Chapter 629 The Truth About the Immortality Elixir

Yu Cang put away his gift.

He didn't dare hold it out for too long.

First, I'm afraid of being reminded of someone when I see the things, and second... this is the royal court after all.

Although he had anticipated this before the summoning, and had the princess shield the surroundings and then hide in the place where the chariot descended, but... it was difficult to say how much energy the elixir of immortality had. If he took it out for a long time, he was afraid that people would notice it.

The Great King's Court is filled with experts, and protecting the country is as free as it gets, so it's no surprise that there are so many talented people.

The main reason was that Yu Cang had not expected that he would be able to see the elixir of immortality directly after summoning the soul card. Otherwise, he would never have summoned it in a place like the Great King's Court.

Now that the mystery of this soul card has been solved, there is naturally no need to keep the summoning state of the Death Dragon Skeleton.

But seeing this, Chao Ci's expression changed.

She stepped forward only after Yu Cang had collected the deadly dragon skeleton.

…

"Do you remember anything?" Yu Cang looked at Chao Ci.

"That's right... I've seen this thing called the Elixir of Immortality a long, long time ago..."

Chao Ci raised her head, her silky hair fluttering slowly in the air, and a hint of obvious reminiscence flashed across her eyes.

"That was when... I decided to create everything."

Chao Ci flew onto Yu Cang's shoulder, she curled up, and then said softly in a soothing tone:

"You should already know that I opened my eyes at the first dawn after this world was born. I knew from birth that my destiny was to peck through this world, to transcend mythology and soar into the starry sky amid the mournful songs of dying stars.

"However, when I was young, I was afraid of being alone. I was also afraid that there would be no other lives that could witness the beauty of this world with me. So, I arbitrarily divided my own power and created my first few children. Some of them died early, while others multiplied and gave birth to the tribe, and then gradually evolved into what I am today."

Yu Cang nodded, indicating that he already knew.

These stories were told to me by the afterimage of Nian when I was in Feng Yucang.

"Back then, I was still naive, not understanding what life or power were. Thinking I could create my child based solely on intuition was clearly unrealistic. Fortunately, I discovered that after this world conceived me, it also gained a little more vitality.

"This vitality should have been slowly reabsorbed by me as I grew, but because of my loneliness, I condensed it and used it to create my children."

Hearing this, Yu Cang raised his brows slightly, as if he understood something.

"So, that hint of life is the elixir of immortality?"

However, Chao Ci shook his head: "No, or rather, not entirely."

"Hmm...what do you mean?"

"After my creation was complete, there was still a lot of vitality left. So instead of squandering it, I gave it to one of my children—she was called 'Lu'. Lu loved this gift very much and thought day and night about how to turn it into something useful.

"Later, due to some circumstances, Lu... at the end of her life, she refined that vitality into a pill. Later, that pill was picked up by my child's descendants. For hundreds of millions of years, spirit beasts have periodically fought over this pill, leaving them bloodied and bruised.

"I never paid any attention to those dirty things. Now that I think about it, this vitality has finally fallen into the hands of humans and become the so-called elixir of immortality."

"I see."

Yu Cang suddenly realized,

"So, from what you said... the status of this immortality elixir is so high, it's a powerful tonic without any side effects... Then why didn't the Ancestral Dragon Emperor choose to consume it after obtaining it?"

This was somewhat contrary to his initial guess.

He also thought that his parents were able to obtain the elixir of immortality at the place where the real dragon died because Emperor Zulong thought it was not a good thing, so he did not eat it.

Therefore, people are actually somewhat wary of this elixir of immortality.

But now it seems...

Chao Ci chuckled, "Yu Cang, you're so smart, but you couldn't think of that?"

"What…wait, you mean?"

"That's right, it's not that others don't want to eat it, but even if they eat it, they can't refine it." Chao Ci said, "Otherwise, with hundreds of millions of years of countless people vying for it, this elixir of immortality should have been swallowed by some mythical being and disappeared from sight.

"The essence of the elixir of immortality is too profound. Even the furnace, which initially refined that vitality at the cost of its own life, did not shake its origin in the slightest. It simply made it a whole, and it would not dissolve into the world over time.

