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

Chapter 239: The palm brings down the spirit’s blessing, Puyang Qing is seriously injured!
Su Yuqing was not the usual arrogant and domineering princess. On the contrary, she was very smart and had a keen understanding of the imperial power.

So when she heard Li Huai say this, she did not object immediately, nor did she get angry, but stood there and fell into silence for a long time.

She was obviously touched.

Upon closer thought, what Li Huai said was not without reason.

After all, the King of Huainan was a powerful and influential king of the opposite sex in Daqian. Who could force him to rebel when he knew that his rebellion would fail?
In addition, after the rebellion... the King of Huainan was not dead or arrested.

There seem to be few people in the entire Daqian who can do both of these things at the same time.

Emperor Jingtai...is obviously one of them.

After a long while, Su Yuqing recovered and stared at Li Huai, who was laughing hideously. "Why did the emperor ask you to rebel?"

Li Huai's expression became increasingly ferocious. "If I hadn't rebelled, how would your father have had a reason to transfer Ye Nantian away from the capital? If I hadn't rebelled, how would your father have been able to prove that the Northern Liang Demon Girl was involved? How would he have been able to prove that the Five Elders Peaks under the Demon Court were involved?"

Su Yuqing felt as if her heart was hit hard by a hammer.

Every sound and every sentence confirmed the guesses and doubts in her heart.

She knew that the Northern Liang demon, Chen Yu'er, had ultimately rejected the alliance with the King of Huainan and had murdered over twenty Grandmasters. Such a brutal conflict had erupted because He Nanfeng, representing the King of Huainan, had treated Chen Yu'er harshly and attempted to coerce her, ultimately leading to the conflict.

Now Su Yuqing knew that He Nanfeng's move was to tie up the Beiliang demon girl and to kill her. He also wanted to tie up the demon court and kill her.

After all, as long as the Prince of Huainan finally rebelled, the imperial court could accuse Beiliang and Wulaofeng of collusion.

Suddenly, Su Yuqing felt a chill running down her spine.

Although he knew that the imperial technique was terrifying, Su Yuqing still felt his scalp tingling.

After a while, Su Yuqing finally came to her senses and asked, "What is your intention, Father?"

"How should I know? You'll have to ask your father." Li Huai felt particularly satisfied after saying this, and grinned grimly, "I've said everything I need to say. You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you."

Li Huai had reasons to be happy.

He knew that after today, this eldest princess, who was highly regarded by the court, had developed a deep-seated estrangement from Emperor Jingtai.

Even if Emperor Jingtai knew that Prince Huainan fell into Su Yuqing's hands, he would certainly worry that Su Yuqing would know the inside story and would develop a grudge against the eldest princess.

If the Jingtai royal family doesn't let themselves have an easy life, then the royal family will never have an easy life either.

Su Yuqing locked him in the room and did not tell anyone.

What Li Huai can figure out, Su Yuqing can naturally figure out as well.

……

Xie An returned to Qixing Village with four martial arts masters.

The experiment began under the expectant eyes of Jin Yuping and Master Huang.

Xie An selected the most powerful martial arts master and had him kneel beneath the forbidden stone statue of the Wuling. He then activated the seal to mobilize the remaining Wuling soul within. Finally, Xie An pointed his right palm at the giant stone statue and began to silently chant some incantation.

Before this, Xie An had always had a question in his mind: since he already controlled the remaining soul of the witch spirit, why did he need to go through the stone statue? Wouldn't it be enough to bless the person directly?

However, this matter was strange after all, and it was the first time to do the experiment, so Xie An still felt that he should be cautious.

When the light from the seal shone on the stone statue, Xie An vaguely understood the reason.

This stone statue acts as a buffer.

If the remaining spirit of the witch spirit on the seal were to descend directly upon someone else, even a small amount would be fatal. However, through this stone statue, it could provide a certain buffer, making it more bearable.

buzz~
The light from the seal continued to act on the stone statue, and after being buffered, it slowly landed on the martial arts master.

In an instant, Xie An felt that his whole body was in a very mysterious state.

