According to Zhao Gou, Body-Splitting and Harvesting was not an organization, sect, or faction, but a collective term for numerous practitioners of evil arts and forbidden techniques. Within it, there were various separate cliques, unaffiliated with one another and even plagued by mutual conflicts.
However, its largest gathering places and strongest forces were two organizations in the underground drainage system beneath Bianliang in the Eastern Capital: Ghost Fan Tower and Worry-Free Cavern!
"...Since the founding of our dynasty, we have continually hunted down and eradicated the three great evils of the world: Shadow Puppetry, witchcraft and gu poison, and Body-Splitting and Harvesting."
When Zhao Gou spoke of serious matters, he actually looked somewhat human.
No matter what, he was a prince. Even if he was not the crown prince, he had still received a royal education. He was proficient in the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and understood politics and court affairs as well. He simply had no chance to display such talents in ordinary times. Now that he was speaking of these matters, he sounded thoroughly knowledgeable.
Zhao Gou said, "There are only two true manifested powers in this world. One is sinister spirits and strange horrors; the other is blood courage and baleful aura. Great Song naturally commands blood courage and baleful aura. When gathered together, it specializes in breaking evil and the uncanny. Beneath a battle formation, whether you possess ten years of cultivation or fifty years, so long as you have not exceeded a hundred years and triggered the first qualitative transformation, none can stand against it."
Wu Pifu asked in a low voice, "The first qualitative transformation?"
Zhao Gou suddenly realized. "Ah, of course. The three of you are disciples of immortals, so you are naturally not bound by such restrictions... The mortal