Demonic qi.
Li Ye could feel his karmic fortune and blessings still draining away without end, but his mana—or rather, his demonic qi—was surging at an exaggerated speed.
It seemed the shattered Glazed Bead had merely been a trigger. Once it had completely exploded, it had awakened the demonic qi hidden within.
The monk no longer had the energy to pay attention to Li Ye.
The demonic qi hungrily devoured the Heavenly Human Fortune Rice that had been nurtured through untold hardship and suffering.
Swath after swath of rice collapsed.
This sight would likely make any Four Seasons Sect cultivator's heart ache. Treasures of this caliber required the right time, place, and fortune to grow.
The monk wore a pained expression.
"Young friend!"
"Stop at once!"
"You cannot destroy any more! You truly cannot destroy any more!"
Clearly.
He still thought Li Ye was controlling the demonic qi.
Thus, while using his Spirit Transformation-level spiritual power to restrain the demonic qi, he also tried to send Li Ye away as quickly as possible.
At first glance.
It looked as though Li Ye were the villain.
While this kind-faced monk was merely an old farmer who had worked himself to the bone protecting his land.
Yet Li Ye could do nothing about it either.
The monk had clearly stopped chanting that sinister scripture and was even driving him away, yet Li Ye felt no rejection at all. Even his karmic fortune and blessings continued to pour out endlessly.
He even suspected that the Heavenly Dao was settling a personal grudge, determined to make the Four Seasons Sect bleed heavily.
The suspicion had come from nowhere and had no evidence to support it, but he simply felt that the Heavenly Dao had to be "avenging" the grudge of him turning so many