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

Chapter 178 Level 2 Long Life Statue!
The treasure plant finally sprouted?
Xie An threw down the Demon-Slaying Sword and hurried over to take a look.

The gray sky was dimly lit, and the tree stump was covered with a layer of silvery white snow. Five thumb-thick buds could be clearly seen growing out of the snow.

These tender shoots are a bit like blood-colored cacti. Three of the tender shoots are bitten off in the middle, and blood-colored liquid is flowing from the broken parts, like human blood.

"The sprouts that have grown out are different from the branches I saw underwater before..."

Xie An was shocked and very confused.

Can the same tree roots grow different things underwater and on shore?

It is said that oranges grown in the south of the Huai River are oranges, while oranges grown in the north of the Huai River are tangerines. But that also separates the south and north of the Huai River...

But Qingwu County is so small, how could there be such a big difference?

Yu He took a closer look and noticed the difference. "Really? They're completely different... They don't even look like the same species. How could this be?"

Xie An shook his head. He leaned closer and smelled the bloody liquid flowing out of the broken wound, and actually smelled a peculiar bloody smell.

A precious plant can actually emit a bloody smell?

Amazing.

Yu He sensed something and leaned over to take a sniff. She was equally incredulous. "Plants can actually emit a bloody smell? Could it be that these blood-colored droplets are actually fresh blood?"

Xie An reached out and touched the red liquid. It was slightly sticky and felt just like human blood.

Is it really blood?

There's something wrong with this Baozhi.

Su Yuqing had said before that this precious plant looked like the Blood Cold Lotus, but the Blood Cold Lotus was not this thick and was probably a mutant variety.

Xie An immediately took out a white porcelain bowl and took a few drops of liquid.

"Yuhe, you stay here, I'll go ask the princess."

Xie An carried the porcelain bowl and walked towards the backyard.

This is all so abnormal.

After three months of cultivation, the precious plant hadn't shown any signs of growth. Xie An had checked on it a few days ago, and it hadn't sprouted. Suddenly, it sprouted, and even attracted a white fox.

There is weirdness everywhere.

Find Su Yuqing and explain your purpose.

Su Yuqing carefully examined the blood in the porcelain bowl, sniffed it, and said solemnly, "This is indeed blood."

Xie An was shocked: "How can blood grow out of a plant?"

Su Yuqing put down the porcelain bowl and said, "Take me to the courtyard."

It's broad daylight.

Su Yuqing inspected the tree stump for a long time before finally squatting down and tapping it with her fingers, her force increasing and her frequency increasing. Finally, she tapped so fast that Xie An could only see a shadow.

The tree stump made a buzzing sound when it was knocked, and there was a faint resonance.

After a moment, Su Yuqing withdrew her hand and stood up. "This is indeed a mutated Blood Frost Lotus. There was originally a drop of special blood essence within the tree root. This blood essence did not initially spread, but was instead wrapped up in something. Only a small amount of blood energy escaped, so what you saw in the cold pond was only a huge growth of the Blood Frost Lotus."

But now, the Blood Frost Lotus has escaped from the cold pond, and the fact that you've ground up all sorts of precious herbs and used them as fertilizer has caused the blood essence in the roots to spread. So the Blood Frost Lotus has mutated. Everything that grows is stained with blood."

After listening to Su Yuqing's story, Xie An felt it was very reasonable.

But it's really too magical.

Yuhe asked, "Miss, where does this blood essence come from?"

Su Yuqing said in a serious tone, "This blood essence is at least from a martial arts master. The energy and blood in it are extremely powerful and have an impact on the surroundings. It is likely to attract evil spirits and monsters."

Xie An was shocked when he heard this: "Is it really that weird?"

Su Yuqing patiently explained, "At the level of a martial arts master, the body's secrets are unlocked, and the blood and essence become powerful. This allows them to influence external objects. Some deceased masters' blood and essence escape into the earth, causing mutations in the surrounding plants and animals. If one's intentions are not right, this can lead to evil."

Xie An was embarrassed.

Awesome.

Is this the X-ray of the past life? Nuclear radiation?
Is the martial arts master so awesome?
"That white fox is quite intelligent. It must have been attracted here by the essence of this precious plant." Su Yuqing stared at the tree stump for a long moment. "I have no idea what will grow out of it."

Xie An rubbed his hands and asked, "What if this drop of blood has been there for a hundred years?"

