If his guess was correct, once Black Sand Prefecture was completely subjugated, the time would come to officially begin the battle for the position of Sect Master.
The first thing he would do was slaughter Wang Teng and those other two; once the Ten Sequences became the Seven Sequences, the first order of business for Nameless Mountain would be to fill the vacancies.
Only then would they prepare to initiate the war for the Sect Master position.
By that time, the spot would naturally fall to him.
His own combat strength was formidable, and with Taichu backing him, if he were not among the Ten Sequences, it would be a blatant case of corruption.
When that time came, let alone himself, Taichu would be the first to disagree.
With that said, the Flying Boat began its journey, charging forward.
Along the way, Ye Lin discovered a few minor factions but did not bother with them; the strongest among these small groups were merely at the Golden Core stage, not worth the effort of subjugation.
After all, their targets were factions presided over by Spirit Transformation True Persons or Dao Integration True Lords; these minor factions had no say in the matter at all.
"Ye Lin, I have discovered the location of another Stone Stele, not far from here."
At this moment, Toutian, holding the Heaven-Peering Compass in one hand, spoke softly to Ye Lin.
"Oh?"
Ye Lin's expression was one of surprise; he had not expected such an unexpected windfall.
"If we obtain this Stone Stele, there will only be two left."
"Toutian, can you calculate the location of the remaining two?"
Ye Lin asked Toutian while muttering to himself.
At this point, he was already beginning to feel a faint sense of excitement. Nine Stone Steles—he was about to