How Old Are You?

"You are already a mature cultivator. You should know that fighting spirit is useless."

The old man in the straw raincoat had a slightly sarcastic look on his face, but his tone was very calm: "However, your cultivation speed is very fast, so it is normal for you not to cherish it, but your bottleneck is also coming quickly."

Xia Tian casually said: "Why didn't I know that I had a bottleneck?"

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“Why do you have to put on airs in front of me?” The old man in the straw raincoat chuckled, his slightly narrowed eyes revealing a cold light that can see through people. “You have been stuck in the Tribulation Stage for a while. To be more precise, you have been stuck in the Seventh Needle of the Heaven-Defying Technique for a long time.”

Xia Tian said expressionlessly: "This is not a bottleneck. I already know how to break through it."

When the old man in straw raincoat heard Xia Tian's words, he asked casually, "Aren't you curious? Why do I know your situation?"

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"Why are you curious?" Xia Tian curled his lips and said nonchalantly, "No matter how you know it, you already know it. But the Eight Needles Against the Heaven cannot be practiced just by knowing it. Even if you can practice it, it is impossible for me to reach my current level."

At this point, Xia Tian glanced at the old man in the straw raincoat and said, "For example, you can't do it."

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"He is indeed a man of wisdom."

The old man in the straw raincoat was not angry at Xia Tian's offense. On the contrary, he was somewhat delighted. "Yes, I have also practiced the Heaven-Defying Eight Needles, but I haven't even mastered the first needle."

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"It's normal." Xia Tian said calmly, with a look on his face that should have been true, "Those who claim to have practiced it haven't even scratched the surface of the Heaven-Defying Eight Needles."

"Your talent is indeed amazing, but the Heaven-Defying Eight Needles is not perfect."

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The old man in the straw raincoat was slightly disdainful of Xia Tian's arrogance, and he slowly reminded him, "Although I have not practiced the Heaven-Defying Eight Needles, but when it comes to understanding it, no one today can be more comprehensive than me, not even you."

Xia Tian casually said, "You haven't even practiced it, but you dare to say you understand it. Do you have Alzheimer's disease?"

"Because I am the one who organized and improved the Eight Needles Against Heaven."

The old man in the straw raincoat chuckled and put on the condescending attitude that only seniors have. "Even if the Night Emperor himself were alive, he couldn't know more about the Heaven-Defying Eight Needles than I do. Because he cares more about the entire Heaven-Defying Scripture."

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Xia Tian sneered, "If you say so, then so. Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"

"There is no need for me to tell such a lie." The old Taoist in straw raincoat shook his head slightly with some disdain and said softly: "You probably still don't know the origin of the Eight Needles Against the Heaven, right?"

Xia Tian yawned lazily: "I've heard several people say this, old man, do you want to tell a story too?"

“I don’t tell stories, I tell experiences.”

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The old man in the straw raincoat said seriously, "About 20,000 years ago, I met Ye Di in the so-called True Immortal Realm. Later we found out that it was a fake True Immortal Realm, actually a ruin. It was also in this ruin that we actually found several corpses of True Immortals, and then took out some things from his storage bag."

Xia Tian said: "You are going to pick up other people's trash."

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"You can say that, but it's nothing to be ashamed of."

The old man in the straw raincoat looked calm and said, "Even if it's the garbage of the True Immortals, it's enough for us cultivators to benefit from it. However, at that time, because we didn't have enough Tribulation Power, we only took out a very small part of the things from the storage bag. After discussion, all the books and jade slips belong to him, and all the elixirs and magic weapons belong to me."

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"They probably fell out again because of the uneven distribution of the spoils," Xia Tian guessed casually.

The old man in the straw raincoat ignored Xia Tian's words and continued to talk about his past, looking quite nostalgic: "I relied on those things to establish a sect in the Immortal Cultivation Alliance and quickly gained a foothold. However, Emperor Ye was too ambitious and wanted to organize those skills to subvert the Taoism foundation of the entire Immortal Cultivation Alliance. Naturally, this caused dissatisfaction among all the high-level immortal cultivators in the alliance."

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Xia Tian stretched lazily and said, "Old man, how long are you going to tell this crappy story? I have to go back to find my wife Fu Yao. I don't have time to talk nonsense with a lousy old man like you."

“Don’t worry.” The old man in the straw raincoat chuckled and said, “The fairy Fuyao is on her way here. She will be here when you finish listening to my story.”

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Xia Tian felt a little better: "Then hurry up and tell me. I'll only give you one minute. If you exceed that time, don't blame me for beating you."

"You should understand the origin of the Eight Needles Against Heaven." The old man in straw raincoat shook his head and said with a little disappointment: "Only by understanding this clearly can you trace the origin and find the true meaning of this acupuncture method, so as not to be bound by the rules I set."

Xia Tian said: "You set the rules?"

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"One needle for life, two needles for death, three needles for flesh and bones, four needles for marrow cleansing, five needles for elixir, six needles for godhood, seven needles for immortality, and eight needles for heaven-defying power."

The old man in the straw raincoat showed a bit of pride on his face, and said with a smile: "This set of words is what I summarized after I sorted out and improved the complete set of needle techniques."

"Then your cultural level is not very good." Xia Tian curled his lips: "It doesn't rhyme at all."

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"Who said that? It actually rhymes." The old man in the straw raincoat disagreed with Xia Tian's statement and said directly, "Do you know that it took me hundreds of years just to summarize the effects of each injection?"

