Gray hills and jagged boulders are scattered across the entire lunar surface, stretching to the horizon.

With a slight exertion of his feet, Emperor Jiajing floated up into the air.

Can you imagine an ancient emperor taking a giant stride on the moon?

Li Changzhou felt that if he had a camera, he could achieve financial freedom based on this scene in front of him—the National Space Administration would have to offer at least one billion yuan for him to sell the photo.

"How is the construction of your base on the moon going?" Yaochi asked softly.

"It'll be ready soon," Li Changzhou replied.

"Give me a place?"

Li Changzhou nodded. Putting aside their personal relationship, he said that it was only right to give Yaochi a piece of land on the lunar base, as it was a matter of course.

"But players are not allowed to enter."

"Visiting relatives?"

"No, that's not allowed either."

Yaochi frowned: "You're being too heartless. You won't even let your own subordinates in?"

“My people are a different story. If they dare to commit a crime, I’ll kill them without hesitation. Others are different. Think about it, what if you have a younger sister, brother, uncle, aunt, or cousin who uses their skills to do something to someone else? Should I give you face or not?”

"Don't give me face. Before I send my younger sister, brother, uncle, aunt, and other relatives upstairs, I will make it clear that I can enjoy life, but if I do something wrong, I will leave it to you and deal with it according to your rules."

She extended her hand and made a high-five gesture.

Li Changzhou glanced at her face and her hands, then looked at the Jiajing Emperor who was carrying a 100-kilogram boulder.

"Forget about the high-five, I trust you, you can let the player go up."

Yaochi grabbed his hand and placed it on her other hand, saying with a look of disdain, "You should high-five when you should. This is an agreement. Don't come back later and say something like 'We didn't swear an oath with a high-five.'"

"...I understand the high five, but what do you mean by this?" Li Changzhou looked at Yaochi's five fingers clasped around his hand.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself." Yaochi released her hand, wiped the corner of her beautiful mouth under the veil with her sleeve, seemingly drooling, her charming eyes smiling as she stared at Li Changzhou like a hook.

Li Changzhou felt a surge of warmth in his heart, and the delicate, warm touch lingered in his palm.

He lightly touched the ground with his toes and flew towards the Jiajing Emperor, who was tumbling backwards. Under one-sixth of gravity, this was anything but dashing and heroic—the space agency would pay at least two billion for this photo.

"Your Majesty, this is the moon. Do you see Chang'e or the Moon Palace?"

The Jiajing Emperor gazed at the Earth, his body floating uncontrollably. After a long silence, he asked, "Real person, are all the legends of immortals false?"

“Perhaps it was true before.” Li Changzhou thought of Yang Qinglan’s palace lantern, “but now it has all vanished. His Majesty’s rituals are of no use; they are just a waste of money and time.”

"Is there a way to truly become an immortal?" Emperor Jiajing asked, looking directly at him.

Li Changzhou smiled, appearing confident: "Yes, as long as there is a method, and one maintains unwavering determination, proceeding step by step, one can naturally attain immortality."

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"Please, Master, teach me the method!"

"Does Your Majesty truly wish to learn?"

"Really?"

"Does Your Majesty know what I have accomplished to reach my current cultivation level?"

"I don't know, but I can do anything!"

"After I obtained the Dharma, I climbed thousands of feet of snow-capped mountains, walked thousands of miles of desert, fought with wild beasts, wrestled with demonic bulls, tasted the eight sufferings of the world, drew lightning to pour into my body in the nine heavens, was crushed into dust by giant rocks in hell, and burned cities with raging fire, killing millions of living beings and creating endless killing karma. Only then did I gain the magic power I have today. Even so, I am still one step away from becoming an immortal."

Li Changzhou once again grabbed the Jiajing Emperor, whose feet were not touching the ground and who was floating in the air.

He asked the Jiajing Emperor, "Does Your Majesty really want to learn?"

"The real man!" the Jiajing Emperor exclaimed excitedly. "Let me think about it some more!"

"...Of course."

The Jiajing Emperor fell into deep thought. The burning of the city and the killing of millions of lives were minor matters to him, but to personally fight wild beasts and demonic bulls, and to have lightning strike his body...

The country needs an emperor, and the concubines in the harem cannot be without their husbands; he absolutely cannot risk his life.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Emperor Jiajing snapped out of his daze, looked up, and saw Huang Jin running wildly towards them from outside the palace, covered in a thick layer of snow.

Huang Jin ran to the palace gate, and with the help of the other eunuchs and his own efforts, quickly brushed the snow off his body and ran into the palace.

He was still shouting, "Master, why did you suddenly come back? This servant was keeping an eye on the sky!"

Emperor Jiajing turned around and looked at himself. He saw that he was sitting cross-legged, with Shenxiao Protector of the Nation, Thunder God Yuanyang Zhenren, and Zhangxian Miaohua Yuanjun sitting opposite him.

The large, three-legged, covered bronze incense burner, with its openwork Bagua (Eight Trigrams) pattern, continuously emits wisps of smoke.

"A dream of Nanke," he murmured to himself.

Suddenly, Li Changzhou burst into laughter: "Your Majesty, this is no mere dream!"

Emperor Jiajing was still somewhat dazed, his eyes unfocused.

Huang Jin knelt to one side and said in a low but certain voice, "Your Majesty, it is true. This servant saw Your Majesty ride the clouds and ascend straight to the ninth heaven!"

The Jiajing Emperor looked at him: "You saw it?"

"We saw it! We saw it with our own eyes! Everyone here saw it!" Huang Jin gestured to the palace maids and imperial guards present.

"You all saw it?" Emperor Jiajing raised his eyes.

Inside and outside the palace, on the steps, and in the snow, everywhere was filled with kneeling eunuchs, palace maids, and imperial guards.

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