Chapter 13: Ying Zheng: I heard someone wants to monopolize me
There were no other people around the palace, so Weishengxue walked a little further away.
She refused the palace servants who wanted to lead the way and walked leisurely along the loess path.
Speaking of which, this was her first chance to appreciate the scenery of the "immortal world".
The white clouds gathered together like cotton candy. The wind blowing in the face carried the smell of soil and grass in the early morning, as well as the unique heat of midsummer.
Wei Shengxue spread her five fingers and walked through the wind. The swaying grass and trees spoke a language that only she could understand.
"Ah! This is so interesting." She tapped the leaves with her fingertips, and a very faint trace of spiritual energy flowed into them, making the already lush tree even greener. "What an interesting place."
Wei Shengxue walked and stopped along the way. When he saw the grass leaves turn yellow, he gave them a wisp of spiritual power. When he saw someone fall, he helped them up. When he saw a frightened horse, he secretly comforted it...
She wants to get involved in everything she sees.
The servants following behind her looked at each other in confusion, but did not dare to say anything. They only reminded her when she was about to leave the palace.
The fields in the plains are connected into one piece. Looking around, there are endless farmlands and grasslands. The people working in the fields are naked, with only cloth wrapped around the key parts of their bodies.
Wei Shengxue was stunned.
This is a bit too unrestrained.
They buried their heads in the fields, showing an attitude of either numbness or indifference towards the passers-by.
Wei Shengxue took a few steps forward and walked to the side of a farmland. It was probably a farmland. She saw someone weeding not far away.
Three or four crops were planted together in the same field, with a few sparse fruits hanging on them. She reached out and pinched them, and found that one-third of one plant was empty shells.
"Is this the food they grow?" she confirmed with the servant behind her.
"Yes," the attendant said proudly, "His Majesty the Emperor has appointed agricultural officials throughout the country to guide the people in their farming. These crops are growing well. If nothing goes wrong, we'll have a good harvest this year."
Wei Shengxue glanced at the sparse and shriveled crops at hand and wanted to ask: Are you serious?
I don’t know if I can harvest 200 kilograms of grain from one acre of land, and I won’t be able to fill my stomach if I plant a few acres less.
To be honest, although she has the wood-type ability that is most suitable for planting, it is a combat-type ability and she cannot even recognize the seeds of major crops.
But even so, she could make a rough estimate that the yield per mu of the land in front of her would be at most a hundred kilograms in the mature season. If there was insufficient or too much rain, even a hundred kilograms would not be achieved.
Wei Shengxue looked at the servant in front of him who still had a proud look on his face, turned away silently and rolled his eyes.
It seems like he knows a lot, but who would have thought he couldn't even notice such an obvious production reduction.
Oh, ignorant fool.
It really makes people have no desire to communicate.
Wei Shengxue stood up and paced along the edge of the field. She passed by several people, all of whom were busy working, so she felt embarrassed to disturb them even though she wanted to ask about their situation.
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Outside the palace, a group of people dressed in elegant and fairy-like manners were looking around.
"Didn't they say the newlyweds were outside the palace? Where are they?"
A middle-aged man with a goatee frowned and said dissatisfiedly.
He arrogantly instructed the guard at the door: "Hey, come here."
The guard who was pointed out came over and saluted: "Master."
"I heard that the man His Majesty brought back has emerged from seclusion?" The man with the goatee stretched out his voice, exuding a nonchalant arrogance. "This Immortal Master was waiting to sit down and discuss Taoism with him. It's been so long, and I still haven't seen him."
The implicit meaning of the words is to accuse the newcomers of not knowing the rules and not knowing when to pay homage to the leader.
The guard rolled his eyes in his heart, but didn't show it on his face. He just said, "I don't know what's going on between the immortal masters."
The man with the goatee snorted, flicked the non-existent dust off his sleeves, and walked away.
"I heard that fellow Taoist is walking along the official road. Why don't we go look for him?"
The person who spoke was Xu Sheng, who had just arrived not long ago. However, he was deeply favored by the First Emperor and had real skills. As a latecomer, he had gained the upper hand and had also gathered some supporters among the alchemists.
The alchemists drove away in their carts. The guard who watched them leave rolled his eyes fiercely and complained to his colleagues next to him:
"You have little ability, but you act so arrogantly. Immortals always speak softly and gently, nothing like them."
"Keep your voice down." After all, he is a person favored by His Majesty, and it is enough for him to deal with these small shrimps.
The guard who was reminded pursed his lips and said nothing, but his inclination was even more obvious.
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A group of alchemists boasted to each other and followed the traces all the way forward.
"Fellow Daoist Xu's 'Divine Precepts' are unrivaled in the world. I've never seen them anywhere else."
This refers to the miracle Xu Sheng displayed when he met the First Emperor, causing glowing words to appear above the large cauldron, like the words of immortals and gods.
Xu Sheng stroked his beard and smiled when he was flattered. He discovered this trick by accident when he was refining the elixir. He became famous with this trick and it has never been exposed.
As they chatted, they talked about the newcomer: "I heard that he suddenly appeared on Mount Tai and can make plants grow. How can he do that?"
The goateed man beside him chuckled twice: "Everyone here has some incredible skills. They all say they are taught by gods, but in reality, hehe."
These words immediately touched everyone's heart, and the laughter and noise appeared again.
Only Xu Sheng leaned on the bicycle frame beside him, with a bad premonition in his heart.
It has been over a month since he came down from Mount Tai, but His Majesty has come to urge the golden elixir eight times less than before he went up Mount Tai. Especially since a month ago, the attitude of the palace servants who came to deliver messages has become somewhat subtle.
