The old emperor is over sixty years old this year and has been on the throne for thirty years.
When I get older, I become afraid of death and start seeking immortality.
After the news that An Jingzhi had the elixir in his hands spread, he could no longer sit still.
The old emperor sat on the throne and looked down at An Jingzhi who was standing below.
An Jingzhi stood below.
"I heard you can make elixirs? I order you to make a furnace of elixirs for me. If you do it well, I will reward you greatly. If you can't do it, I will punish you for deceiving the emperor."
An Jingzhi: “…”
It was a complete accident, but the plan went well.
He had originally thought of relying on Zhang Kaizheng to help him pass on the formula of gunpowder, but now that was no longer necessary.
After agreeing to the old emperor, An Jingzhi asked the other party for a lot of things, saying that they were materials for preparing elixirs, but his materials were rather special, as they were all food.
Quan'an is the chief eunuch around the old emperor.
He brought a group of young eunuchs with him to prepare the materials for An Jingzhi's alchemy.
A large casserole and a matching stove were also brought.
After placing the casserole on a stove, add water to the casserole, and then continue to put in donkey-hide gelatin, angelica, beef, wheat flour, sugar, oil, milk and other things, and have a little eunuch constantly stir the pot next to it.
"Don't stop. If you get tired, take over. You must stir in one direction."
Quan An watched from the side, his brows furrowed. What the hell was going on? What kind of Taoist priest was using a clay pot to make elixirs?! And he wasted so many good things. Every time An Jingzhi threw something away, he felt a pang of pain.
From dawn to dusk, until the whole casserole turned into a paste and gradually became sticky, An Jingzhi asked someone to sprinkle flour on the wooden board next to it.
After washing his hands, he grabbed the dark paste, smeared flour on his hands, and rolled it into a ball.
He rolled out one hundred and sixty pills in a row. The young eunuchs knew that he was refining pills and did not dare to try.
He had to rub it for a long time and his hands were sore.
When An Jingzhi handed these pills to Quan An, Quan An was a little stunned. Is this the pill? Or did An Jingzhi make it by hand?
Why is it different from what other Taoists in the palace refine? Doesn't it take 49 days? And it was refined in one day? And it's all made with food. It doesn't look like an elixir at all!
Quan'an's expression fell apart. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and drag An Jingzhi along to deliver them to the old emperor.
The old emperor, who was still in the Shangshufang, picked up the meatball, looked at it from left to right, and then put it under his nose to smell it.
There is a strange, indescribable smell.
It is not like the elixirs made by other Taoists that make people feel refreshed when they smell it.
Other Taoists use pungent things like lead and mercury. How can you not feel refreshed when you smell them?
Can it be mastered in just one day? Looking at the old emperor's questioning eyes, Quan An took a deep breath and nodded.
The old emperor didn't believe it, so An Jingzhi dared to prevaricate him, "Why is the elixir you refine so different from others?"
"Your Majesty, could you please let me see what others have refined?"
The emperor took out a small porcelain bottle. Quan An took it and handed it to An Jingzhi, "If it is this kind of elixir that harms people, then I am indeed different from them." He shook it in his hand and it was quite heavy.
The old emperor flew into a rage, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
An Jingzhi said calmly, "Your Majesty, please try feeding these pills to a poultry. You should have the answer in an hour."
The old emperor looked at An Jingzhi suspiciously, waved his hand and asked Quan An to do it.
He personally watched the rooster peck at the pills.
Less than half an hour later, the rooster that had been standing tall and vigorous in the study room now lay cold on the ground.
The old emperor looked at the motionless rooster, as if he had seen his own fate. He was so frightened that his hands and feet were cold and sweating. He roared, "How dare you! How dare you! Drag all those Taoist priests in the palace out and chop them into pieces!"
He had been taking elixirs for half a year, and now he was sitting on the throne with a pale face and a panicked look.
Seeing the old emperor's panicked look, An Jingzhi knew, "Your Majesty, don't panic. This pill is poisonous, but it will take time for it to become fatal to humans."
The old emperor seemed to be grasping at a life-saving straw, "Is what Master An said true?!"
The old emperor now truly believed that An Jingzhi was a Taoist master.
"That's right. As long as Your Majesty stops eating these things and eats eggs and drinks milk every day, and then uses them together with my pills, you will see results in less than half a year."
"However, this elixir is not an elixir of immortality. It only strengthens the body. If a person is healthy and exercises regularly, he will naturally live longer."
If you've taken those elixirs and gotten lead and mercury poisoning, it's always a good idea to eat more protein. The energy in those pills he made is enough to keep the body moving.
It's a good opportunity for the old emperor to lose some weight. He will naturally be healthier if he loses weight.
"Okay, okay!" After being cheated by the Taoist priest, the old emperor no longer believed in any elixir of immortality. Being able to prolong his life and strengthen his body was already a surprise to him as he was obese and sick.
If An Jingzhi said that his elixir could also make him immortal, he would probably suspect that he was in cahoots with those Taoists.
The old emperor rewarded An Jingzhi with a large house with four courtyards.
When he took the pills made by An Jingzhi, he didn't dare to eat them directly, so he took a chicken to experiment. After finding that there was no problem, he took a dog to experiment.
Finally, the eunuchs around him dared to eat it after trying it.
According to An Jingzhi's instructions, he ate eggs and drank milk every day, and took ten pills a day.
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