Evergreen Immortal.

Chapter 1 Li Rui
Yu State, Yunzhou, Anning Prefecture, Qinghe County.

As winter comes, it snows overnight.

Ugly time.

The door of a small room in the southeast corner of Zhu's house was pushed open with a creaking sound.

Li Rui put his hands in the sleeves of his cotton-padded jacket, his boots squeaking in the snow, and walked to the stable tremblingly.

He would come to the stable every night to check if the two kids were slacking off. Of course, at this age where he would wet his shoes with pee, he had long lost the habit of sleeping in.

Seeing the hay piled high in the horse trough, Li Rui walked back to the house with satisfaction.

A horse cannot grow fat without night grass.

The Zhu family's horses are more valuable than people.

If the master of the Zhu family noticed that the horse had become thinner, even an old groom who had worked for fifty years would be punished.

Return to the warm room.

Li Rui was no longer sleepy. He took out a pipe from beside his pillow, knocked the brass pot with his heel, stuffed it with tobacco, and took a few puffs. For a moment, the room was filled with smoke.

He leaned back comfortably, looking at his dry, old, calloused hands.

"How can you live so long?"

By the beginning of next spring, he will be seventy years old. In this era, it is extremely rare to live to be seventy years old. Maybe the county magistrate will come to see him by then, and the Zhu family will grant him permission to leave his slavery.

But it no longer meant anything to him.

Looking back on life.

Nothing to like, nothing to gain, nothing to achieve.

Well, smoking a pipe is one.

"What a sin! I am a modern man."

Yes, Li Rui is a time traveler.

He is just the most miserable one among the time travelers. He has no plug-ins and no golden fingers, and he has stayed in this world for fifty years.

His previous life's family suffered a disaster and he was sold to the Zhu family. He couldn't bear the hardship and froze to death one winter. Li Rui then took over their family's home.

Thanks to his literacy and cleverness, he managed to get the position of groom with great difficulty.

As a skilled worker, grooms are paid much better than other servants. At least they don't have to worry about food and clothing.

Use the knowledge from the previous life to change your destiny?

He was a lowly person, and if he did anything too unusual, his master would treat him as a monster and beat him to death.

Later, as he grew older, his status in the Zhu family rose. People they met would call him "Old Li". He also took in two apprentices and no longer had to feed the horses himself.

Life is pretty decent.

He never thought about getting married and having children. He signed a red deed, and unless the master showed mercy, he could not get rid of his slavery even if he paid a ransom.

According to the laws of the State of Yu, a person of low status would be a slave for generations, which means that his children would be slaves from the moment they were born.

Why should we let our descendants go through this too?

He did have several lovers in his early years, but the youngest one passed away a few years ago, and he was the one who buried her.

He passed on his horse-breeding skills to his two apprentices in the hope that when he died in a few years, he would be buried in a thin-skinned coffin and have a good end to his life.

Everything is destined, no one can help.

at this time--

Lines of small words appeared before his eyes.

[Host detected, congratulations on starting your perfect life! ]

"Goldfinger?"

"Why are you here just now?"

Li Rui's heart, which had been calm for a long time, was once again stirred up, but what the hell is a perfect life?

He is already seventy years old and is about to be buried. How can he still live a perfect life?
The next second, more small words popped up, interrupting his thoughts.

[You were born with a strange sign from heaven. You are a natural warrior with rare martial arts skills. The moment you were born, you were destined to be the best in the world in the future! ]

Li Rui's expression became strange.

This life is perfect, but it seems to have nothing to do with him. Not to mention that he was born with martial arts, he had practiced martial arts for a few days with the martial arts master in Zhu's mansion in his early years.

Number one in the world?

He couldn't even touch the threshold of martial arts. Practicing martial arts requires extremely high physical fitness. It would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to even get started.

Besides, he is already seventy years old!
What the hell is natural martial arts?!
But soon, a light screen panel appeared in front of his eyes.

[Get talent, martial bones! 】

【Name: Li Rui】

【Age: 0】

[Talent: Wu Gu (rarely seen in a thousand years, born invincible)]

[Achievement: 0/100]

The moment the panel appeared, Li Rui felt as if there was something extra in his spine. His originally cold hands and feet became warm in an instant, and his blood and energy became many times more abundant than before.

Is it really Wu Gu? !

Li Rui's eyes widened in disbelief.

But this Wu Gu arrived too late.
According to the average lifespan of ancient people, he had already exceeded it by several decades. It would be an optimistic estimate if he could live another ten years. What use would it be even if he obtained Wu Gu?

"Humans have a lifespan, but immortals don't. Since everyone has martial bones, maybe there really are immortals in this world. Seventy years old is considered old in the mortal world, but in the world of cultivation, it is the prime of life!"

Li Rui forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart.

"There is a warrior in Anning Prefecture who has practiced health-preserving exercises and lived for two decades. Martial arts are not all about bravery and fighting. There are also techniques to prolong life."

"In the main sects of the Yu Kingdom, it is common to see old immortals with fluttering white hair. Their strength cannot be measured by their age."

Moreover, compared to people who are born with martial arts bones, he has one biggest advantage.

That is stability.

If a child is really born with extraordinary talent and extraordinary bones, and is carrying a treasure, he will definitely be envied. If the parents are not strong enough, then this martial bone is not a blessing but a disaster. Only things that can be received can be truly regarded as one's own blessing.

A senior named Huang is the best example.

Getting some things too early is not a good thing.

Seventy is just right!

And it seems that there are more rewards besides Wu Gu.

He focused his eyes on the achievements column and saw countless small words appear in front of him.

"Succeed in the imperial examinations, become famous in the martial arts world, and be feared on the battlefield."

As long as you complete the achievements of these entries, you can get achievement points, and the achievement points you get can unlock new rewards.

When he saw "becoming an immortal", his belief became even stronger.

Li Rui calmed down.

These achievements are too far away from him. What he needs to do now is to practice martial arts.

"I remember that Yang Huyuan of the Zhu family got drunk a few days ago and boasted that he had a martial art that could make one live to be a hundred years old. It was called Ba Duan Jin. I will go to him and ask for it tomorrow."

If you have a martial spirit, there is no need to worry about not being able to practice a simple Eight-Section Brocade.

Early in the morning.

Li Rui put on his cotton jacket and walked towards the Zhu family's martial arts arena. The Zhu family was a wealthy family in Qinghe. There were more than a dozen guards in the yard alone. Ordinary bandits did not dare to provoke them, and nothing had happened in decades.

He could walk around the Zhu family's house with his eyes closed, and he arrived at a vacant lot at the back of the house with ease.

This is where the Zhu family guards practice martial arts on a daily basis.

A middle-aged man who was seven feet tall saw Li Rui and grinned: "Old Li, why are you here at the martial arts arena? Do you want to stretch your old arms and legs?"

The other security guards also joined in the laughter after hearing this.

Li Rui was accustomed to this kind of scene and ignored everyone.

He found the oldest guard in the corner and asked, "Old Yang, does the Eight-Section Brocade you mentioned earlier still count?"

The old guard named Yang Yong was stunned: "Old Li, do you really want to learn martial arts?"

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