Huo Wushuang answered first. "Heh, Blazing Fire City is actually the fief of a noble, under that noble's control. For remote villages like this, as long as there isn't some huge commotion, those nobles won't care at all."
That was how the imperial system of Douluo Continent worked. Many places were actually fiefs granted to members of the imperial family, meritorious officials, or nobles, who held rights over the land, taxes, conscription, and so on. They ruled and managed their territory, and whether the surrounding public security was good depended entirely on what sort of person the lord of the fief was.
"Then what about Blazing Fire City's Spirit Hall Branch? Didn't they send anyone over either?"
"I heard my elders talk about the Hall Master of the Spirit Hall Branch. At first, he was very good and devoted to the people. But because the noble officials never handled affairs year after year, whenever anything happened, Spirit Hall had to step in and stop it. After a long time, the Branch Hall Master lost his temper too, and he simply washed his hands of many things."
"However, when we left the city, we passed by the Spirit Hall Branch. It seems they've already taken action now," Huo Wushuang said.
"So that's how it is."
Chu Ye and Qian Renxue exchanged a glance. They finally understood why this village had been plagued by soul beasts for so long and yet no one had dealt with it.
If you won't care, then I won't care either. If everything falls to me, anyone would have a temper.
Chu Ye understood how the Branch Hall Master felt, but that did not mean he approved of this way of doing things. Spirit Hall stood upon the continent, and at least up to now, maintaining the