With only 8 years to live at the start, I'm going all in.

Chapter 44 If I take a step back, I lose.

Qingfeng County was quiet in the dead of night.

Only patrolling officials walked along the four streets, and the people in the outer city had already turned off their lights. Under the long-term torment of the Yin and Yang evil spirits, they needed to go to sleep as early as possible to replenish their energy.

Inside the room, Miao Buzhen was lying on a recliner with his eyes closed, taking a short nap, but his brows were slightly furrowed.

The sudden visit of the man in black tonight disrupted his plans, leaving him feeling unsettled. Even when he fell asleep, he couldn't calm down, as if something big was about to happen.

Just then, a crisp creaking sound came from above the roof, which made Miao Buzhen, who was lying in the armchair, open her eyes wide and then fix her gaze on the direction from which the sound came.

"who!"

With a loud shout, Miao Buzhen rolled to the side and then threw the folding fan she had been holding onto the roof.

The next moment, the folding fan transformed into a beam of cold light that pierced through the roof tiles, making a crisp "bang" sound in the silent night.

Broken tiles kept falling onto the floor tiles inside the house with a piercing "crashing" sound, and a hole the size of a human head was suddenly revealed in the roof.

Miao Buzhen stared intently at the hole above the roof, but instead of the expected figure landing, she encountered a strange, dark green object.

Miao Buzhen watched helplessly as the thing rolled right in front of her. A cold smile crept into her heart. She quickly covered her mouth and nose, held her breath, and retreated rapidly, thinking to herself, "What era are we living in? They're still trying to use poison gas on me?"

But the next second, a muffled explosion rang out in the room, followed by Miao Buzhen's scream.

"Aaaaaah! My eyes!!!"

The moment Miao Buzhen let out a scream, a figure suddenly fell from the hole in the roof and landed steadily on the floor. He was dressed in black with a long knife hanging at his waist. It was Ding Yi, who had sneaked out in the dark earlier!

Ding Yi looked at Miao Buzhen, who was covering her eyes and running around the room, and a cold smile appeared on his lips. Then he took out a talisman from his pocket.

This Shattering Talisman was one of the two given to Ding Yi by the Bai Clan Martial Arts School. In order to lull his opponent into a false sense of surprise, Ding Yi did not choose to use the enhanced Shattering Talisman at the beginning.

As soon as Ding Yi took the talisman out of his pocket, he felt a pulling force from a distance. He raised an eyebrow and thought to himself that this Miao Buzhen really was a member of the God-worshipping lineage. He might even be the person from the Qingsi Temple who had been causing such a stir in Sangufang recently.

"Who are you?! Who are you?! Do you even know what you're doing?!"

Miao Buzhen felt like a million grass mud horses were running through his mind. He had just watched the strange thing explode in front of him and lost his sight instantly. It was as if he had been hit head-on by a big one. He became the first person to open his eyes and see a flashbang!

Miao Buzhen felt a white blur before her eyes and her ears were ringing, but she could sense someone jumping off the roof and immediately screamed.

Seeing Miao Buzhen on the verge of collapse, Ding Yi didn't say a word. He simply threw the evil-dispelling talisman in his hand towards Miao Buzhen. Instantly, the talisman flew straight towards Miao Buzhen as if it were being pulled by a thin thread.

Miao Buzhen finally managed to reach the wall and leaned against it, panting heavily. Just as he was about to try to get some more information out of her to buy time, he suddenly felt a sense of alarm and abruptly looked ahead.

As soon as the talisman flew within three feet of Miao Buzhen, it spontaneously combusted without fire, emitting an invisible ripple.

"A talisman to ward off evil!!"

Miao Buzhen, who was leaning against the wall, seemed to realize what was coming from. She was stunned for a moment, and then her expression turned resentful.

"You're a lackey of the Patrol Division!! Did he send you here?!"

As Miao Buzhen screamed, the hairpin on her head fell off automatically. Then, her long black hair moved without wind, stretching and twisting at a visible speed, quickly forming a circle in front of her, creating a shield-like shape.

"boom!!"

The ripples emitted by the talisman collided with Miao Buzhen's long hair, producing a muffled cracking sound. Immediately afterward, a burst of fire shot up inside the room, illuminating Ding Yi's astonished eyes.

What the heck?! Hair like this?! Is this the eerie thing about Qing Si Guan?!

Without any hesitation, Ding Yi pulled out two more evil-dispelling talismans and flung them at Miao Buzhen.

The two exorcising talismans shot into the firelight in front of Miao Buzhen like arrows, followed by two explosions.

The two explosions were increasingly muffled, especially the last one, which almost made the entire roof beams and pillars shake. Miao Buzhen finally let out a scream, followed by a "thud" of a heavy object falling in the firelight.

Ding Yi frowned as he looked at the firelight in front of him, but instead of going forward to check, he took out the fourth talisman to ward off evil.

However, this time, the Demon-Slaying Talisman in Ding Yi's hand did not exhibit the same strong pulling force as the previous three, which surprised Ding Yi slightly.

died?

Ding Yi held the talisman and waited quietly for the flames in front of him to go out, without taking a step forward to check.

After about ten minutes, the fire finally died down, and the room became dark and quiet again.

A few rays of moonlight shone through the hole in the roof, allowing Ding Yi to see the scene in front of him clearly.

On the pitch-black ground lay a charred figure, motionless and noticeably smaller than before, a sight that evoked a sense of pity.

Ding Yi remained expressionless as he watched the scene unfold, not moving an inch.

"Get up and stop pretending to be dead."

Ding Yi suddenly spoke up.

This time, Ding Yi didn't let Miao Buzhen go without reason; he used words to provoke her to see if she was really dead.

Since the fire went out, Ding Yi has not seen any text prompts, namely, the prompts about gaining lifespan.

You should know that when Qingyunzi was killed by me, a message popped up.

Although he didn't know why the talisman in his hand had stopped working, Ding Yi had reason to believe that Miao Buzhen, who looked like a charred corpse, was not dead at all.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

The air was so quiet you could hear the sound of a silver needle falling to the ground. Ding Yi seemed certain that Miao Buzhen was faking his death, and he remained so calm that he didn't even dawdle.

Finally, the charred figure suddenly sprang up, leaping from its spot and lunging towards Ding Yi.

"So it was you!! You damn bastard!!! I should have...."

"boom!"

With a gunshot, Miao Buzhen's body flew backward and crashed heavily to the ground. His gaunt face was staring wide-eyed in Ding Yi's direction, as if he wanted to glare Ding Yi to death.