Chapter 552 - Chapter 552: Chapter 544: The Ambition of the Fire Cloud Tunnel (1/2)

Chapter 552: Chapter 544: The Ambition of the Fire Cloud Tunnel

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The Fang Family had a total of five old ancestors, but only two of them successfully passed through the First Immortal Gate.

This was already considered very strong.

When Qin Niu first met the five old ancestors of the Fang Family, he could only look up to them. They were as majestic and inscrutable as the deities in the heavens.

Now, seeing these two old ancestors of the Fang Family again, Qin Niu’s mindset had undergone a great change.

Both of these individuals were at the peak of the Spirit Qi Realm, just one step away from the Immortal Scholar Realm.

But it was this one step that had stumped them for many years.

Qin Niu was a latecomer who excelled over them, leveraging many opportunities to directly ascend to the status of an Immortal Master.

“Qin Niu has seen the Gang Leader, Bai Gang Leader, Gongsun Gang Leader, and the two senior members of the Fang Family…”

He greeted each of these individuals in turn.

In terms of cultivation, among the people present, only the Black Tiger Gang Leader Xue Qiuhe could match Qin Niu.

Both were in the Immortal Scholar Realm.

“The younger generation truly inspires awe! When I first saw you in my family’s secret grounds, your cultivation was so weak that it was almost negligible. In less than a year, you have already surpassed us two old-timers and directly entered the Immortal Scholar Realm. With such a demonically talented gift, even the young master of the Li family is probably no match for you.”

The expressions of the two old ancestors of the Fang Family were extremely complex.

Talent and opportunity really do not come by one’s own choice.

Everyone has their own fate.

They had almost watched Qin Niu change step by step over a period of time.

Last time when the Black Tiger Gang battled with the Nine Insect Gang and the Shennong Sect, Qin Niu’s strength had already made them take a fresh look at him. Who would have thought that in just over half a year’s time, Qin Niu had directly stepped from the Innate Realm into the Immortal Scholar Realm.

Leaping across two major realms in succession was indeed something that made others envious.

“The two seniors are too kind. Qin is just a little luckier,” Qin Niu said with utmost humility.

His gaze turned to a youth standing behind the Black Tiger Gang Leader.

He was only about eleven or twelve years old.

Qin Niu was not unfamiliar with this youth, having had the fortune to see him once when he first went to buy Cultivation Techniques. At that time, this young master Li did not even blink an eye and directly bought a scroll worth five thousand Silver Money, the “Dragon Chant”.

Back then, Qin Niu only felt that young master Li’s cultivation was terrifying, but he did not know how strong it really was.

Because at that time, Qin Niu was still just an ordinary person at the Mortal Realm First Layer.

Just anyone at the Twofold Mortal Realm could beat him till he was down on the ground looking for his teeth.

Now, he clearly felt that young master Li’s cultivation was in the late phase of the Innate Realm.

The other party obviously did not remember Qin Niu, this insignificant character who had barely crossed his path.

But now, Qin Niu was someone young master Li had to look up to.

“Having good luck is also part of one’s strength! Qin Master, you are only seventeen this year, right? Tsk tsk, a seventeen-year-old grassroots Immortal Scholar is probably a rare prodigious talent even within the entire Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect. I am genuinely pleased for the Black Tiger Gang to have brought forth a talent of such caliber.”

The Black Tiger Gang Leader looked at him with a smile, his expression changing.

In the past, when he looked at Qin Niu, it was the gaze of a superior looking at a subordinate.

Now, it was with equal treatment.

“A seventeen-year-old Immortal Master, if only I could cultivate to the Immortal Scholar Realm before I turn eighteen like Brother Qin!”

Young Master Li looked at Qin Niu with an admiring gaze.

Admiration for the strong is many people’s nature.

Young Master Li used to hardly spare Qin Niu a second glance, but now he was lowering his stance, directly calling Qin Niu “Brother Qin”.

“I’m afraid I’ll make young master Li laugh if I say this, but compared to you, I am but a false Immortal Scholar. You managed to pass the First Immortal Gate relying solely on your Innate Realm cultivation, while I almost didn’t make it through. With young master Li’s talent, I believe your future achievements will be much higher than mine,” said Qin Niu sincerely.

He had made it through entirely because the Diamond Ink Turtle mistakenly swallowed the Demon Core of that giant whale.