"What exactly was the purpose of founding Verdant City and capturing human martial artists everywhere?"
Although Lin Bai had some guesses about Verdant City, he lacked evidence to support them. He still hoped to obtain a definitive answer from Madam Qianrou.
"It's actually no secret. I don't mind telling you." Madam Qianrou thought seriously for a moment. Rather than evade the question, she answered frankly.
"Verdant City was founded thirty thousand years ago. At that time, there weren't many members of the Demon Race left here. If too many demons entered the Hunting Realm, they would inevitably attract the attention of the Chu royal family."
"But using variant bloodlines to achieve Return to Ancestry is extremely dangerous."
"If it succeeds, then naturally, that's another matter."
"But if it fails, most will be devoured by the power of their bloodlines and eventually die."
Madam Qianrou sighed. "After Verdant City was first founded, we hunted down several variant species and extracted their bloodline power from their bodies."
"Our people began attempting Return to Ancestry, but in the end, every attempt failed."
"After suffering several failures, only a handful of our people remained. We could no longer continue attempting Return to Ancestry."
"So, with no other choice, for the sake of reproduction and survival, we could only capture some martial artists who were dispensable to their sects and lineages whenever the Hunting Realm opened, and use them to continue our bloodline!"
By the time Madam Qianrou finished, Lin Bai roughly understood Verdant City's purpose.
The Demon Race captured martial artists to use them for reproduction and survival.
That was why most of the martial artists they captured were not especially dazzling prodigies in the eyes of their sects and lineages. Even if one of those prodigies died or mysteriously disappeared, their sects and