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

Chapter 125: Rushing into the blood realm, the hall was attacked!

Is this the teacher?
After the beginning of spring, Xie An's five senses were further improved, and his eyesight had reached a very abnormal level. Even so, Xie An was only suspicious, but he did not dare to be sure.

Although they looked somewhat similar, the temperament of the woman in front of him was completely different from that of the teacher.

Even Xie An's five senses could not detect any clues.

In order not to be rude, Xie An smiled faintly and said, "So you are Yuhe's elder sister. Please come in quickly."

Xie An is not stupid...How could there be sisters with such different temperaments and appearances?

I guess this woman is the lady that Yuhe was talking about when he was staying up all night to celebrate the New Year.

Because there were guests at Yuhe's house, Xie An seemed somewhat restrained. He followed the principle of not giving orders to Yuhe if possible, so as not to cause discomfort to her elder sister, which was also a kind of respect for her.

Make tea and clean the kitchen yourself.

"Master, how can I let you do it? I will do it myself."

"It's okay, just go and talk to your eldest sister." Xie An acted very reasonable.

The main reason was that this "elder sister" gave Xie An a very special feeling. Since the woman entered the house, she had been silent, but her clear eyes were moving around, as if she was looking at Xie An's residence.

It’s not aloof, but just simple, quiet and elegant.

"Don't bother, I'm just passing by, I'll have a cup of tea and leave."

Then, the woman really drank a cup of tea, stood up to say goodbye, and thanked Xie An for taking care of Yuhe, but before leaving, she glanced at the kitchen.

"Yuhe, serve your master well."

Wow.

She opened her oil-paper umbrella, stepped into the snow in her cloud-patterned boots, and broke through the wind and snow.

As quickly as it came, it can go as quickly as it came.

Xie An felt a little embarrassed, "I couldn't even invite your elder sister to have a meal..."

Yuhe smiled nonchalantly and said, "Master, don't worry about it. The young lady is used to being idle and always keeps to herself. I'll go cook for you."

Since Yuhe had already spoken, Xie An naturally didn't have much to say.

He invited someone's elder sister to dinner, but was rejected.

That's no one's fault.

Xie An ate very carefully at the first dinner after Yuhe returned.

From then on, Xie An's life returned to peace.

Although being the head of a hall should have been more tiring, Xie An saved a lot of time because of his capable subordinates.

Chen Qing, Zhang Lin, and Lin Yun, the three incense masters, each showed their strengths in their different positions, and all supported Xie An, without any internal friction. The atmosphere of the entire hall was refreshed, and the spirits were very good.

As for Liang Zhi, because he was an accountant and had a large account in the black market, he was not able to get away, but he also became the head steward of the Blood Ridge black market, which was a huge promotion.

Wang Xiang, on the other hand, was doing well at the dock and seemed to have the ability to be a incense master.

Xie An knew all of this very well.

With a group of capable people, the hall master's job is easy.

Xie An spent most of his time practicing martial arts.

The day was not noticeably different from any other.

Although he was no longer short of money, had a good salary, and was powerful, at Xie An's age, he was not overly excited or arrogant. Xie An did not spend much, rarely went out for inspections, and even rarely gave lectures.

Instead, Yuhe did many things for him.

Gradually, everyone in the hall knew Yuhe and regarded her as Xie An's mouthpiece and the person who made decisions. Even Chen Qing treated Yuhe with great respect.

This way, Xie An felt even more relaxed and could practically be a hands-off boss.

But Xie An also knew that having a sword but not using it and not having a sword were two completely different worlds.

For example, Xie An at this moment, although he has power, he doesn't like to show off. If he didn't have power, Xie An knew... he wouldn't be able to live such a peaceful and comfortable life.

After deeply understanding this, Xie An cherished the opportunity even more and practiced diligently.

Before I knew it, another year and three months had passed.

Xie An has been in this world for thirty-four years.

This is also the fourth year that I have joined the Tiger and Wolf Sect.

A lot has happened in the past year.

Wang Xiang, through his extraordinary efforts, entered the realm of refined flesh. Because he managed Shuideng Town well, Xie An appointed him as the incense master. Xie An, due to his contributions to the management of the hall, was given the title of acting hall master, and the "dai" in his title was removed.

He was confirmed as the head of Baiyu Hall.

Li Shaoyun also left the Xueling black market and went to Nanyang Prefecture City to take the imperial examination.

