In the end,
The sallow-faced divine cultivator would be handed over to Divine Venerable Kasyapa for disposal. Divine Venerable Kasyapa currently needed a divine servant of his own, after all.
Moreover, Divine Venerable Kasyapa possessed secret techniques that could allow him to control the sallow-faced cultivator through divine consciousness. His own divine consciousness was far more powerful than that cultivator's — once he took control, there would be absolutely no chance of resistance.
As for the Gold and Silver Protectors, subduing them would be extraordinarily difficult. Jiang Chen did not believe he had the ability to break the conditioning of servitude that the old man Guangdu had instilled in them.
Such lapdogs, who could neither be tamed into divine servants nor salvaged in their thinking, were hardly worth keeping alive. Jiang Chen decided to simply refine them directly.
That would help the four great true spirits advance their cultivation.
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However, Zi Che Min fully supported Jiang Chen's decisions. Most importantly, he understood that the Eternal Sacred Land had contributed absolutely nothing to this victory — they had been more of a hindrance than anything.
If the Eternal Sacred Land had shown even a sliver of competence, things would never have reached such a sorry state.
To put it bluntly, if it weren't for Huang Er being sheltered at the Eternal Sacred Land, and Divine Venerable Kasyapa's desire to protect his granddaughter, the Eternal Sacred Land's foundations would likely already belong to the old man Guangdu by now.
Under the circumstances, they had no grounds whatsoever to discuss dividing the spoils. After all, they had contributed nothing of value.
As for the Second Sacred Master's tiny flicker of discontent, Jiang Chen paid it no mind whatsoever.
He no longer needed to mind anyone's expressions when making his decisions.
Of the four divine cultivator captives, the only one Jiang Chen felt might actually be tamed — and the only one he had any interest in taming — was the bald cultivator.
This cultivator had seemed to put up passive resistance from beginning to end. On the surface, his loyalty to the old man Guangdu appeared rather thin.
Divine Venerable Kasyapa also weighed in: "Jiang Chen, this Fellow Daoist Yu Gong may look fierce, but he's actually quite soft-natured. If you can win him over and put him to use, that's quite the gain. Don't expect him to hold the line on his own or accomplish anything of great consequence, but as an ordinary underling who can handle the small stuff, he'll do just fine."
Jiang Chen had been hesitating over this very point — he felt that the bald cultivator had exhibited a clear tendency to slack off during battle.
When he voiced his concerns, Divine Venerable Kasyapa chuckled: "That's just his personality talking. But then again, that old scoundrel Guangdu clearly didn't use him correctly either. Perhaps Guangdu could coerce him into serving, but with distance between them, it was hard to make him follow wholeheartedly. At the very least, Guangdu's methods of winning him over must have been rather crude. Otherwise, even if Yu Gong is somewhat soft, he wouldn't have gone so far as to deliberately slack off in combat."
"Your Grace's meaning is — with this Yu Gong, I must win him over through virtue?"
"Virtue and capability, both in equal measure — kindness and authority, applied in tandem. With a man like this, expecting him to fight to the death for you is a tall order. But give him the right motivation, and he'll prove useful enough."
Jiang Chen nodded, a general outline of his plan already forming in his mind.