Eternal Life: My Lifespan Increases Daily

"Hmm, I will be leaving for a while next. All military matters will be handed over to you for arrangement." Song Changming nodded, purposefully leaving the Insect Demon behind, as it still had its uses and wasn’t time for it to die yet.

"Yes." Xiao Peibai nodded, his expression calm, long accustomed to such instructions.

This wasn’t the first time Song Changming had entrusted him with leading the entire army to carry out tasks.

The Grand Marshal was always decisive and fast-moving, coming and going freely, not always present in the army.

His duty was to ensure that the army operated smoothly in the absence of Song Changming, without any errors.

And if an unsolvable major issue arose, he would also inform Song Changming at the first opportunity.

Given Song Changming’s swiftness, he could return swiftly from even the most distant places.

After finishing his instructions, Song Changming did not linger and left directly.

Along with him, he took that Water Insect.

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The Thirty Six Grotto Heavens of Nanzhou, neighboring the Southern Yunzhou and Nine Netherworld, are among the Nine Provinces’ most famous eighteen Spirit Lands.

Baitian Temple is located in a valley of one of Baitian Lake’s mountains.

The lake’s surface was as calm as a mirror, with a traditional, ancient four-cornered main hall standing at its center.

The main hall had four gates, each with a pebble path leading to the lakeshore.

Some Alchemists and Children moved in and out along these pebble paths, each holding basins of bloody meat, the smell of blood detectable from far away.

Once they returned, the bloody food had disappeared from the basins, leaving only an empty tray.

Suddenly, a muffled sound was heard, and two Children were incontinently sent flying out.

The Children were not strong, and they fell silent even before hitting the lake.

Seized by a demonic force, the two children’s bodies flew back into the main hall.

Soon, disturbing chewing sounds emerged from the hall.

"Find it for me, or if you don’t find more blood food, I’ll devour you all!"

A sullen voice drifted out from the main hall, reaching the ears of all Alchemists and Children, making them tremble, fearing the same fate as the two Children.

Even those Demons who sought refuge with Baitian Temple, standing outside the lake, revealed expressions of fear upon hearing the voice from the hall.

There was no doubt—the Celestial Master had lost his temper today!

"What’s going on?"

A voice drifted in from behind, and several Demon Generals turned back and saw a familiar figure returning, immediately looking as though they’d found a savior.

"Brother Lan, you’re finally back!" one of the Demon Generals said hurriedly.

"The blood food stockpiled in the temple is nearly exhausted, and according to our previous agreement, you never came to deliver more, which really worried us."

"Yes, the Great King is nearly out of blood food to eat, and soon he’ll be out of the hall to eat us!" another Demon General added with a somewhat complaining tone, not daring to speak too harshly.

After all, this Insect Demon had a bloodline relationship with their Great King.

"Fine, I had an incident outside, I’ll deliver the blood food to the Great King right away." The Insect Demon waved, expressionless as he spoke.

"Very well, very well." The Demon Generals all breathed a sigh of relief at his words.

The Insect Demon’s gaze fell upon the main hall at the center of the lake, sighing quietly.

Previously, he eagerly delivered blood food, as it was an excellent opportunity to establish connections with the Great Demon of the Insect Race.

But this time, his heart was filled with dread; if not for being cornered, he would have long since fled, never returning here.

The Insect Demon gritted his teeth discreetly, nevertheless lifting his leaden steps to walk down the lakeside path.

With each step, ripples spread across the lake water on both sides.

Very soon, he reached the lake’s center.

The main hall’s doors were tightly closed, obscuring the interior, but the massive demonic power seeping through the door cracks was already putting immense pressure on the Insect Demon.

"Great King, Lan Chong has returned." The Insect Demon bowed at the door, spoke respectfully.

"Lan Chong, you actually know to return!" The sullen voice from within spoke again, with just one sentence causing cold sweat to break out on the Insect Demon.

"Great King, calm down, Lan Chong encountered an incident outside and was seriously injured. I unintentionally missed the scheduled blood food delivery time," the Insect Demon explained, not daring to look up.

