The immortal black snake just wants to live simply

"But not to the point of being indifferent."

"If you like a flower, you don't have to pick it off."

"If you like a flower, pluck it and put it in a vase."

"..."

"It's good to have more contact with mortals, Xi, but I don't want my friends to forget themselves because of this. We must always remember that they are different from us."

"..."

After Li left, Xi was too lazy to argue with Zhu Jiuyin who had nothing to say.

She just suddenly discovered that this friend who always emphasized the power of mortals to her...

It is the existence that looks down upon mortals the most.

Chapter 436 A good girl is afraid of snakes and heavy fog

Not long after Li and Saga stopped talking, Saga suddenly discovered that time had resumed its flow.

The dust in the air fell to the ground, the sounds of children playing and playing spread through the streets and alleys, and the white clouds in the sky resumed their flow.At the same time, Saga felt as if he was bearing a huge weight and could not move.

The world is rejecting her.

"Don't worry, it seems that the person has packed his things and is ready to leave."

Seeing the sudden change in Saga's expression, Li, who also felt that the world in the painting was regaining its flow, comforted softly:

"Don't worry about staying in this scroll for too long. You just entered this scroll in early summer, and now it's only the autumnal equinox."

"...Thank you to the benefactor for giving me some advice. I am really worried that my old friends will scold me if I slack off here for too long."

Saga breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it, and then disappeared into the world like a stain that had been brushed away, leaving a sentence at the same time.

"If we are destined, when we meet one day, the young monk would like to share some strange stories with the donor."

"...See you someday?"

Li looked at the empty teacup on the table and the still warm stool, and sighed softly.

What is the fate of the people in the painting?

Even though she has developed self-awareness and can even interfere with reality, she is still a work that expresses the author's regret and needs to rely on the scroll for its existence.

Listening to the renewed bustle outside the teahouse and sipping the fine tea, Li, the subject of the painting, sighed softly.

But then, as if something suddenly occurred to him, he smiled at the sky outside the window.

'Xi, you finally made up your mind to take a step forward...'

The man in the painting possesses all of Li's memories, including the conversation before his death.

……

"Xi? Why are you here..."

"You don't seem surprised at all."

"When you live to this age, you are less likely to be surprised... Ahem, but to tell you this is still a big deal. But what about Mr. Zhu Jiuyin?"

"...He's outside the door. He doesn't want to see you."

"I understand, that person doesn't care about me. He must have come here just to accompany you."

"..."

"How many years have we not seen each other?"

"I can't remember, maybe a few decades."

"...the two immortals actually still remember me."

"How do you know you are not spending your life in my paintings?"

"Will not."

"You are very confident."

"Xi, you and the person who saved me, and I have lived in your paintings for such a long time, I can tell them clearly... This is the bet I made with you, that one day I will be able to detect your... Painting, your world, and you.”

"...Do you really think you won the bet that day?"

"Haha, if you let me go, of course I win."

"..."

"But after we parted ways that day, you and that person never came to see me again. I thought I would never have a chance... to talk to you again."

"Do you want me to call Zhu Jiuyin in?"

"...No, there's no need for me to be annoying before I leave."

"He won't care."

"……yes."

Of course Li, who had spent a long time with Zhu Jiuyin and Xi, knew that they wouldn't care.

The immortal only had eyes for the woman in front of him who was also an immortal.

"But before I die, I still want to hear some true words."

"..."

"For such a long time, I often recall those days. That pavilion... an ordinary pavilion far away from natural disasters, famines, and refugees. It's like a dream... ahem."

"I thought you would be a good painter, but you have never written a painting in your life. Isn't it a waste of my teachings?"

"Painter, painter, everyone who paints, after seeing you, who can still call himself a painter?"

"Then you shouldn't be so ordinary. I at least let you experience all kinds of things in the world in my paintings, allowing you to master a completely different ability to survive in the mundane world. In my imagination and his, you should obtain fame. , live in a mansion; teach agriculture, own fertile land; recruit disciples, open a martial arts school... You should live a more exciting life, instead of being as ordinary as you are now."

"Then I will disappoint you."

"Who knows. Maybe... you who are willing to return to the ordinary are the ones who surprise me."

"What about him?"

"He doesn't care."

"Yeah, he doesn't care... We meet again after so many years. I am old and old, and after my whole life, you are still the same you. He is still the same him."

"Do you have anything to say?"

"Actually, there is a lot more that I want to say, such as why that person has to wear a beard that pretends to be mature even though he maintains a youthful appearance; are there many people like you? Do you feel lonely... Also, How were you born? Do you, like us mortals, also need to be combined and then conceived?"

