"Four!"
At this moment, the Shadow Veil Sect Leader raised his hand. The other sect leaders looked at him with bewildered expressions. He was the last person they expected to raise his hand, given the pride he had.
"Three!"
"Two!"
Noticing that it was the last second, the other four sect leaders also raised their hands in a hurry. If Shadow Veil Sect Leader chose to do so, he must've thought something, right?
They knew that he was more experienced and intelligent compared to them so they decided to follow his decision.
"One!"
"Alright, since all of you are ready to submit to His Highness, there is no need for any hostility between us. Chen Lu, help the esteemed sect leaders ingest this insect!"
"Yes, Sect Leader!" Chen Lu said with a bow before leading the other elders with one insect in each of their hands.
Ashen looked at this scene with a satisfied smile while looking back on his plan.
"This Scarlet Mind Schine is too expensive. I could only buy three with the amount of Villain Points that were left with me. I used one on Chen Lao and the other two on the Celestial Harmony Sect Leader and Feng Xue"
"I could only buy more after killing two protagonists of the Eternal Blossom Sect and since they appeared in my space ring, I instructed Chen Lu to act as if he caught me while trying to take something out of my space ring."
"After that it was easy, Chen Lao passed the ring to the elder who used the space ring to bring out more mind Schines to feed the Sect Leaders, bringing them under my control!" MVLeMpYr-novel-source
"AAAAAAAAAAArrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
Feng Xue's eyes widened on hearing him calling her by name, she was used to hearing him call her master, so this made her surprised, but she soon remembered that all of the disciple master relationship she had with him was a ruse created by him to achieve his goal.
Calming down her mind, she also agreed: "I-I am willing!"
Ashen found her quite alluring, seeing her submissive like this.
Smiling cheerfully, Ashen clapped his hands as he ordered: "Alright then, Let's decide on the rankings you all will get in my faction. Since Chen Lao has been so loyal to me, he is ranked first. Now, the rankings from second to tenth are up for the taking."
"So, to motivate you all, I'll explain the benefits your ranking will give you. After I become the emperor, the benefits will be distributed according to the rankings. For example, the land you'll get to rule, the resources you'll receive, and priority in receiving help from me!"
"You should know that I can even help you ascend to the emperor realm after becoming the emperor so the rankings will be quite important!"
"Now, To decide the rankings, I have come up with a way and It is to check your loyalty towards me! I'll give you all a task and the ones who completes the task the fastest will win. Oh, and don't worry, The insect will not force you to complete the task even if you choose not to do it, so, should we begin?"
Hearing the benefits of the rankings, excitement shined in the eyes of the sect leaders, ready to compete with each other on the task. Even if they were in control of Ashen, they wanted to at least look down on others.
They nodded, displaying their eagerness to know the task.
"Alright, the task is simple, You all just need to sacrifice something precious to you to show your loyalty!"
Saying that an evil smile appeared on his face as he said: "And that something precious is the lives of your personal disciples... kill them!"
"What??" The Sect Leaders had their pupils enlarged in shock.
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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)