Chapter 179 Regret?
Chapter 179 Regret?
He didn't want to kill him; he was his best friend who had been with him since childhood.
But Luo Song harbored murderous intent towards him in that instant...
— If I don't kill you, no one will be able to kill you in the future.
Luo Song was in pain.
— If you hadn't saved me back then, I would have died, and I wouldn't have had any desires afterwards!
He laughed as he tore open Luo Song's sore spot!
— You're the one who turned me into the person I am today!
— It was you who wrote the two or three volumes of the "Longevity Classic"! Now you keep saying that I'm blinded by desire and have lost my mind! Haven't you ever been like that?
— Yes, you are exceptionally intelligent, with unparalleled martial arts talent. You knew that someone who used to be bedridden and unable to get out of bed had become someone who could wield swords and blades. When he longed for immortality, it was you who wrote the second and third volumes of the "Eternal Life Scripture"!
— I have a desire for immortality, and you fuel that desire. By what right do you claim to be the chosen one of the emperor?
He would always remember that with the blessing of the internal and external skills of the "Longevity Scripture" and with Luo Song always by his side, he went from being someone who was used to being bedridden to being able to compete with ordinary masters and even learn from those who had reached the threshold of top masters a few years later!
He discovered that this is what life is all about!
A human voice is too short!
Some people have extraordinary lives, some have ordinary lives, and some people don't even have a complete life!
If you can live forever, why not live forever!
It's like placing a miraculous medicine in front of a dying person and telling them that the medicine will make them lose their mind and they must not take it!
Then why did you put it in front of him?!
Over the years, Luo Song has been engrossed in writing the "Chang Sheng Jing" (Scripture of Longevity).
And he, in order to catch up with him, even if he couldn't catch up, just to catch up with his back view, he has been studying and practicing diligently day and night!
So many masters have fallen to his sword.
He thought the gap between him and Luo Song wouldn't be so big anymore...
The two of them can go head-to-head!
But the first time Luo Song told him with a smile that he had finally figured out the Silver Dragon Jade Belt and showed it to him for the first time, he was completely stunned.
He didn't know what this meant before, but now he knows very well that Luo Song, who can create a martial art like the Silver Dragon Jade Belt, is someone he could never reach in his lifetime!
What about a time longer than a lifetime?
Given enough time, could he also reach the threshold of the peak?
From a sickly young man whom everyone said would never live to adulthood, to a martial arts master like Luo Song, he could do it all, as long as he lived long enough!
Why couldn't he live that long?!
The secret to immortality is right before his eyes; it's all up to him. So why is Luo Song the one obstructing him?
The person he trusts most!
"Why, Luo Song! You're the one who turned me into this, you're the one who showed me what I wanted to become, so why did you have to close this door with your own hands!"
"You clearly could, we clearly could have achieved immortality together, learned all the martial arts in the world, and read all the medical books and treasures. You clearly wrote the 'Longevity Scripture,' so why did you cut off this path!"
Why do you insist on cutting off my escape route?!
He fought with Luo Song. At first, he thought that he and Luo Song were evenly matched, but in fact, Luo Song never drew the sword on his back in front of him!
"Draw your sword!"
Luo Song's eyes were bloodshot.
“Even without your ‘Longevity Scripture,’ I can still do it!” When he said this, Luo Song’s eyes showed surprise.
He didn't understand it before, but many years later, he finally figured it out.
Luo Song knew all too well that he couldn't achieve what he himself couldn't do through the "Longevity Scripture," or rather, he couldn't do it without resorting to heinous and immoral methods!
In Luo Song's eyes at that time, he was completely obsessed!
The fact that he can say it means that he has been thinking about it repeatedly in his heart, and may even have already started to do it.
At that time, Luo Song was all too aware of the danger of the "Longevity Scripture" remaining in the world. He was also aware that if he were left unattended, given the power of the "Longevity Scripture" and what he could do over a long period of time, keeping him alive would be a danger to the entire martial arts world.
Even those outside the martial arts world are not immune...
It was at that moment that Luo Song conceived the idea of killing him!
That was also the first time he witnessed the true power of the Silver Dragon Jade Belt and the Ninefold True Qi.
How ridiculous!
Because the "Longevity Scripture" was too domineering, Luo Song was well aware of this and was also afraid of the harm that the "Longevity Scripture" would cause if it were to be spread in the future. Therefore, the Silver Dragon Jade Belt and the Ninefold True Qi were techniques specifically designed to counter the internal and external skills of the "Longevity Scripture".
Every step was restrained, every move was controlled, leaving him utterly powerless to fight back!
