Longevity Martial Arts: Obtain Golden Affixes at the Start

The edge of the White Bone Plain.

Hong Lang stood on a high slope and looked back at the road he had come from.

That desolate place had been left far behind, and the fishy smell in the air had finally dissipated.

The woman they rescued rode on the same horse as Pu Xi. She remained silent, like a block of wood.

Zhu Dachang squatted on a large rock, panting heavily. His pig-like face looked tired, but his small eyes gleamed with a sharp light.

"Um... Young Master Hong, that Blood Essence Pill you mentioned that can increase cultivation, is it really given out every month?"

Hong Lang laughed and said, "I keep my word. One pill a month, not a single one less."

Zhu Dachang scratched his huge head, squinted his eyes, and seemed to be plotting something.

"So... is it all-you-can-eat?"

Hong Lang was momentarily speechless at these words, then burst out laughing: "Pills, meat, and money—everything is provided!"

Zhu Dachang smacked his lips and muttered, "Fine, I'll go with you. Anyway, there's nothing good to stay in that lousy place called White Bone Plain."

It caused the deaths of twelve centurions and implicated Huai'an, who was killed with a single blow. There was no place for him left in the White Bone Plain.

Hong Lang thought to himself, "This guy has reached the Lesser Completion of the Meridian Opening Realm. He's tough and resilient. If I could recruit him, he would be a rare asset."

He was still short of a head constable, a position that had been vacant for a long time.

"Old Pig, I need a constable under my command, and you're perfect for the job."

Zhu Dachang was taken aback: "Head constable? The one who catches thieves?"

"almost."

Zhu Dachang honestly replied, "I've never caught a thief. Back in the White Bone Plain, I was only good at killing people and getting killed. It seems... I was the thief."

Pu Xi finally couldn't help but speak up: "There's not much difference between killing someone and catching a thief, except that the people being killed are different."

Zhu Dachang nodded thoughtfully: "That's true, they all involve knives."

It suddenly asked again, "Um... Miss Pu, shouldn't you give me the antidote for the Heartbreak Pill?"

Pu Xi laughed and said, "I was just kidding, you idiot! There's no such thing as a Heartbreak Pill."

Zhu Dachang's face fell, his small eyes wide with disbelief: "You...you're playing me?"

Pu Xi replied calmly, "So what if I'm just playing you?"

Zhu Dachang's pig-like face turned bright red, and his two big ears stood up, indicating that he was really angry.

Hong Lang watched silently from the side, his hand already on the halberd.

But Zhu Dachang took a deep breath and slumped his head: "Phew! Forget it, I can't beat you."

Hong Lang patted Zhu Dachang on the shoulder: "Let's go, Old Pig, when we get to Hengjiang County, I'll treat you to drinks and good food!"

Zhu Dachang's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"real."

"There should be plenty."

"Enough is enough."

Zhu Dachang then turned his anger into joy, grinned widely, and chuckled.

……

In the days that followed, Hong Lang traveled during the day and refined elixirs at night.

On the twentieth night, he heard faint popping sounds coming from inside his body, as if a series of bones were being crushed and then put back together.

The essence of the Marrow Cleansing Realm is to use the power of medicine in conjunction with internal strength to gradually expel impurities from the bones throughout the body, making the bone marrow as fine as mercury and the bones as hard as iron.

The sign of reaching the peak of the Marrow Cleansing Realm is that all 206 bones in the body have undergone transformation.

Hong Lang is now making his final sprint.

The medicine surged into the spine, and each vertebra began to tremble violently.

That is the impurity hidden deep in the bone marrow, the congenital filth brought from the womb, and the most difficult obstacle to remove.

Hong Lang let out a low roar, his blood and qi surging wildly, carrying the medicinal power as he slammed into his spine.

An unprecedented tingling and numb sensation shot from his tailbone straight to the top of his head, as if someone had scraped his spine from bottom to top with a red-hot iron rod.

The pain, when it reaches its extreme, gives rise to a strange, pleasant sensation.

Immediately afterwards, a warm current surged from the depths of my bone marrow, flowing slowly along my meridians, and wherever it passed, every bone seemed to be reforged.

Marrow Cleansing Realm, Perfected!

Feeling the surge of power within him, Hong Lang summoned the extraction panel.

[The Martial Arts of Immortality]

[You can select one term now. Do you want to select it?]

"Start drawing!"

A wisp of purple light slowly emerged.

[Acquired stat: Poison Resistance (Purple)]

[Anti-poison (purple): Increases resistance to poisons, improves recovery speed after poisoning, and makes common poisons less of a threat]

It's not some earth-shattering ability, but it's practical. When you're in the martial world, it's hard to guard against hidden arrows, and it's even harder to guard against poisoning.

With this "anti-toxic" entry, at least you don't have to worry about someone tampering with your food.

It's just unknown how much resistance it has to the potent venom of the Hidden Beetle.

……

At the border of Hengjiang County, thirty riders were advancing rapidly.

Leading the group was Huo Qingbai, the magistrate of Yufeng County, followed closely by Luo Heng, Wang Ye, and Niu Ba. The three men had different expressions, but the same fire burned in their eyes.

When Fan Qingya was killed, the three of them fought their way out of the chaotic army.

He fled all the way to Lingchuan County and joined Gongsun Qi's forces, where he was assigned a sinecure in Yufeng County.

He went from being a county official to a homeless dog living under someone else's roof.

How could we not avenge this?

Huo Qingbai reined in his horse and gazed into the distance at Ningyuan Town in the night.

A few scattered lights flickered in the darkness, like the last breaths of a dying person.

"Remember this," Huo Qingbai said in a low voice to the men behind him, "From now on, you six are no longer government soldiers, but members of the Yellow Heaven Sect. When you kill, be ruthless with your blade and speak little."

A hint of pleasure flashed in Luo Heng's eyes: "Don't worry, Lord Huo, I'm an expert in this kind of thing."

The six riders silently dispersed, forming a fan shape to encircle Ningyuan Town.

Luo Heng rode his horse into the town and said coldly, "Leave no men alive. As for the women... do with them as you please, but make a big fuss. Let Mo Qiushui know that the town under her rule has been massacred."

After saying that, he dismounted and kicked open the wooden door of the nearest house.

From that moment on, screams tore through the night sky of Ningyuan Town.

The six warriors were like wolves among sheep, killing any men they saw and dragging any women into the house.

Someone resisted, but Luo Heng chopped off his head with a single stroke. The head rolled onto the street, its eyes still open, dying with its eyes wide open.

As dawn broke, dozens of male corpses lay on the streets of Ningyuan Town, with blood flowing in streams.

The women were barely clothed, some dead, some insane, and the survivors huddled in corners, blood flowing from their genitals.

……

"What did you say?" Upon learning of the massacre in Ningyuan Town, Mo Qiushui suddenly stood up.

"Ningyuan Town... has been massacred. The bandits were fighting under the banner of the Yellow Heaven Sect. There were six of them. After massacring the town, they did not retreat but are resting outside the town."

Mo Qiushui's expression changed several times in an instant, from shock to rage.

"The Yellow Heaven Cult? This is outrageous!"

Huang Li hurriedly stepped forward: "My lord, this matter is suspicious. Although the Huangtian Sect is rampant, it has never been so blatant in massacring a town."

Moreover, Ningyuan Town is located in a remote area with little profit to be made. Why would they take such a great risk? I suspect there might be a trap involved…”

Mo Qiushui turned her head sharply: "Dozens of lives are right in front of me, are you expect me to just stand by and watch?"