Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch

Outside the outskirts of the Azure Dragon Immortal City, on top of a mountain peak, Ji Boying, Su Xiao, and Su Ling stood facing each other.

Above them, there was a small floating airship.

Su Xiao whispered to Ji Boying, "Master Ji, this is where I'll leave you."

Ji Boying nodded slightly in response and said, "Very well... I wish you a smooth journey, Su Protector!"

"Hahaha, thank you, Master Ji!"

Su Xiao laughed heartily, as if remembering something.

"I almost forgot, I've applied for something on behalf of Master Ji at headquarters, but it won't arrive until a month later. Please remember to pick it up then."

"It's getting late, I should be going too. Goodbye, Master Ji!"

Without waiting for Ji Boying to ask anything, Su Xiao bid farewell and swiftly rose into the air, landing directly on the airship.

Not long after...

The airship shook violently and then turned into a streak of light, disappearing into the distant horizon.

"Applied for something?"

"What is it?"

Ji Boying looked in the direction the airship had left, revealing a bitter smile.

"She's leaving with a cliffhanger."

Seeing that Su Xiao had already left, Su Ling glanced at Ji Boying and said, "Let's return to the base."

"Yes!"

Ji Boying nodded slightly.

The two of them then flew towards the direction of the main city, only descending to the ground and walking when they were near the outer city.

However...

Just as they were about to enter the city, several figures suddenly rushed out from the distant jungle.

Ji Boying was about to take action, but he saw that those people were not targeting him.

Moreover, judging from their appearance, it seemed like they were... running away?

Roar!

Suddenly, a beast's roar came from afar.

Immediately after, a cloud of dust rose from the jungle, and the dense trees trembled violently.

And the dust was getting closer and closer.

When they were near the edge of the jungle, Ji Boying saw a group of low-level demonic beasts rushing out like a torrent.

"This... is it a beast tide?"

Ji Boying couldn't help but speak.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Su Ling beside him said, "This is not a beast tide."

"Not a beast tide?"

Ji Boying was taken aback and asked, "Then what are these demonic beasts..."

"They have been frightened. There must be something terrifying in the jungle that scared them."

Su Ling spoke indifferently, her tone sounding somewhat disinterested, and even... a hint of disappointment?

Seeing this scene, Ji Boying's mouth twitched slightly, and then he continued walking towards the direction of the main city.

However...

Before they had gone far, another large group of demonic beasts rushed out from the other side of the jungle.

And this time...

The direction in which the demonic beasts were fleeing was towards them!

Moreover...

Behind this group of demonic beasts, there was even a second-stage late-stage demonic beast comparable to a Gold Core cultivator!

Ji Boying quickly took out a talisman, preparing to take action.

But at this moment, a purple figure blocked his path.

"Let me handle this!"

It was Su Ling who stood in front of him.

She looked at the approaching demonic beasts, and a glimmer of light gradually appeared in her originally lackluster eyes.

"To what extent have you mastered the Five Elements Spirit Pattern, Fellow Daoist Ji?"

Ji Boying was puzzled, hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "I can barely integrate up to the fourth level of the Spirit Pattern."

"Fourth level? That should be enough."

Su Ling muttered to herself in a low voice.

Roar!

Just as they were talking, the demonic beasts had already rushed in front of them.

At this moment, Su Ling's hands formed a sword gesture, and suddenly, a point of light appeared in the void.

In the next moment, a spiritual pattern that combined intense heat and ferocity suddenly appeared in the void.

Ji Boying widened his eyes.

"This thing can be drawn in mid-air?!"

Whoosh--

Just as Ji Boying was shocked, he saw Su Ling flick her finger, and in the next moment, that spiritual pattern, which was composed of four layers of integrated fire and thunder elements, burst out and directly landed among the group of ferocious beasts.

Boom!

There was a loud explosion, and raging flames and countless purple lightning bolts, resembling dragons and snakes, erupted.

In an instant, dozens of first and second-tier ferocious beasts were all turned into charred remains.

"Did you see clearly?"

Su Ling turned her head and looked at Ji Boying, asking.

Ji Boying nodded in response, then shook his head abruptly.

"Can Fellow Daoist Su do it again?"

Su Ling nodded slightly and said,

"This time, I will depict a four-layer integrated union pattern with Qi Refining spiritual power. Watch closely, Fellow Daoist Ji!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Ling began again.

However...

This time, the output of spiritual power from her fingertips was obviously weaker.

But in the blink of an eye, the four-layer fire and thunder spiritual pattern was once again drawn.

Although the speed was fast, Ji Boying seemed to have grasped a hint of its essence.

"Draw it again, Fellow Daoist Ji, and this time, you can draw it alongside me."

Su Ling's clear and melodious voice sounded in his ears, and Ji Boying quickly followed suit, starting to draw in mid-air.

However...

He didn't use his fingers, but chose to use a brush pen.

He couldn't do the delicate technique of using his fingers as a pen.

Buzz--

With a wave of spiritual power, Su Ling had already finished her drawing, but Ji Boying completely failed.

He couldn't even make the two types of spiritual power linger in the air, and the spiritual pattern completely collapsed.

Ji Boying looked at Su Ling beside him and saw her sneer.

"Fellow Daoist Ji, even if you have exceptional talent, it's impossible to succeed on the first try, right? Otherwise, how would those genius symbol cultivators at headquarters feel?"

Of course, those symbol cultivators didn't include herself!

Su Ling didn't say the last sentence out loud, mainly because she didn't want to undermine Ji Boying's confidence.

"Fellow Daoist Ji, continue. I have already dealt with most of the demonic beasts for you. It will take at least dozens of breaths for the rest to arrive. Fellow Daoist Ji still has time."

Upon hearing this, Ji Boying looked at the distant demonic beasts and then picked up the spiritual pen again, starting to draw spiritual patterns in mid-air.

Once.

Twice.

Thrice.

...

Thirty times!

Dozens of breaths passed in the blink of an eye, but Ji Boying still didn't succeed.

Su Ling, who was beside him, couldn't help but show a strange expression.

Is it really that difficult?

She saw her fingers swiftly moving in the void, and in no time, a complex symbol was drawn.

Ji Boying widened his eyes.

This is... the Wind Wall symbol?!

Drawing a two-star lower-grade symbol in mid-air, and completing it in an instant?!

Even if he were to do it on symbol paper, he couldn't achieve this in such a short amount of time!

What kind of monster is this Su symbol cultivator?!

Whoosh--

At this moment, a wall of wind rose up, directly blocking the demonic beasts in front of it.

Due to the shock, the demonic beasts were now crazily ramming into the wind wall as if they had gone mad.

And with each impact, the wind wall weakened.

With such continuous impacts, the wind wall would completely collapse in the time it takes to brew a cup of tea.

After setting up the wind wall, Su Ling also drew a few four-star lower-grade Power Restriction symbols and Spirit Suppression symbols in mid-air.

However, these two symbols did not fly towards the group of beasts, but directly landed on Ji Boying.

"Fellow Daoist Su, what do you mean by this?"

Ji Boying looked at Su Ling with confusion.

"If you want to break through, you must be in a crisis. I saw that Fellow Daoist Ji had already grasped the essence of drawing the spiritual pattern earlier, but the reason why you couldn't succeed was because you lacked a sense of crisis."

"I used the Power Restriction and Spirit Suppression symbols to suppress your spiritual power and physical body, forcing you to face a crisis and go all out!"

Su Ling said seriously, but there was a hint of cunning in her eyes.

"The wind wall will be breached in dozens of breaths. Fellow Daoist Ji, hurry up and draw the spiritual pattern!"