What Wei Xuebin didn't know was that while he was thriving in Bei Li, Wei Xuelin was having a terrible headache in Da Chu.
He received a letter from Bei Li, asking him to send more sulfur, as much as he wanted, at a price that had doubled compared to before.
Wei Xuelin could tell that Bei Li was very anxious to obtain sulfur, but he had only managed to purchase twenty jin (a unit of weight). Subsequently, Xiao Yanchu ordered that sulfur be placed under military control and that no one was allowed to sell it. If losses were incurred, the imperial court would provide subsidies. As a result, he was unable to obtain any sulfur at all.
After thinking it over, he used the power of the Wei family to seize a small sulfur mine from a merchant family. However, the mine was small and time was short, so he could not mine much. In the end, he only mined ten jun (a unit of weight).
Fortunately, Xiao Yanchu was not in the capital. Wei Xuelin asked the Empress Dowager for a token and had someone secretly transport the thirty jin to Bei Li.
What Wei Xuelin didn't know was that the sulfur was intercepted halfway through its journey, and all the transport personnel were detained to prevent the news from reaching the capital.
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Although Beili is mainly grassland, there is a mountain near Jingqiang that is shaped like a bamboo shoot and is called Jade Bamboo Shoot Peak.
There is a cave inside Yusun Mountain, and now the entrance is heavily guarded.
While everyone was focused on Mo Han, Lin Wanqing led her palace maids to the cave on Jade Bamboo Shoot Peak.
Upon entering the cave, the stench that hit her almost made Lin Wanqing vomit.
She quickly took out a handkerchief to cover her nose, and then took a sachet and smelled it to relieve the discomfort.
Inside the cave, Gao Hongyuan was sitting cross-legged on a futon, meditating.
However, after not seeing Gao Hongyuan for a while, Lin Wanqing was surprised to find that his skin had become fairer, the scars on his face had faded, and hair had even started to grow back on his bald head. He didn't look as scary as before.
Is this reverse aging?
Gao Hongyuan seemed to sense someone entering and slowly opened his eyes.
Upon seeing that it was Lin Wanqing, he stood up and bowed, "Greetings, Your Majesty."
"Gao Hongyuan, you're recovering very quickly," Lin Wanqing said.
"I have to thank the Queen for sending me the person." Gao Hongyuan said with a slight smile.
He had absorbed the blood of five hundred people, and his body had recovered most of its strength. He could also clearly feel that the demon king within him was growing rapidly.
"Where are those people?" Lin Wanqing asked, puzzled. Gao Hong had asked her to send fifty people over each day, but those people had entered the cave and never come out again.
Lin Wanqing knew that Gao Hongyuan needed to absorb the life essence of these people, and that entering would only lead to death.
Even if they were corpses, five hundred was no small number. Why hadn't she seen those corpses, nor heard of them being transported out? Where had Gao Hongyuan hidden them?
It's impossible to eat it all, right? You can absorb the essence and blood without actually eating it all.
Gao Hongyuan seemed to know what Lin Wanqing was thinking, but he didn't explain. He just smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this way please."
After saying that, he walked straight ahead and led the way.
Gao Hongyuan walked into a passage in the cave, turned a corner, and disappeared. Lin Wanqing hesitated for a moment, then followed him.
When she turned the corner and saw what was in front of her, she couldn't hold it in any longer and turned around to vomit.
The palace maid who came with Lin Wanqing originally wanted to help the Queen, but when she saw this situation, she couldn't control herself and started vomiting along with Lin Wanqing.
Gao Hongyuan stood aside, a faint smile still on his face, completely unaffected, and said calmly, "Your Majesty, they dug this cave."
Upon hearing this, Lin Wanqing was taken aback, and then vomited even more violently.
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