Three days later, Gu Nansheng used his savings from working as a mercenary for many years to buy a tile-roofed house in a small town. When he moved in, there was nothing in the house except a few shabby tables and chairs abandoned by the previous owner.
The walls around the house have turned gray due to years of dust, sporadic spider webs hang from the corners of the roof, and clusters of mold have grown on the wooden beams due to years of rain leakage.
Looking at this dilapidated home, Gu Nansheng sighed deeply. Now he is no longer suitable for the battlefield. It is time to stop and spend the rest of his life quietly, and this may be his final destination...
Now Gu Nansheng has long been unable to live without food. He must eat and drink like a mortal and a low-level warrior. Because he has little savings and Gu Nansheng doesn't know how to farm, he can only rely on hunting for a living.
And that Ashbringer became his hunting knife.
Although Gu Nansheng's physical strength is not as good as before, he relies on his understanding of kendo to achieve something every time he goes into the mountains.
As time went by, Gu Nansheng became famous in the neighborhood because of his excellent hunting skills. He also met many hunters, many of whom were heroic and righteous people. They often invited him to their homes because they saw that Gu Nansheng was alone and alone.
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Gu Nansheng refused at first, but then unknowingly joined in. The women washed and shaved the prey, steamed and grilled it, while the men sat at the table and ate meat and drank from large bowls.
When he was drunk and his chest was open, Gu Nansheng would also take off his tattered shirt and indulge in heavy drinking.
Crudely brewed spirits are soaked in all kinds of things in the world, and ordinary life tastes bitter, spicy, sweet and sour. But at a certain moment when he is drunk and unconscious, Gu Nansheng will dream of the pure and pleasant fragrance of Jones, and will remember that it is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.
Akasha and the empathetic Siren.
These have left a deep imprint on his life, and she is also the woman he has always wanted to protect.
Heroes grow old and heroes grow old. Today, Gu Nansheng can only touch the Ashbringer, which has long lost its glory, and think about the days when he held Frostmourne and was proud of the world...
Years passed, and most of Gu Nansheng's drinking buddies no longer went out into the mountains. Their children took over the hunting bows and forks from their fathers and continued their hunting life, while the elderly hunters hugged their grandchildren.
Sit by the fire and enjoy family happiness.
Gu Nansheng, on the other hand, has always been a lonely person. At this time, he can no longer catch up with the swift and cunning rabbit, and can no longer fight the ferocious gray wolf. He can only bid farewell to the life of a hunter and cut firewood in the mountains to sell.
Burning firewood and charcoal makes a living.
The Ashbringer became the hatchet in Gu Nansheng's hand.
Day after day, one sword after another, spring passed and autumn came, wood chips were flying. Now it was very difficult for Gu Nansheng to even swing the Ashbringer. He had to stop and rest frequently, so the firewood he chopped every day became more and more.
Come less and less.
But after so many years, the folks in the small town all recognize this old man and will sympathize with his hardship and misery. Even if the family does not need firewood, they will buy some firewood from him. Occasionally, some kind-hearted blind dates will give him some firewood.
A few red sweet potatoes or picked wild vegetables, so that Gu Nansheng could barely maintain his life.
During the season when prey was plentiful, Gu Nansheng's former friends would also send some extra prey, and a group of old friends would have a good time drinking and talking.
They would get drunk every time and pass out, and Gu Nansheng would often burst into tears and lament.
Year after year, Gu Nansheng's body is getting worse day by day. He doesn't know how long he can live. Now his hair is gray, his body is stooped, his body has lost all its strength, and his vitality is as weak as a candle in the wind. No one will recognize him.
This frail old man is the Nan Yingge who has conquered the world and once saved the entire Duota Continent.
At this time, thirty years have passed since the battle with Deathwing. Thirty years of ups and downs, thirty years of bitterness and sweetness...
On this day, Gu Nansheng sold the tile-roofed house he had lived in for fifteen years in exchange for a sum of money. He wanted to go out for a walk and take another look at the places that held important memories in his life.
However, no matter the Frozen Throne, the Bloody Capital or Biluo City, they are all too far away from here. At Gu Nansheng's current speed, even if he dies of old age, he will not be able to leave the neutral territory, let alone the southwest continent.
The only place he could go to was the Aryan Desert, the battlefield where he and Deathwing would finally fight.
Today's Ashbringer is too heavy for Gu Nansheng, but Gu Nansheng cannot bear to throw it away. In these desolate days, this sword has always followed him, from a battle knife to a hunting knife, and then from a hunting knife to a hatchet.
It experienced the same bitterness and suffering as him.
They also have an all-powerful past, and they also face an ending of obscurity.
Unknowingly, Gu Nansheng has regarded Ashbringer as a confidant who shares weal and woe.
In this way, a stooped old man, carrying a heavy sword taller than himself, embarked on the last journey of his life.
The long-distance teleportation array was too expensive for Gu Nansheng now. He could only rely on hitchhiking with kindhearted people and walking all the way. After traveling for hundreds of miles, Gu Nansheng couldn't carry the Ashbringer anymore, so he bought one.
