Chapter 224: Aging Thoughts

Chapter 224: Aging Thoughts

As we travel along, my mind begin to wander about what he had told me.

His grandniece?

Well, since hes a cultivator and shes a cultivator, its very possible. Normal even, as strange as it is to consider.

But even so, shes clearly much farther along in cultivation than he is. And everything Ive heard from about her has been that shes the youngest elder in a very long time.

So why does she look that old?

Certainly, she could have had a cultivation growth spurt late in her years, and thats what many people assume about her. Even within the sect.

But I get the feeling that the real answer isnt as simple.

My scan gives me the answer, pulling together different pieces of information that would make sense.

Including what I have in my bag with me.

Shes been cursed.

Cursed with massively accelerated aging, speeding it up by a factor of 25. At least, it appears to mimic the effect of such a thing.

To make it even worse, my estimation shows that the curse had been placed upon her just before she had cultivated.

Which can only mean that cultivating for her had become a desperate struggle to gain more years to live.

Not only that, but it even aggressively affects cultivators.

If Im not incorrect, moving into the Qi condensation realm gains you 50 years of life span, foundation establishment 200 years, Core formation 500 years, and nascent soul 1000. After that, you go into a semi-immortal state.

Visually, she looks like shes 85 or 90.

So, judging based on the estimated time., her current state, and where she is in her cultivation (which I guess to be peak core formation) Shes probably only around 40 or 45 years old.

Still older than me, but almost unimaginable in cultivation years.

But unless she makes it to Nascent Soul, she likely only has five more years left to live.

But before I can continue this train of thought, we finally begin getting to the area where we had gotten our spirit roots tested.

From this point of view, I can see that she is speaking to the latest batch of recruits, just like how she was doing with my group. It Looks like theyve already done the spirit root testing, but they havent gone through the additional ones yet.

I think they might be stronger than me. Which is terrifying in its own way. Even without the advantage of the Healing Constitution, they are using my aura to become absolute monsters in the physical sphere.

I wonder if theyve had to use it on the way up?

After a quick glance at the dynamics of the group, I can easily see some males looking fearfully in their direction.

even Im a little scared of them, at this point. I wonder what they did to earn those looks.

Oblivious to my now strange thoughts, they continue to beam at me unknowingly.

But its not all positive, as I can feel a heated look toward me that pulls my thoughts away from them. When my gaze lands on the subject in question, I can feel my face freeze in shock at what I see.

I can see an amazingly attractive, yellow sashed, curvaceous, wavy-haired blonde woman w/ Asian feature gazing at at me. To be frank, her beauty is a few notches below Wu Qings true form, the Yellow Sashes leader.

This isnt a knock on her, but a compliment. Just the sight of Wu Qing was enough to put me in a complete daze. To be hypnotized by her looks.

To be compared to her, especially when she hasnt even cultivated yet, is the greatest of compliments.

But even with that, she seems familiar for some reason. A beauty like this isnt easily forgotten and I quickly remember how I know her.

It appears she was a high-end escort back in Monchon City who I had accidentally disrespected when I went into autopilot mode. She was trying to catch my attention, but I didnt even see her because I was so deep in it.

Its one of the main reasons I plan on never going full autopilot again, as while its effective for the request, it makes it so I might miss other things.

In either case, this woman stormed off in shock and anger after I had done so. And I hadnt seen her again, even with me running all over the Yellow Sashes base in the city.

But even with that why does she seem so fixated on me? I couldnt have made that much of an impression, right?

My confusion briefly seems to come over my face and just as I as fix it, she caught it.

Her eyes twitch in irritation and she seems infuriated. Her head sharply turns up and away, as if displaying that shes now ignoring me.

Theres a group of women that seem familiar, but after looking at her, they give a small wave and then follow suit.

Im not sure how to handle this. But Im sure Ill have plenty of time to deal with this later.

So, Im just going to ignore it and focus back in on the situation.

Luckily for me, we are quickly touching down next to Senior Song.