I, a centenarian, sweep through the gates of immortality.

Having only been practicing for a short time, Lin Feng had only skimmed through an introductory cultivation manual in Chongyang Valley and knew nothing about immortal beasts or the like.

But looking at the auspicious beast in front of me, although it has sharp teeth and claws, it doesn't look very fierce. Instead, it has white fur all over its body and is quite cute.

It resembles the auspicious beasts depicted in traditional Chinese New Year paintings, especially small ones.

However, Lin Feng did not lower his guard because of her cuteness. He slowly retreated while secretly observing her.

"The disturbance of spiritual energy below this cliff should be caused by this little auspicious beast."

"Although he lunged at me, I wasn't his target."

"Could it be...?"

Thinking of this, Lin Feng had a sudden realization and immediately guessed that the auspicious beast might be after his jade pendant.

He quickly released his right hand to check, confirming that the jade pendant was intact, and then glanced at the auspicious beast.

Sure enough, the little auspicious beast's golden eyes were fixed on Lin Feng's right hand.

Just then, the little auspicious beast seemed to see Lin Feng loosen his grip, and transformed into a white light, rushing towards Lin Feng once again.

This jade pendant was more important than Lin Feng's life, so naturally he couldn't let it be snatched away. Lin Feng dodged to the side, thinking he could easily avoid the auspicious beast's attack, but unexpectedly, the surrounding spiritual energy suddenly fluctuated. In just a moment, the air seemed to freeze, slowing down Lin Feng's movements.

"Oh no!"

In that brief moment of hesitation, the auspicious beast bit Lin Feng's wrist.

"what!"

Lin Feng winced in pain and instinctively loosened his grip. Seeing this, the auspicious beast stopped biting and instead hooked Lin Feng's jade pendant with its short claws.

"Damn beast!"

Seeing blood gushing from his wrist, Lin Feng didn't have time to treat the wound and tried to snatch the jade pendant.

This is my lifeline.

The auspicious beast did not entangle with Lin Feng. Instead, it bit the jade pendant, quickly turned around, and pounced into the bushes next to it. In just a moment, it disappeared without a trace.

"this!"

Lin Feng's eyes widened in shock and anxiety. He searched around, but the auspicious beast seemed to have vanished into thin air. No matter how hard Lin Feng searched, he couldn't find a trace of it.

"It's over..."

After searching for a long time, there were no results at all.

The blood flowing from his wrist made Lin Feng's already aged face appear even paler. In despair and helplessness, he could only slump to the ground and bandage his wound in frustration.

"It's over. The jade pendant has been stolen. How am I, a centenarian, supposed to cope?"

Lin Feng was very clear that although he was a congenital sword embryo, he awakened too late. The reason for his rapid progress was almost entirely due to the jade pendant.

Now that the jade pendant is lost, it almost means that Lin Feng's path to immortality is about to end.

Recalling what had happened in the past few days, Lin Feng felt a deep bitterness in his heart.

He was already over a hundred years old, in his twilight years awaiting death, and had no desire for spiritual practice.

But he awakened his sword embryo and entered Chongyang Valley.

After being declared unable to cultivate by everyone, Lin Feng's mindset was relatively stable. However, he then encountered the power of the jade pendant, which allowed him to break through several realms in just a few days.

Now that Lin Feng's intentions have been formed, the jade pendant, the foundation of his cultivation, has been taken away.

Such extreme fluctuations would likely cause anyone's Dao heart to collapse.

Even with Lin Feng's strong will, he couldn't help but let out a long howl at this moment.

"Heavens! I was destined to die, why do you torment me like this!"

He let out a long howl to release the pent-up frustration in his heart, but once the frustration was gone, the vitality that was supporting Lin Feng's old body seemed to have been completely drained away.

He collapsed helplessly to the ground, his eyes becoming extremely unfocused, as if everything was about to come to an end.

"Ugh."

With a soft sigh, Lin Feng closed his eyes completely.

Just as Lin Feng's mind was about to settle down, a slight rustling sound came from the side again.

A moment later, Lin Feng felt a sharp claw gently nudge his right hand.

Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes and saw that the snow-white auspicious beast had reappeared, right beside him. To Lin Feng's surprise, the auspicious beast was holding Lin Feng's jade pendant in its mouth.

"This is?"

The auspicious beast nuzzled Lin Feng's hand, then suddenly released its grip, dropping the jade pendant into Lin Feng's hand.

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment. Having already resolved to die, he did not feel joy at the recovery of the jade pendant. He just looked at the auspicious beast with a blank and confused expression.

The auspicious beast couldn't speak; it simply tapped the jade pendant with its paw, and then tapped Lin Feng's hand.

"Are you giving this back to me?"

The auspicious beast shook its head.

"Not returning it? Then what are you giving it to me for?"

Seeing that Lin Feng did not understand its intentions, the auspicious beast climbed directly onto Lin Feng's chest, poking the jade pendant with one paw and patting Lin Feng's chest with the other, while making babbling noises.

"What?"

Seeing that Lin Feng still didn't understand, the little auspicious beast got anxious and jumped down from Lin Feng's chest to the open space next to him, imitating Lin Feng's meditation posture, gesturing with its two paws up and down.

Upon seeing this, Lin Feng hesitated for a moment, then suddenly understood.

Just now, when the auspicious beast tried to snatch Lin Feng's jade pendant, Lin Feng was meditating, preparing to absorb the spiritual energy from the pendant.

The reason this auspicious beast came to snatch it was because of the spiritual energy within the jade pendant.

The reason it returned the jade pendant was probably because it could not absorb the pendant's spiritual energy.

Lin Feng shook his head and said with a hint of self-deprecation.

"No wonder, it turns out they couldn't absorb the spiritual energy from my jade pendant."

"This is my personal jade pendant, and the spiritual energy within it is my reliance in cultivation."

"What am I supposed to do if you take it?"

Lin Feng definitely cannot give his spiritual energy to this auspicious beast.

However, Lin Feng's current condition is such that his already aged body is also injured. Without absorbing the spiritual energy from the jade pendant, he cannot get out of this cliff.

Once it absorbs the spiritual energy, the little auspicious beast will inevitably come to snatch it away.

It's not getting better no matter what.

He gritted his teeth, threw the jade pendant on the ground, collapsed to the ground, and muttered to himself with his eyes closed.

"Since I'm going to die anyway, why should I do something for someone else? Besides, you're a beast."

Seeing that Lin Feng didn't move, the little auspicious beast anxiously circled around him, making incessant coos, but no matter how much it called out, Lin Feng remained unmoved.

After circling around countless times, the little auspicious beast suddenly stopped and pounced into the bushes beside it.

Lin Feng was worried that this little guy was up to some kind of scheme again, so he ignored him completely.

A moment later, the little auspicious beast ran over again, carrying a large iron block in its mouth.

It placed the large iron block next to Lin Feng, barking and patting him with its paws, signaling him to get up.

Filled with doubt, Lin Feng slowly sat up and saw that many dragon patterns were faintly floating on the huge black iron block.

Lin Feng gently touched the black iron block, and the dragon pattern on it shone brightly. Through the light, an ancient and unfathomable power emanated from it.

"What is this? Dragon-patterned black gold?"