253: An 800-year-old elder has another reason

On the other side.

Yu Xiu and the others had already entered the Secret Realm, and guided by Li Gou Dan, they arrived in front of a thatched hut in the deepest part of the Secret Realm.

"The Clan Elder is inside."

Li Gou Dan pointed at the thatched hut in front of him, and Yu Xiu couldn't help but frown.

Entering the Secret Realm.

Along the way, the houses he saw were either stacked with stones or plastered with mud.

Of course, there were also some built with mortise and tenon joints from wood.

It was clear that the Old Qin People maintained the Secret Realm quite well, and did not use tall buildings for construction.

However, in Yu Xiu's opinion, even if the Old Qin People wanted to build skyscrapers, they wouldn't be able to.

Furthermore, Yu Xiu hadn't seen any power lines or poles in this Secret Realm.

From this, it was evident that the Old Qin People in this Secret Realm still used candles or kerosene lamps for lighting.

"Gou Dan, bring the guests in!"

At this moment, an old voice came from the thatched hut, and Li Gou Dan turned to Yu Xiu and the others, saying, "The Clan Elder invites you in."

Yu Xiu and the others nodded.

They followed Li Gou Dan into the thatched hut.

The thatched hut was very simple: a bed, a table, and an old wooden cabinet in the corner, which seemed to be used for clothes.

"Guests, please sit!"

At this time, an elderly man with a head full of white hair and wrinkled skin sat at the table.

This was clearly the Clan Elder.

He was arranging tea sets with great skill; in Yu Xiu's eyes, the old man's movements, though simple, were fluid.

"Hello, Clan Elder, I am Yu Xiu."

This old man was over eight hundred years old, an existence like an Old Ancestor to Yu Xiu, and his face showed respect.

"Clan Elder, I am Chu Yunzhang."

Old Master Chu beside him also adopted the posture of a Junior, bowing respectfully.

"You are all good children."

The Clan Elder smiled gently and waved his hand, saying, "Don't be so polite, quickly sit down and have some tea."

After inviting Yu Xiu and Old Master Chu to sit down, the Clan Elder looked at the President of Huaxia University and chuckled, "Xiao Shen, you've worked hard."

"Not at all, Clan Elder, it's what Xiao Shen should do."

The President of Huaxia University's address made Yu Xiu and Old Master Chu pause in surprise.

"The Clan Elder's surname is also Shen, he is my direct ancestor."

The President of Huaxia University explained, seemingly noticing Yu Xiu and Old Master Chu's gazes.

Hearing this.

Yu Xiu and the other immediately understood.

No wonder the President of Huaxia University was so confident before that he could persuade the Old Qin People to migrate into the Kirin Small World.

It turned out there was this relationship.

This Clan Elder could be said to be the current patriarch of the Old Qin People.

Then the President of Huaxia University, by extension, was royalty to the Old Qin People.

His status was quite high.

"Xiao Shen is a good child, but it's a pity about his parents."

The Clan Elder seemed to recall past events, his eyes turning a little red, then he waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about it, it's all in the past."

Seeing this scene.

Yu Xiu could actually understand it quite well.

Although the Clan Elder was over eight hundred years old, the person who lived the longest was the most painful.

Watching his companions and his Juniors die one by one, while he was powerless, this feeling was very painful.

"Clan Elder, are you really over eight hundred years old?" Yu Xiu still asked curiously.

In his understanding, the Martial Dao Era had only begun about four hundred years ago, but how could the old man have lived to eight hundred?

Could it be that before the Martial Dao Era, this Clan Elder had already lived for four hundred years?

"How could it be possible to be eight hundred years old?"

The Clan Elder smiled and shook his head, "I am only a little over four hundred years old now."

"Perhaps you're curious why the Old Qin People believe I'm eight hundred years old."

"Actually, I inherited the identity of the previous few generations of Clan Elders, thereby extending my age."

"You can understand it as a tradition of our clan!"

Yu Xiu asked doubtfully, "I heard Gou Dan say that you've taken the Longevity Medicine nine times?"

"That's right, indeed nine times."

The Clan Elder nodded slightly, not hiding anything.

Yu Xiu asked again, "But I heard that breaking through to Martial Venerable grants three hundred years of life."

The Clan Elder smiled and nodded, "You also said that breaking through to Martial Venerable grants three hundred years of life."

"But in the Early Stage of the Martial Dao Era, Martial Venerable strength was a heaven-defying existence; without great Opportunity, it was impossible to Cultivate to it."

"People like us, born in the Early Stage of the Martial Dao Era, our bodies and Comprehension Ability were very poor."

"Moreover, constantly eating grains, the body inevitably had Impurities."

"Unlike your current children, you have gone through many generations of continuation; after the recovery of heaven and earth energy, human bodies are constantly changing and strengthening, and the Impurities in the body are gradually decreasing."

"You cannot deny that in a world with heaven and earth energy, even without Cultivating, simply breathing daily, human bodies are constantly improving and strengthening."

"Before the Martial Dao Era began, human lifespans were generally sixty to seventy years, and even seventy was considered old age."

"And those who lived to eighty or ninety were even rarer."

"A hundred-year lifespan, in the entire Huaxia, perhaps not more than twenty people."

"Furthermore, before the Martial Dao Era began, humans suffered from various incurable diseases, but what about now?"

"Have you ever heard of anyone suffering from an incurable disease?"

"At most, it's just illness due to overwork."

Hearing these words.

Yu Xiu also nodded slightly.

The place where he lived in his previous life was similar to Huaxia before the Martial Dao Era began.

Just as the Clan Elder said.

The average lifespan was sixty to seventy years.

A hundred-year lifespan was even rarer.

There were many incurable diseases.

But when he came to this world.

He hadn't heard of the existence of incurable diseases; according to the Clan Elder, everything was due to the change in heaven and earth energy.

It was not only changing human genes generation by generation but also changing human bodies.

"So, in the Early Stage of the Martial Dao Era, Grandmaster and even Great Grandmaster were super-strong individuals among humans, and Martial Venerable was an unparalleled strong individual among humans."

The Clan Elder chuckled, "And I, a hundred years after the Martial Dao Era began, was only a second-grade Martial Artist."

"To have my current Martial Emperor strength, it was all accumulated over time, and most importantly, I used a lot of Spirit Medicine."

"Of course, this also led to my combat power being far inferior to those of the same level."

"Even more incomparable to Yu Xiaoyou."

Yu Xiu was not at all proud because of this remark; instead, he said respectfully, "Clan Elder, your ability to have come through from the Early Stage of the Martial Dao Era is something we Juniors cannot achieve."

"Moreover, it was you who led the Old Qin People to resist the Vicious Beasts of the Qinling Mountains."

"You and the Old Qin People are great benefactors to our Qin Province; without you, there would be no us who live in Qin Province."

At this point, Yu Xiu stood up and bowed deeply to the Clan Elder.

Old Master Chu beside him did the same.