The Wu Temple was built long ago, and the Xie family was added. Every year during the Qingming Festival, Xie An would follow Li Hongming and Chen Lei, leading thousands of villagers to the temple to worship their ancestors...

There are many things like this, all of which mean that Xie An's life and status are getting higher and higher.

However, what Xie An was most concerned about was the corpse.

Without immortal energy, the life span has not been improved, resulting in a very slow progress in Mingyu Gong.

The third day of March.

The drizzle is hazy.

Xie An sat in the room as usual, practicing fetal breathing exercises.

[Fetal Breathing Technique: Divine Light Appears (980/1000)]

"There are only twenty points left. I feel like the final part is going to be very difficult. I think we'll have to complete it completely before we can see the bright moon..."

After working hard for several days without any improvement, Xie An had to give up.

It is already very abnormal to spend nearly four years to practice fetal breathing to the point of perfection.

Xie An was content.

After gathering his thoughts, Xie An picked up the broadsword and went to the yard to practice using the heavy mountain sword.

As the wind blew, it seemed to tear the air apart. The two lush camphor trees in the yard were shaking. Every step Xie An took caused the ground to tremble slightly.

After more than two years of hard work, Xie An's heavy mountain knife has reached the fifth level.

Press the sword, maintain the sword, draw the sword, mountains and rivers... one level of mountains and rivers, one level of barriers, the sword is formed by the vast water and high sky.

The mountains are divided into nine levels.

Meng Hu initially spent thirty years laying the foundation of health preservation skills, and then spent another eight years to achieve perfection.

Xie An practiced for more than two years and reached the fifth level.

Although his talent was not outstanding, Xie An worked hard and persevered... This was something that few people could achieve. As his fetal breathing technique approached full capacity, Xie An's potential was gradually released.

The fifth level of the Heavy Mountain Blade is already quite abnormal.

What's more, after lying dormant for a year and three months, Xie An's martial arts realm has also reached the astonishing level of Chongxue Realm from the Five Internal Organs Realm. He is only one step away from tempering his internal strength and becoming an internal strength martial artist.

Compared with Xie An's progress in power, status and reputation in the past year, his progress in martial arts and health-preserving exercises was the most exaggerated.

Simply appalling.

You have to know that there are only a handful of martial artists in the entire Tiger and Wolf Sect.

Of the seven major halls, Baiyu Hall was at the bottom. For a hall master from the bottom to achieve martial arts cultivation close to the level of a martial artist... many people would never dare to imagine it.

After practicing the severe knife attack, Xie An stopped panting.

"The Heavy Mountain Blade is indeed the top martial art in Qingwu County. Even with my immense strength and physique, I would be exhausted after a continuous full-strength burst for an hour."

Even if others have mastered the Heavy Mountain Sword, they will be exhausted after just a few strokes.

Xie An can practice for an hour...

It's simply perverted.

call!
After taking several deep breaths, Xie An sat down again and began practicing the Mingyu Gong. The heat trapped in the crimson palace, now as large as a baby's fist, spread throughout his body, nourishing his tired muscles.

In just a quarter of an hour, Xie An was full of energy again.

There is no feeling of fatigue or exhaustion.

Xie An felt that this was probably one of the great benefits of Mingyu Gong.

Recovery is quick.

If a normal expert in the Chongxue realm is exhausted, it will take a day to recover, unless he takes some recovery pills to shorten the time.

It's like an average athlete running a marathon. It takes a day or two to fully recover. Muscles and bones need time to relax and recover.

However, after Ming Yu Gong entered the third solar term, he was fully restored to health in a quarter of an hour.

It's really perverted.

Xie An immediately opened the panel.

[Ming Yu Gong: Jingzhe 15/100]

Two months ago, Xie An had fully dried up the second solar term of rainwater, and his body had once again undergone a process of cleansing impurities, further improving his physical body. This improved physical body, in turn, could enhance his martial arts progress. A virtuous cycle had formed.

Everything was moving in a good direction, but Xie An was also worried.

"Through the twenty-four solar terms, the progress gets slower as you go further back. Lichun and Yushui last less than a year, and a little over a year respectively. And Jingzhe...is estimated to take a year and a half.

At this rate, it will take… fifty or sixty years? To achieve the full potential of the Mingyu Gong."

Xie An looked at the remaining 48 years of his life.

