South Country Journey (2)

This small town was already close to South Country.

Therefore, it suffered demon disasters more frequently than most.

There was nothing strange about the current situation.

After all, most demons were not idiots.

Although the Human Race's experts did not dare rashly enter a Demon Emperor's territory for fear of being caught and killed on the spot, demons seeking refuge in a Demon Emperor's territory first had to survive long enough to reach it. If they were killed within human territory, they could only blame their own lack of strength or their invasion having gone too deep, leaving them with too little time to retreat and allowing human experts to catch them.

A Demon Emperor would not interfere in matters like this.

Compared with so-called racial honor,

Demon Emperors cared more about territorial awareness.

Thus, most demons merely raided the areas around the border, while the Human Race usually deployed defenses around those same borders. Shenhuo Mountain Manor was one such example, much like an emperor guarding the nation's gate and a monarch dying for the state, though not quite so tragic.

Aside from a handful of aristocratic families,

all the remaining families were spread along the borderlines.

Take the Wen Family, for instance.

It stood on North Mountain's border.

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

A wandering cultivator from the same era as Wang Quan Wu Mu.

He was also Wang Quan Wu Mu's friend despite their age difference.

After joining the All-in-One Daomeng because of Wang Quan Wu Mu, he selected a lone peak here and built a manor atop it.

The Wen Family's descendants then settled there as well.

They had never left over the course of several centuries.

There was a Stonecloud City nearby.

It was one of the important cities along