Before leaving, Ajie went to the prison to see his older brother.
The prison in Mystic Arts Country was set beside the Resurrection Kingdom garrison, in a basin behind the Police Station. High walls had been built on all sides, fully armed skeleton guards patrolled, dragons circled in the air, and on the perimeter stood the permanent Mobile Fortress, massive as a small mountain.
Trying to escape from here was harder than climbing to heaven.
The Resurrection Kingdom's rule over Mystic Arts Country was relatively loose. It did not interfere with local freedom of belief or the customs of each region. But those who caused serious social incidents, repeatedly injured others, or killed someone would still be arrested and imprisoned in Ring Mountain Prison for incarceration and reform.
Ajie's older brother, Ayong, however, had been imprisoned for forging a biologist identity in Canopy City.
Ayong had wanted to transfer and sell the spices he had picked up from the outside world through Canopy City. Though he had been extremely careful, the matter was exposed in the end, and he was arrested, then repatriated to the prison in Mystic Arts Country to serve his sentence.
Faking one's identity and disguising oneself as a scholar were serious crimes among the Yao Clan. The court believed it would have a vile impact on social order, and Ayong was sentenced to ten years in prison.
Led by a skeleton guard, Ajie walked all the way into the visiting room.
The inside and outside were separated by a crystal wall. Prisoners and visitors could see each other and speak by touching the wall, but everything had to take place under the guards' watch.
Inside the wall, Ayong walked in under the escort of another guard.
The skeleton guard beside Ajie placed an hourglass on a