Chen Shi surveyed the village, noticing many villagers sitting in the sun, basking in its rays. They were dressed warmly, squinting their eyes as their cheeks turned red from the sunlight.
For those who have already achieved immortality, five hundred years pass in the blink of an eye, but for mortals, it's a passage of many cycles of life and death, their past lives reduced to ashes.
"I was the one who led Jiang Guo into the gates of Golden Turtle Island. He was a genius, learning everything quickly. Even in a place like Penglai West, where cultivation is nearly impossible, his progress was astonishingly fast. Before he entered, I taught him the Mixed Yuan Dao Scripture and Sword Scripture, making an agreement that once he reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm, he would come to Golden Turtle Island to find me. Later, I forgot about this matter."
