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

Chapter 173 Who Stole My Life?

While Xie An was stunned for a moment, Huang Silang rushed out of the door and ran madly towards the back door.

Because he was too nervous, Huang Silang's left and right feet were out of sync several times. Once, he tripped and fell to the ground, knocking out two of his front teeth. Even so, he didn't dare to stay and got up and continued running.

The fear in my heart was like ink poured into a pool, spreading continuously and soon dyeing the entire pool of water ink-black.

From the toes to the top of the head... all were consumed by fear.

The Dog Master, who was comparable to a seventh-level human martial artist, had his head smashed in by this guy with just one finger!

Such means were beyond Huang Silang's understanding.

He had been in charge of the Blood Ridge Market for more than three years and had never seen such a terrifying person.

Looking at the entire Qingwu County, apart from Old Master Tang... he couldn't think of anyone else who had such strength.

Could it be someone from the Demon Suppression Division?

The Demon-Suppressing Division!
I didn't expect that the Demon Suppression Division would actually take action.

Thinking of these three words, Huang Silang became even more frightened.

run!
Leave Qingwu County immediately and find a deserted place to live. At worst, you can make a comeback.

At this moment, Huang Silang saw a shadow appear in the night ahead. He thought it was the shadow of a tree at first, but when he looked closely...wasn't it that guy?

Huang Silang no longer dared to run, nor did he have the courage to attack this guy. He suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Sir, it was the dog demon who threatened me. I was forced to do so. Please give me a chance to live."

Xie An appeared in front of Huang Silang and stepped on his right hand.

The power and speed of the Eighteen Frosts were so terrifying that they crushed Huang Silang's right hand until it was as thin as paper, shattering the bones. Huang Silang rolled on the ground and screamed in pain.

Xie An found a hemp rope from the corner of the wall, tied Huang Silang up tightly, then grabbed one end of the rope and dragged Huang Silang forward like a dead fish.

Huang Silang endured the excruciating pain of his skin being rubbed by the sand and dirt while begging, "Sir, I was really forced to do this. Please understand me. I have a lot of money and good things in my house, and I will give them all to you. Please spare my life."

Xie An said calmly, "It's alright. I was also in charge of the Demon Suppression Division, so I was forced to come and suppress your Giant Whale Gang. We were both forced to do this, it's the same for both of us."

Huang Silang wanted to cry but had no tears: "..."

Xie An returned to the backyard hallway and threw Huang Silang aside. Seeing the little girl who was almost eaten by the dog demon, her clothes were disheveled, but she still knelt on the ground to thank him: "Thank you for saving my life, big brother."

With the little girl taking the lead, the other three children also crawled over to express their gratitude.

"Thank you, big brother, for saving my life!"

Although he is young, he knows what is good and what is evil, and he knows how to be grateful.

Big brother……

These three words made Xie An feel younger, and he was very happy.

Xie An stripped off Huang Silang's coat and wrapped it around the little girl. "What's your name?"

The little girl said timidly, "Everyone calls me Ah Hua."

"Ah Hua...what a nice name. Take the other people to the kitchen. When I came in, I saw food and water inside. After you've eaten and drunk enough, tell the people waiting outside that Huang Silang has been arrested and ask them to come in and clean up the mess. Can you do that?"

Ah Hua nodded heavily: "Yes."

"Ahua is awesome, go ahead."

Xie An originally wanted to find food for them himself, but seeing that Ah Hua was very sensible, it saved him a lot of effort.

What's more, having a child do more things is also a kind of experience for her.

After the four children left, Xie An approached the dog demon's body and stepped on its chest.

Buzz!
The white Taoist talisman in his mind began to vibrate again, emitting a white light.

Xie An wanted to absorb it just now, but Huang Silang wanted to escape, so he had to interrupt and capture Huang Silang first.

[300 wisps of fairy energy detected.]

【Absorbed? 】

Xie An thought for a moment.

Four years ago, when he was in the Corpse Refining Hall, Xie An was able to absorb a hundred strands of immortal energy at once without falling into seclusion and sleep. Now, after four years, Xie An's strength has undergone a fundamental transformation.

It shouldn't be a big problem to absorb three hundred strands of demonic energy at once.

The only hidden danger is whether the fairy energy and the immortal energy have the same effect...

Even if there were some differences, Xie An didn't feel it was a big problem.

He had an idea:

absorb.

As his thoughts moved, Xie An clearly felt wisps of white air escaping from the dog demon's corpse and then injected into Xie An's brain. In an instant, it seemed to trigger a certain mechanism in his brain, bringing an unbearable pain.

