Noon.
Jiang Ning sat cross-legged in the courtyard, breathing in and out the essence of the great sun.
Strands of crimson glow fell from the horizon.
Ever since the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique completed its First Limit-Breaking, he had attached even greater importance to this cultivation method.
Because it was his hope for longevity.
The Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique's First Limit-Breaking had granted him the traits of a Longevity Species.
Although the panel did not show exactly how much his lifespan had increased.
As long as there was some increase, that was enough.
What mattered was not the Longevity Species traits he currently possessed, but continuing to break through the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique, along with the traits and improvements he would gain afterward.
[Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +1] [Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +1] [Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +1] [.]
As time passed, the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique's experience continued to rise.
Elsewhere.
Stone Mountain County's marketplace.
Though the scorching sun blazed overhead, it could not dampen the crowd's enthusiasm for watching the spectacle.
More than a hundred members of the Xu and Mu Families were now imprisoned in the marketplace.
Among the crowd, many wished they could skin those two families alive, suck out their marrow, and drink their blood.
The two families had taken root in Stone Mountain County for many years, so naturally they had done no small amount of preying upon the local people and oppressing the common folk.
There had been no shortage of incidents that cost lives, but no one had dared step forward before.
Even Stone Mountain County's magistrate had to live by the breath of the Xu and Mu Families.
But today was different.
Because everyone knew that an important figure from the commandery city had taken