Identity: Jinyiwei, Beizhen Fusi, Qianhu (you have an official status at the beginning, not a low-level soldier, so you can easily contact the top)
Personality: Calm and cold-hearted, he believes in the "imperial charter, kill first and then report later", he will never show mercy to the enemy, he is loyal to the court but has his own bottom line.
Goldfinger (plug-in): "Illustration of Sins" (or "Fragments of the Book of Life and Death").
Function: After killing evil spirits, villains, and traitors, you can extract their "obsession" or "cultivation".
Function: Directly transform internal/spiritual energy, or extract fragments of the deceased's martial arts/spells during his lifetime (you need to understand them yourself), or even briefly enter the memory fragments of the deceased to obtain information (which is crucial for solving the case).
Strength system comparison
Mortal stage (Chapter 1-30): external force (refining skin and bones), internal force (zhenqi), innate (grandmaster, corresponding to the "high-grade heavenly level" threshold in the document).
Monk Stage (Chapter 30-100): Body Tempering, Spirit Gathering, Mansion Condensation, Spirit Sea, Tao Seed.
Advanced stage (Chapter 100-150): Transformation into Tao, Ascension to Immortality, Hedao, Guiyi, Emperor.
Distribution of power
Royal family: the old emperor (unfathomable, suspected of being in the realm of "Tao Zed" or "Transformation of Tao"), the prince (kind but weak), and the third prince (ambitious, colluding with foreign enemies).
Imperial institutions:
Jinyiwei: Where Gu Chen is, he supervises all officials and is tough on the front.
Ye Ming: Gu Chen's immediate boss/mysterious ally, who only appears in desperate situations.
Killer Gate: Both good and evil, Gu Chen will occasionally use them to take advantage of others.