I Become a Martial Arts God in the Chaotic Demon World-Chapter 577: Demon Suppression Pass

"I didn’t expect Demon Suppression Pass to look like this?"

Chen Baxian saw Han Zheng’s gaze and asked.

Han Zheng nodded and then shook his head, saying, "I didn’t expect it either. The grandeur of Demon Suppression Pass exceeds my imagination, but the bustle does as well."

"Demon Suppression Pass is a place of life and death danger, but it also holds countless opportunities and wealth."

Chen Baxian looked up at the towering city gate and said indifferently, "Anyone garrisoned by the Court at Demon Suppression Pass, regardless of whether you hail from the Demon Cleansing Bureau or the military, receives a salary three times that of others in the same position, and the military merits from killing demons are also tripled.

Moreover, any spoils or resources obtained from killing demons at Demon Suppression Pass don’t need to be turned in; you can keep them all.

That’s why there are so many merchants here, even forming a workshop. They come to Demon Suppression Pass to purchase various demon cores and demon materials."

Han Zheng nodded gently.

Demon Suppression Pass is indeed a perilous and bitter cold place, but the opportunities here are much greater than outside.

Even these merchants actually take huge risks to conduct transactions at Demon Suppression Pass.

One must know that Demon Suppression Pass is vast, spanning over thirty miles, and even with countless arrays for protection, it’s impossible to guarantee every gap is completely secure.

So when a large number of demons attack, there are still a few who break through Demon Suppression Pass and enter the heartland of Great Zhou.

The merchants in these workshops may have some power, but they can hardly stop those demons who escape from the Northwest Wilderness; encountering them almost certainly means death.

Meanwhile, Han Zheng saw at the foot of Demon Suppression Pass a small gate, with many martial artists covered in blood coming out.

This small gate is meant for people of the Martial World, a portal to the Country of Demons.

Because the Court fears demons disguising as humans sneaking into Demon Suppression Pass, martial artists from outside the Court must pass through this small gate to enter or leave the Northwest Wilderness.

Though the gate is small, inside are countless screening and suppressing arrays laid out.

If any demon without sense were to barge through, they would be pulverized by these arrays.

After watching outside for a moment, Han Zheng then followed Chen Baxian inside Demon Suppression Pass, where many martial artists greeted Chen Baxian warmly.

"Greetings, Lord Guardian."

They also looked at Han Zheng with some surprise.

Chen Baxian’s achievements at Demon Suppression Pass have been extraordinary during his time here, but his personality is rather aloof, so who is the person he personally brings here?

Demon Suppression Pass stands tall at a thousand feet, its steps reaching into the clouds.

Chen Baxian didn’t walk too quickly. As he walked, he introduced Demon Suppression Pass to Han Zheng.

"Because the defense line is too long, Demon Suppression Pass is divided into twelve major passes to be garrisoned. I am currently the garrison for the Eighth Pass of Demon Suppression Pass.

You could say that within Demon Suppression Pass, apart from the General Guardian, who almost never emerges and serves as a stabilizer, the Twelve Guardians have the greatest power, able to arrange defense and attack at will.

Each Guardian commands over ten thousand elite soldiers tasked with daily garrison duties.

Aside from these guards, there are also more than a dozen Demon Hunting Guard teams.

The Demon Hunting Guard teams have few people, numbering from ten to twenty.

But every member of the Demon Hunting Guard teams is a master; the team leader is in the Yang God Realm, and all of its members are Martial Arts Grandmasters of the True Pill Realm.

Aside from garrisoning, these Demon Hunting Guards sometimes venture deep into the Northwest Wilderness, into the heartland of the Country of Demons, to kill demons.

The martial artists you saw outside trading with merchants all have identities within the Demon Hunting Guards.

Now that you have arrived, I also plan to make you an independent commander of a Demon Hunting Guard.

But besides Yan Zhenfu, I won’t assign a single person under your command.

Some of these Demon Hunting Guards have histories within Demon Suppression Pass spanning hundreds of years, deeply rooted among their members, making it difficult for me to split them.

If more True Pill Realm martial artists from the capital arrive, I’ll assign them under your command."

Han Zheng gently nodded.

At the Capital Demon Suppression Department, he was a team leader, and even at Demon Suppression Pass, he remains a team leader. His rank hasn’t changed.

