The years are gone like arrows, and the years have passed in a hurry.

The boring but fulfilling years of cultivating immortals soon passed more than forty years.

More than forty years is not short, but it is not long, but for Chen Dengming, it feels like just a blink of an eye in the world of cultivating immortals.

Everything happened as if it was yesterday, such as Xu Wei's death, such as the death of his son Chen Jing thirty-nine years ago, he went to the south again, and the white-haired man sent the black-haired man.

There is not much difference between the lives of mortals and low-ranking monks.

Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.

How prosperous and wealthy Ren was during his lifetime, and his power was monstrous, when he went, he was just a piece of loess, and he couldn't occupy much land.

In Chen Dengming's memory, all these things before and after are as vivid as if they had happened recently, and there is a kind of discomfort like time confusion after a long period of retreat.

In the final analysis, it was also his first thirty years in the immortal cultivation world, and his experience was too rich and exciting.

As a result, the more than 40 years of this long-term retreat were boring and low-key, but it was like entering a heavenly environment to cultivate, giving birth to a kind of difference between last night and tonight, and the decades of time seemed to be compressed into a very short period of time.

In this year, it was the forty-third year.

Chen Dengming is only a few months away from breaking through the late Yuan Infant stage.

At this moment, the four domains have already been surging, and the competition and friction related to resources of various sizes are continuous.

However, these competitive frictions, the more they have been in the past two years, the more they have become less and less.

Just because of the news that the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm will open the Immortal Gate again, it gradually spread in the four seas and four regions.

As Chen Dengming had judged in the past, the increasingly acute internal contradictions accumulated in the four seas and four regions began to be effectively transferred as the news of the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm spread.

The major immortal sects and immortal sects have shifted their attention to the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm, and they have a rare patience for the opponent who is almost unbearable.

At this moment, even the expulsion land, which had been silent for many years, became active, as if the treaty signed at the beginning to be expelled to the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm was not a punishment, but a kind of redemption.

The Four Seas Immortal Sect and many sects in the Four Domains began to contact the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Longevity Sect through various means and relationships, hoping to enter the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm.

And this turbulent moment is also the moment when Chen Dengming had to end his decades-long retreat and frequently go out of the customs.

"Husband, the latest news, the Seven-Eyed True Monarch of the Eight-Armed Immortal Sect and the Sect Master of the Iron Armor Sect have applied one after another, wanting to enter the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm, I hope you can take it with you at that time."

In the Longevity Hall of Longevity Peak, He Yingyu was wearing a purple-black Taoist robe with luxurious embroidered gold thread, and reported the sorted out sect affairs to Chen Dengming's clone.

Chen Dengming, who was practicing in the cave, felt something, and after he woke up, he passed on his mind.

"It's just that the old corpse in the town of Tiejia Sect Lou is restless, he is also approaching the limit, probably wants to go to the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm to find an ancient feng shui treasure land, bury himself, and try to borrow the treasure land to live the third life.

But the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm was on the verge of collapse, and his thoughts were probably about to come to naught.

But why did the Seven Eyes enter the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm? ”

"What else can it be, it's mainly to collect some ancient spiritual materials that have long been extinct...... For the Thunder Star Stone you gave last time, this True Monarch is full of praise, if he didn't know the location of the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm, I think he would have to collect it......"

Chen Dengming was amazed, "Thirty-nine years ago, my clone ended the collection of Thunder Star Stones, and this kind of spiritual material can only be collected outside the heaven closest to the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm, but only fragments can be collected in the Spirit Thunder Layer.

More than 20 years ago, he and Liumei teamed up to use this stone to optimize the Divine Transformation Stone and the Earth Immortal Earth Tablet for me, and he also left some as a reward, and it seems that he has also tasted the sweetness."

"Then husband, did you promise to take him there?"

"If the Seven Eyes are willing to agree to give you the secret of refining the fourth-order magic weapon, the husband will also consider his conditions."

"Xie Fujun, but is there too many people? In the past few years, in order to resolve the internal contradictions of the Four Domains, you have deliberately united with the Heavenly Dao Sect to spread the news that the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm is about to open.

The internal contradictions have gradually shifted because of this, but in the past few years, you have also promised many sects and promised to take them to the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm, is this number already too many? ”

In the cave mansion, Chen Dengming responded in a deep voice, "At present, the quota I have reserved, it is nothing to give him one of the Seven Eyes, as long as he is willing to agree to this condition."

Now that you have begun to get married, you can start to learn to refine the fourth-order magic weapon after turning into a baby, which is a great thing for the sect, after all, our longevity sect, even Master Ge cannot refine the fourth-order magic weapon. ”

Hearing Chen Dengming say this, He Yingyu was moved, but she could only obey the arrangement.

