Chapter 214: Seeking Longevity, the Truth

The spiritual energy has been exhausted for four hundred years. ░▒▓█►─═  ═─◄█▓▒░

The life span of ordinary foundation-building cultivators is only two hundred years. Those who are born with a long life span can live to more than three hundred years. If there are various methods to prolong life during this period, it is not a problem to live longer.

But...

In any case, the foundation-building cultivators should show old age at this time.

Why didn't that person show old age and still call Yan Shiliu a cousin?

Yan Shiliu and his group naturally found it difficult to detect the mystery.

They fled in a hurry.

They were just lost before.

Now they are being hunted.

However, it is not that no one has figured out the mystery of Yanjia Village.

At least.

The white-clothed swordsman who was walking in the mountains and forests and had just returned to the north entrance of Yanjia Village.

He saw through one or two.

Let's talk about the north entrance of Yanjia Village. It was summer, hot and humid. There was a big river at the north entrance. The water was calm and there was a stone bridge. There were farmlands on both sides of the river, which was convenient for diverting river water for irrigation.

Three or two children were playing in the river, having a great time. If they were lucky, they could catch a few ounces of herring, which could be used as a dish in the evening.

Seeing a white-clothed swordsman walking slowly outside the village road, the children shouted loudly to tell their parents. Many villagers glanced at him from a distance and ignored him.

They had seen this white-clothed swordsman.

There was nothing strange about it.

A few people looked at the white-clothed swordsman twice more and continued to do farm work with their heads down.

Li Changxiao walked to the river, smiled and joked with the three or two children, then got up and left, walking into the village.

He walked through the vegetable market and went to the bookstore. The bookstore owner was surprised and thought they had left the village.

After chatting for a while, Li Changxiao left the bookstore and took a long detour to the old scholar at the west entrance. The old scholar was already old and frail. He was teaching a few children at this time. However, they were young and did not know the value of knowledge. Some of them were playing and fighting outside the classroom, while others were talking and chatting. The old scholar seemed to have been used to it and patiently told the knowledge in the book over and over again.

A few ounces of wind blew.

Li Changxiao did not disturb them, but leaned against the window and watched quietly.

When the old scholar felt tired and planned to walk outside to exercise, Li Changxiao just left.

Li Changxiao walked and came to Zhaozi Tower.

The old procuress sat on a rocking chair and did not solicit customers. Her face was rosy and she lived a very moist life. Her figure was getting rounder and rounder.

I don't know how long I walked.

Li Changxiao came to the village chief's house.

He knocked on the door gently.

The village chief came to open the door, and when he saw that it was Li Changxiao, he was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled again, "Huh? Why are you back again?"

Li Changxiao smiled and said, "Nothing, I just came to see you."

The village chief was thinking about something, and was about to speak, when suddenly the swordsman walked away again.

After turning a corner, he disappeared completely.

It was inexplicable.

Li Changxiao came to the east entrance of Yanjia Village.

Yan Cisheng was carrying a hoe back home, and when he saw Li Changxiao, his face was happy, and he pulled him in for tea.

A mile away from Yanjia Village, there happened to be a tea forest. Whoever wanted to drink tea could pick tea leaves by themselves and take them home to fry and dry.

Yan Cisheng's family had a lot of tea leaves, all of which were fried and dried by his father Yan Laifu. If other guests came to visit, he might not be willing to use this tea to entertain them, because his father was the most fragrant in the village, and now, it is not only fragrant, but also has a special meaning for Yan Cisheng.

But the visitor is different from others. He has done him a favor, so he can't be stingy.

"Are you busy now?" Li Changxiao asked.

"Just like that." Yan Cisheng: "I just took over my father's work. He didn't say it was hard, so I can't say it was hard either."

"That's right." Li Changxiao nodded, took a sip of tea, and asked again: "What are your plans for the future?"

"What plans can I have?" Yan Cisheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Just live a stable life. If possible... I want to get married and have children."

Speaking of this, his expression dimmed, but there was a glimmer of light. This is his only goal so far.

He said, "For the past twenty years, I have lived in a daze, but not now."

"My father always wanted me to get married and have children as soon as possible."

"I think... if I can give birth to a big fat boy, my father's spirit in heaven will definitely feel relieved, right?"

Li Changxiao nodded and smiled, "Maybe."

Li Changxiao asked again, "By the way, do you want a son or a daughter?"

"Of course a son!"

Yan Cisheng thought without hesitation, as if he was influenced by his father, but then he added, "A daughter is not impossible, but it's too early to say this now. There may not be a girl willing to marry me..."

At this point.

The atmosphere fell silent.

"By the way." Li Changxiao took a sip of tea, changed the subject inconspicuously, and asked with a smile: "Have you ever thought about going outside to see the world outside Yanjia Village?"

Yan Cisheng was stunned, "The outside world? That's not the case, at least I haven't thought about it before."

"Aren't you curious?" Li Changxiao said: "The outside world is very big, there are six in the world alone."

Yan Cisheng's pupils shrank, "Is it really that big?"

Li Changxiao nodded and continued: "Not only is it big, but it is also very exciting. There are all kinds of talented people, all kinds of doctrines, all kinds of strange beasts, and prehistoric species. Humans are very small in front of them."

