Having become the governors of the Vias Commercial Federation, Zeppelin and the others possessed vast holdings throughout Vias's various provinces. The most powerful governors in particular, after taking office and using every trick in the book to seize and plunder, each ended up with family territories as large as an entire province.
Without question, these territories would also become Lin Qi's properties. Lin Qi had already made up his mind: at the southwestern corner of the Vias Commercial Federation, near a fertile giant peninsula, he would carve out an autonomous territory comprising three provinces. These three provinces would become private lands for the evil ghosts and demons from the Fifth Abyss and Sixth Abyss who had submitted to the Longshan Family.
With a few subtle control spells, so long as Long Yan's and Alsa's clansmen were not foolish enough to conduct enormous demon-sacrifice rituals there, no one would discover that the place had become a domain of evil ghosts and demons. The territories of three provinces were far from enough to accommodate the abyssal creatures of two abyssal worlds, but many creatures from those two worlds were obedient and well-behaved—especially those who listened to Lin Qi. They would have the chance to come to the surface for a holiday.
Even demons, even evil ghosts, still longed for the sunlight of the surface, for blue seas and white clouds.
Lin Qi believed that once he rolled out this benefit policy, he would swiftly gain absolute authority in those two abyssal worlds.
Lin Qi led a large force on patrol through Vias by night, overseeing the actions of the Longshan Family soldiers. The nobles who had been in the same boat as Zeppelin had all their property confiscated. Among their clansmen, those who were obedient were given a sum of money and