The Dao dies but I live on, the spiritual energy dries up but I remain evergreen

Chapter 214: Seeking Longevity, the Truth

All in all, the spiritual energy has been exhausted for four hundred years.

The ordinary lifespan of a person who has established his foundation is no more than 200 years, while those who are born with a long lifespan can live to more than 300 years old. If there are various methods to prolong lifespan during this period, it is not a problem to live longer.

only…

In any case, a foundation-building cultivator would show signs of old age by now.

Why doesn't that person look old and calls Yan Shiliu his cousin?

It was naturally difficult for Yan Shiliu and his group to detect the mystery here.

They fled in panic.

Previously, I was just lost.

Now he is being hunted down.

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

At least.

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

I figured out a few things.

Let’s talk about the north entrance of Yanjia Village. It was summer at that time, hot and humid. There was a big river at the north entrance with calm water and a stone bridge. There were farmlands on both sides of the river, making it convenient to draw river water for irrigation.

A few children were having a great time playing in the river. If they were lucky, they could catch a few herrings and have a dish for dinner.

Seeing a swordsman in white slowly approaching the village road, the children shouted loudly to tell their parents. Many villagers glanced at him from afar and ignored him.

They had seen the swordsman in white before.

There's nothing strange about it.

A few people looked at the white-robed swordsman for a few more seconds and continued to do farm work with their heads down.

Li Changxiao walked to the river, joked with the two or three 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, took a long detour, and came to the old scholar at the west entrance. The old scholar was already very old and was teaching a few children. However, they were young and did not know the value of knowledge. Some were playing and fighting outside the classroom, while others were talking and chatting. The old scholar seemed to have been accustomed to it and patiently told the knowledge in the book over and over again.

A few gusts 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 take a walk outside to exercise, Li Changxiao happened to leave.

Li Changxiao walked and came to Zhaozi Tower.

The madam sat on a rocking chair and did not try to attract customers. Her face was rosy and she lived a very comfortable life, with her figure becoming increasingly plump.

I don't know how long it took.

Li Changxiao came to the village chief's house.

He knocked gently on the door.

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

Li Chang smiled and said, "Nothing, 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, the figure completely disappeared.

baffling.

Li Changxiao came to the east entrance of Yanjia Village.

Yan Cisheng was carrying a hoe and returning home. When he saw Li Changxiao, his face lit up and he pulled him in for tea.

There happens to be a tea forest one mile away from Yanjia Village. Anyone who wants to drink tea can pick tea leaves and take them home to fry and dry them in the sun.

Yan Ci Sheng's family has a lot of tea, all of which were roasted and dried by his father Yan Lai Fu. If other guests came to visit, he might not be willing to use this tea to entertain them, because his father was the one who roasted the most fragrant tea in the village. And now, the tea is not only fragrant, it also has a special meaning to Yan Ci Sheng.

But the person who came was different from others. He had done him a favor, so he could not be stingy.

"Are you busy now?" Li Changxiao asked.

"That's it." Yan Cisheng: "I just took over my father's job. He didn't complain about the hardship, so I can't complain either."

"That's right." Li Changxiao nodded, took a sip of tea, and asked, "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."

When he said this, his expression dimmed, but there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes. This was his only goal so far.

He said: "For the past twenty years, I have lived in a daze all day long, 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 be pleased, right?"

Li Changxiao nodded and smiled: "Maybe."

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

"Of course it's my son!"

Yan Cisheng thought about it, as if he was influenced by his father, but then he added: "It's not impossible for a daughter, but it's too early to say this now. There may not be a girl willing to marry me..."

Speaking of which.

The atmosphere fell silent.

"By the way." Li Changxiao took a sip of tea, changed the subject without leaving a trace, 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 doesn't exist. At least I haven't thought about it before."

"Aren't you curious?" Li Chang laughed and said, "The world outside is very big. There are six of them in the world alone."

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

Li Changxiao nodded and continued, "Not only is it big, it is also very exciting. There are all kinds of talented people, all kinds of doctrines, all kinds of strange beasts, and ancient 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, we humans have two biggest advantages."

"The first advantage: natural shortcuts, fast cultivation speed, alchemy, weapon control, feng shui, swordsmanship, and amazing magic."

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

He thought about it and asked, "What about the second advantage of the human race?"

