Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 115 Shifting Stars and Changing Constellations: Depriving One of Lifespan

"No!"

Feeling his life rapidly slipping away, Zuo Qingren struggled frantically and shouted:

"Old Li, save me!"

The voice came from the chaotic firelight, and several witnesses could hear it, their faces filled with astonishment.

"Is this what he is?"

The group looked at Old Li, who withdrew the shock from his eyes, snorted coldly, leaned back, and closed his eyes.

"I didn't hear anything."

Everyone
The Heavenly Dao Divine Power – Shifting Stars and Changing Constellations: It can change the constellations, obscure and tamper with the secrets of heaven. It is said that when heaven has a murderous intent, it shifts stars and changes constellations. The secrets of heaven are like the will of heaven. When a sage enlightens the mind, it is the secret of heaven, which is the great art of life and death.

This is a deeper level of the profound mystery of the Heavenly Dao's divine power, combined with the magic power of the Earth Immortal True Dragon, forcibly transferring Zuo Qingren's lifespan.

With a single touch of the dragon's claw, ten years of a person's lifespan would be transferred, causing them to age considerably.

With a series of six finger strikes, just as the explosion's flames were about to fade and no longer conceal the true form of the dragon, Su Yu withdrew his dragon form and transformed back into human form.

However, the lifespan that Zuo Qingren had been deprived of could not be returned. In a short while, he had transformed from a young man into an old man with a full head of white hair, a face full of wrinkles, and his life force had also plummeted.

Once Su Yu returned to human form, he struck down with his palm, shattering the protective Ruyi Demon Pearl along with the protective equipment and robes. The already broken Zuo Qingren was completely powerless to fight back and was killed by Su Yu's palm strike.

As soon as he died, the two polar magnetic wheels in the air disappeared, and the two flying swords, Benlei Wanjun and the Vajra Wheel, returned to his control.

Two magical artifacts were destroyed: the seventh-tier Ruyi Demon Pearl was shattered, and the eighth-tier Demon Fire Golden Canopy was blasted to pieces. A level 100 Fiend Corpse was lost, 60 years of lifespan were deprived of it, and 5 years of lifespan were lost upon death, for a total loss of 65 years.

The dual-element magnetic wheel cannot be forcibly taken; once a person dies, the magic weapon will automatically return to its owner.

In short, Zuo Qingren is now useless.

As people age and their vitality declines, their innate attributes decrease, and their experience gain is also affected, making leveling up much more difficult than when they were younger.

It is almost impossible to transcend tribulations and become an immortal within the remaining lifespan.

Yes, when a cultivator gets too old, they will receive a negative buff called "aging and fading beauty," which will cause their innate attributes to gradually decline and their experience gain to decrease significantly. While a normal person can gain 100% of the experience, with the "aging and fading beauty" negative buff, they can only gain 50% of the normal experience.

This effect intensifies with age, but can drop to as low as 10% experience gain, which essentially renders it useless.

Su Yu wasn't the kind of ruthless person. She had only killed Jiang Ming's trio once before and never thought of using this move.

However, since Zuo Qingren was ruthless and wanted to kill him to extort money from him, then he shouldn't blame Zuo Qingren for being unjust.

When the flames completely disappeared, Su Yu emerged from the demonic fire. The host, suppressing his shock, immediately shouted:
"The Divine Wind Gang wins. Please welcome the next contestant from the Myriad Poisons Gang to the stage."

At this moment, the royal palace was ashen-faced. Even Zuo Qingren had been defeated, and the last remaining ally was far inferior to Zuo Qingren, so he couldn't win either.

Meanwhile, the Shenfeng Gang was overjoyed. Gang leader Lin Qingfeng let out a long sigh of relief, his heart finally relaxing.
"Brother Su won!"

Li Qin raised her pretty face, clenched her fist, and said happily:

"I knew Brother Su wouldn't lose so easily."

Luo Qingchan remained silent, but her eyes were filled with astonishment. Her starry eyes gleamed as she looked Su Yu up and down, as if she were meeting her for the first time.

