Chapter 530 - Chapter 530: Chapter 522: Grade Eight Green Ox (1/2)
Chapter 530: Chapter 522: Grade Eight Green Ox
“Yes, and there are quite a few of them. Both the Myriad Beast Gang and Fire Cloud Tunnel have sent experts to try and secretly control this place, but in the end, they all returned empty-handed. Perhaps it’s because their lifestyle is simple and closer to the primitive natural state, so they produce a large number of strong warriors.
When night falls, you’ll understand just how strong the No Peak Sect is after you see their patrolling troops.”
Chi Xing explained the situation of the sect to Qin Niu.
This came as a surprise to Qin Niu. Based on his speculation, it would have been impressive if the No Peak Sect had one or two Spirit Qi Realm experts.
Now it seemed he was terribly wrong.
The strength of a sect that could make the armies of two major super sects return empty-handed must be terrifying indeed.
The Fire Cloud Tunnel merely sent a few cultivators and managed to decimate the Black Tiger Gang to such an extent that they could hardly advance, eventually being forced to sign a cease-fire agreement with the Nine Insect Gang.
How could the No Peak Sect, so poor and backward, cultivate so many strong warriors? Where did their cultivation resources come from?
Perhaps this place is full of mountains and forests, very suitable for various herbs to grow.
With the inexhaustible supply of herbs and the locals maintaining a simple mindset, their cultivation progresses twice with half the effort.”
“Since there are many strong warriors here, do not go out after we settle in tonight,”
Qin Niu instructed his wife and Xiao Qing in the carriage.
They found an inn and, to avoid trouble, specifically chose a large one. The cost was much lower than they had expected. They opened two large rooms for only thirty copper coins.
The food here is also quite good. The vegetarian dishes mainly consist of mushrooms, Lingzhi, and wild vegetables, while the meat dishes are mainly pheasant, roe deer, venison, and wild boar.
Bear paws, which are very expensive elsewhere, are so cheap here one might think they are fake.
They even have monkey and ape meat.
Qin Niu saw the cages in the inn’s kitchen with sullen and fearful apes squatting inside, looking very similar to humans.
In many places, apes are considered close relatives to humans and are not hunted.
Even eating monkey meat is rare.
Yet, here, eating ape meat seems utterly normal and commonplace.
The inn’s waitstaff even specially recommended it, saying that eating ape meat could quickly boost one’s spiritual power and is very effective for nourishing the spirit and revitalizing the mind.
After he had filled his stomach and settled his wife and Xiao Qing, he then headed with Chi Xing to the location of the cold spring.
Both of them being at the Spirit Qi Realm, they didn’t need to ride horses.
However, for safety reasons, Qin Niu took all his pets with him, including the Green Ox.
After a day of traveling, the Green Ox’s level had actually increased by one, reaching Grade Eight, and it showed no signs of stopping.
The benefits from a Grade Eleven Demon Core were simply too great.
Qin Niu checked its attributes.
Curved Horn Male Green Ox
Level: Grade Eight hoofed mammal, leveling experience 100 million/1 billion
Lifespan: 9999 years
Energy: 100 million
Skills: Fertilizer Production Third Tier 224.1/1000, Brute Force Second Tier 47/100 (can burst with double strength), Divine Light First Tier 2.1/10 (can capture enemies or objects with divine light emitted from the horns), Dragon Chant First Tier 1.9/10 (can break through evil barriers, illusions, demonic sounds), Defense First Tier 0/10 (can improve defense)
Talent: Awakening, Sloth, Super Defense (reduces physical and mana damage by 50%)
Its lifespan has still not broken through ten thousand years, and it has gained a new defense skill.
You can see that each of its skills is very powerful, but most of them are still at the first tier. Mainly because the Green Ox is just too lazy.
Apart from the fertilizer production skill, it rarely practices other skills.
If it weren’t for its need to excrete every day, its fertilizer production skill would probably still be at the first tier.
The Green Ox has the talent for awakening but only showed excellence when it advanced to Grade Six. Afterwards, its performance has been mediocre, never revealing any new impressive abilities.
This made Qin Niu secretly consider whether he should force it to be more diligent.
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Under the guidance of Chi Xing, they arrived at the riverbank in the dark.
The river didn’t seem very wide, nestled between two tall mountains, with torrents surging and the water flowing rapidly. Relying on starlight to look across to the other bank, it seemed to be only about two hundred meters wide.
“Is the place where that old thief is cultivating in seclusion far from here?”