Lifespan Soars, Third Task

What ordinary Mortal Transformation Layer Two Martial Cultivator could possibly obtain three valuable Turtle Agaric Miracle Pills? Even if they could, absolutely no one would swallow three Turtle Agaric Miracle Pills in one go!

The Turtle Agaric Miracle Pills' effect of continuously replenishing vitality was extremely potent. If three were taken together, they would produce around sixty points of Layer Two Vitality every day. Unless that Layer Two Martial Cultivator fought and trained without stopping all day long, the excessive vitality within their body would be impossible to expend and would only leak away. That would be a colossal waste!

Lin Xuankong, however, had no need to worry about such things.

The surplus vitality produced by the Turtle Agaric Miracle Pills would naturally be stored in his Destiny. Not only would none of it go to waste, it would also greatly enhance the effect of this trump card of his!

At that moment, Lin Xuankong sat on the bed in his bedroom and placed the three Turtle Agaric Miracle Pills into his mouth one after another.

In an instant, the pills turned into three streams of heat that swiftly flowed into his lower abdomen, merging into a warm current that continuously increased Lin Xuankong's Layer Two Vitality.

At the same time, the lifespan entry in Lin Xuankong's Destiny began to change rapidly.

This time, the change in his lifespan continued for more than two hours. Only when Lin Xuankong felt light and comfortable all over, as though he might float up from where he sat, did that change gradually come to a halt.

He focused his mind on his Destiny.

[Lin Xuankong: Remaining lifespan: 25 years and 90 days]

[Late Layer Two Vitality: 401/100000]

The three Turtle Agaric Miracle Pills, together with the previous one, truly increased his vitality at a terrifying rate.

In merely two hours, they had added twelve points of Layer Two Vitality. Over twelve hours, that would be more than eighty points, equivalent to over one hundred and sixty points of Mortal Transformation Vitality.

The amount of vitality in his Destiny would definitely rise at breakneck speed from now on, and this trump card would only grow stronger and stronger.

Of course, the final change to his lifespan was even more delightful. Three Turtle Agaric Miracle Pills had actually added more than ten years to his life, exceeding his previous estimate of nine years by several hundred days!

It seemed he had worried about drug resistance far too early. The Turtle Agaric Miracle Pills he had taken had not yet reached the point of producing any drug resistance!

Moreover, judging by this, the Turtle Agaric Miracle Pills refined by the Yin Talisman Sect Leader did not have perfectly stable potency. The three pills he had taken were surely of somewhat better quality than the first one!

That was only natural. Pills surely had grades as well. Perhaps one batch was refined more poorly, while another was refined better!

No matter what, having his lifespan suddenly increase by so much was truly cause for celebration!

Once he reached sixty, under the effect of the [Old and Vigorous] Destiny, his cultivation speed would be sixty times faster. At seventy or eighty, it would be seventy or eighty times faster. If the Pine Crane Longevity Technique broke through again and increased his lifespan further, he could probably live past a hundred at the very least. By then...

At his current fiftyfold cultivation speed, he was already far beyond rare geniuses like Gu Beicheng. When he reached sixty, seventy, or a hundred...

After his lifespan had greatly increased, Lin Xuankong lay comfortably on the bed and indulged in his fantasies for a while. He could not help secretly thinking, If the Young Lady were here right now, I'd definitely have ten dishes made to celebrate properly!

In the blink of an eye, another five days passed.

With the medicinal effects of four Turtle Agaric Miracle Pills supporting him, along with ingredients for more than a hundred portions of Nine Revolutions Qi Nourishing Soup,

Lin Xuankong naturally cultivated diligently every day. The progress of his Pine Crane Longevity Technique steadily rose, rapidly approaching Layer Two Perfection!

Quite a few major events had occurred over these past few days.

The first was Steward Ma's rescue mission at Lindong Town, which had ended in a resounding victory.

This Late Layer Three Steward had reached the Intermediate Level in Yin Talisman Lightning. Combined with Dragon Wandering Amulet Hand, after a battle of over a thousand exchanges, he slew a Mid-stage Third Tier Vicious Lizard Liao Person!

