Second, regarding the rumor that the wilderness descends due to human machinations, originally indeed circulated by the Demon Realm Alliance, I won't deny that.

But at that time, the wilderness's descent left people in panic, and who knows which demon cultivator under their management casually blurted out nonsense...

Miss He once held a significant position in Fengdu, she should understand that those folks below always come up with strange methods for their own benefit.

It was probably meant to divert attention, so that the frightened and confused demon cultivators would have a target for hatred. Meanwhile, they used conspiracy theories to support the idea that the wilderness only descended, and shared spiritual energy would not collapse, to prevent further demon cultivators from making desperate, crazy moves.

However, who would have thought, such an absurd rumor would actually be believed by demon cultivators, and that they would point fingers directly at the human race.

As the Vice Alliance Hierarch, I strongly prohibited the spread of such rumors, and tried all means to stop demon cultivators from attacking human cultivators. But with so many demon cultivators in the alliance, I can't possibly keep them all under my watch.

Policies from the higher-ups are often countered with tactics below, coupled with evil cultivator agitation, and the grudges between the demons and humans for ages, such issues cannot be eradicated with just one decree."

He sighed and paused for a moment, then continued, "However, now that we've received the news, I shall send people to verify it when I return. If indeed attacks have occurred in various states of the human world, the Demon Realm Alliance will certainly not stand by idly!"

It turned out that the members of the small courtyard acted in their own names to do good deeds at East Lake Port, earning a lot of faith value.

Indeed, the skill was honed, with disciples thinking of bringing home treasures; and Hu Zhile and the others helping to rack up faith value, accepting these pets, mounts, and guests was not in vain!

Jiang Yuanxin suddenly realized, and upon hearing the words "Evil Cultivator", his eyes glowed green, immediately asking: "If it is found that demon cultivators within the alliance are committing acts of pillage under the guise of official titles, what should be done?"

"Good and evil are irreconcilable, if evil cultivators are indeed lurking within the alliance, they naturally must be exterminated!" Du Li said firmly, "Mr. Jiang also knows that many evil cultivators are good at disguising themselves, and are hard to detect. I also cannot guarantee the absolute absence of evil cultivators within the Demon Realm Alliance.

As long as there is conclusive evidence, even if it proves that the Alliance Leader himself is an evil cultivator, I am willing to personally eliminate him! The purpose of establishing the Demon Realm Alliance is to benefit righteous cultivators in the wilderness, and we absolutely will not tolerate evil cultivators mingling and perpetrating treacherous acts."

Excellent, this is exactly the attitude I wanted!

Jiang Yuanxin thought, now that I have the officer badge, when encountering evil cultivators needing law enforcement, I should remember to bring the "law enforcement recorder" to record all evidence.

He took out the Demon-Subduing Pestle, "Duang! Duang!" twice, and He Miancun, not holding back at all, covered her head and cried, "Damn Heart Demon, it's all its fault! It hurts so much, wuwuwu..."

She turned her head to see Du Li standing still, pale as a sheet, sobbing and asking, "Alliance Leader Du, aren't you in pain?"

Although clearly in pain from inhaling sharply, he kept a stern face, unable to make a sound, only shaking his head to indicate still okay.

He Miancun misunderstood, "Mr. Jiang, are you putting all your strength into hitting me, but not hitting him hard? Can that be effective?"

"It shouldn't be." Jiang Yuanxin said, I'm used to hitting you lightly once to reduce by 200; hit him harder to reduce by 500, the numbers that floated by were not wrong.

Could it be that demon cultivators have tough skins, and they've gotten used to it so quickly? In that case, hitting a bit more could speed up the expulsion of the Heart Demon by quite a lot.

Du Li: !!!

Don't bring in private grievances like this!

I already explained, evil cultivators harming the human world has nothing to do with me, I'm also ready to manage it, so why are you still fanning the flames to make me get hit harder?

The crucial point was that Mr. Jiang seemed to really believe it, again wielding that Supreme Divine Artifact.

Frightened to the core, he shivered all over, inhaling, and muttering, "Pain! Very painful! Mr. Jiang, please don't hit again, I can't bear it!"

Just got scared before being hit, Jiang Yuan twitched his lips, gesturing them to disperse and do what they need to.

"Miss Hu, please wait a moment, I'll go switch back with Yun Mo." He Miancun rubbed her head, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and vanished from the small courtyard;

A few breaths later, Yun Mo was teleported back home, led by Hu Zhile and Du Li, together teleported to Carefree City.

By midnight, she'd still have to bring Du Li back for another beating, running back and forth four times a day inevitably delays time, needing to continually train and improve strength.