But Han Zheng heard a slightly different nuance in Chen Baxian’s words.

After a pause, Han Zheng asked in a low voice, "Are the members under your Demon Hunting Guard not very obedient?"

Chen Baxian glanced at Han Zheng and gently nodded.

With Han Zheng’s keen mind, it was unsurprising he could discern this from Chen Baxian’s words.

"The presence of the Yang God Realm could guard any place outside, but now trapped within the confines of Demon Suppression Pass, they naturally won’t be very obedient.

Moreover, they’ve been fighting demons for years, and each could be said to be headstrong and unruly, with their own ideas, making it even harder to make them comply.

I was only in the Yang God Realm when I arrived at Demon Suppression Pass, and upon stepping into the Dharma Manifestation Realm, I took charge of this Eighth Pass when the previous guardian’s lifespan had exhausted and he sat in meditation. My experience remains shallow, so naturally, some are dissatisfied."

Chen Baxian raised his hand and said indifferently, "I think it’s easy to suppress them by force, but earning their heartfelt obedience is harder than gaining mere verbal compliance.

And they don’t necessarily want to contend with me; they just feel that having stayed at Demon Suppression Pass for decades to a hundred years makes them more experienced and more set in their ways.

For Great Zhou and for the Human Clan, they remain trapped within Demon Suppression Pass, fighting demons to the death. I can’t be too forceful with them either.

So for most things, I do them myself, even though sometimes it stretches me thin.

Now that you’ve come, I can relax a bit more."

Han Zheng nodded, understanding Chen Baxian’s current predicament.

Actually, for Chen Baxian, it’s not considered a real predicament. Given enough time, with Chen Baxian’s strength, firmly establishing control over these unruly Demon Hunting Guards should be no problem.

Demon Suppression Pass isn’t like Southern Mountain; at Southern Mountain, Chen Baxian could earn the support of his Profound Armor Guard by being just and fair in rewards and punishments.

But the structure at Demon Suppression Pass is unique; it doesn’t require fair punishments and rewards from superiors. As long as you kill demons, you can earn profits; if a superior dares to embezzle resources or merits, they’d merely be courting death.

With Chen Baxian’s strength as a foundation, as time goes on, he can naturally use sheer force to win the allegiance of everyone.

While speaking, Chen Baxian had already led Han Zheng and Yan Xuankong to the top of Demon Suppression Pass.

Han Zheng looked up, and everywhere he saw was barren and desolate, a landscape of yellow, piercing cold winds buffeting him.

The earth was cracked and dry, and the ground bore countless massive bones, remnants of demons who had attacked Demon Suppression Pass over the years.

A span of over ten miles, Han Zheng couldn’t even spot a fragment of green.

Barren and desolate, like the land of death.

"Is this the legendary Country of Demons?"

Han Zheng frowned slightly, feeling the disparity with his imagination was even greater.

Chen Baxian said indifferently, "This is indeed the Country of Demons, as well as the Northwest Wilderness, the place where the fortune of the entire heavens and earth is at its weakest.

In ancient times, Yu Jiu drove the Demon Clan here because the fortune of Heaven and Earth here was weakest, the most barren, aiming to completely cut off the demon’s fortunes.

Unfortunately, in ancient times, demons ruled the land, and the powerful relics left by gods and demons of old were acquired by many upper Demon Clans, granting them too deep a foundation.

Even though the Northwest Wilderness is barren, some upper Demon Clans can create their own spaces, becoming individual demon countries.

These independent small worlds are akin to Pocket Worlds, abundant in resources and rich in nature’s spiritual energy, allowing them to last thousands of years without diminishing."

Saying this, Chen Baxian turned his gaze to Han Zheng, his expression solemn, "Looking at the demon bones below, one can’t see how many human warriors have died at Demon Suppression Pass since the founding of Great Zhou.

Humans and demons vie for fortune, a struggle for life and death!

We are fighting for this era, this world!

If humans win, we will be the rulers of this world; if demons win, we will be like in ancient times, reduced to slaves and blood food.

Therefore, we cannot lose, and dare not lose.

Doing things at Demon Suppression Pass is very simple, far simpler than what you did at Southern Mountain or at the Capital Demon Suppression Department.

There are only two choices: life or death."

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