I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 237 Seeking Immortality
When humans first arrived at the third level of the abyss, they were also panicked and tried every means to leave.

However, the third level of the abyss does not mean that you can come and leave whenever you want.

After many attempts to no avail, I had no choice but to take things as they come, and found a relatively safe island to settle down.

Then, humans began to gradually explore this strange sea.

After encountering various strange phenomena, people at that time thought that this was fairyland, a world where immortals lived, and that's why so many wonderful things happened.

It wasn't until they met a race that could communicate that humans learned the basic common sense of the abyss from them.

That race is called "Chali".

The gathering place of the Chali clan is not far from the human island, and it only takes half a day's sail to reach it.

However, the area around the Chali Clan's island is always filled with fog, and humans often avoid this area when passing by.

Until a small fishing boat encountered wind and waves while fishing, and came to their island by chance.

"I'm not a fairy, this is the instinct of our race." The weirdo explained patiently.

The strange-looking man connected to the tree roots was looking at him curiously.

"Are you an immortal? You can actually communicate with souls!" He was very surprised.

"Are you talking to me?" the fisherman plucked up the courage to ask.

He didn't think the apprenticeship ceremony was that simple. Immortals had their own rules. How could these immortals agree to him so easily?

Hearing the words coming from the roots of the tree, the fisherman still didn't believe it. He thought it was just the immortal's self-effacement.

"Perhaps the immortal has been practicing in seclusion on the island for a long time and wants to eat seafood?"

"Soul?"

The tree roots on this strange creature are constantly stretching and crawling, like some kind of poisonous snake, and it looks quite ferocious.

Before he realized what was happening, a tree root wrapped around the fisherman.

"Don't kill me!" The fisherman begged for mercy hoarsely, but what he got in exchange was a gentle question:

In this way, the fishermen convinced themselves that the person in front of them was an immortal.

"Yes, this is our means of communication." The weirdo pointed at the tree root and said, "It can communicate with our souls."

Amid the storm, he gained a lot. The boat was filled with all kinds of seafood and some garbage. He planned to take it back to the island for others to study.

"There are people outside humans, and there are immortals outside immortals. Immortals don't admit that they are immortals, probably because there are higher beings."

Of course, the fishermen also felt that their "apprenticeship ceremony" was a bit shabby, so they just tried it casually.

After searching for a long time, the fishermen discovered that the gentle sound came from the roots of the tree.

Although the fisherman now fishes every day, he was once one of the best alchemists in the empire, and his nature of seeking immortality is still hidden deep in his heart.

"Why should I kill you?"

"Immortal, can you accept me as your disciple?" The fisherman pointed to the catch on the boat: "Immortal, you can take all these things."

As soon as they arrived on the island, the fishermen on the boat were held hostage by a strange man covered in twisted tree roots.

However, what he didn't expect was that the strange man's eyes widened under the tree roots as he looked at the seafood on the boat.

The fisherman was also an experienced veteran who used to observe the emperor's actions. He immediately noticed the desire in the eyes of these immortals.

"Is there a show?"

He quickly stepped aside to let the immortals see the catch on the boat.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the immortal to turn his head and ask him hesitantly: "What does it mean to accept me as a disciple?"

Don’t you know this?
Has the Immortal been closed off for too long and is a little confused?

The fisherman looked at the immortal who could only wear tree clothes and sighed: "It seems that seeking immortality and asking questions also comes with a price."

While sighing, the fishermen also began to patiently explain to the immortal.

"It means that you will be my master and I will learn from you..."

Listening to the fisherman's explanation, the immortal suddenly realized.

"Okay, then you can be my master and I will listen to you."

"what?"

In this way, the fisherman accepted an immortal as his disciple... The immortal who was covered with tree roots found his companions and carried back all the catch on the fishing boat.

The confused fisherman followed his newly acquired apprentice around the island, and then slowly realized that they were actually the same race.

A race he had never known.

"Apprentice, what's your clan name?"

"Chali Clan, Master."

"Why is it called this name? What is its origin?"

"There is crossover, there is separation, it is fork-lifting."

"..."

The fisherman looked at the serious apprentice, and after a long time, he said: "I don't understand."

……

In this way, humans learned about various things in the abyss from the Chali tribe.

The Chali people like to eat seafood very much. As long as they bring seafood to the island, they will patiently answer human questions.

Tell everything you know.

While continuing to understand the abyss, this group of humans who aimed to seek immortality finally asked the question to the Chali tribe——

"How to live forever?"

Human beings did not expect that the Chali tribe would actually know the answer to this question.

What was even more unexpected was that the Chali clan, who had always answered seriously in the past, began to hide it at this time.

They obviously know the answer to this question, but they just don't want to say it.

This matter is like a taboo of their race. Every Chali tribe member will shut up after hearing about eternal life and refuse to say anything.

Only the fisherman's apprentice revealed some information to him during the conversation.

"Master, why are you humans asking how to live forever?"

"This is our ultimate goal, what's wrong?"

The apprentice was silent for a long time.

"During this period, Master, you taught me how to make elixirs, observe the sky, divination, and Feng Shui. I learned a lot."

"Making alchemy requires materials. The better the materials, the more expensive the elixir will be."

"The same is true with the celestial phenomena. A long period of clear weather will lead to drought, and a long period of drought will lead to rain."

"The hexagrams are opposite, mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining, and whatever is positive must be negative."

"When the wind comes, the water will come, and when the wind stops, the water will stop..."

"Master, there are some things that you humans have known for a long time."

The more the fisherman listened, the more something was wrong. He always felt that the apprentice was hinting at something, but he couldn't understand the meaning of his words.

"What does this have to do with eternal life?" He couldn't help but ask.

The apprentice sighed and shook his head helplessly.

"It doesn't matter. I just feel that human knowledge is too vast and profound, and there are many things that I don't fully understand."

Hearing this, the fisherman thought that the apprentice was just complaining, and patted the root of his tree: "It's okay, learn slowly."

"it is good."

However, the apprentice still looked like he had something to say. He looked around and after making sure that no one was there, he put his two hands on the fisherman's shoulders.

At this moment, he was extremely serious.

"Master, please stop asking. Human beings cannot afford eternal life."

"You can't even afford to know the cost of it."

The fisherman saw a plea he had never seen before in his apprentice's eyes.

(End of this chapter)