Chapter 67 Chapter 67 Five Years Later

Zhu Dan brought Xiaohua back to the Xianyang Palace. Xiaohua immediately went to find Zhang Liang, and Zhu Dan did not disturb them from exploring the mysteries of mathematics.

There is no way, Zhang Liang’s progress has now surpassed what Zhu Dan has learned.

Although, as her strength gradually recovered, her memories of the past became more profound, and she could recall everything she had seen, but she could not create knowledge that she had never been exposed to out of thin air.

So all Zhu Dan can talk about is a general concept, and Zhang Liang and Xiaohua have to explore the specific content themselves.

These theoretical knowledge cannot be obtained through pills - the transformation pills only produce real objects, which you need to summarize and explore on your own.

However, Xiaohua and Zhang Liang are both geniuses in mathematics, and their brainstorming is much better than Zhu Dan's frantic recollection.

Zhu Dan places his expectations on talents like Xiaohua and Zhang Liang to enrich the theoretical foundation.

She didn't plan to bring Zhang Liang with her when she returned to Pei County. Her savings had already been drained by Zhang Liang. Let them figure it out on their own.

However, before returning to Pei County, Zhu Dan still had one thing to do, which was to attend the full moon banquet of Fusu's son.

Fusu was the eldest son of Ying Zheng. Fusu's son was the first of three generations, which has a different meaning.

Moreover, Zheng Ge hinted to Zhu Dan that his son Fusu was not very useful and had been made stupid by Confucianism. Even if they tried hard to change him later, some things in his bones would remain unchanged.

After all, the reason why Fusu was deeply immersed in Confucian literature was that to some extent he himself liked this idea.

Even though he developed some pragmatism under Zhu Dan's influence, it was still not enough for a man of great talent like Qin Shi Huang.

Fusu Taibai was less evil than the emperor, so Ying Zheng gave up this title. However, seeing that he was not satisfied with his other children, he decided to look for an heir in the third generation.

Fusu's son was one of them, but not the only one.

After experiencing the blow brought by Fusu, Ying Zheng painfully realized the benefits of casting a wide net to catch fish. Since he still had a long time to live, he simply trained all his grandsons together and let the most capable ones take over in the end.

Whoever is the strongest will be his successor.

As for Fusu, with his personality, he should go into technology.

Of course, this was the birth of the eldest son and grandson, a rare happy event in the palace. Everyone had been busy for a long time, so Ying Zheng decided to hold a grand ceremony to build relationships with the court officials and give them a holiday.

The Shaofu who was in charge of preparing the dinner: "..." The excitement and holidays are yours, I have nothing.

Although Zhu Dan was thinking about the spiritual fields in the valley, she had to attend the full-month celebration of Fusu and Li Xueyao's first child. She also prepared a gift for him, a body-hardening medicine suitable for babies.

In this world, a child cannot be considered independent until he or she is five years old, and the government will not register him or her as a citizen. Therefore, Zhu Dan felt that this body-hardening potion that can ensure the safe growth of children was very suitable.

It just so happened that in order to tap the potential of the white snake, she tried many body-tempering prescriptions. At that time, she thought that if one body-tempering pill was useless, she would try another one. After all, she had many pill prescriptions.

Stack more, even if you have to pile them up, you must pile the white snake on top to facilitate your farming career.

It's a good idea, but the quality of the medicinal materials is so poor that no matter how many times you try, it will be useless against the white snake.

Zhu Dan could only stop with regret, but he did improve it and created a body-hardening medicine suitable for infants, children, teenagers, young people, middle-aged people, and the elderly.

What Zhu Dan is giving to Fusu’s eldest son is the baby’s portion.

Although it is a baby, the materials used are not cheap. In order to make the medicinal properties warm and nourishing enough, suitable for the baby but not harmful to his body, Zhu Dan killed a lot of brain cells.

On the day of the full moon banquet, Zhu Dan presented a gift.

Sure enough, Fusu and Li Xueyao were both very satisfied. As new parents, their hearts and eyes were filled with their children. Now the Imperial Master gave them this body-hardening medicine that was good for children, which touched their hearts even more than giving them a gift.

Not only did they like it, but the ministers around them who heard about it were also ready to make a move.

Who doesn’t have one or two children at home?

Ying Zheng's mind stirred, and he asked, "Lord Zhu, what are the materials needed for a single batch of this medicine? Can it be provided to all children in the Great Qin, just like compulsory education?"

