After recounting the past of the Fire Ghost Clan, Mei Chu then made her own request.
"Master, my Fire Ghost Clan is willing to serve the Battle Heaven Pavilion for life. I am willing to offer half of the women in my clan to your Battle Heaven Pavilion. I hope you will..."
Mei Chu was still talking when Lin Heng suddenly chuckled softly.
Mei Chu's heart skipped a beat, thinking Lin Heng was unwilling, and she quickly changed her mind. "Master, is it alright if eighty percent of the women in the clan are available?"
Mei Chu cautiously probed, which made Lin Heng sigh inwardly. Having shed her strong facade, Mei Chu at this moment resembled a lonely and helpless weak woman, and her flustered appearance was truly heartbreaking.
"What I want is the loyalty of your Fire Ghost Clan, not to use the women of your clan to enhance my cultivation."
"Do you really think that my Battle Heaven Pavilion disciples have achieved what they have in just twenty years through such low-level methods?"
Upon hearing this, Mei Chu suddenly raised her head and stared at Lin Heng in shock.
Could it be that Lin Heng subdued his Fire Ghost Clan not to use the women of his Fire Ghost Clan to enhance his cultivation?
Upon further reflection following Lin Heng's words, Mei Chu immediately dismissed her doubts.
The establishment of the Battle Heaven Pavilion and the growth of its disciples' cultivation levels have been observed by all the major sects in the Nine Heavens.
While the cultivation methods of their own Fire Ghost Clan can certainly bring great benefits to fellow cultivators after reaching a certain level, the cycle is too long and cannot be compared with the growth rate of the Battle Heaven Pavilion.
Since other people's cultivation speed is faster than your method, why bother?
Having figured this out, Mei Chu looked up at Lin Heng again, only to find that Lin Heng and Sun Yuan had already disappeared from where they had been.
Mei Chu's heart skipped a beat. She was right next to him. Even though she had been slightly distracted because of her thoughts, she was still Second-Grade Heavenly Venerable Realm. As fellow Heavenly Venerable Realm, how could she be completely unaware of someone else's actions?
Mei Chu secretly rejoiced, thankful that she had already submitted to Lin Heng; otherwise, given the way the two of them had vanished from her side, they could have killed her without her even having time to react.
Mei Chu's gaze was fixed on the area where Lin Heng and Sun Yuan had been sitting. They were gone, but several First-Grade Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure and many rare and precious materials that had reached tens of millions of years of age were left on the ground.
Lin Heng left without saying a word, but Mei Chu understood what he meant.
Lin Heng had won her favor with her loyalty, and now Lin Heng was doing this simply to teach her a lesson.
The Battle Heaven Pavilion is not Fire Clan; what they want is a loyal subordinate.
" Mei Chu thanks her master for his great kindness!"
Mei Chu knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.
Even though she knew Lin Heng was gone, she still slammed her head on the ground with a loud thud.
Meanwhile, Lin Heng and Sun Yuan left and went straight back to the sect that Battle Heaven Pavilion was building.
Although they had only been away for half a day, the main hall had been completed, providing Lin Heng and Sun Yuan with a place to rest upon their return.
Inside the main hall, Situ Jiannan, seeing the two return so quickly, asked with suspicion, "Master, Senior Sun Yuan, did your trip to accept the Fire Clan sect go poorly?"
Sun Yuan recounted what had happened to the Fire Clan in a rather irritable manner, and Situ Jiannan was not particularly surprised after listening to it.
In reality, they had all guessed that the Fire Clan would make some underhanded moves. What Sun Yuan was really angry about was that he hadn't been able to display his divine power in the Fire Clan.
Who knew that three Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable would come up to him, and two of them were even assigned to his side.
With Sun Yuan's strength, fighting two Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable alone, if it weren't for the Nether Ancestor Puppet taking the beating for him, he might have lost his life. How could he have achieved any great glory?
Lin Heng and Situ Jiannan glanced at Sun Yuan, knowing that his temper flared up quickly but subsided just as fast, so they simply ignored him.
Then Situ Jiannan asked Lin Heng, "Master, is your plan for Mei Chu to proactively reveal the Fire Clan's network of connections, and then use that to suppress the Fire Clan?"
Lin Heng nodded. As the Grand Steward and Strategist of the Battle Heaven Pavilion, he was indeed quick-witted. "Since the Fire Clan has given us such a great gift, we should naturally repay them."
Situ Jiannan seemed to have guessed what Lin Heng was going to do next, and his eyes shone brightly. "Then I will immediately set about transferring another 10,000 disciples from the Ninefold Heaven to be in charge of the sect's construction. The 3,000 Samsara disciples will also be free to serve at your command at any time."
Lin Heng smiled slightly. Situ Jiannan always understood his intentions immediately, making him very easy to use.
The conversation between the two left Sun Yuan somewhat bewildered. He was good at fighting, but when it came to using his brain, that was Sun Yuan least favorite skill.
Lin Heng and Situ Jiannan were exchanging words back and forth, seemingly having already discussed something important, but Sun Yuan had absolutely no clue whatsoever. How could he tolerate this?
What are you two whispering about over there?
Sun Yuan asked a question, Situ Jiannan was about to explain when a disciple came to report that a woman named Mei Chu had come looking for Lin Heng in front of the sect.
Upon hearing this, to show his respect for Mei Chu, Situ Jiannan personally went to pick her up, while Lin Heng also told Sun Yuan about the cryptic conversation he had just had with Situ Jiannan.
"Didn't the Nether Ancestor Puppet just cause a huge disturbance outside the Fire Ghost Clan?"
"Since no one knows the identity of the Nether Ancestor Puppet, why don't we use this as an excuse to disrupt the stability of the Eighth Heaven under the Fire Clan's control and cause trouble for the friendly sects?"
Upon hearing Lin Heng's words, Sun Yuan immediately understood and grinned slyly. "Your idea is quite cunning. Send the Nether Ancestor Puppet to cause trouble, then have your disciples carry out a massacre under the pretext of capturing the Nether Ancestor Puppet. In the end, all the blame will be placed on the Nether Ancestor Puppet, and no one will know."
Lin Heng corrected Sun Yuan's explanation. "Actually, it's not hard to see that our Battle Heaven Pavilion was behind this, but as long as they failed to capture the Nether Ancestor Puppet, they won't have any concrete evidence to cause us trouble."
Lin Heng learned this plan from the Fire Clan.
They killed Yan Lang and the other two to destroy the evidence.
Why couldn't he also cause a huge disturbance, then hide the Nether Ancestor Puppet so they couldn't find any evidence?
As the two were talking, Situ Jiannan walked in with Mei Chu.
" Mei Chu greets her master."
Upon entering the main hall, Mei Chu bowed respectfully to Lin Heng.
She had changed her clothes and was now wearing a white dress and skirt, with her long, flowing black hair cascading down her back. Combined with her stunning beauty, she had an ethereal, otherworldly air about her.
"Master, Mei Chu has brought what you needed. I took a look at it on the way, and it's very helpful for our upcoming plans..."
Situ Jiannan paused for a moment, then continued, "Master, Chief Mei Chu suffers from a chronic illness. I wonder if you could bestow upon her a elixir to help her regain her strength?"