Time passed.
After Mo Ya and Che Cheng, the two men from the Black Emperor Sect, left, Chen Xuan began attending to Demon Cloud City's affairs.
Demon Cloud City had previously belonged to the Demon Blade Sect. As a first-rate power in the Black-Corner Region, the sect had controlled a sizable territory, with everything within several hundred li belonging to it.
Of course, the Demon Blade Sect could not compare with Demon Flame Valley. After all, Demon Flame Valley had a Dou Zong expert and controlled nearly a thousand li of surrounding territory.
Yet what had truly sent the Demon Blade Sect's income soaring was not that territory, but the Demon Blade Mountain Range beside the city.
The mountain range stretched for several hundred li, teeming with magical beasts and medicinal materials. Rumor even had it that several magical beasts at the Dou Emperor level lived within it.
The many rare medicinal materials found there were the true reason Demon Cloud City had been able to flourish.
A million humans also lived in the city, and friction between them and the Snake-People Tribe was inevitable.
The most effective solution would have been to make all those humans move out.
But when an elder proposed it, Chen Xuan rejected the suggestion outright.
Once the Snake-People Tribe moved into the Black-Corner Region, dealings with humans would be unavoidable. Becoming a top-tier power in the region would require the support of countless humans.
They needed to find a balance between humans and the Snake-People Tribe.
They had to let everyone understand the Snake-People Tribe, and let humans understand humans as well.
Besides, with so many humans living in the city, taxes alone would provide a substantial source of revenue. That could not be abandoned either.
Thus, Chen Xuan was quite busy every day