Chapter 516 - Chapter 516: Chapter 508: Helping Green Ox Upgrade (2/2)

He leaped up and caught the black Demon Core in his hand.

“Lazy Ox, open up!”

Green Ox opened its mouth wide, and Qin Niu threw the black Demon Core straight into it.

Even just holding it for a short while, the chilly energy of the Demon Core still made Qin Niu feel very uncomfortable. The Infant Demon was born with resentment, long entrenched in places with heavy Yin energy, and had even devoured many humans to enhance its cultivation.

This also made its Demon Core extremely cold and evil.

Green Ox really didn’t think twice before swallowing the Demon Core whole without even tasting it to see if it could digest it.

After consuming the Demon Core, Qin Niu watched it closely, his face filled with anxiety.

But the beast acted as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, a shocking transformation was occurring in the swarm of Green Demon Bees in the sky.

The Green Demon Bee Queen actually pounced on one of the Green Demon Bees, then bit it to death and ate it.

“What are you trying to do? Have you lost your mind?” Qin Niu noticed that the Green Demon Bee Queen was behaving oddly.

These Green Demon Bees were its offspring, equivalent to its daughters. Yet it was eating its own daughters.

Even tigers don’t eat their young.

“Advance in rank!” The Green Demon Bee Queen replied to Qin Niu with just two short words.

As the Green Demon Bee Queen devoured the first Green Demon Bee, streaks of black qi began to surge across its body, enveloping it. It truly was advancing in rank, just as it had said.

With the Infant Demon now exterminated, the light in the entire oak forest brightened a bit.

The previous scene with gusts of cold wind and howls of ghosts and wolves had been truly frightening.

“Wan Yan, the demon creature has been dealt with, there’s no need to be afraid anymore.” Qin Niu reassured Wang Wanyan inside the carriage.

“Let’s hurry and leave this place. The forest feels so sinister, it makes me anxious!” Wang Wanyan didn’t dare stick her head out of the carriage to look around.

Suddenly encountering an Infant Demon in the forest late at night was a real test of her limits of courage.

“Okay! Then let’s continue on our journey.” Qin Niu urged the carriage forward.

After leaving the forest, they still saw a few scattered households and small villages along the way, all tightly closed up with no one walking about.

It seemed that the local villagers had been terrified by the Infant Demon.

He also observed an interesting phenomenon: many of the villagers had ferocious Tibetan Mastiffs tied up in their courtyards. And many of them didn’t just have one, but several.

It was quite normal for households in the Myriad Beast Gang to keep fierce dogs to guard and protect their homes.

After a night of relentless travel, they finally arrived at Rat City late at night.

By then, the city gates were already closed.

“Esteemed soldiers, we’ve traveled through the night to get here. Is it possible to open the city gates and let us in?” Qin Niu called out to the soldiers on guard at the top of the wall after dismounting from the carriage.

Having powerful cultivation and both Beast Pets and Insect Pets, he made the request with an air of indifference. His was the calm of someone confident in their inner strength.

Ordinary people facing the city’s guards would be exceedingly deferential, not to mention shouting to have the gates opened; they wouldn’t even dare to make eye contact with the soldiers.

“How many are you? Where do you come from? And where are you headed?” A robust man appeared on the wall, likely a junior officer of the soldiers.

He stood in a watchtower, looking down at Qin Niu and the carriage below.

“There are three of us, coming from the Black Tiger Gang, heading to Elixir City to attend the Water and Land Dharma Assembly. We hope the soldiers can do us a favor. I, Qin, have an offering to give in return.” Qin Niu knew the power of Silver Money.

The whole point of making it to Elixir City during the night was to find an inn for a good night’s rest, wasn’t it?

The two Black Mare Horses also needed proper care and feeding of top-quality fodder.

“So you’re eminent figures going to attend the Water and Land Dharma Assembly. My apologies, my apologies. I’ll open the gates right away.” The soldiers’ attitude toward them changed immediately to one of respect upon hearing that they were attending the Water and Land Dharma Assembly.

It was the natural awe the weak feel for the powerful.

Admiration for strength and fear of the powerful are most people’s instincts.

To dare attend the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, one must at least possess cultivation at the Innate Realm.

After the city gates were opened, Qin Niu and his company were welcomed inside.

Qin Niu took out two taels of Silver Money and handed it to the leader of the soldiers, who waved his hands frantically in refusal.

“I couldn’t possibly accept, couldn’t possibly accept. It’s an honor for Xiong to be of slight service to Master Qin. If the three of you don’t mind, our Lord of the City has specially prepared a place for distinguished guests attending the Water and Land Dharma Assembly to rest. I can have someone take you there.”