Once that distinctive bell rang, it meant a particularly significant evil cultivator had been captured and would be sentenced to death in public.
This was a way to deal a crushing blow to the evil cultivators' arrogance.
"The Demon-Slaying Bell is ringing. Looks like they caught an evil cultivator of real importance!"
"And it rang seven times in a row. That hasn't happened in over a hundred years, has it? Just what kind of ruthless fiend are they executing this time?"
After a brief silence, the cultivators in the Market Ward began talking, all guessing which villain guilty of every conceivable evil had been captured.
As though they had received a signal, most of the cultivators headed in the same direction, forming an imposing procession.
"A public execution. Fellow Daoist Feng, let's go take a look as well."
Liu Yu spoke softly, then headed toward the gathering crowd without waiting for a reply.
The members of the Bright Light Society had not gone far. Seeing this, they also headed toward the execution together, as did Tang Tianbao, Zhou Ziwen, and Uncle Yang.
Following the flow of people, Liu Yu soon reached the site of the public execution.
Although cultivators already crowded the area ahead, leaving him some distance from the Execution Platform, the powerful eyesight granted by his Foundation Establishment cultivation and second-tier body cultivation still allowed him to see everything clearly.
When mortal authorities publicly beheaded criminals, they generally did so at the vegetable market.
The plaza in the West Sand Market Ward was where cultivators of every description set up their stalls. It bore some resemblance to a mortal vegetable market, and public executions were generally held here.
An Execution Platform had already been brought into the open space at the center of the plaza.
The Execution Platform