Hidden Dragon City.

Li Mu found Li Yunyao in a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters.

The failure to break the star, the loss of energy and blood, and a series of blows made her look very haggard.

Although he still maintains his youthful appearance, his mentality is obviously not what he used to be.

When she saw Li Ma arriving, she even evaded a little, as if she didn't want to meet him in this mental state.

"Don't want to see me?"

Li Ming said.

"No."

Li Yunyao lowered her head and said.

"Then why haven't you sent any news in all these years?"

Li Ma looked at her with a smile: "If you were angry, it wouldn't have taken so long, right? It's been decades."

Li Yunyao said nothing.

It can be seen that at this moment, she no longer has the high-spiritedness she had as a girl in the past.

"If you have anything to ask, just ask."

Li Midao.

After hearing what he said, Li Yunyao mustered up the courage to raise her head and look at him: "I want to know, what do you... take us for..."

"us."

Li Ma knew who the "we" in her mouth was referring to.

After a moment, he said: "As a benefactor, thank them for giving me life."

"So... once the grudges have been paid off, it's time to cut them off and let go of all worries?"

Li Yunyao said.

"Shouldn't it be?"

Li Mu looked at her.

"Yes, everything you said is right."

Li Yunyao was a little angry and said: "What about me, since we are cut off in two, why do you still... let others help me?"

"Of course it's because you are special."

Li Ma looked at her: "I hope you can mature, because if you are immature, we will only become farther and farther apart from now on. One day in the future, I will suddenly enter a deep level of practice, and in the blink of an eye I will

Hundreds of years have passed, and when I come back, you will have turned into a handful of loess..."

"Is it important?"

Li Yunyao stared at him: "We all turned into a handful of loess. Is this important?"

"Is it important?"

Li Ming listened to Li Yunyao's questions and asked herself the same question.

Yeah, does it matter?

He stood quietly and said nothing for a long time.

What is Li Yunyao?

To him, she had never been a simple individual.

But...

a coordinate.

One that reminded him of the scenery and beauty he longed for when he was an ordinary person.

Time is the most terrifying force.

Many people think that the eternal vows made by each other will be just like that when they look back more than ten or decades later.

The vigorous dreams and goals I had when I was young look childish now.

The comics I vowed to read when I was a kid, the games I thought I would never get tired of playing when I was young, the food I want to buy when I get rich...

And the time of running barefoot in the fields, under the blue sky, and having freedom...

Now, how much do you remember?

Or, even if you remember it, how could you risk everything as you did back then?

He looked at Li Yunyao.

What is Li Yunyao? The coordinates she represents are not his parents.

Because he knew that his parents were dead.

Nor was it his childhood dream.

The first half of his childhood was very happy and he had no regrets.

the second half……

There is no second half.

From that day on, he dedicated his life to the evolution of life.

Dedicated to the transcendence of life and death.

So, why Li Yunyao?

because……

She is a living being between existence and non-existence.

When he was little, he wanted a sister very much.

But unfortunately, until everything was over, this hope still did not come true.

By chance, he became Li Ming and met Li Yunyao.

Therefore, this life between existence and non-existence became his coordinates.

one……

"For a moment, I can remember...I am not a monster, I am not a machine..."

Li Midao: "I am a human being."

He said it in his heart.

This is Li Yunyao in his mind.

Even, she doesn't have to be Li Yunyao, Zhang Yunyao, Lin Yunyao or Wang Yunyao.

It's just that at the right time, the right touch occurred and the right positioning was formed.

Maybe when he reaches a certain level, he can shape countless life forms similar to her at will, and even face countless hers, but...

He has always had only one position.

For a moment, Li Ma looked at Li Yunyao again and smiled, but did not reach out to touch her head: "She's old."

"You... are talking nonsense..."

"My heart is old."

Li Ming added.

This time Li Yunyao couldn't refute.

The accumulation of years has touched not only the face, but also the soul.

Even if practitioners can keep themselves young forever, they cannot resist the aging of their souls.

Many demigods claim to live as long as the stars, but few demigods can actually live to a hundred thousand star years. This is because when they integrate into the planet, their thinking and will are slowly changed by the special structure of the planet.

, their minds can no longer be as active as "human beings".

In the end, their hearts couldn't hold on anymore and collapsed.

It becomes like a Death Star, dying silently as the soul collapses.

This is the biggest constraint on "intelligent life".

It does not depend on changing the form of life.

"Do you choose to accept your current life, or do you wish you could go back to the past?"

Li Mu suddenly asked.

"Does it make sense?"

Li Yunyao said.

"have."

Li Mu nodded: "If you choose to accept the present, I respect your choice and your life. If you hope to go back to the past..."

He looked at her: "I hope you can stay young and happy forever."

"Since many things have happened, how can we pretend that he does not exist?"
To be continued...