"Since the road to enlightenment and ascension has been blocked, why do you still waste so much money on it?"
As he thought about it, Ye Chen subconsciously asked.
"Everyone is destined to die, but everyone in the world is greedy for life and afraid of death!"
Nangong Dou laughed at himself, "I am no exception!"
"Can you live forever if you attain enlightenment and ascend to heaven?"
Ye Chen understood immediately.
"good!"
Nangong Dou nodded, "Even if you are at the peak of the imperial level, your life span can be extended to five hundred years at most. After five hundred years, you still cannot escape the fate of turning into a handful of loess!"
"so……"
He took a deep breath and stared at Ye Chen with burning eyes, "Only by attaining the Tao and ascending to heaven, can you live as long as the heavens, stay young forever, and live forever!"
"But the road to ascension seems to have been blocked!"
Ye Chen smiled bitterly and said: "Knowing this, is there any point in your efforts?"
"Although the road to ascension may have been blocked, it is just speculation after all. As long as there is still a glimmer of hope, no one will give up."
"after all……"
Nangong Dou looked up at the vast sky with a look of compassion, "No matter how small a hope is, it will be infinitely magnified in the face of the threat of death!"
"But once you reach the peak of the imperial level, your lifespan can be extended to five hundred years. My predecessor is only about two hundred years old, and there are still three hundred years to go. It seems you don't need to worry, right?"
Ye Chen said again.
"Three hundred years is already an unattainable dream for ordinary people, but for Youyou Tiandi, it is just a snap of the fingers!"
Nangong Dou seemed to feel something, and added: "Every time we retreat, it often lasts for decades. These three hundred years are actually not enough to squander."
"What's more, the road to ascension is long and difficult!"
"While there is still plenty of time, work hard and there may still be a glimmer of hope. If you waste it on some mundane things and try to make ends meet when the deadline comes, then there will be no hope at all!"
"Senior, have you ever exchanged your experiences with anyone else?"
Ye Chen asked again.
Since there are so many peak emperor-level warriors hidden in this world, if we all communicate with each other and gather the strengths of hundreds of schools, we may be able to find a feasible way.
Working behind closed doors will only confine yourself to a narrow space, or even trap yourself to death.
"Yes, there is, but others, like me, have gained nothing!"
Nangong Dou was also a little bitter, "I have been in seclusion for decades. I originally wanted to improve on the Flying Immortal Art and use it as an opportunity to transition to the fairyland!"
"It's a pity that after decades of seclusion, I still can't figure out any secrets!"
He glanced at Ye Chen and continued: "I think you have a very high level of understanding, so I forced you to leave. I hope you can give me some advice."
"It turns out that the senior came out of seclusion and really wanted to ask the junior for advice on cultivation?"
Ye Chen couldn't laugh or cry.
When Nangong Dou kept saying before that he was forced to leave seclusion in order to ask him for advice on cultivation, not only did others not believe it, but he himself didn't believe it either.
I never thought it was true.
"What else do you think?"
Nangong Dou rolled his eyes, "The last battle for the throne was so cruel that I didn't even bother to intervene, let alone this battle for the throne is like playing house?"
He stared at Ye Chen intensely, his face full of expectation, "It turns out that I was indeed right about the person. I gave you the Flying Immortal Technique and Sword Swinging Like Rain in just a few days. Not only did you understand them all,
He can also see the flaws and clues in it. With such a high level of understanding, he can definitely be called the most unparalleled genius in thousands of years."
"Uh...Senior is so complimentary!"
Ye Chen smiled dryly.
"This is not a compliment, but whether someone can successfully ascend in the past ten thousand years may depend on you!"
Nangong Dou seemed to have great confidence in Ye Chen, "You have already entered the imperial realm at a young age, and your understanding is so high. Given time, you will definitely soar to the sky.
And whether I can cross this chasm may depend on you!"
"But this junior has no clue at all now!"
Ye Chen smiled bitterly and said: "The seniors place their hopes on the juniors, but I'm afraid they are trusting someone else!"
"No problem!"
Nangong Dou waved his hand, "At least your chances are much greater than me, so I will try my best to help you whenever you need it in the future!"
"That's it..."
Ye Chen pondered for a moment and suddenly had an idea, "Then why don't you ask senior for guidance? I want to meet the other two powerful men at the peak of the emperor level in the Yong'an Empire!"
"You want to see me now?"
Nangong Dou frowned.
"good!"
Ye Chen nodded.
"Why?"
“Exchange practice experiences!”
Ye Chen explained: "There is a saying in my hometown that 'three stooges are better than Zhuge Liang'. Instead of groping alone, it is better to gather the strengths of hundreds of schools, maybe we can find a breakthrough."
"Well, there is some truth in this statement!"
Nangong Dou nodded, and then said in surprise: "But who is the Zhuge Liang you are talking about?"
"Uh...this is a military advisor who will go down in history!"
Ye Chen responded casually.
But Nangong Dou was even more surprised, "Since his name is immortalized in history, why have I never seen this person's name in historical records?"
"Huh?
There is a sparrow on that tree, and it seems to be calling to us. It’s so interesting!”
Ye Chen was suddenly attracted by a sparrow on a tree not far away.
But in fact, there wasn't a single bird feather on that tree, let alone a sparrow.
"Okay, since you don't want to talk about Zhuge Liang, let's continue the topic."
Nangong Dou was a little depressed, "You want me to introduce you to other peak emperor-level warriors, right?"
"good!"
Ye Chen nodded.
"This...is good!"
Nangong Dou pondered for a moment and said: "Then let's start with Chen Beiluo. That guy has been living in seclusion in the Northern Territory and has been in seclusion earlier than me. I hope he can figure out some mysteries over the years!"
"Then when do we leave?"
Ye Chen is eager to try.
"If you have nothing else to do, you can hit the road now!"
Nangong Dou shrugged.
"Okay, then let's take a trip that comes and goes!"
Ye Chen first said this impassionedly, and then asked: "But who should the senior take the junior to see first?"
"Let's go to the Northern Territory and meet that guy Chen Beiluo first!"
Nangong Dou said with emotion: "Back then, he was young and energetic, so he insisted on competing with me, but the result was a tie. It's like we don't know each other without fighting, so he and I are relatively familiar with each other."
…
North of the imperial capital.
A large golden eagle flaps its wings and flies, disappearing among the white clouds from time to time.
On the broad back of the golden-armored lightning eagle, Ye Chen looked down at the scene below blankly, in a daze.
The sky and the earth are vast, the years are long, the mountains and rivers are thousands of miles away, they are poetic and picturesque, full of ennui.
In a daze, time seemed to have stopped at this moment.
It seems that he has escaped from time. He is like a passerby or a bystander. No matter how time flies, the changes in the world will not have the slightest impact on him.
"Being outside time and being above heaven and earth is detachment!"
As he thought about it, Ye Chen suddenly murmured to himself: "Could it be that the so-called ascension means that the soul and body have reached a state of transcendence?"
"What are you talking to yourself like a psycho?"
Nangong Dou's rough voice reached his ears.
Ye Chen suddenly came back to his senses, and the ethereal artistic conception that had just appeared was instantly stirred up into smoke.