Jiang Yuan directly sent a message to Ouyang Qing from the Celestial Sword Sect, asking whether the matter in Beichong State was true.

Shortly after, he received a reply -- the words of the people on the ship were absolutely true.

However, the attack on the Li Family, the cultivators in Beichong State, had been half a month ago when they managed to inform the Celestial Sword Sect.

Ouyang Qing didn't hold any hope initially, but using a teleportation talisman provided by Jiang Yuan to rush over, he found that although the Li Family had suffered, the casualties were not severe. Upon detailed inquiry, it turned out that disciples from the Ancient Ten Great Sects came to their aid during the demon cultivators' attack crisis, which helped them narrowly escape total annihilation.

Subsequently, given timely treatment and the boost from elixirs, numerous cultivators from the Li Family managed to recuperate.

Even though their realms weren't high, they cultivated diligently after receiving Jiang Yuan's support package, so their overall strength was much stronger than ordinary people, and they recovered relatively quickly.

Unfortunately, the civilians within a hundred miles under the protection of the Li Clan.

When the attack happened, they suffered heavy casualties, and during the night when the wilderness descended, the safe array was destroyed, allowing demon beasts to rampage in. Even with the joint resistance and healing efforts from the disciples of the Ancient Ten Great Sects, ordinary people are too fragile; in the end, they suffered large-scale casualties.

"Fires, floods, with the earth shaking now and then, causing buildings to collapse, and demon beasts rampaging, how can ordinary people possibly escape?" Jiang Yuan felt very heavy-hearted after reading the reply.

The human faction is still too weak, while the world is so vast, no matter how many disciples there are from the Ancient Ten Great Sects outside, it's impossible for them to always be able to save people in time.

If only the system could manage a bit more broadly and monitor situations directly, that way wherever there are evil cultivators I could rush to aid immediately, those evil cultivators are tempting large blood packs!

A thick patter of rain descended amidst thunder and lightning, the growing rain adding more irritability to the mood.

Perhaps influenced by the weather, Jiang Yuan didn't feel like doing anything, delivering the repaired Demon Mirror to Yuan Man, then directly teleporting to the Starlight Shell's cave residence, swimming forward in the sea's moonlight like a brainless jellyfish...

In the following days, life seemed to open into an infinite loop.

The heavy rain continued incessantly, apart from four daily sessions of carrying the Demon-Subduing Pestle to beat people, Jiang Yuan swam freely forward in the sea, without any brain engagement.

The former bright moon in the sea seemed never to change, rising in the east and setting in the west. Gradually, it became much brighter and seemed larger than before, and whenever the Sea Moon set, he could see those distant waters turning silver.

Clearly, it's a sign of getting closer to the Sea Moon Tomb, Jiang Yuan swam with even more enthusiasm!

At East Lake Port, the torrential rain's hold ceased — Leng Yutang indeed forged a magical artifact that mimicked the sprinkler system in the small courtyard's fields, standing in the middle of the fields.

The torrential rain falling from the sky was entirely collected and stored, to be used for irrigation when necessary;

Originally, East Lake's water level was rising, appearing to be on the verge of flooding. Hu Zhile used an Earth Element Technique to reinforce the dam, also conducted checks below East Lake's reefs, removing all of them;

He Miancun helped set up an array near the shoreline, which could calm the waters, even as the water level rose, it wouldn't flood East Lake Port.

Elsewhere, due to the autumn's downpour, all crops were inundated and ruined, but only East Lake Port's fields thrived, with those tender seedlings growing much larger in just a few days.

Leng Yutang, having visited the small courtyard's greenhouse, learned about techniques for controlling the temperature to grow out-of-season crops, felt inspired. He is designing and crafting a magical artifact for ordinary people to use for cultivating off-season crops, so that even in the cold winter, East Lake Port's residents can grow grain without worrying about food shortages.

As such, the peaceful days passed swiftly, approaching the end of the first month of autumn.

The torrential rain finally stopped, the sun emerged still a pallid white, and the chilly wind made it seem as though winter had arrived prematurely. The Celestial Sword Sect had limited capacity, unable to help so many residents resist the rain-soaked crops, so they were hastily preparing for disaster relief.

"Previously affected by floods, now come this heavy rain, the common folk suffer so much!"

Ouyang Qing furrowed his brows, watching the disciples bustle like ants moving disaster relief grain, calculating the sect's gold and silver expenditures, food stocks, and muttering to himself, "The weather's cold, we still don't have sufficient winter firewood and clothing, maybe... I should ask Mr. Jiang if he could help find some?"