Chapter 409

Although Li Yuanjiao had already made it clear to her, Li Qinghong didn't have a friendship with this deer demon after all and didn't want to say it too clearly, so she summarized it very concisely in eight words. Only then did Lu Ken realize and said sternly:

"So the Immortal is the Li family's lightning cultivator! Disrespectful! Disrespectful!"

His attitude was much more upright, and he said politely:

"Fellow Daoist's 'Profound Lightning Pool' is exactly the nemesis of that tiger demon 'Hurricane Wu Gui Yin'. This trip will be a sure success."

Li Qinghong controlled the purple electricity, lowered her speed to wait for him, and confirmed:

"Quanyu demon cave... is it really so casual?"

Lu Ken nodded and explained:

"The territory of the Yue country is not like the Southern Border and the East Sea. Quanyu Mountain or Quanyu demon cave is called 【Sin Flow Mountain】 by the demonic creatures of the Southern Border."

He narrated:

"Quanyu was originally the residence of a Early Zifu demon king. This demon was once a mount for a Golden Core and had some thin face in the Southern Border and Jiangnan. Living in Quanyu, every time a demon cave in the Southern Border was destroyed or a demonic creature was blamed, the Quanyu demon king would bribe them with elixirs and capture the demonic creatures to Quanyu."

"At that time, the 【Dongli Immortal Sect】 was still there, and the Yue country was the Four Sects and Twelve Gates. Disciples needed mounts or wanted to kill demons to refine magic tools, so they went to the mountain themselves."

"Later, this demon king disappeared, and the 【Dali Demon Cave】 replaced Quanyu Mountain. This mountain slowly declined, but the Southern Border still had demonic creatures falling to the Quanyu mountain range from time to time... It became a place for demonic creatures fleeing the Southern Border to stay."

After Li Qinghong heard this, she had a count in her heart and replied:

"So it is a demonic creature that escaped from the Southern Border... The Qingchi Sect doesn't go to manage it, I fear they are also happy to see it happen."

"Exactly."

Lu Ken smiled and said with some emotion:

"This place is also a treasure bowl. The Qingchi Sect deliberately leaves it, waiting for these demonic creatures to flee and bring out treasures. No matter how it turns, in the end, it falls into the hands of the Three Sects and Seven Gates and the established families."

"If they fish out any direct descendants of big demons, that is a bargaining chip that can be held in hand to threaten the Southern Border, or at worst, it can be collected as a spirit beast... There are too many benefits in this, so they have always secretly supported it."

Li Qinghong frowned and said in a low voice:

"Then isn't this place the backyard of the Qingchi Sect? If we kill the tiger demon, I fear we will have to deal with the relationships within the sect..."

Lu Ken was slightly startled and waved his hand:

"It's a trivial matter. This tiger demon is a down-and-out person. It has already been checked, otherwise, I wouldn't dare to bring the Immortal here..."

He secretly thought in his heart:

'How could I not check it clearly? Your Li family has a backer in Qingchi. Even if you really offend someone, there is a way to resolve it. I am just a small deer demon; I really can't afford to offend anyone!'

Li Qinghong weighed the joints in this for a while and also thought:

'If we can snatch it, we won't kill him... One more thing is one more trouble...'

The two talked about this and that, chatted about major events in recent years, and both had some gains. The Quanyu mountain range appeared far away in front.

The Quanyu mountain range is not high, but it is broad and vast. It is close to the Xunlin Plain and the Cangwu Helin counties, surrounded by a large plain, which makes this mountain particularly prominent, with demons and monsters hidden within, difficult to find.

This deer demon took her into the mountains, circled around to find an inconspicuous small peak, landed on the mountain, and let out a light "huh."

He saw the cave entrance wide open, dark and gloomy. He looked up, scanned with his spiritual sense, and said somewhat awkwardly:

"Immortal! This tiger demon is still cautious. He has mostly moved his cave dwelling and is no longer here!"

"Hmm?"

Li Qinghong let out a light hum. Lu Ken rolled up his sleeves and said:

"But there is no need to worry, just watch me."

So he landed, tilted his head to listen, talked to the surrounding trees for a while, took a step forward for ten miles, and saw a mountain persimmon tree hidden in the tangled vines, covered with yellow fruits.

Lu Ken pinched a formula, and these fruits jumped down one by one, buzzing and telling their story. Lu Ken showed a smile and turned back:

"Immortal, the tiger demon has gone north."

"Good!"

Li Qinghong praised and took a look. The yellow mountain persimmon branches and leaves shook and rustled. Lu Ken listened for a breath and laughed:

"She said she still has thirty-seven years to gain Qi and become a spirit, and she begs the Immortal to spare her life and not dig up the soil and waste her hundred years of hard work..."

Li Qinghong initially had the idea of moving this spiritual mountain persimmon back, but hearing this, she paused and said somewhat strangely:

"It actually has such high spirituality! Fellow Daoist can hear the words of vegetation, are there many such spiritual woods?"

"There are indeed not many..."

