I'm a Mild-Mannered County Magistrate, but Beating People with Physics Makes Perfect Sense

“Confucius said: ‘Weird happenings, feats of strength, disorder, and spirits.’”

“What that means is: How strange! Since preaching about the Way doesn’t work, I’ll beat these treacherous rebels until their bodies and souls are obliterated!”

Ji Ye transmigrates to Great Wei and faces hell mode from the start: he’s a disgraced official, suffering from consumption, assigned to a district that serves as a cafeteria for demons.

Fortunately, the Lifespan Plunder System awakens!

Slay demons, seize their lifespans, and advance your techniques!

When the Vitality Cultivation Art reaches perfection, it evolves into the Crimson Sun Heaven-Burning Force!

Drive out the cold poison and let your blood and qi surge like a dragon!

When the Iron Shirt reaches perfection, it evolves into the Tiger Demon Indestructible Golden Body!

Impervious to blades and spears, immune to all techniques!

When the Righteous Qi reaches perfection, it evolves into the Prison-Suppressing Wisdom King Dharma Form!

Three heads and six arms, one hand blotting out the sky!

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Years later, when Ji Ye stands in the Golden Throne Hall, righteous qi radiating from him as he holds the current Imperial Preceptor’s head, the entire court trembles.

Ji Ye wipes the blood from his hands and smiles kindly. “I’m merely a frail scholar, and I’ve always preferred to persuade people with reason… Does anyone have a problem with that?”