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

The heat grew stronger and stronger.

Starting from the lower abdomen, it spread towards the limbs and bones of the whole body.

Before long, the whole body became scorching hot.

The muscles and bones generated heat.

If the warm current that had previously lingered in the lower abdomen was a spark, it was now a candle flame.

It was incomparably comfortable.

"As expected of a top-notch health-enhancing medicinal supplement, the effects are good, this silver was well spent!"

Xie An even regretted not investing in himself sooner.

Practicing health cultivation like this, the progress would at least double.

With this thought, Xie An quickly called up the panel data:

【Five Animal Frolics: Glimpse of the Doorway (69/100)】

【Remaining Years: Four】

Usually, it would take a whole day of hard work to increase the progress by one point. Now, with the help of the Vitality Soup, in less than two hours, it had actually increased by two points.

It was simply miraculous.

Moreover, even after a long time had passed since consuming the Vitality Soup, the heat in his body had not dissipated. It felt like being full and unable to digest immediately.

Xie An felt that the effects produced by his cultivation of the health-enhancing exercises far exceeded those of others.

"I need to continue practicing the Five Animal Frolics to continue increasing my lifespan and strengthening my physique. Compared to this, everything else is a minor matter."

Xie An calmed his excited mood. Although his achievements in the recent period had been great, he was very clear... in this chaotic world, he was still very weak.

The most important thing to do now was to continue to work hard and build himself up.

The proficiency of the Five Animal Frolics was steadily increasing.

Early in the morning, the autumn dew was like ice. Xie An, with his upper body bare, was practicing the Five Animal Frolics in the room.

Fierce tiger, giant bear, nimble ape, stream deer, flying bird... all sorts of different changes were seamlessly displayed by Xie An. His body was coordinated, combining stillness and movement, and every move he made carried a smooth aesthetic.

Suddenly, he advanced with a crushing fist, the swift and powerful fist compressing the air to produce a sharp "crack" sound.

"Even a thirty-year-old strong man is far from having my strength. If I continue to practice, I really don't know what level I will reach."

Only when he was exhausted did Xie An stop, collapsing on the ground panting.

He called up the Daoist Talisman Panel:

【Five Animal Frolics: Combining Stillness and Movement (13/100)】

【Hint: Fully master Combining Stillness and Movement, increase lifespan by ten years.】

【Remaining Years: Seven.】

After more than two months of hard practice, he had finally passed the "Glimpse of the Doorway" stage and entered "Combining Stillness and Movement."

Seven years of remaining lifespan completely freed Xie An from his worries about dying of old age. He ate well and slept soundly.

What made Xie An even more delighted was that the originally dry and wrinkled skin had regained its luster and roundness, and streamlined muscles had appeared on his body, comparable to the muscles of a thirty-year-old strong man.

The heat in his lower abdomen was even more majestic and deep, his body was full of power, and his energy and blood were abundant.

Xie An had lifted a stone lock yesterday, reaching an astonishing three hundred pounds!

"If I punch out with this, killing a skinny young man would be no problem. Even if I encounter a grown man, I can beat him to death with a flurry of punches."

"It's just that the progress has slowed down again..."

Xie An had discovered that the more he practiced the Five Animal Frolics, the better the effect, but the greater the difficulty.

Even with the blessing of medicinal supplements, it was far from as fast as before.

Fortunately, Xie An had a calm attitude and was not eager for quick success.

"My body is now stronger than ever before. I should be able to find a martial art of killing to practice, right?"

Although health cultivation can increase lifespan and strengthen the body, it is not a martial art of killing after all.

No matter how strong the body is, if one doesn't know how to fight, encountering a real Jianghu villain who has practiced martial arts is just being a fatuous person.

Moreover, a long lifespan does not mean one cannot die.

Even if one can obtain immortality through the cultivation of health-enhancing exercises in the future, if one's strength is insufficient and one inadvertently offends a strong person... one will still be beaten to death.

To have a foothold in this chaotic world, one must practice martial arts.

Although Xie An had never practiced martial arts, he had lived for thirty years after all. He still had some understanding of martial arts knowledge.

