. She personally didn't care about the Sect itself but if that was what it would take to get her the answers, she would do it.
With a wide grin on her face, she said.
"Rest assured, Master. I won't let you down and take the Sect under me. I already have many supporters and among them are the core Elders who make up for the main force of the Sect. It's a matter of time before we take over. But there is a problem and we're trying to find a solution for that."
Shen Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.
"And what might that be?"
Bai Li sighed and answered.
"At first I was aiming only for the position of Sect Leader, but slowly I realised how wrong I was. The Core Elders are supporting me, not just because of their dissatisfaction with Bai Chen."
A wry smile appeared on her face.
"There are some good position in the Sect and they're always held by those who bootlick the Sect Leader. The Core Elders have grown impatient and angry with how the Sect Leader treats them. So, their plan is simply to use me as a pawn to get to those position."
Shen Yu sighed, not much surprised. He said.
"It isn't possible even if somehow became the Sect Leader because those are already established and suddenly removing those will certainly cause chaos in the sect. It might even turn into a civil war and turn the whole Sect upside down."
His gaze hardened as he asked.
"Is this the problem you guys are facing?"
Bai Li nodded.
"Yes, the Elders behind me are reluctant to start the civil war, as even if they somehow won, the position won't be worth it. The Sect will surely suffer downfall because of the civil war, after all."
Shen Yu closed his eyes, finding it quite problematic. After all, he also wanted to deal with those higher echelon of Seven Stars Sect. They were the one who helped in the downfall of Wind Flower Sect.
He then shrugged, directly coming to the simplest solution.
"Don't worry about that. I'll just turn them into your puppets so technically the Sect will have all the members. Everyone will be happy."
Bai Li's eyes brightened hearing that. She instantly understood what Shen Yu was planning to do. After all, if the disciples saw that their Elders were there, looking after them then they won't mess around. This way, there would be no civil war and they would also succeed, since the Elders would be their puppets and would have to follow their orders.
Everything was perfect. Everyone would be happy with such results, well except the Sect Leader and his close companion. But who cares about them?
On the other hand, Shen Yu was having different thoughts.
'I am really turning evil, ain't I? Is this what they say, you become what you hate?'
[Master, you were never innocent to begin with. You just have different morals.]