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Under Chen De's benevolent rule, all the demon beasts in Vortex Forest West became busy.

To get others to do things for you, you can't just use violence. Winning people over with virtue, as Chen De does, is the right path.

Chen De was very satisfied with his benevolence. Seeing everyone so active, it seemed he was quite popular among the demon beasts here.

The demon beasts adored him so much that Chen De couldn't imagine how heartbroken they would be if they knew he would be leaving soon.

Unfortunately, under the pressure of the Silver Scale Rhino King, even if Chen De wanted to stay.

Reality was so cruel that Chen De had no other choice.

It was all the fault of the evil Silver Scale Rhino King, forcing Chen De to separate from these demon beasts who adored him.

Chen De hesitated for a long time, not daring to tell them this heartbreaking news.

Lest their excessive sadness dampen their zest for life.

Even if he, Chen De, was leaving soon, Chen De still hoped that while he was here, the demon beasts could live each day happily.

Even after he left, the demon beasts would continue to live so earnestly.

Chen De knew he served as a lighthouse-like presence. When he arrived, these demon beasts for the first time knew what they should be doing.

Once they knew what to do, they wouldn't live so aimlessly anymore.

It could be said that Chen De was a light in their darkness.

Now that Chen De was leaving, if they knew, they would surely be incredibly reluctant.

But there was no choice, Chen De still had to go. However, Chen De promised them in his heart that he would definitely return after eliminating the Silver Scale Rhino King.

He hoped that when the demon beasts finally heard the news, they would feel a little better.

Then, while sighing, Chen De noticed a few lazy demon beasts, but Chen De wasn't angry, nor did he blame them.

Chen De never forced them to do anything.

They could do it if they liked, or not if they didn't. Under Chen De's rule, no more coercion should occur.

Moreover, in any group, there will always be some freeloaders who try to reap without sowing.

This was just a normal occurrence, so Chen De wasn't surprised.

It's just that for some reason, the marks on them suddenly seemed to become unstable.

Then they exploded one after another, flesh and blood scattering like fireworks.

All the demon beasts who wanted to be lazy, seeing this scene, their eyelids twitched, and they worked even harder.

Chen De slowly withdrew his outstretched hand. The mark explosion just now certainly wasn't his doing.

It's just that wherever Chen De was, morality was there, and since Chen De was here, morality was naturally here too.

All the other demon beasts were working, and only they were being lazy; this behavior was inherently very immoral.

Especially in such a moral place, even the heavens couldn't stand such behavior.

So it wasn't Chen De who killed the demon beasts; Chen De just happened to act when they were about to die.

Even if Chen De hadn't acted, they would have died for various reasons within that time.

Chen De's action was only to make their death less painful.

It's like someone blaming the knife instead of the person holding it to kill.

Therefore, in this matter, Chen De was also a victim.

Suddenly, Chen De noticed that the demon beasts' work enthusiasm seemed to have increased by another level.

Seeing this, Chen De felt a bit anxious. Working so frantically, what if they got tired?

Chen De quickly shouted, "If you're tired, you can rest. I'm not the kind of demon who disregards the lives of his subordinates for profit.

In my heart, you are far more important than spirit herbs or anything else!

Please don't overwork yourselves!"

The demon beasts listened, still somewhat puzzled.

Had the Moral Rat King taken the wrong medicine? He was so brutal yesterday, and just now he eliminated a lazy one.

How could he suddenly be thinking of them again? Had he had a change of heart?

A few demon beasts believed Chen De's words and actually stopped to cultivate there.

The next moment, their bodies exploded without warning.

The Moral Rat King was still the Moral Rat King, still such a beast!

From this moment on, they truly would no longer believe a single word from the Moral Rat King.

Chen De shouted for a long time, but not a single demon beast in the field rested. In the end, he could only helplessly stop.

The demon beasts' enthusiasm was too high; no matter how much Chen De thought for them, he was powerless!

Although Chen De felt regret, it wasn't without good news.

These demon beasts could find several, almost ten, mid-grade spirit herbs for Chen De in a single day.

For Chen De, finding this many each day was already a lot.

The demon beasts had been here for so many years; the easy-to-find spirit herbs had long been taken.

And normally, demon beasts in the forest wouldn't go out of their way to search for spirit herbs.

After all, the number of spirit herbs was limited. Even if they found all of them, it wouldn't be enough for their daily share. Relying on those few spirit herbs to live, they would have starved to death long ago.

So most demon beasts in the forest still lived in a normal way, occasionally lucky enough to discover some spirit herbs and take them as they pleased.

Many spirit herbs that were not so easy to find were largely preserved because of this.

And under Chen De's righteous mobilization, the demon beasts' enthusiasm for finding spirit herbs greatly increased.

Many hidden spirit herbs were sought out and delivered to the demon who truly needed them.

