I am about to die of old age, and I have awakened the character of longevity.

Chapter 128: Fighting to the death, Li Changchun’s plan!

The reason why Xie An didn't choose to take action here was simply because he was worried that the old man had a backup plan in his lair, or had accomplices hiding.

It would be more appropriate to lead him to the home of Village Chief Zhao.

As luck would have it, there was no one at Village Chief Zhao's house...

The old man happily followed Xie An to the home of Village Chief Zhao. When he first entered the house, the old man actually became a little more cautious, "Who is your relative, Mr. Zhao?"

Previously, the old man bought medicinal herbs from various households, but Mr. Zhao, the village's largest medicinal herb dealer, refused to sell them to him. At that time, the old man felt that Mr. Zhao was wary of him.

Xie An tried his best to make his expression appear natural and modest. "Mr. Zhao is my uncle. Qingming Festival is approaching, so he came back to pay respect to his ancestors. Since I'm doing some medicinal herbs business out of town, my uncle asked me to sell all the herbs in our house."

Because Xie An used fetal breathing to hide his breath holding, he looked like an ordinary villager, which did not arouse the old man's suspicion.

"I see. It just so happens that I want all the white deer blood from Mr. Zhao's house. The price is negotiable..."

White deer blood?
Xie An began to feel suspicious.

With Xie An's many years of experience in martial arts, he naturally knew some medicinal herbs.

White Deer Dragon's Blood is a special kind of dragon's blood, very rare. It has excellent blood circulation and blood stasis removal effects. It can also relieve pain, stop bleeding, heal sores, and promote tissue regeneration.

Ordinary pharmacies, and even warriors who are breaking through the barriers, will only add ordinary dragon's blood.

White Deer Blood Drain...is rarely used.

What is Dayinshan doing?
In order not to arouse the old man's suspicion, Xie An said readily, "Very well, very well. May I ask, what is the purpose of the old man purchasing so much white deer blood?"

Humph.

The old man snorted coldly, "I can't say that!"

……

"You can't tell me that?"

"Yes, yes!"

In Mr. Zhao's yard, the ground was cracked, trees were broken, and the whole place was in ruins. Xie An had chopped off the hands of the old man with a ferocious face, and his head was stomped on the ground with his feet.

It was obvious that a fierce battle had just taken place here.

Old man, no match.

Xie An was too lazy to talk nonsense and stepped on his head directly, "Then tell me quickly."

Unexpectedly, the old man who, in Xie An's impression, was not afraid of death and even had no concept of death... actually said it out loud.

"This is what our young master asked us to do. He asked us to purchase a large quantity of White Deer Blood Drainage and send it to the Corpse Refining Hall as a gift."

Xie An immediately realized the key issue, "Is your young master from the Corpse Refining Hall?"

"No."

This information shocked Xie An.

Aren’t it only the bandits in Dayin Mountain who can refine corpses?
Where did this corpse come from?
"Who is your young master?"

"I don't know. I just call him Master Li. After buying the white deer blood, go to Cuiweiju in Shuideng Town to meet him."

"What does your Mr. Li look like?"

"There's a black mole between my eyebrows. I don't remember anything else."

"How many people like you are there?"

"There are probably four or five more. They've all gone to various villages and towns to buy medicinal herbs."

After asking this information, Xie An fell into silence for a long time.

The situation was more serious than Xie An had imagined.

In fact, when Xie An first entered the courtyard, he intended to kill the old man directly. But as the battle progressed, Xie An found that the old man was actually afraid and wanted to survive...

This is outrageous.

A dead person actually wants to live?
This was completely different from the bronze corpse he had encountered before.

Now Master Li is involved, and Master Li has four or five such old men under his command.

White Deer Blood Drain...

Xie An was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses: "Did you cause the disappearance of people in the village?"

Perhaps out of fear, the old man didn't hide it. "It's me. I don't know why, but I can't stand not drinking human blood every day. So...but I did it very secretly."

Click.

Xie An stepped on his head with increasing force, "Were you the one who attacked the cavalry camp?"

"That was Master Li's order. I was just carrying it out. I sent two of my brothers to slaughter the cavalry battalion."

Mr. Li...

Xie An recovered and asked a few more questions, such as where Mr. Li came from and what his methods were. But the old man couldn't answer and only mentioned the sound of the bell.

When it came to the sound of the bells, the old man was very frightened.

