Chapter 6: Old Xie’s Childhood

The above were all of Old Xie’s neighbors. After looking at them, he lay back in the basket and continued to cultivate.

In Old Xie’s view, his future days would be the same as these animals, being kept in captivity, seeing no sunlight, and might even become an exhibition pet or experimental material. He was mentally prepared for these encounters, and also determined to endure hardships for a while, waiting for his divine skills to succeed, and then get back everything with interest!

But contrary to Old Xie’s expectation, although his childhood was indeed spent in this place, his treatment was completely different from those animals. Except for being restricted in freedom, all other supplies were very good. Three meals were exquisite food, tender porridge, barbecue, milk, delicious bread, etc., obviously inconsistent with the status of a pet.

In addition, he had a special Puppet to serve him. His clothes were washed, and food was delivered. The Old Mage even personally taught him various things, including literature, geography, customs of various races, Noble etiquette, Magic skills, Alchemy, etc.

In the contact with the Old Mage, Old Xie knew many things. First, the place he lived in was the second to last floor of the Old Mage’s Mage Tower. His neighbors, those short people were called Imps, and they were the Old Mage’s experimental subjects. The new types of Potion refined by the Old Mage were generally given to them to drink first to test the effect. That kind of one-horned monster was called Savage Bull. Their blood was the material the Old Mage often used. In fact, the Old Mage raised them to obtain fresh blood from them at any time, as well as things like scales and horns. The two-headed Wyvern was the same, but the Old Mage was more interested in the venom in their mouths.

As for the innermost Spider, it was called the Demon Violent Spider, a guy with a big temper. The Old Mage was interested in every part of its body, especially the silk it spat out, which was tough, elastic, and had good magic resistance, and could be used to make many good things.

In addition, this old guy named Geralf Stephen had an ambiguous attitude towards Old Xie. Although he had been imprisoning Old Xie, he treated Old Xie very well. Not only did he take good care of him in life, but he also taught Old Xie very attentively. He even gave Old Xie a name, Jenny Stephen. Obviously, he was raising Old Xie as his own child, otherwise, he would not have given him the surname Stephen.

However, Old Xie, who could not gain freedom, was still not interested in the Old Mage. He asked to go out to play several times but was sternly refused by the Old Mage. Moreover, he even spoke arrogantly, saying that Old Xie was qualified to go out only when he could defeat him.

Who was Old Xie? He was an invincible Great Demon Lord in the world. When had he ever suffered such humiliation? In anger, he immediately swore that he would definitely not go out until he beat the Old Mage until he was looking for teeth all over the ground! Subsequently, Old Xie lived here with peace of mind, cultivating hard, waiting to defeat the Old Mage as soon as possible and regain his freedom!

In the blink of an eye, thirteen years passed. Old Xie grew from a baby into a burly man. At the age of only thirteen, he was two meters tall, with a tiger’s back and a bear’s waist, obviously directly related to his Behemoth Bloodline. In addition, Old Xie’s small face was very fair and clean, with a sense of mature determination. This made his appearance look not like a teenager at all, but rather similar to a youth of sixteen or seventeen.

In these years, Old Xie’s main energy was put into the cultivation of the Dual Cultivation Divine Skill. Both internal and external skills had achieved certain results. At this time, the strength of his physical body could already be compared with Refined Steel, and his strength was so great that even he had no bottom in his heart. Anyway, his Behemoth arms could now easily pinch a clear dent in the Refined Iron pillar that trapped him. Even his two forearms, which were slightly less strong, probably had thousands of kilograms of power.

As for his internal skills, he also had great achievements. The heavy damage to his Primordial Spirit had recovered a lot. Although it was still some distance from a full recovery, it no longer hindered him from releasing some low-level Mystic Yin Spells.

