Chapter 3080 (Three Thousand and Eighty) Benefactor

Tie Jinjue said: “Promise me, no matter what happens next, don’t commit suicide, it’s that simple.”

Li Pingrun was moved at first, then he thought: I felt that Elder Tie would not be the kind of person who would use me to do things for him. Sure enough, what he proposed was just to keep me alive… But if I agree, I must keep my promise. Can I do it when I am in deep torture?
Seeing that Li Pingrun did not give a straightforward answer, Tie Jinjue said again: “Li Fangshi, tell me the truth, how do I treat you?”

Li Pingrun said: “Elder Tie is so kind to me. I have said that Elder Tie is my benefactor.”

“I do treat you well with all my heart, and I don’t want someone I treat like this to commit suicide.” Tie Jinjue said.

Li Pingrun looked at Tie Jinjue and said, “I understand.”

Tie Jinjue asked, “Just understanding? You said I was your benefactor, so your benefactor wants you to promise him something, something that is not difficult, something that is not asking you to do something but asking you not to do something, are you unwilling to agree?”

Li Pingrun understood that Tie Jinjue said this just because he wanted him to live, and he was moved again. However, as a Taoist priest, he would say “I’m not sure” and would not agree directly to something he was not sure whether he could do. He still didn’t know whether he could do it.

Tie Jinjue sighed, looking a little sad, and said, “Alas! I was so kind to a person, and I helped him out in front of the clan leader time and time again, but who would have thought that he would not agree to this easy thing… Is it really that difficult to not commit suicide? Alas!”

Hearing Tie Jinjue’s two sighs, Li Pingrun was deeply touched and said, “Elder Tie, to be honest, for many people, not committing suicide may be too easy. Many people may not even think about committing suicide… However, for someone who has taken the wrong path, is deeply trapped in pain, and suffers torture every day in the world, it is really a difficult thing!”

Tie Jinjue could sense Li Pingrun’s inner struggle, but he still hoped that Li Pingrun would agree to him, so he said, “Actually, it’s not easy to rescue others in front of the clan leader again and again.” Li Pingrun thought again of the times when Tie Jinjue had helped him in the past, and knew that it was not easy for Tie Jinjue to do those things for him at that time. He felt that if he did not agree to Tie Jinjue, he would feel really bad, and he would be sorry for the person in front of him whom he called “benefactor”.

Tie Jinjue asked, “You don’t want to see that thing, but you also don’t want to promise not to commit suicide?”

Li Pingrun said, “Elder Tie, I am an alchemist and have long developed the habit of being honest. I must keep my word. Promising someone something seems easy, but it is not easy to do it. Since it is not easy, we must be cautious.”

Tie Jinjue said, “You mean it’s hard for you to do it?”

Li Pingjun frowned and nodded.

Tie Jinjue said: “If I really want you to do it, will you try hard to do it because of the good things I have done for you?”

Li Pingrun thought that he should do this, but he really didn’t want to suffer those tortures in the world, so he said: “Elder Tie, is there anything else for me to do?”

Tie Jinjue said: “There is nothing else, just this one thing.”

(End of this chapter)