Flick of the Finger, Three Years! [Seeking Recommendation Tickets!]

Name: Meng Nan

Lifespan: 0/9

Faction: Chashan · Tianlin Cave

Cultivation: True Qi Qi Accumulation

True Qi: 22

Bone Structure: 1

Cultivation Method: Thunder Illumination Scripture Level 7

Sorcery: Hundred Changes Thousand Illusions Cloud Mist Movement Technique (Mastered), Palm Thunder (Proficient), Blood Arrow Secret Technique (Proficient), Gale Thunder Sword Technique (Proficient), Giant Spirit Mysterious Technique (Not Mastered);

Skills: Alchemy (Beginner: Qi Circulation Powder);

Death Log: Viewable

"Huh?"

Meng Nan noticed something unusual about the panel at first glance: "My lifespan increased by a year?"

[Lifespan: 0/9]

It went from 8 years to 9 years!

His lifespan in reality was 80 years, so he had 8 years when he first entered.

But now there was an extra year.

Normal people could live for decades to over a hundred years, with the extremely old even reaching 120 or 130.

However, cultivators generally had a fixed lifespan.

Fetal Breath, Inner Qi, True Qi, True Essence.

All these powers nourished the body, but also exerted pressure and caused damage.

Therefore.

Normal Fetal Breath and Inner Qi lifespans were around 80.

True Qi was from 90 to 100.

Each additional sensing of True Essence could add five to six years to one's lifespan, with the limit around 130 years old.

This was the price of cultivation.

There were also those who cultivated primarily health-preserving techniques, leading to longer lifespans. But True Qi and True Essence lacked offensive power and didn't even cultivate sorcery. In this world of the fittest, few people bothered to cultivate such techniques.

What was the point of living a few more years in obscurity?

It was better to charge forward and forge a path to the immortal realm.

Generally, breaking through from Inner Qi to True Qi could add one to two decades to one's lifespan.

"So if I break through here, I can also increase my lifespan by 10%?"

Meng Nan was overjoyed.

This was great news!

As his cultivation continued to increase, it would become increasingly difficult to open future timelines each time. The time spent in future timelines would become more and more precious.

Gaining an extra year or two in a future timeline was a profit, incredibly valuable.

And this was just in the True Qi Stage.

"If I advance to True Essence, I can gain another three to four years."

"If I break through to Qi Condensation, Immortals have even longer lifespans."

"Theoretically, as long as I can keep breaking through in future timelines, I can even stay here indefinitely, cultivating all the way to the realms of Immortals and Dao Ancestors, which is not impossible!"

Meng Nan's emotions surged.

Reaching True Qi!

Lifespan increased!

Today was truly a double celebration.

Meng Nan felt joy for a while, indulged in some aspirations, and then calmed himself down to continue his cultivation.

This life followed the same old path as the third life—

Cultivating sorcery.

Studying Alchemy.

The most effort was put into the 'Giant Spirit Mysterious Technique'.

In the third life, Meng Nan cultivated this secret technique to the eighteenth level, but hadn't truly mastered it. Continuing in this life, he had already mastered the nineteenth level in the first half of the year.

At this stage of advancing to the True Qi Stage, coupled with the experience and insights from his third and fourth lives, his cultivation became even more effortless.

Twenty levels.

Twenty-one levels.

Twenty-two levels.

He was inching closer and closer to the thirtieth level.

Once the thirtieth level was established, his foundation would be set. At that point, he could absorb spirit energy and Spirit Sand to quickly achieve entry-level strength and form combat power.

In this life, it was precisely by relying on this secret technique that Meng Nan was able to surpass his peers.

"Giant Spirit God!"

Meng Nan eagerly anticipated the day this secret technique would be truly mastered.

Time flew by.

Meng Nan's cultivation regressed, and he felt uneasy. Thus, he secluded himself in the mountains, diligently cultivating and rarely venturing out.

Regarding the city construction matters, he only paid attention to aspects like extortion, bribery, and cutting corners, while glossing over everything else.

It would only be about ten years, after all.

