Suddenly hearing that the northern Demon Race had invaded southward, everyone standing in the main hall wore clear looks of surprise.
Crimson Cloud Mountain had finally enjoyed more than a decade of peace, yet the Demon Race had already come charging back so soon.
Crimson Cloud Mountain had developed rapidly over the years. A Trade Convention had just been held in the marketplace, and Song Qingming, the patriarch on the platform, was naturally not the only one who had benefited.
Watching Crimson Cloud Mountain flourish with each passing day, everyone received quite a few Spirit Stones every year, and their lives had grown more prosperous as well.
Now that the Demon Race had come to invade and seize back the Spirit Vein beneath their feet, naturally no one wanted to let them succeed.
At Song Qingming's command from above, the cultivators in the hall all responded in unison, their voices seeming to carry a trace of killing intent.
Seeing that everyone present spoke with one voice and that none intended to shrink back, Song Qingming revealed a faint look of satisfaction.
Next, under Song Qingming's orders, all of Crimson Cloud Mountain immediately sealed its gates and entered a state of war.
All cultivators on the mountain, whether long-term residents of the marketplace or Rogue Cultivators who had only recently arrived from elsewhere, were forbidden from entering or leaving at will.
The reason for controlling the movements of every cultivator in the city was not because Song Qingming expected those Rogue Cultivators to help kill enemies when the critical moment came.
It was to prevent them from falling into the Demon Race's hands after leaving the marketplace and leaking the city's secrets.
Among Demon Race cultivators were also quite a few high-grade Demon Kings skilled in soul-bewitching spells.
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