Upon hearing Tantai Yueming's words, the emperor's eyes lit up.
The gloom that had just been lifted by the Crown Prince's affair vanished instantly.
What does it matter if he's a prince or not? Nothing is more important than his longevity.
If he could live for several more decades, he would have time to train another successor, and then he would also have time to cultivate immortality.
His grandson is already ten years old, and in another ten years he can let go of him.
But the Chu Emperor was completely unaware that his perfect successor had already been abducted and embarked on the path of cultivation before him.
Emperor Chu subconsciously looked around, but after a while he didn't see anyone who looked like an immortal, and he was instantly disappointed.
He wondered if the emperor was too naive and had been deceived.
At this moment, Lin Jiujiu, who was in the crowd, heard Tantai Yueming's words through a trick of deception and couldn't help but find it amusing.
Just how confident is this guy that he's certain he won and even told the person involved about the bet?
However, it must be said that Tantai Yueming did not lose this time.
From the moment Lin Jiujiu met Emperor Chu, she deduced that Emperor Chu was unaware of the Crown Prince's situation.
Thinking that it was just a Longevity Pill, and she had several bottles of it in her space, and since it was a pill she used to practice with, it wasn't anything valuable, so giving it away in advance wasn't a big deal.
So, without being stingy, he used his divine sense to enter the space and communicate with Xiaobai inside.
"Please take one Longevity Pill from the third drawer on the left in the second row on the south wall of the pharmacy, and put it in a medicine bottle for me."
She could actually do this too, but it would require the use of her mental power.
She didn't want to take any risks while she still didn't know who was behind the Crown Prince.
It would be troublesome if someone noticed the fluctuations in mental energy.
She knew all too well that there were many unseen and intangible strange forces in this world, just like Xiaobai's predecessor.
Little White was sunbathing on the lawn when it heard Lin Jiujiu's words. It immediately jumped away and went to do as Lin Jiujiu instructed.
With a flick of her wrist, Lin Jiujiu produced a small porcelain bottle in her palm.
Just as the imperial carriage was about to enter the palace, Tantai Yueming felt a gentle force approaching.
Not sensing any danger, he didn't make a move, and the next moment, an exquisite white porcelain medicine bottle appeared in Emperor Chu's arms.
Emperor Chu was still bewildered, but Tantai Yueming snatched the bottle away, broke the seal, and a pleasant medicinal fragrance wafted out.
Tantai Yueming looked pleasantly surprised.
"Brother, this is the Longevity Pill. Take it quickly, and I'll help you neutralize its medicinal properties. Leaving it exposed to the outside for too long will affect its efficacy."
The Chu Emperor was both amused and exasperated by his actions, unsure whether to call him reckless or something else entirely.
However, he still trusted Tantai Yueming to some extent, and seeing the pill in his hand, Emperor Chu swallowed it without thinking.
It wasn't that Tantai Yueming was in a hurry, but rather that such a rare item was extremely difficult to come by, even in the world of cultivation.
Many old monsters have reached the end of their lifespan but are unable to break through. However, this Longevity Pill can buy them another hundred years. During these hundred years, they may find the opportunity to break through, which will add hundreds or even thousands of years to their lifespan.
It is easy to see that having a Longevity Pill in hand is equivalent to having an extra life; who wouldn't want such a pill?
The Longevity Pill that Lin Jiujiu gave her was of such high quality that golden pill patterns had already appeared on it, clearly indicating that it had undergone the baptism of lightning tribulation.
If this kind of pill is not sealed off, it will be detected very quickly once it is produced.
Clearly, Lin Jiujiu had considered this beforehand, but she didn't expect Tantai Yueming to be so bold as to open it so directly.
It's too late to seal it up now; we have to eat it quickly, or we might attract some old monster. The entire Great Chu Dynasty wouldn't be enough for him to do with a flick of his finger.
Tantai Yueming hadn't expected that Lin Jiujiu would bring out such a good thing just because of a bet, which is why she was in a hurry to let the Chu Emperor eat it.
Upon hearing Tantai Yueming's words, Emperor Chu felt a surge of heat in his abdomen as soon as the pill entered his stomach, making him feel so comfortable that he couldn't help but sigh.
But out of respect for the emperor's authority, he ultimately held back.
This top-grade pill truly lives up to its name; its effects are remarkably noticeable.
Fu Lai could see with his naked eye that the gray hairs on Emperor Chu's temples were slowly turning into a glossy black.
The fine lines around my eyes from staying up late reviewing memorials have gradually disappeared.
The Chu Emperor, who originally looked no more than thirty years old despite being in his fifties, now looks like he's in his early twenties, even younger than some of the princes.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have almost thought that the person in charge had been replaced.
Although the emperor could not see the changes on their faces, he still couldn't help but stretch out his hands to watch with his own eyes how they transformed.
Tantai Yueming was not surprised by his change.
After all, that's a rare treasure even in the cultivation world. It's perfectly normal for him to return to his twenties.
Little did he know that at the very moment the aura of the elixir was released, countless old monsters in the cultivation world opened their eyes from their secluded cultivation.
The reason they chose to go into seclusion was simply because their lifespans were nearing their end, and they wanted to find an opportunity for a breakthrough.
Who wouldn't be tempted by something that could extend lifespan?
Some even returned from their secluded retreats, wanting to carefully sense the location of the elixir.
They would do anything to obtain the Longevity Pill.
Unfortunately, the pill appeared quickly and disappeared just as fast; its aura vanished almost instantly, leaving no trace.
Anyone with a modicum of sense should know that this elixir must have been consumed by someone.
However, some still harbored a侥幸心理 (a sense of wishful thinking) and immediately gave orders to their subordinates.
"Find him! Find him for me! Even if you have to search the entire cultivation world, you must find the person who possesses the Longevity Pill."
Even if the elixir has already been taken, bring the person who took it back to me. I want to personally ask where this medicine came from.
In their minds, it would be a waste to give the elixir to anyone who didn't take it, unless it was for them.
Lin Jiujiu never expected that a small longevity pill, which she looked down upon, would cause such a huge uproar before she even went to the cultivation world.
However, even if she knew, she wouldn't care. After all, in her opinion, the Longevity Pill was nothing special, and she had plenty of them.
Having experienced the effects of the Longevity Pill, the Chu Emperor felt an even stronger yearning for immortality.
"Brother, am I truly incapable of cultivating immortality?"
Upon hearing his words, Tantai Yueming's gaze towards the Chu Emperor darkened.
“Brother, it’s not that I don’t want to teach you cultivation techniques, but if the people of the cultivation world find out, the Great Chu will be destroyed in an instant. Do you really want the foundation passed down by our ancestors to be destroyed in an instant?”
Upon hearing this, the Chu Emperor immediately abandoned his thoughts.
"Enough, enough. I'll try harder. I'll go with you once the Crown Prince is ready to take my place."
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