Yang Hong decided to open Huamucheng not for the benefit of the demon race, nor to earn spirit stones.
The first requirement was actually for the human race, to rescue more humans.
Ever since he saw humans on Kuangshe Island being raised like livestock and slaughtered like food, a fire had been burning in his heart. Now that he had the ability to help humans, he would help as much as he could.
For nearly a year, from Lan Fangxuan and the visiting demons, Yang Hong had a general understanding that the original Kuangshe Island, now Rendao Island, was the island with the largest human population in the northwest of the Myriad Demon Archipelago.
Further east, into the Myriad Demon Archipelago, there were almost no traces of human survival.
For instance, before, 38 million li east, was Qingmu Island, which Yu Kewei originally intended to go to, but it had already been destroyed.
The humans there were either eaten or sold to Kuangshe Island.
As the demon races fought among themselves for territory, human islands were often the first to suffer.
The demons had a tacit understanding: when they wanted to fight, they went to human islands.
Gradually, the living space for humans in the sea region of the Myriad Demon Archipelago was constantly squeezed.
It was said that the outer periphery of the Myriad Demon Archipelago sea region was originally the territory where humans lived,
But as demons from the Taiyuan Continent continuously migrated to the Myriad Demon Archipelago sea region, this original human territory was constantly encroached upon.
Moreover, many of the demons who migrated from the Taiyuan Continent were forced to do so by humans, and naturally, they harbored hatred towards humans.
Then, the humans in the Myriad Demon Archipelago sea region suffered.
They were continuously driven out and hunted.
By now, in the mouths of the demons in the Myriad Demon Archipelago, humans were simply "bipeds," and the title "human race" was lost.
How vast was the Myriad Demon Archipelago sea region?
Based on the information Yang Hong knew, it was like this:
The core of the Myriad Demon Archipelago, where the spiritual energy concentration was above grade nine, was only about ten thousand li in area.
Its specific name was unknown, and it was very mysterious.
The area with spiritual energy concentration of grades eight to nine was the central region, said to be a ring-shaped sea area with a width of tens of billions of li.
The Myriad Demon Island, often mentioned by the demons, was in this area.
However, there wasn't just one Myriad Demon Island, but four, named East, West, South, and North Myriad Demon Islands, tightly encircling the core area.
These four Myriad Demon Islands were supercontinents, each with an area of over 100 million li, but in the Myriad Demon Archipelago sea region,
They were indeed considered islands.
Outside the central region, the area with spiritual energy concentration of grades six to seven, exceeding one hundred billion li in width, was called the inner region.
In this inner region, there were over ten thousand large islands with an area of millions of li.
And this was the origin of the name Myriad Demon Archipelago.
Outside the inner region was the outer region, a vast area with spiritual energy concentration of grades four to five, said to be three hundred billion li wide.
In this region, there were millions of islands with an area of tens of thousands of li, and even more countless smaller islands.
Further out was the area where Yang Hong was currently located, with a spiritual energy concentration below grade four.
In this region and the areas further out, there were no islands with an area of tens of thousands of li,
But there were hundreds of millions of islands with an area of thousands of li. This region was called the Outer Sea.
This vast and boundless sea area was said to exceed five hundred billion li.
And the four sea regions perfectly surrounded the entire Taiyuan Continent from all directions.
The center of the Myriad Demon Archipelago and the Zhong Shenzhou of the Taiyuan Continent were like two centers of this world.
As for the size of the Taiyuan Continent?
It was said to be three hundred billion li in area.
Hearing this information, Yang Hong was shocked for a whole year, unable to imagine how vast this Taiyuan Continent was!
Well, all of this was superfluous; it wasn't Yang Hong's concern for now.
He only knew that east of Rendao Island, no humans were alive; even if some were, they were kept like livestock.
And to the west of Rendao Island, within ten million li, although many humans were alive, they lived miserable lives.
