Why Did You Mention My Name?
Yanyun was a semi-independent urban district. The wronged souls within the district formed a natural barrier; anyone who wanted to enter had to secure the Shelter's active cooperation, then help Longevity Prefecture deal with the wronged souls.
If the Shelter refused to cooperate, outside cultivators would have to expend tremendous effort just to establish a foothold here, and infiltration afterward would be difficult as well.
To guard against possible infiltration by Longevity Prefecture, the Shelter administrators had taken extensive precautions. They had courted nearby urban districts and even spent money lobbying the temples of various Star Lords so they would not have to accept Longevity Prefecture's jurisdiction.
But no one had expected them to be blown apart from within.
And so quickly.
One administrator after another was sentenced to death. Their crimes were too numerous to recount; it was hard to imagine these people could be so monstrous.
After another administrator sobbing for his parents was dragged away, the final administrator appeared.
The trial was being held before the ferry. For this trial, the ferry had suspended operations, forcing large numbers of passing travelers from other places to remain stranded at the ferry port and passively witness the proceedings.
They had initially thought this was an internal rebellion, but when they saw every administrator dragged up, their crimes announced, and their sentences carried out, they realized this was different.
The intervention of the Benevolence Star Lord had made this rebellion remarkably organized. The sect temporarily taking over did not immediately seize all the property here. Instead, it held a public trial first and declared that all property belonged collectively to everyone.
This sect seemed to be doing something entirely new. From bottom to top, the whole sect paid little attention to property and instead