After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 1022 Measuring Lifespan, Suppressing Tian Bonong!

The key issue is that even if you kill him through someone else, it won't work.

The object of the curse has nothing to do with who killed him.

Even if someone tries to kill him, he'll still curse Chen Yang. He might have already locked onto Chen Yang by now.

Chen Yang frowned slightly.

He had seen many strange things, and the curse that Danyangzi mentioned might not be entirely fabricated.

Therefore, after Danyangzi said that, Chen Yang was indeed a little hesitant to act rashly.

Danyangzi looked like he had Chen Yang completely under his control. "You've been to that Nether Pool, so you should have the Impermanence Scale in your hands, right? The Impermanence Scale can measure lifespan. Why don't you measure how much lifespan you have left, and then measure how much more lifespan I have left? Let's see if this deal is worth it first."

Is it impermanent?
On the first day after he entered, when Chen Yang obtained the Longevity Stone, he took that ruler from the bottom of that pool.

Chen Yang actually took out the ruler.

Do you know how to use it?

Danyangzi smiled broadly, his face radiating confidence.

This ruler originally belonged to him, and he had naturally measured his own lifespan long ago, which is why he was so confident.

It was obvious they were certain Chen Yang wouldn't dare kill him.

"How do I use it?" Chen Yang asked.

Danyangzi said, “Take a drop of blood and drip it onto the ruler. Transfer your true essence into it, and the ruler will be able to measure your remaining lifespan.”

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow, walked up to Dan Yangzi, and directly rubbed the wound on his severed arm with a ruler.

True essence is activated.

hum.

The ruler trembled slightly, a flash of light appeared, and then a streak of blood rose from the head of the ruler and spread towards the tail.

call out!
In a short while, three blood-red ancient seal characters appeared on the ruler.

"202"

After a short while, the blood-red ancient seal characters disappeared.

202?
Does this mean that Danyangzi has 202 years left to live?

Chen Yang frowned slightly.

According to Danyangzi, once his curse takes effect, it will cost him twice as much as four hundred years of his lifespan.

Does he have four hundred years left to live?

At this moment, it was pouring rain. Chen Yang used the radar to probe the area, grabbed Dan Yangzi, and went to a cave two miles to the west.

In the cave.

Chen Yang was also a little curious about his lifespan.

Following the previous method, a drop of blood was taken and dripped onto the ruler, and true essence was transferred into it.

"Om..."

The ruler jolted again.

Then the light returned, and a streak of blood once again pierced through the entire ruler.

The next second, three blood-red characters appeared on the ruler.

"382".

In other words, he has 382 years left to live.

Given my current age of 23, barring any unforeseen circumstances, I should live to be 405 years old before passing away peacefully.

It has already exceeded the lifespan limit of four hundred years for the Dao True Realm.

Theoretically speaking, human cultivators at the Dao True Realm can live up to four hundred years old, but this lifespan is not a fixed value.

Some people are just naturally long-lived, and it's normal for them to live past this age. It's not that humans in the Daoist Realm must die at four hundred years old.

Many of them may not even reach four hundred years old.

Just like for ordinary people, one hundred years old is the lifespan limit, but how many people can live to one hundred years old? There are also people who live past one hundred years old.

Now, the problem facing Chen Yang is that Dan Yangzi has 202 years of lifespan left. Once his curse is activated, it can take away more than 400 years of Chen Yang's lifespan, while Chen Yang only has 382 years of lifespan left. After it is all taken away, he will still owe more than 20 years.

No wonder Danyangzi looked like he had him cornered.

Although Danyangzi is now a prisoner, he has no sense of being a prisoner.

“Young man, we have no prior connection, nor any life-or-death feud that would force us to each other. Return the alchemy furnace to me, and I can even share one of the elixirs within with you. From now on, you go your way, and I'll go mine. All grudges are settled, and we'll leave each other alone…”

He started negotiating terms with Chen Yang.

In the end, he still wanted to live, but now he was essentially using his own life to blackmail Chen Yang.

See you soon.

Ironically, his threats actually had some effect.

With this curse in place, he believed Chen Yang wouldn't dare kill him.

Therefore, they became fearless and complacent.

Chen Yang interrupted him, "I'm quite curious about your curse. You don't know my name, nor do you know my birth date and time, so how can you curse me?"

Chen Yang was no stranger to curses.

