Demon Immortal

"Is there something special in regards to this sword?"

Duncan frowned looking at the sword. As far as he knew, this sword belonged to Granny Jiao\'s husband. From Granny Jiao\'s words, he knew that her husband was once a mercenary. Apart from that, there was nothing special about him.

No matter what, a mercenary can never obtain an artifact sword. A passing by cultivator would kill him just to rob him of the sword. No moral who has some understanding of cultivators will own something like that.

But, if this wasn\'t an artifact sword, how did it last this long?

Duncan was confused. He wondered if there was some secret regarding this sword. If so, did Granny Jiao know? And if this is indeed an artifact sword and Granny Jiao knew, then what was she doing with holding onto this?

Several questions shuttled through Duncan\'s mind as he looked at the sword in his hands. Did he misjudge Granny Jiao? Or was he overthinking things? Duncan was lost in a daze for several moments looking at the sword in his hands.

"Junior brother, why are you looking so lost staring at your sword?" a jovial voice boomed causing Duncan to snap out of his thoughts.

Turning around, Duncan saw his Senior brother Chen standing some distance away and looking at him quizzically.

"Ah, I just performed my martial arts. I was amazed by the prowess I was able to exhibit, Senior Brother," Duncan lied smoothly.

"Heh," Chen Wangjie smiled in a ridiculing manner. "You are amazed with your puny strength? Then, watch this." 

Chen Wangjie\'s hands became clawlike and he performed a move. The next moment, the several trees in the distance were violently crushed. A vague shadow of a claw emerged while Chen Wangjie attacked. 

Duncan was stupefied seeing the attack. This was very similar to the fist image he had seen from a distance a few months ago. While it was still some distance away from exhibiting the majesty of that fist, the power he could feel from the claw was nothing to scoff at.

At the minimum, he knew that he would be dead if he got hit by such an attack. Duncan couldn\'t help but gulp looking at the destroyed trees in the distance. He turned back to see his Senior Brother looking at him with a smug smile.

Duncan rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"Senior Brother, you are showing off," Duncan complained.

"Damn right, I am," Chen Wangjie said puffing his chest.

"Did you need to scare me so much? We both know that you are stronger than me," Duncan said shaking his head.

"Ha ha ha ha… but it feels good to see your shocked face," Chen Wangjie laughed.

Duncan could only grit his teeth seeing his fat Senior Brother laugh. The fat all around his senior brother\'s body jingled causing a strange scene. Duncan didn\'t want to see it any longer. So, he averted his eyes immediately.

"Senior brother, your entire temperament seems to have changed compared to when I saw you three months ago," Duncan noted.

And it was true. When Duncan glanced at Chen Wangjie just now, he seemed to exude a violent aura. Compared to the foody he had met earlier, this new version of Chen Wangjie made a sense of danger emerge in Duncan\'s heart.

Duncan couldn\'t exactly put his finger on what was different about his senior brother apart from the violent aura he emitted, but his instincts told him that there was something inherently different about this Chen Wangjie and his old senior brother.

But, before he could pay more attention, his senior brother laughed and Duncan had to avert his eye. There are some things Duncan never wanted to see ever again. And his senior brother\'s fat jingling all over was one such thing. One time was enough to scar his mind.

"And you too have advanced in your cultivation far faster than I predicted," Chen Wangjie said smiling.

That smile reminded Duncan of a predator eyeing prey. But, Duncan dismissed the strange feeling and nodded back.

"I was lucky enough to enter a region where no one was around," Duncan replied. "Thus I was able to slowly accumulate my cultivation."

"Still, going from the advanced Qi Gathering realm to the peak of the Spirit Sea realm in just three months is not a small matter," Chen Wangjie said eyeing Duncan.

In his heart, Chen Wangjie was really surprised to see Duncan\'s progress. When he awakened his bloodline, Chen Wangjie had given birth to a superiority complex deep in his heart. 

Even though he was only at the Violet Palace realm when he awakened the Ancient God Beast bloodline, Chen Wangjie felt that he could battle Golden Hall realm cultivators with the aid of his bloodline without any problem. 

And since then, he had only been growing strong as of late. He had killed several Golden Hall realm righteous cultivators in the last few weeks. This had made him feel a bit complacent.

He thought that as long as he progressed, he would be able to take on any kind of genius with the aid of his bloodline in the future. He even thought that he would be able to catch up to those geniuses soon and trample on them in the near future.

But, seeing Duncan\'s progress gave him a much-needed wake-up call. There was a reason geniuses are called geniuses in the cultivation world. Duncan\'s rate of progress was simply eye-catching. 

Now, Chen Wangjie felt that Duncan being the direct disciple of the Vice-Sect Master made sense. After all, such cultivation potential can only be exhibited by geniuses. With his rate of progress, it wouldn\'t be long for this junior of his to catch up to him. 

So, Chen Wangjie was understandably alarmed by this. The superiority complex that had grown recently came crumbling down and Chen Wangjie woke up from his delusions.

"It was the resources present in the Grotto Heaven that made it possible Senior Brother," Duncan said humbly.

But, Chen Wangjie didn\'t believe it one bit. In his eyes, this junior brother of his was a veritable bastard. First, he swindled a jar of wine from him. Next, he blundered and caused a crisis to fall on him. And now, he was acting as if breaking through one major realm and multiple minor realms were just a casual thing.

If there ever was a tiger in sheep\'s clothing, then this junior brother of his would be it. 

Chen Wangjie decided that he must always be careful from now on while dealing with this junior brother. As of now, he had a good relationship with this junior brother. And with the rate at which the junior brother progressed, he would become a top expert in the future as long as he lives. 

So, it was imperative that he maintained a good relationship.

"Be careful junior brother," Chen Wangjie advised in an amicable tone. "You may think that breaking through minor realms is not a major issue. But, if you rush too fast, then your foundation will become weaker. This will lead you to spend more time while breaking through higher realms. You will also encounter bottlenecks that you won\'t be able to overcome easily."

"So, don\'t be in a hurry to break through to the next realm. Instead, you should consolidate your realm further and strengthen your foundation. One of the major drawbacks of demonic cultivation techniques is that they lay poor foundations. Don\'t get caught in that trap."

Duncan listened seriously to his senior brother\'s words and found that it was indeed true. He knew that his foundation was lacking a lot. If not for that, he might have succeeded in his endeavor to merge the two concepts. And his senior brother\'s words also confirmed that.

"Thank you for your advice, Senior Brother," Duncan replied nodding. "I too feel that my foundation is lacking. I will listen to your advice."

Chen Wangjie nodded happily seeing that this junior brother of his was willing to listen to his words. After all, the Heavenly Demon Sect is a demonic sect. Respect between seniors and juniors is not strictly adhered to in the sect.

If a disciple feels he is strong enough, he can even beat up the Elders. Let alone juniors listening to seniors. Things like that are very rare to come by. So, Chen Wangjie felt pretty good seeing Duncan\'s reaction.

If Chen Wangjie knew that Duncan agreed because he wasn\'t able to fuse two concepts, then he would vomit blood. Such stuff is difficult even for him. Chen Wangjie was talking purely about Qi Cultivation. 

"Is there a reason for Senior Brother to find me?" Duncan asked curiously.

Just then, Duncan thought of something and added, "I think it is better if we talk over some meat and wine, senior. Let me fetch some meat I have stored away."

Duncan\'s hospitality wasn\'t anything pure. He was just coveting the spirit wine his senior had once more. Since his medicinal wine ran out, Duncan has been bereft of wine for months now. Seeing Chen Wangjie, Duncan\'s alcoholism couldn\'t help but emerge once more.

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