The corners of the old man's mouth twitched slightly.

Even if he has nothing to love, but at this time, listening to this young man's 'greeting', he can't help but be a little confused, is the secular folk customs now so unsimple?

I thought that this young man was here to comfort him, so that he could give this young man a chance......

Alas, the world is so desolate......

Let's wait to die.

The old man continued to look like ashes, his eyes were hollow, and he pretended not to hear.

Lin Zhishui squatted next to the old man, observing the old man's reaction without a trace.

In the past, he had met this kind of person who had lost hope in life, so he understood that for such desperate people, ordinary chicken soup for the soul is useless, they can't listen to it, they don't want to listen, and they must be stimulated enough to have a reaction.

This old man can be seen from the photo, that kind of bookish and elegant, obviously a person with experience.

Ordinary rhetoric, I'm afraid, is meaningless.

It has to be a surprise to win.

"I know you heard that. ”

Lin Zhishui squatted beside him, keenly observed the muscle changes at the corners of the old man's mouth, and said: "Maybe you have suffered some setbacks, but I don't care, don't think about it, I don't plan to persuade you to live well." ”

The old man forcibly controlled the twitches at the corners of his mouth, resisted the urge to slap this mortal away, and continued to lie motionless.

"It can be seen that you are already half buried in the ground, and you are not far from the limit, and there is nothing wrong with your way of dying. ”

Lin Zhishui habitually did not speak human words: "After all, life in this world, there is life and death, whether it is hard to live, or to live leisurely, or to live like you, it is inevitable to die in the end." ”

The old man's eyes rolled slightly, glanced at Lin Zhishui, and then slowly turned around and lay on his side, leaving him with the back of his head, and said hoarsely and in a low voice: "Then let me die quietly." ”

"Do you want to die quietly? So, you still care about what you experienced before you die. ”

Lin Zhishui struck while the iron was hot: "However, what difference does it make if you are quiet before death? Once you die, no matter what dreams you had, no matter how brilliant you once were, everything will become meaningless to you, and after death, everything will be nothing." ”

The old man didn't fluctuate in his heart, but secretly thought, this kid wants to win by surprise? There must be another 'but' next.

"But...... People will eventually die, and the purpose of your coming to this world is to wait for death?"

Lin Zhishui tried his best to use the philosophy he had learned from the messy places over the years, racking his brains to figure out how to say it more reasonable.

"After death, everything is meaningless, only for you, but for others?

"Even the seemingly eternal sun will be extinguished one day, but before it is extinguished, it will nourish everything on the earth, and what about you? Do you have family? If not, do you have friends?

"Your life is coming to an end, and everything you do has no meaning to you after you die, but only meaning...... It is you who give other people more meaning to live, and their memories will also be the only meaning you leave in this world. ”

Speaking of this, even Lin Zhishui felt that what he said was too philosophical.

He paused, then smiled and asked, "Now, you should understand, right?"

After a few seconds, the old man said in a low voice: "Since everything is empty after death, what is the point of the world remembering me?"

“......”

The corners of Lin Zhishui's mouth twitched slightly.

This stinky, hard old man!

You are so good at bars, why don't you go to the construction site to lift the bars?

He said as calmly as possible: "People, who have come to this world alone, and have to leave alone, don't you want to leave something behind?

The old man said without looking back: "I want to stay in this world forever, I want to borrow from the sky for another five hundred years, is it okay?"

“......”

Lin Zhishui was speechless.

He suddenly understood.

It turns out that this old man didn't want to die, but thought too much, and borrowed another five hundred years from the sky?

Why don't you want fireworks to be peaceful and happy in the world?

Lin Zhishui took a deep breath, calmed down, thought about it, took out a small peach from his satchel, put it behind the old man, and said with a smile: "I think you are thinking about peaches to eat, then give you a peach, you can eat first and then talk." ”

He muttered to himself in his heart, this old man is old, he shouldn't know what kind of stalk he wants to peach, right?

And the old man was still lying with his back to Lin Zhishui, he didn't speak, he just sighed secretly, it seems that the secular folk customs are still very good, and he met a kind young man......

It's a pity that he can't live today, and in less than half an hour, he will usher in a big limit......

It is better to roll in the dust and mud, sleep alone, and do not have to face the painful parting......

