4 Another Deal With The Crazy Demon, Song Yuxuang

Li Changsheng silently recited the Peerless Heavenly Art mantra in his mind while regulating his breathing according to the knowledge passed on by Mo Tiesha.

His aura became denser and extremely powerful. Even the air around him was influenced by his practice, whirling violently like a storm.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Li Changsheng found that his cultivation, which had been staled for a long time, finally loosened up and made a breakthrough in the small realm consecutively.

The Qi poured down like a waterfall, filling his Dantian to the brim and expanding it, making his realm ascend rapidly!

First level of Body Refining, Second level, Third level…

Boom—

The Fifth Level of Body Refining!

"Fuck! So awesome!"

Li Changsheng took a deep breath, enjoying the sensation of his newfound strength running through his system. His cultivation level literally increased by leaps and bounds, from the first level of the body refining stage directly to the fifth level just in one session!

He couldn't help but marvel at the incredible performance of this supreme exercise. If he could breakthrough to the next level as easily as breathing, it wouldn't be too long for him to reach the apex of cultivation and break out of this damned place.

"It's not like what you think." As if he could read Li Changsheng's mind, Mo Tiesha suddenly shook his head, shooting his imagination down before it could take off. "This isn't the effect of the exercise, as it only stimulates the accumulation that has been piled up in your body until now, and that's it. The truth is, your aptitude for cultivation is simply the worst. Even if you have my "Peerless Heavenly Art", it'll take you no shorter than three years to breakthrough to the pulse opening realm."

Li Changsheng listened to Mo Tiesha's explanation with rapt attention and immediately understood his situation.

Over the years, he had persisted in cultivation, and he had accumulated countless qi in his body, but he was unable to break through due to his poor aptitude. Now, this technique had drawn out the spiritual energy accumulated in his body, causing a skyrocketing improvement in his realm.

Aptitude… aptitude…

Li Changsheng suddenly had a headache thinking about his extremely poor attitude.

"Do you have any way to improve my aptitude?" Li Chanseng asked, and after deliberating for a while, he added, "If it satisfies me, I can give you another year of life!"

Mo Tiesha had to admit that Li Chanseng's offer was really tempting; unfortunately, he couldn't help with this one.

He shook his head and said, "To improve aptitude for cultivation, you can do it by either finding a cultivation method that could enhance your comprehension or upgrading your profound meridian, or using heaven and earth treasures to achieve a similar effect. Both of them are extremely rare; even I have only heard about them but never encountered the real thing."

Hearing this, Li Changsheng was immediately disappointed. But Mo Tiesha's next sentence rekindled his hope.

"But I know there's a person inside this person who might be able to give you what you want. He used to be a commoner without any background, but he could cultivate to a supreme level with his own effort."

"Who is it?" Li Changsheng asked hurriedly, his tone full of urgency. This might be the answer to his current predicament.

Mo Tiesha didn't tease him and answered directly, "A dying guy, maybe just like he didn't have any energy left just to open his mouth. I remembered his place should not be too far away from here."

A dying guy—that's just right!

If it weren't for the dying guy, Li Changsheng wouldn't be this delightful about it.

"Bring me to him."

Li Changsheng issued a simple order, and Mo Tiesha obediently led the way.

After walking for a few minutes, he saw a middle-aged man lying down in the corner of a room.

Surprisingly, this man looked only in his mid-thirties, but his hair was already white, like an old man on the verge of death. It seemed he had only a few days left in this world.

"That's him." Mo Tiesha pointed at the pitiful old man. "His name is Song Yuxuan. I bet you've heard of his other name, Crazy Demon. Around forty years ago, he rose to fame after massacring countless people. The rumor was that he was just a commoner with no aptitude for cultivation, but after his family was murdered by some frivolous young masters from prominent families for no rhyme or reason, he started practicing cultivation and mysteriously was able to reach the supreme level in just two or three decades despite his qualification. He not only killed the culprit who murdered his family but also annihilated his family for nine generations."

"Many people speculate that he must have a way to improve his aptitude; otherwise, his achievements don't make any sense."

Li Changsheng rubbed his chin to recall the legend about this Crazy Demon.

When his cheap father was still alive, he often overheard that the kingdom had sent many supreme-level combatants to apprehend this guy, but all ended up killed by him.

