But time presses on, and death has its tally. When the time comes, everyone will eventually die.
The death of Sun Siwen was like a beginning.
Following him, within a span of just a few decades, Lu Yuan's friends and family, one after another, departed from this world.
In the 107th year of Shenwu, his disciple Chu Wei passed away.
Although called a disciple, Chu Wei, Li Liang, and the others were actually about the same age as Lu Yuan, some even older.
So after Sun Siwen's departure, these people also soon reached the end of their lifespans.
Within just two or three years, the original five true successor disciples had passed away one after another.
In the 114th year of Shenwu, Lu Yuan's wife of over a hundred years, Lan Cai'er also died.
This empress, who initially thought to outlive Lu Yuan and then support her son's ascent to the throne, although later she abandoned that idea, ultimately did not live to see that day.