"Even if you want to die, you can't be a starving ghost, can you? That's all I can do, maybe...... It also makes my life more meaningful. ”

After saying this last sentence of chicken soup, Lin Zhishui glanced at the old man again, and said softly: "Goodbye." ”

He didn't say goodbye, because he could send a message to Yan Shuishui right away, asking her and her teacher to come and pick up the old man, saying goodbye or something would be too unlucky.

The footsteps faded away.

After Lin Zhishui left, the old man like a beggar sat up, looked at the back of the young man leaving, sighed, bent his fingers slightly, and was about to send a mana over, but he was suddenly stunned, and slowly looked down at the ground.

"Huh, that's ......."

He looked at the somewhat blue oil-skinned peach on the ground, and under the seemingly ordinary appearance, he could sense a trace of the essence of the immortal aura.

The most important thing is that he had seen it in the "Book of Great Thousands" handed down from the Heavenly Realm.

"How could it be...... This...... This is...... Little peach?"

The old man stretched out his trembling old palm, as if touching the fragile foam, and suddenly held up a disillusioned dream, slowly picked up this small peach, and immediately felt the gentle and pure fairy aura in it.

The appearance is exactly the same as the legendary small peach that ripens once every 3,000 years, and it contains such a gentle and pure fairy energy...... If it's not a peach, what can it be?

He looked at the little peach in front of him tremblingly, and for a while, he couldn't help but burst into tears and blurred his eyes.

The legendary little peach is enough to renew the longevity of another 500 years!

When his deadline was approaching, he had obtained such a treasure from the immortal family, how could he not be excited and out of control?

It's like a light in the infinite darkness!

"Who is that young man, who is sacred, and ...... You even gave me such an immortal artifact?"

In a trance, he remembered what the young man had said before—

'I think you're thinking about peaches, so I'll give you a peach, and you'll be able to eat first.' ’

The old man couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart.

This seemingly mortal young man, when he asked him about his wish, he just said in vain that he wanted to borrow from the sky for another five hundred years, and this young man actually gave him a legendary little peach?

It's a dreamlike and unrealistic experience, it's like a myth!

He stood up abruptly and looked in the direction of the young man's departure, but his spiritual sense could not detect the slightest trace.

"Could it be...... Is it a master of the Immortal Family?"

The old man muttered, looked at the little peach in his hand with blurred teary eyes, and said softly: "Senior, give me a new life when my deadline is approaching...... I wish Chenghuo an unforgettable experience!"

Immediately, Zhu Chenghuo opened his mouth with tears in his eyes and slowly swallowed this small peach into his mouth, absorbing the vigorous and gentle fairy qi in it.

This endless stream of immortal energy, like rain that moistens the earth, and like a spring that revives dead wood, constantly restores his dead body that is approaching the limit, so that his lifespan, which is less than half an hour left, begins to grow rapidly.

Even the loss of Shouyuan caused by the forbidden spell back then is constantly recovering at this time!

Feeling this new state, he couldn't help but feel more and more grateful to the mysterious immortal senior.

Because this not only gave him a lifespan of 500 years, but also gave him the opportunity to break through the five levels!

If it weren't for the damage caused by the forbidden technique, with his talent, he would have already broken through the five levels and become one of the peerless masters today.

And now, these five hundred years of longevity have given him enough time!

A fairy fruit actually made him break out of the cocoon and be reborn!

No wonder the senior knew that he was waiting for death, but in the end he said 'goodbye' to him, I see!

At this moment, the joy of the new life couldn't help but make Zhu Chenghuo recall all the truths that the mysterious immortal family predecessor had said before.

At this time, after tasting it carefully, he only felt that the other party's understanding of life was so profound, and the meaning of life was so thorough.

He suddenly remembered the last words of the senior before leaving-

Perhaps...... It also makes my life more meaningful. ’

For a while, as if he had been empowered, Zhu Chenghuo seemed to understand the meaning of the other party's actions in this way, and couldn't help but feel ashamed of his selfishness.

Oh, yes...... After death, it is of course nothing, and it seems meaningless.

However, isn't it just as joyful for the living to make the living feel the meaning and hope of survival?

He is worthy of being a master of the immortal family...... I am afraid that this is the true meaning of life that the predecessor realized in his long life......

Zhu Chenghuo finally understood.

The gap between myself and that predecessor is not only the difference in the height of realm and life, but also the difference in thought!

"The high mountains are safe and can be looked upon, and this is the ...... of Qingfen"

He slowly closed his eyes and said silently in his heart: "I wish Chenghuo, and I should take my predecessors as the light and forge ahead." ”

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