"Please welcome the next contestant from the Ten Thousand Poisons Gang to the stage!"

The host's voice rang out again, and everyone looked toward the palace of the Ten Thousand Poisons Gang.

At this moment, the company commander looked dejected and shook his head in frustration, saying:
"I surrender!"

Cheers immediately erupted from the Kamikaze Gang's side.

"we won!"

At this moment, the three witnesses stood up, exchanged glances, and said in a deep voice:

"I hereby declare that the Divine Wind Gang has won this sword duel, and this Gu Abyss shall belong to the Divine Wind Gang from this day forward."

At this moment, several witnesses arrived at the Divine Wind Gang's side. The rogue immortal in the middle approached Su Yu and said with a smile:
"This young friend is truly a hero. He is so young yet possesses such strength, which makes this old man feel ashamed."

Su Yu smiled and cupped his hands in greeting:
"Senior is so complimentary."

Su Yu's humility pleased the wandering immortal surnamed Li quite a bit. After a moment's thought, he transmitted his voice:

"Young friend, if you have nothing urgent to attend to, you'd better leave Ten Thousand Poisons Island as soon as possible."

Su Yu was slightly taken aback, and immediately asked:

"What do you mean, senior?"

"Zuo Qingren comes from the overseas Demon Prison Island. His family is very famous on the island. There are three Loose Immortals in the family. You should know the temper of demon cultivators. Zuo Qingren is one of the top young people in the Zuo family. He has the potential to become a Loose Immortal. If you cripple Zuo Qingren, they will definitely not let it go. They will definitely come knocking on your door afterward."

Su Yu raised an eyebrow and immediately cupped his hands in greeting:
"Thank you for your guidance, senior."

After thinking for a moment, he asked again:
"If I leave, will they take their anger out on the Kamikaze Gang?"

"No, that won't happen. It's common for guild teams to ask for help. When the Zuo family is in trouble, they also ask their friends for help. So the grudges between those who help won't involve the person who asked for help."

"Then I'm relieved."

After chatting with Li Jinghe for a while, the witnesses left one by one. Su Yu then turned around and told them Li Jinghe's admonition in their small group chat.

Zhang Chao immediately said, "We'll leave right away."

"I'll say goodbye to Chief Lin first; we can discuss this on the way."

"it is good."

Zhang Chao immediately found Lin Qingfeng and explained the situation. Lin Qingfeng did not try to stop him, and immediately took out the money he had prepared to trade with Zhang Chao, bowing to each of them with clasped hands in greeting:
"Thank you all for your help. Whenever you have time to visit Ten Thousand Poisons Island, our gang will welcome you with open arms!"

"You're too kind, see you later!"

"See you later!"

The group of people took off decisively and flew northward.

On the airship, Zhang Chao said with a smile:
"Chief Lin gave a total of 1800 gold. Brother Su was the one who mainly fought in this battle. The rest of us didn't do anything. Here's what I'm thinking: each of us five should get 200 gold, which adds up to exactly 1000 gold. We can give the remaining 800 gold to Brother Su. How about that?"

Su Yu quickly waved her hand and said:
"That won't do. We agreed to split it equally, so we can't."

Before he could finish speaking, Yao Chenfeng interrupted him, raising his hand and saying:
"I think it's fine. I just played a minor role and didn't even fight a single one. I feel unworthy of 200 gold."

Li Qin said with a smile:
"I agree too!"

Both Li Caihe and Luo Qingchan, who had always kept a low profile, nodded. Zhang Chao smiled and said:

"See, everyone agrees, so you don't need to be polite."

At this point, Su Yu had nothing to say and didn't insist. After trading 800 taels of gold, he said:

"When we get back to the island, I'll treat everyone to a big meal."

"That's no problem."

At the bow of the flying boat, Su Yu and Zhang Chao stood side by side. Zhang Chao said in a deep voice:
"Prisoner Island is a large island overseas, second only to Flying Star Island. Demonic cultivators are prevalent on the island, and its overall strength is very powerful. It is said that there is a demonic cultivator at the Earth Immortal level on the island, but it is unknown whether this is true or not."

