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Chapter 326 The Remaining Years (1)
It was already deep winter and snowing heavily, but there was no snow inside or outside Liyue Harbor.
It is called a heavy snow day, but there is no heavy snow.
Su Lingling was depressed for a long time because of this. She hugged her naughty brother and threw him dozens of times at home before she gave up.
Su Yunqing didn't dare to be angry or speak.
Then, the two little kids wanted to go out with their father. When they heard that they were going to the Hall of the Dead, they were not scared like ordinary people. Instead, they were very happy, as if it was New Year’s Day.
Before going out, Ningguang helped Su Ping tighten his collar and cuffs at the door. The light yellow thick fur coat made the latter look quite majestic.
As soon as I went out, the wind was freezing cold.
Su Ping shrank his neck, but opened his thick fur coat a little to cover the two children sitting on the armrests on both sides of the wheelchair.
The door of the Hall of Rebirth is tightly closed. This is the case all day long, no matter whether it is the hottest summer or the coldest winter.
Knock, knock, knock on the door in a very regular manner, followed by a child's cry.
"Aunt Walnut, open the door! Dad is so cold that his nose is running!"
With a loud bang, the door opened, and the figure in black standing there was none other than the current head of the Wangsheng Hall, Hu Tao.
Hu Tao looked down at the two little porcelain dolls, invited them in, and then pushed Su Ping in personally. Originally, the wheelchair was controlled by mechanical technology and did not require manpower, but Master Hu insisted, so Su Ping followed her.
It was not the first time for the two children to come to the Hall of the Rebirth, but every time they came, there would be changes in the hall, because the 77th generation hall master had many wonderful ideas and would make reforms and innovations every few days.
Of course, if something can’t be sold, it still can’t be sold.
"Brother Su, it seems that you don't come here for no reason. Let me guess, you are not here to play with your children, right?"
Walnut blinked her plum blossom eyes, handed him a cup of hot tea and placed it next to his hand.
Su Ping opened his mouth, but he wanted to tell the two children not to be naughty, and his intention was to talk to the older sister. However, Hu Tao waved her hands generously and said that they could play as they pleased, and it would be her fault if they broke anything.
The two then returned to the original topic.
Su Ping exhaled and said, "I have something to ask you."
Hu Tao sighed and said, "I knew that Brother Su would be like this, but we have to make an agreement in advance. I cannot change the life span or extend the life span."
Su Ping shook his head gently. "Of course not. I just heard that there is a kind of existence that is not tolerated by the world. The living are afraid of it, and the underworld does not accept it. It just requires losing something."
Hu Tao looked serious for the first time, and said solemnly: "If Brother Su wants to turn himself into that, Hu Tao will never agree. The order of yin and yang cannot be broken! And if I turn into that, I will be in trouble if I live..."
They are all smart people, and they understand the reason without saying everything.
Su Ping smiled calmly and said, "If I can't make it past ten years, then there's nothing I can do. Although this broken body isn't very useful, it can still ward off some disasters after some patching and repair."
Ten years later, it will be the time of the War of Gods, and the monsters will inevitably riot and sweep across Teyvat. This useless man also learns that his master has a way to allow him to temporarily restore his strength, so he must live until that time.
Hu Tao lowered her brows for the first time, looking miserable, and said, "Liyue is not the only powerful one, Brother Su. Can't we let someone else do it?"
Su Ping said: "When you have power, you must fulfill your responsibilities. As the commander of the Qianyan Army, I have 300,000 soldiers obeying my orders. How can I live in disgrace behind millions of people?"
"If, I mean if, Brother Su's master, agrees to this?"
"I have done many things that Master disagreed with, and every time she has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and this time is no exception. Don't worry."
"But what if the two children see us..."
"Just try to hide it."
It is a very bad thing if a creature that is neither human nor ghost is seen by your own children. It is best not to have it, but if it happens, you must find ways to save the situation.
"Brother Su, how badly are you injured?"
"You can tell a person's fate from the past life hall, so why do you need to ask me?"
"I want to hear the details."
"Anyway, it's not the overwork that was announced to the public."
……
As the Lantern Festival approached, Su Ping's hair turned grayer, with half of his hair turning gray. His wrinkles did not increase, after all, he had used a lot of immortal ointments to beautify his complexion and cover up his injuries.
On this day, he went up to Tianheng Mountain using the flying vehicle summoned by Nan Zhangsheng.
Two young men, on the top of this mountain, at the place where they revealed their identities for the first time, just to say a few words.
"Are the technological weapons in our hands really useless?"
"It's useless. Most of it is damaged. Even the main body of the battleship was found to be damaged after we returned. Now I can't contact the teacher and I don't have any materials. No matter how talented I am, I can't do anything without rice!"
"How much is left?"
"There are about a hundred consumable bombs left. I'm afraid they won't be enough."
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it."
"Let's not talk about this. My sister Beidou and I will have our wedding in the first month of next year. Brother Su, please bring your sister-in-law, children, relatives and friends to the wedding."
"sure."
……
After descending Tianheng Mountain, Su Ping did not rush back. He first went to the flower bed outside Yujing Terrace, where there was a small tea stall that did not sell tea.