Bam!

The hall doors suddenly flung open, a foul wind rushing out.

"Enter," the voice from within spoke again.

The Insect Demon dared show no emotion and took a step inside.

Within the hall, there was the sound of viscous liquid dripping and bodies slithering, rubbing against the stone tiles.

In the dim hall, a massive insect body sprawled, occupying at least half the hall’s space.

The hall floor was flooded with lake water, and the huge insect body lay half-immersed in this water.

The insect’s body was pale, somewhat resembling an obese silkworm, with its six eyes being the most noticeable feature.

This was unmistakably the demon form of the Eight-eyed White Worm Race!

And this insect body was none other than the Great Demon of Baitian Temple, Master Baitian!

Due to a higher proportion of demon blood than human blood, its true form was that of a demon body, with its human form merely a guise.

The six insect eyes opened, gazing at the approaching Insect Demon.

"You’re injured?"

The Demon Generals outside could not see the Insect Demon’s condition, but Master Baitian, as a Great Demon, easily saw that the Insect Demon was injured, and the injuries were not minor.

"Yes, I captured too many people this time, leading a Human Race army to hunt me down, and I was injured by their Grand Marshal." The Insect Demon nodded, recounting the event truthfully.

"Hmph, I thought, bearing the bloodline of my White-haired Worms, you’d prove useful; but it turns out you’re just a waste!" Master Baitian scoffed at what the Insect Demon said, merely declared him a waste.

Like that past Netherworld Dog, just worthless.

A valuable subordinate was one who could deliver results; those who failed were as good as dead!

"If you didn’t bring enough blood food today, don’t blame me for eating you too!" Master Baitian’s bloated head slightly turned, directly facing the Insect Demon, speaking with a menacing tone.

Its oral appendage opened and closed like serrated saw blades, revealing jagged teeth.

"Great King, while I haven’t brought enough blood food today, I have brought a living person here, and it will surely satisfy you!" The Insect Demon continued to bow and speak.

"A living person?" Master Baitian’s six insect eyes, narrowed into six curved lines, gleamed with a fierce light.

It had already started to sense the Insect Demon’s oddity, becoming vigilant.

The Insect Demon finished speaking, then instinctively stepped aside.

At this moment, a figure shot rapidly from the distant horizon, crossing Baitian Lake, descending straight outside the formerly empty hall door.

"Old Daoist, how have you been, still remember me?" Song Changming stared at the bulky demon body within the hall, thunder light flickering around him, speaking slowly.

"It’s you!" Master Baitian’s six insect eyes gradually widened, clearly recognizing Song Changming.

Ordinary people were naturally not worth remembering for it, even among the Human Race, unless one was a Martial Arts Grandmaster; it didn’t need to take note of them.

Despite Song Changming not being a Martial Arts Grandmaster, he alone left an enduring impression on this Great Demon!

The most direct reason was that although he was crippled by the Prince Cui, Song Changming was the initial cause.

Even now, his old injuries remained unhealed, showing how heavily he was struck by Prince Cui, narrowly escaping death himself.

Thus, upon seeing Song Changming again, besides being surprised, bloodshot lines filled all six of its insect eyes as a ferocious aura began festering within the hall.

"Do you actually dare come here?" Naturally, Master Baitian saw that Song Changming’s current state made it impossible that he was captured by the Insect Demon, having instead come here voluntarily.

It couldn’t comprehend this occurrence.

That many failed attempts for a Top Grade Medicine would eventually deliver itself like this.

"Being here already, aren’t you going to invite me in for a moment?" Song Changming smiled faintly, facing his old enemy who once attempted to refine him to death within a Furnace, his emotions puzzlingly calm.

At that moment, even Master Baitian didn’t know how to react.

"Kyah-kyah, could it be that you think because I’m injured, I can’t deal with you now?" Master Baitian sneered sinisterly.

He scorned Song Changming’s overconfidence!

Even though its wounds had mostly healed, let alone it was still a Great Demon, no matter how injured, against a mere Human Race Innate Realm Martial Artist, he was still easy to handle.

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