Chapter 5477“I… I don’t know. I’m just watching over these people.”The demon cultivator trembled with fear and shook his head.“My benefactor, he won’t know what you’re asking about. Only the higher-ups of the Demon Stone Sect would know. He’s just a small-time henchman.”At this moment, a middle-aged cultivator in a gray cloth shirt approached and said.“Oh!” David said, and with acasual wave of his hand, the demon cultivator didn’t even have time to scream before he vanished into a puff of black smoke.“My benefactor, thank you for your help.”The middle-aged cultivator bowed deeply to David, his face filled with gratitude.David waved his hand, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding cultivators, whose faces were still etched with fear. He said in a deep voice, “Fellow Daoist, I have a few questions for you.”“Please ask, benefactor, I will tell you everything I know,” the middle-aged cultivator said quickly.“What kind of world is this? Why are so many human and beast cultivators enslaved by the demons to mine spiritual stones?” David asked.The middle-aged cultivator sighed, a look of pain on his face. “This is the Yuande Realm, a world primarily devoted to spiritual cultivation.Originally, our Yuande Realm consisted of three races: humans, beasts, and demons. Although we occasionally fought for resources, there was a certain balance, and a certain give and take.”noveldrama“Then why did it become like this?” David demanded.“It all started a hundred years ago.”A trace of fear flashed in the middle-aged monk’s eyes. “A hundred years ago, a celestial being suddenly descended upon our Yuande Realm. That celestial being was extremely powerful, and could destroy the heavens and the earth with a single wave of his hand. He chose to help the demons and suppressed the resistance of our human and beast races with thundering means.”“Since then, the demons have begun to enslave us to mine spirit stones, and then use the methods taught by that celestial being to refine the spirit stones into immortal stones.”said bitterly, “That immortal seemed desperate for immortal stones, so he ordered the demons to establish countless such mining sites throughout the Yuande Realm.”“Why didn’t you resist?” David asked doubtfully. “Is there no one in the entire Yuande Realm capable of resisting the demons?”The middle-aged cultivator gave a wry laugh. “Resist? Of course we didn’t. But that celestial immortal was too powerful. Even the strongest ancestors of our Yuande Realm were no match for him, and he slew them all. Since then, we’ve lost the power to resist.” “Moreover, the demons have planted a restriction on us. If we even think of resisting, we’ll suffer the pain of a thousand ants gnawing at our hearts.”The middle-aged cultivator said, lifting his sleeve to reveal a black rune on his arm. “Look, this is the slave mark planted by the demons.”David looked at the black rune, his eyes flashing with a cold light.He could sense the evil aura emanating from the rune; it was a vicious restriction capable of controlling a person’s mind.“So you’re just going to let them enslave you?” David asked in a deep voice.“What can we do?”the middle-aged cultivator said helplessly. “Resistance means death. Not resisting at least allows us to linger. Besides, the demons are threatening us, saying they’ll exterminate our people if we don’t obey.”“What’s the realm of that celestial immortal?” David asked.“I don’t know.” The middle-aged cultivator shook his head. “In the entire Yuande Realm, no one can withstand a single blow from him.”David pondered for a moment, then continued, “So, where is that immortal now?”David wanted to meet this celestial immortal, especially to learn about his technique for refining spirit stones into immortal stones.“That immortal only occasionally appears at the Demon Stone Sect’s headquarters, and whenever he does, he takes away a large amount of immortal stones. Normally, the Demon Stone Sect’s leader is in charge of managing our mining operations.”“I don’t know where that immortal is now,” the middle-aged cultivator said. Chapters first released on