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Chapter 4393 4395 [Traveling around the World]

Time passed quickly, and soon more than ten years had passed.

Xiang Nan, Xiaoyue, Lu Su, Yu Shu and others have traveled all over the world and their horizons have been broadened.

In the vast forests of Siberia, you can walk for days and nights without seeing a city. Only a few tribes live there, leading a very primitive life; in the Arctic, there are so many ice bears, seals, walruses, and such big moose...

The Romans lived such a dissolute life. Pompeii had only a small population, but there were so many places of entertainment. And the whole city was full of paintings of fertility worship...

The pyramids in Egypt are so tall, but they were only used to bury one person; the East African savannah has so many rhinos, elephants, and giraffes; and Australia has such amazing kangaroos, koalas, and platypuses...

There are thousands of miles of fertile land in North and South America, but there are not many big cities. There are only some tribes that gather together to form very primitive city-states...

After returning to Middle-earth, Xiang Nan and his friends went to see Gao Yao again.

However, Gao Yao's current life can be said to be extremely luxurious.

He lived in a mansion that was even bigger than a royal palace. He had hundreds of slaves to serve him, Xiaozhen and Xiaoqing. He also owned tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, which he entrusted to thousands of tenants to cultivate.

"What are you doing, playing COSPLAY?" Xiang Nan couldn't help laughing when he saw this.

After Gao Yao took the elixir of immortality, his body was kept in the best condition at all times and he could go without food, water or rest. Therefore, there was no need for him to have a bunch of people serving him. He also had so many fields and so many tenant farmers... He just had nothing to do and was idle.

"Play, what else can I do?" Gao Yao said with a smile, "I am the boss of this family now, I can scold whoever I want, beat whoever I want, play with whoever I want... No one can control me, isn't this very cool, it's much better than playing video games, I tell you."

Xiang Nan nodded.

Power is indeed addictive.

This is also the reason why many people still refuse to retire even though they have reached retirement age.

They are not after the salary, but are unwilling to give up the power in their hands.

In that position, they can command the support of hundreds of people and their words are binding. Once they leave that position, they are just ordinary retired old men. They may still have some face, but their influence will decrease with each use, and even the tea will get cold as soon as they leave.

"As long as you are happy." Xiang Nan nodded.

He didn't care about Gao Yao's affairs. Gao Yao's current behavior seemed absurd and unrestrained, but in fact, it was quite normal in the long history.

It was nothing more than annexing some land, beating and scolding a few servants, and bullying a few maids. It was not a very bad thing.

Shi Chong of the Western Jin Dynasty, when he was the governor of Jingzhou, actually led his army to rob merchants, thus becoming extremely wealthy. When he had a banquet with guests, he would arrange for beautiful women to persuade them to drink, and if the guests did not drink, he would kill the beautiful women.

When the brothers Wang Dun and Wang Dao attended the banquet, Wang Dun could drink but refused to do so. As a result, Shi Chong killed three beauties in a row, but Wang Dun remained calm and said, "He killed his people, what does it have to do with me?"

Song Taizu's brother-in-law Wang Jixun got tired of eating chicken, duck, fish and meat, so he changed his appetite and actually liked to eat people, especially young and beautiful maids. He used a method similar to lingchi to cut meat from them and ate hundreds of people...

Compared with these people, Gao Yao is considered normal.

As long as he doesn't become a murderer or turn into titanium like Indra, Xiang Nan will let him go.

……

Time passed quickly, one year, two years, three years, four years, and soon Emperor Gaozu of Han died, Emperor Hui of Han succeeded to the throne, and Lü Zhi ruled the country from behind the curtain in the name of the queen mother. Later, Lü Zhi also brought Emperor Hui of Han to Mount Zhongnan to pay homage, hoping to see Xiang Nan, the immortal, and her sister Lü Su.

She and Lu Su had been separated for more than 20 years, and she still missed her sister. Of course, she wanted to learn some methods of seeking immortality from her sister.

Then, she will be able to enjoy wealth and prosperity forever.

However, Xiang Nan also did not meet her and Emperor Hui of Han. He just sent Lu Su riding a crane down the mountain to tell Lu Zhi, "If you can, forgive others, do so."

Because after Lu Zhi took power behind the scenes, in order to consolidate her power, she lavishly conferred titles of king on the Lü clan. Her brothers, nephews, sons-in-law, grandchildren... were all conferred the title of king.

Liu Bang's relatives were suppressed by her, and she successively eliminated meritorious officials such as Han Xin and Peng Yue, and even turned Liu Bang's beloved concubine, Concubine Qi, into a human pig.

Such a cruel and inhumane act is extremely rare in history. Even her son Emperor Hui of Han was deeply frightened and eventually died of worry.

Xiang Nan hoped that Lu Zhi would not be so cruel and mean, and would forgive others when she could. Leaving a way out for others so that they can meet again in the future is not only good for others, but also for yourself.

You know, it was because Lu Zhi was so ruthless that after her death, Liu Bang's descendants joined forces with the officials in the court to oppose the Lu family. In the end, the Lu family was almost exterminated, which was also the retribution for Lu Zhi.

……

Lu Su then followed Xiang Nan's instructions, rode a crane to Lu Zhi, and handed her a bamboo slip with the words "Forgive others when you can" written on it.

"I haven't seen you for 24 years, sister, and you are still so young." Lu Zhi looked at Lu Su and said in surprise.

After more than 20 years, Lu Su has hardly changed. She is still as young and beautiful, without any wrinkles on her face. She is indeed a fairy who seeks immortality and cultivates Taoism. She has indeed found a way to maintain her youthful appearance and live forever.

"Do we know each other?" Lu Su asked curiously when she heard her say that.

"How could I not recognize you? I'm your sister." When Lu Zhi heard her say that, she immediately said excitedly.

Lu Su shook her head, "I didn't know I had a sister, you probably recognized the wrong person."

"Sister, I am indeed your sister. My name is Lu Zhi and your name is Lu Su. Our father is Lu Gong. How come you don't remember anything? Before my father died, he told me to find you." Lu Zhi said excitedly.

"Really?" Seeing that she was so excited and didn't seem to be faking it, Lu Su could only be skeptical. "Okay, I'll do an investigation. I've already passed on the message, so you can take care of yourself." After that, he rode away on the crane again.

"Sister, sister~" Seeing this, Lu Zhi shouted hurriedly, but she could not call Lu Su back, so she could only leave helplessly.

……

Lu Su returned to the villa and asked Xiang Nan about his family.

Xiang Nan did not answer and directly erased her memory.

For Lu Su, there is no benefit in recognizing her relationship with Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi was a sinister, selfish and cruel person. If the sisters recognized each other, Lu Zhi would definitely try to find out the secret of Lu Su's immortality.

If Lu Su told her, it would arouse her covetousness; if she didn't tell her, it would tear the relationship between the sisters apart. Both of these would cause a lot of trouble.

In Journey to the West, the "trouble started at Guanyin Temple" was caused by Sun Wukong showing off his brocade cassock. Since "immortality" is more attractive than the brocade cassock, we should not be careless.