Chapter 583: Chapter 184: Heading to Shangwu Dynasty! Annihilate All Blood Gu Sect Disciples! (10k Word Mega Chapter - Seeking Subscriptions)_5
"How could it be just hearsay? His name resonates like thunder, highly renowned!" someone coldly said, "Remember the Fu Clan of the Imperial City? The one who wiped them out was none other than Daoist Fan Wu of Qiulong Temple!"
"Hiss... I’ve also heard of this man, I heard that he even met the Emperor of Great Zhou, and the Emperor did not blame this villain at the time."
"Hmph! The Fu Clan of the Imperial City may have fallen, but after all, they had the merits of the Dragon Support Technique. The Emperor of Great Zhou did too much!"
"He’s just a nobody who relies on his martial prowess to act recklessly and wilfully!"
"The Fu Clan of the Imperial City was a Great Clan that had an iron-clad amnesty for execution. After such a clan was annihilated, the Imperial Court didn’t show any fury, and the Emperor of Great Zhou even met with that man. The Crown Prince even relies on him."
"Outrageous! Absurd! Absurd!"
"..."
Although their words targeted Daoist Fan Wu, these people were only willing to speak out here.
In reality, it was the fear of Daoist Fan Wu they all tacitly acknowledged.
Should Daoist Fan Wu from Qiulong Temple appear before them, all these so-called patriarchs of the Imperial City’s Great Clans wouldn’t be fast enough in offering their smiles.
After all, even the declining Fu Clan wasn’t too far off from their status.
...
Imperial Palace.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" A member of the Imperial Sky Office reported to the Crown Prince of Great Zhou, "The preliminary estimates are out. During last night’s unrest within the Imperial Palace, fifty-six palace maids, one hundred thirty-two Eunuchs, eighty-nine soldiers and guards died..."
"Fifty-six Imperial Sky Office members, three Ministers of the fourth rank or above, twelve Ministers below the fourth rank. Seven palaces were damaged; furthermore, several are on the brink of collapse."
"The number of injured is exceedingly high; based on current estimates, it fears to be no less than a thousand!"
Two to three hundred dead.
Over a thousand injured.
For the Crown Prince of Great Zhou, such a cultivator, a sleepless night had no impact on him. However, the string of numbers spread across his face, a clear sign of weariness.
This situation wasn’t a small matter; the entire Imperial City had suffered an unprecedented tragedy.
"What about... outside the palace?" the Crown Prince of Great Zhou asked.
The Imperial Sky Office reported, "Your Highness, there isn’t an exact number for the casualties outside the palace yet; we can only make a rough estimate. Our Imperial Sky Office estimates that last night, the common folk who died at the hands of the Blood Gu Sect won’t be less than ten thousand."
"Other causes, such as people taking advantage of the chaos to murder, loot, and plunder, are also responsible for no fewer than ten thousand deaths. It means that at least twenty thousand common folk suffered and died last night."
"The number of injured... is roughly three to four times the number of the dead. On top of that, a large number of houses collapsed due to various fights; pavements were destroyed, and several places caught huge fires that are yet to be extinguished."
"The casualties among ordinary imperial soldiers suppressing the Blood Gu Sect, when combined, would not be fewer than two thousand. Including organizations like the Imperial Sky Office, the casualties among cultivators of the Imperial Court will not be less than three hundred."
"The number of sect disciples of the Blood Gu Sect slain is roughly around six hundred, and those captured alive are estimated to be around fifty."
The string of casualty numbers from outside the Imperial Palace sounded even more shocking.
That is to say, this time, adding together the injured and the dead among the common folk, officials, and cultivators,
The number is close to a hundred thousand!
For the entire Great Zhou Dynasty... this is an unprecedented colossal disaster.
"Six to seven hundred, or even eight hundred Blood Gu Sect disciples!" The Crown Prince of Great Zhou couldn’t contain his anger, "Commendable job, Zhenhai King, and all the corrupt officials who colluded with the Blood Gu Sect and the Zhenhai King!"
"I even suspect some of these Great Clans are involved, those guys love to hedge their bets the most—no matter who wins, they don’t lose. They even profit hugely!"
"A bunch of traitors to the country! Despicable! They should all die!"
After ranting furiously for a while, the Crown Prince of Great Zhou gradually calmed down.
Because he knew he couldn’t just arrest all the Great Clans on baseless charges. Nor could he capture many officials within the Imperial City without any evidence.
If he really did that, it would probably lead to another uprising, causing countless more deaths.
Thinking of this, the Crown Prince of Great Zhou rubbed his temples with a headache.
...
But what happened here didn’t really concern Daoist Fan Wu much anymore. Daoist Fan Wu of Qiulong Temple was no professional in stabilizing a dynasty on the brink of chaos.
As another day passed,
Daoist Fan Wu had already received what he needed from the Imperial Palace: a carriage, along with a silver note personally given by the Crown Prince of Great Zhou.
And it was not a ten-thousand silver note.
But fifty thousand!
As the Crown Prince of Great Zhou put it—Daoist Fan Wu had made meritorious efforts in saving the common folk from peril, and this additional forty thousand in silver notes was also rightfully his.
Daoist Fan Wu didn’t know the meaning of the word "courtesy", and so since the Crown Prince of Great Zhou insisted on giving...
He just took it!
"This journey to the Imperial City was unexpectedly short, yet it felt incredibly long," Yun Jiuqing, standing beside Fan Wu, said with a complex expression, "Who would have thought that simply escorting His Highness the Prince of Nanjun to the Great Zhou Imperial City would result in so many events?"
