Zhang Taixu's expression became extremely confused, and scenes of the past emerged in his mind.

Zhang Taixu actually found a method of refining from the royal secret book provided by Yongzheng. This secret book can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty. Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms and wanted to live forever for generations, so he tried every means to develop the elixir of immortality. The royal secret book that Zhang Taixu saw came from the Qin Dynasty, and he also accidentally cracked the secret book.

Although Zhang Taixu refined the elixir of immortality, he did not think of giving it to Yongzheng. He was a Han Chinese. According to his thoughts at that time, if Yongzheng obtained the elixir of immortality, even if he could not achieve immortality, he would prolong his life. As a Han Chinese, even though Zhang Taixu did not have the determination to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, he did not want his descendants to be notified by Manchus, so he concealed the fact that he had practiced the elixir.

Emperor Yongzheng happened to die suddenly shortly after the elixir was completed. Shortly after his death, these elixirs of the past were expelled from the Old Summer Palace, and Zhang Taixu left with this biggest secret.

Zhang Taixu's secret was ultimately unable to be kept. The disciples who helped him refine the alchemy noticed his abnormality. Later, the court decided to kill all the alchemists. Zhang Taixu had to choose to leave his hometown. By chance, he boarded a ferry to North America and became a laborer.

After Zhang Taixu arrived in North America, he did have a happy life and even organized a family with an Indian woman locally. However, Zhang Taixu soon realized that while he was prolonging his life, he also lost his fertility. This completely gave up the idea of ​​growing up in North America. After decades, his wife gradually grew old and Zhang Taixu had to face the fact that his relatives had left.

As he lived longer, the more he felt that immortality was not a good thing, but a burden to him. His years of wandering in foreign countries made him unable to bear loneliness. Finally, he could not bear the longing and wrote a letter to his hometown. It was this letter that exposed his whereabouts and attracted the pursuit of the Qing court again.

If Prince Rui Yixun is selfless, Zhang Taixu is afraid that he has fallen into the hands of the Qing court. He heard that the Qing Dynasty had perished and is now the world of the Republic of China, but Zhang Taixu was not excited in his heart. He was lonely for too long. His current thoughts were too different from those in the past, just like his excitement when he first developed the elixir of immortality, but now the word "Eternal Life" has become his burden and hidden pain.

The longer you live, the more you become a heretic in this world.

Zhang Taixu said: "Don't you want to live forever?"

Luo Lie smiled and said, "There is no absolute immortality in this world. The so-called immortality of the sir is nothing more than prolonging life. Two hundred years, three hundred years, eight hundred years, and life span. Sometimes, in my opinion, the most important thing for a person to live in a life is to be fulfilled and happy. The days of emptiness and loneliness are too long."

Zhang Taixu nodded, and his spirit seemed a little depressed: "Yes, I'm tired of living." He sighed and said: "The first person I discovered here was Xu Fu. He had sent his confidants to investigate the route before going to sea for Qin Emperor. He left on a boat not to help Qin Emperor find some elixir, but to escape."

This allusion is not unfamiliar to Luo Lie. He has heard this statement more than once.

Zhang Taixu said: "He called this place Taixu Illusion. At that time, the island was not that small. It was just that over time, the sea surface continued to rise, and most of the small islands were submerged below the sea level."

Luo Lie said: "Are the bones I see all the boys and girls led by Xu Fu back then?"

Zhang Taixu said: "Some are, some are not. When I got here, I realized that the records in the classics may not be accurate. This island is full of spiritual energy. Do you understand it as if there is life?"

Luo Lie didn't know what he called spiritual energy? However, Zhang Taixu was a practitioner of Taoism, and what he said might not be explained by science.

Zhang Taixu said: "I have nothing else to do here. Only by practicing meditation can you achieve twice the result with half the effort in this place with abundant spiritual energy." Speaking of this, his eyes shine. It was this discovery that allowed him to have his goal again. Zhang Taixu had the idea of ​​practicing to become an immortal after immortality. Only when a person has a goal can he have the motivation to live. It is because of this that Zhang Changgong was able to spend these years of lonely time.

Luo Lie said: "Mr. Zhang seems to have cultivated to become an immortal?"

Zhang Taixu laughed, but the smile on his face was filled with bitterness: "What is becoming an immortal?"

Luo Liedao: "Broken the void and immortality."

"So what if you break the void? So what if you are immortal? If you can leave this world and go to the fairy world, you will be full of immortals, and everyone can live forever, isn't it the same as a mortal? If you become an immortal and still stay in this world, then in the eyes of mortals, you are nothing more than a monster. Apart from seeing all the vicissitudes of the world and seeing all living beings, what have you gained?" Zhang Taixu's words revealed a deep sorrow. This was his insight after experiencing a long journey of life, and his words revealed his helplessness with fate and boredom in the world.

