Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant

Chapter 869: Chapter 384: The Longevity Seeker Speaks (Part 1)_3

"Toying with a few Immortal Venerables or Supremes, such things are already devoid of any pleasure for me."

"So there are still opportunities for immortality in the Longevity Immortal Palace."

Li An was stunned.

It wasn’t as he had imagined?

But the subtle smile on the white-robed man’s face inexplicably sent a chill down his spine. He asked solemnly, "So, what do you intend to do?"

The white-robed middle-aged man did not answer. Instead, his eyes began to reflect a hint of reminiscence. He said, "Do you know why the Bone Transformation Mountain frequently reappears within the Deceit Realm? Why the essence of longevity stays in this place?"

Li An shook his head.

"Because this place used to be very important to me."

The Longevity Seeker’s lips slowly curled into a smile, "When I was young, I was imprisoned with tens of thousands of children on a deserted island. There was no food, no water, and the only way to survive was to consume others."

"This method is called Human Refining Gu."

"To survive, you must kill all others by any means necessary, at any cost."

"Ultimately, I was the one who survived."

He did not elaborate on the process of survival. His lips curled with a smile, but just hearing it made Li An feel horror in his heart. He realized that the composed, elegant Longevity Seeker before him was not some reclusive master or True Immortal of the World. He was nurtured in the soil of the Blood Prison rather than an Immortal Palace, traversing paths over Corpse Mountains rather than jade steps.

"And so, after surviving, the compassion within me was completely slain."

"Compassion is actually the source of all emotions. When there is no compassion, there is no love, no heartache, no emotions at all."

He looked at Li An, "In this respect, you are quite unqualified."

Li An remained silent, and he continued:

"After becoming the Gu King, I embarked on the path of cultivation. I joined a major faction, which offered me great rewards and even married their daughter to me. But within a few years, I slaughtered their entire family; I was also favored by an Immortal who taught me Secret Techniques, but not long after, I refined his corpse into a Magical Artifact..."

"A person like me fears nothing. Heaven took away all my emotions; I am left with only one obsession, and that is to survive, to survive."

"But unexpectedly, Heaven was never stingy with me. One year, one day, I would encounter a person who made me feel emotions once again, right here, beneath this tree."

The Longevity Seeker closed his eyes; he seemed to have fallen into the most beautiful memories, speaking as if in a near-dream:

"At that time, she was here with her master, who was painting while she brewed tea. That day, she wore a purple dress, and her hair had a pale green cherry blossom pin... I had just killed many people and came to this mountain, already exhausted. To survive, I prepared for one last fight to kill them as well."

"But when I saw her, I inexplicably stopped. Her eyes... do you know? Her eyes were really beautiful, like the moon, dewdrops, autumn lakes, like a fawn’s eyes..."

"She offered me a cup of tea, said it could calm the mind, and I drank it. That day, I slept peacefully for the first time."

"When I awoke, she and her master were nowhere to be found, but the blood stains on my face had been wiped clean, and two bottles of healing Immortal Pills were left behind."

He slowly opened his eyes as if something had faded away from his sight, leaving him somewhat nostalgic.

Li An gently asked, "So, you finally felt joy?"

"Fear."

"Fear?"

"That’s right... For people like me, survival depends on caring about nothing. You’ve learned the unity of man and sword, you should understand that when one forgets themselves, they are often at their strongest. When the ’self’ inside begins to awaken, reaching unity becomes difficult. I am the same; she would destroy me."

"Yet I couldn’t help but think, since I couldn’t stop thinking about her, I pondered how to deal with this fear. Finally, I found a way."

"What way?"

"Kill her."

The words of the Longevity Seeker were indifferent, "I skinned her master in front of her and consumed her master."

"Then, at the moment when hatred erupted in her eyes, I twisted off her head."

"Right here."

...

Goodnight.

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