There were simply too many people in Heaven's Boundary Sect who switched sides with the wind. Moreover, as our ties with Heaven City grew closer, the border region was more likely to be assimilated by Heaven City. So, for me, finding a few elite forces who were difficult to control and unwilling to obey, and transferring them away, was easy.
For example, Vice Sect Master Shangguan Zhao was definitely going to be transferred. That fellow was Li Tianjing's die-hard loyalist. Let him go watch Li Tianjing die. Whether he could survive would depend on how the three brothers arranged things for him.
Sure enough, Shangguan Zhao was dissatisfied with my plans again. He stepped forward and said, "Heh heh, wouldn't the scope of this elite-force transfer be a little too broad? Wouldn't that mean we'd simply do whatever you say?"
"Heh heh, Vice Sect Master Shangguan, this time, as the leader of the transferred elites, you've placed Master's expectations squarely on your shoulders. You mustn't disappoint the high hopes the old man has placed in you. As for the Great Elders at your level who will be transferred with you, the list is more or less settled. As for the next tier, I can't account for every single person, so Vice Sect Master Shang and Vice Sect Master Linghu can handle it. Surely the two of them know these matters very well." I looked toward Shang Li and Linghu Ying.
Linghu Ying was startled. Judging from my words, this arrangement clearly meant cutting Heaven's Boundary Sect's power in half. Li Tianjing was already over there, and among the three Vice Sect Masters, Shangguan Zhao was joined at the hip with him. Now that the two of them were both being sent to the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect, wouldn't that leave