"That's perfectly normal. As the name suggests, a patrolling deacon is meant to patrol and hunt throughout the region. This Ironback Gray Ape was exceptionally cunning and troublesome, and it often gathered troops of apes to harass mortals. The local cultivation lineage tried several times to encircle and kill it without success, and the Market City deacon stationed here couldn't resolve the matter quickly either. That was why they reported it to the palace.
Since I was passing through, I naturally asked the lineage to send people to lure the beast out so I could deal with it along the way. Otherwise, if this demon ape happened to advance, it would become truly difficult to handle," the young man replied with a light chuckle.
"I see. It seems Demon Beasts attacking mortals isn't uncommon in the Chaotic Spirit Domain," Wang Yu said thoughtfully.
"Indeed. To be honest, although the Chaotic Spirit Domain is nominally occupied by our Human Race, there are still vast numbers of Demon Beasts in the wilderness. Some reproduce so quickly that we kill wave after wave and still can't wipe them out completely.
The great mortal cities under major cultivation powers fare better, since ordinary Demon Beasts don't dare provoke them lightly. But mortal settlements under smaller powers have a harder time. With too few Immortal Cultivators stationed there, Demon Beasts emerge from time to time to harass them.
Although our Green Water Palace does its best to have the cultivation powers under us arm their mortals, you saw it yourself. Ordinary mortal guards can handle ordinary beasts, but once a Demon Beast reaches entry-tier, it's simply beyond mortal strength to contend with. Only we Immortal Cultivators can deal with it," Young Man Yan said with a hint of helplessness.
"But as far as I know,