"...You talk too much."

"I'm sorry, I'm very old, Xi. The disease has tortured me for many years... Maybe for existences like you, decades are just a moment, but for us mortals, it is enough to change us from a vibrant to a Now he is dying."

"..."

"You and him saved me, you gave me a chance to live...and now on my deathbed, you are here too."

Xi looked at Li quietly and said nothing.

But Li still spoke weakly and vaguely.

"I'm very happy, Xi, look at you... you still look like this."

"Now I would like to ask you... Do you feel lonely when you watch the people you know die one by one?"

Xi Wei shook her head slightly, but soon regained her composure, and just replied softly:

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"What would you think?"

"...Occasionally I feel regretful. Occasionally I feel emotional."

After receiving Xi's answer, the elderly Li wanted to laugh loudly, but he was short of breath and could only show a smile.

Even this smile was far from able to express her joy at this moment.

"You...are finally willing to tell the truth."

"But it doesn't matter. With him accompanying you, you have a companion after all... But you can't always let others take the initiative. Occasionally, you have to give him some feedback."

"Always hanging on to others, always waiting for others to take the initiative to touch you, then no matter how passionate you are, your enthusiasm will slowly cool down."

"...Did you misunderstand something?"

Sensing something was wrong with the topic, Xi interrupted decisively, then turned around nervously and looked outside the room.

Zhu Jiuyin was teasing the ink monsters with candied haws skewers, and the ink monsters were like puppies grabbing a Frisbee, surrounding Zhu Jiuyin.

Seeing that Zhu Jiuyin didn't notice the conversation in the room, Xi breathed a sigh of relief... No.

Why should she breathe a sigh of relief?

What is she guilty of?

Seeing that Xi's rarely fluctuating face had such rich expressions, Li put on an expression that was indeed true.

"It seems that even an immortal cannot cut off the bonds of love...Xi, I think you should seize the opportunity. After all, I have only seen you two immortals in my life, so your existence must be quite rare, right?"

"...Then why didn't he seize the opportunity?"

Maybe she felt that she should be more tolerant to a dying person, or she didn't know what was going on. Surprisingly, Xi did not refute Li's words, but continued along with Li's words.

"...Xi, I think that person has been able to seize the opportunity very well."

Li said frankly.

In the past days, Li could clearly notice that when the three of them traveled, Zhu Jiuyin basically followed Xi.

If Xi wanted to go to a restaurant, the three of them would go to that restaurant.

Xi suddenly burst out with inspiration and wanted to observe a certain scene carefully. Zhu Jiuyin either came to scare him or stared blankly at the sky.

Zhu Jiuyin didn't care about the scenery along the way. He was just following Xi's wishes.

Isn’t this called seizing the opportunity?

Sensing Li's doubts, Xicai remembered that the old man in front of her didn't actually understand Zhu Jiuyin.

From Li's perspective, Zhu Jiuyin seemed to be clinging to Xi's side, dedicating himself wholeheartedly to Xi... This is not pursuit, what is this?

But in Xi Yan, who knew Zhu Jiuyin better, this was not the case.

Zhu Jiuyin is just a part of her friend, and Xi can be 100% sure that the black snake is not her same race.

What's more, it was Zhu Jiuyin who clung to her shamelessly every time, not Xi who asked for it.

Xi doesn't need anyone else to accompany her.

Besides, Xi Ke has always known that as one of the fragments, if [Sui] wakes up... then she will disappear completely into this world like a bubble that has been popped, leaving no trace behind.

So Xi wanted to kick Zhu Jiuyin away every time, but because this shameless snake was so thick-skinned, as long as Xi didn't really lose his temper, he would always stay by her side... which made her even more nervous. Almost getting used to it.

"You do not understand."

Listening to Xi's stiff answer and feeling the resistance contained in it, Li no longer dwelled on this topic.

There are some things you still have to rely on yourself.

This principle should also be applicable to immortals, right?

Li looked out the window and saw the young dragon man who was still concentrating on teasing Mo Xi.

At least……

For immortals who live a long life, they will not be so lonely if they have each other's presence, right?

'However, after all, I still can't let go of Xi...although maybe it's just my worries. '

With worries about his friends, before he died, Li asked Xi almost pleadingly:

"Xi...can you help me draw a picture of Poshan Town?"

After living in Xi's paintings for so long, Li naturally understood what the people in the paintings were like.

Li hopes that after his death, the person in the painting based on himself can help Xi.

……