As Wu Mingli and his mother left the courtroom Lin Guiren and his wife still had grim expressions. The last scroll that flew toward Shao Ren wasn't just the Order handing out a notification, it had much graver implications.
The Golden Bamboo Pavilion had thousands upon thousands of subsidiaries spread throughout the continent. They had various roles one of which was the spread of the pavilion's influence, with the business they conducted only serving as a tool to further that end.
The subsidiary members had the same role as the outer sect disciples of a sect. They were new blood injected into the pavilion, the same way outer sect disciples of a sect operated, and just like sects, if one of those subsidiaries showed some promise, then their station would be elevated.