I am dying of old age, and I have awakened to the character of longevity.

Although Xie An himself was also panicked, he still comforted Master Huang, "Since the Eldest Princess has personally gone out, she must be arranging this matter. Master Huang, don't panic."

Master Huang glanced at Xie An, thinking to himself: Why do I feel like you are more panicked than I am? And you're comforting me?

Master Huang felt that he shouldn't seek comfort from Xie An, so he said, "Then it depends on how much help your wife can find. If that Martial Saint can come, then naturally everything will be fine. However... if Northern Liang gets involved, then things will be difficult."

Northern Liang...

This was also the part that Xie An was most worried about.

Jin Xiaotang had said before that a witch had appeared in Northern Liang, also a Martial Saint. She quickly led various tribes to rise, with a tendency to unify the sixteen countries of Northern Liang. If Northern Liang is really unified in the future, it will become a huge threat to the northern border of Great Qian.

What's more, in the ancient calendar four hundred years ago, Northern Liang had a Demon Court. Because of internal strife, a demon king comparable to the Azure Dragon Martial Saint escaped to the Five Old Peaks. After dying of old age, his essence, blood, and spirit dissipated, nourishing the surrounding mountains, and finally giving birth to the Five Old Demons.

The death of a Martial Saint level great demon, relying on its essence and blood, gave birth to five third-rank Grandmaster level great demons, and more than a dozen Grandmaster level great demons. It's simply outrageous.

If such a Northern Liang intervenes...

Xie An didn't dare to think about it.

No wonder the Eldest Princess has been gone for more than a month without any news. It can be seen that this Eldest Princess also feels great pressure.

With the Eldest Princess gone, leaving Xie An alone to preside over the overall situation in secret, Xie An's pressure became even greater.

But after thinking about it for a while, Xie An felt relieved:

As a member of the royal family, the Eldest Princess naturally has no way to retreat. But Xie An has a way out...

Just do your best in everything.

If the situation collapses in the end, just run away...

What national affairs, local turmoil; what second-rank official position, Duke title, are not as important as life.

If life is gone, then everything is gone.

Relying on the resources of Great Qian to seek longevity is certainly a shortcut, but if this path is not feasible, then taking a detour is not impossible.

After understanding this, Xie An felt a lot more relaxed.

After some small talk, Xie An told Master Huang to take good care of Jin Xiaotang, and then returned to the main room.

With Chen Tie and the others secretly monitoring the movements of the Li residence, Xie An was able to save a lot of time.

He opened the Corpse Refining Technique and the Soul Refining Technique, compared them, and planned to practice them again.

In the past month, Xie An had practiced these two mental cultivation methods many times, but with no progress. He couldn't even get started.

Although Xie An had been mentally prepared for this, he was still unwilling, and studied and practiced for another night.

By the next morning, he still hadn't gained anything.

"Well, it seems that I'm really not good at martial arts. I shouldn't force it. If I go to the Jin family in Yunzhou in the future to find the Soul Burial Scripture, perhaps it will be different." Xie An had to give up and comforted himself.

He finished his practice, got up and washed up.

After having breakfast with Yu He, Xie An took the white fox to the Demon Suppression Division.

In order to fulfill his promise last night, Xie An specially bought a cage of lemmings and brought them to the southeast courtyard of the Demon Suppression Division for the white fox to eat.

While the white fox was gnawing on the lemmings, Xie An lay on the Drunken Weng chair, thinking about what to do next.

There is no doubt that Qingwu County will become very dangerous next.

It might become the eruption point for the Huainan King's rebellion.

Huainan King, Five Old Peaks, plus the Tian'an Gang with hundreds of thousands of believers... they are all time bombs.

And there is also the most unfathomable Northern Liang.

Northern Liang... witch?

Thinking about it, Xie An felt that he couldn't sit still and wait for death. He couldn't completely bet on the Eldest Princess either. If the Eldest Princess fails to control the situation in the end, he still needs to prepare a way out.

At that time, he may not be able to run away even if he wants to.

He must understand the more detailed inside story in order to facilitate his plan.

However, Qingwu County is located in a remote area with blocked information, and the information that can be obtained is very limited.

