There are some discrepancies in the records of how many islands there are in Devil's Lake in ancient human books.
According to the mountain geography chapter of "The Legend of Gods and Demons", there are more than 13,600 islands of various sizes in Devil's Lake.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness Western Classic" records that the number of islands is 45,400.
The "Kyushu Illustrated Records" records more than 12,300 seats.
In the "Illustrated Chronicles of the Western Regions: Devil's Lake" published by the Demon Sect more than two thousand years ago, the number of islands recorded was 6,439.
Why are there discrepancies in the records of the islands in Devil's Lake in different data books? The main reason is that the recording methods are different.
Some people analyze that the islands recorded in the oldest records of gods and demons and the later compiled Kyushu Picture Chronicles should be islands more than ten feet above the water.
The records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas include all islands protruding out of the lake, including reefs.
Therefore, there are the largest number of records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Some people also say that the reason why the Classic of Mountains and Seas records many more islands than other classics is because the water level of Devil's Lake is different in each period.
Perhaps it was during the time when the Classic of Mountains and Seas was compiled that the water level of Devil's Lake was at a historically low level, so the number of records recorded was about three times that of the Book of Gods and Demons.
In fact, regarding the records of the islands in Devil's Lake, the information compiled and published by the Devil's Cult is the most reliable.
However, the Demonic Cult records the number, size, and location of islands suitable for humans or cultivators to live.
Some relatively small and abrupt islands are not suitable for cultivators to live in seclusion there, so they are not recorded.
This information was compiled by the Demon Sect more than two thousand years ago. Now, almost all of the more than 6,000 to 8,000 recorded islands are occupied by casual cultivators of the Demon Sect.
Some people say that there are at least 80,000 demons from the demon sect living in seclusion in Devil's Lake. Although the number is a bit exaggerated, the difference should not be too big. If not 80,000, there should be as many as 50,000 or 60,000.
Over the past thousands of years, countless super demons who have become famous all over the world have come from Devil's Lake.
Nowadays, some of the super demons of the Demon Sect, such as Qianye Shengjun, Du Jiuniang, Mo Jiukui, Hu Jiumei, etc., have already settled in Devil Lake.
Even the old Black Mountain monster from Dahei Mountain is said to have occupied a small island on Devil's Lake and comes here every three to five years for vacation, surfing, sunbathing, etc.
This is the gathering place with the highest concentration of scattered demons from the Demon Sect. Although there are also a large number of scattered demons in the West Sea, the West Sea is too big, with islands scattered throughout the vast ocean, and is far less concentrated than Devil Lake.
The Five Poison Sect has been occupying the southern part of Death Lake and the Western Region, and they have long coveted the casual cultivators living in Devil's Lake.
In recent years, Wan Duzi has been bullied so much by Nangong Bat that he has long wanted to move.
As for his new home, Wan Duzi chose the area near Devil's Lake.
Of course, you must not get too close to Devil's Lake.
The Demon Sect has its rules and code of conduct. Devil's Lake is a gathering place for scattered demons. No sect of the Demon Sect can appear within eight hundred miles.
The new home of Wu Du Sect was chosen about a thousand miles northwest of Devil Lake.
This location is really well chosen. Although it is far away from the small and medium-sized sects of the holy religion, the control over the small and medium-sized sects in the southern part of the Western Region will be greatly weakened.
But it is more than 10,000 miles away from Devil's Lake.
Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. As long as the Five Poison Sect generals live here, they can often visit Devil Lake and recruit a few big demons from time to time to become the elders of the sect, and their strength will gradually increase.
Moreover, if they move to the vicinity of Devil's Lake, the nangong bats will not be able to bully them.
Nangong Bat has been harassing and oppressing the Five Poison Sects for many years because Devil Lake is more than 10,000 miles away from Poison Dragon Valley and the distance is too far to reach.
If the two become close neighbors, Nangong Bat will have nothing to do.
Ye Xiaochuan didn't take the casual cultivators in Devil's Lake seriously before. Only after Ye Cha made him a future development plan did he pay attention to the casual cultivators in Devil's Lake.
There are tens of thousands of casual cultivators in Devil Lake, and there are many super masters. The development route of Guixuan Sect has been determined. It will erode from south to north openly, but secretly start from the casual cultivators.
Devil's Lake is located on the southwest border of the southern part of the Western Region. It is a hard bone.
After all, Harley Quinn is a casual cultivator from Guming Mountain, so it is obviously not practical for her to secretly recruit casual cultivators from Devil's Lake.
Ye Xiaochuan not only took out the map, but also took out the "Pristine Jade List". Based on the important people on the list, he continued to draw circles on the map one by one with a pen.
This time he went to Qingling Mountain and passed Devil's Lake because he wanted to meet several important people on the list in person.
According to the list of casual cultivators provided by Harley Quinn, in addition to Qi Changshu, the pagoda ghost who lives in seclusion here, the remaining two of the four ghosts, Wu Xueshuang, a peach blossom ghost, and Wen He, a blue-faced human ghost, also live in seclusion in Devil Lake.
Ye Xiaochuan does not plan to deal with Uncle Qi now. Uncle Qi has an inextricable relationship with Senior Xuanhu. If he meets him now, given the grudge between Xuanhu and Ye Cha, he will definitely not help him cure Tianyu Pili.
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But Wu Xueshuang and Wen He can meet each other.
During the last battle at the Holy Mountain, dozens of ghost sect cultivators showed up to help Ye Xiaochuan, but Wu Xueshuang and Wen He were nowhere to be seen.
The two of them are ranked among the four ghosts of the Demon Cult, and are as famous as Uncle Qi Chang and the late Yu Chi Jing. They are both peerless experts at the pinnacle of immortality.
A master of this level must be tried every possible means to win over.
Ye Cha said that they were all descendants of the Gui Xuan Sect, and even if they refused to join the Gui Xuan Sect, they would not betray Ye Xiaochuan.
Ye Xiaochuan deeply agrees with this.
He interacted with people from the Demon Sect more and more, and he gradually understood the teachings of the Demon Sect. They were not as evil as the righteous way or the faith of the Middle-earth people, but they were still very moral.
After Yu Pili ate up a piece of baked naan by himself that day, Ye Xiaochuan also circled the people he wanted to meet privately this time.
Without exception, they are all seniors of the Ghost Sect, and all of them are descendants of the former Ghost King Ye Cha.
A dozen people were circled, but Ye Xiaochuan's time out this time was limited. He was still worried about the coming catastrophe and did not dare to stay outside for too long.
In the end, it was decided to focus mainly on Wu Xueshuang and Wen He.
If time permits, you can meet in private with some of the other senior ghost sect experts you have circled.
Tianyu and Pili stretched their heads to see Ye Xiaochuan draw many circles on the map.
I took a closer look at some of the marked islands.
Tianyu said: "There are several islands that my grandfather and I have visited before. This seems to be Qingli Island where an old woman named Wen He lives, and this is Qianxue Island where Wu Xueshuang lives.
Mr. Ye, why are you marking these islands where powerful masters live?"