The nail head technique that Huang Daolin used on Ding Huanchun was a type of curse. This kind of technique either requires hair, blood, clothing, or other items from the target's body, or it requires their name and birth date as a trigger.

You have nothing, so what do you have to curse with?

"I told you, if you don't believe me, go ahead and kill me and see what happens."

Danyangzi simply smiled and offered no further explanation.

His attitude did indeed make Chen Yang feel uncertain.

Danyangzi continued, "That's a Heavenly Tribulation Pill. After a cultivator in the late stage of the Dao True Realm takes it, they might even be able to create a Heavenly Road out of thin air. Even if they can't reach the Celestial Human Realm, they can become a pseudo-immortal who is closest to the Celestial Human Realm. You've already reached the Dao True Realm, and I believe it won't be long before you step into the late stage of the Dao True Realm. At that time, you will find that although we are all in the late stage of the Dao True Realm, the difference in strength between us is still very large..."

"They're all at the late stage of the Dao True Realm, but look at the likes of Cang Gou Dao Ren and Jue Chen He Shang. Can they be compared to ordinary late-stage Dao True Realm cultivators? Aren't the Four Great Guardian Beasts strong? Aren't Cang Gou and the others strong? No matter how strong they are, they're still only at the late stage of the Dao True Realm, not even worthy of being called pseudo-immortals..."

Danyangzi's words were extremely seductive.

He firmly believed in the allure of the elixir; this kid definitely wouldn't be able to resist.

Chen Yang shook his head. "It's too much of a loss."

"what?"

Danyangzi looked at him, puzzled.

Chen Yang said, "If I kill you, everything you have will be mine. Why should I let you go and only take one of your immortal pills? Tell me, isn't that too much of a loss?"

Danyangzi's face twitched. "What you said makes sense logically, but do you dare to kill me? Can you kill me? Besides, each person can only take one Heavenly Tribulation Pill; taking more won't do any good."

"Just because I can't kill you doesn't mean I have to let you go. If I have extra Heavenly Tribulation Pills, can't I save some for others?" Chen Yang retorted.

Danyangzi paused upon hearing this.

But then his brow relaxed. "Even if I choose to commit suicide, the curse will still be activated."

This old guy.

Threatening Chen Yang in this way is indeed ruthless.

Chen Yang really wanted to kill him with a single sword strike, but it's always better to be safe than sorry, and he couldn't kill him now.

He immediately took out the Medicine King's Divine Needle and quickly sealed several major acupoints on his body.

"What are you doing? Do you think that by sealing my cultivation, I won't be able to kill myself?" Danyangzi asked.

Chen Yang shrugged. "If you were willing to die, you would have died long ago. You shouldn't be wasting your breath talking to me like this. If you want to die, I won't stop you, but we can discuss the conditions you just mentioned..."

"Oh?"

Danyangzi's eyes brightened slightly, thinking that Chen Yang had given in.

Chen Yang didn't say much to him and directly released Mo Yuan from the Azure Profound Pearl.

"Keep an eye on him."

Chen Yang gave Mo Yuan a word of instruction, then turned and left the cave.

At that moment, a fight was still going on outside.

We don't need to worry about Monk Juechen and the others for now, but Chen Yang definitely needs to get involved with Water Monkey and Tian Bonong.

After all, the effects of the Dao Zhen Dan only last for half an hour. If the water monkey still can't defeat Tian Bonong by the time the half hour is up, then he will be at a disadvantage.

They might end up being taken down instead.

……

-

After Chen Yang left, only Mo Yuan and Dan Yangzi, who was bound by red ropes, remained in the cave.

Danyangzi asked, "Fellow Daoist Rat, what is your relationship with this person?"

Mo Yuan looked at Danyangzi, a flash of pity crossing his eyes, "What kind of relationship do you think it would be?"

Danyangzi's gaze changed slightly. "Could it be that what the White Fox Ancestor said is true? Is he really the reincarnation of Zhao Quanzhen?"

"Cough cough..."

Upon hearing this, Mo Yuan coughed twice as if he had been choked by the wind.

Is Zhao Quanzhen a reincarnation?
It's amazing that these guys could come up with such a thing.

Who was Zhao Quanzhen? How could I not know about his death? If he could be reincarnated, how could I not know?
It probably understood Danyangzi's logic, after all, given its status, would it willingly be driven by any random cultivator?

You should know that it is a fellow Daoist from Mount Shu.

There is only one person who can control it: Zhao Quanzhen.

