"They've seen this before..."
On a distant hillside, Li Chen sat cross-legged, his eyes flickering as Qi Maigu's words seemed to draw him into thought.
"That's true. They certainly don't behave like primitive people who've never encountered an advanced civilization. Could other rogue cultivators have come here?"
Qi Maigu said, "That's entirely possible."
"Although Broad Cloud Peak's existence has always been a secret, as a spirit peak blessed land, it must leak spiritual energy. The outward signs of that are those false blessed lands, where qi channels likewise circulate and bestow their bounty on all living things."
"Some wilderness rogue cultivators, demons, or nature spirits might have been drawn here and settled down. There must have been struggles over territory, too. Perhaps they encountered similar enemies many years ago."
Li Chen said, "Or perhaps elsewhere on this Barren Star, there are other foreign rogue cultivators stationed in blessed lands they've seized!"
He had firmly established his position, already considering himself the Peak Master of Broad Cloud Peak. If anyone occupied the false blessed lands around Broad Cloud Peak without permission, they were naturally foreign rogue cultivators encroaching on his blessed land.
But all this was still speculation. Only one thing was obvious: those people did indeed have experience dealing with Mechanism Puppets, and the Beast Taming Art had been employed precisely for that purpose.
Most of these ferocious forest beasts possessed formidable fighting strength. Appearing in packs, they were like an army and posed a considerable threat.
Never mind the pioneering teams responsible for production and construction-even rogue cultivator demon hunters who hunted demon beasts for a living would not dare lightly challenge their sharp edge.
"Forget it. Carrying on like this will only cause needless casualties. Let's find a way to stop this battle first."
What truly worried Li