The Seventy-Third Sheet: True Colors of Tyrannical Dominance, Seizing Power and Wielding Authority (Part 2)

"What status do you have that I need to explain my actions to you?"

Li Yizhen looked at Su Che, fury rising in his heart.

He was a veteran Reverted Elixir expert. Back when he had traded wits and blows with Grand Preceptor Yuwen in the Northern Dynasties, the Duling Su Clan had still been whole, every last member intact.

Who would have thought that after so little time, some junior carrying the title of Dingding Pivot would be riding roughshod over him, barking orders from above?

Yet what displeased Li Yizhen even more was Xiong Shou's attitude just now.

What did he mean by "he also disagreed"? They were both Circuit Inspectors of the Censorate. It would have been one thing if Xiong Shou had not spoken up for him, but now he had actually stepped forward to say something like that. He had practically sold Li Yizhen out, skin and bones alike.

Before Li Yizhen could suppress his anger, Wang Jian laid Li Yizhen's entire plan bare.

According to Chief Clerk Wang, Li Yizhen was not only skilled in Beast-Taming Arts, but also proficient in Gu Arts. He could refine living people into Gu Soldiers. Though they would lose their minds, their cultivation could be raised to around the Eighth Grade, and they would fear neither heaven nor earth, nor death itself. Their only flaw was their limited lifespan—they could last at most half a year.

Inspector Li intended for Chief Clerk Wang to gather up the prisoners within Ci Prefecture City and the refugees outside it, hand them all over to Li Yizhen, and let him refine every one of them into Gu Soldiers. Once he had assembled ten thousand men, he would drive them into battle against the rebel army.

No matter how powerful the Great