The respect remained, but it was much more... He frowned and tried to find an adjective, but found that this subtle change could not be described in words.
Xu Sheng suppressed his irregular heartbeat.
How about bringing the matter of the overseas fairy mountain forward?
Suddenly there was a noise in my ears.
"What's wrong?" Xu Sheng came to his senses and grabbed someone to ask.
The man he held had his eyes wide open, his nostrils flaring, and he looked extremely shocked.
"Someone said the new Taoist friend is a woman!"
As soon as he said the first sentence, he couldn't stop talking, like pouring beans, with an ambiguous and obscene smile on his face: "No wonder he hid it from everyone, it turns out to be... hehehe."
"I thought she was from the same profession, but it turns out she's just a woman who uses her beauty to please others. I don't even bother to compare myself to her."
"She's a woman, she must be going after the First Emperor's harem. She has no one to rely on, so how can we colleagues not help her?"
It is clear what the person who said this is planning.
"Hey, it's inconvenient for her as a woman to walk around outside. If the ability to make plants grow is passed on to others, it will benefit more people."
This is someone who is targeting someone else's unique skills.
"That's right, that's right! That's how it should be!"
The man in the light grey robe raised an eyebrow and asked, "Fellow Daoist Xu, aren't you going over?"
Xu Sheng gently smoothed the fur on the dust and calmly kicked the ball back: "Daoyou, don't want to go over?"
The grey-robed man curled his lips and said, "You are not worthy of being consulted."
These short-sighted fools.
"What do you think, fellow Daoist?"
Xu Sheng's gaze drifted into the air, his voice light and airy, "We are merely gaining some superficial wealth and honor, but the one he's after is the most valuable item in all of Daqin."
The man in gray robe suddenly realized.
Then his face changed drastically.
"How, how is that possible?"
His tongue was almost tied, as if he was stating the facts or trying to convince himself: "The eldest son is well-known and has many supporters. Moreover, there is a clear order of seniority..."
He paused here, and only his changing expression revealed the turmoil in his heart.
Before the order of seniority, there is another sentence: there is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children.
But the First Emperor had not yet appointed a queen.
The gray-robed man raised his neck with a click, his expression dazed as he muttered, "This is truly a grand gesture."
Fortunately, Wei Shengxue didn’t know their guess, otherwise he would have kicked them into the water.
Don’t have such a wild imagination!
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When the alchemists found Wei Shengxue, she was squatting by a ditch, coaxing someone with a soft tone and gentle voice, as if the person in front of her was not a peasant woman covered in mud, but a child who needed careful protection.
"Hey, I'll give you a candy. Will you stop crying?"
"Sir?" The peasant woman put away her hands that were covering her face and crying, revealing a pair of timid eyes.
Wei Shengxue smiled at her, a gentle smile without any aggression.
"Here's some candy. What's your problem? Maybe I can help you. How about this: I'll help you solve your problem, and you'll answer some of my questions. How about we exchange equal value?"
Unilateral help from strangers may make people wary, but many people are willing to make exchanges that benefit themselves.
Wei Shengxue handed over the candy in her palm, "Come on, let's talk while we eat the candy."
The peasant woman tentatively extended her hand...
"Fellow Daoist!"
A loud shout came from behind. The peasant woman shuddered, and a glimpse of a few intricate pieces of clothing caught her eye. She immediately withdrew her hands and lay flat on the ground, her voice trembling as she said, "Greetings, hello, my dear."
Almost! I almost got her back!
Wei Shengxue gritted his teeth and turned around suddenly, glaring angrily.
A group of strangers.
Who are you?
Her expression was too obvious to be ignored.
The man in the lead had white eyebrows and a long beard, and his wide robe and sleeves fluttered in the wind, shaking off the dust. He reminded people of a hermit sage standing on the top of a mountain, gazing at the world.
"I am a Taoist priest of the Taoist Wuwei clan. I have long heard of your great name. Today I have the good fortune to meet you and have come to invite you to discuss the Dao."
He spoke politely, but his attitude was arrogant.
Wei Shengxue was already annoyed, and upon hearing this, she retorted directly: "I've only been away for a month, how can you say 'long'? If a month is considered a long time, then your life is quite short."
"And..." She looked him up from the bottom with her eyes slanted, in an extremely flirtatious manner.
"A mortal who can't even draw Qi into his body is worthy of being called my fellow Daoist?"
Taoist Wuwei's face darkened, "Fellow Daoist, are you trying to dominate the First Emperor?"
"You've just arrived, fellow Daoist, and you already have such a big appetite. Aren't you afraid that we'll both be destroyed?"
What?
Wei Shengxue didn't understand what he was saying. She was so angry that she felt humiliated and exposed.
Seeing that she was unconcerned, the other party raised his banner again: "We have spent countless efforts to refine the elixir for His Majesty to achieve immortality. Do you want His Majesty to waste all your efforts?"
It would have been fine if he hadn't said it, but as soon as he mentioned it, Wei Shengxue remembered it.
It turns out that half of the periodic table was fed by you!
You actually want to kill my meal ticket!
Wei Shengxue became even angrier, and for the first time, he released the spiritual pressure of an immortal cultivator without restraint.
Plop—plop—
How could ordinary people withstand the spiritual pressure? The alchemists who were so arrogant just now fell to their knees on the ground one after another.
Those people struggled hard, but they could only flap their arms in vain like a turtle turned over.
It seems like... I hit a wall...
A judgmental voice fell from above:
"You were the ones who poisoned Fellow Daoist Ying Zheng."
"What kind of poison?"
The familiar and majestic voice instantly silenced the Taoist priest who was still shouting.
It was as stiff as a wind-dried city wall, cracking inch by inch in the strong wind.
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