"For hundreds of millions of years, those who once held this ball of vitality were simply leveraging the energy it emanated, which was already extremely powerful. Those so-called refining efforts were merely constantly adding new shells to it."

Having said that, Chao Ci was silent for a moment.

After a long while, he continued, “However, judging from the results, this ball of vitality is indeed not a good thing.

"The furnace chose to sacrifice her life to refine it in order to prove herself to me. Speaking of which... my reward became the weapon that killed her. I..."

Chao Ci seemed unable to say the following words.

Yu Cang sighed inaudibly, then reached out and gently stroked Chao Ci's head, hoping to give her some comfort.

After a while, Chao Ci continued:

"And, over hundreds of millions of years, countless beings have attempted to refine and utilize it, causing this vitality to become less pure. Those beings have left countless unique traces on this vitality... Emperor Zulong's decision not to consume the elixir of immortality was actually the right one. Otherwise, he would have been forcibly changed by those traces.

"Those changes are irreversible. The supreme energy flowing from the elixir imbues all traces of it with the vitality of living things. If swallowed directly, the flesh and blood will be distorted in the direction of those existing flesh, and may even awaken some long-lost magical powers.

"Of course, many spirit beasts don't think this process is bad. They are happy to become stronger in this way. However, it is a process of losing oneself after all. I think someone like the Zulong Emperor would definitely not be willing to do that.

"I can sense that the alchemist who refined that ball of vitality into the current 'Immortality Elixir' must have been very powerful. He must have used many methods to try to erase those traces and extract only the most original vitality, but it is obvious... that alchemist did not fully succeed.

"However, he also did so much that when I first saw the Death Dragon Skeleton, I didn't even connect it with that hint of life."

Yu Cang nodded slowly: "I see."

Simply put, this vitality has been passed down several hands. Although each owner cannot absorb this vitality, they can use it in their own way.

So, they would write many energy conversion programs with very personal characteristics around this vitality, layer upon layer, and it has become a pile of shit code.

This pile of shitty code has countless output terminals. If it is run directly, who knows what kind of energy will be output from it.

The alchemist of Emperor Zulong was trying to streamline the Shit Mountain code and tried to write his own code, but the code was too large and too complicated, and he never finished it until his death.

Chao Ci sighed and said, "I advise you... it's best not to use it directly. This vitality killed one of the first immortals and caused countless disasters in the human world. Perhaps it itself symbolizes bad luck."

"Don't worry, I know what to do." Yu Cang nodded.

Since Chao Ci said so, he naturally understood that the water must be very deep.

However, since his parents had given him the elixir of immortality, he believed that there would be absolutely no problem in simply using it.

At least one thing that can be confirmed is that there is absolutely no risk in outputting dragon tears by suppressing the dragon's skeleton.

Under the dual changes of the immortality elixir and the deadly dragon skeleton, even soul energy, an energy unique to soul card masters, can be transformed.

That’s not right… Dragon Bone Tears can only be used as soul energy, but it is not actually soul energy.

"I had no intention of using the elixir of immortality directly. I already have enough cards up my sleeve."

After saying that, Yu Cang put the Death Dragon Skeleton back into the card box.

"So... the elixir of immortality is real. When Shen Zheng used my parents' names to approach me, he probably also had the intention of finding the elixir. But the ultimate goal of the Desolate Sect in the True Dragon's Death Land is probably not related to the elixir of immortality."

Yu Cang rubbed his chin.

He had reason to guess so.

Six years have passed since his parents disappeared. This period of time happened to be before the Desolation Sect was discovered and when its infiltration into Yan Country was the deepest.

If they wanted to get something from me, then the temptations against me would come one after another, but my life had been very peaceful during that period, which shouldn't have happened.

It seems that the Desolate Sect is waiting for a certain opportunity.

In other words, when Shen Zheng appeared in Zulong Snow Mountain... they felt that the time was ripe, or at the very least, they could begin to gradually make plans for themselves.

So, why then?

