On the lonely island, there is a cave, and a trembling old man is sitting on a stone chair, he is covered in sweat and gasping for breath.

Beside him, there stood a man dressed in black and wearing a mask, his hands in his pockets, standing quietly on one side, after a while, he patted the old man's back and said, "How is it, can you still hold it?"

The old man raised his head, his face was several times older than before, the wrinkles on his face were crawling more, his eyes became more and more cloudy, and the healthy breath before was swept away, as if overnight, he had aged dozens of years, and his vitality was all taken away in the blink of an eye.

"Why... Why does he keep doing that, and who is in charge, is it really that important?"

The old man coughed violently, he took out a white handkerchief, covered his mouth, and when he picked it up, there was a large blood stain on it.

"In order to get those people out, you gave Shouyuan out again, right? How much did they take with them this time? a hundred years? Or more?"

The man in black asked with a blank face.

The old man waved his hand, he leaned against the wall, and stood up tremblingly, he took a deep breath, remembering what had happened a long time ago.

……

More than 2,000 years ago, the First Emperor unified the Seven Kingdoms, and he began to worry about the loss of time and the dissipation of life, so he searched everywhere for the way of immortality, and there were countless warlocks, and finally, a warlock discovered the secret of longevity, applied for the army, and went to get the elixir of longevity!

The First Emperor was very happy, and with a stroke of his pen, he sent out 100,000 elite divisions, but overnight, there was no news of the 100,000 elite divisions.

Also disappearing is the so-called way of immortality.

The first emperor was unwilling, sent out many troops to search, but until the day of death, there was no news, how did he know, the person who told him to find the way of immortality, did not want to bring things back at all, what the name of that person has long been unknown, only know that his surname is Tang, the fifth in the family, so called Tang Lao Wu.

Tang Lao Wu discovered a huge formation in ancient times, only need to use living people as sacrifices, activate the big array, you can absorb their lifespan, but, the proportion is very small, on average, every thousand people, can only be exchanged for ten years of life, and 100,000 troops only help him exchange for a thousand years of life.

However, in times of peace, it was very difficult to manage, and in order to be able to have this convenience, he began to enter the political circles, he was a king, and he was also a minister, but as time went on, he climbed in the position, and he found a new trouble, a usurper of power.

His rights began to be contested, and as a king, he had to consider many ways to protect himself, because although he had such a long life, once he was killed, he would disappear.

So, he chose to retire and let someone else be the king, controlling everything behind the scenes, and blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

In this way, the king will bear the brunt of being targeted by those people, and he only needs to be behind the scenes, strategizing and controlling everything.

I thought that in this way, there would be nothing wrong, but what I didn't expect was that soon, new threats appeared, and those kings actually had their own thoughts and began to rebel against themselves, and every generation and every king of each generation would use their own means to compete for hegemony!

Every time he took control of the king, a great threat appeared, and each time, he almost shook his position, and he sent out many troops, but he could not erase them.

By chance, he discovered a force that could be exchanged for their help as long as he paid Shouyuan, and every time they went out, they could successfully kill their targets.

He kept asking for help from that person, and that person pointed out a few beings who could kill and threaten the old man's status, and demanded his longevity.

Therefore, although Tang Lao Wu is constantly absorbing life, he is still slowly getting old, more and more vicissitudes, one day, Tang Lao Wu found that the effect of that formation was discounted, and what made him even more unacceptable was that with the progress of the times, even if he stood in the highest position, he could not erase hundreds of thousands of people for no reason.

Every time Tang Lao Wu goes to fight for the highest power, he has to sacrifice part of his longevity, and more and more, he has begun to make ends meet!

In this life, he seems to be going to use up the longevity he has accumulated before!

……

Donald Lao Wu was leaning against the wall, his body coughing non-stop.

"Why... I just let him listen to me, I didn't hurt him, I didn't hurt anyone who sat on the throne of the king, I just wanted them to listen to my orders, was it that hard?

"What did I do wrong, what did I do wrong!"

"Why do they all want to betray me, all of them want to rebel against me, why!"

Donald Wu's body trembled violently, blood kept spitting out of his mouth, he didn't have much time left, he was almost dying!

His longevity is coming to an end, and he himself already has a premonition!

The man in black went over and helped him, and said, "At this time, do you want to continue to fight?" I have followed you for many years, and I have noticed that you have no time, at most half a month, you will die quickly, why don't you stop trading with him?"

Tang Lao Wu raised his head, looked at the man in black for a while, and smiled bitterly.

"If I stop, I really don't have a chance to live..."

"If I weren't standing in this position and controlling these resources, do you think it would be possible for me to make hundreds of thousands of people disappear at every turn to prolong my life?"

"So..."

"Even at the last moment, I still have to continue to fight, continue to fight, I feel that every time the king has paid a huge price, the person who is against me has appeared, and his life experience must be an intriguing mystery. ”

The man in black didn't answer, but quietly touched his pulse, and he sighed, but it was very slight and didn't let him feel it.

"Are rights really that important?"

The man in black asked himself in his heart, he raised his head, took a deep breath, and said, "It's come to this, my existence has no meaning, I can't take care of you anymore, you can do it yourself, boss." ”

The mysterious old man's eyes were rapidly dimming, and when he heard the news of his death, he was a little panicked, he wanted to catch the man in black and let him do everything he could to save himself, but the man in black didn't stay longer for even a second, he turned around and walked towards the outside of the cave, the old man immediately walked over and hugged his wrist, but he had no strength, he could only watch the man in black, leave the cave, and disappear out of his field of vision.

After the man in black walked out, he raised his head, looked at the sky, and unconsciously, two lines of tears had already flowed, and he did not go to Kai, but left silently.

"Boss, from now on, I can't take care of you anymore. ”

"Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today. ”

"It's just..."

"You are blinded by something, you can't see too much, and what kills you is the eternal life you have been longing for. ”

"The greed of the world can be seen. ”

The man in black disappeared into the forest, and since then, he has never appeared in front of everyone again, and the old man named Donald Wu, in the cave, coughed blood, unwilling to fall on the cold ground, he raised his head, as if he wanted to grasp something, but he couldn't grasp it, farther and farther away, until his body disappeared into the cold time and space, his consciousness became heavy, and his eyes slowly darkened.

"Finally... Is it going to be over?"

"Chasing, fighting for thousands of years..."

In the end, he still didn't keep what he wanted to have. ”

(The ending is not sudden at all, the Taoist will fill all the holes dug)