When Fang Yao showed him the cemetery plot he had chosen in advance, Luo Yan was genuinely startled. After staring blankly for a moment, he asked, "Teacher, what are you doing?"
Fang Yao laughed and patted Luo Yan's arm. "Relax. I'm not going to die yet. At least, nothing will happen to me in the next three to five years."
"But you know that I retired because of my injuries."
"Although I've taken good care of myself over the years and my condition has stabilized considerably, my vital organs were damaged. I'm destined not to live long, so I'm just preparing a few things in advance."
"After I'm gone, you don't have to be too sad. Everyone has to die eventually. No matter how many sages or accomplished people there have been, none of them could escape this hurdle. Why should I be any exception?"
Seeing how open-minded Fang Yao was, Luo Yan was speechless for a moment.
Fang Yao continued.
"Life and death are perfectly normal. Where there is life, there is death. Precisely because life has an end, we should cherish the people and things around us all the more while we're alive."
"You have someone you like now. That's a good thing. Once your relationship is stable, start a little family of your own."
"For the first twenty years of a person's life, they are constantly gaining things."
"But in the years that follow, they will constantly experience the departure of relatives and friends."
"Every familiar person who leaves makes your life a little emptier. As more and more people leave, the hole in your heart grows larger and larger."
"Humans fall in love, come together, and continue their bloodlines."
"Welcoming new lives into the world and raising them to adulthood isn't easy, but to a certain