Zhu Dan was drinking tea and almost spit it out.

She choked for a long time and gave Zheng Ge a thumbs up, "Your Majesty, you are so thoughtful. I want to equip everyone so that our next generation will be healthy."

Although physical fitness and intelligence seem to be two unrelated areas, they actually complement each other.

Only a healthy body can allow the brain to develop fully and have super high energy no matter what you do.

"But the body-hardening potion I refined requires spiritual plants. Currently, I only have 20 to 30 spiritual plants planted in the valley of Pei County, and most of them are immature. You think too highly of me to equip all the children in Daqin with them."

"Let alone the entire Qin Dynasty, even if we limit the scope to your Majesty's descendants, it is not possible."

Zhu Dan took the trouble to refine this body-tempering liquid entirely for the sake of Fusu and Li Xueyao.

Fusu had exploited him in various ways before, and although he was disappointed with him, he still had some feelings for him.

As for Li Xueyao, she had to help her a lot. This beauty was a good researcher.

Not to mention pesticides and alcohol in the past, I don’t know if I was inspired by Zhu Dan’s gossip and wanted to study Western medicine.

Of course, this is certainly not called Western medicine at this time. It is called external medicine, which is mainly used to treat external injuries. It is not as good as Western medicine which treats the pain wherever it occurs.

Zhu Dan felt that she had great potential and admired her very much. It would be great if she could really become a leader in Western medicine.

She only made it for the child because of the two of them. As for others? Sorry, the landlord didn't have any surplus food.

Zhu Dan explained to them in detail the steps of trying the Body Tempering Pill, the most important part of which was the White Snake.

As a spiritual creature, the white snake is also in tune with Zhu Dan's mind. Even if it no longer needs the body-quenching liquid, it can still analyze the efficacy of the medicine. Secondly, it is an indispensable spiritual plant for refining the body-quenching liquid.

Suddenly, everyone present looked at the white snake that was wrapped around Zhu Dan's wrist like a bracelet with different eyes.

Currently, there is only one person in Daqin who possesses the power of gods, and that is Zhu Dan, the national teacher of Daqin. Now there is a white snake, which must be the guardian beast of the country who came down to earth with the national teacher.

How can I not like it? How can I not value it?

Ying Zheng, however, immediately regarded the white snake as a demon, and asked with great delight, "Since snakes can become demons, can mortals like us also cultivate to become immortals?"

Zhu Dan: “…” Brother Zheng, your personality has not changed at all, you are always thinking about becoming an immortal and living forever!

Zhu Dan really wanted to say that this was impossible. There was no White Snake in the official history. After searching through all the unofficial history, there was only one special White Snake, the son of the White Emperor, who was created to enhance the status of Liu Bang, the son of the Red Emperor.

But looking at Zheng Ge's expectant eyes, her heart as a die-hard fan could no longer bear it, so she had to say tactfully: "Of course there is a chance to practice. I have many books on how to practice."

There was no other way. As a hoarder, she had been thinking about returning to Earth one day, so of course she had not forgotten to collect the techniques for cultivation.

Whether he wanted to travel through time and space to become someone else for his own use, or to teach his disciples, he would collect as much as he could, for fear that there would be a mismatch.

"But for us in the Great Qin, the difficulty of cultivation lies not in the technique, but in the spiritual energy."

"Now is the Dharma Ending Age, and spiritual energy is extremely thin. Even if you ignore worldly affairs and devote yourself to cultivation, you don't know when you will be able to draw energy into your body, let alone reach a higher realm. The only hope for becoming an immortal is when spiritual energy revives one day..." Zhu Dan talked freely.

"Spiritual energy revived?" Ying Zheng pondered, "Then how can this spiritual energy be revived?"

Zhu Dan was momentarily stunned by the question. How could spiritual energy be revived? She had never experienced a period of spiritual energy revival.

He could only reveal a helpless expression: "I'm not too sure about this. Perhaps when a world reaches its peak, it will break through its original boundaries."

"For example, if the limits of future technological development are reached, we'll be able to transcend Earth and roam the Milky Way. The resources and energy we can obtain will be greatly increased, which can also be considered a kind of spiritual energy revival. As for cultivating immortals, the Dharma Ending Age is due to the gradual weakening of the Heavenly Dao. In order to revive spiritual energy, the Heavenly Dao must be at its peak and the fortunes of the world must flourish..."