It was said that the Mid-stage Third Tier Vicious Lizard Liao Person had been exceedingly powerful and could spread poisonous fog. Even the slightest contact with that fog would instantly dissolve the bones and flesh of Martial Cultivators below Mid-stage Second Tier, turning them into a puddle of black water.

Even Martial Cultivators at Mid-stage or Late Layer Two who did not fear the poisonous fog still had to protect their eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Otherwise, if the fog entered their eyes, it would immediately affect their vision. Of course, Steward Ma was already at Layer Three and had long possessed the formidable defenses of Layer Two Perfection. His entire body was seamless and flawless; even if poisonous fog touched his eyes, it would not affect him in the slightest!

After hearing the news, Lin Xuankong was not only happy for Steward Ma, but also filled with anticipation.

After all, in another four or five days, he would reach Layer Two Perfection.

By then, not only would his entire body be like diamond, but he would also be seamless and flawless. Even his relatively vulnerable eyes, eardrums, tongue, and other parts would become like diamond under the circulation of vitality, unafraid of all kinds of attacks. By then, he could probably lick someone to death with his diamond-like tongue!

The second matter left Lin Xuankong rather puzzled.

A "Hat Guest" had unexpectedly appeared on the battlefields of the Outer City's twenty-nine towns.

According to Han Lu's information, this masked figure in a bamboo hat specialized in killing the attacking Marsh Python Liao People. He was extremely powerful, appearing each time like a gale sweeping fallen leaves. After slaughtering a great number of them, he would pry off their Forehead Scales and leave!

Another major event was that Chief Manager Jiang Yurán had unexpectedly broken through in the midst of battle.

Her Yin Talisman Art advanced to the consummate level, and her Mortal Transformation Realm rose from Layer Four to Early Layer Five, allowing her to severely wound a late fourth tier Evil Goat Demon.

Having lost the aid of the Fourth Tier Evil Goat Demon, the Marsh Python and Vicious Lizard demons entrenched near the Outer City's twenty-nine towns decisively led countless Liao People back into the Boundless Mountains.

This war that had stretched across twenty-nine towns and nearly dealt the Yin Talisman Sect a crippling blow had finally come to an end.

Lin Xuankong naturally returned to Great Marsh Prefecture as well, bringing back all forty-odd disciples without a single loss!

The second task had been completed without danger or incident, but Lin Xuankong's rewards were quite generous: ingredients for forty portions of Nine Revolutions Qi Nourishing Soup and a thousand silver taels!

After returning to the Wooden Building at home,

while eating the eight substantial dishes delivered from Fragrant Tower,

Lin Xuankong stared suspiciously at the Young Lady seated across from him, delicately eating her meal.

"That Hat Guest was you, wasn't it? I saw bloodstains on the bamboo hats in the room. I told you to cultivate properly at home, so why were you running all over the battlefield? What if—"

Li Xiaolan shot him a sidelong look with her bright eyes and lightly slapped the table. "Hmph, you only just advanced to Late Layer Two, and now you're trying to control me! In this household, who calls the shots?"

Lin Xuankong's head ached a little. He really wanted to break through to Layers Three to Nine right now, suppressing the beautiful Young Lady's arrogance—and her body!

The troublesome part was that the Young Lady had never told him what level her cultivation was at. The unknown was what frightened people most.

"Of course, whoever is in the right gets listened to!" Lin Xuankong thought for a moment before declaring righteously.

Li Xiaolan decisively crushed a chicken bone. "Then who is in the right?"

Lin Xuankong felt that this question looked like an easy one on the surface, but in truth...

So he changed the subject. "How many Forehead Scales did you get?"

Li Xiaolan glanced at him. "Forget it. I know you meant well. Actually, I only went out to deal with the Marsh Python Liao People after I had finished my breakthrough! As for the number of Forehead Scales, once the Marsh Python Liao People gathered in large numbers, their Demonic Energy eroded vitality too severely, so there was no way to fight them. I didn't get many!

"I counted them. There are two hundred and ninety in total! Sigh, it would have been nice if we could get a set of Amulet Battle Armor sooner!"