Yu Cang felt that it must be related to Madam Yu.

However, there are too few clues, and I can no longer continue thinking after this point.

He could only shake his head and interrupt his thoughts.

He raised his hand, hugged Chao Ci, who was emoting on his shoulder, into his arms, and then began to touch the little dragon all over.

Xiaolong’s unhappiness can’t beat Momo’s!

…

after a while

After Yu Cang dealt with Chao Ci's emotions, he came out from the place where the chariot was lowered.

Gu Jieshuang was still waiting for him there. Looking at her expression, her eyes were blank, and she obviously didn't know why Yu Cang suddenly came to the place where the sedan chair was lowered.

She could only assume that the boss had discovered some enemy attack, so he had already opened his sword pendulum, ready to respond to the battle at any time.

Seeing this, Yu Cang smiled lightly.

"I'm sorry to have worried you." Yu Cang held Gu Jieshuang's hand. "I just suddenly thought of some crucial information... There's no danger. Put the Soul Card away."

"Oh...Okay!"

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

Bang bang bang.

"Yu Cang, what's going on?"

It is autumn and approaching winter.

"It's okay, go and rest."

"...Okay then. If you need anything, remember to find me."

A series of footsteps faded away outside the door, and Qiu Jindong returned to his room.

He knew what had caused Qiu Jindong to be alert.

It is the spirit particle of stardust.

Stardust can block the starry sky vision of an area, making it impossible for people outside to perceive what is inside, and it is difficult for people inside to use the starry sky vision.

But this is equivalent to throwing a smoke screen on flat ground. Although the vision is blocked, the smoke itself is very eye-catching.

As autumn approaches winter, one naturally senses that something is amiss.

At the same time, Yu Cang also knew that although the guardians of the country in the royal court did not yet have the Starry Sky Vision, as long as they were a little more sensitive, they would definitely know that Yu Cang had just opened some kind of barrier here... So Yu Cang collected the elixir of immortality very quickly.

When they sense something is wrong and get close to the inn, Stardust's spirit particle, which is only at the super-level, will definitely be useless.

After alleviating everyone's worries, Yu Cang sent Gu Jieshuang back to her own room, and then sat alone in front of the small table at the door of the room, lost in thought.

He is waiting for Tai Hina.

She hasn't come back to find me until now... Obviously, the opponent's strength is far beyond my expectations.

Hopefully, I can win...

…

In the blink of an eye, the light of the Buddha's kingdom lit up again and the day was about to dawn.

Yu Cang didn't sleep the whole night, nor did he have the time to study the soul card. He just sat at the table all night.

But, still no Taichung.

However, an unexpected person showed up.

"Infinite and Eternal Life!"

Fashi appeared at the entrance of the post station, and then his sight fell on Yu Cang sitting in front of a small table.

Seeing this, his expression was a little strange. He put his hands together, chanted a Buddhist name, and then said:

"It seems that my actions last night did not exceed the donor's expectations."

Yu Cang: “……?”

"Indeed, with your talent, I think you already know what methods I used."

Looking at Fa Shi who was talking to himself in front of him, although Yu Cang was confused, he remained calm on the surface and just tapped the table slowly with his fingers.

He now only regretted that he didn't have the habit of carrying a teapot with him everywhere like Mrs. Yu.

Otherwise, in this situation, if he just drank by himself, he would definitely be able to act mysterious... and avoid embarrassment.

Seeing Yu Cang remain silent, Fa Shi smiled, then took out a soul card from the card box, took a few steps forward, and placed it in front of Yu Cang with both hands.

"Since the benefactor has been waiting for me, I will not waste any more words... This soul card contains the head of that wretch Sa Jue—National Master Sa Jue has been executed."

What?

Yu Cang's pupils shrank, and he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of surprise.

His mind raced, and after thinking for a moment, his expression showed no clues, he just frowned slightly.

"You're telling me now?"

"Boundless Eternal Life... I was worried that if I had told you earlier, you would have stormed into the Great King's Court last night... However, since you have already guessed it, it seems that I was indeed inconsiderate."

(End of this chapter)