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"Someone come here!" Xia Zhaoyan's voice rang out, and several people from the Heavenly Punishment Division walked in from outside.

"Throw these three into the death row!"

"Take my token and lead men from headquarters to the local branches. Instruct them to assist in apprehending the families of these three individuals!"

"Tell the branches below that this is me giving them a chance."

"From now on, listen to headquarters, or they'll face dismissal and investigation!"

During this period, the Heavenly Punishment Division has been making a series of moves, and under Mu Wenhan's leadership, it has taken control of the Left Guard County and Right Guard County branches that are adjacent to the Imperial City.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xia Zhaoyan once again took control of a branch of a local prefecture.

Moreover, if handled well, it can be used to expand from a single point to a broader area, completely taking control of all branches within a prefecture.

The guards grabbed the three officials below and prepared to take them back to the prison.

Only then did the three of them become afraid.

When I was summoned by the Heavenly Punishment Division, I thought it was just a formality.

He thought the Heavenly Punishment Division knew about his powerful backer and wouldn't dare do anything to him.

As it turned out, they weren't playing any tricks at all; they summoned them and immediately threw them into jail.

"Wait!!" The three of them struggled immediately.

It wasn't that they didn't dare to make a move, but rather that Mu Wenhan's aura as a Grandmaster was firmly locked onto the three of them.

The three, all at the Purple Mansion Realm, dared not offer the slightest resistance.

"Niou, do you know who's behind us?"

"I'm telling you, we have His Highness the Eastern King behind us."

"Yes, we are Dong Wang's people..."

"Oh, so he's one of the Eastern King's men. Very well, I'll wait for him to come and demand the person." Xia Zhaoyan said with an air of "So what if he's the Eastern King?"

"I wonder if my royal brother would dare to come knocking on our door to plead for you three fools if he found out!"

"Take him away; the formal trial will be tomorrow!"

With a wave of his hand, the guards escorted the three away from there.

At this moment, Mu Wenhan frowned and asked, "Your Highness, are we really going to offend the Eastern King?"

Up until this point, Mu Wenhan did not want to confront the Eastern King directly.

Xia Zhaoyan was a little angry, and he stared directly at Mu Wenhan.

"Si Zheng, I invited you because I saw that you were a smart man and that you did not get involved with the major powers."

"You've disappointed me a bit now!"

As he spoke, he slowly walked to the center of the main hall and looked in the direction of the imperial palace.

"Do you know who bestowed upon the Heavenly Punishment Division its current status?"

"Father wants the Heavenly Punishment Bureau to stir up the stagnant waters of the court. If they dare not deal with the Eastern King's people this time, the Heavenly Punishment Bureau can forget about ever accomplishing anything again!"

"Besides, I have already broken ties with the Eastern King long ago, unless the Heavenly Punishment Division is no longer under my control."

"Otherwise, the Heavenly Punishment Division will henceforth represent my will!"

"Don't worry, no one dares to target your family, I guarantee it!"

...

The next day, the Heavenly Punishment Division directly tried the three officials.

The result, of course, was the death penalty. Under Xia Zhaoyan's leadership, those sentenced to death would never have their sentences reduced.

The major powers that were paying attention to the actions of the Heavenly Punishment Division immediately turned their attention to the Eastern King's Mansion.

They wanted to know if His Highness the Prince would clash with the Heavenly Punishment Division again because of this.

To their surprise, the Eastern Prince's Mansion remained completely silent, as if they knew nothing about it.

Xia Zhaoyan, who was watching this scene, couldn't help but feel sorry.

"None of my royal brothers are fools; they're all shrewd and calculating!"

Mu Wenhan nodded in agreement. "Isn't that obvious?"

A prince who loses his right to compete for the throne is like a death row inmate who has been released from his shackles and becomes completely unrestrained.

The others are different; their main goal is the throne. Now that they're going head-to-head with you, it only benefits the other princes.

