Several years later, all criminal cultivators had been dealt with.
Those sentenced to death were executed, those sentenced to prison were imprisoned, and those fined paid their fines. Tushan Central Court regained its former efficiency, whether it was the Agriculture Sect, Artifact Sect, Formation Sect, or others.
The most immediate impression among many mortals and Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment cultivators was that the various sects, immortal cities, and lineages had instantly become far more upright and incorruptible.
The various sects, lineages, and immortal cities appeared to be independent institutions with different names, but in truth, they were all subordinate institutions of Tushan Central Court. Their disciples could move freely among them, while elders, lineage heads, sect masters, and the like could be reassigned at will. Taxes, education, and everything else were all supervised.
The high-level Dharma cultivators also breathed a sigh of relief, awakening from a nightmare.
Only the sword cultivators remained gloomy.
Reluctantly, they returned to their sects, spending their days tempering flying swords, cultivating, and waiting for public security incidents serious enough to warrant the death penalty.
"They have been somewhat wronged..."
Jiang Ding watched the mountains, rivers, and earth through the Great Sun Boundary Setting Array and sighed. "If there were a controllable opponent, sword cultivators might flourish much more."
At present, Tushan Central Court had one hundred and fifty-one Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators, fewer than it had three hundred years ago.
Clearly, the current educational conditions, flying sword materials, and disciples' aptitudes were all vastly better than three hundred years ago, yet the number of Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators kept declining. It was downright ghostly.
Dharma cultivators were the opposite. There were now more than five hundred Nascent Soul True Lords among them!
This was why Heavenly Secrets Dao Child, Ji Liuyue, and the others