Chapter 34
The three thousand and ninety-third year of Qingyu.
In the morning in Wuzhou, we trace back to Emperor Xuanzong.
Ji Tang finished her training in the retreat cave. She stretched her limbs and performed a body cleansing technique on herself, and she immediately felt refreshed.
This cave is one of the retreat caves of Master Wu Shu.
After Jitang and Su Jinzhou returned to Suxuan Sect from Qingmang Yanyue Mountain, they both went into seclusion.
Her identity as a member of the Nightmare Clan still needs to be reported to the Sect Master by True Man Wu Shu before it can be determined whether she can stay in the Suxuan Sect to practice. The outcome is still unknown.
She walked out of the cave, and the young cultivator guarding outside came forward to greet her.
"Senior Sister, you're out of seclusion!"
Jitang looked at him and said, "I haven't seen you before."
The little boy scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "I was admitted to the inner sect two years ago and assigned to be a disciple of Master Wu Shu. My name is Gu Yan."
Jitang: "You don't look very old."
Gu Yan's cheeks visibly turned red as Ji Tang stared at him. He answered with a hint of childish pride, "I, I'm fourteen years old."
Ji Tang knew nothing about the sect assessment and nodded casually: "Very good."
Gu Yan opened his mouth, but before he could utter the next self-deprecating words, he saw that Ji Tang was not paying attention, which made him feel annoyed.
Ji Tang looked around, "Are Master and Senior Brothers here?"
Gu Yan: "Master Wu Shu went to the Yuli Sect to attend the Enlightenment Conference. He is not in the sect now, but he said that he has reported Senior Sister's matter to the Sect Master, and the Sect Master has agreed to accept Senior Sister as Master Wu Shu's direct disciple."
Ji Tang didn't care much and asked again: "Where is my senior brother?"
Now, Master Wu Shu has only two direct disciples, one is Ji Tang and the other is Su Jin Zhou.
Gu Yan: "Senior Brother is not in the sect now. He has been in Sujia Country for some time. I don't know when he will return."
Ji Tang muttered, "He won't go back to the palace, will he? When will he come out?"
Gu Yan: "I came out of retreat three years earlier than you, and I went to Sujia Country two months ago." He said this and took out the spiritual communication stone from his pocket. "Oh, by the way, senior sister, I said that you can use the spiritual communication stone to contact him after you come out of retreat."
Ji Tang took it and played with it, "How long have I been in seclusion?"
Gu Yan: "Sixty years."
Jitang paused and immediately said, "I'm going to Sujia Country too."
She left after she said that.
Gu Yan didn't even have time to say goodbye.
Ji Tang flew on his sword from Su Xuanzong to the imperial palace of Su Jia Kingdom.
She hid her body and went straight to the border palace.
There were quite a few guards patrolling outside the palace and palace maids guarding the gate. Ji Tang went back to his old ways and climbed in through the window.
The layout of the hall is the same as it was sixty years ago. Every corner is very clean and tidy, and you can tell at a glance that someone has been cleaning and maintaining it all year round.
She injected nightmare energy into the spiritual communication stone. The spiritual communication stone was set up by Su Jinzhou early in the morning. As long as Ji Tang activated it, she could contact him directly.
The image of Su Jinzhou soon appeared in front of Jitang.
For those who practice Taoism, sixty years is really nothing. The two have been practicing in seclusion for decades, so when they met, there was no feeling of being apart for a long time.
Ji Tang came up and asked, "Brother, where are you?"
Su Jinzhou was dressed in a moon-white robe, and his cold expression only melted when he saw Ji Tang. He saw the familiar furnishings behind Ji Tang and said, "I am in the Emperor's bedroom."
Jitang had never been to the emperor's bedroom, but he knew that since it was the emperor's residence, it must be magnificent and well-guarded.
As she searched, she spread out her nightmare energy and soon found Su Jinzhou's location.
Ji Tang noticed that the nightmare energy was gently pulling towards a certain position. She smiled slightly, knowing that Su Jinzhou had seen the nightmare energy and was signaling to her.
She followed the nightmare all the way to the emperor's bedroom, and used soul-stealing magic to easily walk past the guards and maids and enter the inner room.
Su Jinzhou was sitting on the Arhat couch drinking tea. Seeing Jitang come in, he said with a smile, "I'm already in the late stage of falling in love."
