Asking for Immortality in Another World

I stayed in the mountains for twenty years, and when I came out again...

"Things are different and people are different."

Gu Changsheng returned to this small southwestern city wearing the same clothes he had left.

The two strands of hair on the temples are slightly white.

A few wrinkles appeared on his face, but his eyes were still as bright as before.

Of course, these illusions of aging are all faked by him.

Gu’s recipe, which he has painstakingly studied for twenty years, is so awesome!

He walked slowly through the long, slightly empty street.

Along the way, I didn't see anyone who looked like an acquaintance from back then.

The world has been in turmoil and war for many years. It can't be said that ten houses and nine empty houses were empty, but it also caused the entire population of Chu State to drop by more than half.

In many places, the city is completely empty!

Ten miles, a hundred miles, there is no human habitation.

Yuzhou City fell under the control of King Xuan relatively early.

So, this is relatively lucky.

It was already the great Chu state of the previous dynasty, and the state lasted for a total of four hundred and seventy-seven years.

It started with Emperor Gaozu and ended with Emperor Anping.

It has been dead for sixteen years now.

It has been less than a year since Daxuan put an end to the troubled times, and the world is still in ruins waiting to be revitalized.

Daxuan was the name of the new dynasty that replaced Chu.

The so-called Daxuan refers to King Xuan, whose predecessor was the Purple Turban Army who resolutely rebelled against the two states of Yunchen and sounded the death knell for the Chu Kingdom.

Kill Baochu and attack Wu Dao!

No one thought that the world of the fourteen states of Chu State would be like this.

In the end, it will actually belong to King Xuan.

Of course, he is now called Emperor Xuan!

After his death in the future, he can be called Xuan Taizu, the founding emperor of a generation.

Gu Changsheng walked through the familiar long street and soon came to the end of the street.

"This is my home?"

He looked at the ruins in front of him, as if they had been violently demolished. There was nothing left but a foundation.

Where can I find what a bookstore looked like back then?

"This is not my home. My home is definitely not this flat!"

The corners of Gu Changsheng's mouth twitched, and he was speechless for a moment.

He has only been out for a few years, so why is it like this?

However, it seems to be quite normal for it to look like this.

Gu Changsheng squatted down, reached out and picked up a brick from the foundation.

There are traces of smoke and fire on this stone.

It was obvious that his house had been burned by fire.

Gu Changsheng quickly came up with many pictures in his mind.

I can’t say it’s 100% accurate, but it should be very reproducible.

"Immortality?"

But at this moment, an uncertain old voice sounded behind him.

Gu Changsheng stood up and looked back. He was an old man with a stooped waist and white hair. His dark skin looked very familiar.

"Uncle Wu?" Gu Changsheng replied carefully.

"It is indeed you, Changsheng!"

When the old man heard Gu Changsheng's answer, his face, which was full of vicissitudes of life, immediately became a little excited, and his hand on crutches trembled a little.

"Where have you been all these years, Changsheng?"

The Gu family and the Wu family have been neighbors for several generations.

When he was young, Wu Dalang and Gu Changsheng were very familiar with each other.

As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors.

But more than twenty years ago, before the troubled times in the Chu Kingdom came, Gu Changsheng had already packed up his bed and ran away with his bucket.

For so many years, there has been no news, no one alive, no corpse.

Wu Dalang had long thought that Gu Changsheng was dead.

But I didn't expect that after so many years...

He could actually see Gu Changsheng again.

This is so... elusive and magical!

He almost thought he was cold and wanted to see Tai Nai!

Fortunately, he finally regained his composure and chose to ask aloud.

Wu Dalang talked to him about the past, with a look of sadness on his face.

Liu's Tofu, Zhang's Cloth Shop...

There were also many neighbors who died one after another in the troubled times.

This actually made the business of Lao Liu's paper-making shop at the end of the street a lot better.

It’s just that this business is a bit wasteful for neighbors!

"Ahem..."

While Wu Dalang was talking, he suddenly started coughing violently.

When he was young, Wu Dalang, who could carry four full bamboo baskets and sell sesame seeds all over the city, now coughed just after saying a few words.

It’s no good if you don’t accept old age.

There was something self-deprecating on his face.

Gu Changsheng seemed to see the hardship of life, the suffering of troubled times, and the difficulty of living in that face full of traces of time.

…

After coming out of Wu Dalang's house, Gu Changsheng first went to the Yamen in Yuzhou City.

The new property deed was processed very smoothly and there was no difficulty.

Of course, it may also be because there are fewer people and more land now, and the land deeds are simply worthless.

The so-called change of dynasties is nothing more than a redistribution.

When the world gradually stabilizes, in a few decades, the exploitation will remain the same as before.

The general trend of the world is nothing but divisions, divisions, and divisions.

This is the truth.

It's just that the world is now thinking that no one alive now will ever see that day.

And he will definitely see it.

This is not something that can be avoided by the emergence of a so-called wise ruler and a wise king.

But, the human heart!

The Chu State of the past may not be what the Xuan State is today.

And today's Xuan Kingdom will inevitably become what Chu Kingdom was before!

Just like the young man who slays the dragon, he will eventually become a new evil dragon.

There are many things in the world that are actually the same.

The white-haired fisherman and woodcutter on the river bank are used to seeing the autumn moon and spring breeze.

A pot of muddy wine makes us happy to meet.

So many things in ancient and modern times are all just jokes.

The good thing about living a long life is that you will always see many interesting things.

If you give a pig tens of thousands of years, I'm afraid it will become a spirit!

Gu Changsheng's footsteps gradually stopped and he stood in front of the dilapidated door. Just like when he first came to the martial arts hall to practice martial arts 26 years ago, he looked up at the sign on his forehead.

Dragons and phoenixes dance, iron painting and silver hooks, four big characters.

—— Izumo Martial Arts Hall!

The red painted gate looked a little faded, and the two stone lions not far from the gate seemed to have lost the majesty when he first saw them.

Gu Changsheng didn't know whether he had changed or the martial arts hall was indeed dilapidated.

He walked up and knocked on the door of the martial arts hall.

"What are you doing?" The side door of the martial arts hall was opened to a gap half the size of his body, and a young man stuck his head out and looked at him.

Gu Changsheng: "..."

Yes, it's exactly like this, exactly the same as before.

Was this sentence passed down by the gatekeeper of the Izumo martial arts hall?

When he came to the martial arts hall to become a disciple, the first sentence that Senior Brother Lin Jun said to him was this.

Walking into the martial arts hall, it was even more dilapidated than the outside.

And the training ground that was once so lively now only had a few scattered people, less than a dozen people practicing martial arts.

I haven't seen it for a few days, and it's so bad?

Gu Changsheng's eyes flashed with doubt.