Chapter 2 Aspiration for Immortality
In the darkness, lines of glowing small characters appeared one after another along with the pictures.
[You returned to the anchoring year 1. You were so ecstatic that you did some outrageous actions, and your aunt almost forced you to drink the exorcism water that the village witch had asked for.]
[There is still half a year before the provincial examination. You study hard at home day and night. Since you already know the test questions, you seem to be full of confidence. Although your aunt usually complains about you, she has always supported you in studying.]
[The village chief's brother coveted your ancestral fertile land and coerced you secretly. As a woman, although auntie tried to resist, she was powerless. You used a little trick to settle the matter. From then on, auntie looked at you differently]
[Half a year later, you took part in the provincial examination. Although you ranked at the bottom of the 30-odd list, you still succeeded and became a juren, bringing honor to your family.]
[Anchored 2 years later, you went to Xuanjing City to participate in the joint examination. You were well prepared for the test questions and naturally passed. You performed well in the subsequent palace examination and ranked among the top two, and was granted the status of Jinshi.]
[You used your connections in Xuanjing City and finally got what you wanted, and got the position of county magistrate of Wen County in Jiangnan.]
[Anchored for 3 years, you took over Wen County after meeting your aunt at home. You began to secretly cultivate your own trusted team. In the same year, you led your men to find several mineral deposits in the mountains that you remembered from your previous life.]
[Anchored for 4 years, you successfully produced a batch of explosives and matchlock guns. Your musketeers wiped out and recruited a nearby bandit group in their first try.]
[Anchored 5 years, there was a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and refugees were everywhere. Because you had built water conservancy projects and waterwheels to divert water early on, Wen County under your rule was not greatly affected. In the same year, a group of refugees gathered to rebel and attacked the Langya Palace. You led your troops to arrive in time and rescued the Langya King and his family. The Langya King was very grateful to you]
[After 6 years of anchoring, you were promoted to the prefect of Jianghuai Prefecture. In the same year, you married the daughter of the current vice minister of the Ministry of Personnel.]
[In the 7th year of Anchorage, a locust plague broke out in Jiangnan Road, and the grain harvest was poor. Only your area was least affected. In the same year, your wife gave birth to a son for you.]
[Anchored for 8 years, your men successfully made a flintlock rifle]
[Anchored for 10 years, Princess Langya gave birth to a son. You personally went to her house to congratulate her and presented her with a carefully prepared gift]
[Anchored 15 years later, the emperor suddenly fell ill. Before his death, he summoned Prince Langya to the capital and passed the throne to him. Prince Langya succeeded to the throne and changed the reign title to Xuanjing]
[In the 16th year of Anchorage, Emperor Xuan Jing summoned you to the capital and promoted you to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of War. In the same year, rebellions of varying sizes broke out in various places. Emperor Xuan Jing ordered you to lead troops to suppress the rebellion.]
[Anchored for 18 years, you traveled all over the place and finally wiped out the rebels. After returning to Beijing, Emperor Xuan Jing took back your military power, promoted you to the Minister of War, and led the Prince's Grand Tutor]
[Anchored 20 years later, the Queen was suddenly involved in a witchcraft case. Emperor Xuan Jing was furious and sent her to the cold palace. The Crown Prince privately asked you for help, and you decisively agreed. After a private visit and investigation, you found evidence that Concubine Xi had framed the Queen and cleared the Queen's name. Emperor Xuan Jing exterminated Concubine Xi's three clans, but did not release the Queen from the cold palace]
[Anchored 21 years, someone secretly accused you of treason and handed over evidence that you privately mined minerals and secretly controlled a group of armed forces. You were extremely terrified and wrote a letter to apologize. Emperor Xuan Jing removed your position as Shangshu and only asked you to teach the prince]
[Anchored in 23 years, Emperor Xuan Jing went on a spring hunt, and suddenly felt something in his heart, so he decided to go back to Langya Palace on Jiangnan Road to take a look. ]
[Anchored for 24 years, Emperor Xuan Jing went to Jiangnan and ordered you to accompany him. While touring the mountains and rivers in Jiangnan, you also went to see several mines that you mined privately back then.]
[Anchored 25 years later, Emperor Xuan Jing went to the south of the Yangtze River for the second time. But this time, he did not take you with him. Three months later, you secretly received news that someone reported you to the cold palace to visit the queen privately. In the same year, Emperor Xuan Jing was assassinated on his way back to the capital. The news came back, and the capital was shocked. The officials asked the queen to come out of the cold palace, and then the prince succeeded to the throne, and the reign was called Kangning]
[Anchored 26 years, you were promoted to Grand Tutor, leading the Council of State, the highest position in the court. The emperor was young, and he relied on you a lot. Taking this opportunity, you formed a group to fight against dissidents and established your own team in the court.]
[Anchored 27 years later, your aunt passed away. You once again had the idea of seeking immortality, so you sent people to various places to search for traces of immortals]
[Anchored for 28 years, the emperor has come of age. Your power is growing day by day, and you almost have the final say in the court.]
[Anchored for 30 years, people in the world only know the Grand Tutor but not the Emperor]
[Anchored 31 years later, the Queen Mother becomes pregnant and urgently summons you to the palace to discuss countermeasures. You are overjoyed and secretly take the Queen Mother back to the Grand Tutor's Mansion to take good care of her. In the same year, the Queen Mother gives birth to a son for you]
[Anchored in 33 years, when you entered the court alone, you were surrounded by the trusted guards secretly trained by Emperor Kangning. Fortunately, with the help of the rare treasure, you managed to save your life. You were furious and wanted to kill the emperor and establish yourself. Under the persuasion of the empress dowager and the ministers around you, you did not do it. You killed all the emperor's close ministers. From then on, Emperor Kangning was only the emperor in name but not in reality.]