Chen De, who was so short on spirit herbs now, naturally became the demon who truly needed them.

However, Chen De still felt that these demon beasts had been a bit lax these past few days.

The spirit herbs they found were decreasing day by day. How was he, Chen, supposed to live?

Indeed, as Chen De collected, the remaining spirit herbs in the forest were also decreasing, which was a contributing factor.

But could such a thing be said?

Of course not!

Those demon beasts were probably thinking about how to be lazy.

They themselves were too embarrassed to give excuses to Chen De.

But if Chen De personally spoke the excuses for them, wouldn't that just give them an excuse?

Then, when even fewer spirit herbs were found, they could just say, "Lord Moral Rat King also said such and such."

This way, those who truly couldn't find any would influence those who still could, and those who still could, seeing this, would also start to be lazy.

At that time, if this trend spread, it would be very bad for Chen De.

So this sinful loophole absolutely could not be opened. If they weren't, he, Chen De, would also pretend not to know.

Perhaps, this was the tacit understanding between him, Chen De, and these demon beasts.

If anyone brought it up, Chen De could only prioritize the greater good and make them suffer a little.

Just like now.

"Lord Moral Rat King, the spirit herbs in the forest are getting fewer and fewer. We, we really can't find any more!

Please, Lord Moral Rat King, forgive us!"

A demon beast, leading a group of demon beasts, pleaded with a worried expression before Chen De.

Chen De knew this was something they had to experience in their growth; they just needed some encouragement.

So with a wave of his hand, many immediately exploded on the spot, dying without a trace.

The demon beasts were all drawn to this scene, standing frozen in place, but Chen De could also understand.

After work, to be able to watch a beautiful fireworks show.

Presumably, by now, they must have had all their inner stress relieved by this beautiful scene.

Tell me, how many demon beasts don't like beautiful fireworks?

It's just that Vortex Forest had no fireworks, so Chen De could only settle for using what was available.

However, judging from the demon beasts' reactions, the effect seemed quite good.

At this moment, Chen De only needed to gently ask, "Can you still find any?"

The leading demon beast immediately nodded like a chick pecking rice, "Can find, can find!"

Then, trembling, it led the demon beasts, whose legs had turned to jelly from fright, away.

Two days later, those demon beasts ran to Chen De again, saying they had almost turned the place upside down and truly couldn't find any more spirit herbs.

So, Chen De used the same method, setting off fireworks to encourage them.

The demon beasts froze again, then silently returned to continue their work.

A few days later, these demon beasts came again.

Chen De thought.

Seeing the spirit herbs found decreasing day by day, it seemed they were indeed almost depleted. Searching further would likely yield only a few more.

So Chen De turned to look at the demon beasts kneeling before him.

This time, the demon beasts said in unison, "Lord Moral Rat King, we truly cannot find any more spirit herbs. Now, Vortex Forest West has been almost completely turned upside down by us; we genuinely cannot find any more.

Moreover, to complete the task, we even sent demon beasts to the East, West, and even Central Vortex Forest to collect spirit herbs, resulting in heavy losses!

Even so, we truly, truly cannot find any more spirit herbs!"

As they spoke, these demon beasts even had a hint of a crying tone.

In the days since Chen De arrived, their lives had been truly difficult, working day and night without rest.

The slightest slackness would be met with Chen De's 'Moral Account Cancellation' package.

In such a short time, countless clans had been annihilated by Chen De.

It wasn't that no demon beasts had resisted, but each one died a more tragic death than the last.

Compared to before Chen De arrived, the number of demon beasts in Vortex Forest West had decreased by a full thirty percent.

And Chen De, when he acted, especially against those who dared to resist, always included a 'root and branch' eradication service.

A series of cruel suppressions made them rather stand there and be killed by Chen De without resistance than defy him in the slightest.

As for raising objections to Chen De's words, they dared even less.

Now that they had reached this point and still hadn't relented, they truly had no other choice.

However, Chen De was unmoved by their pleas.

They thought Chen De didn't know, but in reality, Chen De was perfectly aware.

After all, under Chen De's moral influence, the demon beasts of the entire Vortex Forest West, who originally had racial and even factional divisions, now got along like a family.

For Chen De, this was his achievement!

To have no more conflict among the demon beasts under his rule, to have them live in equality and harmony – wasn't this the most beautiful life?

So on this matter, Chen De could even hold his head high and proudly declare it.

But even so, Chen De had gone to such lengths, what more could these demon beasts be dissatisfied with?

Indeed, whether human or demon, one cannot be too kind to them.

Otherwise, over time, they will think that everything you do is taken for granted.

So Chen De couldn't relent, otherwise, their demands would only grow higher and higher, becoming more and more greedy.

But Chen De was so kind, he truly couldn't bear to see them suffer!

Chen De asked for nothing in return, only hoping that one day in the future, they would understand his painstaking efforts.