"Two hundred and ninety? That many?" Lin Xuankong was somewhat surprised.

Two hundred and ninety Forehead Scales—if he had gone to kill them himself, he would probably have had to search everywhere for Liao People, wasting no small amount of effort. If he bought them with silver taels, it was even harder to imagine how long it would take to save up that much money!

He frowned at Li Xiaolan. "Since you were going to fight the Marsh Python Liao People, you would definitely encounter Demonic Energy eroding your vitality. Why didn't you take Dragon Wandering Amulet Hand from me?"

Li Xiaolan glanced at him. "If I took it away and the Liao People attacked your place, then what? How could you ask such a foolish question?"

She wiped her hands and rubbed her little belly.

"Mmm, I'm full. I'm going upstairs to cultivate. I put all the Forehead Scales beneath your bed. Go collect them later!"

Lin Xuankong gave an acknowledging sound. He did not even bother to finish eating before returning to his room and feeling beneath the bed for those Forehead Scales.

Touching the pure white Forehead Scales, each of which was astonishingly heavy, he secretly thought, Two hundred and ninety, plus my one hundred and eight—that's nearly four hundred. It means we've gathered half the materials for the Amulet Battle Armor!

The materials had been collected so quickly. The Young Lady had truly given him a huge and delightful surprise!

During the war that had lasted more than half a month,

many things had happened not only in the Outer City's twenty-nine towns, but also within the territory of the Yin Talisman Sect's Great Marsh Hall Branch.

Because of the unfavorable battles in the early stages, the Yin Talisman Sect's Great Marsh Hall had appeared to be on the brink of collapse. The small gangs, minor sects, and little martial halls that had originally depended on the Yin Talisman Sect began wavering one after another. Seven or eight of them secretly betrayed the Yin Talisman Sect and clandestinely joined the Black Tiger Gang and the Spirit Snake Gang.

Had Hall Master Xu Zhenhuan not remained stationed at the branch all along, likely more than just these would have betrayed them.

The next morning,

as Lin Xuankong walked along Cattle Horse Street toward the Barracks, he looked at a small martial hall by the roadside that had already been abandoned and secretly shook his head. If those small gangs, minor sects, and little martial halls that had betrayed the Yin Talisman Sect heard that Jiang Yurán had broken through to Layer Five, their feelings would probably be extremely complicated!

Although the Yin Talisman Sect had lost several hundred disciples, it had gained a Mortal Transformation Layer Five cultivator and driven away three great demons. The sect's strength had not decreased at all; instead, it had increased!

After all, in this world where martial strength reigned supreme, the emergence of high-level Martial Cultivators was of utmost importance. The deterrent power of a thousand elite disciples could not compare to a single terrifying Mortal Transformation Layer Five Martial Cultivator!

When would he also advance to Layer Five and become a powerful Martial Cultivator whose fame shook Great Marsh Prefecture, capable of influencing the rise and fall of an entire sect?

It should not take too long, should it?

Upon arriving at the Barracks,

Lin Xuankong arranged the various businesses and affairs according to their original assignments.

His Barracks was the only one among the dozens of Barracks that had not suffered any casualties during the fighting. Other Barracks might need new disciples and have to redistribute and rearrange all kinds of affairs, leaving them with a mountain of troublesome matters, but Lin Xuankong was exceptionally free.

After handling those matters, he was about to return home.

A disciple under Steward Xu hurried over and informed Lin Xuankong that Manager Jiang had summoned all the Yin Talisman Sect's stewards and Full Managers, as she had an important task to assign!

When Lin Xuankong heard that the Pretty Taoist Nun had a task to assign, his heart stirred. The third task had arrived so quickly!

He was finally only one step away from cultivating the Yin Talisman Art and the Lightning Special Art that suited him perfectly.

But what kind of task would this one be, and how difficult would it be?

What did it mean for the Pretty Taoist Nun to summon every steward and Full Manager? Was this a group task?

Lin Xuankong pondered secretly as he left the Barracks and headed toward the branch on Mule Street.