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

Three days passed quickly.

It was now the third day of the Lunar New Year.

The pawnshop remained closed during this period. Han Li and He Chunli, his two apprentices, stayed in Xie An's backyard cottage, attending to his needs. This gave Xie An a small taste of the life of a "master."

Because He Chunli's backside was injured, his movements were restricted while he recuperated. The two apprentices were not as lively and boisterous as in previous years. They didn't go out to any activities or see the lantern festival.

Every year during the Spring Festival, the town held a lantern festival. Many villagers from the countryside would come to join in the fun, release a wishing lantern, and hope for peace, joy, and smooth sailing in the coming year.

Since Xie An had obtained the Longevity fate, he lost interest in these ordinary rituals and customs, immersing himself in the endless grind of cultivating the Health Preservation Art.

After three days of intense cultivation, Xie An's Fetal Breathing Art finally showed signs of breaking through.

This morning, Han Li was preparing breakfast, and He Chunli was lying on the bed recovering. Xie An was practicing the Fetal Breathing Art in the small room next door.

Xie An sat cross-legged, as steady and still as a Bodhisattva.

His mouth and nose were motionless.

However, there was a slight rhythmic movement in the area of his navel, as if it could breathe.

As the navel continued to move slightly, Xie An clearly felt the area between his navel and perineum heating up, swelling, and turning purplish. Then, a misty aura was produced.

The navel was indeed breathing.

In addition, Xie An felt a spontaneous rhythmic movement in his Qi Sea and Lower Dantian.

He knew that this was a sign that the final form of the Three Styles, the Navel Yin Style, was about to be completed. He immediately dared not be careless, and continued to operate according to the formula, intending to break through the barrier in one fell swoop.

He didn't know how long had passed—

Buzz.

The channel for the navel to breathe was completely opened.

Xie An immediately found himself in a very mysterious state: his mouth and nose were closed, and his navel was breathing.

Moreover, although the speed of this breathing was slow, it made his body and mind feel very comfortable, as if his body had undergone some kind of evolution.

A higher level of breathing technique?

Xie An immediately opened the panel.

【Fetal Breathing Art: Yin and Yang Intercourse (0/100)】

"Finally broke through!"

Xie An breathed a sigh of relief, a look of satisfaction on his face.

The difficulty of cultivating this Fetal Breathing Art was more than five times greater than that of the Five Animal Play. If it weren't for this Longevity fate, Xie An felt that he might not be able to complete the Three Styles in three to five years, or even be able to enter the door.

If the Five Animal Play was a simple question on the college entrance exam, then the Fetal Breathing Art was the final, most difficult question. The difficulty was not even on the same level.

Even with Xie An's Longevity fate, plus Tang Qingfeng's unique prescription, it took him a full three or four months to barely enter the second stage of the Fetal Breathing Art.

Too difficult…

After calming his excited emotions, Xie An hurriedly looked at the other content on the panel.

【Current Longevity Fate: Level 1!】

【Five Animal Play: Internally Strengthen the Five Organs (5/100)】

On the surface, the lifespan-increasing effect of the first stage of the Fetal Breathing Art was not as great as the six years gained from mastering the Five Animal Play. But that wasn't really the case. The further you go, the harder it is to increase lifespan.

The four years of lifespan gained from the Three Styles were of better quality than the initial mastery of the Five Animal Play.

Moreover, Xie An confirmed another piece of information: cultivating multiple Health Preservation Arts at the same time allowed the lifespan-increasing effects of the various Health Preservation Arts to stack on top of each other.

This was undoubtedly exciting good news.

After persevering in cultivating Health Preservation Arts for more than half a year, he had increased his lifespan by thirty years. Compared to the old man who was on the verge of death, Xie An had undergone a fundamental transformation from the inside out.

What was more regrettable was that the Three Styles did not significantly increase the body's strength, speed, etc. However, Xie An vaguely felt that his body's endurance had improved a lot.

For example, he could only draw the bow thirty times in a row before, but now, because of the Fetal Breathing Art, he could draw the bow forty times in a row.

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The Fetal Breathing Art belonged to internal refinement. As the realm improved, there would definitely be great surprises in the future.

The effect of consolidating internal strength was inherently slower than that of external strength. But the extent of improvement was much better.

Xie An told himself not to be anxious and to take it slow.

The good stuff is all in the back.

"Master, breakfast is ready."

Han Li's voice came from outside the door.

Xie An simply washed up and went out to eat.

Perhaps Han Li knew that Xie An was secretly practicing, so he invested in the food, buying braised pork and braised duck, a rare feast.

Xie An secretly thought that Han Li was observant and considerate. He praised him and began to eat heartily.

I've raised you for more than ten years, can't I take a bite out of you?

"Master, are you secretly practicing martial arts?" Han Li couldn't help but ask while adding rice to Xie An's bowl, "I've noticed that Master has become younger and stronger recently, no longer as frail and weak as before."

Xie An didn't hide anything, "I can't really call it practicing martial arts. I just practice some Health Preservation Arts when I have nothing to do. If you are interested, I can copy out the formulas of the Five Animal Play for you to practice."

Han Li was so excited that he thanked him repeatedly. He thought that if Master, who was so old, had such good results from practicing Health Preservation Arts, wouldn't he be even more powerful if he practiced it when he was young?

Xie An saw through his thoughts and knew that he was thinking too much…

But he didn't dampen Han Li's confidence. After the meal, he copied out thousands of words of the Five Animal Play's formulas for the two apprentices, and gave them some simple pointers. Then, he took all the silver, a full sixty taels.

According to the original agreement with Chunlan, Xie An had to go to the Li Mansion today to redeem himself with the master and mistress.

Sixty taels was all of Xie An's current wealth.

Xie An felt that even if Li Ru opened his mouth wide, it should be enough to redeem himself.

Just then, a woman's voice came from outside the door.

"Is Master Xie here?"

"I am." Xie An replied as he walked out to greet her. He muttered to himself.

It was still the busy time of the Lunar New Year at the Li Mansion. Logically speaking, Chunlan should also be extremely busy, so there was no reason to personally call him to the Li Mansion, right?