Yu Nian's progress was also very slow, but he was not worried. As Ming Yu Gong improved, Yu Nian also improved. It was not the case that he would die without being able to practice.

But fifty or sixty years...

This is a very exaggerated time span. Even Xie An, who is over fifty years old, feels his scalp tingling just thinking about it.

By that time, even if I had mastered it... I'm afraid everyone around me would have died.

Whether it is the two beloved disciples, Yuhe, Lin Yun, Zhang Lin, Wang Xiang and others... even Xiao Hongtang is an old woman now.

Thinking of this scene, Xie An couldn't help feeling sad.

"No, I have to find the immortal energy. Look for the corpses in Dayin Mountain... As long as the integration degree of the long life element is improved, the progress of Mingyu Gong will be accelerated."

Xie An was not a person who was obsessed with affairs, but the matter of improving progress stimulated Xie An and made him feel a sense of urgency.

Xie An didn't want to live alone in this world.

This is too uncomfortable.

With Xie An's current strength, if he encountered a bronze corpse... he could kill it with a single punch. The more the better... But in the past year, no bronze corpses had appeared around. Not even the green, wood, or black corpses had appeared.

It seemed that the claws that had just been exposed by the Dayin Mountain Corpse Refining Hall were retracted.

This made Xie An a little puzzled.

"Oh right, there's also that magical treasure..."

Xie An suddenly thought of the fairy treasure and immediately went to the kitchen, moved the pile of firewood away, dug up a bluestone brick from the ground, took out a cloth bag from it, opened the burlap bag, and found a red square box.

Since Yuhe is now acting as a deputy hall master, helping Xie An with many affairs outside, she cannot be with Xie An all the time, which gives Xie An a lot of time to be alone.

Xie An felt that this distance between the master and the maid was very suitable.

"I've heard that I need to practice the Mingyu Gong to open the keyhole of this box. Now I've cultivated two solar terms. Perhaps I can give it a try?"

To be on the safe side, Xie An took out an iron rod from his pocket.

The size of a little finger, three inches long.

This is not an ordinary iron rod. Xie An found a master blacksmith and spent a lot of money to get a piece of black iron from the piece of black iron given by his third brother, and then forged it into this shape.

Previously, the keyhole of this box could break wood and ordinary iron...so let's try black iron.

The black iron from outer space, is it hard enough?
However, after Xie An inserted it, there was only a "click" sound.

Black iron, broken.

hiss!
Xie An felt a sense of loss.

Even Xie An couldn't cut this piece of black iron with his five-layer mountain knife. But it was easily cut by this keyhole...

Is it really necessary to complete Mingyu Gong?
Stick your finger in?

In desperation, Xie An had to put the magic box back to its original place, and at the same time took out a small jar filled with water next to it and drank the water to vent his anger.

Just then——

dong dong dong.

There was a rapid knock on the door.

Xie An went to open the door and found that it was Yuhe who came.

"Master, please come with me quickly, something happened."

Xie An followed Yuhe hurriedly to the pharmacy and saw Chen Qing lying on a stretcher covered in bloody pustules, bleeding from the corners of his mouth. He was seriously injured.

Seeing Xie An, Chen Qing struggled to raise his hand and held Xie An's hand tightly, "Master Xie, hurry, go to the cavalry camp. There is an accident there."

Just as Xie An was about to ask the reason, Chen Qing pointed to a young man next to him and said, "This is my deputy, Ah Qi. He is a bronze-skinned warrior. He knows what happened."

Perhaps because he knew Chen Qing had difficulty speaking, Ah Qi said with red eyes: "Thank you, Hall Master. The cavalry battalion has been stationed in Gupo Village at the foot of Dayin Mountain. They often patrol near the foot of the mountain and occasionally send people into the mountain for inspection. This is to prevent the monsters from Dayin Mountain from running down.

Previously, Master Chen Xiang had trained his troops well, and everyone patrolled cautiously, without incident. But three days ago, horses began to be inexplicably eaten, turning into mummies. Riders also disappeared.

Chen Xiangzhu comforted everyone and personally went out to patrol and keep watch.

Just this morning, in the early hours of the morning, we suddenly encountered two monsters that stormed into the cavalry camp and killed over a dozen of our brothers. Master Chen Xiang risked his life to protect the brothers and help them escape, ultimately saving them. They were all hiding in the cavalry camp's cellar... constantly at risk of being attacked and devoured by the monsters..."

