Zhang Ziyong had cultivated to the late stage of nascent soul. No one knew how many human cultivators had died at his hands.
Not to mention the tens of thousands of people kept captive within the Barbaric Beast Den, during his years there, Zhang Ziyong had joined forces with Deity Transformation Stage Barbaric Beast Demons to destroy no fewer than a hundred strongholds and caves built by human cultivators outside the city. He had slaughtered countless human cultivators and seized untold resources from them.
It could be said that the Barbaric Beast Den's present glory was closely tied to the destruction of strongholds and caves built by human cultivators.
The City Lord of Azure City and King Qingyi guarded Azure City, but Azure City's territory was vast, spanning several thousand li in every direction. Most of the time, King Qingyi cultivated in seclusion within Azure City. Only once every few decades would Azure City's guards leave the city to search for hidden human cultivators.
For this very reason, many hiding places built by human cultivators existed within Azure City's territory. Not only there, but in every city throughout the entire Demon Realm, the Demon Race knew that human cultivators were hiding somewhere in perilous places outside the cities. Yet they had never completely exterminated them.
Because it had always been impossible for the Demon Race to wipe out all human cultivators. Humans reproduced at an astonishing rate, and most humans lacked spiritual roots and could only fall into the ranks of mortals. Some became food for the Demon Race, while others became their laborers, reclaiming land and planting crops to provide the Demon Race with delicacies.
It had to be said that humans were clever. All kinds of meat and plants became extraordinary after passing through human hands.
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