Use a small cart to push the sword and continue moving forward...
After walking like this for a full year, Gu Nansheng finally came to the Aryan Desert and saw the battlefield of the past. The ravines formed by the battle had long been filled in by wind and sand. Only the usual hazy color extended to the horizon. The Gobi Desert was rugged and the ground was filled with wind and sand.
, occasionally you can see broken swords and broken halberds half buried in the sand, as if they are telling the tragedy of the battle thirty years ago.
Gu Nansheng looked at everything in front of him and was filled with emotion. He stood there until sunset before leaving sadly.
The long yellow sand, the lonely reflection of Gu Nansheng's rickety back on the vast desert, the blood-like sunset coated everything with a layer of enchanting red...
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After leaving the Aryan Desert, Gu Nansheng wanted to see Jones Fragrance again. Among several confidantes, it was only Jones Fragrance that he could possibly find.
He didn't know if Jones was still in Twilight City. He just wanted to look at her from a distance and then leave. As long as he knew that she was safe and happy, it was enough.
The distance between Twilight City and the Aryan Desert was even further. Gu Nansheng didn't know whether his broken life could support such a long journey, but he still set out on the road resolutely.
Along the way, Gu Nansheng kept walking and stopping for three years.
During these three years, his financial resources were almost exhausted, and he had to live frugally and even rely on charity from others to complete this journey.
When he saw the tall city walls of Twilight City, he was already in rags and looked like a beggar.
"Twilight City..." Gu Nansheng opened his dirty eyes and looked at the blue wall tiles and the stone carvings with the words "Twilight City" on the door, filled with emotion.
Thirty-five years ago, he came here with high spirits and placed Jones, Qiqi and Meimei here. But now, the city walls are still towering and the city is still prosperous, but Gu Nansheng has grown old and is in a state of decline.
Gu Nansheng stumbled into the city under the disgusted eyes of the guards. The city was full of high-rise buildings and bustling with people, and Gu Nansheng's arrival undoubtedly added a gray touch to the city.
Gu Nansheng struggled to recall the location of the Wind Chime Bird mercenary group. He didn't know if the Wind Chime Bird had moved to a new location over the years.
After many twists and turns, he finally arrived at the headquarters of the Bellbird Mercenary Group on the outskirts of the city. Looking at the slightly old bluestone city wall and the familiar attic plaque, Gu Nansheng had tears in his eyes.
It turns out that nothing has changed, it's just him.
He leaned against a maple tree at the base of the mercenary regiment's city wall, waiting silently. As long as he took one look at her, he would no longer have any worries and could hold his sword in the ground and die...
"Hey, what do you do?" A guard immediately felt disgusted when he saw Gu Nansheng's dress, "This is the headquarters of the Wind Chime Bird Mercenary Group. If you are begging here, who else will come to release the mission? It's not unlucky! Hurry up.
Walk!"
The guard slammed the barrel of his gun hard, as if he was coming to drive him away.
Gu Nansheng hurriedly apologized, and turned around tremblingly, wanting to walk further away. However, the moment he turned around, his rickety body shook violently, and there was a figure standing very close behind him.
A familiar figure.
Wearing a white dress, she looked like a fairy from the dust, but there was a trace of imperceptible fatigue hidden between her eyebrows.
At this time, the woman was looking at him blankly, her beautiful eyes filled with tears.
At that moment, Gu Nansheng's heart suddenly twitched, but he immediately regained his panic expression and said in a hoarse and urgent voice: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, miss, I'm leaving now."
Gu Nansheng lowered his head and hurriedly passed the woman. However, after taking just a few steps, his footsteps suddenly stopped and he almost fell. At that moment, an extremely familiar magical sound suddenly sounded in his ears, "
Gu Nansheng, I have been waiting for you for thirty-five years, and you came back just to say this to me?"
At that moment, Gu Nansheng's heart was shocked, and the pain and sorrow that had accumulated for thirty-five years rushed out like a flood. However, Gu Nansheng still resisted the desire to turn around and lowered his voice: "Miss, you admit your mistake.
people."
"Wrong person... Even if it was just your back, I still recognize you! No matter what you become, I still recognize you! Tell me, what happened, and why you have been missing for thirty-five years and become like this.
?" The girl almost burst into tears when the message came here. She was naturally Jones Xiang who had been silently waiting for Gu Nansheng in Twilight City.
Gu Nansheng remained silent. Of course he longed to recognize Jones Xiang, but he couldn't. He didn't want his dilapidated body to drag Jones Xiang down. His self-esteem wouldn't allow him to do so, and he was already dying.
Seeing that Gu Nansheng insisted on this, Jones Xiang whispered: "Brother Gu, do you still remember what you said when you healed my arm in Yanzhou City? Do you still remember what you said to me on the cliff of Yannan Mountain? You
He said that you are going to face a life-and-death battle, and if you can survive this decisive battle, you will marry me. Then I ask you again, are you 'back' now?"
Every word Jones said hit Gu Nansheng's heart like a heavy hammer. His rickety body was trembling, and his heart was trembling too. He never thought that he would be "in this way, with this identity"