If it was just for her personal matter, she would still feel inappropriately objected.

But it is a good thing that is beneficial to the sect, but it is not easy to refuse.

If a sect can have a refining master who refines a fourth-order magic weapon, it can indeed bring many benefits to the sect.

However, the premise is also that the Seven-Eyed True Monarch agrees.

This is not a simple condition, it can be said that there are already some lions who have opened their mouths, for any refining master, the fourth-order treasure refining experience involving the Yuan Infant stage is not passed on by non-personal disciples.

After Chen Dengming finished his exchange with He Yingyu, he took out the list recorded in the jade slip from the storage bag and browsed it.

Up to now, he has promised seventeen sects to take nineteen people to the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm together.

On the day when the immortal gate of the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm was opened, this kind of thing was not difficult for him, who had a longevity jade seal and inherited the Heavenly Immortal Dao system.

Taking these many Yuan Infant powerhouses to the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm was actually a part of the First Ancestor's plan, and the purpose was to jointly resist the invasion of the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm by extraterritorial evil cultivators at that time.

No matter what the purpose of the powerhouses of the four seas and four regions who enter it, before achieving the goal, solving the external threat is something that everyone will inevitably do together.

"I don't know how many places the Heavenly Dao Sect has accumulated now."

Chen Dengming thought about putting away the jade slip, and suddenly noticed that in another storage bag, a sound transmission jade talisman shaped like a koi fish was flickering.

This jade talisman seems to have been summoned for some time.

"Hadron."

Chen Dengming's eyes changed slightly.

This sound-transmitting jade talisman in the form of a koi carp was prepared by him for Jiang Qiang and other people who were closest to him in the past.

If nothing happens, the talisman will not be summoned.

And Jiang Qiang has often gotten together with his daughter Chen Yi and Heizi since more than ten years ago.

Chen Dengming quickly took out the jade talisman and passed it into the divine mind to browse.

After a while, Chen Dengming's expression was solemn and sad, and he took a deep breath and put away the jade talisman.

"Fortunately, the news came two days ago. It's still too late. ”

He stood up.

The moment a huge momentum spread, the dust on his body was dispersed in unison.

The beard on the jaw and the corners of the lips also fell off on their own.

He originally planned to retreat for a few more months in one go, and then he could break through to the late Yuan Infant stage.

But now he had to go out, and after thinking about it for a while, he decided to go by himself first, and then inform He Yingyu.

A quarter of an hour later.

Chen Dengming's figure appeared in the air more than 6,000 miles away.

Below, an inconspicuous mortal city, lay on the plain in the quiet twilight.

Outside the city, a field during the autumn harvest season is as far as the eye can see, and the smell of wheat floats in the air.

There are a lot of people in the city, there is a pharmacy in the west of the city is quite famous, the doctor of the pharmacy has saved lives and helped the injured for more than 20 years, and even most of the time he has cured a lot of poor people without much medical money, and the people in the city have praised the doctor of the pharmacy as the reincarnation of the medicine fairy.

When Chen Dengming landed, he walked through the streets like an ordinary mortal, looking at the lively and noisy scene of the mortal town, as if he was in a different world.

It wasn't long before he came to the pharmacy.

The façade of the pharmacy is not large, and the colorful wood carved plaque reads "Anxin Hall" three big characters.

In front of the door, there is a terrazzo bonsai, in which a brave fir tree is planted, and a few green vines are intertwined, bringing a sense of vitality and freshness to passers-by.

At this time, there was a sign in front of the pharmacy that was not in business, but some mortals gathered outside the door to talk quietly, quite sad and melancholy, and did not want to leave.

When Chen Dengming saw this scene, even if he didn't listen to the discussions of the people around him, he already knew what was going on, and the sadness in his plain eyes was even stronger.

He continued on his way, and no mortal around him seemed to be able to see his presence at all.

Pushing open the mahogany door and entering the pharmacy, you will be greeted by a long medicine cabinet.

The medicine cabinet is filled with all kinds of small white porcelain bottles, which contain pills, medicine pills, tinctures of various colors, shapes, tastes, and effects, as well as some utensils and secret recipes for acupuncture and massage.

The brown wooden bookcase is placed on the right side of the medicine cabinet, and hundreds of ancient medical books are neatly arranged in the bookcase, and there are even some obscure medical books related to the healing of immortal cultivators.

Seeing these medical books, Chen Dengming couldn't help but think of the application that his former daughter Chen still applied to the sect to buy medical books, and the sadness in his eyes faded, and a smile appeared.

