"But what is the Demon Sword Sect's goal? What are they going to do? To be honest, the Demon Sword Sect's current situation isn't very good. Moreover, the Righteous Dao Alliance has begun to pay attention to them. It's impossible for them to hide in the dark. This isn't a good thing for them. What can they do at this time? "Zhao Hai was somewhat puzzled.
Laura and the others also shook their heads. They didn't know what the Demon Sword Sect wanted to do. However, one thing was certain, the Demon Sword Sect would certainly make a move.
Zhao Hai frowned and thought for a while, but he couldn't think of a reason. In the end, he said, "Forget it, there's no need to worry about them. No matter what they do, they will eventually reveal themselves. Let's just wait for them."
Laura and the others nodded. At this time, the Sea Exploring Sect had a lot of things to do. They had a lot of things to deal with every day, so they really didn't have time to worry about other things.
After all, the current Sea Exploring Sect was too big. In comparison, the Myriad Buddha Temple's Tianyi Dao Sect's territory wasn't as big as the Sea Exploring Sect. With a bigger territory, there were more things to deal with. Therefore, they were very busy every day. Moreover, their intelligence network in the Demon Domain had to be hidden. Therefore, the information they obtained was too big. It was impossible to analyze it here. Therefore, they had to wait and see what the other party wanted to do.
After some time, the Sea Exploring Sect became even more low-key. Their disciples rarely went out, and even if they did, they wouldn't leave the territory of the Sea Exploring Sect. Naturally, because the Sea Exploring Sect was very big, the disciples had a lot of missions to do. There were also a lot of places where they could go for trials. Because of this, even if they went out of the sect, they would still have a lot of missions to do.
Moreover, the Sea Exploring Sect also had other things to do. They had to transform the territory under their control. This might sound like a joke, but Zhao Hai and the others really did it.
Zhao Hai transformed the Sea Exploration Sect into an academy. At the same time, he began to reform the other areas under the sect's control. Most importantly, he began to reform the various cities under the sect's control.
In the Sword Spirit Realm, the various sects didn't have much control over the various cities. Their methods of controlling these cities were almost the same. Disciples who didn't have any hope of advancing wouldn't cultivate in the sect. Instead, they would find a city under the sect's rule and settle down. Then they would spread their branches and develop their own clans. The sects relied on these clans to control these cities.
This method seemed to have no problem, but don't forget that the lifespan of the disciple who established the family was limited. However, the existence of a sect was much longer than his lifespan. Once the disciple died, his son or grandson, if they didn't join the sect, then their relationship with the sect would become distant. After a few generations, their relationship with the sect would become very weak. In this case, could the sect still count on them to help the sect control the city? Obviously, it was impossible.
Of course, the sects also had other methods. For example, the sects would send their disciples to establish a family in a city and let them help control the city.
But in this way, there would inevitably be some conflicts between the old and new forces. This was because a city could only get so many resources. Every family hoped that their disciples could get more cultivation resources, but there were only so many resources. This way, there would be conflicts between the old and new forces.
The sects adopted an attitude of turning a blind eye to this situation. In other words, they wouldn't interfere and let them fight. Some families would be destroyed, and some disciples would be killed. This seemed very normal, but in Zhao Hai's view, this was very abnormal.
Although these disciples had left the sect, they were still the disciples of the sect. If you let the new disciples rob the old disciples, it would make the old disciples' families bitterly disappointed. It would also make the new disciples who left the sect feel bitterly disappointed because in their view, these old people would understand that their families would face the same problem in the future. So how could they still have any feelings for the sect? How could they still wholeheartedly help the sect control a city? Obviously, that was impossible.
The reason why those cities were still controlled by these sects was that they didn't have enough strength and didn't dare to rebel.
Similarly, because these cities were all managed by various families, they didn't have a complete system of rules and regulations. There was no real management method, so the management of these cities was in a relatively chaotic state.
Although the Sects had branches in the cities they controlled, most of the time, these branches didn't manage the affairs of the Sects. The disciples in these branches mainly focused on cultivation. Only when the Sects needed to pay tribute to the Sects, would they collect the tribute and send it to the Sects. Usually, the affairs of the Sects were managed by the Clans of the Sects.
