My Endless Life.

Chapter 331 The Final Farewell
Because there are fewer and fewer warriors, few people in this world know about the existence of the Martial Saint.

However, the top leaders of Yu State and the leaders of various major forces are all well aware that there is still a Martial Saint in the Li family, a living Martial Saint.

Although guns have been invented and various highly lethal weapons have been produced through industry, these weapons are still inferior to the puppet Yanjia made by Li Qi.

At least until now no one has been able to replicate the Li family's Yanjia.

And each of the Li family's combat-type Yanjia is comparable to the former masters.

The grandmaster can fly and hide underground, and his body's protective qi is indestructible even to bullets. As a martial saint, Li Qi can even destroy an entire city with just a wave of his hand.

So no one dared to offend the Li family, even though Li Qi had not appeared in this world for decades.

More than ten years later, when Li Qi was 120 years old, his grandson had died, and at this moment, the Yu Kingdom began to extend its claws towards other countries.

The current Emperor Yu has begun to send fleets abroad to search for new continents.

At the same time, it used force to turn neighboring countries into its colonies. There are very few countries that can compare with Yuguo.

After all, other countries don’t have the firearms that were improved by Li Bofan like Yuguo.

The world is developing at an accelerated pace, approaching the 19th century on Earth as Li Qi remembered it, but no world war has occurred.

Because Yu Country developed too rapidly and was ahead of other countries by an entire generation, no country could withstand Yu Country's invasion.

But unfortunately, Yuguo's development eventually slowed down.

They failed to develop electricity, but instead rushed down the road of steam industry.

Without electricity, radio communications could not be developed. The larger the territory, the slower the information was transmitted. Gradually, Yu Country could no longer defend its current territory.

Another fifty years passed, and the territories that Yu State had conquered fell into chaos one after another. Warlords and rebel forces emerged, and Yu State had to reduce the scope of its rule.

After that, the world entered a period of peaceful development. Li Qi did not see the outbreak of the First World War, nor did he want to see it with his own eyes.

He felt a little fed up, and seeing that the hundred-year appointment with Mu Xi was about to come, Li Qi found the current head of the Li family and told him that "the deadline is approaching."

"Ancestor! You...what did you say?!"

Li Huaxing, the current head of the Li family and Li Qi's great-great-grandson, felt like the sky was falling when he learned that Li Qi was about to die.

Seeing Li Huaxing's expression, Li Qi said expressionlessly:
"The world no longer needs me. It's time for me, an old antique who has lived for several generations, to go."

"Grandpa, if you leave...what will the Li family do if you leave?"

Li Huaxing asked while crying.

This middle-aged man, who was nearly 40 years old, cried like a child in front of Li Qi.

"What? Without me, the Li family will not survive? Without me, the Li family will perish? If that's the case, then the Li family might as well just perish!"

Li Qi said in a feigned anger.

But in fact, he was in a very calm mood. He had never been so calm in several lifetimes.

He exhaled slowly and said to the crying Li Huaxing:

"I haven't interfered with the Li family's affairs over the years, and the Li family has developed quite well, so after I leave, you can continue to develop the Li family as usual. You can do whatever you can, but remember, don't be greedy."

There has never been a permanent family in the world, and the same goes for the Li family.

The Li family has established its current huge family business because of Li Qi and Li Bofan, but if there are no outstanding descendants in the future, the family may eventually gradually die out.

But that is not something Li Qi can control.

After he prepared for his own funeral, he left behind a doll that looked like him to replace him. Then Li Qi quietly left the Li family and came to the current capital of Yu State.

The capital of Yu State was originally the capital of Qi State.

Ever since the Li family moved their business to the overseas Demon Island, Li Qi rarely returned to the capital.

The last time I came back was decades ago, when Li Bofan was still alive.

The capital has changed a lot.

At least it is much bigger than when Li Qi fought against Qi Huang and Liu Xuan more than a hundred years ago.

High-rise buildings can be seen everywhere. The Yuguo Council Hall near the imperial palace is more than ten stories high, and steam elevators are used to transport people to each floor.

Opposite the Yuguo Council Hall, across two streets, there is a museum.

The history of the "Battle of the Martial Saint" from more than a hundred years ago is recorded there. When Li Qi stepped into it, he could see his own statue standing inside.

There is also a tour guide explaining:
“What you are seeing now is the statue of the only martial saint in the world, Saint Li Qi. Before the great changes in the world, Saint Li successfully broke through to become a saint, and then destroyed the royal family of Qi State, which led to the current Yu State.

"Afterwards, Li Sheng's son, Mr. Li Bofan, helped Yuguo usher in the steam age after receiving Li Sheng's instruction. With the steam industry, Yuguo was able to make better weapons and win every battle in its conquests against other countries..."

The tour guide praised Li Qi and Li Qi's son Li Bofan generously.

After all, this is the museum of the Battle of Saints, not the museum of the Yu Kingdom royal family.

