The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 201 - 159: Prolonging Life

Chapter 201: Chapter 159: Prolonging Life

Li Yi was very surprised to hear the truth.

This family disciple, Fan Zhizhou, actually wanted to leave the Four Seas and Eight Continents, leave this world, and cross the border to depart. His reason for crossing was simple: it wasn’t for survival, nor for fame and fortune, but merely to catch a glimpse of the splendor of the Otherworld or, perhaps, to pursue a more promising path of cultivation.

Unexpectedly, Fan Zhizhou was quite an idealistic person.

"Crossing the border isn’t as good as you imagine. You have a status and position in the Four Seas and Eight Continents, and you can enjoy endless wealth and honor. Once you cross over, to be honest, with your strength, you wouldn’t even count as a fart. Let alone living in luxury, you would barely manage to scrape by, and furthermore, crossing the border is a one-way road. Without opportunity, you can’t even come back if you want to. You might as well stay in Sanyang City honestly and be the City Lord,"

Li Yi bluntly discouraged him.

A Martial Artist at the Refining Points level wouldn’t be considered a master on Earth, especially since this Fan Zhizhou couldn’t even beat him.

"If it’s a one-way journey, then so be my fate. I have no complaints or regrets. But Brother Li, could you give me this chance?" Fan Zhizhou sincerely asked.

He revealed so many secrets of the Four Seas and Eight Continents without a shred of lies, all to show Li Yi his sincerity.

"Everything has its price. If you want me to take you across the border, it’s possible, provided you can pay enough benefits for me to consider it," Li Yi said. He didn’t mind taking someone back to Earth with him. After all, the second Sky Tipping event was about to happen soon. If Fan Zhizhou really went to Earth, he would quickly realize how terrifying and evil it was.

The risks involved weren’t something this Martial Artist could handle.

You should know that people on Earth now all want to cross the border and leave. I haven’t seen anyone who would give up a comfortable life to go to Earth to suffer hardships.

Isn’t it better to enjoy watching dances? Why go to Earth and work a 996 schedule?

But upon hearing Li Yi’s words, Fan Zhizhou’s eyes brightened, and a surge of excitement welled up inside him.

He thought Li Yi would flatly refuse. He didn’t expect that there might actually be room for negotiation.

It came down to the issue of price.

If he could afford enough, and touch Li Yi’s heart, the matter of crossing borders could mostly become a reality.

With that thought, Fan Zhizhou said, "I understand Brother Li’s meaning. However, this is a significant matter, and I alone cannot provide conditions satisfying enough for you. But the entire Fan Family might be able to. Please give me some time, Brother Li. I will definitely bring you a satisfying answer."

"Now, I am somewhat looking forward to it. But remember, you still owe me a batch of Yin Horses that you haven’t sent to my manor," Li Yi said, wanting to see how much he could gain from this Fan Zhizhou.

If he wanted to advance his Martial Arts Cultivation, he needed the following Cultivation Methods.

This Fan Zhizhou, being a family disciple, certainly possessed a complete Martial Arts Inheritance, which would be of great help to Li Yi later. Therefore, he didn’t mind painting a picture for Fan Zhizhou.

"Don’t worry, Brother Li. The promise I made will definitely be fulfilled," Fan Zhizhou assured once again.

Li Yi gave him a look and said no more, "I still have ghosts to kill and life spans to snatch. If I keep talking to you, the sky will brighten."

Saying so, he once again mounted his Yin Horse, leapt into the air, and quickly vanished into the night of Sanyang City.

Afterward, he continued to shuttle through various parts of the city, beginning to slay Life-taking Ghosts and seize life spans.

Although Fan Zhizhou couldn’t see ghosts, he knew what Li Yi was doing at that moment. He didn’t try to stop him. For thousands of years in the Four Seas and Eight Continents, snatching life spans had become the norm, and the little life span that Li Yi robbed in one day was negligible. It wouldn’t shake the order of this world. To change all this, as he said, one must cross the border to cultivate and recreate the cosmos.

