Ningyuan City was the provincial capital of Laizhou, as well as Laizhou's economic and cultural center.
Prefectural Government Office, rear courtyard.
A middle-aged man with an imposing face, dressed in a golden four-clawed python robe, was conversing with an elegant-looking old man. Both wore grave expressions.
Laizhou's waterways were convenient for travel, and vast numbers of Great Qin civilians had poured into Laizhou along them. Merchants, peddlers, martial men, and bands of bandits were all mixed together in a chaotic jumble, placing immense pressure on Wang Guobin, Laizhou's prefect. Ordinary people were still relatively easy to manage, but many Heretical Cultivators had taken the opportunity to stir up trouble. The Myriad Immortals Bureau had too few personnel in Laizhou and could only rush about putting out fires.
"Your Highness, another thirty-six villages have been blood-sacrificed by Heretical Cultivators, and tens of thousands of civilians are dead. Those damned Great Qin Heretical Cultivators!"
Wang Guobin said through gritted teeth. The greater the casualties among the people under his rule, the more severely it affected his official record.
The Great Qin Dynasty adopted a tolerant attitude toward demonic cultivators, which was also the main reason the other four great dynasties targeted the Great Qin Dynasty.
The current Great Qin royal clan had ascended to the throne with the support of the demonic path. Its tolerance toward the demonic path was hardly surprising.
"I've already reported it to the court and requested additional manpower. So long as the Great Qin Dynasty remains standing, Heretical Cultivators will never be wiped out," the middle-aged man said with a frown, his tone stern.
Zhou Tianbin, a member of the Great Yan Royal Clan and Zhou Yunxiao's clan uncle, was at Core Formation Layer 9.
"By the way, Your Highness, you sent Master Chen out to receive