Besides, Li Qi’s status in Yu Country is even higher than he had imagined. After a hundred years of promotion in Yu Country, Li Qi has long become a god-like existence.

Anyone who practices martial arts will have his statue enshrined in their home.

In some important matters that require strict adherence to trust and faith, a statue of Li Qi would be invited as a witness.

Therefore, the people nearby did not have any special reaction to the guide's words. They were just whispering about martial arts.

"It sounds like a lot of nonsense, but in reality, Li Sheng only led the warriors to help Yu State destroy the Qi State's royal family."

There was a scholar who claimed to understand history, fanning himself and talking to his companions.

His companion asked:

"But what is written on the stele is that Li Sheng destroyed the Qi Kingdom's palace single-handedly..."

"We need to talk about science. Do you understand science? Do you think human power can achieve this? I have seen many of their warriors. I have even seen an innate warrior, but the most he can do is to split a huge rock with one palm."

The scholar said this with certainty.

Li Qi came over and asked curiously, "So what do you think history is like?"

His appearance has changed at this moment, and is completely different from that in the sculpture. Wearing a black windbreaker, he looks like a passerby who is traveling here.

The scholar saw someone talking to him and immediately said:
“It is said that Li Sheng was the leader of all warriors in the world, and the world was experiencing the so-called war between good and evil at that time.

"The Demon Sect also has a Martial Saint, the one called Liu Xuan. Liu Xuan is a very powerful person. If Li Sheng is the leader of the righteous path, then Liu Xuan is the leader of the Demon Sect!
“The battle between good and evil was in full swing, and Li Sheng didn’t want to get involved, but Liu Xuan teamed up with Zhao Qiongxuan, the Emperor Wen of Qi at the time.

"Li Sheng had no choice but to lead the righteous people to unite with Yu Chengzu..."

"Hey, hey, you've almost finished." Before the scholar finished speaking, someone who had read history books said, "Li Sheng was less than 20 years old at the time. The history books also said that Li Sheng used the way of Yanjia to maintain a balance with the other two parties. If Li Sheng was not about to break through to Wusheng, the other two would not have joined together."

"Do you really believe that people can fly, hide, and do anything?"

The scholar expressed disdain for those who refuted him.

He studied physics and science from childhood to university, and the more he studied, the less he believed that humans could exert such powerful strength.

Li Qi was listening on the side, and suddenly interrupted and asked:
"So in your opinion, Li Sheng and Liu Sheng are just the 'leaders' of their respective armies. They themselves do not have that kind of strength, right?"

"That's right! This brother is really insightful."

After hearing what Li Qi said, he bowed to Li Qi as if he had seen a close friend.

Li Qi smiled indifferently and did not refute the other party. Seeing him talking to the opponent holding the history book, he left the two of them silently and walked to the statue in the corner.

This is the statue of Emperor Qi...oh no, Emperor Wen of Qi, Zhao Qiongxuan.

His achievements are written on it, such as creating an era of literati and laying the foundation for a stable generation for the people of the world.

But there were only a few people standing in front of the statue of Emperor Qi.

"A hundred years have passed. How many people still remember your achievements?"

Li Qi wanted to laugh when looking at the statue of Emperor Qi.

An old voice came from the side: "If it weren't for you, guarding the border for decades, preventing the barbarians from setting foot in the Central Plains. If it weren't for you letting your son pass on the steam technology to Yu Country, I'm afraid... Yu Country would have been invaded by the barbarians and the people would have suffered."

Li Qi turned around and looked when he heard the voice.

He saw Yin Xia, with white hair, standing beside him with a cane. She was very old, hunched over, with wrinkles all over her face, and only a hint of her youthful beauty could be seen.

Li Qi hasn't seen her in decades.

Ever since the first wrinkle appeared on her face, Yin Xia disappeared from Li Qi's side.

Li Qi asked Tianhai to follow her and take care of her, but more than ten years later, Tianhai returned to Li Qi and told Li Qi that Yin Xia did not allow him to follow her anymore.

Since then, Li Qi has never heard from Yin Xia again.

I didn't expect to see her here.

Seeing these few "old friends" at present, Li Qi smiled:

"Why are you here?"

"I own this museum, what do you think?"

Yin Xia also smiled, then looked at the statue of Emperor Qi and whispered:
"When people get old, they tend to become sentimental, so I thought about leaving something behind before I die, so I built this museum."

"That's good. At least people who come after us will know what we did back then."

“Haha, they don’t believe in this stuff. Grandmasters no longer exist, and even a sixth-grade Xiantian warrior can become a peerless master nowadays. Do you think they will believe that there was once someone who could fly into the sky and hide underground, and destroy the imperial palace single-handedly? There was once someone who used the dragon vein as a guide to cut off the path of warriors in the world?
"They will just treat these as myths and legends."

Yin Xia said with a smile, then looked at Li Qi: "When you, the only living 'myth', pass away, no one will believe these anymore."