Seeing that he could not get any more information out of him, Xie An kicked him to death.

"Master Li..."

Xie An silently repeated the name in his heart, and then he came to his senses. He felt the vibration of the Taoist talisman in his mind, and revealed his greed for the immortal energy.

"absorb."

Xie An muttered to himself.

I thought the process of absorbing the immortal energy would be as smooth as before.

In no mood……

Jingle Bell.

The bell hanging around the old man's waist began to shake spontaneously.

There was no wind around.

Windless automatic.

The ringing sound was particularly harsh and had an inexplicable impact on people's brain nerves.

What surprised Xie An even more was that the process of absorbing the immortal energy... actually encountered an obstacle!

It was as if something was playing tug-of-war with the Taoist talismans in his mind.

"what happened?"

Xie An had never encountered such a thing before.

Is someone trying to snatch the immortal energy from the old man's body?

Bells...

Very scary.

You know, longevity is Xie An's biggest secret. Now this secret has been taken away by someone else? It's still a tug of war...

Xie An naturally wanted to help with that talisman.

However, my means are limited and I can't help.

I can only be a spectator.

The Taoist talisman inside the body was trembling, and the bell outside the body was buzzing.

The bell and the Taoist talisman are playing tug-of-war with each other.

What is being pulled out is the immortal energy.

Xie An, unable to help, had no intention of just being a spectator. Instead, he went on stage to cheer for Dao Lu. In his mind, he kept shouting: Dao Lu, come on!

Come on!!

Soon, as the sound of the bell became louder and louder, the immortal spirit was taken away by 70 to 80 percent of it, and it seemed that the Taoist talisman was about to lose control.

Seeing that the Taoist talisman was about to fail, Xie An also felt that the situation was hopeless.

The five strands of immortal energy that are about to be obtained are about to fly away.

In the past two years, Xie An had only obtained four strands of immortal energy...not as much as he got this time.

Eh.

The degree of fusion of this talisman is still too low.

Suddenly, Xie An felt very disappointed with his own golden finger.

Not powerful.

Is this going to be done?

suddenly……

I don't know if the Dao Talisman sensed the master's thoughts, or if it was stimulated, but it suddenly glowed with a bright white light. The white light became brighter and brighter, and finally pulled back the immortal energy bit by bit...

Click.

The ringing suddenly stopped, and then the bell itself cracked.

The Taoist talisman absorbs all the immortal energy.

"it is good!"

Xie An couldn't help but cheer for the Taoist talisman.

The Taoist scroll seemed aloof and ignored him. The bright white light on it gradually dimmed.

【Successfully absorbed 5 strands of immortal energy.】

[Level 1 longevity gains growth.]

[Current Fusion Degree: 0.0009]

In one breath, he increased his score by five ten-thousand points. For Xie An, this was an unprecedented achievement.

He immediately called up the panel:
[Ming Yu Gong: Jingzhe 65/100]

Sure enough, Jingzhe directly increased the progress by forty points.

Horror!
"The longevity of life is incredible! Even if the degree of integration of the life doesn't increase any more, I feel like I can cultivate the Mingyu Gong to perfection in twenty or thirty years!"

After the excitement, Xie An quickly calmed down and felt that he was too optimistic.

Not to mention the difficulty of practicing the solar terms behind the Jade Art, there is also the issue of the attributes of the four seasons, and whether it can be cracked is also a question.

However, overall, Xie An was still very happy.

After his first bout of tug-of-war, Xie An felt uneasy. He felt like something was targeting his greatest secret, or rather, his greatest secret had met its match...

"Forget it, go back first."

Xie An found a quilt, wrapped the old man's body, tied it tightly with a hemp rope, and then carried the body out.

In order to determine whether the old man had any accomplices, Xie An took the initiative to sneak into the old man's house. Only after confirming that there were no other monsters did he safely return to the hall of the camp.

When Xie An opened the quilt, Village Chief Zhao saw the old man's body. He was immediately very excited and felt relieved all over.

"Master Xie, is there really something wrong with this old man?"

Xie An said: "Yes. He killed the missing people in the village. He also ordered the attack on the camp. The temporary crisis in the village should be resolved."

Village Chief Zhao burst into tears. "Thank you, Master Xie, you are the village's great benefactor. You saved the lives of over 400 people in our village."

