Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch

The Divine Continent.

On the boundless sea, as the space distorted and rippled, two figures slowly walked out.

"Do we really have to go this far?"

The voice of the Divine Lord of Ten Thousand Paths was gentle like a spring breeze and drizzling rain, slowly resounding.

"We still don't know if the barrier left by the Heavenly Lord will be broken."

"Furthermore... even if it is broken, it will be another hundred years before the next eclipse. In the Ten Thousand Paths Pavilion of my commercial guild, there are several geniuses whose talents are not weaker than ours."

"Give them another hundred years, and they might be able to resist those self-proclaimed celestial beings!"

"Hehe..."

The Lord of the Demon Temple couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

"Sister, can you stop holding on to these unrealistic fantasies?"

"The Heavenly Lord has been suppressing and guarding this realm for nearly three thousand years to protect the Five Continents."

"Now that three thousand years have passed, those so-called geniuses are like fish in a river, appearing one after another. Not to mention reaching that realm, there hasn't been a single one as high as you and me in these three thousand years!"

"Do you think there will be more in the remaining hundred years?"

"They are different!"

"Give me a little more time! I will prove that I am right!"

The Divine Lord of Ten Thousand Paths spoke with a firm tone, with a hint of determination that could not be refused on his face.

"Considering that we are fellow disciples, I will give you another hundred years. Before the next eclipse appears, regardless of the result, I will break the barrier of the Five Continents!"

The Lord of the Demon Temple spoke indifferently.

In the next moment, his figure gradually began to become illusory.

When he was about to disappear, a cold voice resounded in this corner of the world once again.

"Qinghua, this person is absolutely untrustworthy. If you don't want to destroy the thousands of years of foundation of the commercial guild, you better be on guard!"

As the voice fell, the Lord of the Demon Temple completely disappeared into the void.

The Divine Lord of Ten Thousand Paths' gaze slightly darkened.

"Qinghua Divine Lord..."

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Roar!!

By the azure lake, the giant beast roared repeatedly towards Ji Boying in the center of the lake.

The terrifying sound waves caused ripples on the calm lake surface, and even the scripture in front of Ji Boying was flipping around.

At this moment, there was less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before it ended.

However...

Ji Boying still hadn't grasped the key.

"I can already draw it on the talisman paper, so why can't I succeed once it leaves the paper?!"

"Where did I go wrong?!"

Ji Boying looked at the half-drawn runes in the air that were already dissipating, and couldn't help but feel a sense of impatience.

Just as he was at a loss...

A clear and melodious voice sounded in his ears.

"Don't focus too much on the runes themselves. If you can draw them on the talisman paper, naturally you can draw them in the air. Why can you do it on the paper but not in the air? Is it a problem with the runes themselves?"

"Not a problem with the runes themselves?"

Ji Boying looked at the talisman paper in front of him, then looked at the dissipating runes in front of him, as if he understood something, but...

It seemed like he didn't understand anything at all.

"It's not a problem with the runes themselves... then where is the problem?"

"Why can I draw the runes on the talisman paper but not in the air? What's the difference between the two?"

"This simplified version of the Small Five Thunder Talisman only requires a few strokes, and it only needs the Integrated Union Spirit Pattern to be drawn five times. It can be said that the talisman itself is not complicated, and the required runes are not complicated either."

"But I still failed, I still couldn't succeed..."

Thinking left and right, still unable to grasp the key, Ji Boying simply cleared his mind and closed his eyes to rest.

After about half a cup of tea's time, Ji Boying slowly opened his eyes.

He picked up the brush again and sketched runes in the void.

However, this time he didn't choose to complete the runes all at once, but instead deconstructed and drew them individually.

The runes he sketched were a simplified version of the Binghuo Yanglei, with the entire rune consisting of only three Integrated Union spirit lines of fire and thunder. Compared to the complete version of the Binghuo Yanglei, it was simplified by dozens or even hundreds of times!

Ji Boying arranged the three spirit lines in front of him one by one, leaving a blank space and sketching it separately.

But this time, he didn't complete the runes by stacking them, but chose to deconstruct them and add them one by one.

The first layer was no problem, just a casual stroke of the brush and it became a rune.

The second stroke was just as easy.

The third stroke was the same.

Huh?

The third stroke?

Ji Boying was slightly startled, looking at the rune that had condensed in front of him, as if he was dreaming.

"It... it worked?!"

"What's going on?"

"Wait!"

Ji Boying suddenly realized something and quickly picked up the brush again to sketch.

This time, he didn't deconstruct and add them, but completed the runes all at once.

In just a few dozen breaths, another simplified version of the Binghuo Yanglei floated in front of him.

"I understand!"

"It's the medium!"

"I didn't think of such a simple question!"

Ji Boying couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He waved his hand and two simplified versions of the Binghuo Yanglei flew towards the roaring beast on the shore.

With a loud bang, flames soared into the sky, accompanied by a violent explosion of thunder elements. The third-stage monster let out a miserable scream.

On the flying boat, Su Ling saw this scene and nodded slightly.

In the time it took for an incense stick to burn, to condense the simplified version of the Binghuo Yanglei like this, it was enough to be called a genius.

With this in mind, she controlled the flying boat to hover beside the lake and said:

"You barely passed the assessment."

"However... there are still many problems."

Saying that, Su Ling threw a jade slip to Ji Boying and continued:

"On this slip are the problems I recorded. You can take a look at them when you go back."

"Also, you can ask me about any problems you encountered while comprehending the annotations."

Ji Boying took the jade slip and said softly:

"There is indeed a question I would like to ask Fellow Daoist Su."

"From the beginning of drawing the Integrated Union spirit lines, I always felt that the ones I drew were different from the ones in the symbol scriptures, but I couldn't explain the specific differences."

"At first, I thought I just wasn't skilled enough, but... as I deepened my understanding of the spirit lines and comprehended the annotations Fellow Daoist Su gave me, I have reached a state where I can freely and naturally draw Integrated Union spirit lines of the fifth rank and below."

"But the spirit lines I drew are still different from the ones in the diagrams. This difference is not in the style or charm of the spirit lines themselves. In fact, the spirit lines I drew have their own unique style. But... in the diagrams and the spirit line examples Fellow Daoist Su gave me, there is a common point that I don't have."

"As for what this common point is, I can't say it for the time being."

"Can Fellow Daoist Su understand what I'm saying?"

Su Ling didn't speak, but instead casually drew two identical Thunderfire Integrated Union spirit lines in the air.

"Is this what you mean by the difference?"