Chapter 109 Alchemist! Alchemist!!!
For a long time, whenever Alchemist was mentioned, everyone was full of prejudice.
This was because he bewitched the emperor, sought immortality and ignored the mundane world. He even directly or indirectly caused Emperor Zong Ming to not attend court for more than 20 years, and even built the Wanshou Palace on a large scale. Naturally, part of this sin was attributed to the alchemist, and he could not get rid of it even if he wanted to.
But if we discard the prejudice in our hearts and just regard Qingpingzi and his group as ordinary Taoists, Ji Lao felt a chill rushing straight to his head. The historical mysteries left in his profound knowledge opened a gap for him at this moment! In the blink of an eye, he seemed to have figured something out. His figure turned into a series of afterimages, quickly stopping in front of each bookshelf for a short moment, and then walked to the next one without stopping.
Soon, one book after another was placed in front of Gu Dan.
Old Ji was extremely excited, and his already old face flushed. He opened the first book with trembling fingers and read it word by word: "It is recorded in the Records of Taizu that in the second year of Dayue's founding, a Taoist priest came to see the emperor and talked about strange people and strange skills. Taizu was displeased and expelled him."
"It is recorded in the Wanqinggongshu that in the 34th year of Dayue, the new emperor ascended the throne, but the name of the country was not yet determined. A Taoist priest came to the emperor's court and presented him with the Five Elements Xiangshu. The new emperor was very pleased and granted the Taiqing Temple to the Taoist priest. The Taiqing Temple is now the Qingfeng Temple!"
"It is recorded in the "Da Yue Huang Dian" that in the 63rd year of Da Yue, a new emperor ascended the throne and the name of the country was not yet determined. A Taoist priest came to the throne to meet him."
One by one, one thing after another.
In the past, people just treated it as a joke and lamented that not all Taoists despised fame and fortune. Ordinary people just didn't know where all the idle people came from.
It wasn't until today that Gu Dan's words completely woke him up.
What if it wasn't what he thought? ! Throughout the history of Dayue since its founding, every time a new emperor ascended the throne, there were actually Taoist priests rushing to meet him! ! ! However, there had never been an emperor of Dayue who worshipped Taoist priests as much as Emperor Zongming. In the past, even the most religious emperors only appointed a Heavenly Master at most! Until the generation of Emperor Zongming, his belief in seeking immortality and Taoism reached an extreme point. He did not attend court for more than 20 years, causing the people to suffer terribly. People did not dare to express their opinions about the emperor openly, so they could only point their spearheads at Qingpingzi and others.
The Taoists also took the opportunity to distance themselves from his righteousness, calling him an alchemist and bluntly saying that they were not the same kind of people.
So much so that he had never thought about it, and just lamented that each generation of emperors was inferior to the previous one! If Gu Dan hadn't cleared up the fog in his heart, and if he hadn't had this elixir in front of him, he really wouldn't have been able to connect all of this! "What do these Taoists want to do?"
As history book after history book was opened before his eyes, Gu Dan had not expected those Taoists to be so persistent.
He has to meet with every emperor he changes. This is too persistent!
But if you say that these people really covet wealth and glory, they slip away faster than anyone else when the immortal fate really comes and they have worked hard for decades to achieve it . The main point is that it is hard to grasp and see clearly! "Is there a possibility that those people, like Qingpingzi, really want to ask the immortals for the way? But they don't want to get too involved in the secular world, so they want to use the imperial power to fulfill their wishes?" Old Ji's eyes were burning, and his eyes burst out with brilliance like the scorching sun.
This feeling of unraveling the mysteries of history and seeing through time to glimpse a hidden corner of the years always makes him feel excited, and he wishes he could borrow another 500 years from heaven to figure it all out! Unfortunately, now that he is old and weak, even if he has grasped some clues, he simply has no time to explore it bit by bit.
This feeling of having made a great discovery but being helpless is like having ants crawling all over the body, or like scratching an itch through a shoe. It makes people feel between joy and hatred, and they can't stop!
“Isn’t this right?”
Gu Dan frowned and said hesitantly, "Only when the stars fell from the sky at night can the immortals appear in the world. How could those Taoists still be alive today? What could they have discovered with the help of the imperial power at that time? Qing Pingzi just happened to run into someone like Emperor Zong Ming, otherwise how could he have obtained such tremendous power?"
"What's wrong?"
Old Ji shook his head repeatedly, staring at the box containing the elixir, and said affirmatively: "Isn't this a kind of immortal fate? Is there anything in the mortal world that can save a warrior more than ten years of hard training?!"
Gu Dan was stunned.
He understood what Master Ji meant in an instant! His vision should not be too narrow. It is not necessary to have spiritual stones to be considered as immortal fate. For example, the furnace creation pill he swallowed, and even the "Qingxuan Zhenjun Soul Transfer Method" given to him by Qingpingzi, aren't these also immortal fate?
Even if he didn't understand what it was for at the time, it was a real chance to become an immortal! In other words, Qing Pingzi could easily throw him a method of cultivating immortality, and even produce pills like Honglu Creation Pill that could help warriors save ten years of hard work. How much more did he hide behind the scenes?
Even the things that Emperor Zong Ming got were all obtained by the alchemists! Those alchemists couldn't really be so righteous and loyal that they didn't take any kickbacks and just worked for Emperor Zong Ming, right? !
If you understand this, it is not difficult to understand why the true immortal fate came to the world, but after learning the immortal method, Qingpingzi, who is clearly a master of the generation, ran faster than anyone else! If he doesn't run, I'm afraid the world will chase him!
Damn it, they used to think they were alchemists who wanted to gain wealth and fame and deceive Emperor Zong Ming, but who would have thought they were serious. Even Gu Dan, who had always maintained a nonchalant attitude towards things, couldn't help but have his eyes turn red after figuring it all out.
God knows how many good things the alchemist has hidden and hasn’t revealed yet!
How could they just run away?! At this moment, Gu Dan actually understood the source of Emperor Zong Ming's hatred for the alchemists.
I wish I could shout, "I will enforce justice on behalf of heaven" and then pull Qingpingzi out to see how many good things he has hidden behind the scenes! "Qingpingzi finally disappeared in Yuzhou, and now the White Lotus Sect is causing chaos in Yuzhou." Gu Dan murmured.
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"Ha, this has nothing to do with me."
After figuring this out, Master Ji was the first to put aside these fantasies and get everything back to the point, saying, "You still have a chance to look for Qingpingzi. At my age, if I can reach a level above Grandmaster once in my lifetime, I will die without regrets!"
"Um?"
Gu Dan, who had come to his senses, looked at him in surprise and asked in confusion: "You want to break through to the Xiantian realm again?!"
"Why not? Before I die, I can show you another way. If it succeeds, that would be great. Maybe I can continue for a few more decades. If I die, I can also leave you some warnings."
Old Ji said with a smile. He did not show much pessimism or disappointment when talking about life and death. "However, it is not as easy as you think to reach the level of Grandmaster! If you rush in without decades of preparation, you will die without a burial place! You are still far from it now. Come with me. I have prepared something for you."
(End of this chapter)