"Sorry for the trouble."
At the entrance to the Dire Faction Teaching Building, Le Yu looked at Xianchan Chenchen, who stood on the steps and only barely met his gaze, and said helplessly.
"I feel the same way."
The Civet Cat Inspector raised his brows. His large ears trembled slightly, and he folded his arms across his chest while doing his best to lift his chin and look down at Le Yu, a wild grin on his face.
Aside from this little man, the area around the Dire Faction Teaching Building was packed with Statistics Department agents in blue uniforms. There was one stationed every five paces and a sentry every ten. They carried longswords on their backs and short guns at their thighs, their imposing presence making the students look askance.
Many students who were about to enter the examination rooms saw the silent Yan Command agents lining the entire route. Their confidence was shattered at once. They walked in fear and unease, and some even turned around halfway through, preferring to waste their registration fees and their once-a-year opportunity rather than continue taking the All-Knowing Eye examination.
Though the Yan Command had a notorious reputation, its crimes mainly consisted of abusing the imperial court's backing to wantonly arrest intellectuals and progressives among the common people. They had ransacked homes, exterminated clans, killed, and committed arson countless times, but the Yan Command's members were not ruffians and hooligans. They were either collateral branches of prestigious clans or commoners who had at least attended middle school.
Moreover, the Yan Command had strict requirements for its members. Xie Chenyuan, the Director of the Yan Capital Statistics Department, was a current Martial Pillar and one of the experts in the Pinnacle Realm. He had practically built the Statistics Department as though it