Chapter 745
Daoist Zhong's words drew a cold sneer from Daoist Yusu. He said, "Before the Turbid Tide arose, Yiluo Upper Continent had a population of more than eight hundred million. When the Turbid Tide swept through, fewer than three hundred million remained.
And over these past seventy-odd years, Yiluo Upper Continent has suffered no further wars or unrest. The populations of the other Upper Continents have all grown to several times what they were before the Turbid Tide, yet Yiluo Upper Continent has gained only thirty or forty million people. How laughable is that? Is this what Court Executor Zhong means by having preserved it?"
The Court Executors seated above all shook their heads. Setting aside everything else, Yiluo Upper Continent's population growth after the Turbid Tide had indeed been abysmal. There was no washing that stain away.
Back then, it had mainly been profound cultivators who bore responsibility for resisting foreign enemies in Yiluo Upper Continent. Yet profound cultivators had already been suppressed, and after mishandling affairs, Guo Zhen had pinned crimes on them and punished them. Their spirits sank, and they became ever less capable of holding back the enemy.
At the height of the Turbid Tide, the branch Profound Residences in every prefecture had already suffered devastating blows. Guo Zhen then used this as an excuse to mete out punishments, leaving the branch Profound Residences in every prefecture existing in name only.
Ordinarily, in a place like Azure Yang Upper Continent, even if profound cultivators were weak, creations would rise to take up the burden of defense. But Guo Zhen also disliked creations, so no one filled the gap, leaving holes everywhere across the continent.
Daoist Zhong knew all this, but he had no choice but to defend Guo Zhen. He could only argue stubbornly, "Mortal