Published: March 7, 2025
Chapter 101: Chu King of Hell
The guy who was beaten with two hundred military sticks practiced especially hard, and his hatred for Chu Imperial Seat had long since vanished without a trace, turning into gratitude.
Although Chu Imperial Seat's heart was somewhat dark and his hands ruthless, he was leading us down a path of brightness.
During this time, the efficiency of the three teams greatly improved. The dozens of officials above the fifth rank indicated on the little notes handed out by Chu Imperial Seat were all taken down, confirmed to be spies of the Great Zhao Empire.
After this news was confirmed, Crown Prince Tie Butian was greatly shocked. To avoid any wrongful deaths, he personally interrogated them. With confessions, witnesses, and ironclad evidence, he became furious! The knife of slaughter was raised once more!
For a time, the nobles of Iron Cloud City were all in a state of panic!
Every day, new content appeared on the notice boards plastered on the walls of Iron Cloud City. Each new piece of information indicated the fall of a high-ranking official, and their entire family was executed!
Moreover, under the management of Chu Imperial Seat, each of these cases was backed by indisputable evidence! Ironclad cases! No one could question them!
For a time, the name of butian pavilion rose to prominence in Iron Cloud City! Common folks cheered, while officials felt anxious. Although they were currently investigating spies and traitors, who knew when that legendary Imperial Seat would raise the slaughter knife against corruption and bribery?
This was something that could not be predicted.
Among us officials, which one had a clean record? Which one was not sitting on a pile of muck that couldn't be wiped away? Truly clean and incorruptible... damn it, where could such good officials be found?
Thus, everyone became more obedient, trying to show a good performance; in the event that Lord Imperial Seat turned against them, they could say: "I have already turned over a new leaf since a certain date... please be aware, Imperial Seat."
One thing that everyone didn't know was that all the valuable materials confiscated after the raids, like spiritual medicines and rare metals, mysteriously disappeared right after the operations of Fiery Blood Hall, and no one knew where these items went...
The three teams of butian pavilion, Iron Blood, Fiery Blood, and Heaven's Secret, were renamed to Iron Blood Hall, Fiery Blood Hall, and Heaven's Secret Hall respectively. Under the temptations of gold, silver, and high-ranking official positions, the manpower of butian pavilion grew day by day, slowly snowballing in size.
In just half a month, the remaining personnel of butian pavilion had increased from eighty to one hundred thirty, nearly a fifty percent growth.
Meanwhile, Chu Imperial Seat became increasingly mysterious. At first, when he had only his old subordinates, he would occasionally make an appearance, but after a few days, only Wu Qianqian was seen delivering notes.
The original "old guards" were issued a gag order, forbidding anyone from disclosing any information about Chu Imperial Seat; while newcomers had never seen what he looked like.
They could only glean bits and pieces from others: Chu Imperial Seat was young and accomplished, appeared weak on the surface, seemingly incapable of martial arts, but was incredibly intelligent, outsmarting everyone in butian pavilion...
Such rumors added an extra layer of mystery to the enigmatic Chu Imperial Seat.
However, among the noble families and officials of Iron Cloud City, they slowly began to refer to Chu Imperial Seat as "Chu King of Hell." This "Chu King of Hell" merely issued orders, and then his little minions would go to reap souls; anyone under his soul-snatching order could not escape for a moment!
For a time, a saying circulated in Iron Cloud City: "The King of Hell wants you dead by the third watch, who would dare let you live until the fifth watch?" This saying was all about Chu Imperial Seat.