190 years old.
Since the end of the Xianxia era, Su Mingan realized the uncontrollability of humans. Once the gods do not exercise control, there will be such horrific events as the great war between immortals and demons and the floating corpses of thousands of miles away.
Thus, he became the protector of mankind since the first year of the old days. He gave mankind the curved plow, water mill and animal husbandry technology, and personally taught them how to maintain peace.
In order to repay the gods, people decided to offer a human sacrifice. Amid the beating of gongs and drums, the unlucky child named Xiaosi was chosen and sent into a cave.
While waiting anxiously, she heard a clear voice:
"...What kind of sacrifice was sent this time? Fruits, vegetables...Why are they people?" Su Ming'an, wearing a black cloak, stood in the sunlight at the edge of the cave.
"I don't need a sacrifice. Go back." He waved her away.
"...Wait a minute." Xiao Si shouted timidly, "I am your sacrifice. Even if I go back, they will kill me."
She heard the god's faint sigh.
"…Humanity's fantasy about gods has always tended to be greedy and unrestrained. When they know they desire too much, they will not stop craving, but try to exchange it for more…"
Xiao Si blinked, somewhat confused:
"My Lord God, I want to ask you a question. Those big tribes offer you better sacrifices, why do you never favor those big tribes, but instead linger outside our tribe many times? What are you observing?"
She had noticed early on that the God often wandered outside the tribe.
Su Mingan was silent for a while: "Is Xiao Yue from your tribe living well?"
"My aunt? She is a very strong warrior in the tribe, and many people like her... She also taught me how to play the leaf flute." Xiao Si took out a leaf flute from her arms and played it for the god to hear.
Su Mingan recognized it. It was the tune of "Fairy Tale by the Pillow". Xiao Yue didn't remember who she was, but she remembered the song.
"It seems that you care about her very much. If you ask the tribe to make her a divine servant, the elders will definitely be very happy." Xiao Si said.
"Forget about the divine servant. She should be free and independent and doesn't need to be tied to me." Su Mingan said.
Xiao Si vaguely heard that the god seemed to be very familiar with her aunt, but her aunt was just an ordinary tribesman, so why did they know each other?
From then on, she stayed with the god. The god stayed in the cave most of the time, standing there for a whole day, looking at the smoke from the mountains from afar. The only thing she had to do was to play the leaf flute for him.
The days passed one by one.
Rice transplanting technology, iron plows, ox-drawn ploughing, water wheels, papermaking... With the help of the gods, civilization advanced like a rocket. As iron tools gradually became popular in their hands, conflicts between humans emerged day by day, including the competition for prey, the division of farmland, the determination of coins, the ownership of salt... and the number of casualties increased.
God never interferes in human wars. No matter who dies, He watches with indifference.
Xiao Si grew from an eight-year-old girl to an adult. She had never seen the true face of the gods. Not to mention that the gods were motionless most of the time, as if all time passed by in the blink of an eye.
When she was eighteen years old, Xiao Si prepared a song that she was most satisfied with, but He said to her indifferently: "Go back to the tribe."
Xiao Si opened her eyes wide.
"I kept you here before because you were too young. Even if you went back, you would easily die of disease. Now, you can go back. I have already told the clan leader in advance." The god's voice was always clear and cold.
She wanted to keep him, but the god disappeared without leaving any trace, as if he had never stood here for ten years.
Xiao Si fell to her knees, feeling empty inside, as if a large piece of her heart had been dug out of it.
"Lord God... Lord God... please don't abandon me... don't go..." She cried all night long. In the distance, there were flames of war and smoke from cooking, but no one responded to her cries.
Her emotion should be admiration, respect for the omnipotent God, but her heart felt like it was being torn apart.
After returning to the tribe, she quickly integrated into normal life. But she often returned to the cave, hoping that the gods would come back even though she knew it was impossible. However, it never happened.
In the year 201, Xiao Si unexpectedly saw a god.
The god stood in front of the tomb in the back mountain of the tribe, his shadow stretched very long. Although he was a powerful god, she could feel the loneliness spreading from him.
"...What a coincidence! Are you here to pay tribute to your aunt as well?" Xiao Si walked over with flowers in her arms, saying softly, "It's been seven or eight years since I said goodbye to you when I became an adult..."
At this moment, the moonlight flashed across their faces, and she was surprised to see that the god's face was not covered by a veil, revealing a young and handsome face, with slightly red eyes.
He does not look like the idols worshipped by the tribe, with perfect angular proportions and bulging muscles. Instead, he looks like a young man in the tribe.
"...I should have started researching antibiotics earlier." The god stared at the stone tablet and whispered, "But antibiotics are still too early, too early for you. It is not appropriate for them to appear now..."
Xiao Si's aunt Xiao Yue died of an infection in a war. She was once the bravest warrior in the tribe, which was a pity.
"What...are antibiotics?" Xiao Si was thinking about this completely unfamiliar word.
The god shook his head and walked away in the moonlight.
Xiao Si knew that the next time she would meet Him by chance, it would be many years later, and it was very likely that they would never see each other again in their entire lives.
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