Luo Lie said: "According to what Mr. said, immortals are just like this, and immortality will not be happy."

Zhang Taixu smiled bitterly and said, "Not only will it not be happy, but it will make you suffer." He raised his indifferent eyes: "Do you know how I feel now, as if I have been locked in a jail that is impenetrable, and I will never get out, but I will never die."

Luo Lie said: "In fact, there is still a choice." It is not that you can't get out, it is that you lack the courage to get out, nor that you cannot die, but that you lack the determination to die.

Zhang Taixu remained silent, thoughtful, and after a long time he spoke: "The person you are looking for has gone to the underground palace."

Luo Lie was stunned. What Zhang Taixu said was naturally Princess Dragon Jade. After entering the Jiuyou White Bone Tower, Princess Dragon Jade lost her trace. Luo Lie thought she left her behind and climbed the tower first. Now he knew that Princess Dragon Jade and she had chosen a different direction. However, they had just entered the tower from the same entrance, and the difference was only three seconds, which was the skill of the front and back feet, but when they entered the tower, they could no longer see Princess Dragon Jade's shadow.

Even if Princess Longyu chooses a different direction to enter the underground palace, it should not be so fast. The Nine Nether White Bone Tower must be strange.

Luo Lie said: "What's in this tower?" Princess Longyu must have a plan to come here. According to what she said before, she should be troubled by some mysterious force, so she cannot get out of here. Could it be that Zhang Taixu is the one who imprisoned her?

Zhang Taixu said: "Do you suspect that I imprisoned her?"

Luo Lie was shocked. Zhang Taixu could see through his inner activities at this time. Did he invade his brain without his awareness? Being alert suddenly, an invisible line of defense was built in the brain. However, he soon realized that he was not abnormal. With his current keen insight, he should be able to detect the external consciousness that invaded his brain.

Zhang Taixu shook his head and said, "Actually, I am the same as you, both of the Internet."

Luo Lie frowned and said, "Are you saying that this white bone tower imprisons you?"

Zhang Taixu said: "The most terrifying thing in this world is not the restriction of your feet, but the heart." Looking at Luo Lie, his eyes were filled with sympathy: "You can't get out."

Luo Lie smiled indifferently and said with confidence: "The road is something that people walk out." Since he came in, he would definitely go out. Zhang Taixu said that, the most terrible thing was not that his feet were restricted, but that in his heart, Zhang Taixu had lost the courage to leave, but that he was different. He also had friends and brothers. He wanted to leave here, and he wanted to take them to leave safely.

Thinking of this, Luo Lie suddenly felt hope that he would never give up easily as the blood flowed in his body.

Zhang Taixu saw courage and hope in the young man in front of him, and these two points were something he did not have. He even began to believe that this young man might have the opportunity to leave here.

"Mr. Zhang, how to enter the underground palace?"

Zhang Taixu said: "Every flower and a world, everyone's eyes are different. You walked into this tower at the same time. You chose to go up, while she chose to go down. Although it was just a decision in a moment, it decided that you would pass by each other."

Luo Lie had some insights from his words. The first thing he thought about was not Princess Longyu, but Yan Tianxin. In fact, people are always facing choices in the world. Even now, if he chooses to give up, then the previous separation between him and his companions will become a farewell forever.

So what about life? So what about death? As long as he lives in this world for a moment, he will never choose to give up, and Luo Lie's eyes became more and more firm.

Zhang Taixu looked at Luo Lie and whispered: "Downward is a dead end. If you stay, you can at least continue to live."

Luo Lie laughed: "Is there any difference between life and death in the eyes of the gentleman?"

Zhang Taixu was shocked in his heart, Luo Lie said it tactfully. In fact, he pointed out that it was better to die than to live like himself. Zhang Taixu slowly closed his eyes and sighed alone: ​​"No, there is no distinction, it is better to die than to live." After a long time of silence, he pointed to the bottom and said: "Go, you are still young, and you can do it again."

Luo Lie hugged Zhang Taixu and clasped his fists as a farewell to the legendary figure.

Zhang Taixu said loudly: "The white jade capital in the sky, the twelve floors and five cities. The immortals caress my head, and they have longed forever. They mistakenly chase the joy of the world, break the principles and confusing emotions. The ninety-six saints, the name of the floating clouds and empty..." What he recited was Li Bai's "After the scriptures and the chaos of the world, the heavenly grace and the love of Yelang recalls the old travel books and gives to the Liangzai of Wei, Jiangxia, Jiangxia."

Luo Lie can recite this poem word by word, and have heard several people recite it in front of him, but Zhang Taixu's recitation is full of indescribable vicissitudes and loneliness. A person who has read all the vicissitudes of the world does not show any open-mindedness and comfort, but instead reveals infinite sadness and loneliness. It turns out that immortality will not make people happy.
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