"Fellow Daoist Taiping."
After Dongfang Yuejian and the other two each entered a pillar of light, Old Palace Master Jiang Xuanfeng suddenly came to stand beside Xu Taiping and asked without betraying anything:
"Something seems rather off about your aura?"
Clearly, Old Palace Master Jiang Xuanfeng must have noticed something too.
Xu Taiping gave a bitter chuckle and said:
"Why ask when you already know, Elder Jiang?"
Even Dongfang Yuejian could sense the change in his aura, let alone a supreme expert of the Lower Realm like Jiang Xuanfeng.
Moreover, Jiang Xuanfeng had Feng Tianxing behind him.
Jiang Xuanfeng smiled, then grew serious.
"The Ancestor and I already discussed this while watching the battle. This method of trading lifespan for combat strength is indeed far too risky."
"For cultivators below the Heaven Shocking Realm, it would be another matter."
"Never mind the Ancestor-even among the pills, spirit fruits, and spirit medicines I know of, quite a few can extend the lifespan of cultivators below the Heaven Shocking Realm."
"But as for pills and spirit fruits that can extend the lifespan of cultivators above the Heaven Shocking Realm, even the Ancestor knows of only those few kinds that have long been lost and have never appeared again."
"And even those few might not extend your lifespan by much, Taiping, given your physique and combat strength."
At this point, Jiang Xuanfeng let out a long sigh and said:
"Our only option now is to find you a Soul-Merging Pill and see whether there is any way for you to break through to the Dao Integration Realm within fifty or sixty years."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping smiled helplessly and said:
"Old Palace Master Jiang, I have only three to five years left to live."
At these words, Jiang Xuanfeng's expression abruptly froze.
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