Chapter 102 - Mysteries Old Man

Noah slowly walked toward the building surrounded by flowers on two sides of the narrow road. On the way, he noticed a small hut above the small pond, most probably for a disciple to pass time. 

After entering the house the First thing that came to Noah's mind was " This is too big for one person, I should call someone" 

But after some pondering, he thought to himself again "... let's forget about it" There are not many people he knows. Only three disciples are nana, tu Shang, and Fairy Qiao. Tu Shang belongs to one of the 3 great families, Miss Qiao's origin is still unknown to him as for Nana she is a girl after all. 

After that, Noah sat down on the floor in a crossed-legged position " Let's see if there any changes Inside the secret realm" 

"Ah, it's grown more" Noah commented after transferring himself inside the secret realm seeing the size of the tree, it's indeed grown bigger compared to the past.

Noah after that slowly walked close to the Tree and sat down and after that took a deep breath. " The energy Inside got denser than before"

As Noah sat down under the tree he thought about the events that occurred today, so many things happened. After returning he killed a few disciples then joined a group of disciples and killed the master rank monster and then killed Ming chu, and after getting arrested announced as a core disciple. 

`` Sigh, it's such a long and tiring day, I should go and get a nap" Noah thought to himself and transferred back.

However, as soon as Noah left something strange happened inside the secret realm. That ball of light that appeared inside the tree the last time Noah transferred into the secret realm Is not a ball anymore it's now in the shape of a baby with a small Head, small pairs of hands, and small pairs of legs. But soon again the blue light slowly deems down as if it never existed.

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" Hmm, someone is here!" As soon as Noah transferred himself back he felt an unrecognized aura outside of his mansion.

" Is it an assassin again? Humph, let greet him with a surprise" Noah thought to himself.

Soon he slowly came out of his place and looked toward the place where he felt the aura coming from and slowly walked toward it. But soon realize that this aura Coming from the small hut above the pond And more importantly this Aura is very gentle.

However, Noah still slowly walks towards the hut and upon arriving he sees an old man with wrinkles on his face with a gourd on his hand drinking and looking toward the start in a daze.

As soon as Noah saw him he tried to see through the cultivation of this person. But be become surprised that he can not see other party's cultivation at all. 

" Who are you, old men?" A few minutes later Noah Asked the old man, but he didn't activate his defense technique or other techniques after feeling that this person failed to see through this old man's cultivation.

Hearing Noah voice the old man looked toward Noah, " Ahh, who are you, young friend, it's been a long time since I have seen someone in this place" 

" Hmm, so he is someone from the sect? Or a peak elder I haven't seen, anyway I shouldn't show weakness." Noah thought to himself.

"I am a new core Disciple joined today," Noah said respectfully. But inside he is very cautious.

" Ohh, Which family do you belong to? A young friend?" Asked the old man as he took a chip of the liquor inside his gourd. 

" I don't come from any family," Noah answered. 

" Ohh, that's surprising, it's been a long time since I have had someone outside of the family able to become a core disciple, that's good that's good," Said the old with an interesting look on his face. 

" Come, sit down here sip my hundred-year liquor," said the old man as he Asked Noah to sit down.

Noah didn't reject, after all, he didn't want to anger this old man; he again tried to see through this old man's power, but failed. He also tried to see if there is any strong powerhouse inside his spiritual sense area. But unfortunately, there is none. In the end, unwillingly he had to join the old man.

Seeing Noah acting cautiously the old man smiled lightly " There is no need to worry little friend" the old man assured Noah to Not worry, but will this Work after all Noah doesn't know this old man nor his motives, and above all the assassin tried to kill him one time just a few minutes ago. But there is no way he can run away.

After that, the old man took out a small cup and poured a cup of liquor from his gourd, and then handed it to Noah.

" It's okay, you don't have to worry, I haven't mixed anything on this look" after saying this old man drank a few gulps of liquor and looked toward Noah again. 

" No Senior it's not like that, I haven't drunk any type of liquor in my entire life except tea, I think I wouldn't be able to handle it after drinking this," said Noah. Indeed, he never drinks any longer, but only tea. But the main reason is not that he doesn't know this old man's motives at all. 

", Ohh, don't worry, it's not that strong, " the old man insisted. At this moment Noah wasn't able to say no anymore to this, after all, if he rejected again then the elder might get angry. 

In the end, he took a small sip for the first time. But as soon as the liquor goes through his throat he feels like it's melting his throat, as it goes deeper inside Noah feels that all of his organs are and everything inside of him slowly melting. 

The pain was so unbearable Noah fell down to the ground holding his stomach. 

" Ahh, it seems, the effect is stronger than I thought," the old man said to himself and touched the forehead of Noah. Soon Noah felt gentle energy entering his body from his forehead and slowly the pain he was feeling subsided a little but it didn't vanish away.

" Hurry and control the energy inside your body, it will be a great boost to your cultivation," said the old man. 

Noah didn't waste a single second and sat down in a crossed legged position, and started channeling the spiritual energy. As he did that spiritual energy released from his body and started circling around his body creating a protective spiritual ball. 

Soon beads of sweat started to appear on Noah's forehead, and slowly the pain he was feeling vanished completely, after that he felt that invisible layer of resistance that was blocking his cultivation to advance any further vanished, and his cultivating took a step to the next layer.

Noah after absorbing all the essence open his eyes and looked toward the old man " You almost killed me, old man " 

" AHAHA, who could have thought your body would react like this after just taking a sip of my liquor? '' said the old man.

" Thanks to the god this old man didn't force me to drink the full gourd of liquor, if that happened I would have exploded by it," Noah thought to himself, but Noah doesn't remember this that he doesn't need to refine and then absorb. He had to wait a single second before the essence of the liquor would have automatically absorbed by his body. 

" Old man tell me who you are" Noah is now sure about one thing this old man is not here to take his life and thus he asked this question. 

" Me, I am just an old man living the last moments of my life," said the old man as he looked toward the sky with sadness in his eyes. 

" Can't you just break into the next realm? I heard the higher one cultivation is the more he will live" but after saying this he realized he shouldn't have said that. 

" Well, you are indeed true, but I am not a young man like you, I have become old and thus it's very hard for me to make a breakthrough now, if I do that now there is Chance I'll directly die," said the old man.

" If I was only born in the middle land," said the old man in a low voice. 

" Isn't it better to die trying rather than die with regrets, if you try who knows you may become successful" Noah said.

But this old man just listened to Noah but didn't say anything, who knows what is going on in his mind right now. 

Noah didn't press the matter more since this old man answered. But he asked the question he wanted to ask from the beginning. " Why are you here?". 

" I like a quiet place, and among all the quiet places this place is the best, I used to come here often in the past" the old man answered a few seconds later. 

" Anyway, good luck on your journey, young friend.. Wish you become successful in your life " after saying this the old man vanished from his spot as if he never existed in the first place.