Southern Kingdom Journey (2)

This small town was already close to the Southern Kingdom.

As a result, it suffered demon disasters more frequently than most.

There was nothing strange about the current situation.

After all, most demons were not stupid.

Although the Human Race's experts did not dare venture rashly into a Demon Emperor's territory, fearing they would be caught and slain on the spot, demons could only seek refuge in a Demon Emperor's territory if they survived long enough to get there. If they were killed within human territory, they could only blame their own lack of strength—or the fact that they had invaded too deeply, leaving them with too little time to retreat and allowing human experts to catch them.

A Demon Emperor would not interfere in such matters.

Compared to so-called racial honor,

Demon Emperors cared more about territorial boundaries.

Thus, most demons merely pillaged around the border, while the Human Race usually stationed its defenses around those same borders. Shenhuo Mountain Manor was one such example—much like the saying, "The Son of Heaven guards the nation's gates; the ruler dies for the land," though not quite so tragic.

Other than a handful of aristocratic families,

all the remaining families were stationed along the borders.

Take the Wen Family, for instance.

They stood on the border of Northern Mountain.

The Wen Family's founding ancestor was Daoist Lei Wen Dao.

A Rogue Cultivator from the same era as Wang Quan Wumu.

He was also Wang Quan Wumu's friend despite their difference in age.

After joining the One Qi Alliance because of Wang Quan Wumu, he selected a solitary peak here and built a manor atop it.

The Wen Family's descendants had lived there ever since.

They had never moved in hundreds of years.

There was a Shiyun City nearby.

It was one