But Master Ye's Myriad Treasure Building is different, perhaps he can find out information.

"That's right."

"Myriad Treasure Building has this business. Chief Xie, please write down the information you need to inquire about on paper, and I will take it to inquire. Determine the price, and then pay the money and deliver the goods."

Xie An was overjoyed, "Then I'll trouble you."

"It's a small matter. I'll get you pen and ink." Master Ye immediately brought pen and ink, and even took the initiative to grind ink for Xie An.

Xie An wrote three information requests on the paper. Master Ye didn't even look at it, immediately folded it, put it in an envelope, sealed it with sealing wax on the spot, and then said, "I will go to your mansion to find you in three days."

After saying goodbye to Ye Luo, Xie An returned to the Xie mansion.

Late at night.

Xie An was still practicing the Bear Form Qigong in seclusion.

With the experience of the Tiger Form Qigong reaching great success, plus the blessing of the second-level Longevity Destiny, Xie An's speed in practicing the Bear Form Qigong was much faster. He had already connected 52 nodes. The flow of heat outside his body became more majestic and thick.

Although the achievement is not great, Xie An likes this peaceful and leisurely life very much.

Huff!

After failing to connect the 53rd node many times, Xie An simply stopped practicing. Then he leaned on the Drunken Weng chair under the eaves to make tea and enjoy the moon, feeling very comfortable.

Life needs effort, but also needs appropriate relaxation.

Looking back at the east厢房 where Master Huang lived, the lights were still on. It can be seen that Master Huang was really working hard to restore his strength, forgetting to eat and sleep.

It's really competitive.

A fourth-rank Grandmaster is still so desperate. It makes Xie An feel that rest is a sin...

Xie An called out, "Master Huang, come over and have a cup of tea?"

Soon, Master Huang's voice came from the east厢房, "This old man is not free, Chief Xie, please drink it yourself."

Xie An threw out an olive branch again, "Let's talk about the ownership of the Spirit Communication Treasure Mirror."

In the past few months, Master Huang has been healing under the guise of borrowing the treasure mirror. Xie An really didn't mention the formal return of the treasure mirror. The original intention was to keep Master Huang for a while, but as things stand now, it is obviously not necessary.

Squeak.

The door of the east厢房 opened.

Master Huang walked over with the treasure mirror, smiling, and sat down next to Xie An, "Chief Xie is in a good mood. Do you think the information provided by this old man is correct and you want to return the treasure mirror?"

Xie An said, "That's natural, now this treasure mirror is returned to Master Huang."

Master Huang was overjoyed, "Chief Xie is indeed trustworthy."

Xie An smiled, "But I'm very curious. How did Master Huang use this treasure mirror to heal his injuries?"

Master Huang hesitated slightly.

Xie An said, "If it's inconvenient to say, then forget it."

Master Huang laughed awkwardly, "In front of Chief Xie, there is nothing inconvenient to say. This Spirit Communication Treasure Mirror is the treasure of the Five Old Peaks. It was something carried by the demon king who escaped from the Northern Liang Demon Court. The other shore flower on the back of the treasure mirror may have retained the aura of the demon king, or other magical things. I absorbed it, and I can slowly recover from my injuries."

So that's how it is.

It seems that this Spirit Communication Treasure Mirror really came from the Northern Liang Demon Court.

A demon court can actually produce spiritual objects, which is obviously not simple.

"Does this treasure mirror have any other uses?"

Master Huang shook his head, "I have studied it for many years, and I have not found any other uses except that this mirror can make people look older. If Chief Xie has nothing else, this old man will go to seclusion first."

After speaking, Master Huang went back to seclusion.

Xie An: "..."

Suddenly felt that the tea was not fragrant anymore.

Glug.

After Xie An finished drinking the last cup of tea, he turned back to the room and continued to connect the Bear Form Qigong.

Compete, compete...

Three days later, at dusk.

Xie An successfully connected the nodes of the Bear Form Qigong to 58.

It can be said that the progress is rapid.

It was all forced out by Master Huang.

It's so competitive.

Yu He called Master Huang and Xie An to eat, Master Huang just ate a few mouthfuls, and went back to the east厢房 to continue working hard. This attitude shocked Xie An.

So competitive, huh?