At this time, he had also sensed several breaths in the backyard.

Bypassing the front hall, I saw a pile of medicinal herbs piled up in a corner of the backyard, exuding a strong aroma of herbs.

Several people gathered around a rattan chair in the courtyard, the atmosphere was sad and solemn, only the laughter of a child being teased and 'squeaked' diluted a little sadness.

Seeing Chen Dengming's figure coming, several people were shocked.

"Brother Chen!"

"Grandpa!"

"Daddy!"

Chen Dengming bowed slightly, and his eyes first looked at his daughter Chen Yiyi, who was sitting on a rattan chair and was so old that she was already exuding a twilight atmosphere.

The blue light in his eyes flashed, and he immediately saw that the aura of the traces of time beside Chen was extremely strong, and the few longevity that was left was passing at a very fast speed.

Chen is still 124 years old this year, and it stands to reason that with his physique, he could have lived to be more than 130 years old.

But as a mortal, Chen is still not only busy traveling around the world in his early years to help others, but also founded this peace of mind in his later years, when he was 100 years old, he worked day and night to save lives and help the wounded.

"Daddy"

Chen still wanted to get up, but was stopped by Chen Dengming, and said with emotion, "Still, my father once warned you not to work too hard. ”

A satisfied smile appeared on Chen's cheeks, which was still so old that he appeared, and said in a snarling voice, "Dad! To this day, I don't regret it, you once taught us that to be a man is to be down-to-earth, but to ask for a clear conscience."

"It's still the same, you do things, it's still like this, you just don't listen to persuasion, it's still this name, it's not wrong."

Chen Dengming shook his head, looked at Jiang Qiang's obviously much older face again, bowed slightly, and reached out to pat Jiang Qiang's shoulder.

"Qiangzi, work hard, every time you break through "Longevity Gong", your longevity will increase a little, if you have difficulties, tell Brother Chen"

Jiang Qiang's eyes were slightly rosy when he heard this, nodded excitedly, and said 'yes' in a continuous voice.

He is already one hundred and sixty years old this year, but he is only a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, even if "Longevity Gong" can prolong his life, in the future, he will break through to the middle stage of foundation building, and it is already the limit to live two hundred and thirty years old.

The hope of breaking through Jindan in the future is almost very slim.

I'm afraid that after another Jiazi, Brother Chen will also come to see him off, but this has become the thing he hopes for the most in his heart, but I am afraid that Brother Chen will retreat for too long and miss it in a blink of an eye.

Jiang Qiang sometimes thinks silently about these inner words, so naturally he will not say them.

Chen Dengming looked at his thin and handsome grandson Chen Feilin, who was very mighty and handsome, and smiled.

"Feilin, I haven't seen you for almost forty years, the last time you came to the Eastern Regions, it was when you sent your father, and now you have built the foundation."

Chen Feilin's eyes were slightly red from excitement, staring at Chen Dengming's unchanged face, and said respectfully, "Grandpa, my qualifications are dull, and I only built the foundation thirty-seven years ago. ”

Chen Dengming laughed and said with a little sigh, "Your qualifications are not stupid." He is only about 60 years old this year, and he is already in the middle stage of foundation building, and the future Jindan is not a problem. ”

As soon as these words came out, a woman with a good face and a virtuous temperament beside Chen Feilin was also excited.

She knows very well the strength of her grandfather, and since she has opened her mouth like this, Chen Feilin will definitely be able to step into Jindan in the future.

"Grandpa, this is Xiaolan, the second room I only accepted twenty years ago, this is our child Peiyi!"

Chen Feilin followed up to introduce the woman who got up to greet him and the child who was snuggling in Chen Ying's arms.

"Pei Yi? Good name! The spiritual root is also good, there are medium grade and high-grade, and it will not be bad in the future. ”

Chen Dengming bowed his head, his eyes were slightly joyful, staring at the tiger-headed tiger boy who looked a little timid and refused to call him 'grandpa' under Chen Feilin's call, and said with a smile.

"Feilin. Go with the kids! This is my grandfather's first meeting, and I also give the child and Xiaolan a little meeting gift. ”

After saying that, he bent his fingers a little, and a ball of light flew out, falling into the eyebrows of the child Peiyi, turning into a little ghost, and quickly disappeared.

Another sparkling medicine bottle flew to her granddaughter-in-law Xiaolan, and the three words Zhuji Dan were on the bottle, which suddenly made her pretty eyes appear joyful.

"You all go, I'm going to be alone with my daughter."

Chen Dengming did not continue to be intimate with his children and grandchildren, and restrained some emotions.

