Bai Yujun had a reason for accepting only snake demons that had only recently developed Spiritual Intelligence and taken human form.
Where there were people, there was Jianghu. This did not merely describe humans; the saying applied to nearly every species that developed Spiritual Intelligence. It was only a matter of how severe their scheming and infighting became. The upper ranks of the Southern Wilderness Hundred Thousand Mountains were no pure land either. Which great demon had never played at stratagems? Treacherous and cruel creatures emerged one after another.
Deceitful individuals absolutely could not be recruited into the army. They could inflict incalculable damage upon a disciplined, well-trained force, perhaps even reducing years of painstaking effort to ashes in a single day.
Take the demon populace from Green Wood Mountain who had come to help, for example. They ignored discipline and did not even understand what cooperation meant.
Had the demon commanders and demon generals not broken through the enemy ranks, they would likely have been defeated long ago. They fought fiercely and feared no death, but they lacked the most crucial core of an army: discipline.
After victory, they ran wild through the little town and drew countless complaints, giving Lu Gui a headache. He could neither scold them nor punish them.
Demonic beasts that had only just developed Spiritual Intelligence remained ignorant of the world. With a little guidance, they could take a path different from other demonic beasts. Bai Yujun did not merely want to establish an army—she wanted to build a new civilization...
The Green Wood Demon King did not particularly care about this.
The Southern Wilderness forests were perilous, and countless spirits and little demons might not survive. He might as well send every one he could find to Bai Yujun, strengthening their relationship and