Lu Ken sighed regretfully and said softly:

"Unfortunately... what is the use? She still needs thirty-seven years to gain Qi and become a spirit, turning into a Qi Refining spiritual root. After that, there are still several hundred years of life to become a Foundation Establishment spiritual root... The life of being slaughtered is too long. Even with spirituality, it's just one more pain."

Li Qinghong looked at it twice. The Li family really didn't look up to Fetal Breath spiritual roots much now, but Qi Refining level was very different, so she said softly:

"Then we will come again in thirty-seven years."

She immediately held an array disk in her hand, placed it in front of the tree, raised a small Fetal Breath illusion array to cover it, flipped her slender hand, and inserted three spirit stones, which were enough to support it for many years.

Lu Ken stroked his beard and watched from the side. Li Qinghong laughed:

"The situation is difficult, I fear I can't wait for thirty-seven years. By then, the juniors of my Li family will naturally come."

"The Immortal has deep blessings and the Early Zifu is in sight. You are too modest."

Lu Ken shook his head. The two rode the wind all the way, listening and asking, and soon arrived in front of a small low mountain. Lu Ken looked and said softly:

"Not bad, it should be here."

Li Qinghong said directly:

"How does fellow Daoist intend to deal with him?"

Lu Ken said:

"I only fear he will run away, and it will be very difficult to catch up. Although the wind-riding speed of your Immortal Foundation is not slow, this tiger demon's 'Hurricane Wu Gui Yin' will not be slow either."

"Why don't I go up to fight first, and wait until this demon's strength is mostly gone, then the Immortal will strike... caught off guard, and with the lightning method being very strong, I fear it will be a success."

Li Qinghong listened and it was still not safe. She sighed secretly in her heart:

'If I had an array treasure like Kong Tingyun's 【Emerald Origin】 in my hand, I don't know how much more convenient it would be!'

At this moment, Lu Ken had already ridden the wind over, holding an axe in his hand, with green light flowing, turning into the size of a house in the blink of an eye, smashing heavily toward that low mountain, shaking the mountain with a rumbling sound, rubble rolling down, smoke and dust rising everywhere.

'Sure enough, these demonic creatures have no inheritance, only relying on their own strength and magic tools, which is truly very simple... The spell technique shown in this hand also looks like it was researched by himself, which can be considered not bad.'

The big axe in Lu Ken's hand was also refined by himself. It is estimated that he read a few books on low-grade refining techniques, pondered year after year, and I don't know how many years he spent pregnant and polishing it to its current level, but it still couldn't compare to the 【Duoruo Spear】 in her hand.

"Awoo...!"

A tiger roar exploded in the air, and a sturdy man with a bare upper body rose from the mountain, black Qi surging, and said in a deep voice:

"That demon general! I have no grievances or enmity with you, why did you come to provoke me before my cave!"

Lu Ken was a good person in front of Li Qinghong, even timid, but now he showed his arrogant side, sneering:

"Hand over the precious medicine on your body! Save yourself from having to fight me! If you are not willing to hand it over, I will have to beat you to death and take it myself."

Lu Ken was at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and his momentum was very astonishing. This tiger demon looked at him with suspicion and frowned:

"I don't want to provoke you, and I'm too lazy to fight with you."

At this moment, he didn't even want to fight, his Immortal Foundation operated, and black wind rose on his body, lifting him up with black Qi, and he fled like an arrow.

The tiger demons Lu Ken encountered in the demon cave were all reckless, and he didn't expect this tiger demon to be so cautious. At this moment, he was stunned for a breath, then jumped and scolded:

"Cowardly tiger!"

This one swung the axe in his hand, bringing out air blades as big as carriages, hitting him in the face, but the tiger demon only cared about avoiding him and fled with his head buried.

"Darn! I knew it!"

Li Qinghong shook her head helplessly. The situation she was secretly worried about finally appeared.

Although Lu Ken was old, he had been nesting in the demon cave year after year, protected by others, focusing on cultivation, thinking this tiger demon was too impulsive, thinking that provoking him twice would lead to a life-and-death fight.

'How could he be a reckless person if he can live well in this mountain? Lu Ken was decisive and confident, which bluffed me.'

She hooked her slender fingers, and her fingers, like white jade, lit up with purple light, sketching and drawing symbols in the void in the air. Suddenly, thunder rumbled, black smoke rose, and slowly condensed into a lightning talisman:

【Purple Talisman Origin Light Secret Method】!

Li Qinghong condensed the spell, stepped on electricity with her feet, chased after him like the wind, and hit him with the lightning talisman in her hand. Purple light surged.

"Decree!"

The tiger demon was swaying and riding the wind to open the distance in Lu Ken's attack. He only wanted to escape, and Lu Ken really couldn't do anything about him. He didn't expect that a pretty female cultivator would fly in front of him, pinching lightning in her hand, purple light surging, looking very strong.

"Immortal... ah..."

Black Qi surged in the tiger demon's hand, and he shouted in confusion twice, not daring to take the move head-on. While opening the distance, he used black Qi to push, but lightning appeared, his hand was burning, his face was hot and bloody, and he almost revealed his original form.

