The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"Yes, Your subordinate obeys."

Upon hearing this, Lin Huaiyu spoke with a respectful expression.

Chu Xiu nodded slightly, looked at Fang Heng and Lin Huaiyu, and said, "Get up, both of you."

"Thank you, sir."

Fang Heng and his companion thanked them, put away the jade bottles, and then stood up.

"If there's nothing else, you may all leave."

Chu Xiu looked at Fang Heng and the other person and said.

"Reporting to my lord, we have compiled all the statistics for last night's haul!"

Fang Heng cupped his hands in greeting to Chu Xiu and said with a serious expression.

"Oh?"

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow and looked at Fang Heng with interest.

He also wanted to know exactly how much gold, silver, and cultivation resources he had gained last night.

"Your Excellency, in addition to the five million taels of gold that were counted last night, there are also eighty million taels of silver."

"The total value of the gold and silver jewelry is even greater than the cash value, exceeding 300 million taels of silver."

"One million hectares of fertile land, which is 10,000 hectares or 150,000 mu."

"One million hectares is fifteen million mu."

Fang Heng's expression turned serious, and he said, "When I returned last night, I specifically sent someone to investigate."

The Dafosi Temple was built no more than fifty years ago.

In less than fifty years, they accumulated such enormous wealth and, with their powerful military force, plundered and seized everything in the entire Sizhou region.

They seized such a vast amount of fertile land from countless people; to describe their crimes as countless and heinous would not be an exaggeration!

"He truly deserves to die!"

Chu Xiu stood up, a chilling killing intent flashing in his eyes, and said coldly, "Whether it's powerful families or sects, they all leech off our Great Zhou Dynasty."

They suck the blood of the people!

As long as powerful clans and sects exist, the people of the world will never have peace!

Fang Heng and Lin Huaiyu were also clenching their fists.

Although they knew before that sects, like powerful clans, were a cancer on the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But to be honest, they never expected that a large Buddhist temple would do something that would make their hair stand on end and commit such a heinous crime.

One can only imagine how much blood and flesh of ordinary people are beneath the feet of those powerful families who have stood for hundreds of years in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and even those families that have been established for over a thousand years!

Chu Xiu took a deep breath and said in a low, powerful voice, "Lin Huaiyu, listen to my command!"

"My subordinate is here!"

Lin Huaiyu's expression turned solemn, and he spoke in a firm and powerful voice.

"You can mobilize our entire Northern Garrison's elite cavalry!"

"Responsible for investigating the entire Sizhou region to identify which people were forcibly plundered by the Great Buddha Temple."

“Compile a complete list of these people.”

"It must include every single detail, down to the smallest detail, of how much wealth and fertile land they were forcibly seized from them!"

Chu Xiu stared intently at Lin Huaiyu and said, "I want to find all the people whose families have been completely destroyed because of the Great Buddha Temple!"

If they still have families now.

All the wealth and fertile land that were forcibly seized by the Great Buddha Temple must be returned in full!

Furthermore, our Northern Garrison Command will even provide them with an additional sum as compensation!

In truth, Chu Xiu knew very well that less than half of the people actually survived.

Many people may have already lost their entire families due to the persecution by the Great Buddha Temple.

It would be a remarkable achievement if one-third of the population survived.

"Yes, sir!"

Lin Huaiyu said firmly.

"In addition, you will be responsible for the remaining fertile land as well."

"To be distributed to the poor people of Sizhou."

"Although the Great Buddha Temple has seized a large amount of fertile land, it is certainly impossible for the poor people of Sizhou to receive all the fertile land."

"You can handle this at your discretion, giving priority to those who are poor, have elderly people or children to support, and are struggling to make ends meet."

After a moment's consideration, Chu Xiu gave Lin Huaiyu some instructions.

"Please rest assured, sir, I will never let you down!"

Lin Huaiyu became excited, knelt down before Chu Xiu, and said with heartfelt admiration.

Both Lin Huaiyu and Fang Heng were deeply shocked.

This is a million hectares of fertile land!

According to the Great Zhou Dynasty, one mu of fertile land was worth ten taels of silver.

One million hectares of fertile land is equivalent to 150 million taels of silver!

Despite such a vast fortune and immense wealth, Chu Xiu remained completely unmoved.

Instead, all these fertile fields should be returned to every citizen, and the remaining fertile fields should be distributed to the poor people of Sizhou.

What a broad mind this is!

Even a saint descending to earth couldn't be more amazing!

Being able to follow a superior like Chu Xiu is an absolute blessing they've earned in ten lifetimes!

"Congratulations, host, for your unwavering commitment to doing positive things, you have been rewarded with fifty years of Dharma Aspect Power, nine God-Slaying Flying Knives, and thirty Pure Yang Limitless Pills."

"Do you want to receive the reward?"

The mechanical voice of the positive energy system rang in Chu Xiu's mind.

"Yes."

Chu Xiu was overjoyed and said in his mind.

In an instant.

Fifty years of Dharma power appeared in Chu Xiu's dantian.

The Shangqing Divine Skill automatically activated, absorbing and refining this power of the Dharma Image.

This allowed Chu Xiu to break through from the fifth level of the Dharma Aspect Realm to the sixth level of the Dharma Aspect Realm!

The nine God-Slaying Flying Knives and thirty Pure Yang Limitless Pills have already appeared in the system's storage space.

Chu Xiu had just bestowed fourteen Pure Yang Limitless Pills, leaving twenty-three Pure Yang Limitless Pills remaining.

The system has now rewarded me with thirty Pure Yang Limitless Pills.

His Pure Yang Limitless Pills have returned to fifty-three.

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and looked at Fang Heng, signaling him to continue.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, we have already tallied the quantities of all the pills and elixirs."

"There are a total of 35,987 first-tier spiritual herbs."

"There are a total of 11,852 second-tier spiritual herbs."

"There are a total of 3,920 third-tier spiritual herbs."

"There are a total of 327 fourth-tier spiritual herbs."

"We possess a total of 195 fifth-tier spiritual herbs."

"Thirty-three sixth-grade spiritual herbs!"

Fang Heng understood immediately, cupped his hands in greeting to Chu Xiu, and said.

"You even have sixth-tier spiritual herbs?"

Chu Xiu said with a look of surprise on his face.

It should be noted that a sixth-tier spiritual medicine corresponds to the Ascension Realm, which is above the Dharma Aspect Realm.

This Great Buddha Temple is truly extraordinary!

"Yes, sir."

"And as for elixirs, the quantity is also enormous."

"There are 15,799 bottles of True Qi Pills."

"There are 6,249 bottles of True Essence Pills."

"There are 1,313 bottles of Hunyuan Pills."

"There are 562 bottles of Yuan Shen Dan."

"There are 171 bottles of Hun Tian Dan."

"There are even seventeen bottles of the Ascension Pill, which is used by those at the Ascension Realm level."

Fang Heng pondered for a moment, then said with a solemn expression, "However, the most precious pills are not these."

Instead, they are nine Wanfo Pills from Wanfo Temple!