Su Yuqing was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Xie An revealed everything, "This is the precious plant that Yuhe and I discovered in the cold pond. And the woman in the shrine, Jin Xiaotang, has been dead for at least a hundred years. In other words, the drop of blood in this precious plant may have been sealed in the roots for a hundred years. How can the blood of a master, which has been retained for a hundred years, still have such an effect?"

Su Yuqing fell into silence for a long time.

She was rarely so silent.

After a long pause, Su Yuqing spoke, "If that's true, then the owner of this drop of blood is at least a first-rank Grandmaster. Or... a Canglong Martial Saint!"

The Martial Saint of Azure Dragon!

When Xie An heard this word for the first time, he was shocked.

Su Yuqing seemed to see Xie An's confusion, and said, "Above the first-rank Grandmaster is the Martial Saint. The ultimate in martial arts, one who can shake the heavens and earth and break the Azure Dragon, is called... the Azure Dragon Martial Saint. The reason why we, the Jingtai Dynasty, were able to establish our country was because of a Azure Dragon Martial Saint, who ruled the world with martial arts.

The Azure Dragon Martial Saint has a maximum lifespan of four hundred years."

hiss!
Xie An took a deep breath.

It turns out that Su Yuqing said that the Daqian lifespan limit was 400 years, and no one had been able to break it in the past 5,000 years. She was referring to the Canglong Martial Saint.

However, Xie An had never heard of this information before because of his low level.

Su Yuqing frowned and muttered to herself, "That's not right. The Tianbao of the previous dynasty... didn't have a Martial Saint in charge. If this blood came from the Martial Saint Canglong... it doesn't make sense. Could it be from my master? But my master has never been to Dayin Mountain..."

It was Su Yuqing's muttering that shocked Xie An.

Turtle...

No wonder the eldest princess is so talented and brilliant, it turns out her master is the Canglong Martial Saint.

Famous teachers make high apprentices.

Xie An comforted him, "Didn't the princess say that he might be a first-rank master?"

Su Yuqing said "hmm", "That should be the case."

She circled the tree stump twice. "It would be a good idea to cultivate this precious plant. I'd like to see what it grows into. As for the evil spirits, I'm here to handle them, so they won't be a big deal."

Xie An hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Princess."

Su Yuqing gave a few instructions and went back to the backyard, leaving Xie An and Yuhe to study.

Xie An also wanted to see what the treasure plant would look like when it grew, so he asked Yuhe to crush the cultivated medicinal herbs accumulated in the room and water and fertilize them.

Apply more fertilizer to make it grow faster.

So as to quickly make up for the tender shoots eaten by the white fox.

It’s such a pity that the white fox ate three of such good precious plants!

Damn white fox!

In the next few days, Xie An would stroll around Baozhi every few hours to see if there were any new sprouts.

The results were disappointing.

not at all.

However, the two remaining tender shoots grew even thicker, like cacti, plump and bulging.

This made Xie An feel relieved.

In order to prevent the white fox from stealing food again, Xie An found a wire mesh and set up a mechanism so that if the white fox dared to come, it would be caught.

Two days later in the early morning, Xie An was practicing Mingyu Gong in seclusion in his room.

Suddenly, he heard a hoarse "woooo" sound. Xie An opened his eyes suddenly and saw the white fox standing on the windowsill staring at him.

brush!
Xie An activated the Mingyu Gong and was about to pounce, but he saw that the white fox was squatting on the windowsill, raising its front paws and bowing to Xie An to apologize.

You still know how to apologize, right?

Xie An withdrew his hand.

In fact, he knew that he couldn't catch the white fox by speed.

Soon, a white fox with a white glowing object hanging from its mouth started to call out to Xie An and wag its tail. It also threw the white object next to Xie An.

The white fox pointed at the objects on the ground with its left front paw, and then pointed at Baozhi.

Keep repeating this action.

Xie An slowly relaxed, vaguely realizing what the white fox meant. "You want to exchange this item for the precious plant sprouts?"

The white fox nodded continuously.

What a clever white fox.

It can't speak human language, so it doesn't seem to be a fox demon. It's just incredibly fast and knows some low-level charm techniques.

snort!
Xie An snorted and shook his head repeatedly, "This precious plant is too precious. You don't have enough. I won't exchange it."

quack.

The white fox pointed at the white object on the ground with its claws, motioning Xie An to take a look.

Xie An glanced at the barbed wire mechanism outside the house and saw that it was intact, indicating that Baozhi was safe.

Thinking that this white fox is extremely magical, why not take a look at it first?

"Don't move, let me take a look first."

