After understanding all the causes and effects, Sui Xiong was silent.
He looked at the two nervous but determined legendary mages and could not help but feel a little emotional.
Death was the most difficult thing to do throughout the ages!
Speaking of which, these two legendary mages were already very old. On Earth, even the relatively younger one had a longer history than most of the world's civilizations. The older one was almost as old as the pyramids. They were practically living fossils!
They had lived long enough and should not be afraid of death. But the long years did not give them the courage to face death calmly. Instead, it made them more afraid of death.
This was not surprising. There were many precedents on Earth. Not to mention the Qin Emperor and the Han Emperor, he had even seen a centenarian beside Sui Xiong talking about health every day, with a posture of "I really want to live for another five hundred years".
Admittedly, a hundred years old was nothing to these two Legendary-mages, and Qin Huang and Han Wu were only considered juniors to them. However, at least when it came to "wanting to live", everyone was the same.
Sui Xiong did not discriminate against them, nor did he want to laugh at them. It was admirable not to be afraid of death, but there was nothing to discriminate against or laugh at. He just felt a little emotional. These two people had almost lived to the limit of a mortal. Looking at their extremely old appearance, they probably had to pay a great price for every day they lived. But even so, they were still struggling at death's door and were still unwilling to die.
"It's not easy for you!" He sighed and said, "Is death really so terrible? With your identity, you can also be taken into the Holy Kingdom after death. Even if you are willing, the Master of Mystery can take you to the Holy Kingdom now. Won't you not die then? "
"That's different," the older legendary mage said. The older Legendary Mage said, "Whether it's a believer or an Oracle, they're all illusions that rely on Divine Power to survive. They're not really alive at all. Similarly, liches and golems are just shadows left behind by people who were once alive. They are no longer the people who were alive. "
Sui Xiong nodded slightly. Of course, he did not agree with this point of view, but he understood their attitude.
This kind of thinking was quite famous. It came from an ancient sage. That sage believed that no one in the world could live forever. When the flesh and blood decayed and the soul withered, everything would disappear. Even if he could transform into another form and continue living, continuing his memories and emotions, he would only be a shadow of the past.
This kind of thinking was very influential, and many secret life-prolonging techniques were invented under the influence of this thinking. In order to help Old Rode extend his life, Sui Xiong had put some effort into this aspect, so he naturally knew about this idea. He also knew a lot of things derived from this idea. For example, on the two legendary mages, he saw at least ten different ways to extend their lives.
Some of these life-prolonging methods were safe and harmless, but some had serious side effects, some of which were extremely serious. For example, he saw a method called "Pain is Life". Using this method to prolong one's life would cause one to be in constant pain, and the longer one lived, the more intense the pain would be. Moreover, this kind of pain could not be suppressed or eliminated, or else the Life-extending Technique would immediately fail.
Considering the age of these two, the pain they endured must have reached an alarming level. If it was an ordinary person, perhaps they would be willing to die just to breathe a sigh of relief.
But they still struggled to live, and they wanted to continue living.
Therefore, Sui Xiong felt that they were actually quite pitiful.
Living like this was really ugly, and they did not even have a little dignity as a human!
"You … want to continue living so badly?" He couldn't help but ask.
"Yes." The younger legendary mage answered without hesitation, "As long as we can live, we can pay any price!"
The older legendary mage followed, "We know that compared to you, we are insignificant. We don't know what we can offer in exchange that will satisfy you, so we can only guarantee that we are willing to pay any price we can to exchange for the flesh and blood of the True God, so that we can complete the Wine of Immortality, and truly live forever. "
Sui Xiong was silent for a while, looking at their extremely old faces mixed with fear, hope, and determination, and finally sighed deeply.
"To be honest, I don't like you very much," he said. He said, "Although I can understand your fear of death, it is extremely ugly to go to such an extent just to 'live'. From all of you, I can clearly see that aging and death have almost materialized, lingering around you. This makes me sick. "
Not waiting for the two legendary mages to explain, he continued, "And I can see that in order to extend your lives, you have used a lot of evil means. Many of these means are against reason and nature — in order to be able to live to this day, how many people have you killed? Five hundred people? A thousand people? Perhaps even more. "
The two legendary mages no longer tried to defend themselves, and lowered their heads in silence.
This was what they had been most worried about. As a kind god, His Majesty the Void Mask could see the sins that they had carried on their backs.
"But I also noticed something very interesting." Sui Xiong changed the topic and continued, "On you, except for the sins you have incurred in order to extend your lives, the other sins are quite few, almost insignificant compared to this — in other words, except for extending your lives, you have not done any other evil deeds, which is also rare."
"Because we dare not," the younger legendary mage explained. "We have done too many bad things, and God knows when a righteous man will come to punish us …"
"But in order to live, you have still done a lot of bad things."
"If you can't even live, then there is no point in being calculative about other things."
Sui Xiong smiled and shook his head. "In short, what I see are two people who are willing to do anything in order to live. You have really done this to the extreme, even I can't help but sigh, and even admire you a little. "
"So, I am willing to help you," he said, "but, the price I want you to pay is not light."
"Please tell us! No matter what the price is, we are willing! "
"Yes! No matter what the price is! "
The two legendary mages were refreshed and hurriedly answered.
Sui Xiong smiled again and said, "After you have succeeded in extending your lives, you will have an endless life. Then, from then on, devote your life to working to improve people's lives, so that the people can live a safe and prosperous life. "
The two legendary mages were stunned and looked at each other, not understanding Sui Xiong's meaning.
Sui Xiong, of course, saw through their thoughts and said with a smile, "Don't understand? It's okay, you will have enough time to slowly understand, and then put it into practice. "
He slowly raised a tentacle, and the golden God's blood fell from the tentacle, suspended in front of the two, and turned into two golden-red gems the size of a knuckle.
"If you are willing to accept this condition and pay this price, you can take away the God's blood that I have bestowed. Otherwise … "
Without waiting for him to speak, the two legendary mages took out special potion bottles without hesitation and put the God's blood into them.
Then, they bowed in front of Sui Xiong.
"Your Majesty, the great Void Mask, we will use the rest of our lives to fulfill our promise to you!"
"Yes, if we break our promise, let us fall directly into hell!"
Under the illumination of the Divine Power, the oath turned into a wonderful mark, engraved on their souls.
Even a great Divine Power could not think of changing this oath.
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