"As long as everyone here does us a favor today, my Saintess Sect will owe you all a great favor in return. When you all have need in the future, my Saintess Sect will surely provide its strongest support. How about that?"

She thought that the favor of the Saintess Sect was not something just anyone could buy. If these major clans wanted to settle peacefully in Yin City in the future, they should pave a way for it.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, the various Family Heads laughed unceremoniously.

Patriarch Hao even blatantly displayed his disdain on his face, looking at the person in front of him as if he were looking at a fool.

The Saintess Sect, will there still be a Saintess Sect in the future?

Did they forget that for the portal to Merciful Continent, the Saintess Sect had risked everything, and all its Disciples were already in the desert.

Even those Disciples still outside were the most inconspicuous ones. What could be done with them?

"Didn’t Master Shao tell you that everything you left outside Little Forest has been found by our people and that every last bit was burned to ashes?"

Patriarch Hao said.

"What?"

Upon hearing this, the leading Elder began to tremble violently.

When the second batch of Disciples arrived, they brought all the Sect’s Secret Manuals with them, some of which only the Sect Master was qualified to see.

If all those were burned to a crisp, then what future would the Saintess Sect have?

The reason she didn’t take those things with her while escaping was, first, there were many men outside, and she feared it would slow her down, but most importantly, she believed the people of the major clans were insatiably greedy.

Greedy people seeing the Secret Manuals and ancient texts of the Saintess Sect could never destroy them. They would surely lay claim to them.

She thought once they regained their strength, they could just seize those things back.

But now, Patriarch Hao was saying those things had all been burned. How could this be possible? She didn’t believe anyone in the major clans would do something so detrimental.

But they forgot that this time it wasn’t just one clan besieging them, but all the major clans from Yin City and nearby towns were involved.

Even those clans that once most admired the Saintess Sect weren’t an exception, as the Saintess Sect had practically seized every talented child from these clans, except those who were too well-protected to be captured.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible for any clan to try and secretly keep those Secret Manuals.

Standing on the moral high ground, these Secret Manuals of the Saintess Sect were, more or less, filled with an evil aura. Destroying them was the only reasonable course of action, so they were naturally burned clean with a single flame.

This was also the conclusion all the major clans came to after their previous discussions.

"This is impossible. Even Merciful Continent doesn’t have such treasures. If one were to cultivate according to those manuals..."

"Ah spit!"

Before the Elder could finish her sentence, a Family Head jumped out and spat.

"Leaving those harmful artifacts behind, waiting for more people to appear, for another demonic sect like your Saintess Sect to rise? We’d rather let our families decline than... hmph!"

Before he could finish his words, the Family Head beside him covered his mouth.

Another Family Head glanced at the one who had his mouth covered, rolled his eyes at him, and spoke with exasperation, "Old Zhao, even if you hate the Saintess Sect to the bone, you shouldn’t curse yourself."