'Damn! This deer demon specifically found a lightning cultivator to target me!'

He cultivated 'Hurricane Wu Gui Yin', and what he feared most was Mingyang, thunder, and other things. At this moment, he was already greatly afraid, and seeing the long spear in Li Qinghong's hand was as white as jade, looking like it wasn't a mortal object, he lost three parts of his courage.

"Holding a Foundation Establishment magic tool and pinching a top-grade spell, she must be from the Three Sects!"

At this moment, black tiger fur appeared on his face, his body grew rapidly, and he cried out miserably:

"I am willing to hand over the treasure!"

Lu Ken frowned, the power of the big axe in his hand did not diminish, and Li Qinghong's lightning spear turned into a shadow, circling his retreat, and said softly:

"Hand over the precious medicine quickly, I will not make things difficult for you!"

This tiger demon reacted very quickly. One hand flipped out a jade box, and the other hand held black Qi, resisting Lu Ken's big axe, and retreated a few steps.

Li Qinghong held the jade box with the Duoruo spear and took it in the air. A scan of her spiritual sense made it clear that it was indeed the 【Blood Sun Fruit】. She flipped her hand and put it away, and the tiger demon had already ridden the wind to open a distance of one mile.

Li Qinghong chased after him with purple light. Black Qi flowed in the tiger demon's palms, and he had already turned into his original form.

This black tiger was as big as a small hill, surrounded by strong winds, black Qi circling, tiger eyes blood-red, entangled with black yin Qi, blood basin mouth roaring, sound waves echoing, shaking Lu Ken and Li Qinghong until they paused:

"Since it is the Immortal who wants it, I can't afford to offend you. Take the precious medicine if you want."

He put on a look of fighting to the death and said fiercely:

"If you push me further, I will not let you off easily!"

Although this tiger demon's cultivation base was higher than Li Qinghong's, he had seen the strength of the Three Sects' disciples, feared Li Qinghong, appeared anxious, gritted his teeth, and bluffed Lu Ken.

'What a tiger demon.'

Li Qinghong scanned him and found that Lu Ken had a look of fear on the side. He was shouting and killing before, but now he was the first to be afraid. She laughed in her heart:

'Demonic cultivators are indeed mostly characters who bully the soft and fear the hard... When the tiger demon was low-key, he became more arrogant, and when people started to be ruthless, he was immediately afraid...'

Li Qinghong raised her eyebrows and said calmly:

"Fellow Daoist, don't be nervous, I just want to ask where you got this spiritual fruit."

The black tiger's bristling fur relaxed, and he was much more polite, whispering:

"I don't know which Immortal of the Upper Sect this is."

Li Qinghong laughed and said ambiguously:

"I come from the north."

The tiger demon suddenly realized, and his heart relaxed. He secretly thought:

'So it is the Mountain Master of Xiuyue, no wonder he spared my life... If it were the Demon Sect, they wouldn't talk nonsense with me...'

At this moment, he said respectfully:

"Reporting to the Mountain Master, I come from the Southern Border, and this object was obtained from the Tiaowu Kingdom of the Southern Border..."

So he turned into a human form and told the story of his experience in detail. It was just an ordinary treasure-hunting story with nothing new. Li Qinghong frowned and said:

"You are familiar with the Southern Border. Pay attention to the news of this treasure in the future. Perhaps I will come again in a few years. If you can get this thing, there will be no lack of benefits for you."

The tiger demon was suddenly overjoyed. Li Qinghong didn't want to make enemies, and where would he want to make enemies? This precious medicine was just a supplement to him, saving him ten years of cultivation effort. He was alone and helpless in the Yue country, and it was rare for an Upper Sect disciple to be interested in making friends, so he just whispered:

"Understood, understood, this thing is a meeting gift."

Li Qinghong glanced at him and felt that this tiger demon was more like a human than a demon. She said softly:

"Fellow Daoist is quite thoughtful."

The tiger demon hung his head and didn't answer. Li Qinghong just gave instructions at will. At this moment, having obtained the treasure, she waved her hand happily and said softly:

"Let's go!"

Lu Ken nodded and followed. The two rode the wind out. Li Qinghong obtained the treasure without much effort, and her mood was good. Lu Ken stroked his beard, feeling somewhat strange in his heart:

'This is the method of an established family... The twists and turns of humans are too mysterious... Is there really the ability to turn enemies into friends?'

Although he was old, he had been nesting in the cave for cultivation for a long time. First, it was ten years of seclusion, and second, demonic creatures were used to being direct. His mind was not that mature.

Now he had been a demon general out of the cave for only ten years, and the time he spent dealing with people was even less. Combined with the naive mistakes he made earlier, he regretted it in his heart:

'No wonder... no wonder this tiger demon could cultivate in Quanyu Mountain for so long... and always be able to escape disaster. It must be relying on these things... There is a lot to learn from these two guys!'

At this moment, he was much more enthusiastic. Li Qinghong didn't know why this deer demon was like this, but she still chatted with him, took out the 【Blood Sun Fruit】 to confirm it several times, and made sure it was in good condition and not mistaken, only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.

(End of chapter)