Chapter 126: Evil Method of Taking Life

Wu Xian took the pill with a face full of gratitude, but didn't take it in front of the physician.

For one thing, he had no injuries on his body at all.

For another, having learned the lesson from eating the longevity peach last time, Wu Xian planned to check the effect of this pill on the degree before eating it. He didn't want to get another negative buff inexplicably.

As for the choice of using life to exchange for potential...

There is nothing to think about here.

Although lifespan is precious, Wu Xian still has 26 years of lifespan left; he is not an old man about to die, so there is no need to be so stingy. It is more important to survive now; after all, even if you accumulate a lot of lifespan, you will still die if you are eaten dry by malevolent entities.

But how is the physician's so-called activation of potential activated?

Is it really potential just because he says it is?

If he says he will extract one year of lifespan, will he really only extract one year?

Trusting others casually in the Fudi is a big taboo.

Wu Xian pondered for a while, considering that he had eaten the Longevity Peach, he should be a little safer than others, so he said to the physician.

"If I let you extract a few more years at once, can you stimulate more of my potential?"

Upon hearing this, a flash of joy and madness crossed the physician's eyes, but this madness quickly dissipated, and his eyes became clear and transparent again.

"Young man, don't be too greedy, and don't take your own life too lightly."

"One year of lifespan for one potential, do you want to trade or not?"

Wu Xian smacked his lips: "Then let's trade."

Having obtained Wu Xian's consent, the physician rolled up his sleeves, took out a brush, drew a ten-centimeter-long ink mark on his arm, and then placed his hand on Wu Xian's wrist.

At this moment.

Wu Xian felt that he was wrapped by something, cold and dry; while tightly clamped, there was also a strange tactile sensation, and it seemed that something was constantly squirming around.

Then Wu Xian's wrist suddenly had a strange feeling, as if something was flowing out from his wrist.

Wu Xian's state began to deteriorate at a speed visible to the naked eye; those things that were lost were all the essence of the human body, and Wu Xian's state began to deteriorate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His skin became dry and yellow, wrinkles appeared, his eyes became cloudy, and there were even strands of white hair on his head.

He suddenly understood.

The so-called extraction of lifespan is not like in the Heaven of Separation from Hatred, just a numerical change, as simple as changing 26 to 25.

The physician extracts life force until the life Wu Xian lost makes him live one year less!

But besides weakness.

Wu Xian's body also underwent other changes.

While his lifespan was being extracted, other things entered Wu Xian's body from his wrist; those things made Wu Xian's cells active and produced some kind of mysterious change.

A red line appeared before Wu Xian's eyes.

This red line hesitated, and there were three forks ahead:

Born with thick skin!

Born with divine speed!

Born with natural beauty!

Wu Xian quickly glanced at his wrist; the ink mark on his wrist was gradually turning red. This ink mark should represent one year of lifespan. The red line was moving fast, and he had to make a choice before the red line reached the end.

Time waits for no one.

Wu Xian only had time for a brief thought before choosing "Born with thick skin."

Afterward, the red line continued to move forward, and Wu Xian's skin began to itch unbearably. Some mysterious change was taking place; this feeling was completely different from the mutation brought by god-worship, more like the evolution of the body itself.

Crack!

The red line finally finished walking the entire ink mark.

But the physician had no intention of stopping; he was still constantly extracting Wu Xian's essence, and the red line began to spread outward.

The physician's face was full of excitement.

"So that's how it is..."

"It's actually so refreshing!"

"No wonder Fairy Liu would be addicted to it, even I... this is much faster than hard cultivation!"

The physician's expression became increasingly abstract; it was no longer just twisted, but also squirming and rippling like waves, far more creepy and disgusting than a malicious ghost.

Seeing him so addicted, Wu Xian hurriedly reminded him: "Physician, you should stop!"

But the physician seemed not to have heard Wu Xian's words at all and was still extracting frantically, so Wu Xian had no choice but to activate the "Wily Armor."

Hiss!

The spikes on his wrist pierced the physician's fingers.

The physician's expression dazed for a moment, and he finally took his fingers off Wu Xian's wrist. The red line on his arm swished back, and the lifespan Wu Xian had just lost was instantly fully restored.

The physician was suddenly startled again.

"Didn't succeed?"

"How is this possible? I clearly extracted lifespan, why didn't I feel the growth of Dao practice?"

"This shouldn't be... I..."

Slap, slap, slap!

The physician suddenly looked horrified, slapped himself more than a dozen times, his eyes gradually became clear again, and he muttered to himself with lingering fear.

"It's too terrifying. I finally understand Fairy Liu. It is indeed very difficult for us monsters to resist that kind of temptation."

"If the spell hadn't failed, just that moment of effort would have been equal to a year of my hard cultivation. I am like this, let alone the likes of Fairy Liu."

"No wonder her Dao practice surpassed mine so quickly."

"This evil method of absorbing lifespan will lead us all into the abyss; I can't try it again!"

Although the physician seemed to have awakened and what he said was very rational, after he stopped absorbing lifespan, he didn't look at Wu Xian, nor did he communicate with Wu Xian!

He was just muttering to himself in addiction.

In Wu Xian's view, the physician was completely addicted and had not walked out of that evil method.

Wu Xian was afraid that the physician would experiment on him again, so he hurriedly bowed.

"Thank you, Physician. The transaction is complete, I won't disturb you anymore."

After saying this, Wu Xian slowly backed away facing the physician. The physician did not keep Wu Xian but was shaking his head and pondering, seemingly unable to believe that his spell had failed.

"Thank you, Physician. The transaction is complete, I'm leaving now."

After retreating a distance.

Wu Xian suddenly heard a squirming sound in the cell.

So he quietly leaned his head down and took a look below. What he saw this time was completely different from before.

In the pitch-black cell, there was no wandering physician with a celestial air, only a black giant leech several meters long!

The giant leech circled in the cell, its upper body standing upright, constantly shaking its head.

"Could it be that I need to add a spell?"

Wu Xian suddenly had goosebumps all over his body.

It turned out that the giant leech had been lying on his wrist to suck his lifespan, and that tight wrapping feeling came from the giant leech's entanglement!

The giant leech suddenly turned around, and its front body actually had a human face with a beard, and the human eyes on its head showed a look of surprise.

"Young man, so you haven't left yet!"

"Great, hurry up and cooperate with me to try again. I feel like I'm about to find the key..."

Slap!

Wu Xian closed the door.

The lock that had just been opened automatically locked again; it could only be opened with another key. One could only hear the knocking on the door from inside, but the physician could not come out no matter what.

(End of chapter)