Phoenix! Eternal life!

This question has been bothering mankind for many years.

In history, there have been many great men who have aspired to hegemony, and they all want to get more lives than ordinary people, and even want to survive forever.

When Alex first saw Jonathan and Angelina, he knew that they were much older than they looked. It may even be several times older, at least Angelina is not a girl under the age of twenty, and the color of her hair is enough to reveal this.

Jonathan and Angelina were not surprised by Alex's question, but smiled one after another.

"Why do you think we can become human beings?"

Alex thought for a moment and replied, "I think that if you want to become a human being, you must have enough wealth, master the power that ordinary people do not have, and enjoy endless life......

Jonathan nodded yes: "This requires us to have a long life in addition to wealth and strength!" ”

Alex blinked and asked, "Live as long as a vampire?" ”

"Ha Lu Ha! Bloodsucker? It is just a creature that has abandoned the bright and beautiful side of humanity and thrown himself into the dark, depraved side! Jonathan laughed, patted Alex on the shoulder and said, "You don't think that the ruler of this world is a vampire, do you?" If you really think so, you're completely wrong. ”

"Isn't it? So why John? Will Rockefeller turn into a vampire? ”

"A vampire is an unhealthy being that can't see sunlight and constantly feeds on blood...... "Just imagine. If there is another path that can lead to the goal of immortality, would you still be willing to become such a being? ”

Alex shook his head decisively, and he said, "Naturally, I don't want to, but ......"

"You think there's no other way to achieve immortality? No, you're wrong! Jonathan smiled and said, "If you live forever, how long do you want to live?" A thousand years or ten thousand years? Or even live forever? ”

"It's a personal choice!" Alex replied, "If there is no choice, eternal life is as terrible as death." ”

"That's right!"

Jonathan clapped his palms happily, and Angelina looked at Alex with a smile. They seemed to be happy with Alex's words.

"You have a good answer to this question, it has bothered many intelligent people in the past. They seek immortality. Even want to reach eternal existence. But. This kind of idea is absurd and ridiculous, just like the summer worm can't talk about ice. It is unimaginable for a person who can live less than a hundred years at most to imagine a life that can live forever. ”

"The longer you live. The more likely it is to have all kinds of negative mental situations. Jonathan explained. He said, "If you can identify the state of mind of human beings when they live." It may fluctuate a little in it, but overall it is constantly on a downward trend. ”

"When it's down to a certain level, whatever the person does. will make him feel that life is worse than death. ”

"That's why you need to be able to choose your own life and death, right?" Alex shrugged his shoulders and said, "But first we have to solve the problem of being able to live for a long time before it is our turn to choose life and death!" ”

Jonathan nodded, stretched out three fingers and said, "We usually have three ways to achieve immortality!" ”

"The first way is to give up a part of the self and achieve immortality through drastic changes in the body and mind. For example, transforming into a vampire is one such method. There are other similar methods, all of which are actually immortalized in this way, but they are also very flawed. ”

Alex thought about it and felt that this method had too many flaws, and he said: "People who live like this are actually almost like dead." After all, the old self is so separated from the new self that the new self is a different person entirely. ”

Jonathan went on to explain: "The second way is to resonate with nature by cultivating oneself or using other methods, absorb the energy that exists in nature, and keep the body at its peak, not only to maintain oneself, but also to delay aging. However, this method is still flawed, just like resisting gravity, and will eventually fall into the arms of death. ”

When Alex heard this, he looked at Jonathan and Angelina thoughtfully, and suddenly realized: "Is this how you achieved immortality?" ”

"Yes, although the methods of cultivation are different, in fact, the means are essentially the same."

