Upon hearing Chen Changsheng's dismissal, Little Immortal Elder was the first to leave.
The rest glanced at Chen Changsheng and silently departed as well.
The only one who remained was Nian Sheng.
"Brother Changsheng, I was actually the one who spearheaded this matter!"
Nian Sheng spoke calmly.
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng squatted beside the fire and poked at the burning logs. "I know. You were most likely the only one who could persuade Wu Li and the others at the same time."
As soon as the words fell, the two sank into silence once more.
After an unknown amount of time, Nian Sheng turned to leave.
At that moment, Chen Changsheng, still tending the fire, spoke up. "Don't go too far. I still need to call you back for dinner later."
"Don't pull that running-away-from-home stunt. With your cultivation, you'd be a real pain to find."
"Alright!"
Nian Sheng nodded slightly, then flew into the distance.
After Nian Sheng left, Chen Changsheng muttered, "System, is there truly no immortality in this world?"
"Replying to Host, you are the only immortal being in this world."
"I am indeed immortal, but I cannot achieve deathlessness."
"Even if I become invincible in cultivation, how can you guarantee that I will withstand the Weight of Time and not choose suicide?"
Faced with Chen Changsheng's question, the system calmly replied, "Replying to Host, I can only grant you immortality. I cannot guarantee anything else."
"Hahaha!"
Hearing the system's answer, Chen Changsheng laughed.
"You can't guarantee anything, yet you still call yourself the Immortality System? You might as well rename yourself the Longevity System."
"Ten million years, fifty million years, a hundred million years, a billion years, ten billion years—no matter how long that number may be."
"If you could just give me a specific number,