The mountainous area in the northwest of China was like a primitive area. There were no roads, no cars, and even very few people.
Surrounded by mountains, there was a lonely thatched cottage. There were many herbs planted in the open space outside the thatched cottage, and the fragrance of the herbs filled the air.
There was not much space in the hut. There was only a bed and a desk. The desk was filled with books and all kinds of papyrus.
At this moment, an old man with white hair and beard was lying on the bed. His eyes were closed and his expression was peaceful.
A young man who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old sat by the bed.
"Xiao Xia, I really envy you. You only lived for 81 years and you can die peacefully.”Fang Yu looked at the old man who had just passed away on the bed and smiled.
"Sigh, I'm in trouble. I don't know how many more years I have to live.”Fang Yu sighed. There was pain in his eyes, but there was more helplessness.
It had been nearly five thousand years since he started cultivating.
During this long period of time, Fang Yu could not die, and his cultivation level could not advance any further.
He had been cultivating for nearly five thousand years, but he was still in the Refinement Stage!
That's right, Refinement Stage! It was the most basic realm on the path of cultivation!
According to strict standards, the Qi Refining stage could not even be considered a realm. It could only be considered a period of body refinement.
Only after reaching Foundation Establishment could one truly step onto the path of Immortal Cultivation.
However, Fang Yu was stuck at the Refinement Stage, unable to advance any further.
For thousands of years, he had swallowed tens of thousands of Foundation Establishment Pills, but it had no effect at all.
A thousand years ago, Fang Yu's master had even comforted him, saying that it was because his spiritual roots were stronger than anyone else's that he had to wait a little longer to refine Qi.
However, even after a thousand years, Fang Yu was still unable to break through to the foundational level.
At this moment, his master also felt that he had made a mistake. Fang Yu was actually just a mortal without spiritual roots?
But how could a mortal live for a thousand years without even showing signs of aging?
After that, Fang Yu's master successfully transcended the tribulation, ascended to become an immortal, and left Earth.
After that, no one cared about Fang Yu's cultivation level anymore.
As time passed, the spiritual energy resources on Earth became thinner and thinner.
On Earth, even if Fang Yu could break through, he would not be able to transcend the tribulation and become an immortal.
However, Fang Yu had never thought of transcending the tribulation to become an immortal. He only wanted to break through to the Qi Condensation stage!
This was his obsession.
Today, he had already reached the 9832nd level of the Refinement Stage. As for ordinary cultivators, as long as they cultivated to the twelfth level, they would be able to break through to the foundation establishment stage.
Fang Yu felt a little depressed when he thought about cultivation.
He took a deep breath, stood up, and looked at the papyrus on the desk that was filled with all kinds of prescriptions.
"If I had known that you would become such a drug addict, I wouldn't have taught you medicine back then!”Fang Yu shook his head helplessly.
According to Xiao Xia's last wish, he had to tidy up these prescriptions and take them away.
Not long after he started tidying up, he heard some noisy footsteps. He immediately raised his head and looked in a direction outside the window of the thatched cottage.
Little Xia had already built her thatched cottage in such a place, yet it was still found by others?
Fang Yu frowned slightly.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at the hut.
There were a total of seven people. Two of them were young men and women, one was an old man sitting in a wheelchair, and there were four men in suits and leather shoes with strong figures. One look and one could tell that they were bodyguards.
Seeing the old man in the wheelchair, Fang Yu knew that this group of people must be here to seek medical treatment.
" Drug God Xia, hello. My name is Tang Feng. We are from the Tang family in Jiangnan. We would like to ask you to give me…" The handsome young man walked forward and said loudly.
Fang Yu pushed open the door and interrupted him.
"You're late. Xia Xiuzhi just passed away.”
What?
Everyone's expression changed.
The Drug God Xia Xiuzhi they had been searching for…had actually passed away!？
" How, how could this be…" Tang Feng's face was pale as he looked at Fang Yu in a daze.
In order to cure Old Master Tang's serious illness, they used the entire family's resources and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to find out the location of the Drug God Xia Xiuzhi, who had been in seclusion for nearly 20 years.
After going through countless hardships, they finally found Xia Xiuzhi's thatched cottage, but they didn't expect to receive this news!
"What a coincidence! We just found him…No, Drug God Xia is definitely not dead. He's just hiding from the world and doesn't want to see us!”The exquisite-looking young girl's beautiful eyes were red as she said excitedly.
"Yes! The Drug God must still be in the thatched cottage!" Tang Feng's eyes were suffused with hope as he directly stepped into the straw hut.
Then, he saw Xia Xiuzhi lying on the bed with his eyes closed.
Tang Feng observed carefully and discovered that the old man on the bed was indeed no longer breathing.
"I told you, Xia Xiuzhi has passed away. You can go back now.”Fang Yu frowned slightly, feeling a little dissatisfied with Tang Feng's actions of barging into the thatched cottage.
Tang Feng suddenly thought of something. He turned to Fang Yu and asked,""You're the divine alchemist's disciple, right? You must have inherited the divine alchemist's medical skills. Treat our grandfather. As long as you can cure him, we're willing to pay no matter how much it costs!”
