Everlasting

According to ancient legends, the immortal is so superior that he can even change the fate of reincarnation after paying a huge price. But after all, he is not an immortal, and he does not have the means to reverse the destiny and restore the universe.

"..."

Chen Nianzhi walked out of the mansion, his face was so calm that nothing could be seen.

In front of the mansion, an old man with white hair as white as snow stood quietly. This man was the fourth elder Chen Qingyuan. He looked at Chen Nianzhi and said plainly.

"he's gone?"

"Um."

Chen Nianzhi nodded. Looking at the figure in front of him, his heart trembled inexplicably.

Chen Qingyuan is 101 years old this year and does not have many years left to live.

In fact, compared to the Great Elder, Chen Qingyuan had greater regrets in this life. Before he was sixty years old, his family obtained a Foundation Building Pill, but in the end he could not compete with Chen Qingmeng.

Later, at the age of sixty-one, when his energy and blood were declining, his family received two Foundation Establishment Pills at once, but he just missed this opportunity.

Chen Qinghao and Chen Qingwan, who were about the same age as him, broke through the foundation building in one fell swoop. Now they have even reached the fifth level of foundation building. There is some hope of breaking through the Zifu in the future.

Such a big gap is probably Chen Qingyuan's biggest regret in this life.

Chen Qingyuan therefore sat in front of the mansion, looking calmly at the sea of ​​clouds in the distance with Chen Nianzhi, and said calmly.

"My whole life, I had a bad temper when I was young. After Qingmeng failed to break through and build the foundation, he still had to take a desperate risk to break through the Zi Mansion again."

"At the time, I thought he was evading responsibility and despised his act of committing suicide."

"But it wasn't until I got older that I gradually understood Qing Meng's thoughts."

He shook his head, with a somewhat relieved smile on his face.

Chen Nianzhi looked at him sideways and found that he no longer had the impatience of his youth, but instead had a somewhat peaceful tone.

"There will always be many regrets in a person's life."

"All of us are like fish fighting against the current. Living in this long river of heaven and earth, we can only passively drift with the current, swim upstream desperately, and eventually drown in the long river of time."

"Only a very small number of people like you can continuously fight through the water and transcend the boundaries of life and death. There is a slight possibility of becoming an immortal god, breaking free from the shackles of time and becoming immortal in the long river of time and space."

Chen Qingyuan said, his expression was very calm and a bit self-deprecating.

It was a kind of resignation and a kind of compromise. He did not have enough power to change his destiny, so he could only compromise with time, admit that he would face death, and quietly wait for his life span to run out little by little.

If you can't become an immortal, what can you do even if you are the unparalleled Yuanshen Dao Lord? After all, you can't transcend, and in the end you will still be nothing more than a handful of loess.

He smiled and looked at Chen Nianzhi and said: "Your struggle in this life is like a fish constantly jumping in the long river, constantly getting stronger and changing yourself, just to one day transform into a real dragon and transcend."

"But even for an amazing person like you, there are always things that you can't do."

"One day, you will also watch everyone around you that you love, or those who love you, die."

"You attach too much importance to emotions. This is your obsession with practice. It may also turn into suffering in your heart, and it may even become your inner demon."

"I hope you can understand some truths. Some things need to be taken lightly. Don't get too caught up in them. Being too emotional may harm you."

Listening to his words silently, Chen Nianzhi remained silent and said nothing.

He stood quietly on the top of the mountain, watching the sea of ​​clouds rolling and flying between the sky and the earth, and stood quietly for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, he glanced sideways at Chen Qingyuan and said calmly: "You have to do it to know whether something can be done or not."

"As for feelings, obsessions, and inner demons, I, Chen Nianzhi, will take full responsibility for them."

"One day, when I am strong enough, then..."

"Then at the end of Jiuyou Yinming, can you let me go in and look for someone?"

Chen Qingyuan's face was moved, and then she realized that Chen Nianzhi had a firm belief and a sense of proportion in his heart, and he did not agree with his method of avoiding cause and effect and avoiding disasters and fate.

He has a fierce and determined personality, is not afraid of taking responsibility and karma, and has a majestic spirit that can conquer the world under his calm appearance.

But it is extremely difficult to achieve this step. Even those who cut off karma and practice painstakingly will find it extremely difficult to become an immortal, let alone someone like him who is not afraid of karma.

Looking at his tall figure in white clothes like snow, Chen Qingyuan felt inexplicably and thought of an adjective.

Unparalleled celestial figure, as rich as jade.

"..."

When I walked out of the back mountain, the banquet was about to start, and several Zifu immortal clans also came to congratulate the Zifu monks.

From the Pan Clan of Yu County, naturally Pan Boyuan from the fourth level of the Zi Mansion came.

The one who came from the Xu family in Feng County was Xu Daoyuan, and his cultivation had actually reached the fourth level of the Purple Mansion.

The Xu family gained a lot from the Monster Rebellion six or seven years ago. With this harvest, the Xu family upgraded their dojo's spiritual veins to the third-level mid-level.

Moreover, he also spent two precious treasures to buy two cloud pattern creation pills for Xu Daoyuan. With the two cloud pattern creation pills, Xu Daoyuan broke through to the middle stage of Zifu in one fell swoop.

It is said that Xu Qianyang's cultivation level has also taken a step closer, and he has broken through to the sixth level of Zifu. Xu Qianyang still has more than a hundred years of life. If he is not stuck by the bottleneck of Zifu for too long, he may still have 20 to 30% of the breakthrough gold in the future. Dan's certainty.

The last member of the Yang family from Ling County was Yang Yuanhe. The head of the Yang family was severely injured back then, and his injuries have not yet recovered. It can be said that the strength of the Yang family has been greatly reduced.

However, Yang Yuanhe purchased the metallic Zifu Cultivation Technique from the Chu State Barter Conference six years ago, and now his cultivation is finally one step closer, reaching the second level of Zifu.

At the banquet, more than a dozen foundation-building monks from the Chen family entertained fellow foundation-builders from all over the border states.

The old patriarch was sitting at the same table with several Zifu monks. When he saw Chen Nianzhi arriving, Xu Daoyuan said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, you are a landlord. Why are you here so late today?"

"Something delayed me and kept you waiting for a long time."

Chen Nianzhi stepped forward, raised a glass of wine and said with a smile: "I will punish myself with a glass of wine to make amends to you all."

Except for Pan Boyuan, several of the people present were fellow Taoists who fought side by side during the Monster Rebellion. In addition, they were all fellow Taoists from Bianzhou, so naturally they were somewhat close to each other.

In fact, everyone was in awe of Chen Nian. Even though Chen Changxuan was the leader of the Chen clan, the monks in Chu State all understood that Chen Nian's methods were even more powerful. After they knew that he had broken through the Zifu, even the later monks in the Zifu had to look down upon him.

After drinking for three rounds, Chen Nianzhi put down his glass and said with a smile.

"Everyone, I'll tell you the truth, today's banquet is to discuss the distribution of interests in the border states."