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

I spent a day working my tail off, pushing myself to the limit, but the progress of the Five Animal Frolics only increased by a pitiful one percent.

However, Xie An felt an unprecedented surge of joy:

The Longevity Fate is indeed effective!

For Xie An, who had been lingering at the gates of hell for a long time, this was undoubtedly the only life-saving straw!

Next, as long as I work hard, the progress will increase. When the progress reaches perfection, a breakthrough is inevitable.

Maybe there will be even greater surprises after mastering the basics… …

After being ruthlessly whipped in two lifetimes, Xie An no longer expects himself to be some lucky son or monstrous genius. But this golden finger gave Xie An real and tangible hope.

As long as I am diligent and conscientious, even if the progress is slow, as long as I persevere, why worry about not having a bright future?

"I'm so hungry… …"

He touched his shriveled stomach. The food he ate at noon had long been digested, and he was hungry again.

Since Xie An's stroke, his organs had been failing comprehensively, leading to a rapid decline in appetite. Even seeing greasy meat didn't arouse much appetite.

When had he ever felt such a strong feeling of being so hungry and thirsty as now?

It is said that hunger is the most uncomfortable feeling, but Xie An clearly felt at this moment that being hungry and wanting to eat… … is also a blessing.

Xie An called He Chunli from outside the door and asked him to bring dinner. He also asked He Chunli to pay more attention to Zhang Bing's actions. This person has evil intentions and must be guarded against.

After eating and drinking his fill, Xie An didn't dare to sleep.

He clearly felt that he was still in an extremely weak state of organ failure at the moment, and he was afraid that he would die as soon as he closed his eyes… …

As the saying goes, the older people get, the more open-minded they become.

Based on Xie An's own personal experience, this is not really the case.

The older people get, the more unwilling they are and the more afraid they are of death.

In the past month, he had been living in fear of death. He was afraid that he would close his eyes one day and be gone.

When people are young, they know that their lives are long and there is no possibility of closing their eyes and not waking up, so they can sleep peacefully.

But once people get old and encounter a disaster or illness, they will feel the fear of death up close, and they will really think that one day they will close their eyes and never wake up… …

"It's still early, I'll practice for a few more hours."

Xie An is afraid of death… …

The intensity of his practice of the Five Animal Frolics had simply reached an appalling level.

Although Xie An knew that with the blessing of the Longevity Fate, practicing the Five Animal Frolics could increase his lifespan, the problem was that his life had reached the point of exhaustion and was rapidly declining… …

One side is increasing, and the other side is decreasing. He is completely racing against death!

If he is not diligent in his practice and the increase cannot offset the decrease… … even if he gets a cheat, he may still die.

He is now in the most dangerous stage and really does not dare to stop for a moment.

Time came to the evening of seven days later.

Xie An, who had finished a day of practice, finally discovered an abnormality in his body.

There was a heat current that continuously stagnated in the lower abdomen.

This was a feeling he had never had before.

Previously, every time he finished practicing the Five Animal Frolics, there would indeed be a warm current running through his body. But as time passed, this warm current would disappear.

It was roughly the same as the body heating up after strenuous exercise and then slowly returning to normal.

But this time it was different.

It was now late autumn, the night was deep and the dew was heavy, and the cold wind was biting. Xie An clearly felt that his body was not as cold as before.

The warm current stayed in the lower abdomen, continuously generating heat.

The soreness and weakness in his hands and feet, and the symptoms of back pain, showed a lasting and significant improvement.

The panel in front of him showed:

[Five Animal Frolics: Glimpse of the Doorway (10/100)]

Xie An breathed a sigh of relief, "Although the progress is only one-tenth, my body has obviously improved significantly. I should have temporarily passed the stage of racing against death. At least I don't need to worry about not waking up every night when I close my eyes!"

He had been oppressed by the fear of death for more than a month… …

Now he has finally escaped the fear of death from close range.

Only an old man who has personally experienced this fear of imminent death will understand… … how happy it is to get rid of this feeling.

"Tonight, I can finally sleep soundly."

Since his stroke, Xie An had his first good night's sleep.

The next day.

Xie An didn't open his eyes until the sun was high in the sky.

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The bright sunlight shone on his face through the thin window paper, warm and comfortable. He also heard the "chirping" of sparrows outside the window.

Xie An touched the warm hot water bottle in the quilt, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face for the first time.

The culture and customs of this world are similar to those of ancient times in his previous life. Some old people are afraid of the cold, so they wrap a copper pot filled with hot water in a cloth bag and put it in the quilt to keep warm.

It is commonly known as a "hot water bottle."

Although Xie An's body had obviously improved, he was still old after all, and this autumn was particularly cold, so he could not get rid of the hot water bottle for the time being.

Wuqiao Town is a town under Qingwu County in Nanyang Prefecture, located on the southeastern border of the Daqian Dynasty. The 800-mile Dayin Mountain in the east blocks the warm currents from entering the East China Sea, resulting in a particularly cold climate in this area.

Every late autumn, there is frost and ice rivers, and occasionally it snows. The villagers need to dig cellars to store food for the winter. Even so, people still freeze to death every winter.

And in the autumn and winter seasons, food is scarce, and the bandits who usually hide in the mountains will go down the mountain to rob villages in order to survive.

In order to survive the autumn and winter, the people not only have to face natural disasters, but also have to guard against bandits, making survival difficult.

Fortunately, there are constables stationed in Wuqiao Town, as well as a martial arts school, where martial arts masters are stationed. The villagers living in the town are much safer than the villagers in the surrounding villages.

The Li family is a wealthy family in the town and hires guards and martial artists, so ordinary bandits dare not easily touch the Li family's property.

This is also the reason why Xie An has been staying in the Li family's pawnshop.

Without martial arts skills, away from the wealthy family, in this chaotic world… … it is really difficult to survive.

"Practicing the health-preserving exercises for seven days has such miraculous effects. With long-term persistence, my bones and strength will definitely be greatly improved. It is not impossible to learn martial arts. If I can learn a good martial art, I will have the capital to settle down in this troubled world."

Xie An got out of bed and began a new day of practicing.

Just after lunch, the Li family's master sent a young maid to visit Xie An.

Xie An knew this maid. Her name was Chunlan.

She was the head maid beside the Li family's madam and had a high status in the Li family.

"Master Xie, the master said that your body has not improved after taking medicine for so long, and it is not a solution in the long run… …"

Xie An immediately understood.

For more than a month, the Li family had been spending money to prescribe medicine for Xie An, which was a lot of expenses… …

Seeing that Xie An had not improved, they did not want to spend this money in vain anymore.

Although this medicine money is not much for the Li family, Xie An is only a servant of the Li family after all.

In this world, it is not uncommon for many servants to be skilled workers. Although the treatment is not bad, servants are servants after all… …

Xie An had long been accustomed to this chaotic world, so he was not cynical.

"Then what are Master Li's plans?"