Xie An also quickly ate two mouthfuls, planning to go back to the room.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside.

Xie An went to open the door, and saw Ye Luo standing at the door, sending a letter, "Chief Xie, the information you wanted has been replied. But the price is relatively high. It costs two thousand taels."

Xie An was stunned.

Three pieces of information, costing two thousand taels?

Although these three pieces of information are relatively scarce, they are too expensive, right?

Helplessly, Xie An still gave two thousand taels of silver notes.

Anyway, they were all earned from Master Ye...

Taking the letter, Xie An hurried back to the main room, closed the door, lit the oil lamp, opened it and read it carefully.

At the beginning, Xie An asked three questions.

Northern Liang Witch, Northern Liang Demon Court, and the Imperial Jade Seal of the Tianbao Dynasty.

Every question, Xie An has carefully considered:

The Northern Liang Demon Court is related to the origin of the Five Old Demons, and the origin of the Spirit Communication Treasure Mirror. It must be asked.

The newly emerging witch in Northern Liang is actually leading the various tribes of Northern Liang, with a tendency to unify the sixteen countries of Northern Liang. This cooperation with the Huainan King is likely to be controlled by this witch. Xie An also has to understand it.

Finally, the Imperial Jade Seal, this was what Xie An suddenly thought of. Since the Seven Treasure Exquisite Box absorbs the seal script of the Jingtai Dynasty's national seal and can grow palm prints, does absorbing the seal script of the Tianbao Dynasty's national seal have similar effects?

If I can find the Imperial Jade Seal of the previous dynasty, wouldn't I be rich?

If these three questions, Myriad Treasure Building has given clear information, then these two thousand taels will be worth the money.

As he continued to read the letter, Xie An frowned.

The information about the Northern Liang Demon Court is very vague, only saying that various unearthed antiques can prove that the Demon Court does exist, but how the internal strife occurred is not known, and many people are looking for the Northern Liang Demon Court.

Xie An felt very disappointed. He felt that the money was not worth it.

When he saw the Northern Liang Witch, Xie An's eyes lit up slightly.

The Northern Liang Demoness's birth is unknown, her age estimated to be fifty or sixty years old. She suddenly appeared more than a decade ago, suppressing the Rong Di tribes of Northern Liang. From then on, she led the Rong Di tribes to a rapid rise, sweeping across the various countries of Northern Liang. In just ten years, she unified the thirteen countries of Northern Liang, leaving only the last three most powerful countries resisting desperately. According to the current trend, unifying the entire Northern Liang territory is only a matter of the next few years.

The letter mentioned that the Northern Liang Demoness may have obtained some kind of inheritance from the Demon Court and then became a Martial Saint.

Seeing this, Xie An still felt that the money spent was not worth it, a real heartache.

Continuing to flip through the letter for news about the Tianbao Imperial Seal, Xie An finally became happy.

The letter said that when the Tianbao Dynasty fell, the Imperial Seal was given to the then National Teacher, Guang Chanzi. Later, Emperor Jingtai ordered a search, but it was unsuccessful. In the end, another Imperial Seal was cast.

"The Imperial Seal is in Guang Chanzi's hands..."

Xie An was very excited.

He knew that the Imperial Seal of this world was different from the Imperial Seal of his previous life.

The Imperial Seal of his previous life was just a symbol, just a precious seal.

But the Imperial Seal of this world truly contained the power of the nation's fortune.

He just didn't know how the Imperial Seal was produced, made... This process must be extraordinary.

Xie An followed this line of thought and deduced further.

Guang Chanzi was captured, but the Imperial Seal was not found on him. This shows that the Imperial Seal is still in Tian Anbang's hands.

Moreover, after Guang Chanzi was captured, Tian Anbang was still able to maintain order and operate as usual, indicating that there was a pillar of stability behind him. Could this pillar of stability be the Tianbao Imperial Seal?

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Each time the monk Pukong and the old hag Hei Po entered the Li residence, Li Hao personally welcomed them.

Could it be... the core bargaining chip in the trade between Tian Anbang and Prince Huainan is this Tianbao Imperial Seal?

If he could get that Imperial Seal and let the Seven Treasure Exquisite Box completely absorb the power of the nation's fortune within it, after the complete palm print appeared... it should be able to open, right?