[Anchored for 38 years, Emperor Kangning died of depression. You made his eldest son the emperor and changed the era name to Longchang.]
[Anchored for 40 years, the Queen Mother passed away due to illness. Your desire to become an immortal becomes more and more eager]
[Anchored for 45 years, your wife passed away]
[Anchored for 46 years, your eldest son died of illness]
[Anchored for 48 years, after years of fruitless pursuit of immortality, you gave up the idea of seeking immortality]
[Anchored for 50 years, two immortals came from the east of Xuyuan and destroyed Xuanjing City. You luckily saved your life.]
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[End of this simulation]
You can choose one of the following options to keep:
1. An item that you own in this simulation.
2. Your own level of cultivation in this simulation.
3. The simulated memory of a person who is closely related to you in this simulation. This memory can be inherited by this person.
4. Give up the above options and speed up the charging process. 】
Li Fan regained consciousness and found himself back in his simple study.
Looking around at the strange yet familiar scenery, Li Fan's past decades of experience flashed through his mind one by one. He couldn't help but sigh: "Is it that reality has turned into illusion, or is everything a simulation, just an illusion caused by being too real? Or maybe, when it reaches a certain level, there is no boundary between the fake and the real."
However, Li Fan was not a hypocritical person after all. Soon, he calmed down and focused his attention on these four options.
There is nothing much to say about the first and second items. If Li Fan embarks on the path of cultivation, these two items will definitely be of great help to him. Unfortunately, he was just an ordinary person in his previous life. He did not have any cultivation realm at all.
As for the most valuable item he owns, it is probably the imperial seal.
It is equally useless and will only bring disaster.
As for the third item, let someone else also get the memory of this simulation...
This made Li Fan's heart beat fast.
For a moment, several figures flashed through Li Fan's mind.
But in the end, he shook his head.
After all, the human heart is the most unpredictable. No one knows how a person will become after gaining decades of memory.
Now [Zhen Zhen] has not yet fully charged, and he is still a weak scholar who is powerless and has no capital to start over.
Therefore, everything should be stable.
That leaves only the fourth option.
Speed up charging progress.
[Huan Zhen]'s transformation from reality to illusion requires charging.
According to Li Fan's experience in his previous life, the charging progress can only increase naturally with the passage of time. It takes about 20 years to be fully charged.
The charging progress will no longer increase after reaching 200%.
At the same time, when Li Fan was hit by a fatal blow, he would consume the charging progress to automatically protect his body. This was also the reason why Li Fan was able to survive several near-death experiences in his previous life.
Therefore, the fourth option is the safest choice.
Having made up his mind, Li Fan no longer hesitated and recited silently in his mind.
Immediately, the lines of glowing small characters suddenly scattered into light spots and then quickly formed several new lines of characters.
Name: Li Fan
Realm: Mortal
Biological age: 20/86
Mental age: 166/1056↑
Virtual Energy Recharge Progress: 30%
"Three lives as a human being, a total of one hundred and sixty-six years. It turns out that I have lived for this long. As for the upper limit of my mental age, I remember that it was only more than nine hundred years in my last life, but now it has increased to more than a thousand years. It seems that this will increase with my experience. It has reduced some of my anxiety."
Just as the physical lifespan has a limit, there is also a certain threshold for psychological endurance.
When carrying too many memories, it will form a mental burden. Once this burden is too heavy, it will completely crush a person's soul.
This is what is called "the wear and tear of time".
However, the upper limit of psychological age will increase as the ability of psychological recognition increases.
For now, Li Fan doesn't have to worry about this.
"As long as I set foot on the path of cultivating immortality, nothing will be a problem. Now that I have started over, wealth, luxury cars and beautiful women are not what I pursue."
"I just want immortality!" The pain of the passing of his loved ones and friends in his previous life, and the powerlessness and fear brought about by his own aging body, all made Li Fan's determination even more resolute at this moment.
"My goal in this life is to learn the secrets of cultivation from those two cultivators. Fifty years later, they will descend on Xuanjing City. With deliberate planning, even if they are so-called foundation-building masters, I may still have a chance of winning."
"Perhaps what I can rely on, in addition to guns and gunpowder, is the so-called immortal miasma..."
"Besides, I can't just sit there and wait for fifty years. They came from the Eastern Abyss. Maybe I can send someone to the bottom of the Abyss to find out what's going on."
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The most frightening thing in life is having no goals. In his previous life, many times when Li Fan woke up from the Queen Mother's bed in the middle of the night, he would feel extremely empty and confused.
In this life, he has reached the pinnacle of ordinary people.
He was the emperor's teacher and held all the troops in the country. Most of the officials in the court were his confidants.
He could depose and enthrone emperors, and even the empress dowager allowed him to do whatever he wanted.
It can't get any higher.
It would be the same even in the next life.
Should we do the same for the next simulation?
In this case, what is the meaning of reincarnation from life to life?
Power and pleasure become boring after being repeated too many times.
Perhaps, if there were no variables, after a certain reincarnation, Li Fan would give up on his own initiative and choose to end his life.
but!
The appearance of the two immortal cultivators allowed Li Fan to see completely new possibilities!
Li Fan saw a strange and tempting world beckoning at him.
This gave Li Fan great ambitions and goals.
He wants to become an immortal!
He wants to live forever!
No one can stop him!
Li Fan pushed open the door of the house and walked out with his head held high.
Take firm steps!
(End of this chapter)
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