[Thunderfire Demonic Cave]
Li Wei's view switched to this location.
The Li family members were currently on their way to the Azure Cloud region. After all, the Su family was a Golden Core family, and although the Li family was confident, they still needed ample preparation.
This place of demonic cultivation was now surprisingly harmonious. The demonic cave, once a hellish landscape, had been completely leveled on the surface. Beneath a large peach tree was the entrance to the cave, with eerie flames flickering within.
In the distance, the camps established by cultivators from various regions had grown larger and larger, even forming a town with formations set up within it.
"It's been almost eighteen years of fighting."
Li Xiang's lips twitched. However, over the years, he had been paying attention to Li Yaoqing and knew what was going on.
He glanced at the details on the map, and everything became clear.
[Thunderfire Demonic Cave]
[Demonic cultivators were causing chaos in the Sky Jade region, so the Skyveil Sect took the initiative to send people to the Thunderfire Demonic Cave to eliminate them. As time passed, the cultivators discovered that the formation above the Thunderfire Demonic Cave was not simple; even those at the Golden Core stage couldn't easily break it.]
[They gradually discovered that this demonic cave was actually a gathering place for demonic cultivators from the entire Azure Cloud region. For five thousand years, demonic cultivators had gathered here, forming an underground world. There were likely tens of thousands of demonic cultivators within the cave, utilizing the cave's natural formation to gather the resentment of the entire human population of the Azure Cloud region for their own use.]
[The Skyveil Sect realized they couldn't defeat them. Within seventeen years, they gathered righteous cultivators from all over the Azure Cloud region to guard the demonic cave. Still, they dared not enter for fear of the demonic cultivators entering the mortal world and harming people. Over time, the cultivators above the Thunderfire Demonic Cave formed an alliance, the Demon Subduing Alliance.]
"This matter has gotten out of hand."
Li Wei waved his hand helplessly. The people from the Skyveil Sect initially just wanted to eliminate some ordinary demonic cultivators, but who knew they would stir up such a hornet's nest?
Meanwhile, Late at night, Li Yaoqing, who had left home many years ago, was in a thatched hut on a high mountain outside the Demon Subduing Alliance, preparing herbal medicine to treat the injuries of a demonic cultivator.
The demonic cultivator before him looked no different from an ordinary cultivator except for his blood-red eyes and the mysterious black lines on his face.
"Thank you, miss. I was severely wounded by those despicable old cultivators from the Demon Subduing Alliance in this battle. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid it would have taken me more than ten years to recover."
The demonic cultivator smiled at Li Yaoqing, but black spiritual energy suddenly erupted from his body, and his gaze turned fierce!
Sensing the demonic cultivator's killing intent, Li Yaoqing appeared unfazed. She was 56 years old now but showed no signs of aging except for her perpetually listless, drooping eyelids. Rubbing her messy hair, she waved a hand casually and said calmly, "All you demonic cultivators are the same. Every single one of you tries this after I heal you."
As soon as she finished speaking, the killing intent vanished from the demonic cultivator. His face was contorted in pain, his true energy retracted, and he remained completely silent.
Unnoticed, numerous vines had surrounded the demonic cultivator.
The demonic cultivator's face was pale, and regret filled his eyes. He clearly sensed that Li Yaoqing had silently poisoned him during the treatment. Combined with those vines that appeared out of nowhere, even if he were at the Golden Core cultivation level, he would have perished!
Li Yaoqing didn't even glance at him. "Alright, no need to apologize. I've seen this many times. You can dispel this poison by circulating your energy for half a month when you return. Leave the payment. And remember, you owe me a favor, which I can call in at any time."
Watching the vines disappear, the demonic cultivator finally breathed a sigh of relief. He gave Li Yaoqing a bag of spiritual herbs from the demonic cave and walked out the door.
Li Yaoqing soon heard the conversation between the demonic cultivator and his companion outside.
"You bastards! Why are you laughing? Did you already know about Master Yaoqing's trick?"
"Well, you didn't ask. If you had asked earlier, I would have definitely told you we've all been through it."
"Then let me ask this, what if I don't repay the favor?"
"In our demonic cave, there are probably eight hundred, if not a thousand, who owe Master Yaoqing a favor. What do you think?"