"Cult Leader! We now have around a hundred and twenty followers under our command! All around us, even the evil cultivators we haven't had time to deal with have already scattered and fled!"
"Our Divine Cult is now flourishing in splendor. Unifying this territory is only a matter of time."
It was still the original evil cultivator stronghold, and the very same room, except that the skull chair had been buried on orders, with an utterly ordinary chair placed where it had stood.
Wen Zuo cupped his hands slightly and offered his congratulations to Li Xingtian, who sat in the ordinary chair, still frowning over a map.
"At this rate, completing our mission is just around the corner."
Li Xingtian looked up. "Those evil cultivators were simply unprepared, and we caught them by surprise. Now they've scattered and gone into hiding. Finding them is harder than wiping them out."
"Save the congratulations until the job is done. Have you sorted out everything from the evil cultivator strongholds we wiped out earlier?"
Wen Zuo nodded gently. "Everything has been handled as you instructed, Cult Leader. All Spirit Stones, weapons, and pills that can be sold have been collected, while everything only evil cultivators can use has been distributed to the followers."
Li Xingtian nodded in satisfaction. Even a mosquito had meat on it, however small. Besides, letting those evil cultivators spend perfectly good Spirit Stones would be a sheer waste of heaven's bounty. Better to keep them to pay his master's room fees.
"Do those followers have any objections?" A barely perceptible cold gleam flashed through Li Xingtian's eyes.
Yu Jing answered this question. "Naturally not. Those who objected never had the chance to join us."
Li Xingtian nodded lightly, looking somewhat regretful. "Have you investigated the next evil cultivator stronghold?"