What the two were unaware of was that these three were actually bait deliberately thrown out by the Eastern King.

He used the three men to completely hide himself in the shadows.

To this day, no one doubts that the deaths of the fifty guards of the Heavenly Punishment Division were orchestrated by his orders.

The arrest of these three individuals led to a major reshuffle of the local officialdom.

Those local powerful clansmen who entered officialdom through back channels were purged one after another.

The lightest punishment was dismissal from office and loss of official status.

In the most serious cases, the imperial court intervened and the entire family was wiped out.

Xia Zhaoyan's goal has been temporarily achieved.

No one is paying attention to the death of the guard anymore; the court officials are arguing among themselves over the appointment of a prefectural official.

After all, it's rare for all the officials in a prefecture to be taken down.

The remaining space was indeed enough to attract the attention of all the officials.

Those were high-ranking officials such as the prefect and the assistant prefect.

In the cultivation room of the Prince's Mansion, Xia Zhaoyan swallowed a pill and began to circulate the Immovable King Sutra.

The cultivation technique rewarded by this system is a true technique that cultivates both internal and external strength.

Internal energy strengthens true qi, while external energy cultivates the physical body.

According to the description of the technique, once this skill is mastered, as long as the soul remains, the physical body can be reborn from a drop of blood.

Upon seeing this, Xia Zhaoyan decided to also study this cultivation technique.

It should be understood that for the physical body to be reborn from a drop of blood, one must break through to the Dragon Transformation Realm.

What is the Dragon Transformation Realm? That is the most powerful realm in the world today, invincible below the Human Immortal!

They are the main force in every cycle of battle against the heavens, and even the Heavenly Dao cannot wipe out a Dragon Transformation Realm expert in one go.

He could only crush and kill again and again, eventually exhausting the life force of the Dragon Transformation Realm cultivator until he had no energy left to bleed and regenerate.

A saying circulates throughout the desolate continent: "Heaven is hard to destroy, earth is hard to bury!"

This refers to powerful individuals at the Dragon Transformation Realm, who are truly difficult for the Heavenly Dao to completely annihilate.

Think about it, even those in the Celestial Realm have the opportunity to reincarnate and cultivate again. As long as they cultivate to the Celestial Realm again, they can awaken the memories of their previous life. Two lives, three lives... combining several lives will definitely allow them to reach even higher realms.

What about those powerful beings in the Dragon Transformation Realm? In each cycle of war, some Dragon Transformation Realm experts always manage to escape a drop of essence blood from the Heavenly Dao.

The Great Xia royal family has collected a great deal of information, so Xia Zhaoyan knows that there are many powerful individuals in the Dragon Transformation Realm who have reincarnated many times in this world.

"The Immovable King Sutra is one of my trump cards. This technique will not affect my main cultivation method."

"It focuses on cultivating the physical body, and has five levels in total. With my current resources, I estimate I can cultivate this technique to perfection before reaching the Celestial Realm!"

"At that time, I will be able to kill a Shattered Realm expert with my bare body!!"

The energy of the elixir erupted within his body, and Xia Zhaoyan clearly felt that the shackles were being shaken.

The true energy from the Mingwang Sutra, combined with the true energy from the main cultivation method, frantically rammed against that shackle within the body.

Finally, a sound like stone shattering rang in my mind.

Click!

Immediately afterwards, a rumbling sound like ten thousand horses galloping could be faintly heard, along with the sound of energy flowing within the body.

The next moment, the spiritual liquid in the cultivation room rushed into Xia Zhaoyan.

This made up for the energy he consumed during his breakthrough.

At the early stage of the Acquired Realm, Xia Zhaoyan opened his eyes with a satisfied smile on his face.

All told, it took him a total of half a year to go from the mid-stage of the Blood Exchange Realm to the early stage of the Acquired Realm.

Such a cultivation speed will definitely astound the outside world!