Chapter 3075 (Three Thousand and Seventy-Five)
“Yes.” Tie Jinjue said, “You keep your word. Now can you tell me what you were thinking about when you thought about life and death just now?”

Li Pingrun said: “I just thought that even at this time, I still care so much about my life span.”

Tie Jinjue asked: “Did you think you would no longer care about your life span?”

Li Pingrun said: “Yes, I actually had such an idea.”

Tie Jinjue said: “Human life is so precious…”

When Tie Jinjue said this, he thought: It is not difficult to understand that people who think they are desperate want to escape from the world, but how many people would wish to be able to live forever?
“Yes, it’s precious.” Li Pingrun said, “My sister’s life is so precious, but… she was destroyed in my hands because I took the wrong path… If I can pay with my own life, and at the same time not continue to struggle in this world, that’s not bad, isn’t it?”

Tie Jinjue said, “‘Trade her life in exchange’? How? Can she be resurrected?”

Li Pingrun shook his head after hearing this.

“If you can’t be resurrected, it doesn’t count as offset.” Tie Jinjue said.

“But it’s a relief now that I don’t have to continue struggling in the world,” said Li Pingrun.

“Master Li, do you understand… how much people who already know they won’t live long want to continue living?” Tie Jinjue said. When he said this, he thought of himself. He really wanted to live longer and continue to do that great thing with Tie Hongyan.

“I can’t understand it, I can only imagine it.” Li Pingrun said, “If there is a way in the world to transfer the life of those who want to escape from the world to those who want to live longer but can’t, it would really satisfy many people. However, I have learned magic and used magic for so many years, and I have never heard of such a method.” Tie Jinjue originally planned to say something to persuade him to continue living, but he wanted to know more about his thoughts, so he asked: “Just now, what did you think of later?”

Li Pingrun replied: “I thought about the things I had not finished, and I did not feel that I could leave this world without any worries, so I naturally cared about my life span. Then I thought about the fact that when I took the wrong path, was in great pain, and did not know what to do, I was still willing to continue living. Was it just because I felt that I had something unfinished?”

Tie Jinjue was startled when he heard this and thought: I wonder if he is like that. What about me? Is the reason why I want to live longer because I feel that I have unfinished business?
Tie Jinjue asked, “Do you think so?”

Li Pingrun said, “Maybe. This is different for everyone. Some people would like to continue living even if they don’t have anything to finish. But I feel that living in this world is painful now. If I don’t have anything to finish, there is actually not much meaning for me to continue living.”

Tie Jinjue said: “If a person lives because he has unfinished business, perhaps after living for a period of time, his thoughts will change. At that time, perhaps this person will want to continue living even if he no longer has anything unfinished.”

Li Pingrun said: “There is no one who cannot get rid of pain. Maybe it will be like this.”

“You are a Taoist priest. Can you always use magic to accurately predict what will happen in the future?” Tie Jinjue asked.

Li Pingrun shook his head and said, “No, if I knew magic and could predict it, I would not have taken that wrong path.”

(End of this chapter)