Facing three men he had already defeated, Lin Ke casually unleashed the Nine-Turn Jade Dragon Incineration Art, pinned them to the ground, and taught them a lesson.
Then he brought out the Recording Magic Array of them with the Grand Elder's Dao Companion. The all-too-familiar sounds within made everyone in Ten Villages despise them, and quite a few cursed the three for corrupting the children.
Using this as leverage, Lin Ke made the three his lackeys, running between the Grand Elder and Lin Ke every day to do his bidding.
To "conceal" their alliance with him, Lin Ke simply had the three elders move the market on Tortoise-Back Mountain onto the great ship's deck.
Meanwhile, the Six-Faced Colorful Phoenix Butterfly remained hidden beside the head of the Rong Household, constantly providing Lin Ke with valuable intelligence.
This gave Lin Ke a firm grasp of all sorts of information about the three great lineages, and whenever he learned of a scandal, he secretly sent someone to deliver it to the Liu Household's mansion.
The head of the Liu Household was an upright, unbending man, and every time, just as Lin Ke expected, he passed the information on to the Black Tortoise Ancestor.
On several occasions, Lin Ke even discovered that the Tan Clan's Third Elder Lineage was preparing to rise against him.
He sent the Six-Faced Colorful Phoenix Butterfly and several Blade Spirits from the Illusionless Gu Sect to spread word everywhere that the Third Elder was preparing to help the Rong Household seize the Grand Elder's position.
At the same time, Lin Ke told the head of the Rong Household that he was breaking apart the alliance between the Third Elder and the Grand Elder, and that he had already reached an agreement with the Third Elder Lineage.
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