Jian Wuchen set out from the village and headed toward Peach Blossom Immortal Mountain. Although he did not know where Peach Blossom Immortal Mountain was, he somehow felt that it lay just ahead!
Thus, whenever he encountered a mountain, he climbed over it; whenever he encountered the sea, he crossed it. When thirsty, he drank dew; when hungry, he ate dry rations. He never resorted to gnawing on tree roots, determined to find the Peach Blossom Immortal the immortal had once mentioned!! He would take him as his master!!
And so, he traveled for forty years. In those forty years, Jian Wuchen went from being a graceful young man to a wretched old man, with even a few strands of white hair...
Yet none of this had shattered his heart's determination to seek immortality!!
He firmly believed that one day, he would find the Peach Blossom Immortal!!
One day, beneath Peach Blossom Immortal Mountain, a frail old man leaning on a wooden staff arrived here, trembling with every step...
This man... was none other than Jian Wuchen!!
Jian Wuchen had spent his entire life and a full one hundred and forty years before finally reaching Peach Blossom Immortal Mountain...
Note: The world was filled with Innate Spiritual Qi. Humans nourished by spiritual energy also lived long lives, so ordinary humans without cultivation lived at least one hundred and fifty years, and as many as two hundred and thirty years at most!
"I... I finally made it..." Jian Wuchen's hoarse voice sounded as though he had not spoken in many years...
His cheeks were covered in grime, and the youthful vigor of his once-innocent face had long since disappeared, replaced by countless wrinkles...
"Jian... Jian Wuchen... requests an audience with the Peach Blossom Immortal..." Jian Wuchen set down his wooden staff