"Tell me. What else have you found?" Emperor Yanping looked at Wang Zhongzhi.
Wang Zhongzhi hurriedly replied, "Reporting to Your Majesty, aside from the Maritime Trade Office's ties to the Sea Bandits, we also discovered that many great households in Jiangnan have connections with the Sea Bandits!"
"And we found that these Sea Bandits may be connected to the Star Moon Sect!"
Emperor Yanping frowned. "The Star Moon Sect?"
Wang Zhongzhi said, "That's right, the Star Moon Sect. In Haizhou Prefecture, we discovered Niu Ben, hall master of the Star Moon Sect's Kaiyang Star Hall."
"Hasn't the Martial Temple been hunting down the Star Moon Sect's Martial Artists all this time these past two years?" Emperor Yanping's expression turned somewhat ugly.
For the past three years, the Martial Temple had not been idle.
After sorting out all the jianghu forces within Da Rong, the Martial Temple had begun clearing out the strongholds established inside Da Rong's borders by forces from outside Da Rong.
Their key targets were the Seven Star Hall of the Star Moon Sect. Over three years, all of the Seven Star Hall's bases had been found, and all of them had been destroyed.
However, quite a few remnants of the Seven Star Hall had escaped the Martial Temple's pursuit, either fleeing back to Star Moon Island or concealing their identities and hiding in the bustling markets.
Among them was Niu Ben, the former hall master of Kaiyang Star Hall.
"Your Majesty, this matter cannot be blamed on the Martial Temple. The Star Moon Sect has many experts. Trying to capture all of their people is almost impossible," Wang Zhongzhi said softly.
Emperor Yanping slightly nodded. He was not blaming the Martial Temple; he was only angered by this Star Moon Sect.
"Do you know why they attacked