His proposal for those demons to send the living humans over was indeed to rescue humans,
But it was also to enhance the strength of Rendao Island.
In the entire Outer Sea region, although the number of Demon Lords was very small, almost every island with an area of over a thousand li was occupied by a Demon King. A simple calculation would reveal how many Demon Kings were in this sea area.
Sixth-tier Demon Kings were equivalent to the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the human race.
And due to lifespan limitations, although humans had higher talent, the number of sixth-tier cultivators in the sea region was definitely less than that of demons.
Yang Hong's idea was to rescue more humans, let them cultivate, let them fight and strive for themselves, and rise.
Although he was human and resolutely protected the human race,
He would absolutely not be a babysitter for humans!
As for the demons dying after leaving Huamucheng, Huamucheng would not be responsible. The reason was very simple.
It was because Yang Hong would find opportunities to abduct some low-level demons and send them to the First City for the humans there to kill.
This was for training spells, providing fresh meat,
And most importantly, it was to help the enslaved humans overcome their fear of demons.
The humans on Rendao Island now, including the three Golden Core stage cultivators like Lan Fangxuan, were all terrified of being enslaved by demons.
While they weren't completely useless slaves, that fear of demons was ingrained in their bones.
Because any demon that could be called a demon must have transformed, and the requirement for demon transformation was at least grade four.
Therefore, including Lan Fangxuan and the others, all the demons humans could come into contact with were grade four and above, all giving them an irresistible feeling.
Over time, many humans naturally believed that humans were inferior to demons, and many humans voluntarily surrendered and submitted to demons.
Even those who had some self-esteem and did not surrender to demons, their fear of demons could be said to be innate.
This was completely different from the situation on the Taiyuan Continent, where humans eagerly killed demons and enslaved them.
It was the complete opposite.
Therefore, Yang Hong had to first break the fear of demons among the humans on Rendao Island, and then guide them step by step, instilling the concept that humans were the spirits of all races, naturally superior to demons.
Finally, these humans were to voluntarily leave Rendao Island, constantly attack in the Outer Sea region, and then in the periphery of the Myriad Demon Archipelago, and even the inner region.
For the sake of the humans in the Myriad Demon Archipelago sea region, Yang Hong was truly worried sick!
After making his decision, Yang Hong used earth遁术 to patrol the nearby sea area. He confirmed that the demons of the Black Fish clan had given up searching for him in this direction.
Only then did he return to Rendao Island and begin a new round of formation deployment, officially dividing Rendao Island into three layers.
...
"Master, Master, another demon has come to rent a shop."
One day, Yang Hong was modifying the formations in the central area of Rendao Island when Xiao Kui, using wood遁术, came to find him.
"If a demon wants to rent, just rent it to them."
Yang Hong was already accustomed to Xiao Kui's hurried nature. He didn't stop adjusting the formation in his hands and said calmly.
"But... but, the shop he wants to rent is a bit different.
He wants... he wants..."
Xiao Kui bit her finger, looking worried and scared at Yang Hong, not daring to continue.
"What does he want to operate? Is he trying to steal your business, Xiao Kui?"
Yang Hong finished the formation in his hand, turned, and gently patted Xiao Kui's small head, laughing.
"He's not trying to steal my business!
That demon wants to rent a large area to build a human farm, and also open a human delicacy shop."
"Hmph~"
After hearing Xiao Kui's words, Yang Hong stood up, his aura fully erupting, blowing Xiao Kui back over ten zhang.
He knew that a "human delicacy shop" did not refer to delicacies made by humans,
But delicacies made from humans!
This was equivalent to building a pig farm and then operating a business selling dishes cooked from pork!
"Where is that demon? I'll go and meet him."
Yang Hong slowly restrained his killing intent and calmly asked the still trembling Xiao Kui.
"He's... he's at the City Lord's mansion."
"Let's go!"
As soon as the words fell, Yang Hong and Xiao Kui instantly disappeared from where they were.