"I'm not his disciple…I'm just an old friend of his." Fang Yu shook his head.”
Strictly speaking, Fang Yu was Xia Xiuzhi's master.
Xia Xiuzhi, who was only fifteen years old, had embarked on the path of medicine under Fang Yu's guidance. Of course, there was no need to say these words out loud, and no one would believe them.
However, it was strange to say that they were old friends.
Fang Yu looked less than twenty years old, while Xia Xiuzhi was more than eighty years old. The two of them were not in the same age class at all, so how could they be considered old friends?
However, no one thought too much about it at this moment. The group was immersed in the despair of having their hopes shattered.
After hearing the news of Xia Xiuzhi's death, Old Master Tang, who was sitting in a wheelchair, completely lost his vitality and his eyes turned gray.
This was the will of the heavens! His fate had come! There was no need to struggle anymore!
The young girl was heartbroken to see her grandfather like this, and her tears could not stop flowing.
Fang Yu frowned and looked at Elder Tang. He suddenly said,""You've already lived for 73 years. You should have lived enough. Why do you still want to live?”
Hearing this, everyone was stunned. They were curious how Fang Yu knew Elder Tang's age.
However, when they heard Fang Yu's words, their expressions changed.
Had he lived enough?
Who in this world would have enough to live?
What did that mean?
Provoke? Sarcasm?
"You bastard, what do you mean?？”Tang Feng's face was ashen as he punched towards Fang Yu's chest.
Fang Yu's eyes moved slightly, but his body did not move.
"Bang!"
Before Tang Feng's fist could even touch Fang Yu, he was hit by a huge force. He flew backwards and fell to the ground.
The expressions of the others present changed drastically, and they were extremely shocked.
It was clearly Tang Feng who punched, but this youth did not even move. Why did Tang Feng fall to the ground instead?
"Brother!" the pretty girl screamed.
The four bodyguards reacted and immediately took a few steps forward to stand in front of Fang Yu.
"Don't do anything!" Elder Tang ordered in a hoarse voice.
The four bodyguards immediately stopped in their tracks.
Tang Feng clutched his chest and crawled up from the ground, looking at Fang Yu in shock.
"Little brother, we've been rude. May I know your name?”Elder Tang asked.
"Fang Yu." Fang Yu replied.
Elder Tang nodded slightly and said,"Just now, little brother, you asked me why I still want to live. I can answer you.”
"Because I still want to continue to be with my family. I want to see my grandchildren grow up, see them start a family, and see them give birth to children…Isn't that what people do? Generation after generation of watchmen." Elder Tang said with a smile.
" Grandpa…" Hearing Elder Tang's words, the girl beside him cried even harder.
Family…
Fang Yu's eyes flickered.
To him, family was a thing of the past, but to mortals, family had always existed, generation after generation.
And the vast majority of mortals, who wouldn't want to live a little longer?
"You have terminal lung cancer, right? You have less than three months to live. Enjoy the last few days of your life.”As Fang Yu spoke, he turned around and returned to the thatched cottage, closing the door behind him.
As for the Tang family, they were stunned.
How did Fang Yu know that Elder Tang had lung cancer? And just like what the doctors said, Elder Tang only had less than three months left to live?
He was indeed the divine alchemist's disciple!
After reacting, Tang Feng knocked on the door of the thatched cottage again and shouted,"Mr. Fang, you're definitely the divine alchemist's disciple, right? Please treat my grandfather, we…"
"Life and death are determined by fate. Leave this place immediately, or don't blame me for being rude.”Fang Yu's calm voice came from the hut.
" Doctors are benevolent. How can you leave me in the lurch…" Tang Feng said angrily.
Feng 'er, come back." Elder Tang said.
"Grandpa!" Tang Feng's eyes turned red as he turned to look at Old Master Tang.
"Little brother is right. Life and death are fated. If the heavens want me to die, how can I not die? Let's go." Elder Tang said.
"Little brother, I have great respect for Old Master Xia. I didn't expect him to have passed away…Our arrival today has disturbed Old Master Xia. I'm very sorry, but I hope that Old Master Xia's spirit in heaven won't blame us.”Elder Tang said sincerely.
After saying that, he called the group of people to turn around and leave.
Although Tang Feng was unwilling, he had no choice but to follow Old Master Tang's order.
On the way back, no one said a word, and the atmosphere was very gloomy.
Tang Feng noticed that his sister was deep in thought and frowned."Xiao Rou, what are you thinking about?”
Tang Xiaorou frowned and muttered,""I have a feeling that…this Fang Yu looks a little familiar, as if I have seen him somewhere before.”
"How is this possible? This is our first time in the Northwest region, how could you have met Fang Yu before?”Tang Feng said.
"That's true…but I really feel that he looks a little familiar.”Tang Xiaorou rubbed her temples and said.
Tang Feng was in a bad mood and ignored Tang Xiaorou, thinking that she had mistaken him for someone else.
However, after a few more steps, Tang Xiaorou suddenly stopped.
"I-I remember now. I saw him at school!”
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