Li Qi responded calmly: "That's good too."

If Yuguo can continue to develop technology, then perhaps the world will become more suitable for ordinary people to live in.

For ordinary people, this is perfect.

"I am running out of time."

Yin Xia suddenly said, "The blood of the nine-tailed fox has given me a long lifespan, but unfortunately, this lifespan cannot be compared to when I was still on the path of martial arts. I calculated the days and I think I will die in the next few days. What about you? When will you die?"

"It's almost time, so I plan to travel around at the end of my life."

Li Qi said softly, looking at the statue of Emperor Qi again.

Yin Xia turned her head to look at Li Qi's profile, and suddenly sighed:
"I regretted not marrying you."

"how?"

"Even now, I can still tell everyone I have a young husband and make those old ladies envy me to death."

Yin Xia said half-jokingly.

"The 'old woman' you mentioned is your descendant who is many generations away from you..."

Li Qi was speechless after hearing this.

Yin Xia said nonchalantly: "When people get old, they are all the same. Unlike you, you are so old but still pretend to be young every day. You have no shame."

She walked back while talking: "Okay, I'm going to go back, do you want to go back with me for dinner?"

Li Qi took one last look at the statue of Emperor Qi, said nothing more, turned around and left with Yin Xia.

Li Qi stayed at Yin Xia's place for two days, but he didn't stay long.

He didn't want to witness the death of his relatives again, and Yin Xia didn't want Li Qi to see how miserable she would be when she died.

So the two of them said goodbye in the usual way.

Although both of them knew that this farewell would last forever for them, no one said anything sentimental.

Just like any other normal day.

Li Qi left the capital and went to the snow-capped mountains, where he found the cave where Li Xueren had discovered the Heavenly God's Formless Power. He then sat down cross-legged and sighed.

“Fuji…”

"Master."

Li Qi had just called out when the young-looking Hu Buer appeared in front of Li Qi.

He was wearing a neat Yuguo suit, somewhat similar to a Western suit, holding a cane in his hand and a bowler hat on his head.

Hu Buer, with the appearance of his youth, stood in front of Li Qi.

Looking at the young man, Li Qi's eyes were a little complicated:

"You still chose this path."

"Yes, because I want to live."

Hu Buer replied.

Li Qi sighed: "Living too long is not a good thing."

"..."

Hu Buer remained silent upon hearing this.

Li Qi looked up at him: "What are you going to do after I leave?"

Hu Buer lowered his hat and said, "I plan to pass on my master's puppets. I want to... create real life."

Hu Buer is the only one who has inherited Li Qi's Tiangong Soul-Transferring Technique. Even Tianhai is still practicing the Nine Lives Soul-Stealing Technique, which is how he can stay alive by relying on the puppet.

Because of this, Hu Buer was able to do what Li Qi had once imagined, which was to transfer his soul into the puppet.

Now Hu Buer's body is a puppet. Like Eve that Li Qi once gave to Li Qiao, it possesses most of the functions that humans have.

Of course, Li Qi could continue to live in this world in this way, but for Li Qi, the potential of this world has reached its limit and he cannot acquire more knowledge, so he can only choose to go to the next world.

After hearing Hu Buer's "dream", Li Qi said no more.

He closed his eyes and said to Hu Buer:

"The longer you live, the weaker your human emotions will become. If you still want to maintain your humanity, you'd better find an anchor for yourself, otherwise... you will no longer be a human being. This is the last advice I leave for you as your master."

“…Fuji will keep it in mind.”

Hu Buer bowed respectfully to Li Qi.

Li Qi nodded: "After I leave, help take care of the Li family, but if the descendants of the Li family commit suicide, you don't have to worry about them... If you want, you can use my body. Anyway, I'm already dead, so I don't care about these things."

Li Qi said this to Hu Buer and then closed his eyes.

He stopped talking and his breathing gradually stopped. Hu Buer stood in front of him and waited for a long time. Finally, he took off his hat and bowed deeply to Li Qi:
"... Have a pleasant journey, Master."

After saying that, Hu Buer turned and left, with no intention of using Li Qi's body.

No matter what, Li Qi is his master, and Hu Buer is a man who respects his teachers. He will not desecrate Li Qi's body, even if he has obtained his master's consent.

……

After Li Qi passed away, nothing changed in the world. No one knew that a martial arts saint had died quietly in a snowy mountain cave.

Except Hu Buer.

After that, Hu Buer vigorously developed puppets. He built a puppet factory and tried to create puppets with life.

Because of Hu Buer's existence, Yu State's national fortune, which had been on the decline, actually rose again.

It was unknown how long it had been like this, and the puppet created by Hu Buer finally possessed a trace of so-called life spirituality as he had wished.

However, he didn't know that it was the beginning of the 'Puppet Rebellion' incident.

Of course, everything that happened after that had nothing to do with Li Qi.

Because his soul has gone to the next world.

He started his new journey.

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