At the edge of the Market, where cultivators and mortals mingled, a few shacks had been haphazardly thrown together from bamboo and thatch at the entrance of an alley, serving as eateries and general stores.
The Qingfeng Sect's management of the Market was limited to the four streets within the Grand Array; they basically took a hands-off approach to the areas outside.
But there was one rule: no matter how one set up a stall to sell goods, they were forbidden from establishing a formal shop. Otherwise, the Market Steward would lead a team to demolish it the very next day and expel the offending cultivator from the Market's vicinity.
That was why in second-rate locations like the stall-pitching square, no one dared to build shacks or shops, obediently sticking to simple stalls.
Only further out did Loose Cultivators test the boundaries, setting up a few structures that were half-residence, half-business to run some simple enterprises.
