"Da Li Mountain Demon Cave's Pig Second, has seen the great king of the Li Family."

The pig bowed naively but his eyes appraised the old monkey beside him, sensing that this monkey had cultivation techniques he had never seen before. Doubt arose in his heart, yet he called out respectfully.

"Is it the messenger of the pig demon from the mountain?"

Demons usually bully the weak and fear the strong, and this pig demon looked like one who had eaten many humans, his aura dark and heavy. Li Yuanjiao naturally did not have a pleasant expression, curtly called out, and stared at the pig demon.

"Indeed, indeed."

Although the pig demon was highly cultivated, he was deathly afraid of Li Yuanjiao, and without the knowledge to phrase his words more diplomatically, he quickly said:

"Your cave has monopolized the blood food of several hundred thousand beneath this mountain! My family hasn't had a share, and our great king has not had a decent meal in over a decade..."

It turns out that although Da Li Mountain Demon Cave always restrained the demons from leaving the mountain to eat humans, it only applied to the Demon Generals and those demons that had a name within the cave. Lesser demons and ordinary wild beasts were always unregulated.

This pig demon, though named within the cave and not allowed to leave the mountain to eat humans, was allowed to send lesser demons to capture a few humans occasionally. With the emperor far away and heaven high, Da Li Mountain Demon Cave would not govern so strictly.

After all, numerous demons come and go from Da Li Mountain, and which one does not casually eat a few humans when passing through the mortal realm? But now with the rise of the Li Family, the blood food for this pig demon became increasingly scarce, naturally causing discontent.

Li Yuanjiao saw that the pig demon was weak and timid, shrinking back in fear, and glared fiercely at him. The pig demon was frightened and began to blurt out like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube:

"Your cave is indeed the ruler of this place, monopolizing all the blood food beneath the mountain. Not allowing my family's disciples to get any is understandable, but your cave has repeatedly slaughtered our great king's soldiers, which is somewhat unreasonable!"

Having said this, Li Yuanjiao and Li Yuanping exchanged a glance, and immediately understood:

"It turns out that it was Loose Cultivators who entered the mountain to slay demons, indiscriminately killing and accidentally harming this pig demon's subordinates..."

The young pig demon still knelt on the ground, submissively saying:

"My great king... hopes to receive some blood food as compensation, just needing a hundred strong men."

After hearing this, Li Yuanjiao frowned and said:

"Loose Cultivators have always been entering the mountain, these cultivators come for profit, slay the demons and run. How can their actions be blamed on my family? Your great king is merely looking for an excuse to extort my family!"

With that, he let out a cold laugh. With a clanging sound, he drew his sword and rose, the scales on the Jiao Carved Pillar in his hand shimmered, and he cursed:

"They really think my family is easy to bully!"

Before his words fell, a pale moonlight-colored Moon Que Sword Arc already shone in his hand, chopping down fiercely. The pig demon, at the peak of Qi Cultivation, reacted swiftly, his large head ducking and conjuring a dense black fog to envelop himself. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

"Clang!"

The Li Family's sword technique was most ferocious in its momentum, the pale white Sword Qi forcibly broke through the black fog, sliced through it like a beam of light, and cut a chunk of flesh from the greasy cheek of the pig demon.

"Ah!"

Pig Second screamed in pain, retreating several steps while clutching his face, and hastily said:

"Misunderstanding! A misunderstanding, great king!"

Li Yuanjiao indeed wanted to keep him here to sacrifice to the Dharma Mirror, but since the pig demon had backing, he did not strike again. Picking up a small cloth from the desk casually, he wiped the Jiao Carved Pillar and said sternly:

"Tell your great king, if he dares, send someone again to test our waters. Just don't use his pig head to test the sharpness of my family ancestor's treasured sword!"

"Yes, yes, yes."

The pig bowed ceaselessly, and Li Yuanjiao said in a heavy voice:

"Send the guest away!"

Li Yuanping quickly dragged the pig demon away, soothingly adding:

"Escort Brother Pig down."

After Shamo Li took people away, the old monkey also excused himself and left. Only then did Li Yuanjiao sheathe his sword and said softly:

"This pig demon has become suspicious, coming to test our family. We cannot show any hesitation now."

"Demons have always bullied the weak and feared the strong."

Li Yuanping agreed and said in a low voice:

"In any case, this pig demon is bound by the Demon Cave, he cannot possibly come down the mountain. Even if he were to trouble our family, he would only send a few Qi Cultivating demons straight into our hands, which is exactly what we wish for."