When absorbing the energy of faith and the energy of immortality, there is no such painful feeling, but it is very smooth instead.

This demonic aura made Xie An suffer unbearably.

It was as if my spirit was under great stimulation and my head was about to explode.

It was so painful.

Fortunately, Xie An had an extraordinary resolve, and his willpower was much stronger than that of an ordinary martial artist. He practiced Mingyu Gong to resist the pain, and used the heat to protect his brain nerves from being eroded by the demon's evil spirit. He gritted his teeth and endured it.

After a long time, the pain slowly dissipated.

call!
Xie An finally breathed a sigh of relief, beads of sweat already appearing on his forehead.

Although it is not dangerous, the pain is really unbearable.

Xie An analyzed the reason: whether it was immortal qi or faith qi... they all came from humans. This demon qi, on the other hand, came from demons. Although the effects were similar, demons were not human after all, and would have a rejection reaction.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.

That's probably what it means.

It seems that I need to be more careful when absorbing fairy energy in the future.

But on second thought, Xie An felt that having a long life was pretty cool.

Even things from other races can be absorbed and used for one's own purposes.

This undoubtedly opened up a path for Xie An to enhance the integration of his longevity personality.

Now that the Corpse Refining Hall is gone, it will be difficult to deal with the immortal spirit.

As for the faith energy, Xie An still hasn't figured out how to obtain it... In fact, Xie An's favorite thing is the faith energy, which is relatively easy to obtain without fighting.

But the method of obtaining it is still unclear.

But it doesn’t matter. Now there is a fairy spirit... In the future, won’t it be possible to get fairy spirit just by killing monsters?
"I wonder if the effect of fairy spirit energy is the same as that of immortal spirit faith energy..."

Xie An put his thoughts aside and began to look at the data panel in his mind.

【The longevity character is improved.】

[Current Longevity Level 1, Fusion Degree: 0.85]

[Remaining years: 58 years.]

[Ming Yu Gong: Frost Descent 71/100]

"The decimal point after the fusion degree disappeared? They rounded it up to an integer? That seems much more comfortable."

Xie An clearly remembered that the previous degree of fusion was 0.8132.

For Xie An, who has a fear of math, having two less decimal points is undoubtedly much more refreshing.

The progress of the eighteenth section of Mingyu Gong has increased by ten points.

Three hundred strands of demonic energy only raised it by ten points... it was really too little. But it was better than nothing. It seemed like I needed to grind slowly.

The remaining years are still 58 years.

This made Xie An very confused.

As early as seven years ago, before Xie An came into contact with the Mingyu Gong, he relied on the Five Animal Frolics and Fetal Breathing to reach more than 40 years of residual years. Later, after obtaining the Mingyu Gong, the increase in residual years was very slow.

Now, at section 18, there is almost no growth.

This is very unreasonable.

Tang Zhengyang had previously stated that the seventh stage of Mingyu Gong could increase one's lifespan. While it couldn't surpass Su Yuqing's stated lifespan limit, it could bring one's lifespan as close to it as possible, eliminating the damage done to the body by martial arts training.

Logically speaking, if Ming Yu Gong's nineteenth stage is comparable to a martial arts master, then eighteen stages should be the limit for a martial artist. The highest level would require a lifespan of 150 years.

Moreover, Xie An's current martial arts has also broken through the third level of internal strength. How can it be a 150-year birthday?

Even if we subtract the 58 years that Xie An lived, there are still more than years left.

How come it’s only 58 years?

What about my lifespan?

Who stole my life?

Although Xie An still had 58 years to live, he wouldn't be as frightened as he was when he had the stroke, but who would think that their life was too long?
The more Xie An thought about it, the more unreasonable it seemed.

Something must be wrong.

It seems that I need to talk to Brother Tang later to find out what the reason is.

Xie An, baffled, had no choice but to put his thoughts aside and stood up to experience the power of Mingyu Gong's Frost Descent 71/100 progress. After a few attempts, there was no noticeable improvement.

Xie An had no choice but to give up. It seemed that he would have to wait until he broke through the nineteenth section of Mingyu before he could transform.

Don’t worry, it will be soon.

Only 29 progress points are left.

It can be as short as half a year or as fast as a year.

Xie An could endure it.

……

At the gate of Silang Mansion.

Zhou Xing, Zhang Lin, Wang Xiang, Liang Zhi and Lin Yun were waiting quietly.

After a long pause, Wang Xiang said, "Boss, you can't handle that damn Huang Silang, right? Damn it, I'll go help, and I'll chop him down as hard as I can."

As he said that, Wang Xiang picked up his sword and rushed in anxiously.

