"Just leave it as it is"

Ming Qi's grandfather looked at his grandson from afar, as Wu Liang also turned around from Su Meng's branch house and returned to the terrace of Zhou's branch house where Ming Qi's grandfather was sitting.

In front of Ming Qi's grandfather's branch house, the Shang branch was relaxing.

Shang Wei's grandmother and her sister, Shang Luo's aunt, were chatting casually, both of them occasionally chuckling while covering their mouths and appearing embarrassed. In the middle of them was a table on which a hand-sized round wooden cup was placed, emitting a thin smoke as if it had been heated.

Shang Wei's grandmother is seen drinking from the glass, sipping it with wisdom and slowly, giving the impression of grace and harmony.

The drink Shang Wei's grandmother drank is commonly referred to by the Wu as "松针茶" (sōng zhēn chá). "松" (sōng) means pine, "针" (zhēn) means needle or needle-like pine leaves, and "茶" (chá) means tea.

It was a common drink for Wu elders on holidays or special days, like today when they were all waiting for Wu Jin Fei to return to the village after his hundred-full moon journey in the outside world.

For Wu elders, drinking tea is a special pleasure when drinking pine leaf tea, imagine a tea with a taste and smell that is typical of pine forests and mountains, not just the usual smell that is smelled from the smell of tea, but the smell of pine tree leaves that are specially picked from the forest and have an aroma that can make people imagine dark green mountains with pine trees filling every side.

In addition, a unique sensation one feels when sipping and tasting the tea is a refreshing chill, a sensation unique to the pine leaves alone in the entire Wu tribe. It is also said that the discovery of pine leaf tea was made generations before Wu Liang was born, and has become a symbol of natural simplicity for the elders of the Meeting Hall.

The distinct sweetness and pleasant bitterness, they are perfectly blended by nature itself, creating a unique flavor plus a unique sensation, this is the highest treasure of rich heritage in terms of food and drink for the Wu tribe.

Such was Shang Wei's grandmother now, she continued to occasionally sip from her wooden cup of pine leaf tea in front of her sister who could not taste the tea.

Some time has passed, Wu Liang finally closed his book, his face gloomy and slightly frowned in astonishment, he also turned his head to Ming Qi's grandfather who was busy monitoring other families.

Wu Liang immediately said to his grandfather.

"How come? Grandpa? Do you know clearly about... What is immortality? Chi Ren here is written as strongly pursuing immortality while he is also obsessed with an energy essence of the world... What is this world called? Ah yes the Spirit world, its name is the Spirit World"

Wu Liang said to the grandfather on his right.

His grandfather did not turn his head back to Wu Liang but instead he raised his head slightly and looked up at the morning sky that was almost entering the noon time.

He also clearly felt the same way Wu Liang did, immortality? That was something that no one in this village had ever thought of, how could immortality exist, and didn't it defy the natural laws of the world, the laws of life and death?

As well as the Spirit World, in the book 'Myth of Chi Ren' held by Wu Liang, a sentence was written, 'he never existed but he was always in front of and behind Chi Ren, and Chi Ren always, every moment walked between the two worlds of invisible boundaries, unconsciously stepping his gray feet on a thin endless thread beneath him, the boundary between the earth world of eternal mist and the Spirit world, the place where the truth will be revealed and the curtain of destiny will open with the shame of a naked man'.

To Wu Liang it was just an absurd sentence, he was only able to digest a small part of what was written from his continued reading.

He never thought that he would experience this once-in-a-lifetime experience of having to read such an ambiguous sentence, his astonished expression masked by a serious look on his face as he tried to dissect and analyze each meaning word by word, trying to find the end of the road by his own efforts.

But not Ming Qi's grandfather, he himself was the longest-lived outsider of the Wu clan, for him there was no way he could be unaware of the basic concept of immortality, the concept that one would be considered immune to death itself, a death that usually took the lives of loved ones and left a permanent mark of sorrow on the lovers left behind.

Grandpa Ming Qi paused for a moment as he looked at the sky, then tried to explain a bit about the basic concept of immortality to Wu Liang.

