Seventeen days later.
Li Yunxiao galloped non-stop for more than ten days before returning to Chang'an.
After returning, I immediately returned to the house.
"Brother Yunxiao!"
When he came back, Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang were enjoying tea in the pavilion. When they saw him coming back, they all stood up and greeted him.
"Brother Yunxiao is back so soon?"
Li Yunxiao opened his palms, sucked a cup of tea into his mouth, and then said: "What? I came back early, isn't it?"
"Of course not!"
"Okay, come on, come on, look what this is!"
Li Yunxiao pushed the two of them to the pavilion and placed the box on the table.
The box was opened, and the crystal clear snow lotus came into their eyes.
"Quick, Brother Yuan, take a piece and seal it!"
Looking at the excited Li Yunxiao, Yuan Tiangang chuckled: "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Yunxiao."
Li Yunxiao waved his hand: "Oh, don't worry, hurry up! We still have to see if it works."
Yuan Tiangang nodded, picked off a snow lotus petal and put it in his mouth, then sat cross-legged on the ground.
Time passed quietly, and Li Yunxiao and Li Chunfeng just stared at Yuan Tiangang.
An hour later, Yuan Tiangang's whole body was exuding a faint cold air, and the wounds on his face and body were slowly condensing into frost and hanging on the blood scabs.
Three hours later, the blood scabs completely formed and the wounds on his face healed. I believe even the scars will disappear in a short time.
After another hour, the sky was getting dark, and Yuan Tiangang slowly opened his eyes.
At this time, Li Chunfeng took a cup of tea and handed it over.
After Yuan Tiangang took a sip, he frowned slightly.
"vinegar?"
"Yeah, didn't you have a taste problem? Is it much better now?"
"Hahahaha... It's much better. I really don't know how to thank Brother Yunxiao. If you lose your sense of taste, life will really lose a lot of fun..."
Li Yunxiao breathed a sigh of relief and lay in the pavilion without any image.
"It's good, it's good. Just ask me to study it and take it over. Now you know the reason. How about you learn Zhiyin Kung Fu? After all, it's not a problem to always take snow lotus to control it. .”
Yuan Tiangang said calmly: "Let's talk about it later. You have been working hard for so long. Take a good rest. I will go and report to Your Majesty first."
"Go ahead, go ahead~~" Li Yunxiao waved his hand feebly.
When Li Chunfeng saw him leaving, he placed the tortoise on the table on Li Yunxiao.
"Let me go...you really buy the tortoise?" Li Yunxiao held the tortoise's tail in surprise and looked at Li Chunfeng with a surprised look on his face.
"Yeah, do you like it? Let's see which of you lives longer."
"What? Do you think I can live forever, right?"
Li Chunfeng smiled lightly and took out the folding fan: "The secret must not be leaked~~"
He couldn't figure out whether Li Yunxiao would live forever, he just felt like it.
"What are your plans next?"
Li Yunxiao frowned slightly and said, "What else can I plan to do? Let's study the Zhiyin Kung Fu method and collect some medicinal materials for alchemy."
"You can see clearly that most of the Zhiyin techniques are evil. I hope Brother Yunxiao can collect the elixirs."
"Well, I will get it sooner or later. The Record of Blood and Blood will definitely not work anyway, but I have another way, that is, I have to wait for someone to show up."
"who?"
"Hey, the secret must not be leaked~~"
Li Chunfeng sneered and shook his head.
At night.
Yuan Tiangang walked back somewhat melancholy.
He told Li Shimin about the Tianshan Snow Lotus, but Li Shimin still said the same thing, let him think about it.
....
time flies.
Zhenguan twenty-three years.
In the past few years, Yuan Tiangang has been almost anonymous, not showing up in court, and focusing on searching for and cultivating bad people.
In addition to improving the calendar, Li Chunfeng occasionally goes out for a few days, so he is not too busy.
Li Yunxiao sent people out to look for medicine. All the medicinal materials needed for the longevity pill were found, except for a few that were temporarily unavailable.
