This also made Ning Fengzhi feel a growing sense of fear.
He had thought Spirit Hall hadn't infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire very deeply. Who would have guessed it had already become a sieve?
Faced with Spirit Hall's trend toward unifying the continent, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect couldn't turn against them—and didn't dare to, at least not for now.
Even though they knew, they couldn't let it show.
They would do whatever they could, and let the rest go.
As long as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's independence was guaranteed, everything else could be discussed.
Only as an absolute last resort would they lower themselves beneath someone else.
For now, Xue Qinghe planned to weaken the old nobility's power. As an apparent partner in their shared interests, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would naturally follow suit.
At least the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect still had a good reputation across the continent.
As Xue Qinghe had said, after the reforms, how to create new interests and how to control them would be up to them, on the condition that they didn't violate the new laws.
Even Spirit Masters would face no leniency if they broke the law.
As the campaign to eliminate prostitution swept across the land, scenes like this unfolded all over the country.
Troops stormed brothels and courtesans' houses, taking away every woman who had fallen into that life. The proprietors were dealt with on the spot, and the establishments were shut down.
Most of the women had never imagined such a day would come.
Ever since they'd been sold off to brothels and courtesans' houses, they had endured years of forced sex—from the moment they were first made to receive customers until now. For some, it had been ten years or more; others