Chen Qing suddenly rolled over, knelt on the ground, and pleaded, "Master Xie, those dozens of brothers were all personally trained by me, Chen Qing. I wanted to train them into the elite of our sect, but I didn't want them to suffer such a tragic fate. They are the core strength of the cavalry battalion and the vanguard of our sect's defense against the bandits from Dayin Mountain. Master Xie, please be merciful and find a way to rescue them."

Bang.

Chen Qing knocked his head to the ground. "I know this is dangerous, but I've tried my best. Please, Hall Master, try to rescue them and don't let their sacrifice be in vain."

The corpse...appeared again! ?

Xie An’s first emotion…ecstasy!
Then, he was moved by Chen Qing's actions. "Master Chen Xiang, rest assured. I am not Fang Baiyu. Although I act cautiously, I will never allow my men to be bullied by monsters. Moreover, Master Chen Xiang has trained cavalry for my hall for the past year and has made great contributions. How can I let everyone down? You should rest and recover.

Ah Qi, lead the way!"

Ah Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, "I'll go get someone now."

Xie An stopped him, saying, "No need. The monster is ferocious and violent. Ordinary people are no match for it. Going over there will not only disturb the monster but also cause more casualties. Yuhe and I can go alone."

You go wait for me at the door, I'll get my weapons and leave."

Ah Qi was so excited that he burst into tears, "Yes."

Chen Qing even shouted his thanks at the top of his lungs, "Master, you are so righteous!"

……

Among the six towns in the area, Gupo Village is the closest to Dayin Mountain.

A village that makes a living by collecting herbs and hunting.

The people here are simple and honest, but also tough.

The Baiyutang cavalry camp was stationed here year-round, with only one mission: to defend against the Dayinshan bandits.

This was the original intention of the Tiger and Wolf Sect to establish the White Feather Hall, and it was also the agreement reached with the government.

After all, the government and the garrison had sent troops to encircle and suppress the rebellion many times but all failed, and suffered heavy losses. They had no choice but to rely on the Tiger and Wolf Sect.

When Fang Baiyu was in charge, the cavalry camp was quite idle. This caused great discontent among the villagers, and the relationship with them was not good. However, since Chen Qing took over, the situation has improved significantly, and he has won great recognition from the villagers.

The one closest to the foot of Dayin Mountain is the cavalry camp, which is a horse farm, some scattered buildings, a martial arts field, etc.

Although it was afternoon, there was a heavy rainstorm in the sky. The sky was covered with dark clouds and it was gloomy, almost as dark as night.

The camp was littered with corpses, bloodstains, and horses and Baiyutang disciples that had been sucked dry.

In the cellar of the storage room, there were more than fifty people gathered.

There are men, old people and children.

Many were seriously injured and bleeding, and some children were crying in fear, and their mothers covered their children's mouths tightly, fearing that any noise would attract the attention of the monsters outside.

Because the sons of soldiers who were training lived here all year round, their wives and children would also stay here for a while when they came to visit. After all, nothing had happened in a long time, so no one thought it was dangerous.

Unexpected...

"Captain Chen, the monsters are out there, and they haven't left yet. They have a keen sense of smell, so they'll find us sooner or later. This isn't a solution."

"Yes, Captain Chen, Master Chen has been seriously injured in order to protect us. He said he was going to the temple to seek help... Given Master Chen's injuries, it's still a question whether he can make it to the temple."

At this moment, the sound of footsteps and the roar of a monster were heard outside the cellar.

Everyone felt creepy when they heard the sound and huddled together.

someone said.

"Captain Chen...they're getting closer!"

"Captain Chen, I don't want to die. I have a wife and children, they're right here..."

Some people cried and some people trembled.

Team Leader Chen glanced at the torch-lit cellar, especially seeing the numerous women, girls, and children. He gritted his teeth and said, "Men, take the knives, and protect the women and children behind you. If death is unavoidable, then... let the women and children die last!"

After saying that, Team Leader Chen drew his sword and glared at the cellar door in front of him with bloodshot eyes.

The men in the rear were infected and also showed fierce expressions. They drew their swords and protected the elderly, women and children behind them.

Just then——

Click!

A withered bronze arm suddenly smashed the door, creating a large hole. Immediately afterwards, a ferocious monster head popped in, revealing green eyes and cold fangs.

"I saw you, hehe..."

(End of this chapter)