Yan Cisheng was so curious that he even forgot to drink his tea.

Li Changxiao continued: "However, our human race has the two biggest advantages."

"The first advantage: natural shortcut, fast cultivation speed, alchemy, control of weapons, feng shui, swordsmanship, and amazing skills."

Yan Cisheng's expression became more playful, "Where did you hear these things? They are weird and mysterious."

He thought for a while and asked: "What about the second advantage of the human race?"

Li Changxiao said slowly: "Inheritance. Only when the fire is passed down from generation to generation can the fire of the human race never be extinguished."

Yan Cisheng was about to say something.

Li Changxiao suddenly looked at him and said, "If this inheritance is viewed in a narrow sense, it can be roughly understood as..."

Li Changxiao slowly spit out two words: "Reproduce."

Yan Cisheng frowned and gradually became confused as to what the swordsman wanted to say.

Li Changxiao continued: "Reproduction is the human race... no, it is the nature of all living things. It is the supreme ability given by God to living things. Throughout the ancient times, there are countless people who seek immortality. There is no one who is truly immortal. In all things, there will always be When they are withering, even the mountains and rivers will have a peaceful day.”

"But...reproduction is not possible. The reason why we exist is the best evidence."

"From the birth of the human race in ancient times to the present, there have been some large clans that have never been discontinued and have continued to multiply to this day. There is an old saying that children are the continuation of life. From this perspective, are the families that have been passed down... the ones that have been passed down? Where are those who truly have eternal life?”

Yan Cisheng looked thoughtful.

Li Changxiao stood up, and the five fingers of his right hand were dotted in the air, showing a certain rhythm.

Not a moment.

There was a small red insect crawling out from the gap under the door of the master bedroom, and crawled towards Li Changxiao.

Yan Cisheng was surprised: "Is this!?"

Li Changxiao said: "A very crude voodoo technique, used to attract voodoo insects. I just learned it."

"This little guy is really here."

Yan Cisheng frowned, "Why do I have Gu insects here? What kind of Gu is this?"

"Gluttony Gu." Li Changxiao leaned over and picked up the red Gu worm with two fingers. "This Gu worm will sleep when it enters the body. After waking up in the body, the victim will fall into a violent rage and lose consciousness. , eating everything in sight."

Yan Cisheng said: "Did I eat my father's raw food because I was infected by this poison?!"

Li Changxiao said: "After the Gluttony Gu enters the body, it will fall asleep. Even if it wakes up, it will not attack immediately. It needs to crawl along the body's meridians and crawl into the mind to make the person affected by the Gu lose consciousness. This process is the shortest and requires Two weeks’ time.”

"Also, most of those who are infected by the poison will die, so the fact that you ate your father alive has nothing to do with the poison."

Li Changxiao said slowly: "But Yan Nanzhe didn't even understand the characteristics of the voodoo insect, so he planted the voodoo in a hurry."

"Do you know why Yan Nanzhe ran away in a hurry that day? Because he was afraid, he was afraid that the matter would be exposed, and he was afraid that the villagers would know that he was the murderer of this tragedy."

"He expected that if you smelled the scent of the Awakening Gu during the day, the Gluttony Gu would attack again at night, so he didn't dare to stay for a moment."

"but…"

"What he doesn't know is that you didn't have an attack because the voodoo was not on you at all."

Li Changxiao looked at Yan Cisheng meaningfully and sighed: "Gisheng, Cisheng, what a beautiful name, life given by God."

"I'm right, Yan Laifu."

"The continuation of life, reproduction... the path of torma to longevity is truly mysterious. The person who invented this path is really a genius, and... you who are willing to follow this path to prolong your life are even more... talents."

…

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I have endless descendants, and my life span will not diminish from birth to birth.

The curse of the food father in Yanjia Village has always been the food child praying for longevity.

It wasn't that after Yan Ci gave raw food to his father, he was hit hard and suddenly aged a few years.

But Yan Laifu, who has become a child, looks much younger.

Father and son have similar body shapes and similar voices...

The son feeds the father.

Still the father eats the son.

How can outsiders identify it? How can you think of it?

But there happened to be a Yan Nanzhe who had evil intentions and wanted to use the "eating father" curse to kill Yan Qisheng and Yan Laifu and his son together.

He used Gu to give birth to Yan Ci, but Yan Ci's death had nothing to do with the Gu technique.

That day.

The night is rich.

It was Yan Laifu who called Yan Cisheng to the room.

Yan Cisheng hurriedly helped his body, which had become rickety due to old age, to get out of bed tremblingly.

The moonlight was very faint.

Yan Cisheng could see his father's face. It was a face full of wrinkles, but what the moonlight couldn't illuminate, what he couldn't see through, was the human heart.

He never understood what kind of person his father was.

That night.

Yan Laifu told him many past events when he was young, and Yan Cisheng was very moved.

Just coming.

Yan Laifu looked a little strange and said, "I have given you a life, it's your turn to fulfill your filial piety."

"You are the life given to me by God."

"Thanks for showing up."

(Another big chapter of 3,000 words. I wonder if any of you have guessed that there are many traces left in front of it.)