"A hundred years ago, they came across a top-tier prodigy from my lineage who happened to be passing through and drained his origin essence. When the truth came out, the two sides fought until rivers of blood flowed."
"In the end, our Alliance Leader, Ling Tianchen, had to step in and broker peace. Only after they paid a massive sum in compensation was the matter finally put to rest."
Lu Qingshan snorted and continued.
"They never reined themselves in afterward, either. They spend their days secretly hunting down chosen ones with special physiques, dragging them back and draining their origin essence like livestock so their sect disciples can cultivate acquired physiques!"
Bai Jin'er sucked in a cold breath and spat, "How is that any different from the demons the Emperor Pavilion wants to arrest?!"
Lu Qingshan nodded in wholehearted agreement, a rare flash of anger crossing his face.
"At its core, there's no difference at all."
"Demon cultivators merely bear that label and absorb demonic qi in their cultivation. But honestly, over these past few thousand years, I've never heard of a demon cultivator doing anything so monstrous that it enraged heaven and man alike."
"What I have heard is how the Emperor Pavilion hunts them down and how they die at its hands. I've heard so much of that, my ears are practically growing calluses."
At this point, Bai Yutang suddenly cut in:
"Elder Lu, we're selling demonic artifacts right now. You're not deliberately whitewashing demon cultivators just to ease your conscience, are you?"
"Bullshit!" Lu Qingshan glared.
"Boy, have you never set foot in the Azure Cloud Sect's library?"
Halfway through speaking, he looked Bai Yutang up and down, then suddenly wore an expression of realization.
"Oh, now I understand."
"With your status, you aren't even qualified to