Qing Chen's expression remained unchanged, his gaze still sweeping over the densely packed examinees in the examination grounds, their heads bowed in intense thought.
Beneath this seemingly orderly imperial examination, which was gathering popular support for him, lurked filth that Lin Changsheng and Duan Tianya likewise reported to him one item at a time.
"Master."
Lin Changsheng's voice was calm but carried a murderous chill. "Inside and outside the examination grounds, we uncovered and executed thirty-nine spies on the spot. Fifteen were spies from Wu Gui's army who had forged their Immortal Register records and harbored sinister intentions;
"Eleven were Gu Masters from Southern Yue's Bone-Eroding Tribe, carrying mind-bewitching insect eggs concealed on their bodies, intending to spread them throughout the examination grounds and disrupt people's Dao hearts; thirteen infiltrators from the Miao Gu Clans carried insidious cursed objects, their intentions deserving death... all were dealt with by thunderous means, their divine souls utterly destroyed!"
Next came Duan Tianya's even colder report. "Devil Master, a spear in the open is easy to dodge, but an arrow from the shadows is hard to guard against. The greater trouble lies in those methods outside the rules..."
"More than a dozen powerful clans have joined forces, secretly passing along scraps of hints, leaving traces too faint to catch. Behind them are signs of our own people within the provincial administration."
An exceedingly faint glimmer of blood-red light flashed through Qing Chen's eyes.
Opening the Fourth Brahma Aperture of the Brahma Demon-Refining Art required vast quantities of blood qi as fuel to forge the supreme Brahma Blood Sea Demon Foundation.
These fools who did not know death when they saw it would make perfect sacrifices to consecrate his banner!
In truth, he was not surprised in the slightest.
Qiongzhou was a bottomless pool of