Chapter 518 - 8 Fruit of Immortality
Mr. Naji looked up, his gaze flitting as he regarded Gu Xiaoxi before finally speaking in a serious tone, "Do you know of the Nether Sea?"
Gu Xiaoxi and Su San glanced at each other, both shaking their heads.
"I will not hide it from you, in a week’s time the ’Caribbean Emperor’ will set sail in search of the Nether Sea," Mr. Naji said, his expression growing solemn.
"It is said that there’s a legend about the Nether Sea. In the center of the sea area exists an island akin to paradise. On it, one can find the fruit of a tree that bestows eternal life. Just one fruit can grant three hundred years of life and perpetual youth, and the tree blooms and bears thousands of such fruits at a time."
Hearing this, Gu Xiaoxi shook her head, "That is but a legend! Do you believe it, Mr. Naji?"
"I’m half a skeptic and half a believer! But I have truly seen someone who has lived forever," said Naji. This made him involuntarily recall the exalted figure he had encountered in his youth.
"Who?" For Gu Xiaoxi, Mi Xi was the most unusual being she had encountered.
He had cultivated for four hundred ninety-eight years, and he was a being that had formed himself from a mere wisp of a soul.
As Naji reminisced, he explained, "A man in white, holding a jade flute, who could fly freely. His coming left no traces, his departure bore no shadow. I saw him when I was seven years old, and again last year. Twenty years had passed, but his appearance hadn’t changed at all. He was still as handsome, youthful, and graceful as ever."
At that moment, Gu Xiaoxi was certain she knew who he was speaking about.