At Sima Rusuo's command, the Heavenly Evil Sect disciples who had withdrawn earlier all closed in on them.
"Wait, Sect Master. We cannot stand by and watch this matter either." As Kong Zhaoxing spoke, he also gave Chen Zaihui a meaningful look.
"Indeed. The disciples of our Chen Family must do their part for the sect. Sect Master, why not leave the East Bank to us to guard?" Chen Zaihui pointed at their current location.
Sima Rusuo did not speak immediately. He merely stared at Chen Zaihui.
Chen Zaihui did not back down, staring back at Sima Rusuo without showing any weakness.
After quite a while, Sima Rusuo withdrew his gaze and snorted coldly, then turned to Jiang Wuwei. "Your Jiang Family will guard the North Bank. As for the South Bank and West Bank..."
At this point, Sima Rusuo looked at Kong Zhaoxing and Chen Zaihui again and said flatly, "Discuss those two places between yourselves and make the arrangements."
Kong Zhaoxing and Chen Zaihui both sneered inwardly.
This place, where they stood, was the East Bank of the Evil Water Region, and its location was the best.
Chen Zaihui's earlier proposal to guard this place had merely been a suggestion.
He understood Sima Rusuo's intentions very well. How could Sima Rusuo possibly hand this place over to their families?
Sure enough, Sima Rusuo pocketed the East Bank, assigning the Sima Clan's forces to guard it.
His main objective was to prevent Sima Rusuo from monopolizing the forces guarding this place. Their families had to have people involved. Otherwise, if anything changed in the Evil Water Region and they learned of it too late, who knew whether they could still reap any benefits? Would that not leave them at a disadvantage?
These were all internal struggles within their Heavenly