Blackwater City

Chapter 42: Blackwater City

Blackwater City is a large city located at the border between the Central Continent and Southern Jambudvipa, and it is the city Shen Gui is tasked with guarding this time.

However, unlike many cities recently built on the Central Continent, Blackwater City is an ancient one—it was the frontline during the Great Tribulation of Dragon-Han when the Kirin Race fought the Phoenix Race.

The city's name, Blackwater City, comes from the fact that its highest commander at the time was a Blackwater Kirin at the Grand Unity Immortal realm. In the Great Desolation, it was common to name a city after its most powerful guardian.

Just like Qingluan City, which was named after Qing Luan, the first guardian after its establishment.

Of course, by now, the Blackwater Kirin who commanded the Kirin Race might have long since perished in the Great Tribulation of Dragon-Han. This city no longer belongs to the Kirin Race, so if Shen Gui wanted to rename it something like Turtle City or Tortoise City, no one would object.

However, Shen Gui naturally wouldn't be so bored as to do such a thing.

Therefore, even though Shen Gui was dispatched by Nuwa to Blackwater City, it remains Blackwater City.

As mentioned before, cities in this era are not the same as cities in the traditional sense of later generations.

Currently, the cities of the Demon Race on the Central Continent are essentially places for weaker demons to reside, perhaps with a trading function in the city center at most. They serve no other purpose.

However, Blackwater City, having been heavily fortified by the Kirin Race for war, differs from most cities on the Central Continent today.

The residents of Blackwater City are mostly from the Beast Race, who were affiliated with the Kirin Race. They were expected to join the Kirin army at any time should war break out, so the combat effectiveness of Blackwater City's residents is guaranteed.

The main inhabitants of Blackwater City now are the Rhinoceros Clan and the Water Buffalo Clan, who were once affiliated with the Water Kirin lineage.

These two clans occupy the vast majority of Blackwater City, with only the fringes inhabited by other demons who moved in later.

While cities built recently rarely have demons at the Spirit Transformation or Void Return realms, Blackwater City has many cultivators at the Immortal realm, and the clan leaders of the Rhinoceros and Water Buffalo clans are both great demons at the Golden Immortal realm.

Because of this, the guardians sent to Blackwater City by Fuxi and Nuwa have always been at least at the Grand Unity Immortal realm. Otherwise, even with Nuwa and Fuxi as their backing, they might not have been able to gain the respect of these two clans.

After a general understanding of Blackwater City's situation, Shen Gui discovered that under the joint management of the Rhinoceros and Water Buffalo clans, Blackwater City was already leaning infinitely towards the cities of later generations.

So, are the cities of the Demon Race on the Central Continent today a step backward compared to the cities established by the three races during the Great Tribulation of Dragon-Han?

However, after a moment's thought, Shen Gui understood the reason.

During the era of the three races, a city was generally handed over to one or two clans for management. This meant that the city's inhabitants were mostly of the same race, naturally leading them to resemble cities of later generations, much like the tribes of the Wu Clan.

But the cities on the Central Continent now were established by Nuwa and Fuxi to protect the weaker demons. Each city is a mixture of demons from various races, and there might even be animosity between them. In such circumstances, a city is essentially just a safe place to live. It is difficult for it to fulfill other functions, at least until the racial barriers are removed.

However, regardless of all that.

Shen Gui's task of guarding Blackwater City for three thousand years is actually quite simple.

After all, Blackwater City already has the Rhinoceros Clan and the Water Buffalo Clan as its original inhabitants. Even a typical Golden Immortal would have a hard time causing trouble here.

Shen Gui's presence is more to signify that Blackwater City is still under the protection of Nuwa and Fuxi, preventing higher-level beings from targeting it.

Therefore, Shen Gui's role as the city's guardian is not complicated. If nothing unexpected happens, he might just need to go into seclusion and cultivate for three thousand years before being replaced.

However, Shen Gui's mission is not simply to guard Blackwater City. He also needs to complete the task Nuwa assigned him, which is the key.

Go to Southern Jambudvipa, stir up trouble, and vent Nuwa's anger.

The problem is, Southern Jambudvipa is vast. Even Di Jun and Tai Yi, two powerful beings who jointly established the Demon Country, only occupy about a quarter of Southern Jambudvipa. He has never been to Southern Jambudvipa before, and if he just plunges in, he probably won't even know which areas are under the Demon Country's influence.

What if he makes a mistake and gets into a fight with some powerful demon king who claims territory? He might even end up reducing the pressure for Di Jun and Tai Yi to unify Southern Jambudvipa in the future.

Therefore, to complete Nuwa's mission, intelligence support is definitely necessary.

But here's the problem: being unfamiliar with the place, where can he get information about Southern Jambudvipa?