Xie An scolded the white fox, and the white fox nodded. Xie An then squatted down and picked up the object. It was a... stone?
Glowing stone.

It's a bit like mutton-fat jade, and feels cool to the touch.

There is nothing else magical about it.

"no……"

Before Xie An finished speaking, the white Taoist talisman in his mind vibrated.

[300 wisps of fairy energy detected.]

What?
Such a small piece of stone has three hundred strands of demonic energy?

Comparable to a dog demon!
Turtle...

This white fox has a mine at home!

Xie An stared at the white fox and wanted to catch it and threaten it, but the white fox was very alert and was ready to run away at any time.

Then take a step back.

Trading is also good.

Xie An thought about it and realized that the degree of fusion of his long life personality was 0.8500.

If you want to reach 1 at once, you need five stones. If this white fox can get five stones for itself... let alone one treasure plant, even ten treasure plants will be fine.

It is said that when bargaining, start by reducing the price by 90%.

Then adjust the price... start by increasing it tenfold!
Xie An made a painful expression and said, "It's just so-so. If you can give me fifty of these stones, I'll let you eat the tender shoots of the precious plant."

The white fox was stunned, shaking its head like a rattle, and wrote a 2 on the wall with its claws.

"Two dollars? You wish. The minimum is thirty dollars."

The white fox weighed the pros and cons for a while and wrote 3.

"Twenty yuan, absolutely no less." Xie An felt a little weak after saying this. Was he lowering the price too quickly? He needed to be more steady.

The white fox wrote three.

"Nineteen dollars, no less."

After some bargaining, the white fox wrote a 5 and then kept shaking his head, indicating that it absolutely could not be any less.

Xie An: Fifteen yuan, no less.

White Fox: Five dollars, no more.

After a tug of war, the situation reached a stalemate.

Finally, Xie An decided that five yuan was the upper limit for the white fox. It would be difficult to continue to trick it. This white fox was extremely intelligent, able to understand human language and even write numbers. It wasn't so easy to trick.

Xie An had a certain understanding of its financial resources, but he still needed to test it out. "Do you have any other good things at home?"

The white fox nodded repeatedly, pointed at Xie An with its claws, then pointed at Bao Zhi, then touched its claws together, smiled, and indicated that if the transaction was satisfactory, there would be follow-up.

"Okay. Go get four more stones and I'll let you eat the tender sprouts of that precious plant." Xie An made a decision.

The white fox bowed to Xie An, then ran away.

As it walked, it deliberately triggered the mechanism of the barbed wire, allowing the barbed wire to fall, and then easily bit through the wire and escaped.

Xie An's mouth twitched, "Okay, okay, you even know how to show off your muscles in front of me."

Less than a quarter of an hour later, the white fox returned with a small cloth bag containing four stones, which Xie An found to be fine after checking.

The stones were about the same size, and the Taoist talisman detected that they were all three hundred strands of demonic energy.

Xie An looked unhappy and said, "You can eat the young sprouts."

But I was very happy in my heart.

Xie An saw the white fox happily eating the sprouts, then turned back and grinned at Xie An, then jumped over the wall and ran away.

Silly look... The young shoots of this precious plant can grow again after being eaten, and can still be traded... This precious plant is really a treasure.

Before the white fox left, Xie An reminded him, "Wait until the treasure plant sprouts new buds before coming back."

After sending the white fox away, Xie An locked the door, sat excitedly at the head of the bed, and took out five pieces of jade.

"I thought I had to wait for Huang Silang to confess and kill the dog demon before I could increase the fusion degree. I didn't expect the white fox to send warmth. Time waits for no one, so I will raise the fusion degree to 1. Let's see the effect of the fate upgrade."

Xie An took several deep breaths to suppress the excitement in his heart, then sat cross-legged and entered a state of meditation, sensing the vibration and glow of the Taoist talisman in his mind.

In order to eliminate the risk, Xie An absorbed it in five times.

It took a whole day to absorb the demonic energy from the four pieces of jade.

The degree of fusion has increased to 0.97.

Only the last piece of jade is left.

[Three hundred strands of demonic energy detected. Do you want to absorb it?]

absorb!

hum!
As wisps of white air were injected into the white Taoist scroll, Xie An endured the pain and finally saw the changes on the panel.

[Long life gains growth, current fusion degree 1]

[The longevity bar can be upgraded to level 2. Do you want to upgrade? ]

Xie An suppressed his excitement, and all his efforts in the past eight years flashed through his mind.

The fate is finally going to be upgraded.

Xie An thought:

upgrade!

(End of this chapter)