Chen Yu'er, Jin Yuping, and Master Huang, who were watching from the sidelines, were stunned. They could clearly sense that the light possessed an indescribable power, seemingly helping the martial arts master cleanse his body and transform his soul. It was as if it was recreating some kind of innate magical power in him.

Gulu.

Jin Yuping swallowed excitedly, thinking to herself: The witch spirit's blessing truly works. This person's destiny and talents have undergone a transformation. Who knows if he'll ultimately succeed. If he does, it means she, too, might embark on the path to immortality.

Master Huang thought so too.

After about half a minute, the martial arts master let out a cry of pain, his body began to twitch and tremble, he held his head and cried, his spirit was on the verge of collapse.

It looks very ferocious.

Jin Yuping and Master Huang were both frightened by what they saw.

The blessing method did indeed have flaws. Fortunately, Xie An was cautious and didn't let them be the first to try it... otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Not long after, there was a loud "bang". It turned out that the martial arts master's head suddenly exploded and died, splattering brain matter all over the ground and emitting a pungent fishy smell.

Xie An also took a few steps back, his face turning pale.

Failed!
He ignored the disappointed looks of Master Huang and Jin Yuping, but walked carefully to the corpse and began to examine it, while thinking about what went wrong in the blessing process.

The remnant soul clearly gave the blessing process, and Xie An completed it according to the process.

Nothing went wrong.

How could this be?

Is there something wrong with the experimental target?

Need to reach a higher level of Grandmaster?

Or was it that he couldn't control the power of the remnant soul? Was it too strong?
Xie An continued to find a martial arts master to conduct experiments.

This time, Xie An followed the procedure more carefully and controlled the power of the residual soul to the minimum. He thought the situation would improve, but it didn't...

With a "bang", the second experiment failed.

This made Xie An confused.

For a moment, I was puzzled.

Chen Yuer then asked, "Xie An, could it be a problem with the statue?"

Xie An understood immediately, "You mean the replica statue won't work, and we have to use the one in the ancestral hall?"

Chen Yu'er nodded. "Why not take the remaining two test subjects and go to the underground village and try it out?"

Xie An agreed and said, "Okay."

So, Xie An and Chen Yu'er immediately took the other two experimental subjects and rushed to the outside of Longmen Town overnight, arrived at the underground village, and began to conduct experiments in the ancestral hall.

The third experiment showed a lot of improvement.

The blessing ended successfully.

The experimental subject wasn't dead, but his mind was somewhat sluggish. Carefully sensing the changes in him, he discovered he had become exceptionally sensitive to spiritual energy. While not yet at the level of sensing and absorbing it, the progress was clear.

Xie An remembered that Thirteenth Master and Xiaoyue had said that one only needed to complete forty-nine blessings to open the spiritual roots. So, this was the first success?

Another forty-eight times, and then the spiritual roots can be opened?
Xie An felt that this was most likely the case.

In the following time, Xie An and Chen Yu'er stayed in the underground ancestral hall and conducted repeated experiments on two experimental subjects.

Since Xie An controlled the residual soul and did not have to worry about the health and life and death of the experimental subject, he would bless the other party every once in a while, and the experiment progressed quickly.

Chen Yu'er also knew that this matter was of great importance. Every time Xie An conducted an experiment, she would take out her album and wolf-hair brush and make detailed records beside him, so that there would be evidence to prove it.

A few days later.

After the two people's joint efforts, the experiment was completed.

Of the two experimental subjects, one died. The second survived, successfully withstanding forty-nine blessings, and indeed, his spiritual roots were awakened. He could sense and absorb spiritual energy.

The blessing interval was too short, causing the person's mental state to become somewhat confused and unclear. However, after a period of recuperation, the person's mental state has generally returned to normal.

This means that the experiment was successful.

This discovery made Xie An and Chen Yuer very happy.

This is a huge secret!

This was a great achievement that could change the landscape of Daqian and even Beiliang for centuries and millennia. However, there was a problem: there was no stable source of spiritual energy, otherwise it would have been possible to mass-produce countless immortal cultivators.

