Martial Master

It turns out that years ago, Zhuo Qingfeng offended someone from the Piao Miao Palace and was directly exiled to the land of Baichao. This incident even implicated Xuan Yi Yaowang, causing the Zhuo family’s status in Dan Dao City to plummet.

Zhuo Qingfeng's incident not only resulted in his punishment but also caused the North Tian Domain Alchemy Pavilion to lose face throughout the entire North Tian Domain. Naturally, many aristocratic families in Dan Dao City were very dissatisfied with the Zhuo family.

In order to avoid suspicion, Xuan Yi Yaowang could not openly assist the Zhuo family. As a result, having lost the protection of Xuan Yi Yaowang and being targeted by many powers in the North Tian Domain, the Zhuo family inevitably continued to decline.

At the beginning, the Zhuo family could still obtain some medicinal pills from the Alchemy Pavilion for sale, but gradually, the Zhuo family's business was hit from all sides, and eventually, they reached a point of struggling to survive.

Moreover, many aristocratic families, seeing the Zhuo family's decline, wanted to devour their assets. They set up numerous traps, and even if the Zhuo family was cautious, after being tricked several times, they suffered heavy losses.

Among them, the Huang family had a relatively good attitude toward the Zhuo family and often helped them out, which naturally made the Zhuo family extremely grateful.

Additionally, on the surface, Xuan Yi Yaowang no longer helped the Zhuo family, but secretly, he still provided considerable assistance. This allowed the Zhuo family to continue surviving in Dan Dao City, even though they had fallen.

The only concern for the Zhuo family was that, due to the severe setbacks Xuan Yi Yaowang faced in recent years, coupled with an incident during alchemy when he went berserk, his health worsened day by day, and it seemed he would not last much longer.

“What? Master is about to pass away?” Upon hearing this, Zhuo Qingfeng was taken aback and exclaimed.

Zhu Mu Xian shook his head, sighed, and said, “It’s not that he can’t go on, but because he has gone berserk during alchemy and has spent too much energy and effort on cultivating Lu Wencheng, which has led to his life nearing its end. He may only have about ten years left.”

“Master!”

Zhuo Qingfeng choked up. He knew that Master’s current state was entirely because of him. When he was exiled back then, Master was in his prime and could have lived for at least another hundred years without issue. How could he have only fifty years later been at the end of his life?

“Our Zhuo family is well aware of our deep sins, so we have been looking for ways to help Xuan Yi Yaowang prolong his life,” Zhu Mu Xian continued.

The Zhuo family was just a small family, and they couldn’t resolve issues that even Xuan Yi Yaowang couldn’t tackle. Therefore, they had not achieved any results over the years.

However, unexpectedly, not long ago, they received news about the blood spirit mushroom from the Huang family.

“Blood spirit mushroom?” Qin Chen was surprised, raising his eyebrows.

“Yes, it is indeed the blood spirit mushroom. I’ve heard that this is a spiritual medicine that can enhance a martial artist's vitality and extend their lifespan. Even a dying person who takes it can be revitalized, living at least another ten to twenty years,” Zhu Mu Xian said.

Qin Chen nodded.

The blood spirit mushroom was an eighth-tier spiritual medicine that indeed had the effects of nourishing vitality and prolonging life. It was an extremely rare and precious spiritual medicine and was also the main ingredient in several eighth-grade imperial pills.

If the blood spirit mushroom truly existed, it could extend the life of a martial artist nearing death. Even without refining, simply taking it could extend life by at least ten years.

“But the Huang family informed us that this blood spirit mushroom is about to be auctioned in a black market outside Dan Dao City. Although not many people have heard the news, so the price won’t be too high, our Zhuo family currently cannot compete with others for it. However, since we learned of the news, our Zhuo family naturally wouldn’t stand by and do nothing, even mortgaging our residence.”