Chapter: 5251

"My ancestor had mixed feelings but knew that their relationship as master and servant was complete. After they parted ways, my ancestor entered secular life and married a woman in nearby Jiangyang Prefecture to continue the family line;"

"After three years of marriage, he brought his wife and children back here to settle down, hoping to stay behind to serve Old Master Meng's family and also hoping to wait for Old Master Meng's return. This waiting period spanned multiple generations and over a thousand years..."

Lei Chen had some doubts in his mind and opened his mouth to say: "When your ancestor parted ways with Old Master Meng, he was already 70 years old and still able to go down the mountain to get married and continue the family line. This is truly hard to believe in that kind of environment. Couldn't it be due to the elixir given by Old Master Meng before his departure?"

"That's correct." Old Madame sighed: "Old Master Meng gave my ancestor two pills, one at the age of 50 and another when they parted ways. According to my ancestor's ancestral teachings, these two pills are indeed humanity's greatest treasure. As long as you take one pill, it will allow a person to become 20 years younger, so when my ancestor entered secular life and got married, although he was already 70 years old, he looked no more than 30;"

Lei Chen was shocked and asked bluntly: "Lady Jiang, are the pills given by Old Master Meng the Rejuvenation Pill?"

Old Madame listened to Lei Chen say those three words and suddenly looked frightened: "Ah... Ah... You... You also know about the Rejuvenation Pill?!"

Lei Chen nodded and spoke frankly: "I do."

There was a saying that Lei Chen didn't say out loud.

That would be, actually he came at the time when he prepared a Rejuvenation Pill for Madame Jiang specifically.

Madame Jiang couldn't help but praise: "You're indeed as great as Old Sage Mencius, with such profound divine powers!"

Lei Chen's face only showed a faint smile, but his heart was filled with more shock.

Until now, although he had gained many benefits from the "Nine Heavenly Scriptures", he didn't know who authored them.

Now that he knows that Old Sage Mencius had already refined the Rejuvenation Pill over 1,000 years ago and presented two pills to our ancestors, Lei Chen couldn't help but wonder: "Is it possible that I obtained the 'Nine Heavenly Scriptures' from Old Sage Mencius himself? On the day when my father-in-law overturned the ancient vase at Song's Family Celebration Hall, he indeed found a Tang-dynasty ceramic spring vase. And Old Sage Mencius was also a person from the Tang dynasty. Taking into account the information related to the Rejuvenation Pill that I obtained from Madame Jiang, this conjecture seems to have some possibility..."

However, Lei Chen's heart was also very clear: it would be impossible to conclude solely based on these two points.

If he really wants to verify this matter, he would at least need to find more clues.

So, he temporarily suppressed his curiosity and asked Madame Jiang again: "Madame Jiang, how long did your ancestors live before their passing?"

Madame Jiang said: "Our ancestors lived for 113 years until they passed away in the year 863 AD. Because Old Sage Mencius's wife and children were buried on the rear mountain, our ancestors were buried at the foot of the mountain after their death. And that's why our descendants from the Jiang family are also buried at the foot of the mountain."

He couldn't help but feel a sense of lamentation: "Old Sage lived to be 113 years old, minus the 40-year life extension granted by the Two Spring Pills. He relied on himself and reached the age of 73, which was already very rare in those times."

According to some unreliable scholars' statistics, the average lifespan in the Tang Dynasty was around 40-50 years.

However, their statistics were one-sided, based only on tomb inscriptions and recorded historical books, calculating the ages of people who had left behind records. Then they calculated an so-called average age.

But they overlooked a very significant issue: those who could leave behind tombstones and have their epitaphs written were already part of the elite class in that era.

Moreover, many children who died young, unmarried young men, and ordinary civilians who were buried with only a simple grass mat and no epitaph.

Therefore, the average lifespan calculated by the elite class had no real meaning.

Historical records show that the average lifespan of Tang Dynasty emperors was around 44 years old, which is already a very high level for the era's elite class. Even so, the average lifespan was still only around 44 years old.

Many objective scholars believe that if we take into account the high infant mortality rate and the average lifespan of ordinary people, the true average lifespan in the Tang Dynasty should be around 30-40 years. JrNovels.com