I'm in the Demonic Sect, but my cultivation techniques are being used for palace intrigue!

"Um?"

Zhu Jingguang, who had just stepped out of the stone chamber to ask someone about Zhao Shigang's residence, suddenly stopped in his tracks—because he was quite surprised to find that, without him noticing, there were two Demon Sect disciples outside his stone chamber, their eyes closed, meditating on the spot!

The two people who were meditating outside Zhu Jingguang's stone room both had flushed faces and were breathing rapidly. Clearly, they were at a critical moment in their cultivation.

Moreover, Zhu Jingguang noticed that there were still some residual traces that had not been cleaned up beside the two of them—clearly, there were far more than just the two of them who had been practicing meditation outside his stone chamber!

However, after the others had exhausted the spirit stones they used to set up the spirit gathering array, they left, leaving only these two people who were at a critical stage behind!

As for why these people insisted on practicing their skills outside their own stone chambers, Zhu Jingguang understood the reason after a moment's thought!

Previously, Zhu Jingguang had set up four spirit-gathering arrays in the stone chamber. Although they were simple arrays temporarily set up for the purpose of breaking through, and the spiritual energy in the spirit stones had been almost entirely absorbed by Zhu Jingguang himself, the concentration of spiritual energy around his stone chamber still far exceeded that of other nearby areas when the spirit-gathering arrays gathered the surrounding spiritual energy.

For cultivators like them, spiritual energy is fundamental. Even a tiny bit of it can make cultivation twice as effective!

And it was precisely because of this that these demonic disciples, who were keenly aware of the changes in spiritual energy, came to Zhu Jingguang's stone room to cultivate, just like sharks that had smelled blood.

For these people, even if they only get a little bit, the slight spiritual energy that the Spirit Gathering Array releases in the vicinity during the process of absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy is still a profit!

Looking at the two demonic sect disciples who were still breaking through their limits, and the traces left around them, Zhu Jingguang couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion. Ordinary demonic sect disciples even had to come and try to get a little bit of spiritual energy. This showed how scarce the demonic sect's resources were and how cruel the competition was... or rather, just how strict the demonic sect's upper echelons were in controlling resources!

However, despite his feelings of regret, Zhu Jingguang did not feel any anger or resentment at the fact that there were other people outside his stone chamber. On the contrary, he was filled with joy.

Just moments ago, he was pondering where he should go to ask someone for Zhao Shigang's address... and now, the person has delivered himself right to his doorstep.

At the same time, one of the two who were breaking through broke through the barrier between the first and second levels of Qi Refining and became a cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining!

As for the other person, he was also trying to break through to the second level of Qi Refining at this time, but unfortunately, he did not have the luck of the previous person - he failed to break through to the second level of Qi Refining!

Then, the two demonic disciples who had finished their practice opened their eyes and saw Zhu Jingguang standing in front of them.

Upon seeing Zhu Jingguang, who had somehow appeared before them, the two disciples immediately became wary. They stood up instantly, placing their hands on the ordinary weapons at their waists and staring intently at Zhu Jingguang.

"Who are you? Why are you standing before us?"

"Let me tell you, this is the secluded cultivation place of a great cultivator. Don't act recklessly here. If you anger the one inside, none of us will escape unscathed!"

The person who had failed to break through earlier warned Zhu Jingguang with a somewhat blustering but inwardly cowardly tone.

"boom--"

Faced with this person's warning, Zhu Jingguang didn't waste any words and directly released the powerful spiritual pressure belonging to a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator.

In an instant, a terrifying pressure, almost tangible, pressed down on the two people in front of them.

Suddenly, the person who had just spoken felt as if the air around him had frozen!

The confident expression that had been on this person's face vanished instantly, replaced by boundless fear.

"Thump!"

Without hesitation, the man's knees buckled and he knelt down in front of Zhu Jingguang.

At the same time, the cultivator who had been protecting the first-level Qi Refining cultivator in front of him, who had just broken through to the second level Qi Refining, was also pale-faced and trembling, but he barely managed to stay upright under the pressure of his sixth-level Qi Refining power!

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Just as Zhu Jingguang was somewhat surprised by this person's performance, suddenly, at that very moment...

"A mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator?"

The Qi Refining Level 1 cultivator kneeling on the ground raised his head with a trembling voice and looked at Zhu Jingguang. His eyes... seemed to be looking at a celestial being!

A mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator?

Upon hearing this title from the cultivator, Zhu Jingguang's lips twitched slightly—mid-stage Qi Refining… how did he become a Grand Cultivator?

Zhu Jingguang knew his own situation. Although he had reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, which allowed him to make the person in front of him kneel on the ground and not dare to move just by relying on his aura, what did his cultivation level amount to in the eyes of a true master?

Leaving aside the one who contacted him using an outer disciple's token and directly assigned him a task, let's talk about the Great Sun Sword, who, like Zhu Jingguang, was a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator. Without using any formations, Zhu Jingguang was confident that he was no match for the other party!

However, considering the cultivation level and status of the person in front of him, it is understandable that he thinks that "a cultivator in the mid-stage of Qi Refining is a great cultivator".

After all, Zhu Jingguang had only recently entered the Qi Refining stage, so most of the disciples living near his stone chamber were ordinary menial disciples who had just entered the Qi Refining stage and had low cultivation levels!

For them, reaching the first or second level of Qi Refining, or even failing to refine Qi at all, was the norm. Refining Qi to the third level... was something they dared not even dream of!

Therefore, in their senses, the existence that could make them unable to stand up or even feel despair simply by relying on spiritual pressure was undoubtedly a great cultivator—even if this person's cultivation level was the same as theirs at the "Qi Refining" stage!

Zhu Jingguang looked at the disciple in front of him who was trembling with fear, and immediately reduced his spiritual pressure.

To be honest, Zhu Jingguang was a little worried that he would crush the person in front of him who was being asked for directions.

However, while suppressing his own spiritual pressure, Zhu Jingguang inevitably cast a slightly probing glance at the cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining behind this person, who stood upright in place...