As he spoke, Village Chief Zhao was about to kneel before Xie An, but Xie An quickly helped him up. "There's no need for that, Mr. Zhao. This is my responsibility. However, I had a fight with that old man in your house, which inevitably damaged a lot of furniture and walls. Fortunately, the old man left a lot of silver, which I left at your house."

Ah Qi, take the old man back. You will stay at his house for the time being to see if there are any other changes. Be especially careful of outsiders.

After making all the arrangements, Xie An went out, put the old man's body on the horse's back, and rode away.

Behind him, he could hear Mr. Zhao's grateful shout, "Thank you, Hall Master, for your generosity."

……

In Water Lantern Town, near the pier, there is a hidden house in the first row along the river.

It is called Cuiweiju.

Although the house is close to the dock, it is surrounded by lush willow trees. The walls of the house are not visible from the outside, making it very secluded.

In the yard, four old men were helping to sort the medicinal herbs, most of which were white deer blood clotting herbs.

A young man in a brocade robe with a black mole between his eyebrows sat under the eaves, flipping through an ancient book. A maidservant was serving him tea.

"Sir, at this rate, we will definitely be able to gather enough White Deer Blood and Dragon Blood by July. Then we can go into the mountains and meet the High Priest."

The young man in brocade robe snorted coldly, "A village woman living in poverty in the mountains dares to ask for such a high price. If my father hadn't insisted on doing this, why would I have run all the way from Nanzhou to a place like this to suffer? How boring."

The maid complained, "The master is also thinking about the young master. But the young master doesn't need to worry. Completing this trip will be a great achievement. By then, the young master's status in the palace will surely be further improved. It is not impossible for him to become a prince in the future."

The young man in brocade robe said, "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have come all the way to this barren and cold place."

The maid giggled and said, "Young Master, you have great ambitions and are willing to endure hardships. If you complete the task assigned by the master this time, you will definitely be praised by the master."

The two chatted without saying a word.

Suddenly, the young man in brocade robes glanced at the sky and said, "Why hasn't Number Five come to report yet? Qingyu, go get the bell."

"Okay."

The maid named Qingyu quickly ran into the room, took out a silver bell, and handed it to the young man in brocade robes. The young man took it and shook it gently.

The four old men in the yard suddenly crawled to the ground, trembling as if they had heard some terrible noise.

The young man in brocade robes was extremely satisfied with this, and the corners of his mouth curved up. "This country woman provided some interesting things. Let me use a few corpses. It saved me a lot of trouble. It's much easier to use than my servants."

suddenly--

The bell in the brocade-robed youth's hand became extremely heavy and trembled constantly. Even if the brocade-robed youth exerted all his strength, he couldn't hold it.

The small bell in my hand seemed to become extremely heavy and could not be shaken no matter how hard I tried.

"Ok?"

The young man in brocade robe immediately became serious. He grabbed with his big hand and a powerful force suddenly surged out, turning into a strong wind that swept in all directions, cracking the bluestone bricks under his feet.

The young man in brocade robes, who had originally looked rather thin, suddenly became like a ferocious tiger, emitting layers of scorching heat. All this heat gathered in his right hand, which tightly pressed the bell and tried to continue shaking it.

Qingyu was also an expert and immediately realized the problem. Hot air surged from his palms. "Someone is destroying the corpse energy. Master, use the secret method given by the high priest to hold the corpse energy. Otherwise, Number Five will lose control. Someone has nailed Number Five..."

"it is good."

The young man in brocade robe also knew that the situation was urgent. The heat from his body surged out more and more, rolling over the bell and continuing to shake it.

but……

Click!

In a few seconds, the bell cracked and then shattered.

The young man in brocade robes was so shocked that he took three steps back, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned pale. "How could such a master come from such a small place like Qingwu County?"

Qingyu was also extremely surprised, stunned, muttering to himself: "Young Master is already a fourth-level internal energy master, while even the two masters of the Tiger and Wolf Sect are only at the second or third level. Where did such a master come from?"
……

Dayin Mountain, Corpse Refining Hall.

A solemn ancestral hall.

This ancestral hall is different from those of ordinary people. What is placed inside is not a spirit tablet, but transparent containers, each of which contains a heart.

These hearts are beating.

There are more than 8,000 hearts in total.

What was even more bizarre was that each heart was emitting a wisp of white air, which flowed out of the container and then gathered together, turning into a thick white airflow, flowing into an ancient tower behind the ancestral hall.