But Luo Song never imagined that the Silver Dragon Jade Belt and the Ninefold True Qi would be used on him!
He finally saw Luo Song draw his sword, and the silver dragon jade belt formed by the sword energy completely crushed his idea of chasing after Luo Song from behind!
There can only be one martial arts genius in a century, or even several centuries.
That must be Luo Song!
Luo Song's eyes were filled with murderous intent, but the sword, though poised at his neck, struggled and trembled, yet he never managed to stab it.
— Lian Xu, may you live to be a hundred!
"Lian Xu, I passed the Elders' Hall's test! I can now access the top floor of the Wind Pavilion to read! There are so many medical books and martial arts manuals there! I will definitely find a way to save you!"
— Lian Xu, stop now! The "Longevity Scripture" will cloud your judgment, and so have we! What good is living past a hundred?
Luo Song trembled, biting her lip until it bled, tears welling in her eyes.
He said calmly, "If you don't kill me, no one will be able to kill me in the future..."
In that instant, Luo Song raised his sword again, piercing his neck, blood seeping in, but at the last moment, with a "clang," he threw it aside.
He opened his eyes.
Luo Song had already stood up and said in a deep voice, "I have destroyed the 'Longevity Scripture,' you will not..."
Before he could finish speaking, Luo Song froze.
The dagger hidden in his sleeve pierced his heart from behind.
Luo Song looked down in disbelief at her chest, then turned to look at him, her eyes filled with a complex mix of disappointment, surprise, sadness, and relief.
He was trembling all over!
He never expected that the dagger would be used on Luo Song.
— Luo Song, actually, my life isn't short. At least you picked plum blossoms for me in winter, and in summer, you would secretly carry me out to row a boat and pick lotus flowers...
— Luo Song, eat slowly. If you choke to death, won't you die even earlier than me?
— Is the fake apricot blossom wine from Kunlun really that good? I'd love to try it sometime, right here under that ancient Kunlun tree you mentioned.
— If you don't kill me, no one will be able to kill me in the future…
His eyes were also filled with tears, and his whole being seemed to have collapsed. The bloodstains covering Luo Song's hands seemed impossible to wipe away.
He had never been so flustered.
Even when he was on his sickbed, coughing up blood until he fainted; even when they were boating on the lotus pond that year and the boat capsized, and he and Luo Song both fell into the water, he couldn't swim, and he had never felt so panicked about the feeling of suffocation and drowning...
"Luo Song, why?"
"Why?"
"Why!"
From panic to hysteria, until Luo Song collapsed on top of him, he still remembered the young man's figure in his mind, saying to him—Lian Xu, may you live to be a hundred!
You're the one who made me live to be a hundred!
Luo Song!
Why! !
...
He buried Luo Song under that wintersweet tree. Years passed, so long that he could hardly remember what had happened before, and he could hardly remember what Luo Song looked like.
He decided to go to Kunlun.
The fragments of the "Longevity Classic" were not destroyed.
He understands Luo Song.
There is always a gentlest and softest place in my heart.
The "Longevity Sutra" can make people lose their minds, but he eventually overcame it.
In this vast world, there will always be a young man who is truly suited to the "Longevity Scripture" yet will not be affected by it. Through a fortuitous encounter, he will embark on another legendary journey in the martial arts world!
The "Longevity Classic" embodies his life's work, and he ultimately left it behind.
However, he also left behind a silver dragon jade belt and nine layers of true energy specifically designed to counter the "Longevity Scripture" for his younger disciples.
If one day the "Longevity Scripture" were to break out of the martial world, then the Silver Dragon Jade Belt and the Ninefold True Qi would be the magic weapons to restrain it.
Luo Song once said that the "Longevity Scripture" was divided into three parts. One part was left to his disciple, another part was definitely left in Kunlun, the place with the highest peak of martial arts in the world, and the third part, he did not know where it went, but he would find it.
The complete version of the "Longevity Classic" no longer exists!
But he still had fragmented memories of the "Longevity Scripture." He wasn't a martial arts prodigy like Luo Song, but he had plenty of time to refine, rewrite, and experiment with his version of the "Longevity Scripture"...
Even without Luo Song, he could still achieve immortality!
Even without Luo Song, he could still reach the pinnacle of martial arts!
Even without Luo Song, he could still do what he wanted to do: read all the medical books in the world and find another way to achieve immortality!
I can do just fine without you!
— Lian Xu, I visited a sect called Wuyou Sect a while ago. Their disguise skills are amazing. You really should go and see it when you have time. I was stunned!
He went to Wuyoumen first.
