Chapter 345

Chapter 345: Mutually Exclusive Yet Intertwined

As Li Xiaojun’s hand came down, a family was destroyed.

However, there would still be a few that escaped.

But it didn’t matter; those stragglers couldn’t stir up any waves.

This greedy family, I believe, will have many enemies, and those enemies will take care of the escaped stragglers for Li Xiaojun.

After annihilating the opposing family with a single strike, Li Xiaojun cast several spells with a wave of his hand and then restarted the immortal formation.

After completing all of this, Li Xiaojun turned to Li Ping. “Alright, I’ve solved your problem. I’m leaving.”

With that, Li Xiaojun departed.

After he left, however, Li Ping did not leave immediately because she saw someone flying towards her.

“Li Ping greets Senior Xue,” Li Ping bowed to the newcomer.

“Friend, I didn’t know you were here…” Xue Yue also returned the greeting with a cupped fist.

“Senior Xue, I just arrived in Jiangbei City and accidentally revealed some wealth. The Zheng family saw I was weak and thought they could bully me, so they sent people to kill me and seize my treasures. Fortunately, my dad is a powerhouse in the Golden Immortal Realm; otherwise, I would already be dead…”

Upon hearing Li Ping’s words, Xue Yue nodded, “I see. The Zheng family has a poor reputation in Jiangbei City; they deserve this tribulation.”

…

With Li Xiaojun’s help, Li Ping destroyed the Zheng family.

Soon, the entire Jiangbei City understood one thing: the family to which Li Ping belonged should not be provoked.

Although this family was located outside the city, their level of untouchability was even higher than that of the City Lord’s Xue family.

The Yuan family was Li Ping’s marital family.

At this moment, in the Yuan family, Yuan Shengxiong eagerly awaited his wife Li Ping’s return.

Before long, Li Ping returned home.

“Wife, you’re back! Where’s Dad?” Yuan Shengxiong asked eagerly.

“Dad has gone back,” Li Ping replied lightly.

“Gone back? Oh no, it’s so hard for him to come around; why did he leave? I haven’t even shown him my respect as a son-in-law.”

Hearing this, Li Ping shot her husband an annoyed look and said, “Put away your little schemes. My dad is a busy person handling many affairs; if I hadn’t faced a life and death crisis, he definitely wouldn’t have come.”

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shengxiong clicked his tongue and said nothing more.

His wife’s attitude was clear.

Moreover, they had married, yet her father had not even shown up; this indicated that they were insignificant in the eyes of the Golden Immortal.

If it weren’t for his daughter being in danger, he might not have come at all.

Time flowed like water.

Since Li Xiaojun helped Li Ping settle the situation, for the next few decades, he was everywhere, helping his children settle their issues.

It was simply that Li Xiaojun’s children were too weak, yet they had many resources.

In such a case, it was inevitable that others would covet their wealth.

Fortunately, those who coveted Li Xiaojun’s children were all cultivators below the Profound Immortal Realm, making it very easy for Li Xiaojun to handle them.

…

“Lord, I have a way to lure Li Xiaojun out.”

Outside Nuwa City, a demon spy said to another late Golden Immortal demon.

“What method?”

“Lord, during this time, we have not only kept an eye on Li Xiaojun but also on some of Li Xiaojun’s children. We found that when Li Xiaojun’s children are in danger, he will go to rescue them.”

“So, we can set a trap for Li Xiaojun…”

“If that’s the case, this method is feasible.”

“Then arrange it. As long as we can draw Li Xiaojun out, I can kill him.”

“Once we lure Li Xiaojun out, we will eliminate all the siblings of that talented member of the Human Race, Li Bai. This will surely create a huge burden on his heart…”

“Yes, I will arrange it immediately…”

…

While the demons plotted against Li Xiaojun, he had already arrived in the demon tribe’s territory.

Last time, Li Xiaojun obtained a crystal from a demon spy that could convert magic essence into immortal essence.

Later, he discovered that this crystal could not only convert magic essence into immortal essence but also convert immortal essence back into magic essence.

With this crystal, Li Xiaojun realized that his supply of high-quality immortal essence stones was insufficient for the system’s needs.

Therefore, he decided to find some high-quality immortal essence stone veins in the demon territory to mine.

Demon Star Sea.

This was the name given to the area where Li Xiaojun was currently located.

According to the information Li Xiaojun had gathered, there was a high-quality immortal essence stone vein in the Demon Star Sea.

Of course, there were also superior-grade immortal essence stone veins in the demon territory, but he dared not approach them.

This was because the superior-grade immortal essence stone veins were guarded by Taiyi Golden Immortals and even Da Luo Golden Immortals from the demon tribe.

If he were discovered by the demons and attacked, even with the system, it would not guarantee his escape.

He could not even hope to compare to the power of Taiyi Golden Immortals, let alone Da Luo Golden Immortals.

Only the high-quality immortal essence stone veins, which were also guarded by Golden Immortals, felt like a relatively safe goal for Li Xiaojun.

Even if he was discovered while mining the veins, he would be able to retreat calmly.

Upon arriving in the demon territory, Li Xiaojun found that the appearance of the demons was actually not much different from that of the Myriad Tribes.

In fact, some demons still looked like those with congenital Dao bodies, resembling humans.

The only difference between demons and the Myriad Tribes was that demons cultivated magic essence while the Myriad Tribes cultivated immortal essence; even those considered monsters by humans did not have magic essence.

The paths of cultivation for both sides were entirely different, which might be why they were mutually exclusive.

Additionally, magic essence and immortal essence can devour each other, meaning demons and the Myriad Tribes could also devour each other to grow stronger, making peaceful coexistence even more impossible.

The demon tribe devouring cultivators was no different from consuming immortal pills, significantly enhancing their cultivation speed.

The Myriad Tribes could devour demons in the same way.

Many cultivators might not be able to afford immortal pills, but they could greatly boost their cultivation speed by killing a demon.

Countless wars erupted between the demon tribe and the Immortal Tribes over billions of years. The presence of so many Golden Immortal powerhouses on both sides may be partly due to this reason.

Golden Immortal powerhouses from the Kunlun Realm, whether from the demon tribe or the Myriad Tribes, participated in the wars.

Of course, there were unspoken rules between the Myriad Tribes and the demon tribe: once one reached the Golden Immortal level, they could no longer participate in the war between immortals and demons; otherwise, they would be targeted by powerful Taiyi Golden Immortals or even Da Luo Golden Immortals.

On the Immortal side, there were ten Da Luo Golden Immortals, and the demon tribe had six. Because the balance was relatively maintained, both immortals and demons could coexist for billions of years without one side overpowering the other.

One could say that the upper echelons of both sides viewed each other as training grounds for their races.

Otherwise, the Human Race would have hundreds of Golden Immortals, and if the Myriad Tribes and demon tribe were included, the number of Golden Immortals would probably be in the thousands.

Such a scenario would be unimaginable in the cultivation world.

For instance, in the entire Milky Way galaxy, besides Li Xiaojun, there was only one Golden Immortal.

In comparison, all the territories of the Kunlun Realm, though perhaps not as large as the entire Milky Way, housed over ten thousand Golden Immortals.

The occurrence of such a situation likely had to do with the long-term wars between the Immortal and demon tribes.

The demon tribe and the Immortal Tribes are mutually exclusive yet intertwining, which is the situation in the Kunlun Realm.