As the two most core members of the Heavenly Sword Sect, they took a sip of tea and began to complain about the current environment.
"It's truly a pity. Our Heavenly Sword Sect, with its heritage passed down for dozens of generations, has ultimately fallen into decline in our generation..."
“Indeed, Senior Brother Sect Leader. Recalling the records of our ancestors about the glory of the Heavenly Sword Sect in the past, and then looking at how we are now, where is the great sect we used to be?”
Their sect has declined.
Elder Chuanfa remembered that he had seen descriptions of those sects during the Great Gan period.
"The disciples under my tutelage number several thousand and do not need to participate in labor or exert effort in managing businesses."
All we need to do is fix the chain and then teach those ungrateful civilians a lesson.
They would obediently offer up food and money, and then we would choose suitable disciples from the foot of the mountain, depending on our mood.
Even the Liu imperial family wouldn't actively interfere with us. If they dared to harm a sect, all the heroes of the land would unite against them.
This belongs to their past glory, after all, the Liu imperial family had only one goal at the time: to become a dragon.
If the sects and families want to jump ship, let them jump ship; as long as it doesn't affect their plans.
As long as a true emperor descends, all sects, rebel armies, and northern barbarians will be nothing but weeds.
Then, the big battle ended. After Ye Li established the Tianxuan Empire, he took action against these sects.
One person, one sword, and they reasoned with these so-called righteous sects.
It's true, if everyone swarms at him, Ye Li can kill them all before he runs out of energy.
The fact that these people were allowed to live and atone for their sins is already an inexhaustible debt of gratitude to the founding emperor.
"Junior brother, ever since the establishment of the Tianxuan Empire, our lives have become worse day by day."
I won't go into other details, but the annual inspection tour by the censors isn't conducted openly on the main road; instead, they disguise themselves and conduct investigations in the localities.
Why are they acting like this? Can't they at least give us a friendly and welcoming reception?
Three of my apprentices, my direct disciples, were sent to mines to work on ash, and two were sent to dig irrigation ditches.
And then there's the sect assessment held every three years. If you fail three times, the sect's plaque will be removed; if you fail five times, you'll lose the right to publicly accept disciples; and if you fail ten times, the sect will be confiscated.
Good heavens, they really took away the mountain gate that our ancestors left us?
At this point, the sect leader angrily slammed his teacup on the table; he was furious.
However, even in his anger, he only felt a moment of rage.
There's nothing we can do; we can't beat them.
Although these江湖人士 (jianghu figures) look down on the so-called imperial court's lackeys every day.
But since they were employed by the government, they had no shortage of cultivation techniques and medicines, and also received a considerable salary.
In a real fight, even though this sect leader was considered a master, he couldn't defeat the Inspector General's commander in a one-on-one situation.
However, he kept complaining here, seemingly without considering why their Heavenly Sword Sect had become like this.
The sect assessments in the Tianxuan Empire are not particularly strict, but the Tianjian Sect manages to send three to five disciples to labor camps every year.
"So, I feel that you guys deserve to have ended up where you are today."
A voice they didn't recognize came between them, and the person picked up the teapot and poured himself a bowl of tea.
"Slurp... It feels pretty good, the tea is quite good, it's just that the person who brewed the tea is not good."
Who are you?
Only then did they realize that a stranger had silently crept up to them.
If Bai Yi hadn't spoken up, they wouldn't have even noticed.
"Who am I? That's a good question. Under normal circumstances, I would be your executioner."
This time, however, I'm just an observer; the actual execution will be carried out by him.
These two guys, along with the other Heavenly Sword Sect disciples outside, were left to Zhao Li by Bai Yi.
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