"Stop!" Liang Zhi shouted at Wang Xiang. "The boss is always cautious and thoughtful. Since he chose one person to go in, he must have a foolproof plan. There's no situation he can't handle."

Among all the people present, the one who worked most closely with Xie An was Liang Zhi. He also understood Xie An most thoroughly.

Wang Xiang was very upset, "But what if..."

Liang Zhi said, "There's no such thing as a one-time mistake. Do you think anyone can be the Chief of the Fifth-Rank Demon Suppression Division? I heard that without the level of a Seventh-Layer Martial Master, one cannot hold this position."

"Seventh-level martial artist..." Wang Xiang was really frightened.

Lin Yun was also secretly shocked and said, "Yes, Liang Zhi is right. Brother Xie asked us to wait here, so we will wait. Don't cause trouble for Brother Xie."

Only then did Wang Xiang give up.

Suddenly, he saw torches in the distance and countless shouts of killing. Wang Xiang shouted, "Look over there..."

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw hundreds of fierce masters on horseback, charging into the Blood Ridge Market, hacking and killing anyone they saw from the Giant Whale Gang.

Countless members of the Giant Whale Gang picked up their weapons and rushed out of their residences, fighting in groups.

"Who are you, thief, to dare to attack my Giant Whale Gang?"

"Our leader is Huang Silang..."

"The Demon Suppression Division is investigating the case and killing all the Giant Whale Gang members! Especially Huang Silang, he must not be let off!" Someone on horseback exclaimed.

Demon Suppression Division...

Wang Xiang was shocked when he heard these three words. Liang Zhi and the others were also stunned.

How can this be called handling a case?

It was clearly a massacre.

In the eyes of Wang Xiang and his men, the Giant Whale Gang was already a very powerful gang, with six or seven hundred disciples, and more than three hundred of them gathered at the Blood Ridge Market alone. But now, facing the iron torrent of the Demon Suppression Sima Team, they were simply vulnerable.

The members of the Giant Whale Gang were killed in large numbers.

In particular, there were two men and women wearing navy blue official robes, one holding a gun and the other holding a sword, who charged into the crowd as if they were in an empty space. Wherever they passed, corpses were scattered everywhere and the ground was filled with wailing.

Some members of the Giant Whale Gang hid in the shop, but were also caught by the Demon-Suppressing Guards.

Finally, more than a hundred members of the Giant Whale Gang who had given up resistance were pulled out and dragged to the market square by the Demon Suppression Guards, who made them squat on the ground with their heads in their hands.
The woman holding the longsword shouted, "The Giant Whale Gang is a bandit. They've colluded with County Magistrate Zhou Li to drive up prices, oppress the people, abduct women, and harm the innocent. They've caused the people of the six towns to suffer. The Giant Whale Gang is guilty of heinous crimes and must be executed immediately."

Following an order, countless Demon Suppression Guards raised their swords and chopped off the heads of hundreds of Giant Whale Gang members.

The shop owners and their clerks then walked out of the shops and applauded.

Soon, the woman with a sword and the man with a gun surrounded Silang's mansion with a large number of demon-suppressing guards.

A demon-suppressing guard said, "Chassis Zhao, there are five more Giant Whale Gang members here."

The Zhao officer sat majestically on his horse and snorted coldly, "Kill!"

Several demon-suppressing guards rode their horses and rushed towards Wang Xiang and others with swords drawn.

This frightened Wang Xiang and the others to death. Lin Yun immediately knelt down with his hands clasped in his hands, "Sir, we are Xie An's old subordinates. Brother Xie An just asked us to wait here for you gentlemen to arrive!"

"Stop!" Zhao Chasi shouted loudly, and the Demon-Suppressing Guards stopped.

Then, Officer Zhao rode his horse slowly up to Lin Yun and asked, "Are you really General Xie's former subordinates?"

Lin Yun felt that this woman was extremely heroic and murderous. He mustered up his courage and spoke, "It's absolutely true. Seven years ago, at the beginning of the Lunar New Year, Xie... Zongsi first came to the Blood Ridge Black Market to take up the position of deacon..."

Lin Yun recounted the entire incident in detail.

Although Zhao Qing'er was a man of courage and a strong character, she was not stupid. Hearing Lin Yun's vivid description, which didn't seem like a lie, she said, "I'll believe you for once. If you dare to deceive me, you'll still die."

Lin Yun and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief, apologizing profusely and stating that if they had deceived anyone, they would be willing to be killed. But in their hearts, they were terrified by the might of the Demon Suppression Guards.

Before this, they only knew that Xie An was a fifth-rank general, but they had no intuitive feeling of how powerful he was.

Only now did I experience it firsthand.

