"Young eagles spread their wings, latent Dragons enter the sea; it has always been so. It was in the past, and it will always be so in the future."
"Whoosh whoosh~"
In the yellowing forest, fallen leaves swirled, and amidst them, a young man in gray, with a graceful demeanor, moved back and forth.
His wind and Thunder Saber Technique was executed with consummate skill; True Qi surged, Saber Qi crisscrossed, and the saber light was as swift and fierce as lightning.
Clang clang clang~
After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the young man sheathed his saber with fluid, natural movements.
"Finally, I've mastered it completely."
The young man let out a long breath, his voice filled with emotion, "It's been a month since I arrived in this Mortal world, and I never expected to Transmigrate into the body of the short-lived Li Feiyu."
In his early years, Li Feiyu had consumed Marrow-Extracting Pills, which, at the cost of his Lifespan, allowed his Cultivation to rapidly increase, enabling him to stand out in the Seven Mysteries Sect.
However, besides consuming Lifespan, the Marrow-Extracting Pills also brought excruciating pain, like marrow being extracted, to the user; each onset made one wish for death, and one could only endure it through sheer willpower.
Later, Li Feiyu's condition improved slightly after meeting Han Li, who gave him some Medicinal Pills when he left, which could slightly extend his Lifespan.
But even then, he would only live to his early thirties at most.
Li Feiyu was 25 this year, and he had already made a great name for himself in the Jianghu.
A month ago, he faked his death to lure his old enemies to his door; that day, it poured rain with thunder and lightning, and he ultimately eliminated all his foes, but he was also severely wounded and did not live to his Lifespan's end.
[Spiritual Root: Five Elements Pseudo-Spiritual Root]
[Innate Lifespan: Eight years]
[Human Lifespan: Fifty-eight years]
"Eight more years, I need to speed up!"
Not long after arriving in this world, Li Feiyu discovered that he had Awakened a special ability, allowing him to view his own information.
Of course, this was just a side effect; his main ability was to seize the Lifespan of any creature he personally killed.
Lifespan has a limit; this is determined by heaven and earth.
However, Li Feiyu's ability defied the rules of heaven and earth, allowing him to infinitely increase his Lifespan, a different form of immortality.
This could definitely be called a Heaven-Defying Cheat.
"My early life was limited in Lifespan due to overdrawing life, but now I can make up for it Acquired. This ability truly suits me perfectly."
Over the past month, he had continuously explored and also understood some uses of the Cheat.
The Lifespan of living beings could be converted into Innate Lifespan to replenish his own Lifespan.
However, the quality of Lifespan obtained from killing humans and killing beasts differed.
Li Feiyu called them Human Lifespan and Beast Lifespan, and the exchange ratio was one to ten.
And the exchange ratio between Innate Lifespan and Human Lifespan was also one to ten.
Therefore, Li Feiyu's current fifty-eight years of Human Lifespan could at most extend his Lifespan by nearly six years.
However, he did not plan to extend his Innate Lifespan now, because there was a more important thing he wanted to do.
Li Feiyu's original body did not know if he had a Spiritual Root, but according to the information he viewed, he now possessed Cultivation Aptitude, the worst Five Elements Pseudo-Spiritual Root, even worse than Old devil Han.
In the original body's memory, there was a Qi refining Cultivation Technique called the Inferno Apex Meridian Art , which he had obtained through an Opportunity.
The original body had failed to Cultivate it and eventually gave up, but he had deeply memorized all its contents.
Li Feiyu, after Transmigrating and inheriting all his memories, was overjoyed upon discovering this Cultivation Technique; after some Cultivation, he could indeed sense the Spiritual Qi in the air.
However, due to his Aptitude, his Cultivation speed was very slow; he estimated it would take one or two years to enter the first level of Qi Refining stage.
He had only eight years left until his Lifespan limit, which was short, but with his Lifespan Cheat, it was not an issue.
During the process of experimenting with the Cheat, Li Feiyu discovered that besides replenishing his own Lifespan, it also had the effect of purifying Spiritual Roots.
Li Feiyu could not explain it and could only attribute it to the mighty power of time.
While familiarizing himself with the original body's martial arts, he hunted fierce beasts in the deep mountains and dense forests to accumulate his Lifespan.
Because he didn't know how much he needed, he had been accumulating it until now.
"It should be enough, right? I wonder how much Spiritual Root Aptitude it can improve."
Li Feiyu sat cross-legged on a large stone, focusing his mind and calming his Qi, then silently thought, "Purify!"
Lifespan, like liquid, irrigated his Spiritual Root.
For a moment, Li Feiyu's entire body emitted a faint glow.
However, this glow only lasted for a few breaths.
Li Feiyu opened his eyes and found himself unusually sticky; he pulled open his collar and looked inside, seeing a layer of black, viscous substance adhering to his skin.
"I never thought it would even have the effect of cleansing marrow and strengthening tendons."
