Jiang Ding's divine sense took control of the entire Mud Swamp Demon City, and he swiftly gained a general understanding of the situation here.
"The permanent population is 3.47 million, all of them at least Qi Refining Stage immortal cultivators."
"There are two directly subordinate armed forces. One is the Mud Swamp City Guard, one hundred thousand strong, including over fifty Deity Transformation Cultivators and more than ten thousand Nascent Soul Cultivators, with the rest all Golden Core cultivators. They are responsible for defending Mud Swamp Demon City."
"The other is called the Mud Swamp Secret Guard. It consists of several dozen Deity Transformation Cultivators and several thousand Nascent Soul Cultivators, responsible for gathering intelligence and handling certain personal affairs ordered by Mud Swamp True Venerable—eliminating certain people, collecting living human souls to refine Yin-Yang Tadpoles, harvesting Blood Food to feed the Green Toads... Most importantly, collecting Sixth-grade Natural Treasures."
"Relying on Mud Swamp Demon City's vast commercial channels, one or two portions of Sixth-grade Natural Treasures can still appear within several centuries. It is simply not like the two great True Sects, which have fixed production; this place relies entirely on luck."
Jiang Ding secretly frowned as he looked at the many gathering places of demonic cultivators within the city.
Quite a few of these demonic cultivators were Mud Swamp Demon City's secret guards. The entire place was a cesspit concealing filth and corruption. Robbery, murder for treasure, collecting human souls and flesh for refinement, and all manner of such acts occurred frequently. Much chaos was mixed into the order. The name Demon City was no empty boast.
Viewing everything from above, he understood these matters even more deeply than when he had once wandered alone through Mud Swamp Demon City, and he disliked them even more.
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