Night Seeing Island had been anything but peaceful these past few days.
The Kite Demon Race spread word that the Red Devil Race had been sacrificing the lives of other races these past few days in exchange for "Mystery."
The weaker races lived in constant terror. They simply abandoned their own territories and huddled together for warmth, hoping to keep the Red Devil Race from silently sacrificing them.
Qiang Yu seized the opportunity to extend an olive branch to these races, proclaiming that the Kite Demon Race could shelter them while also asking them to gather in its territory to resist the Red Devils together.
Of course, this protection was not free. These races had to surrender all the "Mystery" they possessed.
In this way, the Kite Demons amassed a great deal of "Mystery" in a short time while gathering the other races in their territory.
If the Red Devil Race really attacked, this would also improve the Kite Demons' chances of victory, killing several birds with one stone.
Qiang Yu handed all the "Mystery" collected to Luo Zheng and escorted his party to Ghost Mountain.
The price Qiang Yu named was three Saint Stones.
Saint Stones posed an immense threat to weirdnesses, and Qiang Yu was determined to obtain them at any cost.
Luo Zheng agreed to Qiang Yu's terms.
Earlier, he had killed three stone men in the Underground Kiln and obtained three Saint Stones the size of broad beans. After distributing those three Saint Stones to Nuwa, Fuxi, and the Eastern Emperor, he had three grain-sized Saint Stones left over.
Luo Zheng used those three grain-sized Saint Stones to trade with Qiang Yu.
... Night Seeing Island's darkness dissipated.
Luo Zheng's party and the Kite Demons crossed the last towering mountain.
Nothing remained ahead to obstruct their