Heading to the Inner Sea! Lifespan Exhausted

As the old man with the wine jug spoke, his life force began to drain away at a terrifying rate.

Peering into heavenly secrets cost lifespan, no matter what means one used.

Even someone as powerful as a Nascent Soul Cultivator could not escape that backlash.

As his life force continued to drain away, the old man's appearance grew even more aged. In the space of an instant, he lost nearly four hundred years of lifespan, and it was still draining away.

Despite the immense amount of lifespan he had lost, the mist before him showed no reaction.

The old man with the wine jug was horrified:

I only asked about a sect in the Outer Sea. How could I lose so much lifespan? And even now, the heavenly secrets haven't given me any response. What on earth is going on?

The old man with the wine jug was horrified beyond measure.

The loss of lifespan was irreversible, and he had no way to stop it. This was also the drawback and risk of the Heavenly Secrets Rope.

Once a deduction began, it could not be stopped, so cultivators who used the Heavenly Secrets Rope never asked about anything too secret.

As time passed, the old man's skin began to wrinkle. By now, he had lost nearly a thousand years of lifespan.

He had only two thousand years of lifespan left to begin with, and half of it was gone in an instant. That had almost destroyed his chances of attempting to reach Spirit Transformation in the future.

The more lifespan a cultivator had, the greater their chances of reaching Spirit Transformation.

But the old man could no longer concern himself with attempting to reach Spirit Transformation in the future. His heart was now completely gripped by fear.

His lifespan