Kang Yuanqiao had neglected to explain one thing to Lu Ye: although the Law Enforcement Division was a powerful institution and few dared provoke its members when they were out and about, much of what they did was unwelcome.
Most cultivators were accustomed to freedom and acted without restraint.
Yet the Guard Law of the Province Guard stood like mountains. Inevitably, some would inadvertently violate it, and when that happened, the Law Enforcement Division had to step in and handle the matter.
In the course of handling such matters, it was easy to offend people and earn their wariness and resentment.
This was the biggest reason the Law Enforcement Division had remained chronically understaffed. Soldier Province had no shortage of cultivators. Even with the Law Enforcement Division's stringent recruitment requirements—at minimum, True Lake Realm cultivation—it should not have been unable to recruit enough personnel.
But Law Enforcement Division cultivators often did work that offended others and made them unwelcome, so few were willing to join it of their own accord.
If one truly wanted to earn Battle Merit, they could do so at any frontier pass.
Combined with the persistently high casualty rate, the Law Enforcement Division's enforcement squads were often short-handed.
Press-ganging people into service had thus become an unspoken default rule.
Kang Yuanqiao's expression turned solemn again. "Junior Brother Lu, there are three prohibitions while an enforcement squad is carrying out a mission. Remember them well. If you violate them, you will not be spared."
"Please tell me, Senior Brother." Lu Ye assumed an attentive posture.
"First, do not use your status as an enforcement squad member to pursue private affairs or satisfy private desires."
"Second, during a mission, do not contact the outside without authorization."
"Third, during a mission, do not act alone. At least two people