"It’s just that I don’t know if this act will draw the wrath of the Yin God. I remember that this area of Xingzhou doesn’t belong to the Yin God of the Fan Family, but to the Yin God of the Qingzhou Meng Family..." Fan Zhizhou began to ponder.

The Yin Gods worshiped by the families would take life spans within each other’s jurisdictions, a rule set long ago by the ghosts and gods themselves. The purpose was for families to restrain and supervise each other, to avoid deceitful behavior.

But Li Yi didn’t care about this. He only wanted to retrieve the life spans of those around him, nothing more.

By the late night,

Li Yi felt that he had slain enough ghosts for the day, and the total life span he had acquired amounted to at least three hundred years. Even if half of it was lost, it was enough to compensate for the deficits of his master, Zhao Qian, and Rong Niang. Although there was more life span to snatch, he didn’t because he wasn’t seeking to extend his life, but rather to take back what was lost, and that’s all.

After all was done, he rode his Yin Horse back to his manor.

"Senior Brother."

"Brother Yi."

As soon as he returned to his room, he found Rong Niang and Zhao Qian had awoken. Seeing Li Yi return, they let out a sigh of relief, their eyes full of concern.

"Senior Brother, where have you been? We woke up in the middle of the night and found you not in the room, and the doors and windows were open. We thought you got lost outside. You really had us worried," Rong Niang hurried forward, examining Li Yi. When she saw that Li Yi was unharmed, she was immediately reassured.

"You shouldn’t wander about at night today, Brother Yi, though you are powerful and fearless, you should still care about some taboo things. You can’t joke about your life. I was almost scared to death when I saw that you had disappeared," Zhao Qian also looked worried, afraid that Li Yi would suddenly vanish mysteriously.

Li Yi, however, took a bundle of white bamboo down from the back of the Yin Horse, "Sorry, I left in a hurry and didn’t say anything to you. I just went to kill a ghost. Your Four Seas and Eight Continents are truly terrifying. On the first of every month, numerous ghosts wander the world, and they use a special method to steal the life span of the living. You have lived here for ten or twenty years, and you haven’t noticed at all. Rong Niang, during the time you were asleep just now, there was a ghost that came to your bedside and sucked in a breath with this Ghost Bamboo, stealing a month of your life span."

"Look, several white hairs have already appeared on your head."

After speaking, Li Yi walked over and plucked several white hairs from Rong Niang’s head.

Both of them saw that this was indeed the case.

In that instant, Rong Niang’s face showed a horrified expression, "How, how can this be? Brother, are there really ghosts that steal the life span of the living?"

"Brother Yi, what you just said is terrifying. Isn’t this kind of thing only supposed to happen on Ghost Street? How can it happen here too?" Zhao Qian also instantly widened her eyes, feeling an inexplicable fear.

She had never imagined that every month on the first night, an invisible ghost would come to her bedside to steal her life span.

Just thinking about it sent shivers down her spine.

"This involves a shocking secret of your Four Seas and Eight Continents. It’s no use telling you now; you don’t need to worry about too much. Just know that on the first of every month, ghosts will come to collect your life span. Although they don’t take much at a time, it is still too much to bear over the years," Li Yi shook his head slightly.

"This is why the people of the Four Seas and Eight Continents have short lives. Though Martial Artists practicing martial arts can live for several decades longer, it is still very limited. Most of the life span benefits those ghosts. Tonight, I went out and retrieved all the life span you previously lost. These white Ghost Bamboo each represent a year of life span. I snatched back three hundred years of life span, and I will replenish you two later."

The more the two of them listened, the more shocked they became, as if their worldview had been overturned in a moment, and they stood there stunned for a long time without coming back to their senses.

Li Yi knew that it was a bit difficult for the two of them to accept such a terrifying reality all at once. Even he, an outsider, was shocked and found it unbelievable, let alone Zhao Qian and Rong Niang, who were locals.

After a good while.

Rong Niang and Zhao Qian gradually accepted this horrifying and cruel truth.

