After all, this place had been plagued by the Underworld Soldiers for too long; solely relying on Bai Lingyu's purification was far from enough. The most conservative solution was to burn everything down and then purify it again, as nobody knew if there were any lurking mutant bacteria in the corners.
If by any chance the Underworld Soldiers rose again, the only ones to suffer would be the common people here, which would be a loss outweighing any benefits.
However, they were not in a rush for these couple of days since Yuwen Qi had not yet arrived. At the very least, they needed to wait for Yuwen Qi to complete the succession ceremony before considering relocating the people to the new capital.
At this time, Bai Junjun merely had everyone withdrawn to the relatively safe outskirts of the Imperial Capital.
After all, the Imperial Capital was vast enough to accommodate the thirty thousand people on its outskirts.
