My Hidden Strength Was Exposed by the Heavenly Dao Ranking List – Chapter 91

Chapter 91: The Fleeting Years

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Peng Feng spent his days accompanying his wife, Li Qingzhao, and teaching his son, little Peng Lang.

The days were peaceful, comfortable, and fulfilling.

Time also passed quite quickly.

In the blink of an eye, several decades had passed.

And during these decades, the most frequent news was—so-and-so had passed away.

The suppression of martial artists’ lifespans in this world was truly too great.

In this world, the lifespans of martial artists were quite short.

How short?

A martial artist who had not cultivated to the Land Immortal Realm, even if they were at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, had the same lifespan as an ordinary person.

If they cultivated to the Land Immortal Realm, Heavenly Human Realm, or even the Loose Immortal Realm, they would only increase their lifespan to the upper limit of one hundred and fifty years.

Remember, this was the upper limit, and many Land Immortals and Heavenly Human Realm experts did not even reach this limit, dying of old age at one hundred and twenty or thirty years old.

It seemed as if the heavens were intentionally suppressing the lifespans of martial artists in this world.

In 1148 AD, the first on the Earth List, Old General Zong Ze, died of old age at eighty-eight years old.

In 1149 AD, Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhao Ji, died. He did not die of old age, but because he was a Land Immortal formed by the infusion of dragon qi, he did not have the long life of a normal Land Immortal, and was similar to an ordinary martial artist.

Then, after the threat of the Jin Dynasty was gone, he indulged himself, living a life of debauchery and excess, and finally died of a stroke, a death exactly like Ximen Qing’s.

He was sixty-seven years old.

In 1150 AD, Peng Feng’s father, Peng Lianyi, passed away, dying peacefully at the age of eighty-nine.

In 1160 AD, Zhong Hao, who had been second on the Hidden Dragon List in the same batch as Peng Feng, passed away at the age of seventy-six. He died because of old injuries and because his lifespan limit was approaching.

One after another, people he knew passed away.

This made Peng Feng feel the insignificance, brevity, and impermanence of life.

Unbeknownst to him,

an idea was born in Peng Feng’s heart.

If only… people could live longer.

If only… people could achieve immortality.

Under such circumstances.

Peng Feng embarked on the same path as Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng and Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che, seeking immortality.

Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng sent people to search for immortal mountains overseas.

Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che ate pills made by Taoist priests, hoping to increase his lifespan.

In the end, they all failed.

And Peng Feng, in order to achieve immortality, planned to use his martial arts talent.

He found the Longevity Formula left behind by Kou Xu, the Eternal Youth and Longevity Skill of Lingjiu Palace, the Turtle Breathing Technique, and other techniques that sounded like they could prolong life, and began to study them.

He tried to combine these techniques and create a unique technique, to see if it could extend his lifespan.

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But in the end…

The created technique was called the Immortality Formula, but it could only keep one’s appearance young, not grant immortality, and had no effect on vitality.

This should be considered a failure.

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In the blink of an eye.

It was already 1172 AD.

This year.

Li Qingzhao had also reached the limit of her lifespan.

Peng Feng sat by the bed, looking at his wife, whose beauty had been frozen by the Ten Directions Freezing Demon Path, still looking like she was in her thirties, but in reality, her vitality was almost completely depleted.

Li Qingzhao’s still beautiful bright eyes gazed at Peng Feng: “Husband, thank you. Ever since the end of the Song-Jin war, for these past forty years, you have always been by my side, without taking a concubine or a maid, thank you so much.”

Peng Feng suddenly felt a sourness in his heart, a great sadness, and tears were about to flow.

Li Qingzhao gently said: “Husband, a person’s lifespan is limited. I have simply reached the end of my life, there is no need to be too sad. It is just a little regrettable, I had originally wanted to accompany you for a few more years.”

“For the road ahead, there are still decades of time, you will have to walk it alone. In that case, you must be very lonely.”

Upon hearing this, Peng Feng could no longer hold back his tears, and they flowed out.

Li Qingzhao reached out her hand and gently wiped Peng Feng’s tears: “Husband, don’t cry. You will be walking alone from now on, it will be very lonely, you must be strong. If there is a next life, I still want to be husband and wife with you. To be husband and wife for all eternity.”

Peng Feng weakly held her fair wrist in his hand.

Li Qingzhao looked at Peng Lang, who was standing by the side, now in his forties and had already achieved the Land Immortal Realm: “Lang’er, you must take good care of your father in the future. Your father is already old.”

Peng Lang choked with emotion and said: “Yes, Mother, I will definitely take care of Father.”

“That’s good.” Li Qingzhao gazed at Peng Feng’s face: “Husband, goodbye.”

After saying that, she passed away peacefully.

Peng Feng wept uncontrollably.

After Li Qingzhao passed away.

It rained for ten days and ten nights.

Peng Feng sat there for ten days and ten nights.

Listening to the rain for ten days and ten nights.

Sleepless!

This time, Peng Feng’s feelings were even deeper.

Life… is truly too short!

Only a hundred years in the blink of an eye.