Chapter 1264: Chapter 583: Mixed Element Valley’s Population Growth, Siphoning Talented Villagers

"Village chief, is there a way for us to join the Mixed Element Valley?"

"If we could join the Mixed Element Valley, wouldn’t our village have no worries about food and clothing in the future?"

A villager said with great longing.

Ever since he witnessed the Mixed Element Valley, he has wished to become a resident there immediately.

Unfortunately, up until now, he hasn’t been able to find a way to join the Mixed Element Valley.

"Haha, joining the Mixed Element Valley is not such a simple thing."

"Do you know how many villages want to join the Mixed Element Valley?"

"But these villages have all been rejected."

"Because the Mixed Element Valley is only so big, and the population it can accommodate is actually very small."

"After all, the entire valley already has more than five million people."

"If it continues to expand, it would be ten million."

"At that time, it would not just be a simple valley, but a city."

The village chief, Zhang Bai, explained.

"What about a city? Would something happen?"

Many villagers keenly sensed the implication in the village chief’s words.

In fact, they also realized that the area near the Ice Crystal Mountain Range is mostly villages, at most a small town.

There isn’t even a city.

This is not to describe humans as weak; there must be secrets unknown to them.

"Obviously, you’ve sensed it as well."

"The true controllers of the Ice Crystal Mountain Range are not humans, but Exotic Beasts."

"The Exotic Beasts are the real rulers of this vast mountain range; they control everything here."

"It is said that deep in the mountains reside Exotic Beasts of the Body Integration Realm."

"Their power is incredibly strong, and even the Integration Great Power of those big cities doesn’t dare to provoke them."

"Thus, this area has become a forbidden zone for High-tier Cultivators, and no Integration Great Power has ever come close."

"To those Exotic Beasts, us Cultivators below the Refining Void aren’t worth mentioning."

"No matter how many people appear in the Ice Crystal Mountain Range, they pose no threat to them."

"But once our population gathers too much, even forming a huge city, it will definitely trigger a beast tide."

"At that time, it won’t just be a trivial beast tide, but one involving Divinity Transformation, Refining Void, and even Body Integration Realm Exotic Beasts."

The village chief, Zhang Bai, said with great seriousness.

Originally, he didn’t know such secrets either, but in his youth, he once saved a Void Refining Cultivator from Profound Abyss City, and from him, he learned a lot about the Ice Crystal Mountain Range.

This also allowed him to understand why in countless years, the Ice Crystal Mountain Range never gave birth to a gigantic city.

Even a small town is rare.

Clearly, this is due to the threat posed by those terrifying Exotic Beasts.

They will never allow humans to grow larger in the Ice Crystal Mountain Range.

"A human city will trigger a beast tide? No wonder for so many years, there hasn’t been a human city in the Ice Crystal Mountain Range, and even Integration Great Power has never come here."

"It’s not just about cities, have you forgotten? It’s the same with a small town. There was once a small town with a population of tens of thousands.

But reportedly, just a year later, they were attacked by millions of Exotic Beasts, and in just one day, this splendid small town was utterly destroyed, all because of those Exotic Beasts."

"Although Low Tier Exotic Beasts are like wild animals, without any intelligence, those Exotic Beasts above Refining Void have intelligence, so they must be the ones leading these beast tides."

"No wonder, over the long period, the majority of humans living in the Ice Crystal Mountain Range are dispersed into villages, not lacking the strength to gather into towns, but avoiding the threat of Exotic Beasts."

"Indeed, if it’s just human villages, they naturally don’t count as a threat to those Exotic Beasts, so they won’t initiate a beast tide."

"If one doesn’t know this taboo and blindly annexes many human villages, it is purely seeking death."

"No wonder the Mixed Element Valley doesn’t intend to continue expanding its population, they probably know the taboos. If they keep expanding, it will surely provoke the apprehension and killing intent of those high-tier Exotic Beasts in the Ice Crystal Mountain Range."

"Wait, isn’t five million people already a lot? This counts as a small city, but for such a long time, the Mixed Element Valley seems to have never encountered a beast tide, as if ignored by those Exotic Beasts, why is that?"

"That’s right, I’ve noticed it too; the Mixed Element Valley indeed has never encountered a beast tide, those Exotic Beasts seem to have completely ignored its existence, it’s truly baffling."

Many villagers discussed passionately.

They didn’t expect so many terrifying taboos in the Ice Crystal Mountain Range.

There is a ceiling to developing in this mountain range, and unlimited expansion is impossible.

"It’s quite good that you can realize this on your own."

"This is the impressive aspect of the Mixed Element Valley."

"From what I know, there is a powerful Array Master in the Mixed Element Valley who has arranged an Array for it."

"This Array not only protects the safety of the Mixed Element Valley but also allows it to be concealed."

"In this way, even if countless Exotic Beasts pass by the Mixed Element Valley, they cannot discover its true location, this is the impressive aspect of the Mixed Element Valley."

"In fact, if we don’t use the Heaven-Reaching Bridge to reach the Mixed Element Valley, and instead try to find its true location, we wouldn’t be able to find it either."