"An expert, huh?"

"The Demonic Sect, is it?"

"Your swordsmanship is superb, isn't it?"

"grass!"

The dying leader of the demonic sect stared wide-eyed, his face filled with humiliation as he died.

"Kill! Leave no one alive!" Huang Chao gave the order immediately after seeing the leader dead. Then he lowered his head and touched his full armor, his face full of preciousness.

This thing is really good. Apart from the key point, there's nothing wrong with it. Fang Zhiyi is really capable; he can actually manage to produce all these full suits of armor.

At this moment, someone in the distance was staring blankly at the one-sided battle taking place.

"Branch Master, is the Shrouding Heaven Sect finished?" Wang Ergou asked.

Zuo Qianqiu nodded: "It's over."

Wang Ergou was a little melancholy, but he was also happy when he thought of Fang Zhiyi: "Branch leader, you have a good eye. You actually knew that Fang Zhiyi was so promising. He just said it casually, and the imperial court actually sent troops to destroy the Zhetian Sect. I'm even wondering if he is the emperor's illegitimate son."

Zuo Qianqiu kicked him: "Stop talking nonsense, keep your mouth shut."

"You kicked me again." Wang Ergou said, feeling a little aggrieved.

Zuo Qianqiu didn't look at him, but muttered to himself, "Everyone else is reading books, but he's wandering among the court officials. Later, he tried to get us to do business with him, and he even had me send people to give gifts to those officials, pretending to be a member of the Demonic Sect to intimidate them..." He didn't finish his sentence. They had acquired two mines around Yangcheng. He originally wanted to sell them directly, but Fang Zhiyi stopped him. Fang Zhiyi's audacity was so great that it frightened him.

Fang Zhiyi had him organize some well-behaved followers to forge swords and armor privately. He originally thought it was just ordinary smuggling, since people in the martial arts world all like powerful weapons. But then Fang Zhiyi said that he had contacted a long-term client for them.

Now he finally knows where those smuggled weapons and armor went.

Having received the benefits, the general naturally couldn't stand by and watch Fang Zhiyi in trouble. Just then, the imperial order arrived, so he simply went ahead and wiped out the evil sect in one fell swoop.

"It can be said that if one link in the chain hadn't been done, the destruction of the Shrouding Heaven Sect wouldn't have happened today." Zuo Qianqiu's eyes were somewhat fixed. Was Fang Zhiyi really only after destroying the Shrouding Heaven Sect? What kind of deep-seated hatred could she possibly have?

The news of the Demonic Cult's destruction spread throughout the martial arts world almost the next day, and more details were learned from the mouths of a few survivors.

In short, the Demonic Sect offended the county officials of Yangcheng, and then the imperial court dispatched border troops to directly crush the entire Demonic Sect.

However, this news did not make the other sects happy, because they keenly sensed the problem: the imperial court, which had always remained silent in the martial arts world, had actually taken action.

What does this mean?

Huang Chao reported the operation to quell the rebellion of the Demonic Sect. In order to gain more credit, the general added a note to the report, which made the emperor somewhat flustered.

"A demonic cult with tens of thousands of followers?" He had thought these江湖草莽 (jianghu caomang, meaning rough and unruly people) were outrageous, but he hadn't expected them to be this outrageous. Fortunately, it was dealt with in time. If these tens of thousands of people had started a rebellion, what a huge mess it would have been.

It was at this time that Fang Zhiyi submitted another memorial, clearly pointing out the harm that martial arts sects posed to the imperial court. This gave the emperor a headache; he didn't want to think about such things. Even his father hadn't been able to deal with these martial arts outlaws, so how could he? He couldn't just send border troops every time, could he? It would cost a lot of money.

Yes, the emperor lost out in this operation, while everyone else secretly made a lot of money.

After eating their fill, they had to get to work, and Fang Zhiyi's henchmen began to exert their efforts.

Ultimately, on the advice of several ministers, the emperor decided to let Fang Zhiyi handle the matter himself. If he could achieve results, they would discuss it further. In this way, the court would not have to exert any effort. In short, let Fang Zhiyi figure it out himself. If he could find a solution, the court would benefit; if he couldn't, the court wouldn't suffer any loss.