In the six great battlefields within the Great Xia Inner Realm, during the time of imperial warfare, things were indeed very splendid. But as the era of peace gradually arrived, those formidable warlords sitting in the battlefields continued to pose a threat to the royal family.
With the previous emperor's untimely death, and the new emperor being too youthful, from all aspects, he was actually unable to suppress these warlords.
Yet, they couldn't be killed, for doing so would trap the royal family in a situation of being perceived as unrighteous and disloyal!
Therefore, if some warlords got sick, while the royal family wouldn't go as far as to set traps, passive treatment and acceleration of the warlords' self-destruction were always options!
In the Red Tiger Domain, Gu Tang was facing just such a predicament, which is why Gu Changsheng was so desperate to win the championship of the Vermilion Bird Military Martial drill and get that elixir pill.
