Ji Ning Takes a Disciple

"Junior Brother, this little fellow..." Following Lei Zhan's gaze, Hou Yi also looked at the calm-faced youth in beastskins.

"When do you plan to take him as your disciple?"

A smile appeared on Hou Yi's face. He had long noticed how highly his junior brother regarded that little fellow named Ji Ning.

"I'll take him as my disciple after he survives this life-and-death crisis first." Lei Zhan's gaze swept over the black-robed elder following behind the flying shuttle.

Again and again, the elder teleported through space, drawing closer to the flying shuttle, only to be thrown off by its tremendous speed.

"Oh?" With a sweep of his gaze, Hou Yi immediately understood.

"That Old Demon Qiandou is rather cunning. On the surface, he sent his Second Primordial Spirit to hunt down those little fellows, but in secret, his true body had already laid down layer upon layer of restrictions, a net from which none could escape."

"Those little fellows are all so composed, extremely confident in their trump cards. Yet they do not know... that like insects being hunted, they are slowly entering the trap."

The gap in strength between a Life-Death Dao Lord and these cultivators, who were not even Celestial Gods or Celestial Immortals, was simply too vast.

No matter how many schemes an Earth Immortal or Loose Immortal might have, there was no need to deliberately deduce them. A single thought or a single glance would leave those schemes with nowhere to hide.

"This Immortal Qiandou does possess some intelligence, and he has encountered some opportunities as well." Lei Zhan nodded faintly. "If these little fellows were any less wary, they would unknowingly suffer a major setback."

"Tempering always requires one to endure some hardship. You and I rose from the mortal world as well. Did we