But Mo Yuan was also suffering inside. Others only saw his glory, but they couldn't see his hardships. He was in a weaker position than others and had no choice at all.

“Our master has long since passed away. How could anyone have survived the great calamity of that year? Don’t spout such nonsense.” Mo Yuan shook his head.

No?

Danyangzi felt a sense of unease, unsure whether Mo Yuan's words were true or false. However, seeing Mo Yuan's indifferent expression, he didn't press the matter further.

“Fellow Daoist Rat, we are old acquaintances. Could you please let me go out of consideration for our past friendship? I see that you look listless and old, and I suppose your lifespan is not long. In return, I can try to refine a batch of life-extending pills for you…”

Having failed to seduce Chen Yang, Danyangzi now turned his attention to seduce Mo Yuan.

The moment he opened his mouth, he had Mo Yuan's Achilles' heel.

The issue of lifespan has always been a major concern for Mo Yuan.

Mo Yuan was slightly taken aback.

Danyangzi said, "Fellow Daoist, there's no need to doubt my strength. I can even refine immortal pills, let alone a few life-extending pills..."

"Save it."

Mo Yuan sighed.

Just now, it did hesitate a bit, but considering the consequences, it gave up immediately.

Chen Yang is not someone to be trifled with.

If it dares to lose a person, it probably won't survive either.

While extending one's life is important, one must first preserve one's life, right?

"You should really think about how to survive under him," Mo Yuan said.

Danyangzi said, "I have the [Marrying Yin Stealing Life Curse] on me, he dares not kill me, if he kills me he will surely die."

"Ugh."

Mo Yuan sighed, "Let's wait and see. He hasn't killed you yet because he's too busy to deal with you. Once he's free, I hope you can stay this confident. For the sake of Chunyang Temple, here's a piece of advice: this man responds better to gentleness than force. If you can play the victim and cooperate with him, perhaps he'll let you go..."

"Humph."

Upon hearing this, Danyangzi frowned. "Then I'll wait and see what he can do to me."

……

-

outside the cave.

Chen Yang sensed that the place where the water monkey and Tian Bonong fought was about ten miles to the east.

As for Juechen and Canggou, they must have fought their way to the other side of the mountain. We can't see the specific situation, but we can hear a huge commotion coming from the other side of the mountain.

Chen Yang headed east.

About ten miles away, the mountains and forests were in a mess.

Through the rain, the water monkey had many wounds on its body.

All of them were sword wounds.

Tian Bonong's swordsmanship is indeed very strong.

The Four Realms Sword Intent, combined with the Shennong Sect's superior sword technique, the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms Sword Technique," makes it exceptionally powerful.

In addition, the Shennong Manual he cultivates is also a top-notch internal energy cultivation method. This method is of the earth attribute, and as long as it comes into contact with the ground, it can absorb the energy of the earth veins and continuously transform it into its own use.

With both feet firmly planted on the ground, the power of the earth never ceases, and combat strength will not dissipate; it's as if you're carrying a giant power bank with you.

The earth vein energy on Mount Nan'e is naturally abundant.

Although the water monkey was fierce, Tian Bonong became more and more courageous in the battle, and his swordsmanship became more and more exquisite. He seemed to be getting better and better.

Defense and offense, countless sword techniques at his fingertips.

Although he was attacked by the water monkey and suffered many injuries, he did not show any sign of backing down. Instead, he used the battle to comprehend the profound meaning of swordsmanship and understand the intent of the sword.

At this moment, he could feel his sword intent rapidly increasing; he hadn't felt this way in a long time.

Even without elixirs and unable to become a pseudo-immortal, if one's sword intent can reach the fifth realm, that would still be quite good.

The fifth realm of sword intent is a legendary realm that transcends mere sword techniques. With a wave of the hand, one can borrow the power of nature and transform it into sword energy to injure others.

He was a master swordsman himself and had seen many other masters swordsmen, but the fourth level of sword intent was already the limit, and he had never seen anyone reach the fifth level of sword intent.

Therefore, at this moment, Tian Bonong was excited.

His sword intent hadn't increased like this in a long time. Although he was still far from the fifth level of sword intent, as long as it continued to rise, there was still hope.

The water monkey wielded its iron rod, constantly striking against the sword energy filling the sky. Its movements were so tight and impenetrable that it would occasionally break through the sword energy blockade and strike Tian Bonong.

Tian Bonong swung his sword to defend himself, and with the protection of his treasures, he was naturally fearless and didn't even move a step.