"Hohoho my grandson, you are really very happy with the book, well I will explain a little what immortality is even though I myself am not too familiar with the term, so immortality according to what I think is, the person will never die even if he is old or sick and he will continue to be young and also the disease that attacks him will only have an impact like a gust that blows our saddle now, that's what I think"

Grandpa Ming Qi replied to Wu Liang who was looking at his grandfather with a flat expression but after his grandfather explained what he knew, Wu Liang's expression looked better and excited than before, his normal term, more pleasing to the eye.

Now in his mind Wu Liang was intertwining mystical threads that formed an imaginary fantasy where he and his entire family became immortal, and forever they continued to be together without any sadness and misery that would come their way at all.

Wu Liang looked at his grandfather, glued to his grandfather's words just now, smiled faintly with a joyful heart, then nodded his head slightly and closed his book then let out a murky sigh depicting Wu Liang's intention that he could finally let out a stormy wind of ignorance inside his head.

"It seems like a very great thing, doesn't it grandpa?"

Wu Liang said after closing his book, putting it on his lap and looking at the other branches of the family who were also chatting like him and his grandfather at this time.

Grandpa Ming Qi did the same, after answering his grandson Wu Liang's question, he looked at the other branches of the family.

"It's great and very very great indeed, it's a very magical and amazing event, being able to feel youth forever and will never feel such a thing as nostalgia hohoho..."

Ming Qi grandfather replied to Wu Liang, he laughed, his laughter was louder than before and made several other family branches suddenly stare at Ming Qi grandfather.

Ming Qi grandfather was personally known as a very charismatic, highly respected person, because of his contribution and his very old age, it was the full reason why Ming Qi grandfather could get his position as the number one person in the meeting hall.

That's also why Ming Qi's grandfather wanted to teach Wu Liang to be good at literature and writing as well as good at self-defense, in anticipation that if Wu Liang grew up later when he wanted to be part of the meeting hall, he would have to find a wife or do a lot of work as a point of contribution to the village.

But as we know that Wu Liang has been using one of the most important items in the village which is medical sewing thread.

With Wu Liang's advantage of having a grandfather who served as the number one person in the meeting hall, it was possible for Wu Liang, taking care of him and using the medical center's valuable goods to personally give to Wu Liang.

This is a small example of the product of the law of causality, because Ming Qi's grandfather's deeds and contributions in the past caused him to now become a respected person for the Wu clan, every decision of his is the first choice with the greatest chance of being generally chosen and accepted.

So for the people closest to Ming Qi's grandfather which means that Wu Liang and Shan Yu are the people who are included in the list that has been mentioned.

"I see... According to what I thought just now, if we are immortal then we can really feel young and can also continue to be together forever."

Wu Liang said with an obvious joyful smile, but his smile now slowly turned into a forced smile, his expression also began to show a sour and sad face at the same time.

Grandpa Ming Qi clearly knew what had entered his grandson's imagination.

The artificial memories for his past that Wu Liang himself made as a medium for Wu Liang to remember his late parents, although Wu Liang is now immortal but it does not change the fact that Wu Liang was born at the cost of his mother's life, one of the other wild thoughts is, maybe if Wu Liang was never born into this world, then the scenario of Wu Liang's mother will die will never happen, it can even be said that Wu Liang did not directly save his father as well and make his older sister Shan Yu can grow up to be a girl who is more like and more cheerful than the current Shan Yu.

Wu Liang's absence in the world could also decisively cut off the poisonous chain that destroyed Ming Qi's grandfather's old age.

Although everything had already happened and Ming Qi's grandfather himself had also learned to accept the will of fate with a firm heart, but how could a rural teenage boy living in an isolated village learn so quickly at such an age?

"Hohoho Wu Liang, don't be gloomy, I don't want your mom and dad to be gloomy when they see you tomorrow, so just relax, I'm sure you will become even stronger in the future, there is a saying that iron forged slowly is stronger and more durable than iron forged quickly, so... Wu Liang... Regarding the destiny of our lives, just leave it as it is"