War Begins (I)

The "longevity" of which Immortal Elder Ciji spoke was not the attained immortality Shen Mo and the others sought!

Unable to leave the Immortal Palace in the Moon, liable at any moment to be turned into Longevity Flesh and refined into pills, with life and death hanging on another's whim, driven by others and unable to live carefree... Other than those whose lifespans were nearly exhausted and who had reached the end of the road, likely not a single normal extraordinary being would agree to such a "method of longevity."

"Taking just one Longevity Pill can extend one's lifespan by a thousand years!"

"Though the pills' effects will weaken considerably with long-term use, so long as an endless stream of outside beings enters the Immortal Palace and becomes high-quality Longevity Flesh for the Devil Lord to refine into Longevity Pills... we naturally will not lack pills. Living twenty or thirty thousand years will be no problem at all!"

"One day, when the Devil Lord's cultivation reaches consummation and he becomes a true immortal, he will naturally be able to use his immortal means to transform all of us into the Longevity Clan. Then, even if we can never enter the True Immortal Realm in our lifetimes, we may still gain another kind of longevity. Living hundreds of thousands or even millions of years will be nothing extraordinary."

In both word and deed, Immortal Elder Ciji displayed utter loyalty to the Longevity Devil Lord.

It was hard to say whether he had truly believed the grand promise the Longevity Devil Lord had painted and spoke these words from the bottom of his heart, or whether he had consumed Longevity Pills, leaving his life dependent on the Devil Lord's whim and forcing him to act this way!

But whether his loyalty was