Ch 136: Making a Bet

As Lu Qing’an’s body just touched the spring water, he felt the immense life force surging into his body like a raging wave, its speed astonishing. The entire process was incredibly swift; he was like a giant stone thrown into the lake’s heart, instantly blocking all the life force in the spring, leaving not a trace.

No life force remained in the spring water that flowed past him; the water behind him became purely water!

“As expected!” Lu Qing’an’s eyes narrowed slightly, a smile curving his lips.

His body was completely different from ordinary people, seemingly possessing an extremely strong innate ability to absorb life force. If he guessed correctly, his ability to enhance lifespan stemmed from his body’s unique nature!

After destroying things possessing life, his body could absorb the life force of the destroyed beings at an extremely fast speed!

At this moment, Lu Qing’an sat there, and the powerful life force was flowing into his body at an extremely fast speed, his lifespan increasing incredibly quickly!

When he traveled from Panlong City to Xianjian Sect, he had three hundred million lifespan essence, after which he exchanged ten Immortal Grade 7 Treasures, leaving him with two hundred million lifespan essence.

During this time, Black Dragon also worked hard to burn Immortal Medicine for him, adding another twenty million lifespan essence.

So, when he was in this Longevity Pool, his original lifespan was two hundred and twenty million lifespan essence.

At this moment, he discovered that the lifespan essence in his body was increasing by one thousand days per second!

He hadn’t done anything, yet his lifespan was increasing rapidly!!

This feeling was simply too amazing!!

“I can cultivate in the Longevity Pool for a whole day, which means that if this lifespan increase rate remains unchanged, I can increase my lifespan by about one hundred million a day!!”

How long would it take Black Dragon to burn Immortal Medicine to achieve this?!

“Haha! Feels good! It’s a pity that there are only two tokens for the Longevity Pool, and the opportunities to cultivate here are few and far between. It would be even better if I could come every day.”

Of course, even if he could come every day, he wouldn’t dare to, for fear of absorbing all the life force of the Longevity Pool and causing major changes, attracting the attention of the Xianjian Sect’s High-Ranking Officials.

“Absorbing for a day shouldn’t cause too much change, right?” He pondered for a moment, deciding to act cautiously. He took out a red rope, submerged it in the spring, and imprinted it with his spiritual sense, intending to investigate whether the spring water would circulate back. If it circulated, he would have to be extra careful, not to be greedy, lest he exhaust the Longevity Pool’s power and invite disaster.

Thus, Lu Qing’an sat calmly, continuing to greedily absorb the life force while also cultivating his cultivation technique.

At this time, he verified another matter that surprised him!

This life force not only increased his lifespan but, as others had said, also helped improve his cultivation.

He fully operated his cultivation technique, discovering that his cultivation speed was more than a thousand times faster than usual!

“Wow, I am currently at the first level of Xuanguang Realm. If I cultivate here for a day, and if this speed remains unchanged, I’m afraid that in just one day, I can leap to the peak of Xuanguang Realm!”

Cultivating here for one day was like years of arduous cultivation in the outside world!

Truly frightening!

“Hopefully, this Longevity Pool will allow me to absorb for a whole day! In that case, when I leave, I will definitely be able to directly advance to the peak of Xuanguang Realm!”

Hehe, as soon as I go out, I will directly surpass Zhen Yongfu in cultivation; my good brother will definitely be dumbfounded.

Lu Qing’an greedily absorbed the life force and cultivated wholeheartedly without slacking off.

As time passed, after an hour, he still hadn’t seen the red rope he released.

Thus, he could basically conclude that the spring water would not flow back after flowing past!

Even if it did flow back, it would probably take a very long time!

So absorbing here for a day shouldn’t cause any problems!

“That’s good! If there are any more changes, I’ll stop absorbing immediately!”

He took a deep breath and continued to greedily absorb the life force.

Time passed slowly, and a day and night passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Qing’an did not dare to violate the rules of this place. Although he was reluctant in his heart, he still followed the precepts, left the room, used Immortal Qi to dry the spring water, and went out.