I don’t know what’s inside the ancient tower, but some vaguely terrifying sounds can be heard.

Click.

The door of the ancestral hall was pushed open.

Two people came in.

A little girl and a tall boy.

The little girl had a blood-red bell hanging around her waist, while the tall boy had a green jade flute stuck in his belt.

"Brother Changchun, come and see, this is the corpse refining hall that my sister has been running for these years."

The little girl pulled the tall boy into the ancestral hall and pointed proudly at the surrounding containers and the wisp of white smoke. "Over the past hundred years, I've gathered eight thousand strands of corpse qi! More than enough to feed that thing."

I've been waiting, waiting for Brother Changchun to master the Mingyu Gong. Then, after we've joined him, I'll be able to do the same. Then, our Corpse Refining Hall will no longer be a side branch of the mountain.

I contacted the people in Nanzhou, and they contacted the people in Beijing. Soon, we will be able to complete the transaction. Then we can enter the capital. It will be the same as before, or even better than before. We can be treated as guests of honor.

The tall boy looked on, silent.

After a long time, the tall boy finally smiled and said, "Well done, sister."

"whee."

The little girl smiled sweetly, "In another year, we'll be able to enter the capital. This path is even better than returning to the Changsheng Cult headquarters. After a hundred years of hard work, we've finally got this opportunity."

The tall boy smiled broadly, as if letting go of all past grudges. He gently took the little girl's hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work over the years."

The little girl said, "With my brother's words, all the hard work is worth it. Once we have collected enough white deer blood and held a mass sacrifice, we will be able to gather the last two thousand strands of corpse qi. Then, we can enter the capital again."

The tall young man said, "Well, the capital is where great things happen and where great things are done."

The little girl said, "I don't know what's going on. Recently, four wisps of corpse qi have disappeared. This is very unusual. Even if the bronze corpse and the green, wood and black corpses died, their corpse qi would be withdrawn to this ancestral hall. In this place, apart from my corpse refining hall, no one else can refine corpses, and no one else can collect corpse qi. It's really strange..."

The tall young man said, "Maybe it's because it's been so long that it's caused some damage."

The little girl tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, "That must be the reason. It's okay, the situation is set. Soon, the Blood Ridge Black Market will be upgraded to a commercial center. Thousands of people will gather there, which will be perfect for me to perform a grand sacrifice. I'll collect the last two thousand strands of corpse qi. The White Deer Blood is almost complete. No one can stop us."

The tall young man nodded heavily. "My sister is very capable! I've also come to terms with it. The past is just a passing cloud. Returning to the capital is the real feat."

Hearing this, the little girl smiled from ear to ear, "Brother, just think it through. In a few days, people from Nanzhou will come up the mountain. When you see them, you'll know our plan is foolproof."

The tall young man was delighted, "Okay. But we still have to find the immortal treasure."

"I know. I have arranged the chess pieces, don't worry, brother." The little girl was very excited and snuggled in the tall boy's arms, and the tall boy gladly accepted it.

The two people seem to be very loving.

suddenly--

Ok?
The little girl suddenly stood up straight, staring intently at a container in front of her. She saw the heart inside the container beating violently, and the five wisps of corpse qi emanating from it were also shaking non-stop.

It's like playing tug-of-war.

Da da da.

The little girl immediately stepped forward, greatly shocked, "Someone is competing with us for corpse energy!"

Soon, the little girl made a hand seal, and a bloody light was released from her palm and poured into the container, trying to suppress the restless heart and corpse qi.

Even so, the heart was still beating wildly. Instead of stopping, it was getting more and more violent.

After a while, the little girl's face turned pale, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and she looked very exhausted.

"How is that possible? In a small place like Qingwu County, how could there be another corpse refining master? And how could he compete with this priest for corpse energy?"

The little girl was shocked and cast a spell to bless her.

bump!
The heart inside the container burst with a loud bang.

The little girl was shocked so much that she couldn't stop herself from thudding three steps. She only stopped after the tall boy helped her.

Soon, the little girl was shocked. "Brother, there is another corpse refiner in Qingwu County, and he is very powerful. His magic power is not inferior to mine. Could it be that the person from Nanzhou is doing this? I gave him five silver corpses to use, intending to show off my corpse refining skills. I didn't expect that he couldn't hide it well and was targeted!"

The tall young man said, "It's okay. He's just a corpse refiner. I'll go down the mountain, find him, and kill him."

(End of this chapter)