He was standing on a spot where the earth's vein energy was leaking out. The earth's vein energy was flowing out continuously, which he absorbed and quickly refined using the Shennong Technique.

He even became so arrogant that he felt like a god standing there.

The water monkey was getting anxious as he couldn't win over Tian Bonong.

It also knew very well that its power was temporary and could not last long; once the effect wore off, it would enter a state of weakness.

"boom!"

At that moment, an arrow pierced the air and flew in.

Tian Bonong instinctively sensed danger, and countless sword energies instantly slashed behind him.

The arrow exploded with a loud bang.

Flames shot into the sky, like fireworks exploding, a truly magnificent sight.

"Boom boom boom..."

Several more arrows flew in, but Tian Bonong spotted them in time and easily extinguished them.

"Danyangzi is dead, Tian Bonong, it's your turn."

A loud shout, like a ghostly wail demanding death.

A figure emerged from the darkness.

A young man, holding a demon-subduing umbrella, quickly approached, covering several meters in a single step.

"Shh!"

While manipulating his sword energy to bombard the water monkey, Tian Bonong turned around and slashed at the young man with his sword.

The young man held up his demon-subduing umbrella to block the attack.

"Kengkengkengkeng..."

As the umbrella spun, streaks of electric arcs shot out, instantly annihilating the sword energy.

This demon-subduing umbrella is indeed very useful.

Not only is its defensive power astonishing, but it is also offensive in nature and is a magic weapon with the attribute of thunder.

It is engraved with the divine symbols and taboos of the thirty-six righteous gods of the Thunder Department, which can greatly absorb and release thunder energy.

It has a great restraint on all evil spirits.

The treasure that Xiao Ling, a super strong person, could hold in her hands was obviously not an ordinary item.

Having withstood Tian Bonong's attack, Chen Yang was pushed back more than ten meters by the impact of the umbrella.

"Youngster, using underhanded tactics is nothing special. Today, I'll show you what absolute power truly means..."

As the saying goes, enemies are especially hateful when they meet. Tian Bonong clearly hated Chen Yang so much that he bit his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood onto the longsword in his hand.

As the true essence was activated, the sword suddenly glowed red.

"Gu Yu!"

He pointed his longsword into the air, and the rain falling from the sky transformed into sharp sword energy as soon as it entered his sword domain.

Sword energy rained down like rain, determined to tear Chen Yang to pieces.

Sparks flew as the Demon-Subduing Umbrella was struck by the sword energy.

"Jingzhe!"

With a loud shout from Tian Bonong, blood flowed from all seven orifices of his body, as if he was forcibly activating a secret technique, pushing his body to its limit.

"Boom!"

The ominous clouds in the sky were still there, as black as ink.

Suddenly, a thunderclap rang out, and a huge sword tip emerged from the low clouds.

Entangled in lightning, the might of heaven is boundless.

"Grass!"

Chen Yang was startled by this scene.

In that instant, he felt a terrifying divine power lock onto him.

By invoking celestial phenomena, the power of nature can be used to harm people.

Is this... the sword intent of the fifth realm?
This old guy's swordsmanship has already reached the fifth realm?
Feeling the overwhelming power of the heavens, Chen Yang's heart skipped a beat. If this guy's sword intent had reached the fifth realm, was there any need to continue fighting?
"Haha, die!"

Tian Bonong laughed maniacally, blood gushing from all seven orifices, looking like a monstrous demon crawling out of hell, extremely ferocious and terrifying.

wrong.

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow. This old man must have used some secret technique to forcibly amplify his sword intent to the point that he could influence celestial phenomena.

However, such behavior will definitely be met with a backlash from the power of heaven and earth, which is why it is so terrible that blood flows from all seven orifices.

If he had truly reached the fifth level of sword intent, he should be able to wield natural power with ease, and wouldn't be struggling so much.

With this in mind, Chen Yang was no longer afraid.

Despite the overwhelming divine might and the relentless rain of swords, Chen Yang retrieved the Mountain Lord Seal.

"boom!"

A huge phantom of a seal condensed in the void, and like Mount Tai pressing down, it suddenly smashed down on Tian Bonong.

There was a bang.

The force of the seal slammed into Tian Bonong, catching him off guard. Despite being protected by his treasures, Tian Bonong was still smashed into the ground by the seal, splashing up a large amount of mud.

(End of this chapter)