I Become The Richest Man With A monthly Salary of Twenty Thousand Yuan-Chapter 660 - 465 - Panic_2

At this thought, Old Master Ning Jiacheng let out a long sigh and said, "I never expected Master Xia’s power over lifespan to have such a rule. Since that’s the case, then let’s forget about it." As he spoke, he shook his head.

Nearby, Ning Mingjun could no longer hold back and finally spoke up. "Father, how can you still believe this man? This whole business of increasing or decreasing lifespans is surely fake. He can’t actually do it. He only said that because he knew you would agree."

Hearing Ning Mingjun’s words, Xia Liang smiled faintly and spoke slowly. "It seems you don’t believe me?" Xia Liang looked toward Ning Mingjun.

"Of course not," Ning Mingjun scoffed. "If you could truly increase or decrease a person’s lifespan, possessing such a heaven-defying ability to do something only King Yama can, then what’s the harm in trading a few years of my life for a few more for my father? I think..."

Ning Mingjun paused. "You simply can’t do it, can you?"

"Mingjun, this is no small matter! Don’t speak so recklessly," upon hearing his son’s words, the anxious Old Master Ning Jiacheng quickly interjected.

He then turned his gaze back to Xia Liang and continued, "Master Xia, my son has been repeatedly disrespectful to you today. Perhaps his mind has been a bit muddled these past few days. Please, you mustn’t take it to heart."

Listening to Old Master Ning Jiacheng, Xia Liang was somewhat surprised. To avoid angering him, Ning Jiacheng was even willing to expel his own son from the Ning Family. Yet, on the matter of reducing Ning Mingjun’s lifespan, he didn’t yield a single step. It seemed Old Master Ning Jiacheng was indeed a good parent.

Very well. Let me test just what kind of heart this son of yours has.

"Are you serious about what you just said?" Xia Liang didn’t respond to Old Master Ning Jiacheng, looking instead at Ning Mingjun.

Ning Mingjun let out a loud laugh in response. "Of course. If you can really use my lifespan to extend my father’s, I will have no complaints."

"Your word is enough." Xia Liang nodded and smiled faintly.

Then, before Old Master Ning Jiacheng could intervene, Xia Liang pulled a Lifespan Talisman from his robes and tossed it directly to Ning Mingjun. Looking at Ning Mingjun, he smiled faintly. "A single Lifespan Talisman’s face can be marked with five strokes. Whether I’m real or fake, you’ll know once you try."

After receiving the Lifespan Talisman from Xia Liang, Ning Mingjun said nothing more. With a sneer, he took a pen and drew five horizontal lines across it!

"Mingjun, don’t!"

Old Master Ning Jiacheng, standing beside him, was too late to stop it. His son, Ning Mingjun, was already fifty-six this year. If five years were taken from him, his age would effectively be past sixty. How could he bear to see that happen?

After drawing the five lines, Ning Mingjun tossed the Lifespan Talisman back to Xia Liang. "Let’s see what other tricks you have up your sleeve." At the same time, he noticed his father’s state and offered a word of comfort. "Father, don’t worry. This Xia Liang has no real power. Nothing will happen to me."

"Foolish! Utterly foolish of you..." Ning Jiacheng could only murmur under his breath. He had seen the state of Haojiang’s He Youling with his own eyes; how could it be fake? It was just a pity that Ning Mingjun hadn’t accompanied him to Haojiang back then, which was why he remained a disbeliever.

After taking back the Lifespan Talisman, Xia Liang smiled. On the white side, he first wrote Old Master Ning Jiacheng’s name, then looked at the old master and said, "Old Master, today I, Xia Liang, shall act on behalf of King Yama and grant you five years of life in the Book of Life and Death."

With that, Xia Liang took the pen and slowly began to draw a stroke on the white face of the Lifespan Talisman.

"Putting on a mystic act." On the other side, Ning Mingjun still wore a look of disbelief, even letting out a loud scoff.

At that same moment, as Xia Liang’s pen began to move, Old Master Ning Jiacheng felt his internal organs suddenly blaze with heat, as if he had returned to the prime of his twenties! His entire body began to grow warm, and his skin turned slightly red. A surge of vitality flowed from his organs out to his limbs.

His condition was naturally noticed by the others nearby. Wu Tong had seen it before, so she knew this was the step just before white hair turns black. This was, after all, the first time Ning Mingjun had witnessed such a thing. Therefore, when the old master’s body suddenly turned red and began to heat up, he subconsciously assumed Xia Liang had played some kind of trick.

Just as he was about to open his mouth and order Xia Liang to stop, he froze. The expression on his face turned rigid, his complexion paled, and his eyes widened.

Because just a moment ago, the roots of Old Master Ning Jiacheng’s hair had begun to darken, and the blackness was continuing to spread.

A few breaths passed. Nearly half of Old Master Ning Jiacheng’s full head of white hair had turned black. Each strand was incredibly resilient, no different from that of a young man. His entire being seemed decades younger. Old Master Ning’s aura was now even better than that of Ning Mingjun beside him.

One had to remember, Xia Liang had only added five years to his life, yet he looked as if he had been rejuvenated by decades. Witnessing this transformation, Xia Liang gave a faint smile. He knew why such a change had occurred. While extending a life, the Lifespan Talisman also infused the target with immense vital essence and spirit. This allowed the person to maintain a relatively good state of health during those extra years. After all, simply giving a bedridden ninety-year-old a few more years of life wouldn’t get him out of bed; he would just lie there for longer. That would be treating the symptoms without the cause, and it would tarnish the Lifespan Talisman’s reputation. So, although Old Master Ning Jiacheng had only gained five years, his entire aura made him seem decades younger.

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At the same time...

CLATTER.

The sound of a falling object suddenly echoed in the room. In his extreme shock, Ning Mingjun lost his grip on his phone, letting it fall from his hand. His entire body trembled uncontrollably. The next sound was his knees hitting the floor hard.

The moment Old Master Ning Jiacheng’s hair began to turn black, the moment his father’s condition and vitality began to recover so miraculously, Ning Mingjun knew he had been wrong.

Previously, I always thought all the rumors about Xia Liang were fake, both the incident in Jinling and the events in Haojiang. I believed he had simply manipulated those people through other means. But then more and more people began to praise him. Some of Haojiang’s elite even started to secretly worship him. That was when my suspicion lessened, but I still didn’t truly believe. Just now, when I learned that Ning Xiaoyun’s attending physician, Doctor Ye, had recently visited Qingyun, I immediately assumed that was the real explanation for everything. It was all a sham.

But when the miracle unfolded right before his eyes, his entire worldview instantly collapsed. Only then did he realize how utterly ludicrous his previous words had been. He had actually dared to question a real Living Immortal. All his inner thoughts had probably been laid bare before Xia Liang’s eyes. If his father hadn’t pleaded for him and stood firmly on Xia Liang’s side, the Ning Family would likely have suffered Master Xia’s wrath.

So, when he saw Old Master Ning Jiacheng’s hair turning a deep black, Ning Mingjun didn’t hesitate to kneel before Xia Liang, kowtowing frantically.

A few breaths later, Old Master Ning Jiacheng’s transformation reached its final stage. The man before them no longer looked like he was in his nineties. His vital essence and spirit were likely better than many people in their fifties or sixties.