"Are your cultivation methods different?" Alex asked with interest, "Can you tell me about the differences?" ”

Jonathan smiled, patted his chest and said, "I practice the exercises handed down by the Templars, and this cultivation method can make people break through the limits of the human body and maintain their peak condition all the time. Angelina, on the other hand, practices the Eastern Immortal Dao, a cultivation technique that adjusts the breathing rate to keep the body in a state of youthful immortality. ”

Angelina smiled and stroked her silver hair, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the fact that the exercises I learned were just fur, maybe my hair wouldn't have turned this color!" ”

"Dongfang Immortal Dao?" Alex looked at Angelina and asked, "Is it Chinese kung fu?" ”

"No, it's not Chinese kung fu, it should be said that Chinese kung fu is a practice from the immortal way, and it is a branch of it." Angelina shook her head and continued: "Not everyone is qualified to cultivate the Immortal Dao, and in order to lower the threshold, the popular practice of Chinese Kung Fu will be produced. ”

"And what about the Templar exercises?" Alex asked again.

"You know, the Templars were a medieval religious and military organization founded in Jerusalem sometime between 1000 BC with the public goal of protecting pilgrims who had come to Palestine since the First Crusade."

Jonathan explained to Alex, "The strict name of this organization is the Poor Knights Society of Christ, but its popular name is Solomon's Templar or Templar because of its original headquarters in Jerusalem near Solomon's Temple. ”

"The other two major religious organizations of the era were the Knights of St. John in Jerusalem and the Teutonic Knights, both of which were charitable organizations in the beginning. Unlike them, the Templars were distinctly military organizations. In addition to some of its cultivation techniques inherited from the heritage of ancient civilizations, some of them were gradually perfected in the course of war. ”

"You see, wartime has a great motivating effect on many things. In modern times, war has enabled the development of science and technology to advance by leaps and bounds. In ancient times, war had given the cultivation of the exercises to a high level. In other words, my practice is about explosiveness and lethality, and it is only incidental to the health effect. ”

Alex nodded, indicating that he understood what Jonathan meant. He then asked, "Since this kind of exercise is not as good as the Eastern Immortal Dao in terms of prolonging life, then why don't you turn to other exercises?" ”

Jonathan smiled, and he said softly, "This is related to the third type of immortality, I have already told you earlier, the Templar exercises are not about health preservation, but about using all means to stimulate the potential of the human body. It may not be of much benefit to the human body itself, but it has a strong impact on the human spirit. So I ask you, what is immortality? Do you have to keep your body alive? ”

"Could it be ......" Alex had vaguely guessed something, but he wasn't quite sure: "Do you mean that this kind of exercise of yours can also make your soul immortal?" ”

"Do you know Avalon? Or the Heroic Spirit of Ragnarok? Jonathan patted Alex on the shoulder and asked softly, "If material or tangible things want to exist in the world forever, it is completely against the laws of nature. It's as if some people jump up or flap their wings in order to fly the sky, but they can't resist the gravitational pull of the earth in the end. ”

"As long as you have the weight of matter, you're always going to fall back to the ground no matter what, right?" Alex muttered, but he quickly shook his head in denial, "If you have enough thrust to fly into outer space, wouldn't it be possible to be free from the laws of gravity?" ”

Jonathan and Angelina were both stunned for a moment, and the two laughed softly: "Sure enough, you and we don't think the same." ”

Perhaps, perhaps, there is a fourth way to achieve what you call the natural law of getting rid of death once and for all. However, until then, we now have only three ways, and no matter what means are used, we can't do without them. ”

After Jonathan finished speaking, before turning to leave, he said to Alex, "You are still young now, and you can slowly choose the path you want to take. Eventually, you will also be faced with the choice that there are only three paths to immortality in front of you. As for whether you choose these three paths or choose to walk out of the fourth path yourself, we can wait and see. ”

After saying that, he put his arm around Angelina's waist, leaving Alex alone to think about today's events. After all, these things can't be endured without a strong heart.

There were some things Alex had vaguely guessed, and some things he had heard of for the first time. It was the first time since he was kidnapped that he had been so impacted, and his concept of the world had changed greatly.

This world is actually quite interesting! (To be continued......)