The "Longevity Scripture" in his hand was incomplete, lacking recitation, and his marrow cleansing was not thorough. He could not venture into the martial world with his strange red face.
His talent delighted the leader of the Worry-Free Sect, who wished he could stay with him forever. It turns out that when you have talent, all the sects in the world will be kind to you and flock to you.
This was the first time he had ever experienced the expression on the Kunlun elders' faces when Luo Song appeared in Kunlun.
Many years later, when he reappeared at Wuyoumen, he simply passed by and sighed.
But the leader of the Worry-Free Sect said he wanted to clean house.
He smiled faintly.
Luo Song is gone; these people were just insignificant passersby in the long passage of time...
He also remembered that when he was drinking fake apricot wine under that ancient tree in Kunlun, a boy named Qu Guan was with him.
His carefree personality, the martial arts prodigy his senior brother spoke of, his optimistic attitude, the way he always seemed to be around him, and his unwavering monthly letter to his best friend...
All of this reminded him of someone.
One person he killed with his own hands, yet he has always regretted it.
There is a way to achieve immortality, but there is no medicine for regret...
— Guan, what brings you to Kunlun?
— Just go back. The world is so vast; how can you roam freely if you're always confined to Kunlun?
He was fully aware of everything when Guan carried him down the mountain.
He recalled a scene from long ago when Luo Song carried him to the lotus pond.
I long to buy osmanthus blossoms and share wine, but it will never be like the carefree days of my youth…
Many years later, he watched as Luo Song's junior disciple, who was also Si Nan's master, looked at the one-third fragment of the "Longevity Scripture" with shining eyes, as if he had found a treasure. He was so excited that he told him, almost in a frenzy, about the scene of achieving immortality together.
He seemed to suddenly see himself as Luo Song had seen him many years ago...
Perhaps out of shame or disgust at that moment, he killed the other person.
Don't you want to live forever?
He carved the three characters "Chang Sheng Jing" (Longevity Scripture) on his back with his sword!
The only thing he ever feared was the Silver Dragon Jade Belt and the Ninefold True Qi. Luo Song had said that these were the things he used specifically to counter the internal and external techniques of the "Longevity Scripture".
Ironically, the exquisite Silver Dragon Jade Belt and Ninefold True Qi were so difficult for later generations to learn that they had to learn one technique each.
He knew the power of the Silver Dragon Jade Belt and the Ninefold True Qi, and he had thought about learning them using Si Nan's identity, but the Silver Dragon Jade Belt and the Ninefold True Qi "rejected" him.
"The *Xi Sui Jing* (Marrow Cleansing Classic) is selective; only those with the necessary aptitude can undergo marrow cleansing. Our task is to deceive it, to make it believe that we possess the aptitude it requires, so that it won't reject us."
In Luo Song's world, martial arts techniques are alive. They have their own consciousness and will choose suitable practitioners according to the wishes of their creators.
He thought it was wildly imaginative at the time!
Only now does he realize just how amazing Luo Song's talent is.
No matter how many times he undergoes marrow cleansing, the Silver Dragon Jade Belt and the Ninefold True Qi will accurately recognize him and reject him!
But he has nothing left to fear!
Even if he couldn't learn the Silver Dragon Jade Belt and the Ninefold True Qi, neither could the disciples of Shuiyue Pavilion.
Meng Huizhou's mind was not on martial arts at all, nor did he know the Silver Dragon Jade Belt. In fact, the only thing he needed to worry about was the Ninefold True Qi.
Meng Huizhou only had eyes for his junior apprentice, but he seemed to have forgotten his name.
The silver dragon jade belt he produced back then had amazed him, reminding him of the scene when Luo Song excitedly showed him the silver dragon jade belt for the first time.
At that moment, he seemed to see another Luo Song.
In the end, it was just a fleeting moment.
There aren't that many martial arts prodigies in the world, which is why time is so important!
He gave him a newly concocted poison that Meng Huizhou couldn't cure, so he transferred nine layers of true energy to him.
Meng Huizhou, having transcended the nine levels of true qi, is essentially a cripple.
He couldn't remember who it was back then, but he spared his and Meng Huizhou's lives.
Then let the successor of the Silver Dragon Jade Belt and the Ninefold True Qi continue to live in this world. He wants Luo Song to know that as long as he lives, those who have been stopped by time will never catch up with him.
Even if Luo Song from back then appeared before him, he would be fearless now.
Time is the best thing in the world...
Luo Song is the one who regrets it.
It wasn't him.
He Huai'an put down his teacup.
The one who regrets it is never him...
[Author's Note]
Take a break and continue.
This time the ending is really close, I will write like crazy, probably in the next two or three days!
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