Even if he lived through these ten years, he would have to flee with Immortal Master Zheng. Even if he lived a few more years, by the time Angming City's rotten core was exposed, it and the entire Tianlin Cave would already be Sky-Scraping Cliff territory.

Perhaps Immortal Master Zheng and Zha Shan would even praise him for his foresight and excellent work.

Haha!

That was nonsense.

But precisely because he knew the future course of events, Meng Nan engaged in shoddy construction without any shame or hesitation.

He was carefree.

Fearless.

His attitude, in turn, reassured Zhu Keda and You Neng, the four chief engineers. They completely believed that Meng Nan was genuinely working for Immortal Master Zheng; otherwise, how could he be so brazen?

Thus, they all diligently applied themselves, coming up with ingenious solutions.

Meng Nan, using Immortal Master Zheng's name as a pretext, took the lion's share, claiming eighty percent.

But even so, the remaining twenty percent was enough to make Zhu Keda and the others extremely wealthy. They couldn't compare to a prophet like Meng Nan, whose own resources were meager.

This time, they ate their fill, all beaming with joy.

In such an atmosphere, the mood in Angming City was harmonious, and the city construction proceeded in an orderly fashion.

Time passed in a flash.

Three years went by.

The second and third batches of people sent to fence stolen goods had long since been dispatched by Meng Nan.

The second batch was led by Meng Nan's eldest disciple, Qin Zhongjie.

This person's background was similar to Xu Rong's, and his cultivation talent surpassed even his junior sister. He was already at the third level of Sense Imprint.

Meng Nan's disciples were all carefully selected and trustworthy.

However, people's hearts are unfathomable. The intelligence gathered by Chen De, Wang An, and Chu Zhongliang in his previous life might not have been entirely accurate. Therefore, Meng Nan used this opportunity to further assess the character of these disciples.

Whether they were hiding too deeply or lacked sufficient incentive, if anything went wrong, Meng Nan's losses would be limited to this life, and he could avoid future trouble in reality.

This was a worthwhile trade-off.

The third batch was led by one of Meng Nan's four close friends in Tianlin Cave, named 'He Weiyang'. He had just turned sixty and was at the fifth level of Sense Imprint.

There were quite a few True Essence disciples with noble character in Tianlin Cave.

But Meng Nan only had deep friendships with He Weiyang and the other three because these four had good character and were not pedantic. The five of them discussed scriptures and the Dao, all looking forward to the immortal path.

Meng Nan's embezzlement was essentially draining Tianlin Cave's blood. By all logic, with their character, He Weiyang and the other three would never have colluded with him. But Meng Nan found He Weiyang, who was most compatible with his temperament, and swore an oath, claiming that Immortal Master Zheng had privately revealed that Tianlin Immortal Master's lifespan was nearing its end, the Sky-Scraping Cliff offensive was imminent, and Tianlin Cave would be difficult to defend.

Within ten years, this place would be lost.

After detailing the circumstances and analyzing the risks, He Weiyang was temporarily convinced and agreed to act with Meng Nan. However, if it turned out to be untrue later, their friendship might be at an end.

But that didn't matter.

The facts proved Meng Nan's deductions correct. Even if he used Immortal Master Zheng's name as a pretext, there was nothing to fuss about.

Besides.

Meng Nan might not even be around in ten years.

He focused on the present.

He didn't overthink things.

The routes for the three batches of people were all planned by Meng Nan, ensuring that when Qin Zhongjie reached the halfway point, he would encounter Zhao Xiaoshuang and Xu Rong returning. Then, he would have Zhao Xiaoshuang bring back the spoils, and Xu Rong would take Qin Zhongjie to Ghost Mother Mountain. When the two returned, they would coincidentally meet He Weiyang, and then He Weiyang would go with Qin Zhongjie, while Xu Rong returned.

This rotation ensured efficiency.

This was also due to the fact that Meng Nan had very few people available to him.

Even Zhao Xiaoshuang had been sent out.

And Angming Mountain needed someone to oversee it, but with only Qian Yu and her three other friends, Meng Nan still felt it wasn't enough.

He could only do so much.

Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day.

Zhao Xiaoshuang returned.

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