Those three thousand men were not three thousand experts. Most were merely at the Heaven-Peering Rank, and their leaders barely qualified as experts, being only in the Body Enlightenment Realm. Even if the Heaven-Subduing Pavilion assigned its highest level of special assistance, that would mean only three to five Rule Enlightenment Realm cultivators.
Such a force could not contend with even a medium-sized sect, much less eighty-one of them.
Among those eighty-one were several major sects with Way-Grasping Realm cultivators. One such person could press down on his three-thousand-man battle squad until they could scarcely breathe.
His Majesty had assumed that this young man intended to borrow Huo Gang again.
If he were even bolder, perhaps he would borrow a contingent of the Hidden Dragon Guard as well.
But he wanted neither. He asked only for a single Zhen-Class Battle Squad from the Heaven-Subduing Pavilion.
"A mere Suppressor-Class squad..." His Majesty pondered. "My dear minister, you cannot subdue eighty-one sects with that."
"Your Majesty, this humble minister believes that those among the sects who dare disregard imperial authority and the law are, after all, a minority. In most cases, I will conduct inspections in my capacity as an inspecting commissioner. I do not expect to meet them directly on the battlefield."
His Majesty nodded slightly. "Have you made up your mind?"
"Yes!"
His Majesty let out a long sigh. "If every minister at court were like you, how fortunate our realm would be!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Song Lifu and the seventh prince exchanged a glance, each seeing excitement in the other's eyes.
But Right Grand Counsellor Li Heping's face had turned thoroughly gloomy.
His Majesty's words would likely become the court's new weathervane.
From this moment onward, the court would grow increasingly forceful toward the sects, and the ministers