After a day and night of cultivation, the absorbed life force had actually increased his lifespan by one hundred million!

At this moment, his lifespan had reached three hundred and twenty million!

With this, when he goes out to perform sect missions, he can go to the Intermediate Lifespan Exchange Tower in Wangxu City to exchange for several Immortal Grade 7 Treasures.

Even more gratifying was that his cultivation had not disappointed him, and he had made a breakthrough to the peak of Xuanguang Realm!

At this moment, his cultivation aura made him incredibly satisfied.

“After I complete the outer sect mission and earn enough Contribution Points, I should be able to smoothly break through to the Xuji Realm.”

Once I reach the Xuji Realm, I will go to the Advanced Longevity Exchange Tower again, supplemented by countless treasures, and my foundation will be even stronger!

Only then will I be able to truly stand firm in the Immortal Realm!

Lu Qing’an flew to the ground and came to the entrance.

At this moment, the White-Haired Elder and several other Saint Spirit Realm experts who were guarding here yesterday all cast their gazes upon him.

Immediately, several of them were stunned.

“He actually broke through from the first level of Xuanguang Realm to the peak of Xuanguang Realm?!” The Saint Spirit Realm expert who had chatted with Lu Qing’an yesterday exclaimed.

“This boy is truly extraordinary.” A flash of surprise also crossed the deep eyes of the White-Haired Elder.

They had been waiting here for a long time and had seen some Xuanguang Realm disciples come to the Longevity Pool to cultivate, among them Du Weiwei.

Du Weiwei, although extraordinarily talented, had only improved by three minor realms within the Xuanguang Realm.

However, Lu Qing’an had directly improved by ten minor realms!

“He has surpassed five minor realms; hand over the Immortal Stones.” After a slight surprise, the White-Haired Elder turned to the other Saint Spirit Realm experts, his mouth slightly raised as he reached out his hand to ask for them.

“Sigh, if I had known this, I should have bet that he could surpass five minor realms! Three million Immortal Stones, here you go.” The Saint Spirit Realm expert who had talked to Lu Qing’an yesterday sighed helplessly.

The other Saint Spirit Realm experts did the same.

Seeing this, Lu Qing’an’s expression was rather strange.

“Seniors, I still have important matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave.” Lu Qing’an bowed and saluted.

“Go ahead.” The White-Haired Elder waved his hand, his attitude slightly more amicable because he had won the bet.

Lu Qing’an silently kept the White-Haired Elder in mind.

Of course, he remembered not only the Elder’s appearance but also his Huan Yu Realm cultivation and the matter of the gamble.

Lu Qing’an saw that the weather was fine and, after pondering for a moment, made a decision.

“Let’s complete the task today!”

He flew towards the main peak of the sect and finally arrived at Zhen Yongfu’s Cave Mansion, knocking on the door.

On the way, he had sent a voice transmission to Zhen Yongfu and Xu Qingying, making an appointment to meet at the center of Wangxu City later.

However, Zhen Yongfu seemed to be busy with other matters and did not respond to the voice transmission.

Xu Qingying also said that Zhen Yongfu had not replied to her.

After knocking for a long time, the Cave Mansion still didn’t open, Lu Qing’an frowned slightly: “This kid, where exactly did he go?”

He sighed softly. He originally planned to postpone the plan until Zhen Yongfu returned. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly heard the Cave Mansion door creak open.

Zhen Yongfu hurriedly walked out of the Cave Mansion, an awkward smile on his face, walking towards Lu Qing’an.

“An Ge, I was chatting with others just now, and I got carried away, so I didn’t notice your voice transmission. Are we going to complete the task today?”

Lu Qing’an asked faintly, “Chatting and getting carried away?”

Before he finished speaking, he saw two middle-aged women walking out of Zhen Yongfu’s Cave Mansion, bidding farewell to Zhen Yongfu, and then flying away.

Lu Qing’an remained silent, looking at Zhen Yongfu speechlessly.

This kid……