Liu Yitian said, "This isn't the capital. Who cares what's out in the open and what's done in the dark? No matter what, it can all be sold. Most of it is one thing, but treating people as merchandise... the Devil Sect, as they put it, casually grabs batches of people to trade, like hunting. One grab, one whole village."
"The authorities don't care?" Li Qingxian asked.
"How could they possibly manage it all?" Liu Yitian shook his head.
Yu Xiaoshan sneered. "If there's no money to rake in, no power to seize, and people to offend besides, who would care? Before Mr. Gangfeng arrived, Far-Reaching City had already become a sieve. The Demon-Worship Sect existed openly, and every storybook in the bookshops praised the Demon Race and denigrated the Human Race. Who ever did anything about it?"
"Less grumbling, more work," Liu Yitian said.
Yu Xiaoshan lowered his head and muttered softly, "People have been worn away and ruined by their own kind. Add the wars against the Demon Race, and in a few more years, they'll all be dead and gone."
Xu Fang sighed. "I've seen the Devil Sect enter villages. They truly aren't human. Forget it, I won't talk about it. Just thinking of it makes my teeth itch with hatred."
Liu Yitian said, "The matter is settled. Let's hurry and eat lunch. Sigh, look at the mess this caused—we didn't even keep Guildmaster Wan for lunch."
After lunch, Li Qingxian returned to his own courtyard to cultivate.
Near evening, Xu Fang called from outside the door, "Jingqiu, Fifth and Sixth are back. I brought him to meet you, our guest elder."
Li Qingxian went out to greet them and saw two men standing beside Xu Fang.
Both looked under thirty. One was thin and sallow-faced, while