"I am the city lord of this Shenzhou City. Have a look at what this Shenzhou City is like now." The middle-aged man gave a faint smile and gestured in a wide circle with his finger. "More than half of the people here are exiled criminals, and the rest are all kinds of riffraff, surrounded by a bunch of desperate outlaws. I think it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call Shenzhou a city of condemned subjects of the Holy Dynasty. But precisely because I am here, Shenzhou can still maintain some semblance of order, and the remaining common people can continue to live and work in peace here. Can you say I did something wrong?"
Chen Xiaofei curled his lip and asked suspiciously, "You defected from the Dao Sect just to be a lackey of the imperial court?"
The middle-aged man shook his head with a smile. "I did no such thing. I am the city lord, not an official of the yamen. Have you ever heard of the Holy Dynasty having an official position called city lord?"
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