Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant

Chapter 871: Chapter 385: The Longevity Seeker’s Tale (Part 2)

Li An noticed that although he remained calm, there was inexplicably a trace of a smile at the corner of his mouth.

After he finished speaking, he suddenly fell silent for a very long time, as if there was a memory he didn’t want to share. It was a secret buried deep in his heart, a forbidden taboo never to be shown, a beauty exclusive to him alone.

After a long time, he continued: "Later, as I had wished, I attracted that sect’s enemies and destroyed it. Her master, fellow disciples, and friends all perished in that battle; the light in her eyes finally extinguished. She learned hatred, her beautiful face became weathered and aged. She knew that all of this was my doing, and she hated me vehemently..."

He sighed once more: "I gave her the opportunity, pretending to be severely injured, allowing her to kill me..."

"I looked forward to her eyes, expecting her to become insane, obsessive, angry, hateful, malevolent... and anticipating that she would gift all this malice to me!"

"Only malice can make me strong, only hatred can make me resilient... I am a monster originally fed with these things."

"In fact, I succeeded. At that time she was embracing me, the dagger pressed against my throat, and all these emotions appeared in her eyes."

"I knew I had succeeded. Having seen her eyes that day, I would no longer have nightmares, nor fear, nor anger... nor joy, nor pity. Her eyes, like stars and the moon, were my lethal poison, and she would be the one to give me the antidote."

"I am still myself, the Human Gu that walked out from Ten Thousand People Island!"

In his words, a slight tremor unexpectedly appeared, unimaginable given that he was now a Longevity Seeker, who once destroyed the entire Era of Eternal Life, manipulating great schemers like Evergreen Immortal Venerable and Yunluo Immortal Venerable — yet he was once again nervous because of memories from the past?

The Longevity Seeker closed his eyes and said: "But in the end... she didn’t kill me."

"It was as if the clouds dispersed, and the fog vanished; her insanity, obsession, hatred, and malevolence were gone, leaving only sparse and desolate wind and pity. Her final gaze upon me was full of tenderness, you know?"

He stopped speaking at this point, lost in his own remembrance, as if forgetting Li An’s presence, as though he had walked into the annals of time and returned to that scene years ago.

She held him in one arm, and after gripping the dagger tightly in her other hand repeatedly, she finally released it, her eyes’ hatred and intent to kill, after gathering numerous times, eventually dissipated...

Her gaze was no longer like a clear lake, a glowing star, or a bright moon, but a tenderness that he could never comprehend. She leaned over to his ear and whispered:

"You are truly pitiful... do you know that? You always seem like a child. From the first time I saw you, you were like a frightened child. I don’t know what you may have gone through, but all these years, you truly have never grown up... You think you are so merciless? But actually, it is really easy to harm you."

She gently stroked his hair: "You are already pitiful enough... I don’t want to add another pitiful child to the world."

"Without me beside you in the future... go back, return to your darkness; only the darkness can protect you."

As her words fell, the dagger pierced her own abdomen, blood flowed freely, her Primordial Spirit naturally dissipated, and she fell into his embrace.

At that moment, he finally understood... she was already pregnant with his child.

...

The wind blew, the leaves on Bone Transformation Mountain shimmered, emitting a low sound like sobbing. Li An looked up, and at some unknown time, the Longevity Seeker had turned his back, so Li An couldn’t see his face, but Li An knew, at this moment, he must be in tears.

...

For a long, long time.

He poured himself a cup of tea, drinking it, and Li An also picked up a teacup to sip, yet found the taste in his mouth was nothing but bitterness.

The Longevity Seeker’s face was as always, calm and indifferent, he smiled slightly and said: "She is still here when she died."

"After she died, her sect’s great enemy came here. I set up an Array and annihilated them all. That Array you have already mastered, the Bone Transformation Array."

His story was completed, and Li An finally understood why Bone Transformation Mountain was so important.

"Later I thought of many ways to try to retrieve her, but all failed. Her sect, friends, and mentors were all wiped out by me. In this world, there was no longer any karma related to her. I placed her in a coffin to preserve her corpse."

"After that, I achieved longevity, wielding the authority of life and death. So I buried her at the end of time, and I too slumbered outside the flow of time."

"Until someone stole her corpse."

The Longevity Seeker chuckled and said: "Life has its limits. The word ’longevity’, for all the powerful individuals in the world, is an unparalleled temptation. Throughout history, there have been many with brilliant talents, including Yunluo Immortal Venerable and Evergreen Immortal Venerable, who are considered among the outstanding ones."

"They took away her corpse, and also obtained clues about longevity. They all knew that in this world there can only be one Longevity Seeker. As long as I am alive and the authority of life and death is in my hands, they cannot achieve longevity. So, the only way for them is to make me relinquish the authority..."

"They used the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill to nurture everything about her, filling her body with vitality, but she still could not come back to life. To come back to life, the anchor of her karma must be found, and in this world, there was actually only one anchor left for her..."

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