Chapter: 5654

"Of course." Lin Wan'er said, looking at the ancestral tablet on the nearby altar, speaking sincerely: "As an oath to my late father's spirit, everything I say now will be truthful and without any concealment or deception. Prior concealments were unavoidable; I hope you can understand."

Ye Chen followed her gaze and saw the eight large characters on the tablet: "The Spirit Tablet of Lin Zhiqui".

At this moment, Ye Chen was no longer suspicious of Lin Wan'er's words. He restrained his inner shock and asked: "Is the Elixir of Eternal Youth that you consumed given to you by your father?"

Lin Wan'er glanced back at the ancestral tablet and spoke: "Yes, the Elixir of Eternal Youth was given to me by my father before he passed away."

Ye Chen was even more astonished: "If your father had the Elixir of Eternal Youth, why didn't he take it himself before he died? If he took it, wouldn't he be able to avoid death?"

As he spoke, Ye Chen added: "Oh, please still use 'I' when referring to yourself. I'm a modern person born under the red flag and find it quite awkward when you always say 'your family'."

"Okay, I'll try..." Lin Wan'er nodded slightly with a sorrowful face, speaking: "Returning to your question just now, over three hundred years ago, when I was 17 and still practicing embroidery in my chamber in southern Sichuan... suddenly, my father appeared before me from afar, bearing heavy wounds...".

I hastily settled my father's temporary arrangements, and then he gave me an unknown elixir, telling me not to ask questions or refuse it; I didn't know what effects this elixir had, but as my father instructed, I took it without hesitation. After taking it, my father only told me what kind of elixir it was and what its effects were......"

As she spoke, her eyes reddened, and she whispered softly: "As for why your father didn't take the Elixir of Eternal Youth himself, but gave it to me instead, he said it was because he didn't want to see me grow old and eventually die in front of him one day......"

"My father said that if there were a drug that could make a parent live forever, watching their daughter slowly grow old and eventually die, then such a drug would not be an elixir, but poison."

"He said he had to die before my eyes so I could have peace, and since I was still young and unmarried with no worries, after taking the Elixir of Eternal Youth, I could live well and live for five hundred years..."

Ye Chen suddenly thought of something and blurted out: "You said you're already over three hundred years old, but don't your children......"

Lin Wan'er looked at Ye Chen with a faintly annoyed expression and spoke in a low voice: "Young master, I may have lived for over three hundred years, but I've always been a pure and innocent maiden, never married..."

"Oh, oh..." Ye Chen quickly apologized, saying: "I'm sorry, my mistake."

Lin Wan'er whispered: "My father originally instructed me to be free from entanglements and not get married. For the first four hundred years, I must live as a single person and not marry..."

Ye Chen curiously asked: "Why?"

Because Longevity Elixir existed in front of the first four hundred years, it wouldn't let my family grow old and become wrinkles. Only after reaching the end of those one hundred years, it would allow me to gradually grow old at some time point."

"If I got married within the first four hundred years, I would have to suffer the pain of watching my children gradually grow old and eventually die. And after that time point arrives, I can experience the true life from 17 to 18 years old, then 28 years old, 38 years old, and finally slowly become old."

"So, when that time point comes, I can go through a truly human life."

Ye Chen nodded slightly, understanding the pain of watching parents grow old while oneself remains youthful. This feeling must be extremely painful.

That's why Lin Wan'er's father gave her Longevity Elixir and instructed her not to get married within the first four hundred years - it was a very wise decision.

Therefore, Ye Chen asked her again: "What happened to your father afterwards?"

Lin Wan'er sighed: "At that time, my father was seriously injured and had no other medicine to cure his wound. He could only stay in bed resting, but fortunately, there was no life-threatening danger, and if enough time passed, he might recover..."

After a pause, Lin Wan'er said with a sorrowful expression: "But my father said that the person who hurt him would arrive at Xiangnan within half a month, so he kept urging me to take that ring and leave quickly to avoid them finding me..."

As she spoke, her eyes reddened: "On the seventh day after my father was sent back to Xiangnan with the ring, he took advantage of my absence buying medicine and left a letter before cutting off his own life..." JrNovels.com