C58 The Lucky One

In the year 265 of the Year of Shanhai, the Lai was born in the Zhenkong Demiplane.

Compared to the people who lived outside of the Demiplane, the Lai was very lucky. He had his parents to take care of him, so he didn't need to worry about not having anyone to take care of him. He didn't need to worry about having no friends with his brother to care about him. He didn't need to experience a life of misery, nor did he need to worry about dying in confusion one day.

Lai's childhood was lucky.

At that time, Zhenkong Demiplane was the private property of Heaven Dao Sect. The entire Zhenkong Demiplane was equivalent to the "Preschool" of Heaven Dao Sect. Students with excellent aptitudes were selected to join the Heaven Dao Sect.

And those high and mighty cultivators didn't need the "Mortal" that they couldn't cultivate. In comparison, these "Mortal" that lived in the Demiplane were much luckier than the "Mortal" that lived in the outside world.

Looking at them with a 'present' look, it was somewhat funny. They were clearly all the same humans. The same humans who would cry when they were sad, and also laugh when they were happy. However, before the reformation of the Shanhai World, it seemed that only those who had cultivated before could be called humans.

However, most of those who had never cultivated before were called - Mortal.

They were clearly the same humans who could cultivate, but their cultivation speed and efficiency were different. It was as if they had been separated into two completely different races by humans.

After the world had undergone reformation, it was as if everyone had suddenly realized something. It turned out that everyone was the same. There had never been a 'Mortal' before. All of the Mortal were actually 'humans'.

If nothing unexpected happened, the Lai would spend a short hundred years as a 'Mortal' in the Zhenkong Demiplane.

When raised by his parents, he would marry and have children. He would support his parents and raise his children with his elder brother. When his children grew up, he would also grow old and pass away safely when his children were on their knees.

When the Lai was fourteen years old, a chance for the Heaven Dao Sect to recruit disciples was bumped into by the Lai. Although the 'talent' of the Lai was not enough to move the people who came to recruit, it could not be a disciple of the Heaven Dao Sect. However, it still allowed the Lai to fight for the chance to go to the Heaven Dao Sect.

As a servant.

After bidding farewell to his family, the Lai followed the people of the Heaven Dao Sect and left Zhenkong Demiplane. They arrived at Shanhai World. What he had seen and heard along the way had made the Lai realize that compared to these people, It turned out that their lives in the past were so wonderful and blissful.

The Lai was lucky. When he was in Zhenkong Demiplane, he was still young and did not need to bear any burden. His parents had protected him very well.

When he was about to become an adult, he was lucky enough to join the Heaven Dao Sect, even though he was just a servant.

Although the Lai was a servant, there was still a chance for him to get in touch with cultivation and advance further.

During the time in the Heaven Dao Sect, the Lai had learned more words. He had also learned how to cultivate. Step by step, he advanced from being a servant to an official disciple of the Heaven Dao Sect. It had been further nurtured by the Heaven Dao Sect.

After that, just like many people, the Lai also chose the most orthodox Avatar in the Heaven Dao Sect - the Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth.

In the following days, in order to obtain resources and improve his cultivation, the Lai had completed the tasks assigned to him by the sect and participated in the battles between the top sects, even though he was just a cannon fodder.

However, the Lai was still lucky enough to survive in the life and death crisis after crisis.

Finally, at the age of 92, the Lai was lucky enough to give birth to the Avatar, allowing it to return to its youth and obtain an even longer lifespan.

In order to share this good news with his family, the Lai didn't let anyone pass on the message. Instead, it personally returned to the Zhenkong Demiplane.

After arriving home, the Lai vaguely discovered that several years had already passed since the last time he returned home.

For the current him, a few years of time wasn't even enough for him to go into seclusion once or immerse himself in researching a problem.

However, for those who had never cultivated before, a few years of time could allow an ignorant child to grow up and become an adult. It could also allow a lone person to form a beautiful family. It was also enough to cause a family to fall apart.

As the parents of the 'Mortal', he was no longer alive. The older brother of the Lai brought the Lai to his parents' grave.

The older brother of the Lai took care of the place very well. He did not let the parents' grave grow any gravestones.

In order to not disturb the Lai and not waste its precious time, under the request of the parents of the Lai, his elder brother didn't find anyone to inform the news of the Lai.

After sending away the descendants, there were only two people left.

In front of the two graves, an old man stood, and a slightly younger old man knelt in front of the graves.

Two similarly old men, one's lifespan was almost reaching its end, while the other had at least several thousand years of life left to slowly consume. And between these two, there was only a difference of two years.

The long difference in lifespan between brothers made the Lai somewhat uncomfortable.