Most demon cultivators in the Demon Domain were like this—most of them bullied the weak and feared the strong.
Throw one punch to clear the way, and spare yourself a hundred punches to come.
As long as you displayed sufficient strength, proved that you were not someone to be trifled with, and made others understand that provoking you would not only bring them none of the benefits they wanted but might also leave their hands dripping with blood—
Then the whole business would be played by different rules.
Otherwise, demon cultivators were greedy. Unless they picked you clean to the bone and swallowed you until not even dregs remained, they would never willingly let the matter rest.
Because the Vengeful Spirits in the Apocalyptic World were nearly inexhaustible, Zheng Yi had slaughtered a considerable number of Vengeful Spirits over this period.
To avoid attracting outsiders' attention, he required the Qi Family caravan to trade only at specified times, and the goods had to be handled in batches and in small amounts.
Even so, Zheng Yi had amassed no small fortune.
With Spirit Stones, naturally came spending!
Zheng Yi earned money quickly, but he spent it even more extravagantly.
He directly purchased a set of formation materials and set up a simple Spirit Gathering Array, placing Spirit Stones at several designated nodes.
Once the formation was activated, it gathered the scant remaining spiritual energy within the earth veins. As the Spirit Gathering Array operated, the Spirit Stones placed at the designated nodes would also shatter under the formation's power, releasing spiritual energy to replenish the array.
The originally thin spiritual energy became far denser, at least surpassing the spiritual energy concentration of a First Grade Spirit Vein. It was exceptionally suitable for Zheng Yi, at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, to