This left Xu Fu completely dumbfounded.
Having portrayed Xu Fu for most of his life, this was the first time he had ever been stumped by a question.
Because he didn't know, and couldn't explain at all, how the elixir was made.
He simply added heavy metals according to the ancient formula and his own understanding, then quenched it repeatedly, and produced a dark, murky substance, which he then rolled into small balls and called an elixir.
Actually, this stuff would be good if you fed it to a dog.
Even a dog wouldn't eat it.
Although dogs don't have the same level of intelligence as humans, they still know that thing shouldn't be eaten!
It is only because Ying Zheng is so eager for immortality that he has fallen for the tricks of the sorcerers.
Treating mercury like a treasure!
No wonder his health deteriorated as he consumed these pills with excessive metal content every day, and he died before he was even fifty.
"this......."
Xu Fu was speechless.
His whole body was trembling.
Could it be that this foolish emperor discovered the problem with the elixir?
"What are you talking about? I'm asking you a question! And last night that old immortal told me that mortals can't become immortals by taking elixirs! Unless it's an elixir bestowed by someone like Laozi! Guards, bring all of Xu Fu's elixirs here and feed them to him!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, no! Your Majesty! You have been deceived! I had no such intention!"
"Hmph! I won't listen to your nonsense! Wang Ben, why aren't you making your move yet?"
"promise!"
Wang Ben jumped over instantly and grabbed Xu Fu, who was trying to escape. Then, the guards took out all the golden pills that Xu Fu carried with him, pried open his mouth, and forced him to swallow them one after another.
"Ah! Your Majesty, um..."
Xu Fu was physically weak to begin with. Despite his ethereal and otherworldly appearance, he was extremely thin and had a very poor constitution.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been abandoned in the wilderness by his parents when he was a child.
He was later rescued by a wandering sorcerer on the road, who took him to adulthood. It was because of this that he developed the characteristic of only one truthful sentence out of ten.
Right now, he has consumed more than a dozen pills and was also rudely forced to drink a bowl of wine by these guards.
It made his lower abdomen feel like it was burning rapidly with flames.
These elixirs contain heavy metals such as mercury. If you eat more than a dozen at once, your body's emergency organs will be overloaded and unable to keep up with the demand, let alone resist the poison.
The First Emperor would take one elixir and then wait several months between doses. He never took so many at once, so the toxicity was low, but it still accumulated to a considerable amount.
Now Xu Fu is in trouble.
The toxicity was so great that his eyes rolled back, he foamed at the mouth, and his neck tilted to the side.
He died suddenly on the spot.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Wang Ben used his index finger to check Xu Fu's breathing, who was lying motionless on the ground, and found that he was dead.
He panicked so much that beads of sweat dripped from his forehead onto the ground.
It wasn't that he was afraid because Xu Fu had died.
It's not because the Wang family and Xu Fu maintained a very close relationship during that time, but now that Xu Fu has died from consuming his own elixir, what does that mean?
This means the elixir is poisonous!
The First Emperor consumed elixirs that he had concocted!
If the First Emperor subconsciously associated the Wang family with Xu Fu, it would be interpreted as the Wang family instructing Xu Fu to poison him!
If that really happens...
Then the Wang family is not far from destruction!
What happened to Xu Fu?
Ying Zheng's gaze was extremely unfriendly; he knew that Li Lin had guessed right about the pill!
Xu Fu was right, just as that kid Li Lin had predicted!
Then the stories of Zhao Gao, the so-called Second Emperor of Qin, and his death three years later should all come true, right?
Suddenly, he realized how terrifying Li Lin was.
If Li Lin is truly unusable, then he must never be allowed to live!
In that instant, a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.
Terrified, the battle-hardened Wang Jian hurriedly moved his aged arm, bent down, and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.
Li Si and the others were also terrified, their faces turning deathly pale.
They all bowed down and knelt on the ground.
[Is this the aura of an emperor's wrath, capable of causing millions to die and rivers of blood to flow? The First Emperor truly is a great emperor of all time! Even powerful figures like Li Si and Wang Jian are terrified by a single glance from him! My goodness, the First Emperor, when he's in a state of brilliant and mighty power, is extraordinary. But how did he discover Xu Fu's suspicious nature? And why did he kill him? How did Fusang come to be? After all, the Fusang Kingdom originated from Xu Fu!]
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