I Heard That Even the Immortals Die

[Full manuscript completed]

Yan He had always felt that the mortal world was full of sickness and suffering, and not worth a second glance.

That was, until the Heavenly Dao fell upon him.

"If I had known what was coming, I would have hidden away in Yuanting, lived out my days in frail health and misery, and never set foot outside again."

Yan He reached out and wiped the tears from Pei Gu's eyes. He tilted his head slightly.

"That would still be better than watching you shed tears for all the people of this world day after day. It would leave my spirit unable to rest."

Many years later, Pei Gu sat beneath the moonlight, remembering the night that man had died. The light was scattered and broken, like shards of glass ground together, stabbing straight into his heart. The clear purple of his eyes clouded over with gray.

The medicine from Qingya Mountain could not hold back a ghost past the third watch. Only when death was at his door did this man shed that smiling facade. He gasped for breath, thick, dark blood running from the corner of his mouth onto Pei Gu's sleeve. Yan He narrowed his eyes slightly. The fading light in his gaze, the disarray of a dying man, mingled with a sorrow that had appeared from who knew where, until the light slowly went out.

I always thought your ending should have been different...

Pei Gu sat before the grave and reached out to touch the vermilion mark above the man's name.

"Get out."

"I was wrong."

The sickly God Lord was squatting in Doctor Pei's dispensary, coughing up tears and blood. Doctor Pei gave him a cold look, then added,

"Take your redwood sap with you and get out."

I have heard that even the immortals may die, but I shall never see you again.

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