For the care of his children and grandchildren, he has actually done his best to do his best, even if he is in retreat for a long time, the doppelganger will always pay attention to his children and grandchildren.

But the so-called children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, this 'self-owned' is not to let it go, but that children and grandchildren also have their own temperament and pursuits.

It's like Chen Jing wanted to go to Nanxun to see when the deadline came, and wanted to stay in Nanxun and be buried in Nanxun.

Chen Dengming can only respect his son's choice.

Like Chen, he has always liked to deal with low-level monks and mortals, helping others, saving lives and helping the wounded, and he does not hesitate to spend his energy on this.

He, as a father, can only support and support silently.

In addition, it is difficult to do anything, let alone stop it.

There is nothing wrong with these things that children are pursuing.

His restraint is actually more of a protection.

It is not only to protect oneself from the birth of spiritual loopholes, but also to protect children and grandchildren to avoid the recurrence of some of the past disasters.

At this moment, he stayed in the courtyard, accompanied by his only daughter Chen Yiyi, watching the traces of the years still beside him become more and more intense, lamenting in his heart, taking out the sound transmission jade talisman and sending the news to He Yingyu.

For the two children, He Yingyu has always regarded it as her own, and she sent Chen Jing away in the past, and now she is still coming to see her off.

This may be the greatest sorrow between immortal cultivators and mortals, and it may also be the reason why many monks practice to the end, their emotions become more and more indifferent, and they become more and more indifferent to mortals.

Just because between immortals and mortals, there is the gap between immortality and short-livedness.

"Roar—"

In the clouds above, the black clouded leopard poked its head out, its beard was already white, and tears flowed from its eyes, looking at the kind little master in the courtyard below who had spent many years on its back.

Even now, for fear of disturbing mortals, they refuse to let it enter the courtyard to say goodbye.

"The sun is high and timid, the evening breeze is light, and the leaves are falling in autumn. Leaning on the gatehouse alone and looking at the eyes, the sunset is full of grass and grass"

Chen still seemed to see the black clouded leopard in the clouds, but her eyes gradually became ethereal, she lay on a rattan chair, smiling and singing a poem.

Chen Dengming doesn't know who wrote this poem, but he can understand the regret for the passage of time and the positive attachment to life revealed in this poem.

The sorrow in his heart was even stronger.

This is the life of mortals.

This is also the life of his Chen Dengming's children.

This life is like the sunset, and it will disappear at any time.

A quiet twilight that I had seen at the head of the city at the beginning had been secretly surrounding Chen on all sides.

Chen still felt cold, feeling the darkness and twilight surrounding.

She suddenly raised her head and looked at Chen Dengming, no matter how tall she was in her eyes, but she always gave her a kind and kind father, and said in a snarling voice.

"Dad, I want to chase the sunset, chase the sun, let's ride on Uncle Hei's back again, like you took me when you were a child, let's chase together."

"Good!"

Chen Dengming's eyes trembled slightly, and he personally reached out to hug his daughter's body, which was so thin that he could barely feel the weight.

This weight even gave him the illusion that it might be about the same as when he was born as a child.

But this is absolutely impossible, because when he was still born, he was not by his side, and he did not hug him.

How many years has he not held his daughter again.

Chen Dengming flew into the sky, and a shield surrounded him and Chen Yi to prevent the strong wind from invading the weak daughter.

In the sky and clouds, the black cloud leopard roared happily and excitedly, flew over, carried the two of them, and went away day by day.

As it rises, the originally dim sunset seems to resurface.

It seems that Chen's life, which should have returned to the ruins, has been extended a little.

The sun, like a pot of burning coal, was once again vigorous, spraying orange, red, and yellow light all over the heavens and the earth.

The two, a leopard, are passing away day by day, as if chasing the lost life.

Farther away, the figure of the crane Yingyu galloped in the wind and fire, and the orange sunset in full bloom behind him was extremely poignant, like a long skirt red carpet lifted by the sky.

"Crane Niang!" Chen was still full of tears in her eyes, perhaps the last temperature of her life, and her vision was gradually blurring.

The burning sunset seemed to be at this moment, turning into a ribbon in her eyes, squeezing into a thin trembling golden snake.

The sun has completely sunset.

The last few faint rays of yellow light disappeared from the other side of the sky, and the sky darkened, as if a person's life was coming to an end.

"Still!"

He Yingyu came at the last moment, and the three of them and one leopard melted into the last bit of light in the last dim brilliance of the sunset, and everything in heaven and earth disappeared into a blurred purple, which may be the final color of mortal life coming to an end.

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