"Robbing Spiritual Jade naturally involves finding landowners, merchants, and bureaucrats whose families are prosperous yet lack the protection of communicators; they are like the shrimp dumplings from before, thin-skinned with large fillings."
Shang Xinlei took a large scoop of ice cream and popped it into his mouth. Even Yan Qing felt his teeth ache from just watching: "Hence, a strange phenomenon arose in the Liang Kingdom — the further you are from the Emperor's reach, the less oppression and exploitation the commoners face. Those without communicator guards who dare to act recklessly either get beheaded by passing demonic messengers or find a quasi-messenger appearing out of nowhere to wipe out their family."
"Why not hire communicator guards?" Yan Qing asked.