When the stall owner, Grandma Ping, saw the visitor, she looked unhappy and said, "What are you doing here? I can't afford expensive tea here. Kaiyangxing, you should go somewhere else and find someone to drink tea with!"
Su Ping narrowed his eyes, which were even more blurry, and shook his head, saying, "It's okay if the tea is not expensive. What's important is the people who drink with you. Grandma's place is nice, so I want to come here often."
Veins bulged on Grandma Ping's temples. Even though she said she would kick this guy out and no longer called herself a master who doesn't care about his disciples, this guy actually dared to take it seriously?
"You're itching for a fight?"
"Don't dare."
Grandma Ping snorted coldly, looked down at the tearful little porcelain doll in her arms, and said kindly, "Don't learn from bad guys. You'll end up with nothing good, okay?"
Su Lingling squeezed out tears with great difficulty, and said with tears in her eyes, "Grandma, please don't be angry with Dad, okay?"
Grandma Ping smiled and replied, "Even little Lingling doesn't call me Grandmaster anymore. That person should have been expelled from the sect long ago. He is really not up to the task!"
Su Lingling gritted his teeth and said, "But you have been expelled from the sect. How can Lingling call you Grandmaster? It is not proper."
"Who said that?" Grandma Ping said unreasonably, "The old woman said it's okay to shout, so no one's word of no will work, not even Lingling's own father will!"
Su Ping smiled awkwardly. Wasn't he the father of that disliked child?
Su Lingling curled her lips and said, "Then I won't learn immortal arts, so as to save Master from worrying about me."
Su Ping smiled faintly.
Grandma Ping said unhappily, "Okay, okay, so you're waiting here. It's fine if you're not a good person, but you've led my little Lingling astray. That's a huge sin!"
Su Ping hurriedly said: "Master, please forgive me!"
"No way!" Grandma Ping scolded.
Su Lingling said indirectly: "Grandmaster... Grandmaster, great Grandmaster! A Grandmaster who is unparalleled in the world and cannot be surpassed by anyone!"
When the adorable and lovely little girl starts to act coquettishly, even the most heartless person will be stunned and stop for a moment.
Grandma Ping laughed angrily, "Father and daughter are of the same character!"
"No one knows a daughter better than her father."
"Girls should not avoid their fathers when they are young."
With the help of both of them, the steps were paved and Grandma Ping was helped down. After she calmed down, she was willing to say a few words to the young man.
"Three rules. This must not happen again. Repeat three times. Remember?"
"Disciples, please remember Master's teachings."
"It's no use just remembering it, you have to do it!"
"Disciple... do your best!"
……
The last Seven Stars meeting at the end of the year was not filled with much joy as the year was coming to an end. Instead, it was extremely heavy, as if a huge mountain was pressing down on the hearts of each of the Seven Stars.
During the discussion session, all the seven stars expressed their own opinions, refuted and supported them, and changed and created countless ideas and thoughts.
The energy and time consumed was perhaps second only to the founding conference 3,700 years ago when Liyue Harbor was initially established and everything was in ruins.
This important meeting took two days, during which the seven bigwigs basically forgot to eat and sleep, and no one left the conference room. Finally, there was a satisfactory result.
People in later generations called it “the most important meeting to save Liyue from disaster, no doubt about it”!
The general content of the meeting was about arrangements for the next ten years. Although it was not comprehensive, it was at least the safest solution they could think of at the moment.
First of all, everything went on as usual. In the first five years, we only secretly recruited candidates for the military, and sent spies out to look for the strongholds of gathered monsters. We tried to defend as many as possible.
In the next five years, there will be a lot to consider.
The requirements for joining the army should be appropriately reduced, and more young and strong people should be converted into the Thousand Rock Army. Food, medicine, etc. must be strictly controlled. In addition, the military garrison in Liyue Harbor needs to be re-dispatched.
For possible emergencies, such as public panic, natural disasters, rebellious warlords, separatist regimes, etc., we have at least two solutions.
These two days were extremely fulfilling.
Tianshuxing touched his graying temples and said with a smile, "In the past two days, I guess I have grown a lot of gray hair."
After saying that, he looked at the young one with white hair, and said teasingly: "Fortunately, there is Kaiyang Star as the bottom, so the first example will not grow old again!"
Su Ping calmly replied: "The pot calling the kettle black when you take fifty steps."
Tianshuxing groaned, "That's still too little!"
After muttering, Qixing left the table together and moved the table to the center of the conference room.
There is a huge hourglass there, which was specially customized by the beautiful and wealthy Tianquanxing for reminder and warning.
The seven people placed their hands on the huge hourglass and turned it over. Sand began to leak out from the extremely small opening at the joint. It was fine sand polished from pure gold.
Less than ten years left!
Su Ping faced the hourglass and muttered to himself, "Next, I should start working on the items left by the immortals to make Liyue Harbor as solid as a rock. At least, when a disaster strikes, it won't be breached instantly. And this position... I really want to give it up!"
The other six stars shook their heads and smiled bitterly, jokingly saying that changing the commander at the last minute of a battle was not a good sign.