Several thousand years ago.
Southern Border, Human Smoke Mountain.
The cave entrance at the mountain peak silently opened, and a decrepit Gu Immortal walked out.
His face was gray with decay.
Back then, he had failed to obtain lifespan Gu and could only use other methods to extend his life. Now, his lifespan had run out again. Even if he found lifespan Gu or used other methods once more, it would be useless.
"Think of it—I, the dignified Chai Fu, cultivated to Rank 8 as a rogue cultivator, only to still be defeated by lifespan in the end. How sorrowful, how hateful!"
Chai Fu's heart filled with fury, mixed with a sea-like desolation.
Numbly, he walked down the mountain, only for the village at its foot to surprise him.
"Before I entered seclusion, there was not a trace of human habitation here. How had this place become so lively after only a few years?"
"I, Chai Fu, a dignified Rank 8 Gu Immortal whose name is known throughout the Southern Border Gu Immortal Realm, do not have long to live. Yet you mortals are living so vividly and prosperously!"
Watching the men and women labor in the village, the children chase one another in play, the hatred and fury in Chai Fu's heart swelled sharply. He nearly made a move and slaughtered every villager.
But the next moment, he forcibly shut his eyes. After his whole body trembled for a while, he gradually calmed down.
Suppressing the evil thoughts in his heart, Chai Fu gave a bitter laugh. "Though I, Chai Fu, cannot be considered a good man, I have always followed the rule: if no one offends me, I will not offend them. I have never stooped to slaughtering the innocent."
"Sigh, death it is, then. What else can