Zhang Shushi said, "Your Majesty, the effect of the anti-aging elixir won't wear off all at once, so you'll become younger and younger until you return to your prime."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Jing Huan laughed out loud, "Hahahaha, good, that's great!"
After laughing, he rewarded Zhang Shushi generously with houses, land, gold and silver, and even appointed him as the national teacher.
After receiving so many rewards at once, Zhang Shushi suddenly jumped from the proletariat to the powerful and achieved a class leap, but he remained indifferent, as if these rewards were nothing more than dispensable to him.
He thanked for the reward calmly and modestly.
Seeing this, the emperor couldn't help but feel ashamed. He walked down the steps and helped him up personally. "I misunderstood the Imperial Master before. I hope the Imperial Master will not hold it against me."
Zhang Shushi laughed and said, "Your Majesty, I am embarrassed."
Emperor Jinghuan led him to sit on the Arhat couch and started talking with him. Master Zhang was knowledgeable, witty and humorous, and often made Emperor Jinghuan laugh. The two of them had a very pleasant conversation.
It was not until dinner time when Eunuch Qin reminded Emperor Jinghuan that it was time to eat that he suddenly came to his senses and invited Zhang the sorcerer to have dinner with him. He then let him stay overnight in the palace.
After Zhang Shushi was led away by the eunuchs, Emperor Jinghuan swallowed the golden spear pill that Zhang Shushi had presented to him earlier.
Since the anti-aging pill he offered was really effective, then the golden spear pill must also be effective.
Sure enough, after taking the Golden Gun Invincible Pill, Emperor Jing Huan achieved the amazing feat of "having sex with ten women in one night" that night and felt unprecedented pleasure.
When I woke up the next day, I was not tired at all. Instead, I felt energetic and radiant, and even a few years younger than the day before.
Emperor Jinghuan was so pleased that he waved his hand and rewarded Master Zhang with a lot of things.
That morning, Emperor Jinghuan went to the court in high spirits. The court officials were all shocked to see that the emperor looked ten years younger, and they couldn't help but whisper to each other.
In the past, Emperor Jing Huan would have exploded in anger, but today, he was in a very good mood, so he did not care about the ministers' inappropriate behavior, and instead felt a little proud.
After the court session, the news of the emperor's rejuvenation spread among the people through discussion and dissemination by the court officials, and sparked heated discussions among the people.
Previously, a painted demon committed serial murders, and now a sorcerer offers an elixir that can make the emperor return to his youth. The people's worldview is shattered and then pieced together again.
It wasn't a big deal, really. It was just that the normal world had suddenly become a little more magical. It had no bearing on ordinary people like them; they could still go about their lives as normal.
Those bizarre and strange things are far away in the horizon.
However, the people soon changed their minds.
Because another bizarre case happened.
This time, it’s not a murder case, but a missing child case.
The government office received several reports of missing children every day, and for a time, the Jingzhao Yin was extremely busy.
In desperation, he visited Crown Prince Xiao Jue and asked him for help.
The previous painting monster was caught by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and this time, it is very likely that a monster is also responsible.
In fact, Xiao Jue already knew about this matter, and even if Jingzhao Yin didn't come to ask him for help, he would still take action.
"Don't worry, Lord Sun. I have been paying attention to this case for a long time. To be honest, the recent disappearances of children were indeed caused by a monster. It's just that the monster this time is quite tricky." Xiao Jue's expression was heavy.
Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince finds it difficult to deal with, so how can the monster be caught?
"But I will definitely find that monster."
Jingzhao Yin left.
Xiao Jue looked towards the direction of the imperial palace and frowned deeply. The reason why he said that the monster this time was tricky was not because of anything else, but because - the monster was in the imperial palace and was under the protection of the emperor!
Even the disappearance of those children was related to the emperor's connivance!
The story begins a few days ago.
That night, the emperor indulged himself in a revelry for most of the night before falling asleep. The next morning, when he woke up and looked in the mirror, he found that the person in the mirror had aged again! Even older than before he took the medicine!
Emperor Jinghuan was horrified and quickly sent someone to call the imperial teacher over to ask him what was going on.
The Imperial Master remained calm and composed. "Your Majesty, it's nothing serious. The effect of the anti-aging elixir has simply worn off. Taking it once won't work. You need to take it for nine consecutive courses, nine pills each, to maintain eternal youth."
Emperor Jing Huan heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "Then Imperial Master, why don't you quickly bring out the Anti-Aging Pill?"
"Your Majesty, this anti-aging elixir is quite difficult to refine..."
"Just tell me what you need! I'll have someone get it for you right away!"
"The rest is nothing special, it's just one herbal remedy, so it's not easy to take."
"What is it?" Emperor Jinghuan asked immediately. Having tasted the feeling of rejuvenation, he could no longer endure aging!
"The blood of a child."
Emperor Jinghuan frowned when he heard this. After all, he still had some awareness of being an emperor. Taking the blood of a child to make an elixir was a bit over the line.
However, the bottom line is meant to be broken.
After considering it for a day and realizing that he had become older, Emperor Jinghuan agreed.
The moment he agreed, a smile of triumph flashed across Master Zhang's eyes.
Afterwards, children kept disappearing in the capital. At first, Master Zhang was very careful, but when Emperor Jinghuan saw that he had not yet made any elixirs, he kept urging him.
In view of the emperor's attitude, Master Zhang sped up and became more brazen.
In order to obtain the anti-aging elixir as soon as possible and become young again, Emperor Jing Huan even took over the task of kidnapping children and secretly ordered people to do it.
Let Master Zhang just focus on refining the elixir.
After "using" so many children but still failing to refine a single anti-aging pill, Emperor Jing Huan couldn't help but question it. Imperial Master Zhang calmly explained, "Refining pills is inherently difficult, and failure is common. Even more so when refining a pill as powerful as the Anti-Aging Pill, it's a miracle. If Your Majesty doesn't trust me, then I have no choice but to abdicate."
He also picked up Joe.
But Emperor Jinghuan fell for his trick, mainly because no one except Master Zhang could make the elixir of rejuvenation.
When Xue Huan learned about this, no less than a hundred children had already disappeared in the capital.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" she said to Xiao Jue angrily.
Because of the last monster-catching incident, she also appeared in front of the people, so her fame spread even further. Under the celebrity effect, more and more people came to Xiaogui Peak to see her for treatment.
The market at the foot of Xiaogui Peak has evolved into a town.
She had to see forty or fifty patients every day, so she didn't pay attention to the situation in the capital for a while.
Xiao Jue pursed his lips: "I don't want to trouble you with everything and ask you to take action."
Xue Huan frowned and suddenly realized this. If she was the only one who could catch monsters, what would happen when she left in the future?
Does she need to train some monster catchers?
But we can consider this matter later. The most important thing now is to catch the monster who kidnapped the children.
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