Thinking of this, Xie An's scalp tingled with excitement.

"A new vista opens!"

Xie An burned the letter and then began to ponder.

Anyway, the Eldest Princess is not here, so it's okay for me to take the Imperial Seal.

Now that the Bright Jade Skill and the Five Animal Qi Cultivation Skill are progressing slowly, and I'm idle anyway, why not give it a try?

Try it, then!

Having made up his mind, Xie An began to consider the next steps.

First of all, Xie An identified a breakthrough point: the people who know about the Imperial Seal must be several grandmasters. These grandmasters should be Guang Chanzi's absolute confidants. And the best breakthrough point... is the False Heavenly Father?

It is especially important to find out all the information about the False Heavenly Father.

It's inconvenient for me to follow him personally, Baihu is the most suitable.

Xie An immediately shook awake Baihu, who was sleeping soundly on the long table. Baihu glanced at Xie An wearily, "What are you doing? Can't a fox get any sleep around here?"

"Are you so easily satisfied?"

Baihu sensed something, "What do you mean?"

"Do you want to eat the precious bones and organs of demon beasts?"

Baihu "whooshed" and stood up, nodding repeatedly, his eyes shining with excitement, completely devoid of sleepiness.

"Then follow Big Brother."

"Okay. I'll listen to Big Brother's arrangements in everything."

...

One day later.

Outside Hongze Lake, the vast Huai River Marsh.

The moonlight was bright and the water rippled.

Another huge four-legged snake died on the shore.

Xie An held the Demon Suppressing Blade, standing on the bank, letting the night wind flutter his clothes, dancing in the breeze.

Baihu quickly gnawed on the four-legged snake's gall bladder.

Clang.

Xie An sheathed his long blade and approached Baihu to examine him carefully, full of anticipation.

Over the past day, Xie An had lurked nearby for a long time and finally discovered another four-legged snake, which he lured to a deserted place and killed.

Xie An was somewhat uneasy about letting Baihu go deep into Hongze Lake to track the Heavenly Father. After all, there were fourth-rank grandmasters like Pukong and Hei Po in Hongze Lake. No matter how fast Baihu was, he would be in trouble if he encountered them.

Therefore, giving Baihu a boost in power seemed extremely urgent.

Xie An clearly remembered that Baihu had eaten the gall bladder of a four-legged snake, which had allowed him to gain intelligence and speak human language. Since then, Baihu's speed and senses had improved to a higher level.

Later, Xie An learned that many water monsters had appeared inside and outside Hongze Lake.

For the sake of safety, Xie An still looked for the gall bladder of four-legged snakes, as it had been proven to be reliable.

Soon, Baihu finished eating the gall bladder.

Xie An asked, "Have you noticed anything different about yourself?"

Gulp.

Baihu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "It feels so good, I feel... faster."

Xie An was overjoyed: "Run one for me to see..."

Before he could finish speaking, Baihu turned into a white light and disappeared.

Xie An was dumbfounded.

This is too fast, isn't it?

I can't even catch up if I risk my life.

"Enough, come back."

Only then did Baihu come back excitedly.

"For the sake of safety, I'll find a few more four-legged snakes for you."

Although Baihu's speed was almost freakish, for safety's sake, he decided to find a few more four-legged snake gall bladders for him to eat.

Xie An pushed the body of the four-legged snake into the water and then continued to patrol with Baihu.

Seven days passed quickly.

Xie An chopped down four more four-legged snakes and fed Baihu their gall bladders. Baihu's speed and senses had reached an extraordinary level, and no matter how Xie An tried to plot against him, he couldn't succeed. Xie An took Baihu back to the Xie residence and asked Master Huang to test Baihu's speed.

In the end, even Master Huang couldn't keep up, and Baihu would spot him and run away whenever he got close.

As long as Baihu didn't mess around, a fourth-rank grandmaster wouldn't be able to threaten him.

Only then did Xie An completely relax. But he also had doubts in his mind: Master Huang didn't seem surprised that Baihu was showing such abilities.