Jitang secluded himself for sixty years, started from the beginning, and finally raised his cultivation back to the Heart-beating Stage.
She also looked at Su Jinzhou, but was surprised to find that she could not see through his cultivation level!
"Brother, have you reached the Spiritual Silence Stage?"
Only if her cultivation and soul were higher than Ji Tang's, she would not be able to see through Su Jinzhou's cultivation.
Su Jinzhou: "Yes, late stage of spiritual silence."
Jitang: “…”
She thought her cultivation speed was fast enough, but she didn't expect Su Jinzhou to be even faster than her.
He came out of seclusion three years earlier than her. How did he cultivate in just fifty-seven years?
Su Jinzhou saw what she was thinking and coaxed her, "It's a good idea for you to practice the Nightmare Clan's supreme technique again. It's a good idea to take it step by step."
Ji Tang understood, "I know, congratulations, Senior Brother!" She bowed tenderly and looked towards the dragon couch, "Senior Brother, you returned to the palace because of Su Qianchen, right?"
Lying on the dragon bed and sleeping was the seventh prince Su Qianchen.
Sixty years have turned the young man in his prime into an old man on his deathbed.
"Yes." Su Jinzhou put down the teacup.
Jitang looked at the two brothers.
Su Qianchen, draped in a dragon robe, breathed fast and slow. Seeing him, Ji Tang could clearly see the passage of time. The young man who had once played with her was now gray-haired, his face sagging and wrinkled, a sign of old age.
Every breath he took was accompanied by a heavy tone, and his hands placed on the smooth brocade were left with only shriveled skin, and his flesh and blood seemed to be about to disappear along with his life.
Su Jinzhou, who was sitting on the Arhat couch, looked and behaved as if he were still a young man, with a graceful demeanor.
The moon-white disciple uniform of Su Xuanzong made him look like an immortal. After decades of practice, his temperament became purer, like white jade from a high mountain, warm and tough.
Ji Tang sighed imperceptibly.
"Jitang?"
Ji Tang turned around upon hearing the voice and said in surprise: "Qing Yue! You are still here..."
Tan Qingyue glared at her, "What do you mean I'm still here? I've always been here. But you two, I haven't seen you for sixty years, um... I can't even tell how advanced you are!"
The two hugged each other.
Ji Tang: "Qing Yue, have you been in the palace all this time? Have you been with Su Qianchen all this time?"
Tan Qingyue grabbed Jitang's hand and shook it happily, "Yes, this guy has already prepared the dance studio he promised me, but after much thought, I think the nightmare in the palace is more delicious, so I just stayed here."
Jitang didn't believe her words.
Even if the palace had many nightmares, she wouldn't have stayed there for sixty years.
She and Tan Qingyue came to the dragon bed. When they got closer, Ji Tang could smell the faint scent of medicine emanating from Su Qianchen.
His life is almost coming to an end, and the fact that he is taken care of so well has something to do with his own identity and Tan Qingyue.
Tan Qingyue smiled and moved closer to him, whispering in his ear, "Qianchen, Qianchen?"
After a while, Su Qianchen opened his eyes slightly.
His cloudy eyes took a while to focus on Tan Qingyue's face, and then he curved his eyes.
Tan Qingyue held his hand, moved aside and said, "Look who's here?"
Su Qianchen looked at Jitang.
Jitang also came closer, "Brother."
Su Qianchen's smile became more obvious.
He opened his mouth, but only a breath came out, "Isn't this... a beauty..."
Tan Qingyue rolled her eyes at him.
Su Qianchen's words instantly brought Jitang back to the time when they first met.
"My beauty, are you worried about me?"
"I am three years younger than my brother."
"Why, can't I have a maid at my age?"
"Can't it be just to show off?!"
Ji Tang: "You used to be quite cute when you said that, but now it seems a bit disrespectful to your elders."
Su Qianchen laughed, but he choked after just two laughs, followed by a cough that went deep into his lungs.
Ji Tang's nightmare energy is not suitable for healing, "Brother!"
She turned around to call for help and found that Su Jinzhou had already come behind her. The spiritual power in his hand slowly penetrated into Su Qianchen's body, and the coughing soon stopped.
Su Qianchen closed his eyes, "I need to... take a break..."
