Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch

Fengming Pavilion Headquarters...

In a quaint and elegant small attic with carved railings and jade pavements...

A beautiful woman lazily leaned against a brocade couch, her figure outlined by a form-fitting dress reminiscent of a cheongsam. The slit near her waist not only revealed her slender and rounded thighs, but also tantalizingly concealed the paradise that countless men yearned for.

"Are you sure it's Wan Dao Trading Company?"

"It has been confirmed."

The old woman bowed her body and reported in a soft voice,

"It was done by a talisman master named Ji Boying."

"Furthermore..."

She paused and continued,

"This talisman master is also a core member of the Heavenly Thunder Hall. Two years ago, he passed the qualification assessment of Wan Dao Pavilion and even made it onto the newly released Brilliance Moon List of Wan Dao Trading Company."

"Brilliance Moon List?"

There was a hint of interest in the voice of the beautiful woman.

"It is a list established by the Wan Dao God Lord and the six hall masters to assess the potential of all core members below the Soul Formation stage in the trading company."

"This Ji surnamed talisman master ranks quite high on the list and is highly regarded by the Heavenly Thunder Hall Master."

The old woman revealed all the information she had obtained.

If Ji Boying was just an ordinary core member, she might have taken direct action when they were in the Azure Dragon Immortal City.

However...

After learning about Ji Boying's background, she hesitated.

Not to mention that Ji Boying was a genius on the Brilliance Moon List, with a status and position that was extraordinary. Just being a member of Wan Dao Pavilion was not something their Fengming Pavilion could afford to provoke.

Of course...

That was in the past.

Now, Fengming Pavilion could ignore the other party's face.

However, even if they didn't care about face, Fengming Pavilion still couldn't withstand the wrath of Wan Dao Trading Company if they wanted to kill Ji Boying.

Unless...

This matter could be done secretly and discreetly, leaving no trace for Wan Dao Trading Company to investigate.

Thinking of this, the old woman's murky eyes couldn't help but look at the beautiful woman with a questioning gaze.

The latter smiled and answered as if evading the question,

"In another year, the Demon Hall will regroup and once again make a move on the Eastern Cyan Profound Continent. Elder Hua, you should be prepared in advance."

Upon hearing this, the old woman's eyes flickered slightly, then she slightly bowed to the beautiful woman,

"I understand!"

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Buzz... Buzz...

Eastern Region Branch Headquarters.

In the cave mansion on the back mountain...

Wave after wave of scorching spiritual energy ripples emanated from Ji Boying, spreading out.

At this moment, he had already condensed eight Dan Patterns and was using the essence fire to prepare for the final tempering of the last Dan Pattern.

However...

The pain of the final tempering had far exceeded his expectations.

The pain of bone-chewing and marrow-pulling, the pain of skin being scraped by a knife, the pain of blood being roasted—no matter which kind, they had deeply touched his soul.

Even his soul, which was comparable to the Nascent Soul stage, couldn't help but tremble uncontrollably at this moment, and his consciousness swayed between blur and clarity.

One wrong step, and he would be beyond redemption.

Looking at the last Dan Pattern gradually taking shape, Ji Boying couldn't help but feel a touch of helplessness in his heart.

He had tempered the ninth Dan Pattern six times, and only three more times were needed to completely condense it.

But...

He had reached his limit.

If it weren't for his Nascent Soul stage soul and his Golden Core stage body being forged together, it was estimated that during the sixth tempering, cracks would have already appeared above the Golden Core.

"Enough, nothing can be forced."

"To have an eight-pattern Golden Core has already exceeded my expectations. The rest is just auxiliary. Why pursue perfection?"

Ji Boying let out a sigh and then began to use his divine sense to guide the essence fire, withdrawing it from his dantian.

But it was at this moment...

A fiery red light suddenly broke into his dantian.

He saw that the fire spirit he had thrown out of his soul sea suddenly appeared and fiercely bit down on the abandoned fire line.

Before long...

Ji Boying saw the flames on Huoling flicker, as if they had become more solid. Not only that, but the brightness of the flames also seemed to have increased slightly.

Is it an illusion?

"Wuwu~"

Huoling let out an excited and agitated whimper.

Even when they were outside, it had wanted to devour the refined fire in the jade bottle.

However...

Due to Ji Boying's dominance, it could only stay obediently by the side.

Seeing Ji Boying absorb one refined fire after another into his dantian, it felt as if its heart was being twisted by a knife.

Finally, the heavens did not disappoint the one with a fiery heart.

When Ji Boying was about to devour the third refined fire, it saw a glimmer of hope.

So...

It had been lurking by Ji Boying's side, closely watching the trace of refined fire inside him.

Sure enough, after Ji Boying went through six rounds of tempering and chose to give up, it witnessed the scene just now.

Ji Boying, who was cultivating, did not know what Huoling was thinking. He was only surprised by the speed at which Huoling acted.

The remaining trace of refined fire was of no use to him anymore, so it was devoured by Huoling.

And it seemed that this refined fire was a great supplement for Huoling?

Looking at Huoling, who was excitedly moving around in his dantian, Ji Boying hesitated for a moment before releasing the remaining two bottles of refined fire and placing them in front of Huoling.

After seeing the refined fire, Huoling let out another excited roar and immediately swallowed it in one gulp.

This time, Ji Boying could be certain.

After devouring the refined fire, the flames on Huoling became even more solid, and both the temperature and brightness increased.

"Wuwu~"

Huoling let out an excited roar, then circled around in his dantian before rushing towards Ji Boying's eight-lined Gold Core.

In the next moment...

It opened its abyssal mouth and directly swallowed Ji Boying's Gold Core.

Ji Boying: !!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

"What the f*ck!"

"You beast! That's my inner core! Spit it out!"

Just as Ji Boying was about to go berserk...

Huoling suddenly emitted a burst of colorful radiance.

One after another, golden halos slowly appeared around it.

Until the last halo took shape, Ji Boying realized that the source of the colorful radiance on Huoling was his own inner core!

And the halos emitted by it were produced by the dan patterns!

Not too many, not too few, exactly nine!

"A nine-lined Gold Core... Is this how it turns out?"

Ji Boying stared blankly at this scene in his dantian, momentarily unable to react.

"Wuwu~"

Huoling lightly hummed, then spat out Ji Boying's inner core.

What used to be an eight-lined Gold Core now condensed into nine lines, and there was an additional red halo above the Gold Core.

It was at this moment...

The spiritual energy in the dantian suddenly began to agitate uncontrollably.

At the same time, the spiritual energy around Ji Boying started to gather and swirl frantically.

In the blink of an eye, a huge vortex of spiritual energy formed, centered around Ji Boying, rapidly gathering.

Moreover, the size of the vortex continued to expand and swell!

Until...

Half an hour later.

The vortex had broken through the cave, transforming into a majestic whirlwind that reached the sky and the earth, hovering above the back mountain!

Several Nascent Soul stage figures who were in charge of the commercial firm sensed the changes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and appeared one after another on the back mountain...

At the same time.

In a mountain range outside Canglong Immortal City, an old man wearing a red patterned robe slowly opened his eyes.

A hint of surprise appeared on his usually dull face.

"A nine-lined Gold Core?"