Xie An didn't ask any more questions and quietly sent Baihu to track the False Heavenly Father, find out his whereabouts, and also investigate the other grandmasters in Hongze Lake, preferably to find out the existence of the Tianbao Imperial Seal.

Time flowed by, passing quickly.

In the blink of an eye, two months had passed.

It was now July, with the scorching sun blazing.

The Nanqing Canal was being dug in full swing, and the speed was much faster than planned. Nanzhou mobilized over a million laborers and had already connected the two major water systems, with the progress reaching one-quarter.

Qingwu County was still as peaceful as ever, and the water beasts of Hongze Lake had not continued to cause trouble.

The Eldest Princess had not returned, and Xie An's days had returned to peace.

It was just that Master Huang was too diligent.

Which made Xie An also become diligent.

There were benefits to being diligent.

After two months of tempering, Xie An's various cultivation methods had made considerable progress.

The Bear Form Qi Cultivation Skill was already at its maximum, and the progress of the Ape Form Qi Cultivation Skill had reached 45/100.

Even the twentieth solar term of the Bright Jade Skill had made a great leap, reaching Minor Snow 125/300.

And the Water Drop Inner Strength Method had also made considerable progress, with the inner strength of the water drops in his body rolling like a river, and even pushing the ninefold inner strength to its peak. He had even tried to open the secret treasures of the human body, but the gap was still too large.

However, Xie An felt that it shouldn't be a problem to kill an ordinary ninth-rank grandmaster with one punch.

That night, Baihu returned to the main room of the Xie residence.

There was still blood on the corner of his mouth.

Xie An pulled him over, "Did you steal food again?"

Baihu shook his head, then curled up in Xie An's arms, "Big Brother, I'm so tired, I want to take a nap."

Then, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Xie An patted Baihu's face, but the other party didn't wake up, but slept soundly. Xie An felt something was wrong, and when he looked back, he found a conspicuous knife mark on Baihu's belly, deep enough to see the internal organs.

Encountered a grandmaster?

Xie An suddenly felt an unspeakable heartache, as if a knife had been stabbed hard into his heart.

He immediately brought clean water to clean Baihu's wound, while using his hand to pat Baihu's face, trying to wake him up. But Baihu did not respond, and just as Xie An was about to call Master Huang for help, Baihu suddenly opened his mouth and bit Xie An's wrist artery, sucking Xie An's blood greedily.

"I..."

Xie An was about to call Master Huang again when he was shocked to find... the wound on Baihu's abdomen was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This made Xie An restrain the urge to lift Baihu.

After all, Baihu was injured doing things for him, and if drinking his blood could help him recover, that would be good.

But he was also very surprised.

What's going on?

As Baihu continued to suck blood, Xie An felt his whole body becoming extremely weak, and his spirit also appeared in a trance. Before long, Xie An felt drowsy, dizzy, and his eyelids were extremely heavy.

Xie An had to bite his lower lip, using the pain to keep himself awake.

He thought that it was okay for Baihu to suck blood, but it couldn't be excessive, otherwise he would also be gone.

Fortunately, Baihu stopped sucking after a while, and then fell asleep peacefully, his breathing was exceptionally even.

"I'm really suffering..."

Only then did Xie An pinch his broken wrist and wrap the wound tightly with a cloth strip. Dragging his exhausted body, he fell on the bed.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already the next morning. The warm sunlight shone down through the window and fell on his face, warm and comfortable. There were also a few sparrows perched on the windowsill, chirping non-stop.

A scene of peace and tranquility.

Xie An turned over wearily to check the wound on his wrist.

Fortunately, it was fine.

Martial artists have strong qi and blood, excellent muscles and bones, and strong recovery ability.

He suddenly felt soft fur touching his cheek. He turned his head and saw Baihu lying on the pillow, looking at him with wide eyes, which startled Xie An and made him sit up with a jolt.

Baihu was still sitting in place, grinning and saying: "Big Brother, you're awake. Let's go, I'll take you to see something good."

"Let's not talk about things first, how did you get injured last night? Do you feel any different now?" Xie An was very worried about Baihu.

Baihu didn't say it clearly, but glared at Xie An, "That thing is the Tianbao Imperial Seal, I got it. Don't you want to go see it?"

Xie An got out of bed directly, "Then let's go."