Ultimate Supreme Soldier King

"I! Did! Not!" Long Die gritted her teeth as she spoke.

Hearing Long Die's words, Su Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good! It seems you can still live for another year."

Good my ass!

Only having one year left to live, and you say that's good.

Long Die swore that in a moment, she would not only slap Su Chen to death but also whip his corpse!

"Of course, that's good. If you had a boyfriend, you'd only have one month left to live," Su Chen said earnestly.

"Kid, you think I'm easily scared?" Long Die took a step back and spoke indifferently.

"Scare you?" Su Chen snorted softly and said, "Have you been feeling like your stomach is in pain, as if it's about to explode?"

"How did you know?" Long Die asked in surprise.

"Of course, I know, and I also know..."

Hearing Su Chen's words.

Long Die was completely stunned.

How did this guy know about her condition?

"What exactly is going on?" Long Die was starting to believe Su Chen's words.

Su Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't ask me first, let me ask you, you have a master, and he's a male, right?"

"Right!" Long Die nodded.

"You started cultivating at the age of eight, right?"

"Right!" Long Die nodded again.

"Your cultivation speed is extremely fast, faster than anyone around you, right?"

"Right!"

"Although your master is several decades older than you, he looks as young as you, or even younger, right?"

"Right!"

"..."

The more Long Die answered, the more shocked she became.

Because Su Chen had described all her circumstances accurately, as if he had known her for a long time.

After getting Long Die's affirmative response, Su Chen sighed deeply and said, "You have been used as a Furnace Tripod."

"Furnace Tripod? What do you mean?" Long Die had never heard such a term before.

"Legend has it that in the Martial Cultivation World, there is a very evil cultivation technique. They enhance their own cultivation by devouring Furnace Tripods. They select eight-year-old girls, teach them the cultivation technique of the Furnace Tripod, wait for the girl to succeed in cultivation, and then claim all her cultivation for themselves – not just cultivation, but also the life of the girl will be devoured. That's why they look much younger than ordinary people..."

Long Die was dumbfounded.

She could never have imagined that such evil cultivation practices existed in the world.

"You mean, I am that selected girl?" After a long while, Long Die asked difficultly.

Su Chen nodded and said, "Exactly, and if I'm not mistaken, you had junior sisters, but they are all dead!"

Long Die didn't even want to ask how Su Chen knew anymore.

She just wanted to know what exactly was going on.

"The Furnace Tripod has a lifespan limit; three years per period. A general Furnace Tripod can only live for three years; a better one can reach six years, and only the especially superior ones might keep cultivating, but they too won't live past twenty-five years," Su Chen said seriously.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Long Die's forehead.

She indeed had junior sisters.

And not just one.

But, those junior sisters.

They were all dead.

Some died at fourteen, some at seventeen.

The youngest even died at eleven.

If what Su Chen said was true.

Then they were all devoured by their own master!

The reason she had lived up to now was that she was the most superior among the Furnace Tripods, able to keep cultivating.

But in the end, she could only live until twenty-five!

She was now twenty-four years old.

Which meant that when Su Chen said she could only live until twenty-five, he wasn't just scaring her!

Long Die was completely lost in stupor.

It seemed like she was unable to accept this outcome.

Initially, she shouldn't have believed Su Chen's absurd words.

But now she had no choice but to believe.

"Then why did he let me stay by Buddha Master's side?" Long Die asked through gritted teeth.

This was the only part she couldn't understand.

If that was the case.

Then why did her master still let her stay by the Buddha Master's side?

"There are two possibilities," Su Chen spoke.

"First, the task he asked you to do is extremely important, even more important than you, a Furnace Tripod who is about to reach her limit."

"Second, he knows that Buddha Master is incompetent."

"Huh? You are actually a spy lurking by Buddha Master's side!" Su Chen's eyes widened.

"I…" Long Die was stunned.

Hearing Su Chen's words, she had been engrossed in the fact that she was a Furnace Tripod.

She accidentally revealed her identity.

"Don't worry, as long as you obediently listen to me, I won't expose you," Su Chen said with a smile.

Long Die asked speechlessly, "Who exactly are you?"

"I am, of course, the person who can save you!" Su Che said.

"Save me?" Long Die looked at Su Chen with some confusion.

According to Su Chen, doesn't she have only one year left to live?

Either being devoured by her master or dying from an explosion...

"Yes, save you!"

Su Chen happened to know how to break the Furnace Tripod.

"Why do you want to save me?" A hint of wariness appeared in Long Die's eyes.

"Because, you are very pitiful."

Indeed, Furnace Tripods can be considered the most pitiful beings.

Because, they are generally orphans without parents, then are adopted, treated like daughters, and taught cultivation techniques.

Feeling that their lives have finally changed.

But when the Furnace Tripod matures, they are devoured alive by the people they regard as their fathers.

Usually, a Furnace Tripod surviving six years is already very remarkable.

For someone like Long Die, who lived to the age limit of twenty-four for a superior Furnace Tripod.

That's even rarer.

But because of this, she had known the person who adopted her for the longest time and had the deepest emotional connection.

When it was time to be harvested, the pain she endured was also the most intense.

Robbed of cultivation.

Even robbed of life...

PS: Wishing all the babies a happy Dragon Boat Festival!