Chapter 559 - Chapter 559: Chapter 551 Slaying Immortal Masters Like Butchering Dogs (1/2)

Chapter 559: Chapter 551 Slaying Immortal Masters Like Butchering Dogs

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The longer the delay, the more powerful individuals are attracted.

With Qin Niu’s level of cultivation, encountering any moderately strong opponent could lead to serious injury, even death.

It really is a case of fearing the worst and having it happen.

A figure hurried over, and even from a distance of more than ten meters, one could feel the powerful aura emanating from this person.

The newcomer was a burly old man with snow-white hair, with a purple beast perched on his shoulder, no bigger than a four or five-month-old kitten. With its round head, sharp snout, lethal claws, and fluffy tail, it was surely a purple marten.

The beast moved swiftly and had a rather fierce nature.

Qin Niu, already possessing two demon beasts, was more than familiar with their aura. He instantly surmised that this purple marten had reached the level of a demon beast.

Moreover, it was most likely a Grade Eleven demon beast, far more formidable than those newly demonized Grade Ten ones.

An Immortal Master plus a Grade Eleven demon beast, that was just the strength that was visible on the surface.

The old man stared at Qin Niu for a while, hesitation apparent in his eyes.

He did not make a move, but neither did he leave; he simply watched Qin Niu refine the Immortal Qi.

The more he did so, the greater the pressure on Qin Niu.

If the old man had rushed over to attack, Qin Niu would have had less to worry about. The old man’s calm observation indicated he was cautious and strategic. Such a person, once they chose to attack, was sure to strike with overwhelming force, confident of their victory before they acted.

While Qin Niu remained on guard, he hastened the refining of the Immortal Qi.

He found that even though the Immortal Qi was difficult to refine, his persistent efforts were paying off, slowly breaking down its outer defenses. At the current rate, it would take him just about quarter of an hour to fully refine the Immortal Qi.

By then, he would also have overcome the second obstacle.

This stream of Immortal Qi, seemingly very slight, belonged to a higher order of energy. Refining it would be greatly beneficial for enhancing Qin Niu’s cultivation power.

Since advancing to the Immortal Scholar Realm, he increasingly felt the difficulty of cultivation.

There is a fundamental difference between the immortal and the mundane.

The cultivation methods that one needed to grasp in the Immortal Scholar Realm were still very obscure to him.

Time was rapidly passing, and Qin Niu had already succeeded in refining the outer defenses of the Immortal Qi. His cultivation power began to seep into it, and in a bit more time, he would be able to completely refine this Immortal Qi.

As his cultivation power penetrated it, he sensed a kind of high-level energy he had never encountered before.

It was very close to natural energy, yet distinctly different.

The energy within the Immortal Qi was ethereal, pure, sacred, inspiring an innate fondness and longing.

The old man watched as Qin Niu was about to refine the Immortal Qi, still showing no intention of fighting for it, just calmly observing. Such caution and composure suggested the old man must have accumulated hundreds of years of experience in the ways of the world.

Qin Niu was pleased to coexist peacefully with the other party.

Since there was more than one stream of Immortal Qi here, even if he refined this one, the old man still had other chances to find more.

The old man was clearly aware of this fact, which explained his composed demeanor.

However, Qin Niu was not so naive as to think the old man was kind-hearted. Should Qin Niu expose any weakness, making the old man see an opportunity, he would act without hesitation.

The current inaction was merely waiting for the right moment.

Just as Qin Niu was about to refine the Immortal Qi, another strong individual arrived.

The newcomer was an acquaintance, a fellow named Mo from Huoyun Cave who had ties with the Nine Insect Gang.

“Hey, it indeed is a stream of Immortal Qi, Mo’s luck isn’t bad at all!”