Xuanyi immediately grew serious and replied, "Not at all. This is an orthodox Immortal Dao method, though it is rarely seen nowadays. He still possesses a spiritual lifespan and has another one or two hundred years remaining. It cannot truly be called a continuation of his Dao lineage, yet his mystics are no weaker than when he was alive. In ordinary times, he helps me watch over spirit artifacts and refine the baleful radiance within them. One could say we benefit one another…"0

The man smiled, though he still seemed somewhat bothered by the comparison and quickly corrected him. "Although the Chunyi Dao Gate dislikes me, and that Sumian fellow would certainly insist I'm not one of them… the Eastern Sea is a complicated place. But this Dao lineage is part of the Immortal Dao, not some monk's path!"0

Li Ximing examined him carefully before nodding with a smile. Yet a few doubts arose in his heart. He asked, "If such a miraculous method truly exists, doesn't it amount to extending one's lifespan by another means? Even Purple Mansion Realm cultivators would covet such...0