Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 637 - 637 185 A Lifetimes Pitfall【Two in One】_3

Chapter 637: Chapter 185: A Lifetime’s Pitfall【Two in One】_3 Chapter 637: Chapter 185: A Lifetime’s Pitfall【Two in One】_3 Leopard Elder’s hope reignited at that moment: “What kind of medicinal primer are you talking about?”

“Your injury and illness, Elder Leopard, are related to longevity. It’s not just about damaging the source, but also due to your advancing age. This surpasses merely snatching life from the king of hell; it is a struggle against heaven for survival.”

Feng Yin furrowed his brows, and said, “Though the injury indeed affects longevity, healing the wound won’t necessarily revitalize lost years. At most, you will have an additional three to five years.”

“For ordinary people, this might be considered a prolonging of life. However, these few years for you, Elder Leopard, are a trivial matter. What you are more eager to solve is the core problem: longevity!”

These words struck a chord in Leopard Elder’s heart. Ultimately, it was exactly like that.

If a lot of effort only led to clinging onto life for three to five more years, Leopard Elder would rather end his life now, than go through such a drawn-out process.

“Master healer, your reputation is indeed well-deserved. Dare I ask, is this primer difficult to obtain?” Leopard Elder inquired.

Feng Yin calmly replied, “You, Elder Leopard, are seeking lifelong longevity, which is defying the heavens for life. To achieve this, we are required to act against the norm.”

“Going against the norm? Please elaborate.”

“Has Elder Leopard ever heard of a Heavenly Treasure?”

“A Heavenly Treasure? What Heavenly Treasure?”

“In the depth of the mist, above the lofty clouds, in places so cold that it chills to the bone, there’s a peculiar creature. It is silent, invisible, intangible…”

“This creature, worm-like in shape, moves silently in mid-air. It thrives in the cold, grows in ice and snow, is resilient in high altitudes, and pure due to its isolation.”

“It eats the Essence of Sun and Moon when hungry, and drinks the morning dew when thirsty. Inside its body, it produces threads akin to a silkworm, spinning a net high above the earth that screens the world.”

“The phrase ‘Heaven’s net is vast, yet lets nothing slip through,’ is derived from this.”

Feng Yin slowly stated, “This creature is known amongst common folk as the Illusory Silkworm.”

With a look of realization, Leopard Elder murmured, “Illusory Silkworm, I’ve heard of it. It’s a creature of legend…”

Feng Yin continued, “The Illusory Silkworm is not only elusive but also extremely difficult to capture. However, because it lives in isolation without contamination from the mortal world, it naturally develops a hint of divine and spiritual energy. This ethereal energy, when refined and combined with my medicines, can grant extended life. Even for an ordinary person at the end of their lifespan, they can live for another thousand years!”

“Even ordinary people can live for another thousand years?” Leopard Elder was astonished.

“Correct, this isn’t as baffling as it sounds.”

Feng Yin nodded, “Has Elder Leopard ever heard of a legend where someone either goes hunting in the mountains, or chopping firewood, accidentally finds a piece of fruit hanging, or some crystal-clear water droplets. Out of unbearable hunger and thirst, they eat or drink it, disregarding any potential toxicity.”

“After consuming it, they sleep. Upon waking and returning home, they find their axe has rotted, as if they had slept for several decades or even centuries. They return home to find everything changed, and they have truly aged by several decades or centuries… However, they remain alive, youthful, and immortal, coining the terms ‘immortality and eternal youth’.”

“Or perhaps after drinking some water, their youthful appearance remains, though without any cultivation, they live for seven or eight hundred years…”

Leopard Elder pondered, “I have heard of many such legends, always took them as mere myths and tales. Are they actually true?”

Feng Yin chuckled, “Such tales fall onto deaf ears when heard by common cultivators. They are well aware of the condition of the human body, the efficacy of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and the human body’s maximum capacity to benefit from external forces. If such a medicinal substance existed, even a Heavenly Level martial artist would burn from the inside out and die in an instant upon consumption. How could an ordinary person possibly survive? Thus, these are inevitably deemed fabricated nonsense.”

“However, from a medical perspective, coincidentally consuming some mild yet suitable Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure might not pose a huge shock to the body. Living for another one or two hundred years isn’t strange. From the perspective of ordinary people, a lifespan of two hundred years spanning six or seven generations is already shocking enough. Thus, people exaggerate it to seven or eight hundred or even one to two thousand years…”

“Of course, this is an idealized assumption, and reality is hardly so miraculous. The reason why I mention this is because such miracles do exist and there truly are such divine substances that can extend an ordinary person’s life by a century or two.”

“This substance is the divine and spiritual energy from the body of the Illusory Silkworm.”

“Whenever the purple energy from the horizon is drawn in, as the Illusory Silkworm spins its threads to weave a net, some of its spiritual energy will flow out mixed with its saliva, accumulating over time with water vapor from the high-altitude clouds and forming droplets.”

“These droplets may land on a blade of grass, turning it into a celestial herb or jade flower; They may fall on a fruit, transforming it into a fruit of life.”