Plucking the Peach

With matters settled, a wisp of demonic soul silently entered Heaven's Center Realm and went off to be reincarnated.

Naturally, that demonic soul had no idea Ning Ye had long since laid a hidden hand. From the moment it entered, it had been locked onto.

The next day, the Heavenly Net Evil Rakshasas arrived as promised.

Heavenly Net Evil Rakshasas were savage by nature and often moved in packs. Once their numbers grew too great, even Ning Ye found it difficult to hold back.

But now that Black Flame was helping, directly keeping their numbers in check and sending only a fixed few each day, things became much easier.

Thus, what had once been the dull and tedious duty of guarding the Demon Abyss Rift suddenly became a joyous journey of slaying monsters and seizing treasure.

The cultivators of Aurora Island were immediately fired up, and everyone was delighted.

Of course, to avoid being discovered, Ning Ye deliberately allowed the demonic energy to spread, shrouding the entire island. Unless one of the Nine Sacred Venerables personally came calling, ordinary people would never notice.

As for the Nine Sacred Venerables—heh, they had no interest in resources on the level of Heavenly Net Evil Rakshasas. Seeing the Bitter Grove Pure Land, they would only think that Ning Ye truly had some skill—this was in line with their test, so they would be pleased rather than intervene.

Thus, the days that followed became exceptionally smooth.

Every day, everyone simply took turns standing guard, slaying monsters, obtaining treasures, and exchanging them for resources—the resources were exchanged directly through Langya Pavilion. Guiling Niang was the only one who knew about the Heavenly Net Evil Rakshasas, and she had no designs on this. She simply opened every door for them, using Langya Pavilion's resources to exchange