High Elder Palm Saber continued. "The Righteous expert began using them to punish captured criminals. Those judged guilty were struck by the Cestuses."
One of the elders frowned. "That's where the name came from?"
"Eventually," Palm Saber answered. "The Mountain Crushing Cestuses became symbols of punishment. Their wielder declared that no injustice could survive beneath their fists. Over generations, people began calling them the Justice Crushing Cestuses."
Lin Mu found the name rather ironic.
High Elder Palm Saber seemed to agree. "The problem was that their definition of justice changed with every wielder."
Several elders fell silent.
"One wielder used them against murderers. Another used them against demonic cultivators. Another punished sect traitors. Later, someone used them against political enemies. Another wielder supposedly executed an entire clan after declaring them accomplices to one man's crimes."
