Chapter 232

Continuing toward Miaojiang for several days, Chen Xiaofei remained reticent. The news he had heard from the restaurant owner had shaken the principles Chen Xiaofei had always upheld. Previously, he believed the Martial World and the imperial court should remain completely separate, with neither interfering in the other. Yet he had never imagined that martial artists would oppress ordinary people, going so far as to completely disregard local authorities simply because of the Founding Emperor's ancestral rule forbidding intervention in martial affairs. Furthermore, there was no neutral mediating force in the Martial World to adjudicate such matters; even if one existed, the conflicting interests involved made true justice impossible. Of course, adjudication by the imperial court might not be entirely fair either, but ordinary people naturally placed far more trust in the government.