The bright moon shines, brighter than daylight.
Under the moonlight, the Martial Arts Garden located in the Dongling Mountain Range is peaceful and serene, with roads clearly visible.
A figure swiftly walks towards the entrance of the Martial Arts Garden at the foot of the mountain.
This person is Jiang Ning.
The Book Collection Building is about to close, so he finally puts down the books in his hands and steps out of the Book Storage Pavilion.
Walking along the forest path, the moonlight accompanies him.
At this moment, he is eager to return home, uninterested in appreciating the scenery along the way.
He needs to return to the quiet place at home to complete the next limit break of his skill in Reading and Writing.
[Skill]: Reading and Writing+ (Seven times limit-breaking 80000/8000) (Trait: unforgettable, extraordinary five senses, divine thought agility, outstanding comprehension, Heavenly Eye (First Breakthrough), Sixth Sense Transcendent)
Source Energy Points satisfied, Experience Value satisfied.
He could have let this skill break limits long ago, but the Martial Arts Garden is not suitable.
Especially during the daytime in the Book Collection Building, it’s even less suitable.
When he sees the gate of his mansion, he also sees a girl in a green dress holding a lantern and gazing from the steps at the entrance.
He can’t help but smile, no matter how late he returns home, there will always be someone waiting.
This feeling is great!
Then he flashes a few times and appears in Lv Yi’s view.
"Master!!" Seeing Jiang Ning appear at this usual time, Lv Yi immediately comes forward.
"I told you not to wait for me!" Jiang Ning speaks.
Lv Yi just smiles and shakes her head, not responding to this.
Then she says, "Master, the food is heated, do you want to eat now?"
"Eat!" Jiang Ning thinks for a moment, then nods promptly.
Evidently, Lv Yi has already calculated his return time and heated the food in advance.
Such attentive care and good intentions, how could he refuse?
As for the skill limit-breaking, it’s not too late after dining.
With this thought, he ascends the steps, crosses the threshold of the main gate, and walks towards the front courtyard.
Jiang Ning, satisfied and full, rises and departs.
"Strange, why does the Master seem a bit hurried today?"
Watching Jiang Ning’s departing figure, Lv Yi curiously wonders while tidying the bowls and plates.
Jiang Ning just steps into the yard.
The originally calm surface of the lake suddenly surges with a splash.
The splash instantly creates ripples.
Under the moonlight, the ripples resemble glittering silver scales.
Jiang Ning also sees a shadow of gold and red swiftly flash across the water’s surface.
"I’ve forgotten about you these days."
Then he lets a few drops of blood separate from his veins.
Immediately flicking his finger, the Blood Pearl shoots into the air.
The gold-red shadow instantly leaps from the lake.
As it falls into the lake, those few droplets of blood flying through the air have already been swallowed into the fish’s belly.
"Feeding these two creatures with my blood, I wonder if they can become the ancestors of creatures when I reach the ultimate peak."
Jiang Ning is full of anticipation regarding this.
He is unrivaled in confidence when it comes to his future achievements.
His only concern now about his future is longevity.
Even a Martial Saint has a lifespan of only a thousand years.
He’s confident that he can reach the level of a Martial Saint.
After all, he possesses such an extraordinary ability panel, and the path to Martial Saint is traceable, and there exists a Martial Saint in the current era.
But beyond that, he has no assurance.
On the path of Martial Arts, a Martial Saint is already the end of the road, with strength comparable to Ancient Immortals.
They are the strongest in the human world!
But further up, there’s no way forward, and their lifespan is only a thousand years.
At least from what he currently understands.
Just like the Great Xia Martial Saint, who has dominated the world for over eight hundred years, now clearly entering old age and reaching the end of his life.
There are even many rumors that say that Martial Saint has long since passed away.
For this reason, the world has begun to experience chaos.
"I wonder if I have the chance for eternal longevity."
"I wonder if the Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill can produce a trait for prolonging life?"
"If the Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill doesn’t work, I wonder if other Health Cultivation Techniques would?"
Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Jiang Ning fell into contemplation.
He’s been thinking about trying these thoughts for a long time.
But given the current situation, it’s not appropriate.
He doesn’t lack external survival crises.
Elevating status, increasing channels of information, also made him aware that the Great Xia is no longer a time of peace.
Dongling County, because it’s in barren mountains, still fares well.
Even ordinary droughts are unlikely to cause disasters in such mountainous and water-rich places like Dongling County.
Moreover, because there are too many mountains in Dongling County, the towns within are not prosperous, regarded instead as peaceful.
Beyond, many prefectures have long been in chaos.
Like the previous rampage in Daming State’s Three Prefectures, causing more than one million deaths due to the rebellion of the Black Lotus Sect.
And this is only the third large-scale rebellion in the past few years.
On top of the Black Lotus Sect rebellion, there are even larger-scale rebellions.
Not to mention abnormal weather in the past two years, with disasters escalating.
The continuous drought last year, which persisted for several months; if Luoshui County were not situated by the Luoshui River, this drought alone would have caused a great disaster.
The continuous heavy snow in winter, freezing thousands of miles, is even more terrifying.
A snow disaster, even in a world with advanced production capabilities and transportation, is a major disaster.
Not to mention in this world, lacking clothes and food.
Following the drought with a snow disaster.
If the Xie Mansion in Luoshui County hadn’t opened its grain stores, the number of deaths in that winter would have multiplied several times over.
The disasters Luoshui County faced in the past six months, drought, snow disaster, and chaotic armies attacking the towns during the year’s end, are merely reflections of the thirty-six prefectures of the Nine States.
In such an environment, he has no time to waste on the elusive matter of prolonging life.