Qi Yuetian said, "Qishan Valley is actually one enormous insect valley. A Ruins Seeker did once come here to explore, discovered the trench hidden in its deepest reaches, and sold the information to the Black Market in Suyang City. That was how I came by it."
"The bottom of this valley connects to a region of the Otherworldly Void overrun with demonic baleful energy. Although there isn't a spatial rift large enough for anyone to pass through, the demonic baleful energy still seeps across."
He explained further. As it turned out, this place produced no particularly special spiritual essence. But over countless years, the rampant demonic baleful energy had transformed the insects that originally lived there, creating unusual populations unlike those found anywhere else.
These insect populations could be considered unique resources for his own Dao Path.
Below spirit peak blessed lands, most of the places occupied by wandering rogue cultivators were resource sites like these, also known as "false blessed lands."
They all shared one characteristic: they possessed no spiritual veins, so spirit stone crystal deposits could not be mined directly. Yet they did contain a thin measure of spiritual essence and could benefit from the spiritual energy dispersed throughout heaven and earth.
"So this is what Artisan Lei meant when he told me about establishing a wildstead!"
"Cultivators wander far and wide for no other reason than to acquire the provisions they need to advance their cultivation. If they can establish a wildstead like this, they can reap a steady stream of gains, whether they harvest it periodically or live there themselves."
"Some well-managed wildsteads can even continue to grow and expand until they become true towns."
Li Chen could not help recalling the past.
The Eastern Victory Continent was vast and sparsely populated. Given the opportunity, one