Li Changxiao said slowly: "Inheritance. Only when the flame is passed on, the flame of the human race will never be extinguished."

Yan Cisheng was about to say something.

Li Changxiao suddenly looked at him and said, "If we look at this inheritance in a narrow sense, we can roughly understand it as..."

Li Changxiao slowly uttered two words: "Reproduction."

Yan Ci Sheng frowned, gradually becoming confused about what the swordsman wanted to say.

Li Changxiao continued, "Reproduction is the nature of the human race... no, it is the nature of all living things. It is the supreme ability bestowed by God on living things. Throughout the ages, there have been countless people seeking immortality, but none of them have achieved true immortality. All things in the world will eventually wither, even mountains and rivers will eventually become flat."

"But... they can't reproduce. The fact that we exist is the best evidence."

"Since the birth of the human race in ancient times, there have been some large clans that have never been cut off and have continued to multiply until now. There is an old saying that children are the continuation of life. From this perspective, the clans that have been passed down, are they... the ones who truly have eternal life?"

Yan Cisheng looked thoughtful.

Li Changxiao stood up and tapped the five fingers of his right hand in the air, revealing a certain rhythm.

Not a moment.

A small red bug crawled out from the gap under the master bedroom door and crawled towards Li Changxiao.

Yan Cisheng was surprised and asked, "What is this!?"

Li Changxiao said, "It's a very simple Gu technique, used to lure out Gu worms. I just learned it."

"This little guy is really here."

Yan Cisheng frowned, "How come I have a poisonous insect here? What kind of poison is this?"

"Gluttony Gu." Li Changxiao leaned over and picked up the red Gu worm with two fingers. "This Gu worm will sleep once it enters the body. After waking up inside the body, it will make the person who is poisoned fall into a frenzy, lose consciousness, and eat everything they can see."

Yan Cisheng said: "Is it because of this poisonous insect that I ate my father alive?!"

Li Changxiao said: "After the gluttony Gu enters the body, the person will fall asleep. Even if he wakes up, it will not act immediately. It needs to follow the meridians of the human body and crawl into the brain to make the person lose consciousness. This process takes at least two weeks."

"Moreover, most people who are poisoned by the Gu will die of vomiting, so the fact that you ate your father alive actually has nothing to do with the Gu."

Li Changxiao said slowly: "But Yan Nanzhe didn't even know the characteristics of the Gu worm well enough, so he hastily poisoned it."

"Do you know why Yan Nanzhe fled in a hurry that day? Because he was afraid. He was afraid that the truth would be revealed. He was afraid that the villagers would know that he was the murderer of the father-eating tragedy."

"He guessed that if you smelled the awakening Gu incense 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 insect wasn't in your body at all."

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

"Am I right, Yan Laifu?"

"The continuation of life, reproduction... the way of longevity through eating one's own children is truly mysterious. The person who invented this way is truly a genius, and... you who are willing to follow this way to prolong your life are even more... talented."

……

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My descendants will be endless, and my life span will not decrease from generation to generation.

The curse of eating fathers in Yanjia Village has actually always been about eating children in exchange for longevity.

It was not that Yan Ci was devastated after eating his father alive and suddenly aged several years.

But Yan Lai Fu looks much younger after eating his son.

Father and son, similar in build and voice...

The son eats the father.

It's still the father eating the son.

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

But just in time, a man named Yan Nanzhe appeared. He had ulterior motives and wanted to use the "father-eating" curse to kill Yan Cisheng and Yan Laifu, father and son.

He used Gu on Yan Ci, but Yan Ci's death had nothing to do with Gu.

That day.

The night is rich.

It was Yan Lai Fu who called Yan Ci Sheng into the room.

The body, which was gradually hunched due to old age, got out of the bed tremblingly, and Yan Cisheng hurried to help him.

The moonlight is very faint.

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

He never knew what kind of person his father was.

That night.

Yan Lai Fu told him many stories from his childhood, and Yan Ci Sheng was very moved.

It's just the end.

Yan Laifu had a strange expression on his face and said, "Since you gave me life, it's time for you to fulfill your filial duty."

"You are the life God gave me."

"Thank you for showing up."

(Another long chapter of 3,000 words. I wonder if any of you have guessed that there are quite a few traces left in the beginning.)