Eternal Life: Talent Grows with Age-Chapter 160 - 123: Changsheng’s Schemes

Almost at the same time that the news of Lu Chang’sheng withdrawing from the Martial Artist Council spread, other people began to quit as well.

That included core members like Wang Heihou, Niu Dazhuang, and Lu Qi.

Everyone who stood on the same side as Lu Chang’sheng chose to leave.

So this group immediately found themselves exposed under the spotlight, and plenty of them started to panic.

Unfortunately, they originally wanted to seize control of the Martial Artist Council—if they quit themselves, wouldn’t all their efforts go to waste?

You have to know, the Martial Artist Council is now a battleground between factions, with each region forming its own power bloc.

A lot of people are eyeing those core members. If an opportunity pops up, they definitely won’t let it slip by to sink their teeth in.

Especially after Lu Chang’sheng left, people below got even more restless.

Whether it’s a gang or the Council, whoever controls information controls the resources.

Everyone wants to take things further, to become the one calling the shots.

So, that group suddenly realized in horror that this behemoth called the Martial Artist Council was starting to spin out of control.

People at the bottom defied orders, those at the top scrambled for resources, built up their own inner circles—even going so far as to purge dissenters!

In just a few short months, the once-mighty Martial Artist Council had already fallen into little more than a hollow shell.

When Lu Chang’sheng got the news, he just shook his head.

The Martial Artist Council model had a lot of advantages, but the drawbacks were just as great.

When he—the founder—was still around, he could keep the people below in check, so everything went smoothly.

If he had died a natural death, with other elders still there, the Martial Artist Council might’ve managed to carry on for a while, and if another big shot rose up from among the members, they could have stabilized the situation.

But—

The Council didn’t end up following the path he’d envisioned.

This kind of splintering was completely expected. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"I just didn’t expect Wei Feng to get involved in all this."

Beside him, Wang Heihou and Niu Dazhuang both wore looks of deep feeling.

When all of Lu Chang’sheng’s supporters left, Wei Feng stayed in his seat—meaning everything was clear enough.

Lu Chang’sheng said calmly, "Wei Feng might not actually be involved, so don’t just jump to conclusions."

Judging someone’s involvement just by whether they withdraw or not isn’t exactly solid reasoning.

Still, one thing was definitely true—Wei Feng was not on their side.

"If we run into him in the future, we’ll just treat him like a stranger!" He shook his head and laughed.

Wang Heihou and Niu Dazhuang both nodded.

As for the changes in the Martial Artist Council, Lu Chang’sheng didn’t dwell on them. He handled everything swiftly and decisively, then focused all his energy on his alchemy research.

For more than half a year now, he’d made huge progress in the Alchemy Dao, using the Beauty Pill as a base to reverse-engineer the Longevity Pill and, bit by bit, fill in his own Longevity Pill formula.

By this point, Lu Chang’sheng finally felt confident enough to give his pill formula a new name.

"Lifespan Pill."

To prolong life and years.

The true Longevity Pill could actually extend one’s lifespan, but what he had developed—the Lifespan Pill—only tapped into a person’s inherent lifespan that was already there.

For example, an ordinary mortal’s lifespan could, in theory, reach a hundred and twenty or thirty years, but because of certain habits or actions in daily life, their lifespan gets damaged.

The Lifespan Pill restores that portion of lifespan that’s been lost to damage.

That’s why he called it the Lifespan Pill.

By comparison, the Longevity Pill was obviously more advanced, as it could raise the theoretical maximum of lifespan and boost it even further.

Of course, just like the Longevity Pill, the Lifespan Pill has high resistance: you can’t just keep popping them and expect to fully restore a person’s lost lifespan. That’s simply impossible.

Lu Chang’sheng spent three months using up all of his medicinal herbs; in the end, he managed to refine two batches—a total of ten Lifespan Pills.

Looking at the pills lying quietly in the jade bottle, still radiating a faint warmth, Lu Chang’sheng couldn’t hide a smile on his face.

He was pretty confident in his pills, and immediately took one right there.

A moment later, he checked the Light Curtain Panel and saw his lifespan go up a bit more—reaching 122 years.

"So actually, the lifespan of an Innate Martial Artist should be even longer; it’s just that most people judge by the lifespans of Innate Martial Artists they see around them, which is why they say 122 years."

"Then again, that might not be right. The saying that Innate Martial Artists live to 120 has been around forever—there must be a solid reason for that."

Lu Chang’sheng’s furrowed brow suddenly relaxed.

A new theory hit him: maybe the reason why Innate Martial Artists get that surge in lifespan isn’t that their maximum limit increases, but rather—because the lost lifespan from daily life gets restored, which creates the illusion of a huge increase.

"So, in the end, I still need to cultivate immortality."

Those speculations didn’t matter much—as long as he could live long enough, that’s all that really counted.

After taking three Lifespan Pills, Lu Chang’sheng pushed his lifespan up to 125 years.

Taking more wouldn’t do much; even if he swallowed the rest, he’d probably only gain about a year more in total.

Thinking about how plenty of people around him needed them now, he decided not to keep taking any more himself.

"My father’s health is getting worse and worse. Same with Master Hong Yuan."

One was his blood father, the other his guide on the Martial Dao. No matter what, if he had the ability to help, he absolutely would.

Hong Yuan was a top-level True Qi Realm Martial Artist and only about eighty years old. By rights, his body shouldn’t be breaking down just yet.

But, as it turned out, hidden injuries in his body suddenly flared up two years ago, and his health has been failing day by day since.

His reputation for intimidating so many True Qi Realm martial artists didn’t come easy; it was earned through countless deadly battles.