Longevity True Explanation

Shrine Mountain Boundary lay shrouded in mist.

Li Qingci sat quietly atop the mountain.

Today, she neither bent over a desk deciphering Ancient Text nor rose to tend the flowerbeds. She simply sat there in silence, watching the waterfall rush beneath her, plunging a thousand feet and sending out endless echoes. Snow-white spray soaked her white robes.

Yes.

That day, she had gathered her courage, yet she still had not told Gu Shen... that she did not have much time left.

As the protector of the Li family shrine.

She had already sensed it.

Her life, which had never been particularly long to begin with, was nearing its end.

And these past few days, she had stopped agonizing over it.

If she truly did not have much time left.

Little Mr. Gu had most likely guessed what she wanted to say.

For a moment.

Gu Shen neither nodded nor shook his head. He simply asked calmly, "So?"

Gu Shen stepped down from the passenger seat.

But... nothing in this world was more merciless than life and death.

"...Yes."

Longevity Technique? Ian?

Since he knew, he had to do something.

"..."

Uncle Gao chuckled softly.

Uncle Gao walked toward Gu Shen.

Gu Shen shook his head.

Before Uncle Gao could pull open the car door, Li Qingsui opened it herself, lifted her skirt, and ran all the way toward the mountaintop...

Gao Tian copied Gu Shen's posture, bracing both hands against the hood and leaning back slightly. He murmured, "If I were the young lady, then as long as Qingci could live... I could accept any price, no matter how cruel. With the Li family's power, we could still find quite a few 'people on the verge of death.' If I'm not mistaken, the price paid by the caster is absorbing