What a terrible thing this is.

Can't even think about it.

So much so that Chen Yuer looked at Xie An with a different look. Before this, Chen Yuer had never thought that Xie An, an ordinary person, actually mastered the unique method of blessing and opening spiritual roots.

As long as this person is willing and can find enough spiritual energy, he can create a dynasty.

It wasn't that Chen Yu'er didn't want to master this kind of blessing method, but she just didn't have the opportunity. Xie An refined the spiritual mirror and mastered the remaining soul of the witch spirit through the seal, which was something she couldn't do.

I can only envy in my heart.

However, Chen Yu'er didn't have any bad thoughts and was sincerely happy for Xie An. "You can master the method of blessing and opening spiritual roots, so I think you can also master the method of summoning spirits, flesh and bones. Give it a try. If you can master this method, we can master the method of cultivating spiritual plants like Puyang Qing."

Xie An had long been interested in this and said, "Let me give it a try."

Anyway, since two Grandmaster test subjects had died in this experiment, they could be used. Chen Yuer dug out the Martial Saint's bones from the medicine garden of Qixing Village and brought them to Xie An for experimentation.

Xie An was not in a hurry. He first used the seal to decipher the method, process, and many details of the soul-resurrection method. Then he began to try.

The process was simple: have the Martial Saint's Skeleton and the Grandmaster embrace each other while kneeling beneath the stone statue. They activated the seal, controlled the remaining spirit of the witch spirit, let it descend, and silently recited the incantation.

Then the soul can be reduced to flesh and bones, and the blood and flesh of the master can be transferred to the dry bones of the Martial Saint, and then "replenish the energy" of the dry bones of the Martial Saint.

Spiritual descent and blessing come from the same source and have many similarities.

With the blessing of experience, Xie An's experiment in summoning spirits went smoothly, and in about three days, he succeeded. The Martial Saint's withered bones turned into white flesh, and his innate vitality was restored.

It was truly miraculous. Chen Yu'er, watching from the side, was filled with emotion. "The methods of the Western Region witch spirits are truly remarkable. With this, the spiritual plants in the medicine garden of Qixing Village can continue to be cultivated for a while. We will have no shortage of resources for cultivation."

Xie An took a deep breath and a bright smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After working diligently since arriving in Yunzhou, Xie An finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After the spirit descended, the Martial Saint's withered bones were over ten times more powerful than before. Extremely pure innate vital energy surged within the bones, fully capable of cultivating spiritual plants on a large scale.

It is no problem to satisfy Xie An and Chen Yuer's years of practice.

In this way, I finally found a ray of stable hope in this world where the immortal fate was cut off.

This stone statue...

Chen Yuer suggested that they could cut the stone statue into pieces and move it back together.

Xie An also had a similar idea, but finally gave up. "This stone statue came from a strange place. If I cut it off and bring it back to Qixing Village, it will be useless. I will lose both my money and my life. I might as well leave it here. I can come back next time when I need the spirit to descend and bless me."

Moreover, I feel that my understanding of the Witch Spirit Remnant Soul is not very deep, and I have only just begun to understand it. If I can master it in the future, I may not need to go through the stone statue."

Chen Yuer readily agreed, "Yes."

Xie An said, "Please take the Martial Saint's bones back and bury them under the medicine garden. Also, as the medicine garden continues to sprout spiritual plants, the range of spiritual energy will increase. We need to find a way to build the medicine garden underground to prevent it from being discovered."

Chen Yu'er agreed, "Anything else you need?"

After spending so much time together, Chen Yu'er had already given Xie An a lot of recognition and even started using words like "orders" to describe him. This was something that was simply unimaginable before.

Xie An said, "Miss Yu'er, please bring Jin Yuping and Master Huang here. Also, White Fox has been working hard lately. Take her to Yunhuang to kill a few big monsters and let her shed her molt as soon as possible."

……

Master Huang and Jin Yuping entered the underground village trembling with fear and walked up the steps towards the stone wall ancestral hall.

The two people looked very nervous and started chatting with each other.

