Chapter 2712: Immortals Do Not Exist (1/1)

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1. Li Qiye recited a line from the poet Li Bai from the Tang Dynasty here. He’s a very popular poet whose poems are widely repeated in historical novels by the MCs who were transported to the past. I honestly don’t know how to incorporate the line without it sounding weird because this world has no sign of ancient China but the author uses these poems and lines anyway. The literal translation of the line is, “An immortal touches my head and ties my hair, granting me everlasting life.” One interpretation is of a youth being taught immortal arts by an immortal. I honestly think I should just omit this because it will just confuse the reader. It confused me too, maybe Chinese readers can help me with the author’s intent here. In my personal opinion, he said that line so the readers who actually know the full poems can imagine a scene with immortals in it, but English readers wouldn’t know the full poem anyway. This is the first time I’ve seen it too even though I’ve read a lot of Li Bai’s stuff