The arts within the Dao Scroll could damage a person's lifespan!
Yuan Jun spoke with a solemn expression, and Jiang Yang was deeply startled as well.
"Though this art is profound, it also makes enemies all too easily. In a spell duel, you might look completely unscathed, yet lose half a year's lifespan or more without even knowing it..."
Yuan Jun continued in a low voice:
"It once had an infamous reputation among cultivators throughout the world, inflicting such suffering that people wished they were dead. Several Dao Lineages joined forces against it, crying for its practitioners' blood day after day. The world had suffered under it for far too long, so it soon fell into decline and vanished without a trace."
The decline of longevity qi had already cut lifespans throughout the world down once, leaving today's cultivators desperately short of years and lacking ways to prolong their lives. If they happened to obtain a Spirit Treasure, they treasured it dearly.
Damaging lifespan was no ordinary marvel. Using it in a spell duel now was like striking a snake at its vulnerable seventh inch.
Cultivators throughout the world fought and killed one another, each relying on their own abilities. External wounds could be treated by another cultivator, internal injuries could be healed with elixirs, and even death amounted to no more than a head falling to the ground.
But damage to lifespan was different. It might not kill someone immediately, but it was utterly vile. Fighting a duel brought no benefit and cost precious years for nothing. Who could stomach that?
Jiang Yang nodded as he rapidly scanned the Dao Scroll, its wondrous arcane script flowing through his mind:
"All arts of hub-cutting must take the measure of yin and yang. Yang is dense in texture and firm; yin