Ji Tang left the bedroom silently, and through the crack of the door that was about to close, he saw that the corners of his mouth were still slightly raised.
The three of them came to the front hall.
Tan Qingyue said to Jitang: "You can see that Qianchen doesn't have much time left."
Jitang nodded silently.
"You see he has a good attitude, but he's actually just holding on. He can't let me go, and I know I can't let him go either, so I selfishly tell him every day to hold on a little longer and stay with me a little longer."
Tan Qingyue said, "Even though he doesn't say it, he must be envious of us. If life were long, he could always be with me." She curled her lips, "I envy him too. He doesn't have to feel bad if he goes before me."
Here are Su Qianchen's lover and his brother. No one feels good seeing Su Qianchen approaching the end of his life.
Ji Tang was silent for a long time before breaking the silence, "Why don't I see anyone else?"
Tan Qingyue: "Are you talking about other concubines and princes?"
Seeing Jitang nod, she said, "No, Su Qianchen only married me, and I am the only one in the harem. Now he has delegated power to the prince's son, the legitimate son of the Sixth Prince, and intends to let him succeed to the throne. Have you met the Sixth Prince before?"
Jitang thought for a moment and said, "No."
Tan Qingyue didn't explain much, only saying, "My appearance has remained unchanged for decades, so I can't appear in public all the time. Even if the royal relatives in the palace knew, I couldn't explain it to the ministers and the people. Qian Chen and I have only been a couple in public for more than ten years. I don't care about these empty names. I have lived like this with him until now."
"Qian Chen only set a few fixed times for the maids to come in and serve and take care of us. The rest of the time I was in there. Except for a few important people, I was already a dead person in their eyes."
Jitang held her hand and asked, "What are your plans for the future?"
After she asked, she saw Tan Qingyue's eyes suddenly light up.
"Jitang, I'm going to Haihezhou."
Jitang knew Haihezhou and had been there once. There were tens of thousands of islands scattered there, and the people lived on them, making their living from the sea.
The spiritual seal that Jitang's parents imprinted on her life-protecting magic weapon is on Haijinyunjian Island in Haihezhou.
Ji Tang: "I want to go and take a look too. Then let's wait until things are done here. How about you, Senior Brother?"
Before Su Jinzhou could answer, Tan Qingyue spoke first, "I have to go now!"
The two looked at her.
Tan Qingyue asked, "Do you know about the longevity pill?"
Ji Tang was very interested in refining medicine, so he had naturally heard of the Longevity Pill. "Isn't that a forbidden drug?"
Before Jitang was born, the longevity pill had already been listed as one of the banned drugs.
The longevity pill was originally prepared for people who practiced Taoism.
Many cultivators are unable to advance to higher ranks, but their lifespans are drawing to a close. In order to take a chance, they will choose to take longevity pills, go against the will of heaven, extend their lifespans, and continue their cultivation.
But there is a price to pay for going against the will of heaven, and this is reflected in the upgrading of thunder tribulation.
Only one person out of hundreds of people can truly survive the enhanced thunder tribulation. This ratio is too shocking. Even if they survive the thunder tribulation and successfully improve themselves, there are still many consequences, one of which is the breeding of inner demons.
As long as a cultivator has inner demons, he will become increasingly uncontrollable and gradually fall into the devil's trap.
Fallen demons and demons are two completely different things.
The demons are ultimately of a different race, but fallen demons are those whose inner demons override their egos, and the cultivators will become increasingly manic.
Depending on the cause of their inner demons, those who fall into demons will also show different behaviors. For example, those who want to advance to higher ranks and prolong their lives will often absorb the spiritual energy of monks, and various perverted and cruel practices are endless.
Since then, the longevity elixir has become a banned drug in the world of cultivation.
Later, for some unknown reason, the longevity elixir appeared briefly in the mortal world again.
This tiny pill can cause chaos in the world of cultivation, let alone the mortal world.
The final result was the same as in the cultivation world, and it was also listed as a banned drug.
After all, the longevity elixir is a product of the world of cultivation. As long as the world of cultivation stops refining it, the mortal world will naturally cease to exist in a hundred years.
Tan Qingyue: "One of the medicinal ingredients for the longevity pill grows in Haihezhou. I have to find a way to refine the longevity pill and let Qianchen live!"
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