In truth, throughout the Sunflame Sect's long history, faith in the Crimson Radiance Heavenly Lord had remained confined within the sect, never spread to the outside world. Only the Ancestral Court housed statues for people to worship and make offerings to.
Even its subordinate sanctuaries did not erect statues.
This rule had supposedly been handed down by the Founding Patriarch, deliberately weakening the Crimson Radiance Heavenly Lord's influence.
According to the Founding Patriarch, this was the Crimson Radiance Heavenly Lord's own wish.
He had passed down Daoist scriptures without revealing his true form to the world because he wanted people to strengthen themselves, rather than worship him.
But times had changed. As the Heavenly Dao collapsed and the Outer Gods peered in, even the Crimson Radiance Heavenly Lord had fallen.
The people of the Sunflame Ancestral Court had begun erecting statues of the Crimson Radiance Heavenly Lord in various places for people to believe in and worship.
From this alone, Lu Mian could tell that the faction advocating the Crimson Radiance Heavenly Lord's revival currently had the upper hand.
The conservative faction had made some concessions.
Following the commoners' example, Lu Mian offered three thin sticks of incense to the Crimson Radiance Heavenly Lord before turning to leave the Daoist temple.
Next, he visited the Administrative Hall.
For a city to function, it needed an Administrative Hall to manage it.
After all, the people of the Sunflame Sect would not handle such tedious affairs themselves. They could only leave them to others.
He went to the Administrative Hall simply to ask for a residence where he could live in peace.
He had already mentioned this to Songfengzi the previous night.
When Lu Mian revealed his identity, even the Administrative Hall's City Magistrate was alerted. He came out to receive Lu