On the map, Central Continent was neither long and narrow nor oddly shaped. It was broad and solid, with roughly equal spans from east to west and north to south. Yi Nation lay in its center. Only its southern border met the sea, though quite a few island nations lay offshore.
Xixiao lay in the far east of Central Continent, some distance from Yi Nation. It had sworn allegiance to the Central Nation on and off in the past, but it was not currently a vassal of Great Yi.
The place was chaotic. Governments changed like pages turning, and people engaged in all manner of illegal trade controlled the country. Its military was either a hollow shell or little more than certain individuals' private army. Naturally, the people of such a country could easily lose themselves in "life is but a dream, so do as you please."
Cao Ci had followers everywhere here.
Interestingly, according to Zhang Suannai, there were not that many core members of the Dream Moon Cult here—probably about as many as in Yunlai. Many people had gained no tangible benefit from worshipping the Dream Moon Cult and Cao Ci. They had never even met a core member, yet had offered up their faith of their own accord.
Some were powerful and privileged people who had the means to do as they pleased and had been doing so all along.
Others were poor people who had suffered at the hands of those who did as they pleased.
So sometimes an honest person was not truly honest. Perhaps their abilities simply fell short, leaving them no chance to do as they pleased.
This added many complications to the purge in Xixiao.
There were too many people, and some had committed no crime at all, or none deserving death.