Chapter 1286: No Further Ties
The Badger Demon poured Chen Changsheng a cup of wine.
Chen Changsheng raised his cup and drained the wine in a single gulp, letting out a long breath.
"Speaking of which," he began, "you and I could be considered friends made through conflict. Yet, in all these years, This Chen has never heard you talk about your past. Where did you come from?"
The Badger Demon paused. "That goes back quite a way. I wonder, does Mister know of a place called Qionglin?"
"Never heard of it."
"I come from there. It was a sanctuary surrounded by mountains, cut off from the rest of the world. Many demons were born within those woods, and some spent their entire lives from birth to death in that one domain. Even though there were constant conflicts among us demons, Qionglin was still the home we relied on to survive. None of us could bear to part with it."
"To the outside world, Qionglin truly was an isolated paradise. For thousands of years, no outside entity ever disturbed its 'peace'—until a cultivator discovered it."
"He marveled at the demons there. These were beings he had never seen before in all the world—lineages that could be traced all the way back to antiquity."
The Badger Demon fell silent for a moment before continuing, "Some demons, in that cultivator's eyes, were nothing more than extinct, miraculous herbs—materials to refine wondrous pills that could grant immortality."