Li Ze didn't expect that the sect leader of the Floating Sect was so curious. After asking about Mo Xingjue and his cultivation level, he turned his attention to the snow wolf.
Li Ze didn't know how to explain the snow wolf's question, so he simply kept quiet and let Mo Xingjue handle it. It wasn't until they arrived at the meeting point that Jiang Qingtang stopped talking to Mo Xingjue and went to greet Zhuang Mao, Shen Yutao, and other old acquaintances.
"Young friend Li Ze, we meet again." As soon as Xue Qingge saw Li Ze, she immediately came forward, her beautiful phoenix eyes staring directly into Li Ze's eyes, as if trying to see something out of him.
"Sect Leader Xue." Li Ze also looked at the people of the Crimson Pill Sect, counted them, and found that three were missing. Besides Old Sun, there were two others who must have died in the battle with the demons that day.
The remaining people all looked at Li Ze, their expressions complex and difficult to discern.
"Was it young friend Li Ze who lured Ji Lin here that day?" Xue Qingge asked with certainty. As if afraid that Li Ze would deny it, he added, "We all saw the murderous aura that soared into the sky that day."
Having witnessed Li Ze absorbing malevolent energy, they guessed what was going on when that dense malevolent energy suddenly appeared, followed shortly by Ji Lin, whose malevolent energy shared the same origin as the suddenly appearing malevolent energy.
This is because Li Ze stole Ji Lin's evil aura, which attracted Ji Lin here.
Li Ze pursed his lips and did not refute.
Upon seeing this, Xue Qingge sighed and led the Crimson Pill Sect members in bowing deeply to Li Ze. "Young friend Li Ze, you have saved our lives once again. If you ever need my help, I, Xue Qingge, will do anything for you, even at the cost of my life."
"It was nothing, Sect Leader Xue and all the seniors don't need to take it to heart," Li Ze said calmly. His composed demeanor wasn't just politeness; he genuinely believed it.
Xue Qingge shook her head. Li Ze had saved more than just their lives; he had saved the entire Crimson Pill Sect for the next few hundred, even several thousand years. If it weren't for Li Ze, none of them would have survived that day. Without them, the Crimson Pill Sect would only have one Nascent Soul stage ancestor left. Although the ancestor was strong, he was weak and alone, and would certainly not be able to withstand the tigers, leopards, wolves, and jackals outside. At that time, the Crimson Pill Sect would probably face the calamity of being wiped out as it fled south.
So regardless of whether Li Ze took this life-saving grace to heart, they were determined that if Li Ze were in trouble in the future, even if he was a demon, they would lend a helping hand.
Li Ze didn't care much about this favor, but the others watching were green with envy. This was the Crimson Pill Sect, a sect that all cultivators, except for the Zhuoguang Sect, treated as honored guests!
They almost shouted, "You don't need this favor, why don't you just give it to us?" They had been dreaming of having it.
So when Li Ze didn't take Xue Qingge's words to heart, they couldn't help but wonder to themselves, "Is this guy an idiot?"
Whether Li Ze was a fool or not, only the people from Fengyang Sect truly knew. They knew that Li Ze could refine seventh-grade pills on his own, and eighth-grade pills were just around the corner. Therefore, they understood that the kindness shown to him by Chidan Sect wasn't that valuable.
Li Ze stayed in Fengyang Sect's group, not participating in the discussion, keeping a low profile like an invisible man. However, with Mo Xingjue to his right and Xue Lang to his left, he was destined not to be invisible. Almost every group that arrived first noticed these two people and the wolf, and their gazes lingered on Li Ze the longest.
Mo Xingjue is very famous, they've seen him; the Snow Wolf King is special, but he's just a demon beast, they can just look at him and move on; only Li Ze has exquisite features, is so beautiful that it's hard to tell if he's male or female, and has an otherworldly aura that makes it impossible to look away, not to mention he's a demon!
It's really quite novel. When did demons become able to openly infiltrate the ranks of cultivators?
Li Ze ignored the scrutinizing gazes. He sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes lightly closed, seemingly entering a meditative state. In a place unseen by the naked eye, all the malevolent energy within a radius of several miles surged into Li Ze's body, especially the bloodthirsty energy from these cultivators, which Li Ze completely absorbed, leaving not a trace.
Those who originally intended to cause trouble for Li Ze saw that their blood essence had been absorbed by him, and their bodies and minds felt much better. For a moment, they couldn't help but feel a little resentful, and swallowed back the words that were on the tip of their tongues.
Having just received a favor, they now come looking for trouble. These ancient beings who have lived for thousands of years could never do such an ungrateful thing.
Forget it, we'll deal with him when he does something that offends the cultivation world.
Half a month passed, and after three consecutive days without any cultivators reporting for duty, everyone roughly had their own conclusion: all the cultivators in this battlefield of gods and demons were probably here.
There are at least several thousand, if not tens of thousands, cultivators who have entered the battlefield of gods and demons. Moreover, the cultivation levels of these cultivators are almost all above the Golden Core stage, with Golden Core cultivators making up only a very small portion.
But now, there are fewer than a thousand people present, no Golden Core cultivators in sight, and not many even in the Nascent Soul stage.
This is enough to show how heavy the casualties among the cultivators have been in recent years.
"Are these people enough to break the formation?" Zhuang Mao asked worriedly.
The sect leaders and ancestors gathered together and discussed for two days. On the third day, dozens of formation masters joined forces to activate the formation.
Li Ze only felt wave after wave of energy fluctuations. A moment later, a domineering giant energy shield soared into the sky in the distance, shimmering in the sunlight, with a breathtaking beauty.
Only then did Li Ze realize that the battlefield of gods and demons was actually not that large. It was the formation that had turned it into tiny, isolated spaces, giving him the illusion that the battlefield was boundless. At this moment, the formation was activated and manifested, with barrier after barrier rising up. Li Ze and the others were pushed backward by an invisible, powerful force, all the way to the center of the formation, where the overwhelming energy finally dissipated.
"Demons!"
Someone exclaimed in surprise.
"It's behind," Mo Xingjue reminded Li Ze.
Li Ze turned around and, sure enough, saw Ji Chuan and Ji Shuo leading the demons, looking at them from a distance of several thousand meters.
To be more precise, Ji Chuan and Ji Shuo were looking at him, their eyes filled with murderous intent.
Li Ze sighed silently. It seemed that staying safely in the demon race's ranks would no longer be an option.
Mo Xingjue stood in front of Li Ze, blocking his view. His deep, cold eyes met Ji Shuo and Ji Chuan's gaze without flinching.
"Is that the pretty boy human cultivator he's taken a fancy to?" Ji Shuo frowned. "To betray their demon race for such a pretty boy?"
"This pretty boy is no ordinary man. Not only is he incredibly handsome, but he's also at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm," Ji Chuan said quietly. "What I'm more curious about is why those cultivators didn't kill him, after all, he's a demon."
"Perhaps, because he's exceptionally skilled at alchemy?" Ji Shuo said. Even though he saw Li Ze in the cultivator group, his current thought was to capture him and beat him up, not kill him. The only reason he wouldn't kill him was that Li Ze could refine pills, and he wouldn't easily kill a seventh-level alchemist.
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