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

Hearing that there was a chance, Zhang Lin secretly thought that this old man was indeed meticulous and understood the ways of the world.

"If a Deputy Warden is a candidate for the Tiger Wolf Gate's Warden, then a Warden is a genuine junior Warden of the Tiger Wolf Gate. They are the key people the Tiger Wolf Gate focuses on cultivating. The monthly salary is twenty taels of silver. Each month, they can also regularly receive a certain amount of medicinal supplements and resources. They can freely practice some of the basic techniques of the Tiger Wolf Gate. Every year, they have the opportunity to go to the Tiger Wolf Gate headquarters' library. When purchasing medicinal supplements in the black market, they are all close to cost price..."

Zhang Lin recounted the benefits of being a Warden as if listing his family treasures.

After listening to this, Xie An couldn't help but click his tongue.

The difference in treatment between a Warden and a Deputy Warden... was simply worlds apart. It perfectly matched the structure of his previous life, where one hand controlled the vast majority of power.

To be honest, Xie An was tempted...

For no other reason than that society was extremely unfriendly to fifty-year-olds, and joining the Tiger Wolf Gate... was the most suitable path for him.

However, Xie An was not entirely confident in his ability to take office as a Warden. He did not immediately express his stance, but stood up, cupped his fist in farewell, and said, "Thank you, Warden Zhang, for your kind invitation, but this old man is old and frail, and I'm afraid I won't be up to the task. Allow me to consider it further."

Zhang Lin was also very patient, "I understand. After all, it's a major life decision. I'll see you off, old brother."

Zhang Lin stopped only after seeing Xie An out of the canyon, watching him disappear into the distance, lost in thought.

"Boss, this old codger is so ungrateful. You've lowered yourself so much, and he still won't agree," Zhou Xing walked over with his knife, looking quite indignant.

Pa.

Zhang Lin raised his hand and knocked Zhou Xing on the head, "What do you know? He's just being cautious. If he agreed immediately, I'd be suspicious. This person is extremely shrewd and has cunning skills. If he can join us, he will definitely help me get rid of Zhang Biao."

Zhou Xing looked confused, "Huh? You didn't even mention your feud with Zhang Biao, and he didn't agree."

Zhang Lin said, "A smart person understands with just a hint. Do you think everyone is as brainless as you?"

Zhou Xing drooped his head, not daring to speak. But in his heart, he still felt it was too mystical and didn't think this masked old man had such skills and cunning.

Boss... you're exaggerating.

"Boss, should I follow him and investigate his identity?"

Zhang Lin immediately denied, "No need. Since this person doesn't want people to know his identity, we shouldn't add unnecessary things. Respect others, and they will respect you."

Zhou Xing scratched his head, "Yes."

......

Xie An returned to the small hut in the backyard late at night.

He warmed up by practicing a set of Five Animal Frolics to ward off the cold, then sat down to practice fetal breathing exercises, stabilizing the breathing and blood flow in his body.

After completing the two sets of health exercises alternately, he immediately felt refreshed and removed all the fatigue.

"Zhang Lin's meaning is very clear. As long as I get rid of Zhang Biao, I can replace him and become a Warden."

"Joining the Tiger Wolf Gate, I still need to get my hands on the position of a Warden. However, Zhang Biao is, after all, a Warden, and at least a martial artist who has entered the gate. I can't rush it..."

Over fifty years old, Xie An was steady and knew that there was no need to rush many things.

Doing things a little slower, walking and watching, would always be much safer.

"According to Zhang Lin, lifting four hundred jin is about the lifting strength of a Copper Skin Realm martial artist. That is to say, I have already reached the level of the Copper Skin Realm in terms of strength, but my fighting style and actual combat power... should still be different from a true Copper Skin Realm martial artist."

"The most urgent task is still to focus on improving my strength. As long as I have enough strength, let alone a Warden, even the position of a Hall Master... is not something I can't think about."

Having made up his mind, Xie An took out the unique prescription given by Tang Qingfeng, took out all the collected medicinal herbs, and used a precision scale to start preparing the medicine.

"Honeysuckle 1 qian, Polygonum multiflorum 3 qian, dry Lin grass 4 qian, bear heart meat one or two..."

He matched eight or nine kinds of medicinal herbs according to a certain weight, then put them into a mortar and pestle to crush them into powder.

According to the prescription, it needs to be dried in the sun for three days after crushing. It can also be smoked with fire.

It was night, and there was no sun. Xie An lit a stove and smoked it for an hour. Feeling that it had met the conditions stated in the prescription, he brewed it with boiling water and swallowed it.

"This taste... is both bitter and fishy!"

Xie An felt very pungent after only smelling it a few times, making it difficult to swallow and causing nausea.

Thinking that it was Tang Qingfeng's unique prescription, Xie An pinched his nose and drank it all down with "glug, glug" sounds.

As the soup entered his body, Xie An clearly felt a strong heat flow in his stomach.

Hot!

Very hot!

It felt like his body was on fire.

This was an effect that he had never experienced even after taking so much Vitality Soup before.

Feeling hot, Xie An immediately took off his outer jacket, leaving only his inner lining. Even so, he still felt unbearably hot, and finally simply stripped off the inner lining, baring his upper body.

The heat flow in his body had nowhere to vent.

"As expected of Master Tang's unique prescription, the effect is too good."

Xie An tasted the sweetness for the first time, became addicted to it, and couldn't extricate himself.

Two hours later, Xie An was already sweating profusely, but still felt unsatisfied. He simply sat down, swept away the restlessness in his heart, and began to practice fetal breathing exercises.

"This unique prescription combined with the Five Animal Frolics is naturally twice the result with half the effort. I just don't know how it will be when combined with fetal breathing exercises..."

"Danlu Style..."

After practicing for a while, Xie An was surprised to find that this prescription also had miraculous effects when combined with fetal breathing exercises. It could introduce the heat flow in the body into the Gate of Life, traveling throughout the body.

He vaguely had the feeling that he could breathe without using his mouth and nose...

"It's really a treasure medicine, except that it's expensive... everything is good."

The days that followed became plain and uneventful again.

Daily patrols of the pawnshop, and the rest of the time was used to practice health exercises and archery...

Although the days were monotonous and boring, Xie An was able to feel the progress every day and enjoyed it.

Autumn passed and winter came, reaching the New Year's Eve.

After today, Xie An would be fifty-one years old.

But he didn't feel any signs of aging, but instead became more and more robust, his appearance looked a little younger, and the wrinkles on his face were much less. One-third of his originally white hair had also returned to black.

This was not an old man at all? If he were in his previous life, he would be the middle-aged mature uncle that girls liked the most.

After entering winter, the sky began to snow heavily.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Xie An practiced health exercises in the hut with his upper body bare.

The stove was not lit in the room, and the cold was piercing. Xie An did not feel cold at all, but instead was sweating profusely.

Between the waving of his hands and feet, there was a burst of air exploding.

The muscles on his body became more and more prominent, full of streamlined beauty.

Pa.

As Xie An's tiger searching for food motion pounced out, the air made a buzzing sound.

"My Five Animal Frolics have finally broken through..."