Commander Huo said, "Prince Consort Li, these are no idle claims of ours. We have actual cases to substantiate them."
"Oh?" Li Ling said. "I would like to hear the details."
Commander Huo said, "For example, in the year 1523 of Xu Xin, there was the White Manor massacre in the southern outskirts of the Royal City. A wicked servant murdered his masters, slaughtering more than a hundred and twenty members of the household he had once served and violating dozens of women.
"Then, in the year 1725 of Xu Xin, there was the case of a fiendish cultivator releasing Gu Worms on the southwestern frontier. A newly advanced Qi Refining cultivator raised Mystic Gold Mosquitoes acquired through a fortuitous encounter. They escaped through carelessness and devoured a hundred thousand people in the surrounding towns. He himself was sucked dry, leaving only withered bones.
"In the year 2003 of Xu Xin, there was a tomb-robbing case on the shaded slopes of the southeastern mountains. Someone unearthed an ancient corpse buried by a rogue cultivator. It wreaked havoc for more than ten days, involving three estates and five villages. Three Attendants were lost before it was subdued.
"In the year 2516 of Xu Xin, there was the Crocodile Demon Case in the north. A rogue cultivator fed poisonous corpses to a crocodile, inadvertently raising a mutated demonic beast whose strength approached late-stage Qi Refining. Five Attendants died in battle before it was slain.
"In the year 2610 of Xu Xin, there was the Mad Corpse Case in Lotus City. Someone tried licking poisonous powder out of momentary curiosity, went berserk, and slaughtered the city's inhabitants. Corpse refiners from various regions caught wind of it and fought over him, ultimately conspiring to massacre the city and transform him into a living corpse.