Such a terrifying expert was now laying pathetically on the dark corner of this prison, waiting for the end of his life.

Life was really impermanent, Li Changsheng couldn't help but sigh in lamentation.

Li Chansheng walked toward him, and when he reached him, he swung his foot, shouting as he kicked him, "Wake up, wake up!"

Soon, Song Yuxuan's furious voice entered his mind. "Brat, you're courting death!"

Although he was much younger than Mo Tiesha, the killing intent he emitted was on par with the former mighty general. It showed how many lives he had reaped with his own hands.

If he were an ordinary body refining cultivator, he might have pissed on his pants and run away like a frightened rabbit. But who was Li Changsheng? He was someone who was playing a supreme-level expert like a fiddle. There's no way this much pressure could make him falter.

Li Changsheng didn't beat around the bush and asked him directly, "Do you want to live?"

To which Song Yuxuan responded with a sneer. "I thought you were trying to say something important, but it turned out you just gave me bullshit. Do you think now that I'm waiting for death, I can't do anything to you? If you're still here in the next ten breaths, I'll show you what it feels like to have your head crushed when you are still alive!"

Seeing his defiance attitude, Li Changsheng didn't bother to waste his breath to convince him and simply turned his head toward Mo Tiesha and said, "You go and convince him. If you succeed, I'll give you another month of lifespan!"

Hearing this, Mo Tiesha burst into laughter and said with a smile, "Don't worry, brother Li! I promise to complete the task!"

Then, Mo Tiesha and Song Yuxuan began to communicate. Of course, Li Changsheng didn't care whether the process was friendly or intense.

He waited patiently for the result of this "negotiation" and after a few minutes, the two men turned to look at Li Changsheng, and Mo Tiesha gave him a small nod.

An unsure voice spoke inside Li Changsheng's head. "Can you really extend my life."

"It's your business whether you believe me or not." Li Changsheng replied with a tough attitude.

After a few seconds of silence, Song Yuxuan's voice came again into his mind. "What do you want?"

Song Yuxuan knew that it was impossible for Li Changsheng to give him a life span for no reason. There must be something he wanted. He wondered if it was his wealth, his martial arts technique, or letting him be his guard?

He didn't wait too long for Li Changsheng to state his request.

"I heard that you have the secret technique to improve aptitude for cultivation. Just give me that."

He didn't immediately give an answer and went silent for a while, as if pondering something. Li Changsheng could see that he was hesitating about something but didn't pressure him and waited patiently for his answer.

Finally, Song Yuxuan opened his mouth and broke the silence. "I do have such a technique, but this kind of secret technique has a great side effect, even so, do you still want it?"

"What kind of side effects?"

"Improving your aptitude is equivalent to changing your fate, which is not tolerated by heaven. Practicing this secret technique will reduce your lifespan. The more terrifying your aptitude is, the greater your lifespan will be lost!"

Song Yuxuan didn't give him this warning out of kindness, but as Li Changsheng was the one who would give him more lifespan, what if he burned all of his lifespan to improve his aptitude? Who would give him the lifespan, then?

However, to Song Yuxuan's surprise, instead of worrying, Li Changsheng laughed instead.

Losing lifespan?

He might be afraid of anything, but losing his lifespan definitely wasn't on the list!

He practically had an endless lifespan, so what if he lost a drop of it?

It's better to lose millions of years of life if he could have the aptitude of a great emperor!

"I thought it was some kind of side effect, so that's it. Even if you give me this secret technique, the side effect is nothing."

Seeing Li Changsheng's confident attitude, Song Yuxuan didn't try to persuade him anymore and asked, "How many years of life can this secret technique be exchanged for?"

Li Changsheng spread his fingers. "Five years!"

"Five years... only five years." Song Yuxuan was a little dissatisfied. Just as he was about to argue, he heard Li Changsheng cut him off and say in a non-compromising tone, "Don't bargain with me. If you don't want to exchange, then just call it off."

Hearing this, Song Yuxuang was a little unwilling, but in the end, he still had to agree. "Fine, five years it is! But you have to give me a lifespan first. My time is approaching, so I can't pass on my secret techniques to you in this state."

"Deal!" Li Changsheng agreed without hesitation.