After everyone had settled in, they began using their supplies to continue renovating the place. The process was very slow. Even with everyone capable of using magic, it still took several months to finish.
The castle had plenty of servants, and even a number of cooks, all brought over from their respective families.
With so many cooks around, Dongfang Qinlan was the happiest of them all. She could enjoy food from several different households in one place. It was simply wonderful.
Once their supplies were secure, everyone got to work. Several of them began heading out together to capture Outsiders.
Some of the Outsiders they captured were relatively weak, making them perfect targets for Dongfang Qinlan to practice her fire magic on.
Of course, Wang Yue wasn't about to stay confined to a single castle. As he made one trip outside after another, he also built many fortifications that could serve as safe teleportation points.
As for the castle they had originally lived in, it remained just as it was. Apart from setting up a few warning lines around it, they made no other changes.
The base beyond the Circle was coming along smoothly, but Chaoge City within the Circle was growing even faster. After more than a decade of development, it had become a central hub where humans and demons gathered.
Through their interactions in Chaoge City, both humans and demons came to understand each other better. Gradually, there was less hostility between them and more contact.
Even when humans and demons ran into one another outside the city, they often refrained from killing each other, as long as the other party wasn't utterly wicked and there was solid proof of their crimes. Without anyone realizing it, Chaoge City had changed life within the Circle.
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