This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!-Chapter 434 - 1 Where to Find Immortality_2

Chapter 434 -1 Where to Find Immortality_2

Thus, the human Martial Saints who reached the pinnacle of Martial Arts theoretically had a maximum lifespan of three hundred years.

Three hundred years was already the extreme limit of human life, and even Martial Saints couldn’t break through this barrier.

However, many Exotic Beasts, less powerful than Martial Saints and not even as strong as Great Grandmasters, easily surpassed a lifespan of three hundred years, reaching four hundred, five hundred years, or even, according to legends, some that have lived for over a thousand years!

The Azure Water Sky Cloud Beast of the Daluo Sect had already lived for over a hundred years when it was subdued by the fifth-generation Sect Master of Daluo Sect and had stayed in the Daluo Sect for another three hundred years.

Now, its lifespan was almost exceeding five hundred years!

Buddhists seek rebirth in the next life, while Taoists seek longevity.

As a disciple of the Taoist school, Ai Liangshan naturally cared much about lifespan, so every time he passed by this secluded pond, he would contemplate the Azure Water Sky Cloud Beast’s lifespan.

He envied it greatly.

Passing the secluded pond and going through several great halls, Ai Liangshan arrived at the gate of a Taoist temple.

He stood outside the gate, bowed respectfully into the temple, and said loudly,

“Disciple Ai Liangshan, by the command of my master True Man Qing Xia, has come to collect the Elixir!”

In the Daluo Sect, only those whose Martial Arts cultivation reached the Tao Foundation Stage, or those who became Possession Stage Great Mages in Magic Dao cultivation, could have their own Taoist title and possess an independent Taoist temple.

The Taoist temple in front of Ai Liangshan belonged to True Man Qingding.

One who manifested a Lifebound Magic Item and endowed the artifact with a True Spirit, stepping into the True Spirit Realm, could be called a True Man.

True Man Qingding’s Lifebound Magic Item was an alchemy cauldron, making him the top alchemist of the current era!

Taoists seeking longevity have not only cultivation techniques and magic methods that can preserve appearance and extend life but also various Elixir prescriptions that can prolong life.

Elixirs related to lifespan are the most elite and also the hardest to refine; only True Man Qingding in the entire Daluo Sect had the ability to concoct them.

Every August, True Man Qingding would produce a furnace of ‘Pine Cloud Crane Year Elixir,’ which could extend life and promote health.

This Elixir was not for his own consumption nor was it for the other members of the Daluo Sect, but it was to be sent to the Imperial Palace for the Emperor to consume!

The Taoist school was valued by the court, and the Daluo Sect received various rewards and titles every year, which were largely related to this ‘Pine Cloud Crane Year Elixir.’

Luoxia Peak was always responsible for liaising with the court, handling many external affairs of the Daluo Sect, so every year’s ‘Pine Cloud Crane Year Elixir’ would be collected by the disciples of Luoxia Peak and then handed over to the court’s officials.

This was Ai Liangshan’s first time being assigned this task, and also his first visit to True Man Qingding’s Taoist temple, so he was quite curious.

“Come in,” a steady voice came from inside the temple.

“Yes.”

Ai Liangshan entered the temple, passed through the courtyard, walked into a great hall, and stood waiting.

He looked around curiously; everything in the great hall looked ordinary, with nothing particularly out of the ordinary, except for a couplet hanging directly in front, inscribed with a few powerful and vigorous characters:

Where does one search for eternal life?

Seeing these words, Ai Liangshan couldn’t help but be startled, then revealed a look of bewilderment.

Indeed, where does one search for eternal life?

The ultimate limit of Martial Arts cultivation was at most three hundred years of life, and as for Magic Dao, many magicians’ bodies were even weaker than those of ordinary people, many not living past seventy years, and quite a few died young.

Although the Taoist school possessed the ‘Longevity Technique,’ which could nourish the physical body with the spirit, the longest-living True Monarch in the history of the Daluo Sect only lived a little over two hundred years.

Even the Emperor who wields the greatest power in all the land can only extend life by consuming elixirs like the ‘Pine Cloud Crane Year Elixir’ yearly.

But apart from the founding Emperor of the Da Lan Dynasty, who reached the Martial Saint cultivation level, none of the subsequent emperors managed to live past a hundred years.

Martial Saints, True Monarchs, Emperors… none of these great figures at the pinnacle of humanity could truly achieve immortality.

“This elder brother,” a voice interrupted Ai Liangshan’s thoughts.

He snapped back to reality, looked up, and saw a very young and handsome little Taoist priest carrying a wooden box coming towards him.

“This must be a new disciple taken in by True Man Qingding, right?” Ai Liangshan thought to himself, not recognizing the other party.

“May I inquire how the younger brother is called?”

“Here is this year’s Elixir.” The young Taoist didn’t answer Ai Liangshan’s question, but simply handed over the wooden box he was holding.