In this way, there was a problem. If there was only one family in a city, then it was fine. But if there were several families in a city, then it was inevitable that there would be management chaos because they were in charge of the city. The people of these families would fight from time to time in order to compete for benefits. The attitude of the sects towards these families was very clear. As long as they didn't do too much, and as long as they handed over the things that should be handed over, then whatever happened in the city had nothing to do with the sects.
Of course, the conflicts between these families couldn't hurt civilians and couldn't affect the shops. As long as these two points were met, the sects wouldn't care about what these families did.
However, Zhao Hai was very dissatisfied with this situation. This was because although this kind of management had been going on in the Sword Spirit Boundary for many years, it wasn't a qualified management method. This would affect the sects. For example, many sects would always consider the disciples of those families first when selecting disciples, followed by ordinary people. Moreover, there would also be age restrictions. Although this would allow the sects to receive a lot of talented disciples, more talented disciples would be buried.
Because of this, Zhao Hai decided to reform the areas under the control of the Sea Exploring Sect. The first step was to reduce the control that the Families had over the cities as much as possible. The second step was to increase the authority of the Halls. Zhao Hai was a bit surprised.
However, it wouldn't be easy to achieve these two points. This was because the people in the Sword Spirit Boundary were used to the previous management method. The families were also deeply rooted in the cities. It wouldn't be easy to take back the power of these families.
But now that the Sea Exploring Sect had taken over a large territory, some of the families in these territories had no relationship with the Sea Exploring Sect. Therefore, it was feasible for Zhao Hai to reform the Sea Exploring Sect.
However, Zhao Hai wasn't in a hurry. After all, this kind of reform would affect the interests of many people. Some of the family disciples in the cities were still cultivating in the Sea Exploring Sect. Some of these disciples were inner disciples, and some were even core disciples. Therefore, it wouldn't be easy to take back the power of these families. If things went wrong, these disciples would be dissatisfied with the sect.
Although Zhao Hai wasn't afraid of these disciples being dissatisfied with the Sea Exploring Sect, he didn't want to lose these disciples. Although his reform was for the good of the Sea Exploring Sect, it would also harm these disciples. Therefore, this reform couldn't be rushed. In any case, he could take his time.
Zhao Hai first experimented with the reform in several cities of the Sea Exploring Sect. He built academies in these cities and increased the power of the branches. At the same time, he also gave some power to the families. But compared to before, the power of these families was reduced a lot.
However, Zhao Hai also gave some benefits to these families. It was equivalent to using some preferential policies in exchange for the power in their hands. Although this method wasn't very good, it was the best method at this stage.
In fact, although these families were somewhat disgusted by Zhao Hai taking back their power, they also received some benefits. They were very clear that with their strength, it was impossible for them to fight against Zhao Hai. If Zhao Hai really wanted to deal with them, it would be very easy. Because of this, they tactfully handed over their power and changed their development in other aspects.
As soon as these experiments were carried out, the situation in each city was cleared up. Although the disciples of the branch halls were busy, it was still acceptable. Although some of the power of each family was taken back, it wasn't completely taken back. After all, if one wanted to manage a city, it was impossible to rely on the people of the branch halls alone. They still needed the cooperation of those family members. Therefore, the reform was carried out smoothly.
Although some of the clans' power was taken back, they still retained some of it. Moreover, there were still preferential policies. Therefore, the clans didn't have a strong reaction to this matter. As a pilot city, the reform went very smoothly. The people in the city also slowly felt the changes in the city.
In the past, when the Great Clans were in charge of these cities, the cities were dirty and messy. This was because there was no unified management. Everyone only cleaned the area in front of their houses. But now, things were different. Now that the Sects were in charge of these cities, they directly paid some people to clean the streets. Moreover, other things were also done by the Sects. Because of this, the cities were much cleaner.
At the same time, the management of various transactions became more formal. Things like fighting and causing trouble in the city were also managed by other people. This made the atmosphere in the city much cleaner.
This reform received the support of most of the people in the city. Those who lived in the city naturally wanted to live in a better place. The establishment of the academies gave everyone hope.
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