"Then, Brother, what should we do in the future?" Rong Niang asked with a slight tremble, "Even if this month passes, there will be the next month, and the month after that. It’s not just me, it’s Master, junior brothers, and others... everyone is having their life span taken by ghosts."

Li Yi sighed, "To tell you the truth, I can’t deal with it either. This is an ancient problem of the Four Seas and Eight Continents. To solve it, only a Martial Artist stronger than the Dharma Manifestation Realm would have a chance. At present, my strength is insufficient to deal with these troubles. All I can do is take good care of a few of you, but as for others, I desire to help but am powerless."

"However, you should not despair. Once my strength increases and I reach the Refining God Realm, Yin Gods won’t dare to lay hands on you. A Refining God Realm powerhouse can protect a region and keep it free from ghostly disturbances."

"Alright, let’s not talk about that now, you guys should first restore your life spans. I learned how to do it from that Ghost Messenger I killed. I’m not sure if it’ll work, though," he said.

Having said that, he picked up a white piece of Ghost Bamboo and blew a breath on it towards Rong Niang. Indeed, through his Spirit Medium vision, he saw a white breath being blown out.

"Rong Niang, open your mouth and suck this life span back in," Li Yi instructed immediately.

Rong Niang opened her little mouth and took a deep breath. She immediately felt a special breath being swallowed, which was very nourishing, like a big medicine, making her feel refreshed throughout her body.

As a piece of white Ghost Bamboo turned from white to black, a year’s worth of life span was used up, but for Rong Niang, it only restored half a year of her life span.

"Rong Niang, do you feel anything?" Li Yi asked.

"It’s very comfortable, like I’ve become much younger, and my body feels more energetic. My Qi-blood seems more vigorous too. This feeling is really incredible," Rong Niang said after carefully sensing the changes in her body.

"That’s good, it means the life span has successfully been restored. To avoid any more complications, Zhao Qian, you and Rong Niang should help each other take back your life spans. Recover all of what you’ve lost, leave the rest for Master and Shou Hou. As for the leftovers... you decide, give it to whoever you want to," Li Yi said at once.

"Brother Yi, what about you?" Zhao Qian said, "You previously spent eighty years of your life span to buy the Coffin Ganoderma for your father. You should be the one who’s most in need of life span restoration. You should take some more, and Master, Rong Niang, and I can just take a little each; the rest should all go to you, Brother Yi."

"Me?"

Li Yi laughed and said, "Those eighty years of my life span are still with me. Those ghosts wouldn’t dare come to take it from me. I’ll kill everyone I see. If they aren’t afraid of death, let them come."

"Ah? You can just default on the debt?" Zhao Qian was astonished, she hadn’t thought there was such a method.

Li Yi said, "The Martial Artists in the Four Seas and Eight Continents can’t see ghosts, so they can’t stop them from taking away their life spans. But I’m different. My eyes can see ghosts, and my fists can beat ghosts. No ghost can approach me, so naturally, I don’t worry about losing my life span. That’s why I will live long, but you all have such short lives. You should replenish yours more. If it’s not enough, I’ll just go and steal more on the first of next month."

"Senior brother, isn’t stealing life span from ghost deities dangerous?" Rong Niang said, "Senior brother, you mustn’t risk yourself for us. Once is enough; we shouldn’t do it again."

"Don’t worry. Stealing it now might hold some danger, but once I’m stronger, it’ll be safe to do it again," Li Yi said. "But by that time, I won’t be just stealing life spans—I might even kill those evil ghost deities and put an end to this practice of them taking life spans for good."

"By the way, keep this matter secret. Apart from Master, do not reveal it to anyone else. Most people in the Four Seas and Eight Continents are in the dark. If you disclose such a big secret, it will definitely bring trouble," he added.

"Brother Yi, I’ve got it. I definitely won’t speak carelessly," Zhao Qian quickly nodded, and Rong Niang also immediately indicated that she wouldn’t speak a word.