"The Zuo family is a well-known demonic cultivation family on Prison Demon Island. There are three Loose Immortal-level demonic cultivators in the family, and their overall strength is quite good."

"Of course, it can't compare to Mingsu Palace or our Canglan Pavilion."

"But demonic cultivators are different from other cultivators. They don't follow the rules. Righteous cultivators still believe in not bullying the weak, but demonic cultivators don't have this concept. If you offend them, they will retaliate. If once doesn't work, they will come twice, and if twice doesn't work, they will come three times. If they can't handle those below the Loose Immortal level, they will personally take action. It's very troublesome."

"Of course, don't worry too much. It's just that we killed him once and damaged two magic items. With the guild stepping in, there won't be any problems."

"It's best if nothing happens."

Su Yu pursed her lips. Zhang Chao thought he had only killed Zuo Qingren once and damaged two magic weapons, but he didn't know that he had crippled Zuo Qingren.

If I had known, I probably wouldn't have been so calm.

However, the matter wouldn't be too serious. They had all used props to conceal their true identities. With the ability to shift stars and change constellations, they couldn't be detected by celestial magic and could only be found using brute force.

It's possible to know they come from the Canglan Gang by looking at the players in the Shenfeng Gang, but it's difficult to determine their specific identities.

By the time they painstakingly confirmed their identities, it would be too late.

To put it another way, each of them has a respectable identity. If they were actually found, the Zuo family might not necessarily stand up to Mingsu Palace for the sake of a crippled Zuo Qingren.

Moreover, I am not without the power to retaliate. If they really provoke me, I can simply transform into a dragon and run to the Demon Prison Island to wipe out the Zuo family.

Thinking of this, Su Yu let out a sigh of relief.

With a flick of his right hand, a peach-shaped object composed of countless fine runes appeared in his palm.

Human Longevity Fruit (Heavenly Treasure): A rare treasure made from pure life essence; consuming it can increase one's lifespan by 60 years.

Note: Lifespan can be increased beyond the target's lifespan limit, and the maximum lifespan increase varies depending on the target's cultivation level and age.

The artifact, formed by the Heavenly Dao's supernatural power of shifting stars and changing constellations, which deprived Zuo Qingren of 60 years of his lifespan, possesses the power to prolong life.

This thing.
Its value is probably several thousand gold pieces.

There are actually quite a few rare and precious materials that can simply increase lifespan, and their prices vary greatly, ranging from a few dozen gold coins to several thousand or even tens of thousands of gold coins. The longevity fruit that he condensed using the divine power of the Heavenly Dao is also one of the best among the many rare and precious materials that can increase lifespan.

The increase in lifespan is not much, only 60 years, far less than those top-grade natural treasures that can add hundreds or thousands of years to one's lifespan.

But this thing can exceed the target lifespan limit.

Normal life-extending items cannot exceed the upper limit of lifespan. A normal person can live to 120 years old. Even if you consume a rare and precious herb that can increase your lifespan by 500 years, you can only increase your lifespan to 120 years. The extra hundreds of years are a waste.

However, this Longevity Fruit can increase the lifespan of an ordinary person to 120 + 60 = 180 years, which is its greatest value.

This was also the first time Su Yu had used this Heavenly Dao Divine Power's killing technique, and he never expected to obtain such a treasure.

I should have known it earlier.
Well, I knew better than to use it so casually, because using this trick will reduce your merit.

For every year of life lost, one loses a bit of merit.

He has already lost 60 merit points by depriving Zuo Qingren of his lifespan.

However, Zuo Qingren was a demonic cultivator, and was full of evil deeds. Killing him yielded a total of forty-three merit points, which, after offsetting, only resulted in a loss of seventeen merit points.

It's also worth mentioning that Zuo Qingren dropped 9 pieces of loot after his death, which was the maximum possible amount.

The majority of the spoils consisted of materials needed by demonic cultivators and two demonic artifacts, the most valuable of which was the broken Demonic Fire Golden Banner.

(End of this chapter)