[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples":3,"chapter-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-85":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Longevity Begins From Raising Disciples",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1531095,1988,"Chapter 85: Crossing Blades!","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-85",85,"\u003Cp>Wang Po suddenly turned her head,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknowingly, a silver-haired girl had silently appeared behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abandoned temple was dim, the moonlight ghastly pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s figure was slender, and her appearance bore a seven or eight out of ten resemblance to Xu Qingjun, yet her aura was completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her silver hair cascaded down, within the strands were faint crimson pupils, like fire, like blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold, ruthless, with a hint of maddening frenzy\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, she was tilting her head to scrutinize her, a morbid smile playing at the corners of her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl... who is this girl?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Po had never seen her before!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was sure this was not Xu Qingjun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could a little girl suddenly turn into a young woman?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... who are you? Where is Xu Qingjun?\" Wang Po shouted harshly, secretly clutching the magical artifact hidden in her sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hee hee...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl covered her mouth, giving a mocking laugh,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you talking about that crybaby, that fool who takes whatever comes? She was too noisy, so I let her sleep for a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for me? My name is — Xu Xinming!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Po, being a senior in the Myat Pill Pavilion for many years, quickly calmed down after a brief shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop pretending to be a god!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she had the cultivation of the third-layer of Qi Cultivation, how could she truly fear a mysterious little girl?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old woman like me, I don’t care who you are! Since you’re not that wretched girl, what’s the use of keeping you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of fierceness glared in Wang Po’s eyes as her withered palm, glowing faintly with spiritual light, mercilessly slammed towards Xu Xinming’s crown!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years of immersion in low-tier magic had taught her well, and this seemingly ordinary strike harbored sinister force, enough to shatter common stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with Wang Po’s wrathful blow, Xu Xinming’s smile only grew more excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of retreating, she advanced, her delicate figure nimbly sidestepping Wang Po’s palm strike in an incredible way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, her pale and slender fingertips suddenly gathered icy glimmers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swoosh! Swoosh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several translucent, unmatched sharp ice needles appeared out of thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sharp screech tearing through the air, they tore the dim darkness apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like arrows released from a bow, they aimed straight for Wang Po’s vital points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Condensation Needle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Po was appalled; she never anticipated that this seemingly fragile girl could instantly cast magic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No... it wasn’t instant; she had been secretly preparing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crazy girl!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an angry roar, Wang Po abandoned her attack, scrambling to defend herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small bronze mirror spun at her front, blocking the ice needles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ding ding ding!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ice needles clashed against the mirror, emitting crisp collision sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual light flickered, successfully fending them off, leaving only a few shallow white marks on the mirror surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After repelling the attack, Wang Po was initially stunned, then delightedly sensed the spiritual power fluctuation contained in the ice needles!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such weak power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Po suddenly laughed sinisterly, \"So, just a little trash at the first-layer of Qi Cultivation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was both shocked and delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl, calling herself Xu Xinming, had such ferocious, savage demeanor, yet her beauty was an otherworldly charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Po had thought she possessed some skill, but to end up being just a small fry who had just stepped into the first-layer of Qi Cultivation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to think she was momentarily intimidated by her earlier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reflecting on this, Wang Po’s heart settled, her sinister grin widening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers curled into claws, spiritual light flickering, stirring up a foul wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Wang Po’s surprise, Xu Xinming did not dodge, raising her slender arm to meet her spiritually powerful claw head-on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This madwoman!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of bone fracturing echoed sharply in the eerie silence of the abandoned temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xinming’s arm twisted at a bizarre angle, blood rapidly staining her thin sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stifled a groan of pain, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet those crimson eyes shone brightly, burning with even more delirium!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Wang Po felt a chill rise from the depths of her heart; despite having the upper hand, she was terrified by the girl’s life-for-life, pain-ignoring strategy, causing her to retreat repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she was old and had been complacent in the Myat Pill Pavilion for many years, long losing her youthful fervor and readiness to fight to the death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing such a frenzied opponent, how could she not feel fear?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Wang Po, filled with bewilderment, several more crystalline ice needles appeared out of nowhere, aiming for her face!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wang Po now understood the girl’s reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Decisively deploying the bronze mirror, ignoring the ice needles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Withered fingers clawed at the girl’s heart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to kill with one strike, to completely resolve this madwoman!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just as Wang Po’s claw was about to touch the girl’s body, water vapor suddenly enveloped around the girl!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Water Element Shield!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pale blue water shield rapidly formed, barely blocking Wang Po’s determined blow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Water Element Shield didn’t hold for long, as Wang Po’s spiritually powered claw shattered it with a powerful blow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exploding water shield turned into a cold mist, instantly cloaking Wang Po, temporarily obstructing her view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Po squinted her eyes, wary of Xu Xinming’s reckless mania, fearing she might use the icy mist to launch a sudden attack, retreating half a step with full vigilance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet to her surprise, as the mist cleared swiftly, the girl’s figure was already nowhere to be seen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All she saw was that the seemingly do-or-die girl had grabbed the empty basket on the ground just as the water shield shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her figure darted out of the decrepit temple like an arrow released from a bowstring, disappearing in a few swift movements into the vast wind and snow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the mist dissipated, Wang Po, looking at the empty temple and Xu Xinming’s disappearance direction, trembled with rage, stomping her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only now she belatedly realized the girl had never intended to fight her, only wanting to seize the opportunity to escape!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Po recalled carefully, the spiritual energy fluctuations from the girl were extremely weak, indeed only at the first-layer of Qi Cultivation, theoretically no match for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the consecutive magic spells just used had already exceeded the spiritual power limits of a first-layer practitioner!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl must have exhausted her spiritual power!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... why did she grab an empty basket?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph! You can run, but you can’t hide from the temple!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Po snorted coldly, intending to channel her spiritual power to give chase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehehe... interesting, truly interesting...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hoarse and dry, yet eerily captivating female voice abruptly spoke up within the temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Po’s entire body stiffened and she spun around sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw in the shadows of the ruined temple, an unknown figure had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A female cultivator dressed in a tattered black robe whose face was obscured by a large hood was quietly standing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the indistinct pressure emanating from her made Wang Po, a third-layer cultivator, gasp for air, paralyzed with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This female cultivator’s aura was profoundly unstable, clearly heavily wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, the pressure from a high-tier cultivator allowed her no thought of resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hon... honorable...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Po stuttered, her voice trembling, her attitude the epitome of respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear and regret churned within her; if she had realized how bizarre the silver-haired girl was, she would’ve avoided this small gain altogether!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And of course...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was another reason, to exact revenge on Chen Ye!\u003C\u002Fp>",1276,"2026-06-06T06:08:59.013Z",1,"novelbin.me","8ba9f38318c5350df0e41e5302d76417b7fe6b65efdf873983349872863e41a4","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-86","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-84",686,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flongevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-cover.jpg"]