As he spoke, he looked at Xia Tian with some emotion, and said in a rather superior manner: "You should be grateful to me for being able to practice this technique so smoothly. Otherwise, you would be completely confused. Since you have practiced the Heaven-Defying Eight Needles, you are actually my disciple. You should kneel down and respectfully call me Grandmaster."

"Stop it."

Xia Tian didn't fall into the trap at all and said directly: "I only have three masters, they are Ghost Doctor Zhang Mingtuo, Dark Emperor Lu Ren and Killer God Allen. In fact, in terms of cultivating immortals, the Fairy Sister helped me the most, but she is my wife and does not count as a master. Apart from them, no one is worthy of being my master."

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The old man in the straw raincoat shook his head in disappointment: "I heard that there is a saying in your place, 'When you drink water, remember the well digger.' It seems that you are not a person who remembers the source of the water you drink and knows how to be grateful."

"You want me to be grateful to you?"

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Xia Tian's answer was quite direct: "Who do you think you are? Do you think you deserve it?"

"Hey, it seems that you don't want to know where the true essence of the Eight Needles Against the Sky is."

The old man in straw raincoat sneered and said, "The magic of the Eight Needles Against Heaven is not how magical the needle method is, or how convenient the path to immortality is. The most important essence is that it has a secret door that can bypass the stage of inducing heavenly tribulation and directly ascend to the realm of true immortals. You should be very interested in this, right?"

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At this point, he showed the confidence that only fishermen have: "As long as you become my disciple and enter my school, I will tell you the essence of this secret. How about it?"

"Not interested." Xia Tian said casually, "I don't need to know about secret doors or obvious doors. If I want to ascend, I have my own way. No one else can control me."

The old man in the straw raincoat remained silent.

"Old man, are you done with the story?" Xia Tian asked with a smile.

"call out!"

The old man in the straw raincoat suddenly moved the fishing rod in his hand, making a very slight sound, and a trace of murderous aura quietly flew out.

The next second, the entire river surface suddenly boiled, and huge waves hundreds of feet high rolled up.

Then he moved the fishing rod again, and the huge waves suddenly calmed down, as if the movement just now had never happened.

"Do you understand?" The old man in the straw raincoat tilted his head slightly and looked at Xia Tian.

Xia Tian curled his lips and said, "Old man, do you think this trick can scare me?"

"It seems that your understanding of the Eight Needles Against Heaven is still not deep enough."

The old man in the straw raincoat showed a disappointed look on his face: "You didn't even notice my change. Your understanding of the seventh needle is still a little lacking. Don't even think about trying the eighth needle for another thousand years."

"I want to try it, so I will. It's none of your business." Xia Tian was quite unhappy to hear this.

“Bang!”

The old man in the straw raincoat suddenly swung his fishing rod, hooking up a large amount of river water and rushing towards Xia Tian.

Such huge waves, let alone in the summer, would probably destroy the entire ship.

"Play this with me?"

Xia Tian was not afraid at all. A silver needle appeared between his fingers, which was an acupuncture needle.

The power of ice and fire circulated rapidly, transforming into a vortex of spiritual energy and heading towards the huge waves.

"This move of yours is quite interesting." The old man in the straw raincoat's eyes lit up, revealing a hint of interest: "To be able to make it this far, you are indeed the best candidate for the trial of the Eight Needles Against the Heaven. If you don't become my disciple, then you can only be my chess piece!"

“Bang!”

There was another soft sound.

The fishing rod came out of the water like a sword, slashing out sword energy, which all rushed towards Xia Tian without any surprise.

Xia Tian found something wrong. The river water actually had a strange suction force that could continuously draw away his ice and fire power.

However, the sword energy that was flying towards him was extremely tricky, forcing him to dodge.

However, there is no need to panic in summer.

Misty Steps, Smoky Steps, The World Is Just A Step Away, Shrinking the Earth Into An Inch...

These body techniques were used one by one, and there was even a vague feeling of integrating them all together.

"Change tactics on the fly and adapt to changing circumstances."

The old man in the straw raincoat laughed at this time, nodded and exclaimed: "Interesting, really interesting. Although you have not evolved as I expected, this accident is more in line with the ultimate essence deduced by the Night Emperor back then."

“Come again!”

Thinking of the wonderful point, he raised his hand and made a move towards Tianhe: "Water Magic Power, Fish Dragon Transformation."

The river water rises slowly like a swimming dragon.

The scales all over the body lit up.

An indescribable aura began to spread all around, oppressing the entire space to the point that it seemed like it was about to collapse.

The huge water dragon opened its mouth and swallowed Xia Tian directly into its stomach.

"Water magic, Guixu Tide!"

Suddenly, the entire water dragons turned into wisps and drops of water vapor, like fog and smoke, and the sky and the earth became ethereal.

Legend has it that the water of the Milky Way is endless.

At this time, they all seeped into Xia Tian's body.

"Haha, if you don't die, it means that my idea is right."

The old man in the straw raincoat stood on the boat with his hands in his sleeves, muttering, "If we fail, I'm afraid we'll have to spend thousands of years to cultivate the next seed of the Tao source."

“Bang!”

At the critical moment, a round hole suddenly appeared on the top of the water dragon.

Then, a big hand stretched out and grabbed Xia Tian and the water dragon.

"who!"

"How dare you ruin my good deeds!"