Three days ago

Renlu had grown from the town that it had once been, but mayhaps it wasn't so visible from the outside. Strangers were met with scepticism, and treated with a cautious distance for the internal structure of the governance was rather particular. For it was a town that secretly harbored cultivators, a town that did not fully adhere to the Empress's rule. Of course, that was a fact kept secret by its inhabitants. On the surface, it was just another bustling city where the demon lord, Su Zui kept in place. 

But it was said that he was picky about the demons that kept his company, for he was both paranoid but also lazy. It was a wonder that his servants were so competent!