Once I had some free time, I sought out Elder Jian and Elder Wu. I gave them some vague hints about the importance of physical conditioning, stressing that as my right-hand men, they really ought to train their strength up to at least 900 jin to become Houtian Dancers. I even suggested that achieving the Innate stage wasn't entirely out of the question. I’m a professional at painting grand visions, but this time I clearly kicked a hornet’s nest. I went on to analyze how, once our circumstances improved, we might even push ourselves further, suggesting that in time, we could live for two or three hundred years. I even dared to imagine us building a spacecraft to travel to other parts of the Cultivation World, where living for thousands of years wouldn't be impossible.
In truth, I was being quite difficult with them. Asking an old fellow who had lived for countless eons to work on building 900 jin of physical strength—they probably didn't even know how to begin. They could shatter mountains and split the earth with a casual wave of their hands. The mere suggestion that they should aim to live for "only" a few thousand years had both of those old guys breaking into a cold sweat.
It would be fine if I weren't forcing them to shoulder karma for me; they could easily live for several more eons without issue. But having to carry that burden for me while only living a few thousand years? Thinking about it was enough to bring tears to their eyes. Thankfully, this guy didn't say anyt…
Chapter 59