Chapter 247: After the modification - 104 [The Secret of the Stone] (7000 words)_3
Lu Sisi nodded subconsciously - she had seen similar plots in movies and TV shows.
She remembered watching an American TV show about an immortal person who had to move to a new place every few decades and start over where no one knew them.
Gu Qingyi continued, "...But no matter how well a secret is kept, it might be hidden from outsiders but it’s hard to hide from those closest to you. And Chen Yan, if nothing unexpected happens, the person closest to him in the future should be you, Lu Sisi."
Lu Sisi tried hard to understand what Gu Qingyi was saying, and frowned, "Sister Qingyi, are you trying to tell me that I should help Chen Yan keep his secret in the future?"
The girl took a deep breath and said seriously, "Don’t worry, I’m very, very tight-lipped! I have never said a word about Chen Yan to anyone. In the future, when I’m with him, I will definitely keep the secret and never leak it! I will never let anyone think Chen Yan is a freak!"
Gu Qingyi nodded, then shook her head again, "I’m glad you said that, it shows your feelings for Chen Yan— but that’s not what I meant to convey to you."
"Huh?" Lu Sisi was stunned.
"When you’re with Chen Yan in the future, how you keep his secret, and even if you want to stay with him for a long time, you’ll have to endure many changes in life... None of that should be something I tell you. When you’re with Chen Yan, he’ll naturally tell you these things himself."
Gu Qingyi’s tone became serious, "What I want to talk to you about today is something else—something that concerns you!"
"...What is it?"
Gu Qingyi stared into Lu Sisi’s eyes and said calmly, "As an ordinary person, you won’t live for three or four hundred years."
Lu Sisi was dumbfounded.
"You’re very beautiful, and beautiful girls, if they take good care of themselves, might age a little more slowly than others.
But no matter what, you are still an ordinary person. Your beauty might last ten years, twenty years... but after that?
When you’re in your forties, fifties, sixties...
Your face will no longer be youthful, your skin no longer smooth, your hair no longer black.
One day, you will become an old woman, while Chen Yan... he will still have the face of a young man.
At that time, how will you two get along? Have you thought about it?"
Lu Sisi’s hand trembled! Her pretty face turned pale!
She... After a few decades, her face will be full of wrinkles and age spots, her hair will be gray, and she will be trembling...
While Chen Yan will still look like he’s in his prime...
Will they still be able to be sweetly in love and cuddling together at that time?
Now she’s youthful and charming, when she stands with Chen Yan, anyone would say they look like a perfect match!
But what about when she’s thirty?
When she’s thirty, standing next to Chen Yan who still looks twenty, people will probably think it’s a sister-brother relationship!
What about when she’s forty? Standing next to Chen Yan, will people think she’s his mother?
What about when she’s fifty? Sixty? Seventy?
What will people think she is to him?
She knew very well that if that happened... even if Chen Yan’s feelings for her didn’t change, she wouldn’t be able to bear such a cruel situation!
Lu Sisi’s face grew paler, her fingers trembled, and even her eyelashes were shaking.
She lowered her head as if deep in thought, and after a long while, Lu Sisi finally lifted her head and said slowly, "If that day really comes, I will leave Chen Yan on my own! Even if I can only accompany him for ten or twenty years, I’m willing. When I grow old, I will leave him myself!"
The girl said this, and she thought so in her heart!
After all... before she was eighteen, she lived a life of constant peril, and if she hadn’t met Chen Yan, with her misfortune, she wouldn’t have lived more than a few years.
Having met Chen Yan, it was like... giving him the best years of her youth wouldn’t be bad at all.
Gu Qingyi carefully watched the expressions and changes in Lu Sisi’s face and eyes, and finally, she nodded slowly.
"Yes, now I can be sure your feelings for Chen Yan are very true and sincere." Gu Qingyi said slowly, "So, I came to find you today to tell you that there is a way for you and him to not just share a short decade or two together before you have to leave sadly."
"Huh?"
Gu Qingyi exhaled, "Would you... like to cultivate?"
Lu Sisi’s eyes brightened and she raised her head to stare at Gu Qingyi.
Gu Qingyi smiled softly, "From today on, I will teach you cultivation, would you like that?"
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Chen Yan sat in the room. The large guest room was quiet, and he sat cross-legged on the floor. In front of him was a fist-sized black stone.
Chen Yan had already carefully inspected this black stone. It contained very rich Primordial Qi—and this Primordial Qi was very pure, seeming to have no special attributes.
This discovery surprised Chen Yan.
There are, of course, rare treasures in the world containing Primordial Qi.
But first, those rare treasures containing Primordial Qi wouldn’t be so dense—the quantity wouldn’t be so large.
Second, any rare treasure, due to its intrinsic qualities and growing environment, would give the Primordial Qi some attributes.