Jade Capital City, as the imperial capital of the Great Yu Kingdom, remained as prosperous as a tapestry of brocade.
Cultivators could be seen endlessly coming and going through the Teleportation Arrays. Luxurious buildings stood row upon row within the city, while jade palaces and towers hung high in the sky, exuding an aura of utmost extravagance.
Li Qing, who had just teleported over from Nanfeng County City, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief at the city's magnificent, ever-changing spectacle.
"At last, I'm back. Next, I'll return to the Grand Academy and ask Dean Chen about the transaction."
"The reason the Young Sect Master of the Joyful Union Demonic Sect pursued me so relentlessly was likely because he recognized the extraordinary nature of these Heaven-Stealing Dao Patterns."
On his way back, Li Qing carefully considered the matter and more or less guessed why the Young Sect Master of the Joyful Union Demonic Sect had pressed him so aggressively.
The Valley of Hundred Flowers had been deeply affected by demonic qi and could no longer produce spirit flowers. Only bewitching demonic flowers like the Heavenly Desire Flower could grow freely within that Demonic Land, even faster than they did in ordinary regions.
To the Joyful Union Demonic Sect, it had instead become a place akin to a sacred land.
Over the years, who knew how many disciples of the Joyful Union Demonic Sect had used this place to cultivate demonic flowers and strengthen themselves?
Therefore, when the Young Sect Master of the Joyful Union Demonic Sect saw that the secret art Li Qing used could directly steal the immense power of the terrain without harming the foundation of the Valley of Hundred Flowers, he naturally connected it to a method of easily eradicating demonic qi.
But unfortunately for