If the slaughter of more than twenty thousand commoners in three towns by an organized invading Devil Race army in the early hours of June fourteenth had shocked all of Great Zhou and brought extraordinary pressure upon Ye Zhen's Second Wind Patrol Envoy Division, Lingzhou, the Western Patrol Envoy, and the Heavenly Patrol Division,
then the massacre of nearly ten thousand commoners in Nuanquan Town in the early hours of June fifteenth had stirred both court and countryside into turmoil.
Within Qiankun Hall in Luoyi, memorials impeaching Ye Zhen, the Second Wind Patrol Envoy under the Western Patrol Envoy, as well as Xi Qiangu, the Western Patrol Envoy, and Grand Celestial Master Wu Yu, fell like snowflakes.
It was not merely the various imperial censors and remonstrance officials impeaching Ye Zhen. Even Xi Qiangu, the Western Patrol Envoy, had submitted a memorial accusing Ye Zhen of dereliction of duty, while also requesting that Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long punish him for failing to discipline his subordinates.
Even Grand Celestial Master Wu Yu had no choice but to submit a memorial pleading guilty.
Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long had flown into a dragon-faced rage and ordered Grand Celestial Master Wu Yu to investigate the matter thoroughly.
More critically, the successive incidents of entire towns being slaughtered over two days had left the commanderies and counties of Lingzhou, as well as the surrounding regions, gripped by panic.
The provincial government and the various commandery administrations had all sent memorials to Luoyi requesting reinforcements, while the common people were even more terrified.
This brought incomparably immense pressure upon the Heavenly Patrol Division.
Even Grand Celestial Master Wu Yu could not withstand such pressure.
Thereafter, Grand Celestial Master Wu Yu directly bypassed the Western Patrol Envoy and issued a military order with a deadline to the