If you were asked to identify an item, would you choose to extract magical powers?

Chapter 26 The Sun Family’s Dirty Affairs
When the dark figure appeared in the corner, the candles surrounding the coffin suddenly flickered.

Shen Bai saw the true appearance of the dark figure through the flickering sparks and the mottled light and shadow.

This is an old man who is only 1.6 meters tall, with silver hair on his head and a beard that grows to his chest. He looks like an immortal.

Especially the Taoist robe, which made the aura seem a bit mysterious.

The old Taoist priest held a dustpan in his right hand. As the dustpan was waved, bursts of cold air continuously transmitted and echoed from the dustpan, causing the temperature of the entire room to drop by several degrees.

"go in."

The old Taoist priest only said three words.

Under Shen Bai's gaze, Miss Sun used her hands and feet to climb into the coffin and closed her eyes.

All around, the flickering candlelight returned to normal.

The old Taoist priest walked slowly to the front of the coffin, and then placed the dustpan in his hand on the coffin.

The floating dust began to rise wildly, passing through the gap above the coffin and piercing into Miss Sun's head one by one.

The next moment, the cold air continued to rush towards Miss Sun's head, and the temperature of the entire room dropped again.

Seeing this, Shen Bai touched his chin and thought to himself, "The waiter said that Master Sun believed a Taoist priest and bought the huge locust tree for a large sum of money and made it into a coffin. Now this old Taoist priest has appeared. It seems that this person's identity should be the same Taoist priest that Master Sun met."

This speculation made Xu Bai feel confused.

He knew that the old Taoist priest had bad intentions. After all, the situation in the house at this moment was too weird.

But Shen Bai couldn't understand it.

"Although Miss Sun is the daughter of a wealthy businessman, she is still just an ordinary person. The old Taoist priest is obviously a cultivator. Why would he do such a cruel thing to Miss Sun?"

With this strange and doubtful thought in mind, Shen Bai decided to continue reading.

But before he could get to the window, he heard footsteps again.

"It seems like tonight is quite lively."

Shen Bai turned around and hid in his previous position again, continuing to observe the owner of the footsteps.

As the footsteps approached, a person that even Shen Bai had not expected appeared outside the room.

Mr. Sun was wearing his bedtime clothes, with his round belly sticking out. He looked around like a thief and came to the door of the room.

The lock on the door has been opened.

If it were daytime, Master Sun would definitely be furious and scold the servants for not locking the door.

But at night, although the door was open, Mr. Sun seemed to be accustomed to it and had no expression at all.

Accompanied by three dull sounds, Master Sun knocked gently on the door.

Soon, the old Taoist priest's hoarse voice came from inside the door.

"come in."

From Shen Bai's perspective, he could see a hint of excitement and excitement on Mr. Sun's face, and he directly pushed open the closed door in front of him.

After the door was pushed open, the cold air inside came out and a thin layer of frost appeared on the ground.

Mr. Sun touched his arm and felt a chill, but he still gritted his teeth and walked in and closed the door.

The moment the door closed, the surroundings fell into silence again, and no one approached the room anymore.

Shen Bai walked out of the darkness, his curiosity growing. He quietly came to the door and looked into the house again.

After Master Sun entered, he approached the coffin with an anxious look on his face, gazing at his daughter. However, his eyes lacked the sorrow and anger he had seen during the day, instead filled with an unknown excitement.

"Master, what's the situation?" Master Sun asked hurriedly.

The old Taoist priest glanced at Master Sun and said calmly, "The locust tree's method of borrowing life has been used. Your daughter will automatically come to lie in this coffin every day. Don't worry, I will come here every few days to absorb your daughter's life energy, and this life energy will naturally be divided among you."

"Thank you, Taoist priest, thank you very much." Master Sun hurriedly thanked him, "Master, why don't you give me some life first? I have been tortured by the disease recently and my whole body is no longer able to bear it."

"You have a terminal illness. Even though I'm a cultivator, it's not easy for me to help you cure it."

The Taoist priest held one end of the dustpan.

"Well, I'll give you some of my life today. With this life, even though you're suffering from a terminal illness, at least you're still alive."

After the old Taoist priest finished saying this, he raised his hand and touched Mr. Sun’s eyebrows.

The next moment, a chill also emanated from Master Sun's body, which was even colder than the surrounding area.

Shen Bai witnessed the entire scene, and after connecting the cause and effect together, he finally understood what had happened.

He had heard the story of the locust tree borrowing longevity from some people in Shengyun County.

But before, he just listened to it as a story.

The so-called borrowing longevity from the locust tree is to use the locust tree's property of attracting yin and the longevity of the locust tree itself to achieve the effect of prolonging life.

But now looking at the situation, Master Sun did not draw life from the locust tree, but used the locust tree to take away his daughter's life.

"What a weird method." Shen Bai thought to himself.

There is no one in the world who is not afraid of death, even Shen Bai himself is afraid of death.

No one can refuse the wish to live a hundred years.

But Shen Bai never expected that Mr. Sun would be so cruel as to attack his own daughter.

While Shen Bai was thinking this, there was movement from Master Sun's side.

The old Taoist priest took back the dust in his hand and placed it on his wrist: "How is it, do you feel better?"

Master Sun nodded hurriedly: "Much better, thank you, Taoist Priest. How many more lives can I lend to my daughter?"

The old Taoist priest looked at Master Sun and then smiled coldly: "You can borrow as many times as you want. When you borrow the lifespan of the locust tree, you are borrowing the lifespan of your loved ones. As long as they still have lifespan, you can borrow it continuously."

Master Sun nodded quickly and said, "Then please, Taoist priest, take as much of my daughter's lifespan as you can. I still have some brothers and sisters who can be put into the coffin when the time comes."

The old Taoist priest raised his head and said calmly, "I will leave first. I will come back in a few days to extract my life essence and put it into your body."

Master Sun said in a fawning manner: "Thank you, Taoist Priest. Take care."

The old Taoist priest waved his sleeves, turned around and walked towards the door.

Mr. Sun continued to act like a lackey and followed behind silently.

At this moment, Master Sun suddenly stopped, his body shaking violently, as if he was suffering from some pain, and his eyes looked down.

The whisk in the old Taoist's hand pierced through Mr. Sun's chest.

"What...what is going on?"

Mr. Sun suddenly raised his head, his face full of disbelief.

"What's going on? You're just a jar for me to store my life."

(End of this chapter)