Seeing this, the female assistant hurriedly stepped forward and pushed him:
"Sir, why did you come here in person?"
Dars smiled slightly at her: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
"Mr. Gu, Ms. Lu, may I speak with you alone?"
Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing exchanged a glance, then said:
"Come in!"
After the female assistant pushed Darss inside, she turned around and waited at the door.
The chef brought all the food to the table, but Lu Qing didn't touch it.
Darss looked at Gu Fei, Ruan Yinchen, and Liu Manyun. Gu Xicheng understood what he meant and said:
"They don't need to go out. Just say what you want to talk about!"
Darss nodded slightly, his cloudy eyes lowered, and said:
"I know it's too late to say anything now. I've made arrangements for the families of the deceased, although that can't bring those lives back."
"Mr. Gu, Ms. Lu, I'm so sorry, I almost caused your deaths!"
Lu Qing looked at him coldly: "Forget about apologizing, tell me why you did this!"
Dals sighed, and after a long silence, he said:
"To live! To live longer!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing frowned:
"Does that ghost ship have a way to achieve immortality?"
Dars: "Legend has it that the ghost ship is the ruins of the ancient Chuling Kingdom. The ancient Chuling Kingdom worshipped a powerful god. Legend has it that after the god fell, the people of the ancient kingdom came to this ocean to build a tomb for the god."
"They built a tomb for the gods at the bottom of the sea, and that ghost ship was the tool to carry the burial goods. The people of the ancient Chuling Kingdom were blessed by the gods and lived forever."
"As long as the remains of the ancient people of Chuling are found, a blue bead can be found between their eyebrows. This bead is called Wusui, and consuming it can grant immortality."
As he said this, a hint of excitement still flashed in Dahls' eyes.
Gu Xicheng ruthlessly interrupted his fantasy:
You're wrong!
“Dals, apart from the countless man-eating red-eyed mastiffs on that ghost ship, there wasn’t a single skeleton of a surviving member of the Chuling Ancient Kingdom.”
Darss shuddered and asked urgently, "What about the underwater tomb?"
"We were swept into the vortex after we fell in, and we saw the corpses of several elders who were buried with the Chuling Ancient Kingdom, but we didn't see the Wusui Pearl you mentioned," Lu Qing said coldly.
Lu Qing had no idea whether the remains of the Chuling Kingdom's survivors had the Pearl of No Ages on them, as she had never opened the coffin to check.
But she was certain that even if it existed, the Timeless Pearl wouldn't be anything good.
"No! Impossible! There must be a Timeless Pearl!"
Darss simply didn't believe it, or perhaps he didn't want to believe it.
Gu Xicheng frowned and looked at him, saying:
"There is no such thing as immortality in this world! If the people of the Chuling Ancient Kingdom were truly immortal, as you say, how could the ancient kingdom have perished?"
"Even gods fall one day, let alone ordinary people! Why are you so obsessed with immortality?"
Darss's cloudy eyes were bloodshot, and one could see endless obsession in them.
"But I want to live! Is it wrong for me to want to live?"
Lu Qing: "Many people in this world want to live, but ultimately they can't defy the arrangements of fate. What makes you the exception?"
"I have money! I have lots and lots of money!" Dars exclaimed emotionally.
"I would give up all my money to buy immortality!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing couldn't help but scoff:
"Dals, don't you find what you're saying ridiculous?"
"Trading all your wealth for immortality, and then what? Do you know what you'll face?"
"Without money, how could you have so much delicious food to eat every day? Without money, how could you maintain this broken body so well? Without money, would your bodyguards and nannies serve you?"
"If you lose all of this, you will face poverty, hunger, and cold. You will end up on the streets like a beggar, and you will suffer a fate worse than death!"
Hearing this, Darss was stunned.
He had never thought of such a thing.
Lu Qing gave a sarcastic smile: "Dals, actually I think you're quite pathetic."
"You were born into a wealthy family, and your parents never let you suffer. The greatest pain you have ever experienced in your life is probably from the fact that your legs are now crippled."
"You've lived to this age and gotten used to extravagance. You've never thought about how you would live without money. Your life is too happy, which is why you want to live forever."
"Why don't you start now and pretend you have no money, try living like that, and see if you still want to live forever?"
Darss froze, his expression blank, and remained silent.
"That's all I have to say, Mr. Dahls. Think about it carefully yourself!"
When he left the villa, Dahls seemed to have lost his soul, and was completely immersed in a state of shock and confusion.
His female assistant offered to push his wheelchair, but he waved her hand.
"No! I'll do it myself!"
"None of you should follow me."
Dars pushed the wheelchair with great effort and soon became covered in sweat.
He vaguely understood the meaning behind Lu Qing's words.
Inside the villa, Lu Qing brought out the food that Dars had brought and ate it with relish.
"Don't just look at him, everyone. This old man may not be very strong, but the food he brought is really delicious!"
Everyone immediately went over to taste it.
Liu Manyun: "This old man has lived to such an old age, but I never expected him to be less insightful than some ordinary people."
Gu Fei: "He's just had too much of a happy life. He's never experienced hardship. Once you've experienced hardship, you'll know that living too long is actually meaningless."
Lu Qing rested her chin on her hand and glanced at Gu Xicheng, saying:
"That's not entirely true. Gu Xicheng has never suffered much hardship growing up. You see, he's never thought about immortality."
Gu Xicheng was immediately at a loss for words:
"I'm only in my twenties, what's the point of comparing me to him!"
"If I were to think about immortality right now, I'd be out of my mind."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a voice echoed in his mind:
"You are my reincarnation, you were never going to die, there's no need to worry about this."
Gu Xicheng frowned.
Noticing that his expression was off, Lu Qing quickly asked:
"Gu Xicheng, what's wrong?"
Gu Xicheng smiled slightly: "It's nothing."
If he is immortal, what about Qingqing?
Perhaps sensing his thoughts, the deity spoke:
“She will not die either. Although I still do not approve of your love, she has already acquired divine bones and can also be immortal.”
Gu Xicheng found his voice somewhat irritating, so he silently asked himself:
"Weren't you asleep before? Why are you awake now?"
The deity said, "I was asleep before because your mortal body simply couldn't withstand my will. Now that you have divine bones, I can naturally wake up briefly."
Hearing the word "brief," Gu Xicheng breathed a slight sigh of relief.
The fact that it's brief means he'll still be asleep and won't be disturbed by constant talking.
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