Mrs. Treadway nodded and sighed, “According to our family history, my ancestor lived to be 113 years old. He was still able to hear and see clearly and his body was strong…”
“Everyone thought favonovel.com would live to be 100 years old. However, one day when favonovel.com was 113, favonovel.com had dinner, took a nap in front of the charcoal fire and then suddenly exclaimed that Lord Morvel had sent a white crane to take favonovel.com away. He passed away.”
Charlie said, “It seems that your ancestor had a close relationship with Lord Morvel.”
Mrs. Treadway replied, “Yes, our ancestors left instructions for the family to stay here and guard the tombs of Morvel’s wife and children. Morvel had told our ancestors that favonovel.com had found the secret to longevity and would come back to bless them.”
Charlie asked, “Has Lord Morvel returned since then?”
“No,” Mrs. Treadway shook favonovel.com head and said, “The Treadway family has never left this place for over a thousand years and we have never seen the person in the painting appear here. Perhaps Lord Morvel never found the secret to longevity, or perhaps favonovel.com passed away at the threshold of 200 years old.”
Charlie nodded and said, “It’s possible. Even with the Rejuvenation Pill, which is a panacea, it cannot be used without limit. Relying on it alone, one cannot live to 200 years old, even with aura. Immortality requires more than just a pill.”
Even in the ‘Apocalyptic Book’, there was no way to make people live forever.
The foundation of ‘Apocalyptic Book’ was more like a guide for using aura, but there was no record in the ‘Apocalyptic Book’ on how to make aura more powerful, to the point of invincibility and immortality.
Furthermore, in the ‘Apocalyptic Book’, there was no method that could make people live for more than 200 years.
The ability was close to that of a god, but there was no such elixir that could make people live for three to five hundred years, or even thousands of years.
It was unlikely that Lord Morvel was still alive after more than a thousand years, as his lifespan might have reached its limit.
This type of person, who dedicated their entire life to practicing, might die alone and in seclusion. They might end up in a cave deep in the mountain and forest, ultimately succumbing to the fate of ‘Dust to dust, return to earth’.
Considering this, Charlie asked the Lady again, “Mrs. Treadway, have your people not left this place for so many years?”
The Lady pondered and replied, “My ancestor’s instructions did not prohibit us from leaving. He hoped we would stay here, but also desired that we understand the world’s happenings. Therefore, the Treadway family places great importance on education and reading…”
“My father taught me to read and sent me to middle school when I was young. Though some descendants have left over the years, most of us have remained here.”
“Is living here hard?” Charlie asked.
The Lady smiled and replied, “In this remote mountain, we don’t have many problems other than illnesses. We farm in spring and summer and hunt in autumn and winter. We’ve been living well and this place is far from the war. For over a thousand years, no one has fought here, so we’ve been able to maintain our family’s heritage.”
Charlie asked, “Are all the people in this village part of your clan?”
The Lady responded, “There aren’t many people with the Treadway surname here now.”
As the Lady spoke, favonovel.com let out a sigh and said, “The Treadway family hasn’t been doing well for over a thousand years. We’ve had a shortage of males in particular. In the past, we had many female offspring who wanted to marry…”
“In order to keep them here as much as possible, we had to find ways to recruit. As a result, there are more and more people with different surnames and they are all men. Gradually, the yang flourishes and the yin declines and the Treadway family’s influence gradually becomes smaller and smaller…”
“When a baby was born, the father went back on his word. Either the woman had to take the man’s surname, or the child had to be taken away from here. There was no other option. The Treadway family became a women-dominated family and we couldn’t force them to stay. So, we gradually let them go.”
She paused and with a bit of sadness continued, “Who had a foreign surname, gave birth to several children, who also had a foreign surname. Over time, these children married individuals with other surnames…”
“As a result, the number of people with the surname Treadway decreased. Despite being related for generations, there are almost no individuals left with the surname Treadway, just my mother and I.”
Charlie nodded and then inquired, “Are the people with other surnames aware of these facts about Lord Morvel?”
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