Haven't eaten pork, but haven't seen a pig run?

Martial artists are divided into five basic levels: Refining Skin, Refining Flesh, Refining Bone, Refining Organs, Refining Blood.

After refining the blood to great success, if internal strength is tempered, one can be called an Internal Strength Martial Master.

Above the nine levels of internal strength, achieving harmony between man and nature can be called a Martial Arts Grandmaster.

Grandmaster was the limit of what Xie An knew.

Qingwu County was already a small place, let alone Wuqiao Town under its jurisdiction. As Xie An, who had never left Qingwu County, being able to collect this knowledge was already not easy.

"With my current physical strength, I should be considered very good at fighting among those who are not martial artists. But if I encounter a martial artist, I still have no resistance."

"If I can become a martial artist in the future... I will be a superior person in Wuqiao Town. It is even possible to move to the county town to live..."

Xie An was full of beautiful expectations for the future.

However, implementing it was very difficult.

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If he were not yet twenty years old, with this body, the Chen Clan Martial Arts School would definitely be fighting to recruit him. They might even reduce or waive his tuition fees.

But he was too old...

Throughout history, society has been very unfriendly to the elderly.

"There is still one month left until the three-month deadline given by Master Li, and the time is still ample. I'll go buy medicinal supplements first."

Practicing martial arts without medicinal supplements is too slow and not worth the effort.

Xie An hurriedly ate breakfast, put on his clothes, and slipped out the door.

He met Zhang Bing on the way.

"Master, you look much younger..."

Zhang Bing was shocked when he saw Xie An's appearance.

During this period, Zhang Bing had regarded himself as the shop's master craftsman, bossing the guys around and showing off. He hadn't gone to the backyard to see Xie An, and really thought Xie An was about to die of old age.

Unexpectedly, this master was not only energetic, but also looked younger!?

"I've been in a good mood recently, so I'm more energetic. Go and get busy."

Xie An replied indifferently and walked away.

Today, Xie An had long ceased to regard this disciple with a bad heart as important. His whole mind was focused on practicing his skills.

When the moon is full, he would come back and clean up this guy.

...

"My goodness, Brother Xie, have you taken some kind of divine medicine? You really look younger."

Chen He was amazed when he saw Xie An's appearance.

He was born as a martial artist, and also practiced health cultivation in his old age. But it was not very useful. Now, seeing Xie An's changes, he was deeply stimulated.

"Give me three doses of Vitality Soup." The medicinal supplements that Xie An bought for the first time were used up half a month ago, and he had come to buy them once in between. Now was the third time buying medicine.

Spending money like water.

Cultivating health-enhancing exercises was already like this, I really don't know how much the cost of practicing martial arts would be...

While Chen He was grabbing the medicine, he said, "There won't be such a big discount this time. It'll cost you three taels of silver."

"Okay."

Xie An readily took the medicine and paid the money, and handed Chen He an extra two taels of silver, "By the way, Shopkeeper Chen, has that health cultivation master you mentioned before come?"

Chen He didn't take the extra two taels of silver, but instead handed Xie An a wooden token, "He's here. He's giving lectures in the backyard of the martial arts school. Just take the token and go in."

"Shopkeeper Chen, this silver..."

"That jade Ruyi that I sold at the large pawnshop in the county town sold for twenty taels as expected. The money from the pharmacy needs to be accounted for, so I can't give you too much of a discount. This two taels for the lecture fee will be my treat for Brother Xie to have a drink."

"Shopkeeper Chen is generous."

Xie An took the silver and turned to the Chen Clan Martial Arts School next door with the wooden token.

"Stop!"

A strong man with a knife, wearing a red short shirt, reached out to stop Xie An, full of pressure.

Before, Xie An would have really been nervous facing such a burly man with a knife at close range.

Now, looking at this man, he was nothing more than that. Instead, he began to calculate in his heart: Seven or eight punches should be enough to knock down this man?

Although he thought so in his heart, Xie An's attitude was still very humble, and he handed over the wooden token.

The knife-wielding man checked the wooden token and looked at Xie An with a surprised look, "Follow me."