Ruins of the past

Changsheng Palace, inside the Immortal Palace.

Because of Emperor Yong'an's daily habit of doing meditation, the whole hall was always quiet inside and outside.

Every eunuch and maid was cautious when approaching the main hall, for fear of disturbing the emperor's practice.

Although Emperor Yong'an spends all day cultivating in the Changsheng Palace, the ministers in the court know that this emperor who cultivates immortality still firmly controls the world's affairs through the techniques of Feng Shui, divination, luck, and his heavenly guards. Change, you can know the world without leaving the palace.

That night, Emperor Yong'an was taking Fu Nanzi, the abbot of Baiyun Temple, to talk about alchemy.

In addition to being the abbot of Baiyun Temple in the capital, this Fu Nanzi was also the head of the Alchemy Academy of the Tianshi Sect. He entered Taoism through the "Zhengyi Dan Sutra" among the twenty-five correct methods.

His alchemy skills were unparalleled in the world, and he was often recruited by Emperor Yong'an to refine elixirs in the Changsheng Palace.

The two were refining elixirs this afternoon and talked in the evening. Emperor Yong'an seemed to be getting happier the more they talked, and the eunuch Chen Zhong was sent away after several reminders.

When they were talking about the use of fire in refining elixirs, Emperor Yong'an changed the topic and suddenly said: "I heard that during the Xia Dynasty, there was an expert on Longshe Mountain who refined the Taishang Huangting Pill. Has the Taoist Master heard of it?"

Taishang Huang Ting Dan can increase your life span by one year.

Fu Nanzi's eyes moved slightly and said, "I have never heard of this kind of elixir."

Emperor Yong'an smiled: "Maybe I remembered it wrong."

After a while, Emperor Yong'an asked Funanzi to retreat first.

After a while, the eunuch Chen Zhong walked up, holding a box of pills and said: "Master, today's pills are ready."

Emperor Yong'an glanced at him and said: "I asked you to arrange for the people to learn alchemy. How are they doing?"

Chen Zhong lowered his head and said: "Today, the magicians who secretly observed Fu Nanzi's alchemy... are still studying the newly obtained elixirs..."

Emperor Yong'an sighed: "Now you know why I spend 500,000 taels on Baiyun Temple every year."

Chen Zhong said: "Master Shengming. Servant... I still have something to report."

"Zhong Guangqi sent someone to investigate the Golden Millet Yellow Bud Pill refined by Baiyun Temple for his master this time, and found someone to follow their various purchases of medicinal materials..."

Emperor Yong'an interrupted directly: "When did you say something and hide something like Wu Siqi? Please tell me how much money they swallowed from me."

"There is no sage who has no master." Chen Zhong knelt down and said, "Our heavenly guards in Luozhou and Donghai Prefecture also reported that Baiyunguan imported about 70,000 taels of medicinal materials this year."

"Moreover, they have two ships transporting medicinal materials, and ten ships carry silk, tea, and porcelain, smuggling all the way from south to north. Under the banner of your Majesty, the water transportation is smooth, and no one dares to set up a card to charge, check vessel."

"They said less... and overreported more than 400,000 taels of silver. They also made 150,000 taels from smuggling on the road."

"From the head of the treasury, to the chief of staff, to the supervisory court, to the great virtuous men of the Daogang Division, all of them receive money."

Emperor Yong'an said coldly: "Where is Fu Nanzi? How much has he eaten?"

Chen Zhong said: "A ship pretended to be a merchant ship and transported 200,000 taels of silver to Gushui, Funanzi's hometown."

Emperor Yong'an sneered: "Sold me 70,000 taels of pills and 500,000 taels of pills. They are really my good ministers. They also smuggled goods all the way in my name. From south to north, this canal was also built for them." Already?"

Emperor Yong'an roared angrily, and the air rippled like water waves. Chen Zhong in front of him was stiff, as if his body was completely unable to move.

"They dare to swallow my money, and they dare to ruin my reputation!"

"Is there anything else they dare not do?"

Along with Emperor Yong'an's anger, scales loomed out from under his clothes. Chen Zhong felt all kinds of sounds beyond human imagination reverberating in his ears, making him deeply immersed in them and extremely fascinated...

Snapped!

There was an explosion in the air, and Chen Zhong came back to his senses. The strange appearance just now seemed to have completely disappeared, and the anger of Emperor Yong'an in front of him had also disappeared.

But Chen Zhong knew that the emperor was just as he had been for more than ten years, not that he was no longer angry, but that he hid his anger deeply.

"Master, please don't hurt your immortal body." He hurriedly knelt on the ground and said with a bow: "Today, there was news from Chao Yaoshan..."

"Chaoyao Mountain?" Emperor Yong'an said, "Jiang Longyu... is on the mountain now, right? Did he cause any trouble again?"

Chen Zhong immediately told the story about Chu Qiguang writing on someone's chest, and Jiang Longyu later adding writing on someone's back.

Emperor Yong'an laughed and said, "This Jiang Longyu is really getting more and more ridiculous."

When Chen Zhong saw the emperor laughing, he felt relieved and said, "Your Majesty, does he know why the other students in the Demon Suppression Division are trying to embarrass Chu Qiguang?"

He continued: "It turns out that it was Chu Qiguang who failed to activate the demon-conquering talisman. This person actually does not believe in Dao Zun."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Emperor Yong'an immediately asked, "Has anyone checked it out?"

Chen Zhong said: "It has been verified that he is indeed an untrustworthy person."

After Emperor Yong'an thought for a moment, he murmured: "People who have no faith..."

…

On Chaoyao Mountain, Chu Qiguang has become more and more accustomed to the days of pure study and cultivation on this mountain.

Living such a peaceful life, feeling that his knowledge continues to grow and his power becomes more and more powerful every day, makes him feel that time flies by so fast.

Unknowingly, nearly a month has passed. As the day of the Lunar New Year gets closer and closer, the atmosphere on Chaoyao Mountain becomes more and more tense.

In Chu Qiguang's dormitory, Li Chuzheng was copying the lecture notes with red eyes.

Zhang Haizhu, wearing a cotton-padded jacket, yawned and said, "Okay, it's already so late. Go to bed first and get up again tomorrow."

Li Chu shook his head: "No, I have to practice boxing later."

Zhang Haizhu said in surprise: "You still want to practice boxing so late?"

"There's going to be a little fight soon. This will affect whether you will be admitted to the Upper House or the Lower House. Haven't you asked? The treatment in the two houses is very different." Li Chu sighed: "I don't practice boxing for half an hour every night. , couldn’t sleep at all.”

Zhang Haizhu opened his mouth, and finally sighed helplessly. He looked at the bed belonging to Chu Qiguang and remembered that the god in their dormitory had not slept in it for almost a month.

In the boulder courtyard, a purple figure punched the gray granite, causing a fine crack.

Chu Qiguang looked at his uninjured purple palm, and then at his feet. Two tentacles emerged from the black mud-like shadow and curled up on his legs.

These days, Chu Qiguang has been observing the tentacles under his feet and the feet of others.

He is now very confident that this tentacle has a great relationship with strength.

‘The stronger the power it can exert, the more terrifying the strength, the more tentacles under its feet. ’

‘And the threshold of a tentacle seems to be the fifth level of martial arts. ’

At present, the person with the most tentacles under Chu Qiguang's feet is Song Ming, the mentor who teaches ghost knowledge. He has five tentacles stretched out under his feet.

Next is Yi Shuang, who teaches cult knowledge, and Yang Ling, the boxing instructor, both have four tentacles.

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