"Ah..." Lan Fan screamed miserably.

The knife landed near his heart.

It was a shallow cut, with little blood flowing out, but for some reason, he just kept screaming nonstop, even convulsing all over as if he was in immense pain.

"What... technique are you using?" Chu Qianli looked at Lan Qing, puzzled.

"Nothing much, just stabbed his vital point, destroyed his martial arts. From now on, he can’t use the Lan Family’s secret technique anymore."

Lan Qing flicked the knife clean before putting it away.

"Then I..." Chu Qianli still didn’t understand.

Lan Qing smiled and said, "He can no longer use the Lan Family’s secret technique, so the Life and Death Alliance between you two is nullified."

"Really? Is it that simple?" If it were indeed that simple, I would’ve just stabbed him directly and not let Feng Yexuan and myself suffer so much.

"Killing him won’t work. Not only would the Life and Death Alliance remain unresolved, but you’d also die with him."

Lan Qing chuckled, glancing at her abdomen. That glance seemed to understand many things, yet he said nothing.

"The Life and Death Alliance was forged with his technique. Without his technique, the alliance naturally disappears."

He turned and walked towards the large tree where Feng Dingchu was.

His steps seemed light and effortless, yet in the blink of an eye, he was already beside Feng Dingchu.

In the wind, only his pleasant but cold and indifferent voice remained:

"If you’re not satisfied, now that the Life and Death Alliance is broken, you can stab him without any risk."

Chu Qianli looked at Lan Fan on the ground, who weakly gazed at her after the tormenting pain had passed.

Just one glance left her stunned.

She could see Lan Fan’s originally very handsome face aging at a visible speed.

Yes, aging!

His face first showed some fine lines, but soon these lines turned into actual wrinkles.

His face was like it had been dehydrated, transforming from a handsome young man into a wrinkled old man.

And his hair.

The once dark locks turned white inch by inch, until it was completely white-haired.

Chu Qianli looked up at Lan Qing standing on the tree trunk, "What happened to him..."

"He was originally an old man over seventy, only using the Lan Family’s secret technique to make himself appear in his early twenties. Now that the secret technique is gone, he naturally returns to his original form."

Chu Qianli looked at him, then at Lan Fan, unable to shake off the shock in her heart.

So the Lan Family’s secret technique was truly so powerful!

No matter how she looked, she couldn’t tell Lan Fan was actually in his seventies.

Does that mean... the Lan Family’s secret technique can grant eternal youth?

Looking again at Lan Qing, Chu Qianli’s eyes brightened with excitement, "Can I learn it?"

If she mastered the Lan Family’s secret technique, she could stay youthful forever... Goodness! Who wouldn’t want that?

Though she often claimed she didn’t rely on her looks, yet, she was still a woman after all.

What woman doesn’t love beauty? Who wouldn’t wish to remain young and beautiful forever?

Chu Qianli’s eyes sparkled like stars in the dark night: "Little Qingqing—"

Lan Qing shivered, almost losing his balance and falling off the tree.

"Don’t call me that, I’m not your Little Qingqing."

Who would have thought stoic Chu Qianli would have such coquettish moments?

He always thought she was cold-hearted and uninterested in anything.

Lan Qing waved dismissively, "Besides, you’re not a descendant of the Lan Family; even if I teach you, you won’t be able to learn it."