Supreme Alchemist-Chapter 2433 - 2423: Prolonging Life

In the instant Long Yan was entangled, Long Qingyan, who had been observing the situation, moved, thrusting the dagger in her hand towards the Old Madman. Things developed too quickly, she could only see Long Yan being wound around by a black aura after grabbing an oil lamp from the Old Madman’s hand.

Thinking Long Yan was harmed, Long Qingyan wanted to push back the Old Madman to save Long Yan.

"Girl, you must not move; if you do, that kid will certainly die."

The Old Madman blocked the dagger stabbing towards him, stepped back a bit and said, knowing that Long Yan was currently dealing with the Seven Star Lamp. If interrupted, something terrifying could happen.

About the usage of the Seven Star Lamp, many stories have been passed down through history, some good, some bad. But there was only one point, if the person using the Seven Star Lamp is disturbed, the lamp automatically adjudicates it as a death aura, meaning the gamble is considered a failure.

So the Old Madman dared not step aside, otherwise, if this girl really bumped into Long Yan, his next apprentice would be gone too.

"Pure nonsense."

Long Qingyan cursed softly, having followed the King of Lanling for many years, she rarely read books, let alone the Seven Star Lamp, which had disappeared for hundreds of years. Even Long Yan did not recognize it, much less Long Qingyan.

The dagger, glinting coldly, fiercely clashed against the Greatsword. Long Qingyan flipped and landed in the distance. In contrast, the Old Madman, after taking this Thunderbolt-like strike head-on, remained perfectly still, not even a slight tremor in his hands.

"Stop, Qingyan, that is the Seven Star Lamp."

The voice of Long Qingli just came over, making both of them put down their weapons. Long Qingli, with lotus steps, moved to the Old Madman’s side. She was awakened by Long Yan’s screams; seeing Long Yan’s state now, she understood what had happened.

"But Qingli, if we don’t save Long Yan promptly, he probably won’t make it through."

Long Qingyan’s voice carried anxiety; indeed, Long Yan’s current state was not optimistic, death energy densely drilling into Long Yan’s body like snakes. Estimating Long Yan’s three months of lifespan, it would be completely eroded by death energy in no time.

"There’s no way; this is Long Yan’s choice."

Long Qingli’s beautiful eyes looked at Long Yan, but even though she could instantly recognize the Seven Star Lamp, she had no means to handle the current situation. However, she knew a bit about the Seven Star Lamp.

"Qingyan, you go and look at the flame in the wick; as long as the flame doesn’t extinguish, Long Yan has not failed yet."

The Old Madman looked approvingly at the young Long Qingli; this little girl was not simple. To know the detailed information about such a treasured item as the Seven Star Lamp, how could she be an ordinary girl, but wisely, the Old Madman did not ask her.

Though the Seven Star Lamp lends life, everything is unknown; if it’s handled correctly, a bad thing could become good. If handled incorrectly, a good thing could seem like a bad one, so Zhuge Wuhou’s treasure is like Tai Chi.

Good fortune brings bad luck, bad luck hides good fortune.

Black and white form the things in this world; there’s no definitive conclusion to good or bad events.

On the contrary, Long Yan did not let out a wailing sound, not even a breath. Apart from the flickering green flame on the Seven Star Lamp, the atmosphere outside plunged into deathly silence, but within Long Yan’s body was not calm.

Human lifespan comes from the life and death energy within; the breath of life can extend one’s lifespan, while the breath of death shortens it. However, even though Long Yan’s body had only a little breath of life left, there was no breath of death present.

This means Long Yan is the most peculiar among all those nearing death. A person dying of old age will be filled with death energy inside, and actually, the Old Madman had long known Long Yan would certainly fail. But if a person’s breath of life runs out, they will also die. Long Yan’s breath of life was so weak as if it were forcibly drawn away.

Hence, the Old Madman made a bold assumption: Is Long Yan the only person who could use the Seven Star Lamp twice? After all, how could something designed to seal also lend life so carelessly? It seemed improbable upon reflection.

But when the Old Madman saw Long Yan, a different thought emerged. There was a lack of death energy in his body, but the Seven Star Lamp maintains the balance within, so it reduces equivalent death energy. As such, Long Yan may use it twice, at least gambling for decades of life, and after that, perhaps there would be other ways to increase his life force.

Now within Long Yan’s body was chaos; a large amount of death energy surged in. The previously dormant Nine Suns Cauldron seemed revived, wildly absorbing the death energy from the Seven Star Lamp. Although it could avoid the destiny of transformation, these death energies, under the illumination of nine suns, sheepishly entered the Nine Suns Cauldron.

The once-vanished Yun Huang reappeared, although still somewhat blurry.

"That kid Long Yan really hit the mark by a fluke."

In truth, Yun Huang did not want to disappear, but the Nine Suns Cauldron always relied on the life and death energy within Long Yan to gather its spirit. Yet suddenly, the breath of life in Long Yan’s body significantly decreased, forcing the Nine Suns Cauldron to stop relying on Long Yan’s life force. Although over time it also accumulated quite a bit of energy, it was used up when Long Yan went to the Heavenly Mountain Pathway, leaving Yun Huang with no choice but to enter self-induced slumber.

But today, Long Yan absorbed a massive amount of death energy from the Seven Star Lamp. Relying on this death energy, Yun Huang re-emerged. But death energy is finite; when the Seven Star Lamp tried to seize life energy, it found Long Yan’s breath of life so minuscule, it couldn’t maintain the Seven Star Lamp’s balance.

So life energy rushed into Long Yan’s body like a floodgate released. Although his long white hair hadn’t yet reverted, Long Yan’s complexion was much rosier than before. The Seven Star Lamp, having had its death energy reduced by Long Yan’s usage, returned to a balanced state. The greenish flame on the lamp flickered brightly, then subsided into tranquility again.

Vaguely, the symbol of the Big Dipper on the lamp body also lit up.

"Succeeded, hahaha!"

The Old Madman laughed loudly, it seemed his guess was correct. But he dared not let Long Yan continue to try, as the next time would truly be a gamble; life or death would be unknown. Previously, because Long Yan had one more chance for error, he could borrow life energy for rebirth, but now, Long Yan had life energy within him already, it couldn’t be said he wouldn’t just die outright.

"Thank you, Senior!"

Long Yan’s consciousness returned to his body, his eyes faintly shining, having gained more understanding of the star-field domain. Zhuge Wuhou was indeed a prodigious genius, as this treasure subtly contained the rationale of the celestial stars.

Just now, he was immersed in this star-field, the momentum of his body bursting forth, surprisingly taking him to the Middle Phase of the Divine Emperor Three Realms.

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