Before this, Chen Yuer had told them that Xie An had successfully completed the experiments of blessing and summoning spirits, and could bless them, open their spiritual roots, and enable them to cultivate immortality.

For them, the thing they had longed for for many years finally had the chance to become a reality, and although they were very happy in their hearts, when the time came, the two of them could not help but feel nervous.

Soon, the two men came to the forbidden area of ​​the ancestral hall and saw Xie An sitting cross-legged in the secret room.

"Thanks, brother."

"Third Master."

The two people saluted respectfully.

Xie An nodded, "Here you are. Sit down."

The two men sat down cross-legged, and knowing that Xie An had something to tell them, they showed very expectant expressions.

Xie An said, "Brother Huang, Miss Yuping, I'm going to tell you the truth. I've already mastered the art of blessing. After blessing you forty-nine times, you can open your spiritual roots and begin cultivating immortality. There's a high probability that nothing will go wrong during this period. However, there's always the possibility of accidents, so you'd better be mentally prepared."

Master Huang and Jin Yuping exchanged a glance and said, "I'm almost at the end of my Grandmaster's lifespan. There's nothing to linger on. Even without blessings, I'd soon die. Thanks to Brother Xie's divine skills, I have the opportunity to cultivate immortality, so I naturally have no hesitation. If something unexpected happens and I die, it's my own fate. Brother Xie, don't worry too much."

Xie An nodded and turned to look at Jin Yuping. Jin Yuping said, "I've thought about it too. I'm willing to give it a try. Even if something unexpected happens, I won't blame you, Third Master."

Xie An breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. The road to becoming an immortal is long, and one should have this determination. However, there is one more thing I need to make clear to you. The witch spirit's blessing to open your spiritual roots should be borrowed from the witch spirit's power. I don't know what effect the witch spirit's inner power will have on you. But this effect will probably last a lifetime. There may also be some unpredictable things in the future. You should also be mentally prepared."

As soon as these words were spoken, the two of them fell into silence.

Before this, they didn't think so much.

But on second thought, it seems reasonable.

After all, the blessing of the witch spirit is not the right way. The only right way is the method of reversing the innate state established by the ancestor of martial arts.

After a long pause, Master Huang said, "I accept."

Jin Yuping said, "I accept it too."

Xie An stopped reminding them. They were all adults. Although they all had a good relationship, especially Huang Da Ge, who had been with Xie An for more than ten years, everyone had their own decisions.

Everyone should be responsible for their own life.

Xie An made the interests clear, and it was enough for them to make a choice after weighing the pros and cons.

"In that case, let's begin. Brother Huang, you go first. Kneel before the statue and I will bless you."

"Okay." Master Huang took a deep breath and then knelt under the stone statue.

Xie An activated the remaining spirit of the witch on the seal, and through the feedback of the stone statue, blessed Master Huang for the first time. In order to reduce the side effects of the blessing on Master Huang, Xie An waited at least a day between each blessing, making sure that Master Huang was healthy before performing the next blessing.

Moreover, two people can take turns to bless, which saves time.

Three months later.

The two people experienced forty-nine blessings respectively.

As the last blessing ended, the two people clearly felt a fundamental transformation taking place in their bodies, as if they had unlocked some special destiny talent. They were able to sense the existence of spiritual energy and even absorb it.

"It's really magical. I found that I can sense spiritual energy and even absorb it." Jin Yuping absorbed the spiritual energy of the cold spirit grass she brought with her and felt extremely comfortable.

After trying it, Master Huang also felt extremely refreshed. "The Wuling Blessing Method is really useful. I will be able to cultivate immortality in the future, hahaha. Thank you, brother, you are really my benefactor. As your brother, I owe you my whole life."

Jin Yuping also immediately expressed her stance, "From now on, Yuping will follow Third Master's lead and serve him wholeheartedly."

Xie An smiled, "You're welcome, everyone, get up. Let's leave this place first and go back to Qixing Village."

Back at Qixing Village, everyone prepared a sumptuous dinner and feasted on it to congratulate Master Huang and Jin Yuping on their journey to becoming immortals.

