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Chapter 67 The Old Man’s Desire to Win

In the Lucheng Bird Market, Old Man Wang was lying on a recliner basking in the sun as usual. Suddenly, the little bit of warm winter sun was blocked by a shadow. He waved his hand in dissatisfaction:

"The prices are all marked, take whatever you like, no bargaining!"

But after he finished saying this, he found that the shadow had no intention of moving away. He opened his eyes impatiently, but saw Feng Xue's otherworldly face. With a grin on his face, he said:
"You've become quite famous lately, haven't you? Why are you here to see me? Are those junks no longer enough for you? Do you want to try out some fine stuff?"

"I dare not. This time I came here mainly to ask you something." Feng Xue cupped his hands, then reached into his arms and took out a small yellow croaker. The old man waved his hands and said:
"I don't need this. Just tell me what you want to know. We can discuss the price later."

As he spoke, the old man kicked the small stool beside him to Feng Xue's feet. He didn't act pretentiously and sat down with the small stool.
"Well, this is a rather strange thing to say. The main point is, do you know of anything that has no lifespan?"

"You're asking that question. Even the heavens and the earth have an end, so what else can't have a lifespan?"

The old man said this, but he felt something was wrong. He thought to himself, "You are such a famous kid, and you were able to find out that I am extraordinary on the first day of coming to Lucheng. I don't think you should come to me to ask such a low-level question." So he changed the subject and said:

"But then again, lifespan is ultimately determined by humans. It all depends on how you think about it. For example, if I crush this stone into powder, does it count as having died, or has it just changed form? What if I burn it into a bottle? What if I burn it into a bottle and then smash it?"

"That's not what I meant." Feng Xue saw that the old man seemed to be planning to discuss philosophy, and he couldn't help but feel a little helpless. He organized his words a little and explained:

"It's like this. My sect has a tradition of observing qi that can predict a person's remaining lifespan. But recently, I saw someone who didn't have a long lifespan, but he was still alive and kicking. He looked like a living person. I thought that if we talk about the most knowledgeable person in Lucheng, you are the one, so I came to ask you..."

"Ha!" Hearing Feng Xue's words, the old man chuckled contemptuously, thinking, "That's it?" He immediately put on an air of an elder and said,
"You're still young! Qi-gazing is just a technique. No matter how mysterious it is, it has a source. It's okay for ordinary people, but for those with higher levels of cultivation, there will be big deviations. It's normal for a master to not be able to see through it. Take me, an old man, for example. Can you tell how much time I have left to live?"

Feng Xue grinned when he heard this:
"You? Four hundred and sixty-two years, two months, and three days."

"How come there are still zeros and whole numbers... Wait, how many?!"

The old man jumped up from the stool and looked at Feng Xue as if he were a monster.

Feng Xue sighed, but still said:
"Four hundred and sixty-two years and two..."

"Alright, alright, that's accurate enough!" The old man stretched out his hand to stop Feng Xue from continuing. After all, even he himself only knew that he had another 460 years of life left.

It's not that it can't grow, but at his level, even if he practices day and night for hundreds of years, he won't be able to grow much. If he goes too far, he might even shorten his life. It's better to live his life as he pleases. Maybe one day when he feels relaxed and inspired, he will be enlightened.

Even if you don’t become enlightened, it doesn’t matter. After all, death means you will just live in a different place. The ancestors and those unpromising younger generations have already established their own businesses down there. You might live a more comfortable life down there than up there.

But I know that I know it myself, and it is a bit scary to let a junior who has only met me twice report such a precise number!
"I underestimated your inheritance!"

He secretly sighed in his heart. When he heard the rumors in the market about the extremely powerful Five Thunders Righteous Method, the one that could kill mutated corpse puppets in seconds, and the heir of the lost Shenxiao School... he thought it was just hearsay. Now that he has seen this skill of reading qi, he can't help but believe it a little more.

After all, the founder of the Shenxiao Sect once read the qi for the emperor, so it is understandable that his qi-reading skills are more powerful.

But, as a person's face is the key to his life, the old man did not intend to lose face for his predecessor. He coughed lightly, rolled his eyes, and found an excuse to make up for it. He said earnestly:

"You just happened to meet me. Can Yu Shou's life expectancy be reported so accurately?"

"Senior, your teaching is correct." Feng Xue immediately stood up, but in his heart he was complaining:
"If I don't report it on time, can you trust me?"

