Lu Xiaotian heard that and felt a vein twitch in his forehead. No wonder neither humans nor demons liked this Crow Demon. If Lu Xiaotian hadn't had such good self-control, Pig Seven, the wild boar demon, would already have slapped him.
"In short, this all began with centuries of accumulated grudges between two factions." The Crow Demon sighed, acting as if he were deeply immersed in the story.
"Give me back my spirit crystals. I'm done listening," Lu Xiaotian said darkly.
"Now, you've already listened to so much. How can I give the spirit crystals back?" The Crow Demon hurriedly waved his hands and backed away a few steps. "Fellow Daoist, have a little patience. In short, it's a long story. I'm only trying to explain it clearly to you."
"Then make it short. Start with what happened today. How did they end up fighting?" Lu Xiaotian cut straight across the Crow Demon's endless rambling.
"Well, actually, it's an old feud between Frostsand Castle and the Fire Kui Palace. I heard the Palace Master of the Fire Kui Palace perished near Sunken Ant Ridge, and his wife came looking for him in person. The Palace Master and two elders of the Fire Kui Palace got trapped in the ant swarm. No one knows why, but people from Frostsand Castle showed up there too. Lady Lü of the Fire Kui Palace was originally doomed, but who could have guessed that the young lord of Frostsand Castle would be blinded by lust? He ran into that white-clad female sword cultivator, said something offensive, and was cut down by her in one stroke. Naturally, the people from Frostsand Castle couldn't swallow that insult, and the two sides started fighting right then and there. No one knows where this group of white-clad female sword