Therefore, out of concern for Li Debo's safety, the Elders strongly opposed him personally going to the battlefield to command.
However, under his strong insistence, the Elders ultimately could not overrule him and had to compromise, but they still set some conditions—for instance, he was not allowed to come to the frontlines in person, and could only stay on a specially crafted spirit boat behind the others.
At first, when Li Debo left Mount Wanxian, the Elders behaved as usual and did not make any illicit moves, but as the Clan Leader was away from the clan for a long time and enormous amounts of spiritual objects passed through their hands each day, they gradually became unable to restrain themselves!
When the first Elder began to act, the other Elders were either drawn in actively or dragged into it passively by him.
It didn't take long for them to connect into a tightly-knit network.
