"The high monk from the county once said, 'These Bird Demons in the ridge have the Extraordinary Power to travel through all seventy-two provinces of the country. With a hundred people taken from this province and a thousand from that city, it wouldn't take long to irrigate this mountain of flesh and blood.'"
"Since this place is right next to our Yuhai County, why haven't those monsters in the ridge come for us?"
"There's no need to ask, there must be some secret involved. It's not as if we can say that the rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow."
"Look quickly, Buddha's son has entered the ridge."
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As the hubbub from the county town reached him, Tao Qian had already officially set foot on Corpse Mud Ridge.
His first glance forward had him swiftly calculating in his heart just how many had died upon this ridge.
His eyebrows quickly knitted together, his eyes swirling with murderous intent.