"After extensive investigations by Prefecture Vice-Governor Qing and myself, we have determined that in the past ten years alone, over two hundred million low-grade spirit stones and various spiritual materials worth nearly eighty million have been misappropriated from Qiongzhou's treasury under thirty-seven pretexts, including repairs to the Ancient Teleportation Formation, compensation for losses along the Southern Yue border, and military equipment losses in Lotus Prefecture. Their ultimate destination remains unknown!"
"As Qiongzhou's Administrative Advisor appointed by Acting Provincial Governor Qing, how do you explain this?"
Two hundred million low-grade spirit stones, and various spiritual materials worth nearly eighty million!
The figure made quite a few officials below suck in a breath of cold air.
These were vast resources, enough to sustain Qiongzhou's army of over three hundred thousand cultivators for seven years!
Qing Xuansu added with a sneer, "Administrative Advisor Su, under Great Jin law, embezzling from the provincial treasury to line your own pockets is punishable by the destruction of your cultivation and Soul Extraction and Spirit Refining! And these resources were worth nearly three hundred million spirit stones!"
His gaze swept over Su Zixuan's composed face like a venomous snake, his voice carrying a hint of menace. "Considering how hard-earned your cultivation is, if you surrender the embezzled proceeds now and name the mastermind behind you, we might yet leave an opening in the net."
The two sang in harmony, unleashing their Nascent Soul pressure at full strength in an attempt to break her mental defenses.
Yet Su Zixuan merely stood quietly. Fortunately, she had prepared in advance, and the fourth-tier defensive formation blocked most of the pressure.
In fact, the spirit stone shortfall the two spoke of did indeed exist.
After all, her lord had been in seclusion for over thirty years. Under such intensely demanding cultivation