Ji Ziyue was full of mischief, and Qin Sheng could tell that Ji Zi, the Young Ancestor of the Ji Family, doted on her.
To an "old fossil" like him, someone who was not stiff around him because of his status, someone who could laugh and sulk even in front of the Young Ancestor, might make this familiar yet foreign world feel alive.
After all, Ji Zi was only a young man. Being called Young Ancestor did not make him an old one.
Back on Earth, people his age could feel lost after moving to an unfamiliar city, let alone after living through the passage of ages.
Especially when depression seemed to run in the family in the Shrouding the Heavens World.
"The future can wait until it comes. We need to prepare for rain before it falls, but there's no need to spend our days in fear. We should live in the present and make the most of it," Qin Sheng said with a smile.
"At the Yaochi Assembly, the Ancient Clan's envoy said they would emerge within five thousand years at the latest. Perhaps the Firmament will give us a few thousand years after all."
Five thousand years was certainly impossible. But in life, the most important thing was to be happy.
One should cultivate this Great Dao with a smile.
"I hope so," Ji Zi replied. This newly appointed Saint Lord really was optimistic.
It was an outlook to envy.
If Qin Sheng knew nothing of how dark the future would be, his optimism would be understandable. But he clearly knew something about it and remained cheerful anyway. Ji Zi could not quite understand.
How did he do it? Wasn't he afraid of dying?
Ji Zi did not have a cheat. He would never understand.
Even without