Fantasy: The Clan Chief Lies Down, His House Is Full of Emperors

The largest region in the entire Cangzhou is the Eastern Region, which also has the largest human population. The Southern Region is only about half the size of the Eastern Region.

Xu Luo led the Hidden Dragon Guard through the Nine Li Dynasty and arrived near the boundary between the Southern and Eastern Regions.

Before leaving the Eastern Region, Xu Luo decided to let them understand the true situation in the Southern Region.

After all, among them, only Xu Qiufeng and Mo Weishuang had spent a considerable amount of time in the Southern Region; the others had basically never been there.

Xu Luo asked, "What is the Southern Region like in your eyes?"

“Demonic cultivators are rampant, and the people are suffering,” Xu Chen replied briefly.

This is also the most direct understanding of the Southern Region for most people who have never been there.

“It’s too one-sided.”

Xu Luo smiled and shook his head, then began to explain.

"There are a total of twenty dynasties in the Southern Region. These dynasties are roughly equal in strength and territory. The five major demonic sects each govern four dynasties within their respective spheres of influence."

"These dynasties were roughly the same size as the Eight Ancient Kingdoms, but their overall strength and population were far inferior to any of the ancient kingdoms."

"What I want to tell you is that the Southern Region has now become the private territory of the five major demonic sects."

"Apart from the members of the five major demonic sects, all other people and cultivators are merely blood pouches kept by the demonic sects, and the demonic beasts in the Southern Region are door gods captured by the five major demonic sects."

what?

Hearing this, Xu Chen and the others were all stunned.

Especially the last paragraph, if you take it out of context and put it together, why can't you understand it?

Xu Luo explained.

“Take our target, the Netherworld Cult, as an example. The Netherworld Cult’s strongest technique is called the Netherworld Blood Transformation Technique. It can enhance one’s cultivation by absorbing the essence blood containing powerful energy. The essence blood of both cultivators and demon beasts will work.”

"In the four dynasties within the territory of the Netherworld Sect, almost all the cultivators of these forces practice a technique called Blood Coagulation Demon Art."

"This technique has five stages. The higher the stage you reach, the stronger the energy contained in your blood."

“At the end of each year, ten thousand cultivators of the highest level will be selected from each dynasty’s territory, and they can join the Netherworld Cult.”

Xu Luo paused for a moment, then the main event began.

"These people are the outer disciples of the Netherworld Sect. They will cultivate in the Netherworld Sect for a year. During this year, they can become stronger in various ways, but the fastest way is to kill each other and devour each other's essence and blood."

"At the end of the year, the remaining disciples can become inner disciples, and at that time, about 40,000 outer disciples will be sent in. This process continues, with the best being selected and the worst being eliminated."

After hearing this, everyone felt a chill run down their spine and their scalp tingle.

I have this feeling just from hearing others talk about it. I can't even imagine what it would feel like to see it with my own eyes or experience it firsthand.

Xu Yan, who currently has the highest cultivation level among the Hidden Dragon Guards, couldn't help but ask, "What if we just live like ordinary people in the dynasty and don't cultivate?"

He felt that even living a relatively short life as an ordinary person, happily and contentedly, was far better than being a bloodthirsty demon who spent his days killing in order to become stronger.

Xu Luo replied, "Each dynasty would assign quotas to each prefecture, and the prefectures would then allocate them to each city."

"Ordinary people, if they want to survive, can only try to have children, and give birth to children who can cultivate, so that they can cultivate demonic arts."

this....

The members of the Hidden Dragon Guard exchanged bewildered glances, their scalps tingling even more after hearing those two sentences.

The people of the Southern Region were treated like domesticated livestock, a truly pitiful sight.

No wonder Xu Luo said that using "the people are living in misery" to describe the Southern Region was too one-sided. "Living in misery" is an understatement; this is clearly a living hell!

Born in the Southern Region, even the word "despair" seems pale and powerless to describe it.

Xu Chen asked, unwilling to give up, "Why not run away? Even running to a remote and impoverished place like Daqian would be hundreds of times better than living in the Southern Region."

Xu Luo replied, "As I just said, the demonic beasts in the Southern Region are the gatekeepers captured by the Demonic Sect."

“There are large uninhabited areas on the edge of each demonic sect’s territory, where there are many powerful demonic beasts. If your cultivation is not high enough, you will be eaten by the demonic beasts sooner or later if you enter the uninhabited area.”

At this moment, Xu Qiufeng, who was standing to the side, nodded with deep feeling.

Back then, in the Southern Region, he went through countless battles and ate countless demonic beasts before finally crossing the no-man's land to reach the Eastern Region.

Because he already knew the situation in the Southern Region, and that as long as he stayed in the dynasty, his final fate was already sealed, he might as well rush into the no-man's land and take a gamble.

Fortunately, Xu Qiufeng had the special ability to devour and become stronger. He ate countless monsters in the no-man's land and accumulated enough strength. With a bit of luck and his years of experience dealing with monsters, he was able to successfully cross the no-man's land full of monsters.

Even so, Xu Qiufeng lived in the no-man's land for more than ten years before he successfully escaped.

It's easy to imagine how difficult it would be for anyone else to escape.

Mo Weishuang was lucky. If she didn't have the special physique of the Demonic Sound Body, and wasn't as bloodthirsty as the other disciples, and had just cultivated normally, she would have been eliminated from the Netherworld Sect long ago.

Xu Luo continued, "The powerful cultivators in the Southern Region are all in the five major demonic sects. Although these dynasties are large in area and have a considerable population, they have a pitifully small number of powerful individuals. Unless they rely on outsiders, they will never have the chance to overthrow the demonic sects and return to normal life on their own."

"What about Buddhism in the Western Regions? They should know about this situation, so why haven't they done anything about it?" Xu Yan asked.

He knew that Buddhism had always preached compassion and universal salvation, so wasn't this perfect?

Xu Luo immediately smiled.

"How could they have done nothing? Back then, the five major demonic sects were ambitious and wanted to expand their power and keep the entire Cangzhou under their control, but they were defeated by Buddhism and lost their way."

"If Buddhism hadn't stopped in time, the five major demonic sects would have been gone long ago, and the Southern Region wouldn't be like this today."

Qu Wubing, who had been silent all along, suddenly asked, "Why did you stop?"

He arrived at the Xu family a little later and didn't learn the truth about Buddhism from Xu Luo, which is why he raised such a question.

"Demonic cultivators bring disaster to people. Only when disaster strikes will people think of worshipping Buddha. If Buddhism kills all the demonic cultivators and the world is peaceful and harmonious, who will still believe in Buddhism? How can we spread our teachings?" Xu Luo asked rhetorically.

Qu Wubing: "..."

This child is still too naive.

The Xu family members in the Hidden Dragon Guard were in a similar situation. This Southern Region Demon Extermination Operation was not only a trial for them, but also a baptism. If they could get through it, their mental state would be greatly improved.

Xu Luo's words left them deeply disturbed for a long time.

After half an hour, Xu Luo woke them up and began to formulate a detailed plan and steps for this demon-slaying operation.