[Spiritual Root: Gold, Wood, Water, Earth Pseudo-Spiritual Root, Fire Low Grade Spiritual Root]
[Innate Lifespan: Eight years]
[Human Lifespan: Eight years]
"It takes fifty years of Human Lifespan to purify from a Pseudo-Spiritual Root to a Low Grade Spiritual Root." Li Feiyu muttered softly, "But what kind of Aptitude is this Low Grade Spiritual Root?"
After thinking for a while and not understanding, he stopped thinking about it; as long as it wasn't worse than Old devil Han, that was fine.
After cleaning himself by a nearby river, Li Feiyu eagerly began to Cultivate again.
As his Spiritual Root Aptitude improved, his perception of Spiritual Qi did indeed become sharper, but it seemed to be limited.
After Cultivating for a few days, the speed could only be described as average.
"According to the Inferno Apex Meridian Art , at this speed, it would take me at least half a year to Breakthrough to the first level of Qi Refining stage."
In the Southern Heaven Cultivation World, Deity Transformation Stage Cultivators were rarely seen, like a Dragon only showing its head but not its tail; the top Cultivators were mainly Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators from various major forces.
Below the Nascent Soul was the Core Formation Stage, then the Foundation Establishment Stage, and the lowest was the Qi Refining stage.
The Qi Refining stage was divided into thirteen levels, and advancing through each level was not easy; his current strength hadn't even reached the lowest first level of Qi Refining stage.
"Forget it, it's still too early to enter the Cultivation world; I'll take it slow."
Li Feiyu had a good understanding of himself; the world of Cultivation, while seemingly alluring to Mortals, was no different from the Mortal world.
Among Loose Cultivators, deception, scheming, murder, and robbery were commonplace.
Even among Cultivation Sects that claimed to be of the Righteous Path, bullying the weak and acting on greed were common occurrences.
Having Transmigrated to this world and only having a few years to live, Li Feiyu naturally wouldn't be content.
Since he had come, he wanted to live a spectacular life!
Even if the path of Cultivation was destined to be paved with white bones, he wanted to walk it.
Not just for survival, but for living a better life!
Thinking of this, Li Feiyu calmed his mind and settled down to Cultivate here.
There was a waterfall nearby, and behind the waterfall was a hollow cave; at night, Li Feiyu would enter the cave to rest.
Autumn turned to winter, and winter turned to spring.
"Hah~"
Li Feiyu, sitting cross-legged on a bluestone, let out a loud shout, and a surge of scorching magical power churned within his body, rushing out and making a "dong" sound.
Then his face lit up with joy, and he muttered to himself, "Qi Refining stage, first level, finally reached!"
Although he was just the most humble low-level Cultivator on the path of Cultivation, Li Feiyu's excitement was still inexpressible.
Feeling the magical power slowly flowing within him, Li Feiyu couldn't help but think, "I wonder what grade of Cultivation Technique this Inferno Apex Meridian Art is; the magical power it Cultivates is actually filled with a scorching sensation."
He flicked his sleeve, and a magical power arrow shot out.
Boom~
The arm-thick tree opposite was severed in response, and its cut surface was filled with a burnt smell.
"The power is astonishing, with a scorching property; it's at least a High Grade Qi refining Cultivation Technique."
Li Feiyu ceased his Cultivation and checked his information.
[Spiritual Root: Gold, Wood, Water, Earth Pseudo-Spiritual Root, Fire Low Grade Spiritual Root]
[Innate Lifespan: Seven years]
[Human Lifespan: Five hundred eighty years]
Over the past half year, Li Feiyu occasionally went out to uphold justice.
At first, killing people was still a bit unaccustomed; psychologically, it wasn't as easy to accept as killing wild beasts, and it took him two full days to recover.
Later, he realized a truth: killing people was also saving people.
A fierce, brutal person with blood on his hands, if allowed to live, would certainly continue to kill in the future, possibly many innocent people.
Even if he didn't kill such a person, they would either die at the hands of someone with a sense of justice or at the hands of someone even more evil.
However, Li Feiyu would not kill for the sake of killing; he would only act when he encountered such situations.
Nor would he be overly sympathetic, always drawing his saber to help whenever he saw injustice.
He felt that such people in this world, whether in the Mortal world or the Cultivation world, were destined not to live long.
The Lifespan ability was indeed Heaven-Defying, but it could also easily lead one to lose oneself and sink into the Dao of killing, unable to extricate oneself.
Therefore, Li Feiyu constantly reminded himself to uphold his bottom line.
For this, he even set rules for himself.
Those whose actions exceeded his tolerance could be killed!
Those who provoked him and harbored ill intentions towards him should be killed!
Those who bullied his friends and family must be killed!
As for the killer, hehe, it's Old devil Han!
"Anyway, Han Li often uses my name, and he's probably using it now. So, this reciprocal courtesy isn't excessive, is it?"
Li Feiyu's lips curved into a smile, and he began to attempt a second Spiritual Root purification.