These were all cultivated by Old Xie secretly. His superficial lessons were all Western Magic taught by the Old Mage, more precisely, Lightning Element Magic. Because the Old Mage said he had a talent for this kind of Magic. After learning for thirteen years, Old Xie’s level was about a primary Mage, capable of emitting a very powerful Lightning Arrow to hurt the enemy. Moreover, because he had the bloodline of a Naga Prophet, plus the Mental Power provided by his abnormally powerful Primordial Spirit, he could cast this low-level Lightning Spell instantly without any Incantation. According to the Old Mage, Old Xie, who could instantly cast Lightning Spell, could definitely beat an intermediate Mage.

But in Old Xie’s view, this Mage was simply trash. The lightning he released could barely electrocute a cow at most. But judging by Old Xie’s current strength, he could knock down an elephant with one punch. The difference in combat power between the two sides was too far!

Old Xie’s other gain was the knowledge left to him by his mother. With the help of the Old Mage, Old Xie learned a part of it. What he was most interested in was the skills of a profession called Druid. Druids had many skills, generally speaking, there were three types: Natural Magic, Transformation Art, and Beast Taming.

Among them, he dabbled a little in Natural Magic and cultivated a method to control plants. He could now stimulate a very tough vine at any time, which could be used to tie people, or as a whip, or a stick to hit people. The Old Mage Geralf Stephen told him that this was called Vine Spell, the most basic kind of Natural Magic. It was just that the vine created by Old Xie was a bit too tough. It could smash stones to pieces, not something that ordinary Druids could create. Old Xie didn’t care what it was called, he only knew it was fun and practical!

As for the Transformation Art, it was the one Old Xie was most interested in. From the knowledge his mother gave him, Old Xie knew that the Druid’s Transformation Art could turn people into Magical Beasts. The lowest level of transformation was to turn into a Shadow Demon Leopard, a powerful Magical Beast that was fast and could use Shadow Element Magic. But after Old Xie transformed, he was pleasantly surprised to find that he turned into a white-haired tiger, exactly the same as the tattoo on his chest, looking extremely majestic! And it was infinitely powerful, agile in movement, and could also spit lightning at enemies, which was very interesting!

This result made him look forward to the results of the next few transformations. There were also three other transformations: turning into a bear, turning into a crow, and the strongest transformation into a giant dragon. He really didn’t know what kind of surprises would be waiting for him then!

As for the last one, Beast Taming, that was also the Druid’s specialty. He could communicate with Magical Beasts in nature, thus having the opportunity to cultivate feelings. Sometimes, powerful Elf Druids could even establish a very solid friendship with a high-level Magical Beast tribe. If someone dared to provoke him, with just a whistle, hundreds of powerful Magical Beasts would rush out, almost comparable to a ten-thousand-strong army of humans!

Therefore, Old Xie was also very interested in this kind of Spell and cultivated it with great care. Soon, he successfully established a mental connection with other cellmates in the prison. To Old Xie’s surprise, the situation he encountered was completely different from the knowledge his mother taught him. His mother’s knowledge told him that powerful Magical Beasts were usually very arrogant and would not easily trust others. It was easy to communicate with them, but difficult to gain trust. But Old Xie didn’t know why, he easily won the trust and even worship of all the Magical Beasts here. Whether it was the weak Imps or the powerful Savage Bull King, Wyvern King, and Violent Demon Spider Queen, they all showed a heartfelt awe towards him, just like Underlings serving a boss! This made Old Xie very puzzled, but after all, it was a good thing, so he didn’t think too much about it!

Actually, this was not strange at all. The problem still lay in his perverted bloodline. You know, his father was the Behemoth, the King of Ten Thousand Beasts? He had the aura and bloodline of the Behemoth. Other Magical Beasts thought he was a Behemoth! Although the Savage Bull King, Wyvern King, and Violent Demon Spider Queen imprisoned here were all very powerful guys, compared with the Behemoth, they were still far behind. All of them added together were not enough for a Behemoth to deal with, so they were just at the level of Behemoth Underlings. Therefore, it was a normal phenomenon for them to listen to Old Xie, it was just that Old Xie himself didn’t know it!