The old man sighed, having managed to mask his surprise. But recalling Feng Xue's earlier question, his scalp tingled. Yeah, if it were an ordinary physiognomist, not being able to tell the lifespan of a Xuan cultivator would be normal. But this kid could even predict my lifespan so accurately. And there's someone else he can't tell? What caliber could he be?

After hesitating for a moment, he said:

"What kind of lifelessness are you talking about? Is it the exhaustion of one's lifespan? Or is it infinite life, immeasurable life? Or is it something that cannot be seen through or seen to the end?"

Mr. Wang listed the most common situations in the circle of fortune tellers. Feng Xue thought for a moment and said,
"No, let me put it this way. In my eyes, he's no different from a stone or a corpse, but he's alive. You know, in my eyes, I can tell the lifespan of flowers, birds, fish, and insects..."

"Oh, it's not that I can't see through it, but that I can't see it?" Old Man Wang also became interested. There are many different kinds of qi-reading techniques, and he himself has mastered three or four of them. There are those that observe the complexion, those that observe fortune-telling, and those that observe spiritual light. Usually, when encountering powerful people, at most they can't understand it, and they can't see it at all...

The old man mobilized hundreds of years of experience. In fact, if it was one of his own juniors, he would have exploded his brain on the spot and told him not to ask questions that he shouldn't ask. But the person in front of him was a junior from another family, and he was extremely talented, so he couldn't save face.

After thinking it over for a long time, he finally came up with several possibilities. He stroked his beard and said in a profound manner -

"If you want to ask this, then you've really asked the right person. I actually know a few cases like the one you're talking about."

"You say!" Feng Xue's eyes lit up, and he immediately showed an attentive look. The old man sat back in the recliner, very pleased, and rocked twice, saying:
"Since you can't see through inanimate objects, the first thing you should consider is whether inanimate objects have become spirits, such as the Spiritual Jade, ancient vicious weapons, or even the remains of powerful demons that still have some spiritual power. If they happen to encounter the divine fluid and absorb it, they may develop spiritual intelligence and become demons. Their lifespans will naturally be different from humans."

"That's possible..." Feng Xue nodded secretly, but the old man continued:

"And then there's... well, haven't you encountered it before? That corpse puppet. Legend has it that if a zombie and a ghost completely merge, they can be reborn as a corpse demon. Essentially, it's no different from a great demon's molt. But these creatures are incredibly violent and can't control their desire to kill. Wherever they go, corpses are bound to litter the ground."

"That's not quite like it." Feng Xue recalled the Soul-Bound Corpse Puppet and shook his head, then said:
"Any more?"

The old man felt a toothache when he heard Feng Xue ask this. Just thinking of two things is enough to make you knowledgeable, and you also... Hey, wait, there really is one!
An idea flashed through his mind, and Old Man Wang stroked his beard again.

"Legend has it that as long as one cultivates the Yang Spirit, one can achieve harmony between Yin and Yang, creating a world of their own. It's probably impossible to speculate on the lifespan of such beings from the perspective of living beings, right? But forget it. If someone at that level wants to conceal their identity, they'll be discovered before you even use the Qi-gazing technique. If they didn't want to hide it, they'd definitely explain the situation to you."

　I heard a bolt from the blue today...

　　The editor said it will be on the shelves at midnight next Thursday...

　　Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but my memory of the release of the book still lingers from a few years ago. I think it was only released after 200,000 words, and then I planned to release it on March 1st...

　　The result was actually ahead of schedule...

　　There are still ten days left, and there are still two rounds of recommendations, but for the sake of warm-up, let me talk about it first.

　　The author is in good shape at the moment, so I won’t be too pretentious. The requirement is still the same: the first day after the product is put on the shelves, the orders must exceed 10,000, that is, if I get the first 10,000 orders, I will get 8,000 orders per day for a month. If I can get a stable 10,000 orders, I will get 8,000 orders per day every month thereafter.

　　Of course, if not, we will just do it as normal, four thousand per day.

　　There are still ten days before it goes on the shelves. You can’t say that I didn’t notify you in advance this time, right?

　　After all, the current performance of this book is about the same as that of Kaidan, or even better than Kaidan. Kaidan almost got 10,000 orders on the first day even without me asking for it, so everyone should work hard!
　　Anyway, forget about the reward, just beg for free tickets and to read on!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)