Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil in the Cultivation World

Chapter 1226 - 564: Green Willow Village’s Development After a Century, Population Soars

To be honest, the Great Xuan Dynasty has already had many key positions invaded by demons.

It’s not that the Human Race has been infiltrated like a sieve.

But at least they are very knowledgeable about the Human Race and know exactly how many strong cultivators we have.

They previously expended a Herculean effort attempting to identify the Talisman Daoist’s identity, wanting to know about his family background and interpersonal relationships, searching for weaknesses.

Yet, after hundreds of years of investigation, they still have no clues.

If it was just this, it would be less concerning.

It’s just a single Human Race Integration cultivator, unable to influence the overall scenario; they need not pay deliberate attention.

Occurrences like the destruction of the Cyan Stone Demon Cave probably only happen once.

With caution afterward, there should not be a second incident.

But now, how much time has passed, and this fellow has destroyed another demon cave.

This is simply a severe blow to the face of the Demon Race.

"Alas, we underestimated this fellow before, leading to this situation."

"No, that’s not right. We’ve already been paying significant attention to the Talisman Daoist, but no matter how we track him, it’s difficult to detect this human cultivator’s trace; he clearly possesses some secret power."

"Actually, the Talisman Daoist’s own strength is not too much of a threat. According to my earlier conjecture, this fellow is just at the Body Integration Realm, far from reaching the Mahayana Realm, so the threat is limited.

The problem is this fellow can precisely grasp the demon cave when it’s at its most vulnerable, and then make a move at the critical moment, thereby destroying two demon caves."

"This indeed poses a colossal problem. How does this Talisman Daoist know the demon cave’s weakest moment? Did he plant spies inside our caves, or does he have some special means to monitor us?"

"It’s unclear; this Talisman Daoist is really too mysterious, and we still don’t know his methods."

The faces of many Mahayana Realm demons were grim.

They don’t feel that the Talisman Daoist can genuinely threaten the Demon Race.

But the opponent is indeed too mysterious, always making moves at crucial moments, causing their plans to fail spectacularly.

This makes them very uncomfortable because they do not fear facing the opponent upfront, but rather, fear covert attacks.

Clearly, sneak attacks and assassinations are their strengths, but unexpectedly, this hateful human cultivator learned them.

"No matter what, we must find this Talisman Daoist."

"Utilize all resources to locate the Talisman Daoist’s hiding place."

"So long as we know where he is hiding, even if we have to mobilize all forces, we must take him out."

Many enraged Mahayana Realm demons were furious beyond reason.

But they currently cannot locate his hiding place, so there’s nothing they can do.

Undoubtedly, the destruction of the Cloud Crane Demon Cave will vastly impact the demon’s invasion plans.

......

Time flew by, and five years passed in a blink.

As Jiang Fan destroyed the Cloud Crane Demon Cave, significantly crippling the Demon Race, the Great Xuan Dynasty seized the momentum, consecutively destroying seven or eight demon caves, securing a rare victory for the Human Race.

This also allowed the Human Race to reclaim a lot of territory, forcing the demons to retract their forces and reduce their actions.

Undoubtedly, this also intensified the Demon Race’s hatred towards the Talisman Daoist.

Unfortunately, they couldn’t find any trace of the Talisman Daoist despite exerting all their efforts.

Without being able to find the person, there’s no chance for revenge.

This granted the Great Xuan Dynasty some breathing room, and simultaneously, the Talisman Daoist’s reputation began to spread among the Great Xuan Dynasty’s higher-ups, making him quite famous.

Of course, this is limited to the high-level circles; ordinary cultivators still don’t know of the Talisman Daoist’s existence.

And they don’t need to know either.

However, at this moment, subtle changes are indeed taking place within the Demon Realm.

These changes naturally relate to the Green Willow Village hidden in the Cyan Stone Mountain Range.

Ever since the Cyan Stone Demon Cave was destroyed, no new demon caves appeared around.

For demons, this area originally belonged to the Demon Realm; building more demon caves here would purely waste resources, as they have already devoted all their military power to the frontline.

Thus, they aren’t overly concerned about the internal regions of the Demon Realm.

After all, it’s improbable for the Human Race and Demon Race to battle deep inside the Demon Realm.

Because of this, without large threats from demons, human settlements inside the Cyan Stone Mountain Range began to develop robustly; especially Green Willow Village, aided by Jiang Fan, which grew rapidly.

In just a hundred years, Green Willow Village’s population increased a hundredfold, birthing numerous Human Race cultivators.

Meanwhile, the Heaven and Earth Spirit Plants like Green Willow Tree swiftly grew to Tier Five, becoming Tier Five Spirit Plants.

Green Willow Village now houses eighteen Nascent Soul cultivators and five hundred Golden Core cultivators, with Foundation Establishment cultivators long surpassing ten thousand.

Leading the cultivators is Shi Ping’an.

As Jiang Fan’s disciple, an Immortal Destiny possessor, his progress is remarkably fast, having reached First-Layer Divinity Transformation, an accomplishment unrivaled by other cultivators.

At this moment, many Elders of Green Willow Village also gathered together.

The village chief remains Shi Hao; though nearing the end of his lifespan, with Jiang Fan’s help, he successfully promoted to Nascent Soul, obtaining a thousand-year lifespan, extending his vitality.

The former hunting team captain Zhu Ming also experienced similar success, ascending to Nascent Soul.