Chapter 17 - 13 Shi Xiuqiu
Since demon energy resurfaced, it has had extremely contagious and harmful effects on humans.
Once contaminated, if not treated promptly, there was a high chance of becoming a corpse.
But "demon energy" also had a beneficial side.
When used properly, it could cure diseases or enhance cultivation.
Thus, many commoners or Jianghu practitioners, and even interest groups, would secretly enter the Ten Thousand Mountains to collect pure demon energy, causing great trouble for the court.
Some practitioners even directly substituted the sparse "celestial energy" with "demon energy" for their cultivation, eventually becoming Demon Cultivators.
Pavilion Master Leng Chaosong of Tianqing Manor was one such individual.
And one of the eight major forces of the Demon Clan, Dead Man Island, was comprised of human cultivators who cultivated with demon energy.
However, compared to the Demon Clan, the court's resistance to Demon Cultivators was not very strong. For some Demon Cultivators, as long as they didn't flaunt their power, the authorities generally turned a blind eye.
There were even proposals within the court to recruit Demon Cultivators into the Liushan Division to fight fire with fire.
This proposal naturally faced strong opposition from others.