Moon Halo Sect.
As the sect that ruled one-third of Vast Sky Kingdom's territory,
its strength and reputation had always spread far and wide throughout several nearby countries.
Countless people were even willing to spend their entire fortunes crossing mountains and rivers to travel here from distant lands, seeking only the chance to successfully take a master and learn the arts.
Therefore,
the closer an area was to Moon Halo Sect's headquarters, the livelier it generally became.
This was especially true in this era, when all manner of bizarre monsters could so easily breed!
After all, as a symbol of martial force, everyone understood that the closer they lived to Moon Halo Sect's headquarters, the safer they would be!
Many wealthy merchants and powerful nobles who lacked the means to protect themselves were even willing to bleed themselves dry just to purchase a property in a favorable location.
Over the thousands of years since the Heavenly Demon Invasion, through long-standing folk tales and the experiences of the masses,
to them,
those bizarre things were far more vicious and troublesome than bandits, thieves, wild beasts, or even man-eating demons...
The existence of those monsters was like some kind of nightmare.
It directly instilled bone-deep terror into countless people...
Making their hearts quake with fear, making them jolt awake in the middle of the night time and time again...
However,
now,
as a renowned holy land throughout the surrounding region,
the area around Moon Halo Sect carried the tense air of wind whistling and cranes crying.
Not only were there hardly any pedestrians on the streets that had once been incomparably bustling,
even within those quiet houses, few sounds could be heard.
Most of the time,
the residents here huddled inside their homes, secretly peering at everything around them through the cracks