Xu Chunniang accepted the stone talisman token handed over by the Serpent-tailed Demoness and nodded in satisfaction. "This place is quite good."
It looked somewhat dilapidated, but the annual rent of five thousand demon crystals was far cheaper than the superior cave dwelling she had rented before.
"As long as you like it. I'll be leaving now. If anything comes up, use the talisman token to send me a voice transmission."
The Serpent-tailed Demoness felt she had made a profit by renting out such a place. Generally speaking, no one was willing to rent a half-abandoned cave dwelling where cultivation was impossible.
After watching the Serpent-tailed Demoness leave, Xu Chunniang refined the talisman token and opened the cave dwelling's gates. A sense of emptiness and desolation rushed toward her.
The cave dwelling had long fallen into disrepair. Most of the formations inside were already ruined, with only a few basic formations remaining. Activated by the talisman token, they barely continued to function, clearing away the dust within the cave dwelling.
Xu Chunniang swept her Demonic Thought across the few remaining formations. Seeing that the original Isolation Formation was still operating, she decided against making any further changes.
She found a clean spot to sit down, took out some demon crystals and crushed them, then tried reversing her cultivation technique to absorb demonic qi. Less than half an incense stick later, she stopped.
She finally understood why the others would rather share a rental than come here.
Even though she cultivated by directly using demon crystals, the surrounding demonic qi and black breath were still drawn into her body along with it, more or less.
Besides that, Immortal Qi was actually absorbed into her body together with the black breath and demonic qi!
For demonic cultivators, drawing Immortal Qi into the