"Oh, I see." Although Zhu Dan's answer was hesitant, Ying Zheng could see her uncertainty, but he still listened carefully.

In his opinion, Zhu Dan is a disciple of an immortal and has more knowledge than him. The information she knows is of reference value. For Ying Zheng, he will not give up as long as there is a glimmer of hope for immortality.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Dan had no choice but to bite the bullet and write more seriously.

Anyone who comes from later generations knows Zheng Ge’s persistence in seeking immortality, so just think of it as a fabricated beautiful dream that is out of reach for him.

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Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

"Master, please help me. I really need a pill that can unlock my wisdom. As long as you can refine this pill for me, you can take all the luck in my body." A very tall young man, whose face had completely lost its childishness and looked like an adult, stood in front of Zhu Dan with his arms outstretched, and shouted loudly.

Zhu Dan's mouth twitched. "Xiang Yu, you really think too much! Wisdom is usually innate, and then cultivated. Don't say I haven't researched an elixir that can unlock wisdom. Even if there really is one, it won't improve much with your innate foundation."

"Admit it, you don't have any talent for this."

Five years passed in a flash, and Xiang Yu, who had vowed to be admitted to the Imperial College and study with Xiaohua, still failed.

Although he had worked very hard and even received additional instruction from a famous normal school, it only allowed Xiang Yu to graduate from compulsory education.

However, since the establishment of the Imperial College, it has become more and more difficult to obtain a letter of recommendation.

If Xiang Yu had a chance five years ago, it is basically impossible now that the people of Qian are relying on learning to change their fate and are going crazy in their internal competition.

It just so happened that he had just started to learn these subjects five years ago. Even though he was a literate aristocrat, he had no advantage. After all, the content of compulsory education was very different.

Zhu Dan looked at Xiang Yu, who was looking downcast, but still coveted his luck. So he said, "It's impossible to get the elixir that can unlock wisdom, but I can write you a letter of recommendation from the Imperial College. As long as you cooperate with me to draw luck and refine the body-hardening pill."

Five years have passed, and Baishe has consolidated her breakthrough realm. It is time to take the next step.

The dejected Xiang Yu's eyes suddenly brightened. "Really? Are you really willing to recommend me to study at the Imperial College?"

He was very skeptical. He had thought about taking the back door before, but their connections were not in Xianyang at the beginning. Once his uncle Xiang Bo and his uncle Fan Zeng became famous, they could help him get in, but the number of recommendations for the Imperial College was very strictly controlled.

Even if you are recommended by a teacher, you still need to take rigorous exams, not just the entrance exam, but also small exams every ten days, large exams every month, not to mention midterm and final exams.

Even if they can do some tricks on the entrance test, they will not be able to withstand the rounds of exams. If they are expelled, the recommending teacher will be held accountable. Over time, no one dares to do this.

Only gold can withstand such pressure and survive.

Xiang Yu looked at Zhu Dan with suspicion. She was the one who set the strict examination rules of the Imperial College. How could she break them herself?

Suddenly, Xiang Yu's eyes lit up. "Is this what you're planning? You're trying to trick me with a random letter of recommendation? I can get in, but there's no way I can stay on my own."

"You, you just painted a pie in the sky for me!" Xiang Yu was angry.

Zhu Dan smiled mysteriously: "No, I am very sure that you can stay here with your own abilities. Just tell me, do you want to make this deal?"

"I'll do it." Xiang Yu gritted his teeth and agreed.

He didn't want this to happen, but in the past two or three years, Xiaohua rarely even patrolled the shops. He stayed in the Imperial College every day and no one knew what he was doing.

Xiang Yu wanted to find out any news but couldn't get any. He tried to climb over the wall, but was caught and taken to the government office.

Xiang Yu was warned by the government that having a criminal record would affect subsequent developments. Having made his own intentions clear, Xiang Yu did not dare to act recklessly even though he still had brute force.

As a father, if you have a criminal record, it will affect your child's career as an official.

Girls will not hesitate to eliminate him when choosing a good man. This has been the trend in recent years.

Fan Zeng, his father-in-law who had become the magistrate of Lantian County, warned him repeatedly that if he committed a crime and had a criminal record, it would affect more than just himself.

Even if Xiang Yu didn't care about the future of his uncle and his father-in-law, he had to think more about the future of himself and Xiaohua.