Don't think it's impossible; in this vast world, all sorts of oddities exist, and there might indeed be such self-important and peculiar Cultivators.
Moreover, within this Immortal City, not only the Li family resides but also another Golden Core faction that's there both to monitor the Devil Race's activities and to oversee each other.
Fortunately, Da Qing, a third-order Devil Beast comparable to those in the Golden Core Realm, was present; otherwise, the Li family's situation would have been even worse.
When the Golden Core force noticed two heavily injured Golden Core Cultivators, they considered devising a plan to eliminate Li Zhirui and his companion and seize their Spiritual Objects.
But just as they were about to make their move, Da Qing stepped forward! This gave them quite a shock, immediately dissuading them from their prior intentions, and they adopted an attitude of non-interference with each other.