After dinner, Xie An checked the medicine garden.

After three months of work, the medicine garden was moved underground, creating a skylight for ventilation. This prevented excessive dissipation of spiritual energy and prevented the growth of the spiritual plants. Furthermore, after the Martial Saint's bones were spiritualized, their vitality was overflowing. The spiritual plants flourished, and countless cold spiritual grass seedlings sprouted, further expanding their population.

It can fully meet the needs of five or six Qi Refining Stage cultivators.

Everything is getting better.

In the following time, Xie An's life returned to peace again.

In the forbidden area of ​​Qixing Village, Jin Yuping and Master Huang also began to indulge in cultivation, and Xie An and Chen Yu'er were even more so. However, Xie An still did not forget to use Thirteenth Master's perception to keep an eye on Puyang Qing's search for the Jin family's residence.

Judging from the information sent back, Puyang Qing's operation did not seem to be going smoothly. He still had not found the real Jin family's residence and encountered many obstacles.

Xie An was not in a hurry.

He would eventually go to the Jin Clan's headquarters. It was a good opportunity for him to let Puyang Qing, a fifth-level Qi-refining cultivator, explore the way first. He could then be the one to take advantage.

Two years passed in a flash.

It's autumn again.

On this day, Xie An ended his retreat, walked out of the room, stood in the yard and looked up at the sky.

Before he knew it, Xie An was already seventy-five years old.

Finally, he entered the second level of Qi Refining. His mastery of the talisman's purple blade further improved, and his entire aura underwent a fundamental transformation. Thanks to the effect of the long life force, Xie An's foundation was very solid.

Although he was also at the second level of Qi Refining, his foundation was much stronger than that of cultivators of the same level. His combat power was needless to say. With the help of his talisman, he was completely superior to cultivators at the third level of Qi Refining.

Xie An planned to go to Yunzhou City to visit old friends.

As long as one of them could cultivate to the level of a martial arts master, they could be blessed and allowed to embark on the path of immortal cultivation. After all, Master Huang and Jin Yuping hadn't shown any symptoms in the past two years.

It can be seen that the blessing of the witch spirit is feasible.

Xie An washed up early, changed into clean clothes, and prepared to leave.

At this moment, the seal on his palm suddenly emitted a faint light. Xie An realized that something was wrong and immediately stopped to feel the seal.

There was a message from the Thirteenth Master.

After some reflection, Xie An roughly understood the whole story and was immediately shocked. Without saying a word, he went to Chen Yuer's room and knocked on the door.

dong dong dong.

After a moment, Chen Yu'er opened the door and walked out. "What happened?"

Xie An was greatly surprised when he saw Chen Yu'er again. He saw that Chen Yu'er had changed greatly compared to two years ago. Not only did her aura become much stronger, but she also looked more extraordinary and bright.

After being stunned for a moment, Xie An said, "I just got the situation of Puyang Qing and the others."

Chen Yu'er asked, "Have they found the Jin family's base?"

Xie An said, "We found them. But they suffered heavy damage. The Thirteenth Master is dying, and the hundreds of martial arts masters who went with Puyang Qing are all dead. Even Puyang Qing was seriously injured and is now on his deathbed."

Chen Yuer frowned, "Puyang Qing is at the fifth level of Qi Refining, and he's almost dead. Where are they?"

Xie An said: "Heishankou."

Chen Yu'er asked, "Do you want to go and take a look?"

Xie An naturally wanted to go and take a look, but since the matter was of great importance, he did not say so explicitly. Instead, he asked, "What do you mean?"

Chen Yu'er knew the dangers involved, but the path to immortality required struggle, so she didn't back down immediately. "I just broke through the fourth level of Qi Refining, and my fighting power is comparable to Puyang Qing. You can go and take a look."

The fourth level of Qi Refining.

Really perverted.

Xie An was envious for a moment, then said, "Let's not delay. I'll go get Jin Yuping. Let Master Huang stay here."

Chen Yu'er said, "That's as it should be."

(End of this chapter)