The female nun just wants to live forever

Chapter 4 The cruel truth

The pungent fishy smell kept hitting her brain, her whole body felt like she had fallen into an ice cave, and a silent fear assaulted her heart.

Is this the world of cultivating immortals?

If you are not careful, your body and soul will be destroyed. Even a person as strong as Elder Wang cannot escape a withered skeleton.

Although immortality is good, the road to immortality is covered with corpses. If people are gone, what is the meaning of cultivating immortality?
"Gu, Gu's little baby!"

Suddenly, a slight call sounded, pulling Gu Nian back from his chaotic thoughts.

Hearing the voice, Gu Nian rushed towards Elder Wang as if he had found a backbone.

"Cough cough cough..."

The old man's face was pale, and his thin body was sitting on the ground. His breath seemed to be absent, like a candle, as if it might be extinguished at any time.

"King...Master, I..."

Seeing Elder Wang covered in blood and dying, Gu Nian finally couldn't hold it back. She squatted in front of the old man, her eyes red.

Perhaps it was because she was too young, or perhaps she was shrouded in fear, or was too frightened, but the teenage girl cried so much that snot bubbles came out of her nose.

Although he has been a human being for two generations, he understands countless ways of the world, and he also knows how to assess the situation, but what's the use of it.

In the face of life and death, it is nothing but ashes.

Elder Wang's hair was disheveled, and he looked like a haggard man whose vitality had declined. He had long lost the "elegant" demeanor he had when he came.

"Gu Xiaowa, don't be afraid..."

He resisted his decline, a smile appeared on his lips, and he rubbed the girl's head with his skinny fingers.

"Good baby, I will answer this call from Master. It's a pity that Master forced you to borrow spiritual energy to burn your essence and blood. Now the deadline has come and I can't escort you anymore. Ahem, cough, cough..."

Elder Wang coughed up blood at the corner of his mouth. He took out a bloody jade pendant from his arms and handed it to the girl.

"You take this thing and go all the way forward. There is a tall mountain gate at the end of the road. There...is the Taiyue Gate."

"After entering Taiyue Gate, remember to go to Huichun Valley and hand this thing over to the owner in the valley. He will take care of you for me."

He raised his finger and pointed to the mountains in the distance, with a little envy in his eyes, but in the end he lowered his arms and smiled bitterly.

"Remember, I remember, my disciples and grandsons have all remembered. Master, master, please stop talking..." Gu Nian begged.

"It's okay."

Elder Wang smiled lightly, took a palm-sized coarse cloth bag from his waist and handed it to the girl, looking at her kindly.

He instructed: "Gu Xiaowa, you have to remember that it is possible to live forever by cultivating immortality, but the road to immortality is bound to be littered with corpses. Do not trust others."

He wiped the tears from the girl's cheeks.

"If you want to survive in the world of immortality, tears can't solve any problems. If the methods are not ruthless enough, they will eventually become a stepping stone on the road to immortality for others."

Gu Nian stared at the old man blankly, letting him wipe away her tears, and sobbed intermittently: "Disciple, disciple... remember!"

"Good good..."

Elder Wang said "Okay" several times, as if he had put aside his regrets, and looked blankly at the sky.

"Fame is dust and time is gold. It's a pity that your father will never understand the road to immortality..."

Elder Wang lowered his head, his voice always stopped at the words "The Road to Immortality", without any vitality.

Gu Nian opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Elder Wang's words kept echoing in her mind, causing her to fall into silence.

Cultivation to immortality for the sake of immortality?

Gu Nian was confused. She was indeed unwilling to be ordinary. If she really died like this, would she be willing to do so?

Just like her father in this life, for the so-called family fortune and power, the place that should have belonged to Gu Wu finally fell to her. Since ancient times, women seem to have been the weaker side. Men are the ones who make contributions, and men are the ones who gain the title of official.

Even if she returns to Qinghe County safely now, the best outcome is that she will be raising her husband and raising her children, and grow old.

People are going to die eventually.

If there really is a legendary road to immortality, why can't I fight hard and follow my own road?

Even if you lose in the end, you deserve to die!

After spending most of the day burying Elder Wang, Gu Nian stood up and walked toward the mountain without hesitation as if he had made up his mind.

Gu Nian has never been a stickler for rules. She has been educated in the new century for more than 30 years, and her benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust are deeply rooted in her heart. But now this is not a huge country like before, this is a world where people can die at any time.

She doesn't want to die, let alone accept her fate!

……

In Taiyue Mountain, a huge stone gate stands on a towering mountain.

The stone gate is ancient and magnolia, leaving traces of erosion by the sun and the moon. The top of the stone gate is engraved with three desolate characters "Taiyue Gate".

Under the stone gate, two disciples in gray robes were leaning on the stone gate, sleepy.

"Damn! When will this day come to an end?" One of them was tall and thin, as thin as a bamboo pole. He sighed and couldn't help complaining.

The other person, who was a bit bloated, smiled and said, "Come on, I heard that the sect has recently recruited many new disciples. Then someone will naturally take over the job of guarding the mountain gate."

"Think about it, the sect has been in hiding for too long, and the old ones are gone, and we are the only ones left who are not good enough. If we don't have new disciples, I'm afraid we will have to watch the sect for the rest of our lives."

"makes sense."

The two of them sighed at the same time, feeling a little depressed in their hearts. The Taiyue Sect had been stagnant for too long, and it had long since failed to live up to its former glory.

"I really don't know what the elders think...huh? Wait, why is there a little baby?"

The tall and thin man was about to continue complaining when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure on the mountain road in the distance.

As he got closer, he saw that the other party was a girl who was no more than ten years old. Her clothes were messy and her hair was unkempt, like a little beggar.

"stop!"

The fat man also saw who was coming, and quickly stepped forward to stop the girl, and said sternly: "This place is forbidden, please leave quickly!"

The person who came was none other than Gu Nian.

After leaving that day, she walked non-stop towards the mountains, but she didn't want to end up getting lost in the mountains. She walked around the mountain road for several days, didn't have enough to eat, and was already hungry. She relied on her remaining perseverance to support herself.

"Wang, Chief Wang..."

She spoke tremblingly, wanting to tell her what happened on the road, but due to lack of strength, she fell directly to the ground, still holding on to the green and transparent jade pendant in her hand.

The fat man and the thin man looked at each other, as if asking what to do next. The two of them had been guarding the gate for a long time, and they had never seen anything like this before.

"This is……"

The tall and thin man looked at the jade pendant in the girl's hand and felt that it was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

"what happened?"

The fat man followed closely and asked. He followed the thin man's gaze, frowned slightly, and then his eyes widened.

"Isn't this the jade pendant of Elder Wang?"

"Elder Wang?"

"Yeah! I've seen it before, I can't be wrong!"

The fat man quickly picked up the unconscious girl, and said to the tall and thin man: "Quick! Go and inform the leader. I remember that Elder Wang went down the mountain not long ago. I heard that he was going to pick up his disciples, but now he asked this girl to take the jade pendant. If you bring it back, something bad might happen to you!"

(End of this chapter)