A week has passed, but Emperor Dagan still hasn't gotten many clues. His worries are like the fallen leaves in late autumn, becoming heavier and heavier.

When the court just started, there was also an official from the Ministry of Personnel who had been appointed to the position after taking the last major examination.

He seems to be quite upright and incorruptible, and doesn't know the consequences of his own actions. His name is Wang Yangming.

He pleaded for the Eighth Prince, saying that there was no evidence now and that a prince should not be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison. He wanted to plead for the Eighth Prince.

This move naturally angered the emperor. If it were not for the strong persuasion of the old ministers in the court, Wang Yangming would have died long ago.

Even if he was not killed, he would still be sentenced to death.

Wang Yangming got into trouble, after all, this was his way of questioning the emperor.

Since your own prince is cursed, let him go to Nanling.

There are witchcraft, poisonous insects, and miasma there. Let him have a taste of these things.

Since he wants to present evidence, let him go there and present it to those monsters and barbarians.

With an imperial edict, he was demoted to the Nanling Mountains and made a small postmaster, managing a post station in that remote place.

Without the imperial court's order, he could never return to Beijing.

However, this was just an episode for Emperor Dagan.

These officials who came because of the major examination had some talent and learning.

But sometimes there is a difference in temperament between them and those officials who have climbed up step by step.

These things did not prevent him from refining the elixir. After the morning court, he immediately went to the offering courtyard to meet Lu Sheng.

Now a large part of the entire temple has been allocated to the alchemist team, and in order to increase the speed, many followers and helpers have been sent.

There are alchemy furnaces everywhere, and they are bustling with activity. Winter is almost here.

But the temperature here is around 40 or 50 degrees, but for people with cultivation, it is nothing.

These auxiliary furnaces are used to refine auxiliary materials for the main furnace and simply extract the spiritual energy from the gold and stone.

Then pour it into the main furnace, which is a big project.

During this time, Emperor Da Gan continued to input his internal energy into the alchemy furnace to change the golden elixir so that it would better suit Emperor Da Gan's body.

However, all of this is just Lu Sheng's guess. It is hard to say whether it will come true.

While Emperor Da Gan was practicing his martial arts, he thought of something.

Lu Sheng was well-informed and might know the solution. He suddenly asked, "I wonder if you can do some research on the soul?"

Or is there a pill that can strengthen the soul?"

Since the curse is a persistent curse, even if it is dispelled, it will be cursed again immediately.

If the source is not addressed, it will be a cycle.

The souls of ordinary people are extremely fragile and cannot withstand such torture. This is why Master Ku Lian is unable to dispel the curse.

But the scope of this curse is large, covering the entire royal family.

Therefore, the power is not that strong. When one reaches the Grandmaster level, he can easily resist it and may not even realize that he is being attacked.

If it is possible to strengthen the soul, without much effort, to the point of ignoring the curse, isn't there another way?

Since you can't solve the attack, then strengthen yourself.

However, there are some techniques in the royal family that can strengthen the soul, but it is definitely too late to practice them now.

Speaking of spiritual objects, they seem a bit rare in this era.

Even the royal family does not have the kind of medicine that can directly strengthen the soul, so this question arises.

Lu Sheng is now the imperial alchemist of Emperor Dagan, and his status is extremely high. The Emperor Dagan now almost always responds to his requests.

But Lu Sheng was not a good person. He made a lot of money through hard work and made friends with many powerful people and officials.

Some officials naturally admired his power and almost treated him as a brother.

At the same time, in order to refine the elixir, Emperor Dagan provided countless medicinal materials.

After the imperial examination case and the corruption case were investigated and the property of those corrupt officials was confiscated, the court gave them some wealth.

The silver and treasures obtained were countless, including various elixirs.

Since the emperor was afraid of death, the officials were of course afraid of death as well.

With these medicinal herbs, Lu Sheng took the opportunity to refine a lot of other pills for himself.

The entire team of alchemists is like this, with the top beam being crooked and the bottom beam being crooked.

One third of the medicinal materials given by Emperor Dagan entered the furnace and were used to refine the golden elixir for Emperor Dagan. This was considered the conscience of these alchemists.

Such behavior made the other offerings somewhat dissatisfied.

After all, they worked so hard to get these resources.

And these people in front of me can get whatever they want.

But there was nothing to be done, since they were the favorites of the great emperor.

Those worshippers naturally didn't know what they were doing, but with such a scene, smart people had already guessed it.

But he didn't dare to say anything. If it really happened, he and others would inevitably ask them for help.

The Emperor Da Gan naturally knew about the actions of the Taoist priest, and the Anbu and Luowang had reported to him more than once.

Those alchemists never thought about hiding the fact that they did these things, and they were just fearless.

The emperor could only turn a blind eye.

If Lu Sheng can really refine the golden elixir, what does the money he has paid now mean?

Moreover, this action even deepened Emperor Dagan's confidence in the alchemists.

After all, if you don’t have any talent, how can you be so bold?

Only a talented person would be so bold!

So I asked, wanting to see if these alchemists could refine elixirs that could protect the soul.

Although Emperor Da Gan asked anxiously, he also understood the mystery of the soul, so he did not have high expectations.

When Lu Sheng heard this, he stopped refining the elixir and was stunned for a moment before replying, "Your Majesty, this is a soul-protecting elixir.

I can indeed refine it, but this pill is extremely rare and the refining process is complicated and will take more than three months.

However, if Your Majesty needs it, I happen to have a finished product in my hand.

However, Your Majesty has already reached the level of Supreme Grandmaster, so this elixir will have no effect on Your Majesty's soul."

Lu Sheng changed the subject and took out a jade bottle from his sleeve.

"I didn't take it." Emperor Dagan now regarded Lu Sheng as his closest person, and told him about the prince's curse.

I want to see if this alchemist has any other ideas.

Three months is really too long, I definitely can’t wait any longer.

Lu Sheng was shocked when he heard this. His face suddenly changed color and he fell to his knees, crying:

"Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince has shown me great kindness. It was His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince who brought me into the court that day, and that is how I was able to meet Your Majesty.

At the same time, the Fourth Prince is also a good friend of mine, so it would be fine if I could not do anything about it.

But now I have the elixir in my hand, what if I can’t even save my good friend and benefactor?

Then what is the meaning of my practice? The alchemist lineage practices following one's heart, but this movement makes it impossible for me to follow my heart.

Please, Your Majesty, allow me to use this elixir to save the Fourth Prince."