Chapter 104: Chapter 104
Chapter 104: The Power of Preserving Youth and Longevity!
Wang Yuyan’s eyes brimmed with tears as she ran off in haste.
Her heart felt unbearably sad.
In the past, although her mother had always been strict, she had never scolded her so harshly and without reason as she just had.
She had only wanted to show some concern for her mother.
Why was her mother not the least bit…
Recalling that sharp rebuke just now, Wang Yuyan suddenly broke into sobs with a wu!
Meanwhile,Inside the room, Madam Wang shut the door, listening as Wang Yuyan’s footsteps gradually faded away.
Her heart pounded wildly, her expression somewhat flustered.
Yuyan had already caught sight of him just now.
Could she have guessed something?
No, that’s not right!
She hadn’t done anything improper, so what was there to guess at?
She was overthinking!
Besides, Yuyan was rather simple-minded. Surely, she wouldn’t…
At this thought, Madam Wang finally exhaled a shaky breath, her chest slowly rising and falling.
After quite some time, she collected her thoughts and walked forward with delicate steps.
There she saw Fang Han leaning over the desk, writing down the passage of a cultivation formula they had just practiced. She bit her lip gently.
She had been so flustered earlier, yet he seemed not to care in the slightest.
It only made her appear… as if she had been overreacting.
Feeling somewhat sulky, she sat down on the stool opposite Fang Han.
She watched for quite a while. When she saw him finally finish writing and put down the brush, she deliberately turned her head away, refusing to look at him.
Fang Han raised his head and, seeing her sulky expression, shook his head slightly and said: “Is that really necessary?”
Hearing this, Madam Wang’s face showed some embarrassment.
She said awkwardly: “What I do… what does it have to do with you…”
She had indeed panicked just now.
In her fluster, her words had come out harshly.
Her daughter Yuyan was probably quite upset now.
Later on… she would have to comfort her properly.
After a long pause, she noticed Fang Han still hadn’t spoken.
Madam Wang began to feel uneasy. Could it be that he’s angry?
Was it because her words earlier had been too sharp, or because he disliked her manner just now…
Unable to resist, she glanced back, only to see Fang Han seemingly putting away the manuals. Her heart tightened, and she bit her lip, saying: “You’re not going to practice today?”
Her expression grew slightly solemn as she added: “I—I feel that my earlier practice might have been somewhat improper. Yuyan… Well, my daughter suddenly spoke just now, which caused me to make a mistake in my breathing. Why don’t we practice again?”
This is only to continue cultivating the Xiao Wuxiang Gong, she reassured herself. That’s why I’m trying to keep him here—not for any other reason. He mustn’t misunderstand.
But even as she said it, her heart beat nervously.
Fang Han set aside the manuals and looked at Madam Wang thoughtfully, studying her closely.
Day by day, she appeared more beautiful, her makeup more refined and subtle. He gave a light nod and said: “Very well.”
Hearing this, Madam Wang’s eyes curved slightly in relief.
Yet after a long while, he still hadn’t transferred any inner force over.
Madam Wang opened her eyes in puzzlement and looked at him.
“This place isn’t suitable. How about over there?”
Following the direction he indicated, Madam Wang stared blankly for a moment, not speaking.
But when Fang Han stood up, she too rose to her feet.
By the time the two of them returned to the place where they had previously sat to meditate and study Xiao Wuxiang Gong, the sky had already darkened.
They exchanged no words. After a while, now dressed in a pale-yellow gown, Madam Wang softly scolded: “You scoundrel, lodging in my home and yet bullying me—how hateful you are!”
Though she said “hateful,” her brows and eyes held no sign of real anger.
Fang Han’s expression was calm, and he did not respond.
Looking down at the manual, he said clearly: “Speaking of cultivating Xiao Wuxiang Gong, the remaining formulas are actually not many. I’ve thought of a method of practice that might allow faster progress. Do you want to try it?”
His true intention was indeed to help her master Xiao Wuxiang Gong more quickly, so that he could sort it out sooner as well.
But Madam Wang, upon hearing it, misunderstood—thinking Fang Han wished to finish their connection as quickly as possible.
Her expression darkened, her eyes reddening.
Muttering under her breath, she grumbled that she was old and fading, unable to hold on to him; that once a man had taken what he wanted, he would grow heartless; that she ought to kill this damned man and use him as fertilizer for flowers…
Do you even hear yourself right now?
Was this a wuxia-style version of a humblebrag?
After the classic self-deprecations of “plain and ordinary,” “youth long gone,” and “ugly beyond compare,” now came another: “old and faded Li Qingluo”?
Leaving aside her actual beauty, the very cultivation of Xiao Wuxiang Gong—this divine skill of the Xiaoyao Sect—absolutely did not allow for talk of “youth gone” or “fading beauty”!
In the original tale, Madam Wang’s mother, Li Qiushui, was already eighty or ninety years old yet still retained her youthful looks.
Her father, Wu Yazi, before transferring all his power to Xuzhu, was likewise still handsome and dashing, with black hair and beard.
This proves that the martial arts of the Xiaoyao Sect truly possessed extraordinary powers of preserving youth and prolonging life!
Why was the Xiaoyao Sect often compared to an immortal sect?
Because of this very point—it already set them apart from the ordinary!
Ordinary inner cultivation methods could never have such miraculous effects.
Even the supreme skills of great sects rarely achieved this.
But the Xiaoyao Sect not only had it—nearly all of their arts contained this effect!
Their three great legacies:
Bahuang Liuhe Weiwo Duzun Gong!
Not a single inheritor of these three divine arts had ever grown old before their death!
Wu Yazi and Li Qiushui were already astonishing enough. But there was an even more incredible example!
Tianshan Tonglao—over ninety years old, nearly a hundred, yet appearing as a little girl!
The thirty-six cave lords and seventy-two island lords—these seasoned veterans of the jianghu—when confronted with the captured Tianshan Tonglao, not a single one detected anything strange or wrong.
This meant it was real—without the slightest flaw!
And most crucially, Bahuang Liuhe Weiwo Duzun Gong caused its cultivators to shed their skill every thirty years, returning to youth again!
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Moreover, in the original story, the deaths of the Three Elders of the Xiaoyao Sect all came from exhausting their skill.
Wu Yazi directly transferred all his inner strength to Xuzhu.
Li Qiushui and Tianshan Tonglao had ninety percent of their inner force sealed away within Xuzhu, never to return.
Once their skill dissipated, only then did their bodies reveal old age.
Otherwise—far from growing old—they might well have lived on for even longer!
As for Madam Wang now, she was already on the verge of mastering the complete Xiao Wuxiang Gong.
As long as she continued diligent daily practice, and her skill grew strong…
Even decades later, she could still appear exactly as she did today.
And to speak of “old and faded”? How laughable!
You’re in your early thirties—still so young—and already calling yourself “old and faded”!
Then what about me, an old man?
Should I be “reliving the wild youth of my past”?
Hm. Put that way, it actually sounds… rather reasonable.