Family Management Game In Immortal Continent Chapter 864: Imperial Clan’s Hunting Dog
Previously on Family Management Game In Immortal Continent...
The Imperial Capital.
Even after the court assembly of today wrapped up, a host of immortal bureaucrats from the Dynasty continued to hang around inside the Heavenly Palace.
Back in the day, Crown Prince Sheng had put to death countless top officials, but at present, loads of unfamiliar faces had risen up to take their places.
These leftover officials headed one after another to the Government Affairs Hall, the spot where Crown Prince Fei Heng held court.
Li Changan stood out prominently among their ranks.
"Looks like Fei Heng didn't squander those three centuries spent reclaiming territory."
A subtle smile crossed Li Changan's lips as he eyed the crowd of cultivators stretching out before him.
Through the passing years, it wasn't only the Family that had prospered; once Fei Heng claimed the title of Crown Prince, he too had been building his influence—rallying key groups and rooting out opponents.
Previously, when the big shots in Azure Cloud Prefecture balked at bowing to the Li clan, the Family's approach involved covert alliances, borrowing others' might to hammer foes, and then crushing them with sheer dominance.
With Fei Heng now dominating the court, he enforces strict statutes to calm the realm and guard the frontiers.
The folks showing up today were all Fei Heng's reliable allies, creating a tight-knit group.
They comb through the provinces and influential sects for signs of wrongdoing.
Should they find anyone undermining the Dynasty's welfare or security, they can alert the Crown Prince.
On top of that, they hold the right to swing the blade of justice in the Crown Prince's name—empowering them to strike first and notify afterward!
Before long, Li Changan stepped into the Crown Prince's Hall.
Fei Heng occupied the main seat in the hall's heart, radiating a growing aura of command.
Chairs lined both sides, all taken.
This tight group stemmed from the "Immortal Suppression Department."
The majority there hailed from the Department's cultivators, joined by envoys from assorted powerful entities.
The Immortal Suppression Department formed the Imperial Family's staunchest pillar; right from its founding, the Department swore fealty to the Human Sovereign.
In earlier times, they followed solely Crown Prince Sheng; these days, they answer only to Fei Heng's orders.
For more than a hundred thousand years, the Immortal Suppression Department quelled demons and eradicated wickedness across the Dynasty, pursuing rogue cultivators who terrorized the lands.
Long ago, every Skynet operative got nabbed by this exact Department without fail.
The fellow perched right up front was a middle-aged type, so ordinary he'd blend into any mob, but everyone present showed him total deference.
The top post in the Immortal Suppression Department went to the Chief Commander, backed by four Grand Commanders; this individual was Chief Commander Wu Neng.
From what Li Changan recalled, Chief Commander Wu Neng had rescued the Human Sovereign's life once.
He ranked as the Human Sovereign's most devoted follower, famed everywhere as the "Imperial Clan's Hunting Dog."
Each participant shared the proof they'd collected lately on troublemakers sowing disorder, along with the count of rebels they'd eliminated.
Li Changan's gaze sharpened while he paid attention.
In a mere year, as many as a hundred groups had been massacred.
The mildest fates saw whole bloodlines wiped out, and two concealed sects got quietly erased too.
Li Changan also gave his update on the Forgotten Immortal Lands and Eastern Border City—nothing out of the ordinary!
Once the gathering broke up.
Clutching the Immortal Suppression Department's authorization, Li Changan fired off a transmission through Dark Crow to the Forgotten Immortal Lands.
As he observed the endless flow of cultivators leaving, a wave of profound feeling washed over him.
"The era... has shifted."
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[Your descendant, Li Yaotie, has killed Tang Miao!]
[Loot obtained: One corpse at the early stage of Void Refining.]
[High-Grade Dharma Treasure: Star Cluster Pendant.
This pendant contains twelve stars arranged into a formation. It can summon stars to strike down enemies; the more Spiritual power imbued into the Dharma Treasure, the more stars are summoned. It can utilize stellar power for both defense and offense.]
Tang Miao had unleashed all his hidden aces.
Beneath Li Yaotie's wild barrage, this remained the sole Dharma Treasure still whole.
Post-slaying, Li Yaotie and Zhuo Linlin headed back to Azure Cloud Prefecture.
Right then.
Li Wei popped up next to Li Yaozu in a flash.
He spotted Li Yaozu positioned at the front of a Spirit Ark, guiding the Hall of Heavenly Principles' crew toward the Forgotten Immortal Lands.
"Brandishing the Crown Prince's order, breaching borders for a kill."
Watching the Family operate so boldly, a grin lit up Li Wei's features.
Ever since Fei Heng ascended as Crown Prince, the realm appeared steady on the surface, but subtle transformations had swept through everything.
Fei Heng differed from the hedonistic Crown Prince Sheng; he pushed for solid rule and unleashed tough edicts to tame these turbulent days.
Whoever dared stir unrest amid the turmoil now fell under his scrutiny.
And the Li Clan loomed large among the Immortal Suppression Department's forces, grasping real clout.
Thanks to the Family's immense strength, their standing matched that of a Grand Commander in the Department!
Half a month afterward.
Li Yaozu's Spirit Ark reached the heavens over the Forgotten Immortal Lands.
This so-called Forgotten Immortal Lands stretched as a barren waste, an enormous expanse of raw, yellowish terrain.
Still, it sheltered thousands of sects.
They claimed scores of ancient Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands, concealing themselves in the sands while flourishing and growing in those pocket realms.
As Li Yaozu's Spirit Ark drew near.
A bunch of Spirit Arks from the Immortal Suppression Department, sent out from the Imperial Capital, pulled in one by one.
Clear among them were the presences of two Void Refining cultivators.
"Phew."
Li Yaozu let out a deep sigh and beamed a mental message to the powerhouses on those Spirit Arks.
"On the Eastern Border front, Marshal Dongfang Liancheng has secured proof of offenses.
Tang Miao of Cloudreach Mountain in the Forgotten Immortal Lands abused his command for selfish ends, putting the troops at risk.
Numerous parties in the Forgotten Immortal Lands tie into this mess.
We need to probe the key sects here for signs of their wrongdoing, to jolt the regional cultivators awake."
"I hereby declare the Crown Prince's edict: The Cloudreach Mountain bloodline must be eradicated, as a harsh lesson to the rest!"