Chapter 395: Redeeming a Semi-Saint! _3
Li Nuo's gaze slightly narrowed, because this gray-robed old man looked exactly like Ximen Du!
Dongfang Xuan's expression was grave, and he slowly uttered a few words: "Ximen Gu..."
The two Semi-Saints of the Ximen family from the Yin Yang School were a pair of twins. In his younger days, he had dealt with them quite a bit.
What made his heart sink even further was the presence of a Martial Path Semi-Saint aura emanating from the black-clothed man beside Ximen Gu.
Li Nuo also took note of that man in black clothing.
The feeling the man gave him was not weaker than that of his master.
A small Yue Country had actually gathered four Semi-Saints...
In the distance, the faces of the Grandmasters from the Zhao Country and Daxia's Martial Arts world also grew increasingly solemn. Even though they were separated by a thousand zhang, they could still feel that awe-inspiring aura. No one had expected that what was thought to be a very easy task would involve both the Yin Yang School and a Martial Path Semi-Saint!
Many people's footsteps moved slightly, but ultimately, none dared to approach.
Ximen Gu, supporting Ximen Du, glanced at Dongfang Xuan, who was being supported by Li Nuo across from them. Without needing to ask, he already knew what had happened.
Early this morning, he had felt somewhat unsettled. After casting several divinations, although they revealed nothing unusual, the bond between brothers led him to sense his brother in Yue Country could be in trouble.
As it happened, an old friend was visiting the Ximen family, and he had asked him to come along.
He didn't say much, but while holding Ximen Du's hand, his own appearance gradually became older. However, some wrinkles on Ximen Du's face began to slowly disappear.
Seeing this, Dongfang Xuan's heart completely sank.
Against a family of two Semi-Saints like the Ximen's, he alone was powerless to contend.
He was depleted, unable to assist Li Nuo any further...
His lifespan was extremely long, and the brothers Ximen Gu and Ximen Du couldn't threaten him, but on the opposite side, there was still a Martial Path Semi-Saint...
The black-clothed middle-aged man next to Ximen Gu gazed at the young man across from him, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.
The last time, he had been requested by the court to hunt down this person, only to be intercepted midway by a mysterious figure.
That mysterious person was using him to contact the Emperor to negotiate the creation of Lifespan Extension Pills with the blood of the nobles. Although the reason was sufficient, it indirectly disrupted his task...
Unexpectedly, today in Yue Country, he encountered the target of his task once more.
He glanced into the distance; even over sixty Martial Arts Grandmasters posed no threat to him and could be ignored.
Facing the three Semi-Saints of the Wei Country, there was no trace of panic on Li Nuo's face.
Though his lifespan was indeed long, it was built on accumulating cases and heads, and given a chance, Li Nuo preferred to conserve some of it.
However, when Senior Dongfang chose self-sacrifice, he had no choice but to act.
Supporting Dongfang Xuan, Li Nuo asked, "Is one hundred years enough?"
Dongfang Xuan's hearing had weakened, unable to hear what was said clearly, he responded in confusion: "What?"
As soon as the words fell, his body shuddered slightly, feeling the rapidly returning strength he had lost.
In an instant, he recovered to the state before sacrificing his lifespan for mutual destruction with Ximen Du.
But it did not stop there.
His originally white hair quickly turned black, within two breaths completely transforming into black hair.
At the same time, the wrinkles on his face rapidly vanished, soon leaving not a single line, turning from old age to middle age, and finally stopping at a youthful age...
Witnessing this scene, the three Semi-Saints opposite froze in place.
Brothers Ximen Gu and Ximen Du were filled with disbelief.
Just now, they sensed the aura of a Yin Yang School Semi-Saint from that young man.
Though it was brief, it was indeed that of a Yin Yang School Semi-Saint!
Moreover, Dongfang Xuan's transformation left them even more astonished.
To make Dongfang Xuan, who had depleted his lifespan, appear youthful, someone must have granted him at least a hundred years of life span!
Could this young man possess an endless lifespan?
At this moment, the power of the Yin Yang School Sixth Realm within Li Nuo had completely vanished.
Along with it went nearly one hundred and thirty years of his lifespan.
His earlier speculation was correct; exchanging for the power at the Sixth Realm required consuming ten thousand days.
Moreover, granting Senior Dongfang a hundred years, within just a few breaths, his life span dwindled to just over a thousand years...
The price of ten thousand days could only wield the means of a Yin Yang School Semi-Saint once.
Without hesitation, Li Nuo initiated another exchange.
Aging again was visibly apparent on Ximen Du, who had just received his brother's lifespan.
Even Ximen Gu, who was already significantly old, continued to age progressively.
Soon, the two brothers became as decrepit as old men close to their graves, unable to even straighten their backs.
The black-clothed man watching this, even as a Martial Path Semi-Saint, felt a chill down his spine, his expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in shock.
"There's surely a misunderstanding!"
"Can you please withdraw your divine skill?"
"Let's not act rashly; we can discuss any terms!"
...
Li Nuo looked at this Martial Grandmaster and decided not to continue consuming his lifespan.
He merely stripped the Ximen brothers of ten years of their lifespan each, but at a cost to him of nearly eighty years of life, and each exchange of the Sixth Realm cultivation diminished one's basic lifespan by ten thousand days irrespective of usage.
In this short time, he had lost over two hundred years of life span.
Martial Artists had a much longer lifespan than those of the Yin Yang School, and using the same method on him would probably consume at least a hundred years of lifespan.
With Senior Dongfang present, he couldn't stir much trouble for the moment.
Moreover, Li Nuo had some questions for him.
Looking at the Ximen brothers, who had instantaneously aged dramatically, the black-clothed man felt extreme fear and grievance. Why did such incidents always happen to him?
The last mysterious person forced him to eat something unknown, compelling him to do his bidding.
This eerie young man, with his uncanny means of a Yin Yang School Semi-Saint, could seize a Semi-Saint's lifespan without impacting himself at all...
What on earth was happening to this world?