I created the Longevity Club

December 3, 1516 AD, winter, heavy rain.

Europe, France, Amboise.

This is a town in the Indre-et-Loire region in the Center region, located on the banks of the Loire River.

,,8' Lu Li was wearing a black coat and top hat, holding a black long-handled umbrella in one hand, and holding a wooden box in the other hand...

Walk among the classical-style buildings.

Rain splashed and wet Lu Li's boots.

Not long ago, Lu Li granted immortality to Zhao Pu of the Song Dynasty in the ancient East, and then traveled westward to Europe.

Standing in front of buildings.

Lu Li knocked on the door.

Soon, an old man with a gray beard and reading glasses opened the door.

"Lu, you're here!"

The old man shouted with joy on his face.

"Mr. Leonardo da Vinci, these are some Eastern snacks I brought. I hope you like them."

Lu Li raised the box in his hand and said with a smile.

The old man's full name is Leonardo. Dee. Piero. Da. 03 Finch, a famous person in later generations.

Known as a representative figure of the Renaissance, he was a polymath who excelled in painting, music, architecture, mathematics, geometry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, astronomy, meteorology, geology, geography, There have been significant achievements in the fields of physics, optics, mechanics, invention, and civil engineering.

The entirety of his scientific research is preserved in his manuscripts, which amount to approximately 15,000 pages, Einstein believed. If Finch's scientific research results had been published at that time, technology could have advanced half a century.

Most of the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper" known to later generations were created by him.

"Lu, please come in quickly!"

"I'll get you a towel and you wipe yourself off."

"It rained all night last night..."

Da. Finch invited Lu Li into the room, and he spoke one after another.

Lu Li entered the room familiarly.

Classically decorated living room, the fireplace is burning with a roaring flame...

Lu Li hung his coat on the coat rack and took it from Da. The dry towel Finch handed over...

In the restaurant location.

The long mahogany table was piled high with food. Finch's various manuscripts... A chair is in an open state, indicating Da. Finch was sitting here just now.

Lu Li walked to the floor-to-ceiling window. The floor here was covered with red carpet and there was a chair like a throne.

Lu Li sat on the chair.

Not long, Da. Finch came over with painting tools. Not far in front of Lu Li, he stopped in front of a picture frame...

Da. Finch rarely painted in his later years, but more than three months ago, Lu Li commissioned him to paint a portrait of himself, Da. Finch agreed.

The size of the picture is the same as that of the Mona Lisa, 77 cm in length and 53 cm in width.

The brush strokes and content have been completely completed, integrating Da. All of Fincher’s energy and technique.

From the canvas, it can be seen.

Lu Li was sitting, facing the canvas sideways, with his right hand on the back of the chair, exposing most of his face... a white shirt, his right arm on the back of the chair, looking away from the canvas...

The white shirt on his body has long thin lines that seem to be absent, and is neatly ironed. The watch strap on his wrist is brightly exposed in a corner of the shirt. Lu Li's facial expression contained a slight smile, with a slight curve at the corner of his mouth. His eyes were peaceful, bright and mellow... besides.

In the creation of Lu Li's background, Da. Fincher used the "unbounded gradient coloring method" used in "Mona Lisa" to make the background and Lu Li's smile blend into one, thus exuding a dreamy and mysterious atmosphere.

In the silent room.

The flame in the fireplace was still burning, and there was a crackling sound from time to time.

The heavy rain outside the window continued to fall.

Da. Finch concentrated on sketching out the last strokes.

In this painting, da. Finch spent too much energy and effort.

After this painting, da. Finch no longer had any more energy, so he planned to treat this painting as his final painting.

Time passes little by little.

It was getting dark.

Da. Finch stopped writing.

He exhaled a long breath, his face turned rosy, and he looked at the painting. "It's done." Da. Finch said solemnly.

Lu Li walked to Da. Beside Finch, looking at the painting.

The lines, brushstrokes, and artistic conception all reveal all the efforts of the top master.

"This is my most successful work."

Da. Finch said to Lu Li.

Two people stood in front of the canvas, whispering and discussing.

After a long time.

Lu Li walked to the dining table.

Da. Finch took the notebook and walked up to Lu Li to ask him some questions.

Lu Li responded one by one.

Some time passed.

Lu Li looked at Da. Finch suddenly asked without any warning: "If someone could give you the opportunity to live forever and let you see the changes of the sun and the moon, and the vicissitudes of the sea, would you be willing?"

His question was about Da. After meeting Finch, he learned about the latter's temperament, so he asked.

Da. When Finch heard this, his eyebrows were furrowed and he was thinking.

He looked at Lu Li solemnly, shook his head, and responded, "I don't want to."

Da. Finch's expression relaxed and showed some emotion. He stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked at the rainy scene outside the window...

"I have experienced everything I should and shouldn't do in my life, and I have no regrets..."

"Even if I have immortality, it's just a repetition day after day, and I don't want this."

Da Vinci said in a deep voice.

Lu Li smiled brightly when he heard Da Vinci's words.

He didn't continue.

After sitting for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Lu Li prepared to leave.

Da Vinci walked Lu Li to the door.

"I'll come again tomorrow."

"As for the painting... I'll take it away after the canvas is dry."

Lu Li turned and looked at Da Vinci, who was regarded as a unique all-rounder in human history, and said gently.

"Lu."

"Goodbye."

Da Vinci replied.

Lu Li put on his coat, opened his umbrella, and walked into the heavy rain.

Da Vinci stared at Lu Li's back until the back disappeared from his sight, then he closed the door and returned to the restaurant.

Da Vinci in 1516. Finch is sixty-four years old and has more than two years left to live.