The military camp was deathly silent, the smell of blood drifting through the air.
Everyone knew Li Xuancang would establish his authority, but none had expected him to be so ruthless.
More than seven hundred Battle Soldiers, five Thousand-Man Commanders, and ten Battalion Commanders—he killed them without even blinking.
"Colonel Wang."
Li Xuancang's voice was like Death calling roll. At the sound of it, Wang Tianlin's hairs stood on end and his nerves tightened.
He stirred his Astral Qi, afraid that if Li Xuancang got carried away with the killing, he would be slaughtered along with them.
"Sweet Spring Camp has become this way, and you cannot escape blame."
Li Xuancang directly pronounced Wang Tianlin guilty. Cold sweat streamed down Wang Tianlin's face, yet he did not dare argue.
"Considering that you have guarded Sweet Spring Commandery all these years, if not with merit, then at least with hardship, I shall spare your life. Return to the Cool Prefecture Army!"
Wang Tianlin was, after all, a Colonel and one of the men the Cool Prefecture Army had placed here.
Li Xuancang did not yet wish to confront the Cool Prefecture Army too soon, so he spared his life for now.
"Thank you, my lord."
Upon hearing this, Wang Tianlin felt as though a heavy burden had been lifted.
Though he would have to leave Sweet Spring Commandery and would no longer be able to obtain vast benefits in the future, keeping his life was already a blessing amid misfortune.
"Clear away all the corpses. Begin recruiting and replenish every Battle Soldier position."
Li Xuancang wanted to assemble five thousand Battle Soldiers as quickly as possible, in case the plainsmen attacked at any time.
Li Xuancang acted with thunderous decisiveness and swiftly took control of the military camp. The Thousand-Man Commanders