Legend of the Great Sage

moving around in there.
It was even busier than the Town of Flowing Clouds of the past.

Ever since the treaty had been lifted, many human cultivators chose to enter the Boundless mountains and not anywhere else.
They would still be able to kill daemons, and clearly, being above ground brought people relatively more relief.
There were many more spiritual herbs in the Boundless mountains that bathed in sunlight too.

Fu Qingjin’s gaze then shifted to the east.
Milliped had blown up his daemon core there, leaving behind a pit.
It seemed desolate on the surface, but Fu Qingjin knew that a city of night roamers was prospering below the thick rock and soil.
It was rumored that these night roamers did not attack humans, remaining neutral instead.

And, according to the information Fu Qingjin had received, the governors of the city were two night roamer sisters.
The people that the master of the Vermillion Clothes sect traded with should have been them too.
This was not a coincidence.
Compared to facing life-threatening risk to kill and plunder, obtaining the scarce resources from underground through trade was much more favourable.

The prosperity of the city in the Green Vine mountain’s crater was very closely linked to the stance they had taken.
Who knew how many resources had been exchanged through these two cities.

Centred around Li Qingshan’s “throne”, the web-like tunnels were flattened and smoothed out under the efforts of the night roamer craftsmen, just like long, underground corridors.

The slender tip of a finger brushed past the smooth walls.
Ye Liubo walked through there with a deep sense of pride.
This was the fruit of her efforts over the past three years.

Ye Liubo followed alongside her, fiddling around with a formation banner.
“Sister, I didn’t think the human would even be willing to sell a formation like that to us.
He even seemed to be a member of some Daemon Suppression alliance.
Aren’t they the enemy of our underground world?”

“It’s not like we’re daemons, so what’s wrong with that? Black Gold ore is very useful for forging artifacts.
The Daemon Suppression alliance is incapable of excavating and mining underground, so of course they’ll have to rely on us.”

As they conversed, the two of them arrived in a cavern.
This was a newly-established village of night roamers.
Every single night roamer bowed deeply towards Ye Liusu when they saw her.
This was not just out of a fear for power, but also out of respect for Ye Liusu.

Beyond Li Qingshan’s territory, the internal strife between the night roamers had never stopped.
Instead, it intensified, extending all the way to the surface and upholding the Spider Queen’s wishes.
As they assassinated human cultivators, they also became each other’s prey.

However, under Ye Liusu’s rule, this place completely upheld Li Qingshan’s will.
All internal conflict had stopped, making it a unique region of peace.

Many night roamers who had grown tired of fighting or lacked the ability to fight gathered here, becoming sir Northmoon’s servants willingly, which was equivalent to leaving the control of the other clans.
During the time Li Qingshan spent in secluded cultivation, his servants under him had already reached five figures.

Ye Liusu smiled.
She had proven that night roamers did not have to kill one another in order to survive, that they too could live their lives in peace and happiness.

“Liubo, set up the formation!”

Ye Liubo deployed the formation, and a spherical barrier enveloped the cavern.

Ye Liusu nodded in satisfaction.
Now, even if they were under attack from ignorant human cultivators, they would still have enough time for reinforcements to arrive.

“Just when is master going to emerge from seclusion?” Ye Liubo kicked a pebble.

“Don’t fret.
He’ll rouse sooner or later.” Ye Liusu’s eyes flashed.
When he roused, she wanted to personally thank him and tell him, “You’re right.
I am special.”

The pebble flew into the darkness, but it did not produce any sounds after that.

Ye Liusu’s expression changed.
“Be careful, Liubo!”

The pebble shot back with ten times the speed, but it shattered against the barrier of the formation.