Qingshan Town was a large town under Anyuan County Town. It had a sizable population, and dozens of villages and market towns lay around it.
Naturally, the imperial government had officials stationed in Qingshan Town to govern it.
The town's highest-ranking official was called the Town Supervisor. He held the Subordinate Ninth Rank and was, in name, Qingshan Town's mayor. He drew his food and salary from the imperial court.
Qingshan Town's Town Supervisor was Yuan Chengshan. He had been transferred from the government offices in Anyuan County Town and had reached the late stage of the Meridian Opening Realm.
As the town's mayor, Yuan Chengshan was responsible for Qingshan Town's taxes, public order, economy, and other affairs.
In truth, maintaining public order, apprehending thieves, investigating suspicious people, and dealing with Cult Demons were all the duties of the patrol officer.
But Qingshan Town was a special case. It lay at the foot of Qingliang Mountain, so the government offices in Anyuan County Town had appointed only Yuan Chengshan as its mayor and had sent no patrol officer to serve there.
As a result, it could be said that Yuan Chengshan alone had the final say in Qingshan Town.
His cultivation was no weak matter, either. He had reached the late stage of the Meridian Opening Realm and was one of the more formidable Martial Artists in that realm.
Generally, officials appointed by the imperial government to govern a region had to possess considerable cultivation and strength.
Otherwise, they would have no way to control and suppress the surrounding martial forces or the Cult Demons, who could erupt into violence at any moment.
Not to mention the rare possibility of a demonic beast disaster.
All this meant that imperial officials had to be powerful enough to stand on their own