The market was run by the Council of Elders, with the relevant functional departments handling the actual administration. That was also why Elder Bai could not order the chief steward around.
However, the chief elder was still the market's top authority. That was beyond doubt.
In most markets, the chief elder was at the Emergence from Dust High Stage, though quite a few were only at the Mid Emergence from Dust level.
Mingsha Market's chief elder was at the Emergence from Dust, Fifth Layer, the same level as Elder Bai.
Feng Jun and the others could not be bothered dealing with the market. They left Du Fanghui behind to handle matters, while everyone else returned to Lantern Town that same day.
However, Kong Ziyi made her stance clear: whatever decision the market made was understandable, but anyone who wanted to let Elder Bai off would become her enemy.
In the end, she could not tolerate Elder Bai's disrespect toward the Elder Token. You were not even at the Emergence from Dust High Stage, yet you casually said you wanted to personally examine the token... That was truly going too far!
The Lu Clan's three brothers had extensive business interests in Mingsha Market, and many industries involved them as silent shareholders. This plane had no concept of silent shares, but any business under the Lu Clan's protection was bound to provide them with profits.
Feng Jun knew nothing about such matters, so he bluntly stated that they would only take movable wealth and would not touch any of those businesses.
They found quite a bit of movable wealth in the three brothers' residence, including over a hundred thousand Spirit Stones. Feng Jun did not verify the exact amount. He simply gave thirty thousand to Kong Ziyi, twenty thousand each to himself