A fifth-rank general manager, that’s incredible.

Just destroy the Giant Whale Gang.

Zhao Qing'er shouted, "Where is Mr. Xie?"

Lin Yun pointed at the gate of Shilang's residence and said, "General Xie went in alone. Let us wait here."

Zhao Qing'er nodded and was about to go in.

Just in time——

Squeak.

The gate of Silang's mansion was opened, and a six-year-old girl walked out timidly with three children. After seeing the scene outside, the four children were so scared that their legs went weak and they fell to the ground.

The little girl named Ah Hua stood up bravely and said, "There was a big brother in there who saved us from being eaten by the monster. He also said that Huang Silang was arrested and asked everyone to go in and clean up the mess."

Needless to say, everyone knows that the big brother the little girl is talking about is Xie An.

But...monster!
Everyone was shocked.

Zhao Qing'er immediately dismounted, "Wei Haoran, come here."

Wei Haoran came over with a groan, "What?"

"Take off your coat."

Wei Haoran was greatly surprised. He suddenly grabbed his coat, looked at Zhao Qing'er warily, and shouted angrily: "Zhao Qing'er, you must have a bottom line. Don't do anything reckless."

Zhao Qing'er was speechless. "Didn't you see that this little girl's clothes are disheveled? Do you have any conscience at all?"

"Why don't you take it off..." Wei Haoran started to speak, but halfway through he remembered that Zhao Qing'er was a woman, so he gave up. He took off his coat and handed it to Zhao Qing'er.

Zhao Qing'er took the coat and wrapped it around the little girl. "You're very brave. What's your name?"

The little girl said timidly, "My name is Ah Hua."

Ah Hua had a coat, Huang Silang's, but she took it off and gave it to a younger boy.

Zhao Qing'er stroked Ah Hua's head and said with a smile, "You have some of the charm of your sister when she was little.

Come, take good care of these children. The rest of you, follow me in."

Zhao Qing'er led the charge into Silang's residence, angrily saying, "Don't let any of them go, kill them all if you see them. They are all unforgivable bandits who have destroyed the foundation of Daqian and brought suffering to the people of Daqian. They all deserve to die!"

There was no one in the mansion, but when Zhao Qing'er and Wei Haoran rushed to the backyard, they saw Xie An sitting on the armchair, with a round-faced fat man tied up and kneeling on the ground next to him, and a majestic dog demon lying next to him.

Zhao Qing'er and the other person went up to the dog demon and took a look, and were shocked.

The two of them had actually killed monsters before and had a certain understanding of them. They roughly inferred that the dog monster's strength was comparable to that of a seventh-level martial artist. Then, a hole was punched in the dog's head...

Looking at Xie An sitting high on the armchair, the two of them became uneasy.

A dog demon at the seventh level of martial artist was killed by General Xie?
Isn’t he only at the third level of internal strength?
How did you do it?
After a long moment of stunned silence, Zhao Qing'er finally came to her senses. "Is Chief Xie okay?"

Xie An waved his hand, "I'm fine. How are you guys doing?"

Zhao Qing'er said, "Let's go to the Giant Whale Gang headquarters first, which was formerly the White Feather Hall... and slaughter all the bandits. The bandits in the Blood Ridge Market will also be killed. The Giant Whale Gang is gone."

Xie An nodded slightly.

Although Wei Haoran and Zhao Qing'er usually like to compete with each other and do not get along with each other, they are still efficient and methodical when doing things.

Don't be confused about big things.

"That's good. Huang Silang is colluding with monsters, so you should take him back for interrogation. Also, inform the county government that the Blood Ridge Market is of great importance, and a new official needs to be appointed as soon as possible to avoid affecting the livelihood of the people here."

Zhao Qing'er admired Xie An's thoughtfulness and compassion, and she became more and more impressed with her superior. "Master Xie, this is very thoughtful. I will send someone to notify the county government."

"Thank you. It took me a lot of effort to kill this dog demon, and I need to recuperate for a while. I am in Wuqiao Town, so if you have any problems, just come to me." Xie An found an excuse and left.

The subsequent cleanup work was actually quite heavy and would take at least several days. Xie An didn't want to do these chores, so he said that killing the monster was a waste of time and he needed to recuperate, which was very reasonable.

It wouldn't cause Zhao Qing'er and Wei Haoran to have any ideas.

After leaving the backyard, Xie An planned to go see Chunlan and Madam Li.

As for the new official candidate, Xie An had an idea in mind, and Lin Yun was the most suitable. However, Xie An could not interfere with the decision of the county government, so it would depend on whether the county government knew how to behave...

(End of this chapter)