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Everything was proceeding according to Qi Xuansu’s plan.
Although it was difficult for Zhang Jucheng to directly mobilize personnel from the Fengxian Hall, keeping track of their movements and activities was not hard.
The key to the next step was seizing investigative authority over the case.
Of course, it would not be Jiangnan Daoist Mansion competing with the Fengxian Hall for jurisdiction, as that would lack legitimacy and easily invite criticism. Instead, it would be the Beichen Hall competing with the Fengxian Hall for investigative authority.
They actually had the Taiping Sect, or more directly, the Li family, to thank for this.
One of the defining characteristics of the Li family was their dominance, which manifested most clearly in three areas.
First was the expansion of the Qizhou Daoist Mansion. The Li family had seized territory from both the Imperial Capital Daoist Mansion and the Liaodong Daoist Mansion, creating a vast area surrounding the inland sea.
Second was the expansion of Beichen Hall’s sphere of authority, handling Xuan City’s security all the way into the defense of the Kunlun Daoist Mansion.
Third was the encroachment of investigative power. Beichen Hall had jurisdiction over certain...
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