Ai Liangshan was taken aback, smiled, and received the wooden box,

“Alright.”

Then he held the wooden box with both hands and left the Taoist temple.

“The young people these days really lack manners,” Ai Liangshan shook his head after leaving the temple, lamenting in his heart.

He looked at the wooden box in his hands, and although he was very curious about what the Elixir inside looked like, he didn’t have the audacity to open the box to check.

After all, these were for the Emperor.

As he walked around a great hall, suddenly the sound of a rushing wind came from behind.

“Hmm?”

Due to the martial artist’s vigilance, Ai Liangshan immediately dodged to the left while activating his protective force and turning around.

It was just a task to fetch an item; Luoxia Peak wouldn’t send a Tao Foundation Stage powerhouse just for that.

Even within the Daluo Sect, Tao Foundation Stage powerhouses are important figures.

However, since the items were for the Emperor, the person they sent couldn’t be too bad.

Ai Liangshan was at the peak of the Qi Change Stage and had already stepped into the practice of ‘Unity,’ with the hope of becoming a Tao Foundation Stage powerhouse in the future.

His reaction and adaptability in that instant were flawless, but the assailant’s strength exceeded his expectations!

When he turned around, he was met with a golden palm force that struck like a mountain!

Ai Liangshan instinctively leaned to the side, protecting the wooden box in his hands while also stimulating his force to form a cloud of mist.

This was a defensive martial art technique of the Daluo Sect—Cloud Sea Mountain Gate.

Boom—

A loud noise resounded.

The Cloud Sea was shattered by the mountain.

Ai Liangshan’s body was sent flying like a cannonball, his bones breaking in over a dozen places upon impact!

He crashed heavily onto the ground, shattering the blue stone tiles beneath him, and the wooden box he had been cradling flew out of his grasp.

Ai Liangshan spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Even then, his subconscious worry was still for the elixir in the box, and he immediately turned his head to look.

The wooden box had fallen to the ground, its lid had come open.

Ai Liangshan’s eyes widened.

The wooden box was empty…

August 16th, more than a month had passed since the ‘academic exchange’ between Hongyi University and Wu’an University.

In the past month, the whole Jianghu of Feng Province had been discussing one person—Green-faced Ghost King!

It was not just in Feng Province; Imperial Capital Lanling City and the other twenty-two provinces also had many people who had heard the name of the Green-faced Ghost King.

He had soared to the top of the Fengyun Leaderboard, becoming well-known throughout the land in just a few days.

This is what it meant to be a truly influential figure!

However, this influential figure had vanished from the public eye over the past month and had not made any further appearances.

Although the Green-faced Ghost King had not shown himself, Green-faced Manor, Qingyuan City Management Company, and the Zhang Family were frequently on the move, continuously annexing the businesses and influences left behind by the now-deceased ‘Sword King,’ ‘Poison King,’ ‘Gun King,’ and ‘Queen.’

Of the once ‘Seven Kings’ of Datong Prefecture, now only ‘Shadow King’ and ‘Gambling King’ remained.

And during this period, these two had been extremely low-key, showing no signs of challenging the Green-faced Ghost King for a share of the power.

Not just within Datong Prefecture, but powers outside the prefecture that had been eager to move also silently retracted their claws.

Especially the business owner Luo Yifu from the provincial city.

After the death of ‘Beast King’ Yu Longqing, he had been preparing to take over the exotic beast food market of Datong Prefecture.

But after that ‘academic exchange,’ Luo Yifu completely gave up on the market of Datong Prefecture…

More than a month had passed, and although the Green-faced Ghost King hadn’t made an appearance, his will was evident throughout Datong Prefecture!

The saying ‘Green-faced Ghost King, dominating the Jianghu,’ had already started to circulate within Datong Prefecture.

At Wuda, on the small mountain where Shi Caiming lived.

Li Fei had just completed his day’s cultivation.

“You will lead a team to the Daluo Sect in two days.”

Shi Caiming, lighting a cigarette, said to Li Fei.

“To the Daluo Sect? I’m leading the team?”

Li Fei looked perplexed at the other person.

“Did you know about the martial arts exchange competition between the Taoist Three Sects and the twelve universities last year?”

Shi Caiming asked.

Li Fei paused, then nodded.

At that time, he had heard the news on the radio and remembered that it was Shi Caiming who personally made a trip to the Daluo Sect and finalized the details with the Sect Master of Daluo, Qingxu True Monarch. (See Volume 1, Chapter 12)

“This year’s martial arts exchange competition is still going to be held, but the venue and specific details haven’t been decided yet. You’ll go in my place to the Daluo Sect to discuss this matter.”

Shi Caiming said casually.

A year ago, Li Fei could only learn about this major event through the radio.

A year later, he was able to participate personally, and moreover, he was going as the leader of the team from Wu’an University!

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PS: Starting a new volume, just getting my thoughts in order, so there’s only one update today~