At the same time, Disha was sent to Raojiang to search for the Twelve Cave, and by the way, he inquired about the Incense Gu and made plans for future elixir refining. In his opinion, just two elixirs were definitely not enough.
As for the royal family, Li Shimin's situation has not been optimistic in the past two years. Even when he went to court, he started coughing violently within three sentences.
In this regard, many people tried to persuade him to seek treatment, but after Li Shimin agreed, he did not call any imperial doctor.
Now that power has almost been decentralized, Li Zhi, apart from being timid, has already engraved in his mind how to govern the country.
But he couldn't bear it and Li Zhi still relied on some ministers, such as his uncle Changsun Wuji.
Now, in order to implement the Zhongshu Order, he has commanded the three regions and monopolized the political affairs. His power can be said to have reached its peak.
There are only three people who can suppress him, including the Holy Emperor who has not been in court for several months, the prince who is quite dependent on him, and finally, of course, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yunxiao.
Li Shimin was in a forest at this time. There was a thatched house in the forest sitting on the hillside.
He had been here before and left poems praising the scenery here.
But today, he doesn't have much energy to go out to visit the beautiful mountains and rivers. He can only come here occasionally to stay for a few days, quiet and quiet.
He knew that his sequelae might be solved with the Immortality Pill, but he always kept it without thinking about it.
Tread...tap...tap...
The sound of footsteps came from the bushes, and Li Shimin said without turning around: "Coming?"
"Well, here we come."
Li Yunxiao walked slowly with a grass branch in his mouth and his hands behind his back, and sat next to Li Shimin.
"Just finished practicing?"
Seeing Li Shimin sweating on his forehead, Li Yunxiao couldn't help but ask.
Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, it's interesting that you asked me to practice Tai Chi. Was it you who created it?"
"I just practiced casually for fun. I only have postures and no mental formulas. It's just a good exercise for my body."
"On your side, it's not good for your health to have such worry in your eyes. Just rest and recuperate, maybe you can get better."
Li Shimin chuckled: "An Xin?"
"I just have no regrets now, how can I feel at ease..."
Li Yunxiao knew that Li Shimin was still worried about Li Zhi, so he couldn't help but said: "Everyone in the world is hard to distinguish between good and evil. Even if you teach him step by step, will he be able to tell the difference if he faces it alone in the future?"
"I'm not afraid, because I still have you."
call out!
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shimin threw out a porcelain bottle and the bad handsome man's token.
"I have kept this token for you for more than a year, and now it has returned to its original owner. The contents of this bottle..."
"Eternal Life Pill." Li Yunxiao was the first to reply.
Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, but I don't think you are surprised."
"It's not that I'm not surprised, but I haven't reacted yet."
Li Shimin was slightly startled, and then burst into laughter.
"Yuan Tiangang has the ability to live forever. I know that you have a very good relationship with him. It is better to be as beautiful as an adult, so as to prevent him from experiencing the pain of separation in the future."
Li Yunxiao held the elixir in his hand and said in a deep voice: "This is immortality. Have you really thought about it clearly?"
Li Shimin slowly stood up and looked at the clouds on the horizon. The breeze was blowing, and the two of them looked a little lonely in the forest.
"Li Yunxiao, forgive me for being selfish. In fact, if you don't feel the pain of immortality now, maybe you will blame me in the future."
Li Yunxiao nodded: "I know, so I rarely come into contact with people other than my brother Yuan and brother Li."
Li Shimin stretched out his hand slightly to block the sun's rays.
"I have noticed someone calling me from behind many times, but when I look back, apart from the raging wind, there is an empty hall. I feel that it is the Queen calling me. What do you think?"
"maybe."
Li Shimin smiled: "So, are you ready for the pain?"
Li Yunxiao had already prepared for Li Shimin's summons. He took out the snow lotus petals from his arms, then poured out the elixir and wrapped it inside.
"I am just a stranger in a foreign land. Even though I know that eternal life will bring endless pain, this is what I want most, and I also have reasons to persist..."
After finishing his words, Li Yunxiao picked up the elixir and put it to his mouth.
"From now on, I am a bad person...and a bad person!"
