Upon hearing Li Niansheng's words, Chen Changsheng put down the book in his hand.
During the test for Immortal Fate, he was among the crowd, but he had returned a step earlier than her.
Looking at Li Niansheng, who lowered her head, not daring to meet his gaze, Chen Changsheng smacked his lips and asked, "Do you really want to go?"
"I do."
"For what?"
Hearing this, Li Niansheng's hand tightened involuntarily, and then she softly replied, "For Changsheng."
The four words slipped lightly from her mouth, yet they weighed as heavily as a thousand pounds.
Because only by achieving immortality could she forever accompany "Changsheng."
Seeing Li Niansheng's stubborn look, Chen Changsheng couldn't help but smile and then walked up to her.
"There are many people in the world who have transformed from mortals to immortals, but never has an immortal turned back into a mortal.
This shows that the path to immortality is a one-way road. If one day you grow tired of walking it... Just look back, Brother Changsheng will always be behind you."
Saying this, Chen Changsheng gave Li Niansheng a big hug.
However, during the hug, Chen Changsheng quickly whispered in a very low voice, "Cultivating immortality is a place that devours people without spitting out their bones. You must always be on guard."
After speaking, Chen Changsheng released Li Niansheng with a smile.
"Oh my! An immortal gracing my humble abode, truly makes it shine with glory!"
Chen Changsheng obsequiously bowed to the woman at the door, behaving no differently than the other townsfolk.
However, in response to Chen Changsheng's flattery, the woman at the door showed a hint of disdain.
She never expected that someone with such a genius background would come from a gloomy coffin shop.
"This girl has Immortal Fate, her future is limitless."
Although she disliked Chen Changsheng, the woman still gave a perfunctory reply to recruit a talented disciple.
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng's smile grew even brighter.
"It's all thanks to the immortal's discerning eye. Niansheng has been mischievous since childhood, and I must trouble the immortal to take care of her in the future.
By the way, where is the immortal's mountain abode? If I have the time, I would like to pay a visit."
Hearing Chen Changsheng's words, the impatience in the woman's eyes grew stronger.
"A sect named Linglong Sect is ten thousand miles to the south. Ordinary people might not reach it in thirty years.
If you wish to come, then do so."
After speaking, the woman looked at Li Niansheng and said, "I have a mission to complete, we must leave quickly."
Hearing this, Li Niansheng gently put down her bundle.
"Brother Changsheng, I will remember your words, I will definitely come to find you."
After saying this, Li Niansheng followed the woman and left.
After the two left, Chen Changsheng cheerfully cleaned the room, occasionally muttering happy words to himself.
***
An hour later, Chen Changsheng suddenly became serious and said coldly, "You've been hiding for so long, come out."
Chen Changsheng's voice echoed in the coffin shop, but besides the cold coffins, there was nothing else in the shop.
"Still not coming out? Do you want me to invite you out?"
Chen Changsheng said coldly again, and after waiting for a long time without a response, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Looks like that old woman really left. Being able to fly is so impressive, huh!
This young master can sleep for a thousand or eight hundred years and still fly. You better not have any ill intentions towards Niansheng, or I'll dig up your ancestral tomb."
After saying this, Chen Changsheng directly stored the coffins in the shop and the bundle left by Niansheng into the System Space.
He had stayed here for eight years, and in those eight years, his appearance hadn't changed a bit.
This had already sparked rumors in the town, and if he stayed any longer, the excuse of good maintenance wouldn't hold up.
Thinking of this, Chen Changsheng strode out of the coffin shop he had stayed in for eight years.
"Can't walk it in thirty years? Can't I walk it in fifty? I have nothing but time."
After complaining about the woman again, Chen Changsheng disappeared at the end of the street.
Chen Changsheng disappeared, and the town speculated about his whereabouts for a long time.
Some said Chen Changsheng had ascended to immortality, and because the immortal valued Li Niansheng, they took Chen Changsheng with them out of affection.
Others said Chen Changsheng had a conflict with the immortal and was killed.
In short, there were all sorts of rumors, but as time passed, people gradually forgot about Chen Changsheng.
***
"Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Elixir, Elemental Infant..."
Chen Changsheng lay on a lawn, flipping through a tattered book.
It had been twenty years since he left that small town.
Naturally, Chen Changsheng had checked the contents of the bundle left by Niansheng.
It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from "pawread.com".
There wasn't much inside, just a cultivation technique, a pill, and some gold and silver.
The content of the cultivation technique was simple, even rudimentary.
It roughly introduced the realms of cultivating immortality and included a Qi Refining technique.
When he first got this, Chen Changsheng was overjoyed.
After all, this was a cultivation technique!
Learning these things meant he wouldn't need to sleep for ages to fly and escape.
But as Chen Changsheng saw more of the vast world, he realized how worthless the thing in his hand was.
In the cultivation world, only those who reach the Foundation Establishment realm are considered truly on the path to immortality.
And the cultivators in this world weren't as rare as he imagined.
The reason he hadn't seen any was simply because he lived in such a remote place.
And the Qi Refining technique he had was a common item in the martial world.
Not that it was everywhere, but you could buy a copy or two for a thousand or eight hundred taels of silver.
Thinking of this, Chen Changsheng sat up and tossed the cultivation technique into the fire.
For twenty years, he had read this technique every day, and he could recite every word of it backward.
"System, this says that reaching the first level of Qi Refining in three days makes one a genius.
Reaching it in one day makes one a top-tier genius.
Reaching it in an hour makes one a once-in-a-century genius.
Then what does it mean if it took me twenty years to reach the first level of Qi Refining?"
"Host, realm is just one standard for measuring strength, but not the only standard."
"Cultivation techniques are just one means of becoming stronger, but not the only means."
"The cultivation system of this era doesn't suit the host, but that doesn't mean the system of the next era won't suit the host."
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng's eyes lit up.
"System, what do you mean by the next era?"
"There is no eternal dynasty in the world, and the cultivation world is no exception."
"People believe certain things will last forever simply because their existence is too brief."
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