Gao Tianfang had also stepped in to mediate the matter.
However, Chen Shi'an had an endless supply of ways to suppress people: framing them, sowing discord, fanning the flames, entrapment-there was no tactic he would not use.
Chen Shi'an had amassed solid evidence of offenses committed by these suppressed higher-ups. Even if the forces behind them wanted to lodge complaints, they could not win the argument.
Thus, in less than ten short days, Chen Shi'an had firmly seized the Earth Pill Sect's core power.
That was not enough. He also revised some of the Earth Pill Sect's laws and regulations and, emulating a certain emperor from his previous life, established the Blood-Clad Guard within the sect.
Chen Shi'an personally recruited the Blood-Clad Guard from the Earth Pill Sect or Desolate Suppression City, and its members were all ranked martial artists.
These people did not refine pills. They were specifically responsible for upholding the sect's laws and monitoring its every move, while extending their feelers into Desolate Suppression City to gather news and intelligence.
The Earth Pill Sect's original Law Enforcement Hall was disbanded outright, and all its duties were handed over to the Blood-Clad Guard.
Revising the laws and establishing the Blood-Clad Guard served a single purpose: to make Chen Shi'an's word the only word in the Earth Pill Sect.
Troubled times called for harsh laws.
The Earth Pill Sect was now entangled with all manner of factions. If he adopted a conciliatory approach and balanced their interests, there was no telling how much time and energy it would take.
Chen Shi'an did not want to waste his precious time on this.
His methods were simple and brutal: he cut through the tangled hemp with a swift blade.
With Gao Tianfang there to back him up, he could work without