Life in the Great World Entertainment City is bustling with noise and excitement everywhere, but it is not difficult for Chang Yu to find a quiet place. He does not even need to look for it, as the attendant Fanzi leads him into a secluded and elegant room. .
The candlelight was swaying and the tea was simmering. Chang Yu opened the window to let in the breeze and washed his face with cold water. Then he looked at Li Muchian next to him and said, "Show your baby to open our eyes."
Li Muxian glanced at the fan who was waiting next to him. He turned around and walked out and closed the door. Chang Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Pretend, let's see what you can come up with."
"This thing is the alchemy elixir made by Shao Zhenren and Tao Zhenren of the Qing Palace on Longwu Mountain in the Jiajing Dynasty. It can extend the life of a hundred years. I accidentally acquired it and kept it for several years. I present it to the Lord of the factory." Li Muchian took out a small red box from his arms. Carefully offer your hands to Chang Yu.
"Golden elixir?" Chang Yu snorted, took it and opened it, looking at a red pill the size of an egg yolk: "Do you think the governor needs this thing?"
"The factory master is gifted with extraordinary talents and his energy is different from ordinary people. It is not difficult to extend his life for a hundred years. But using it can be the icing on the cake. If it is not used, it can be dedicated to the emperor." Li Muxian said quickly.
Chang Yu snorted and his tone became colder: "Why don't you just dedicate it to the emperor?"
Li Muxian already felt that the little eunuch had a bad expression on his face, but he just didn't understand why it was like this: "This poor Taoist has no chance to face the saint..."
"It's a good thing you didn't have the chance to meet the saint, otherwise you would have died a long time ago." Chang Yu yelled and threw the red box to the ground. The pills rolled under the table. Li Muchian was horrified and knelt down: "Master Factory... "
He didn't understand why the usually gentle little eunuch suddenly became so angry.
Chang Yu thought that the person was angry, and the anger was very strong. He raised his leg and kicked the chair next to him: "Master Shao, Master Tao... Humph, you are talking about Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen."
"Yes, yes, it is the real Shao Yuanjie who was in charge of the imperial capital during the Jiajing Dynasty, who manifested his spirit, and who was in charge of Taoism in the three palaces of Lingji. This golden elixir is..." Li Muchian bowed his head and said.
"Since you know it's Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen, don't you know about the changes in Renchen Palace?" Chang Yu shouted loudly, raised his leg and kicked over a chair, which frightened Li Muchian and accused him repeatedly: "Manufacturer, please calm down. "The factory owner calmed down" still doesn't know why Chang Yu is angry.
Since the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, everyone believed in Taoism and wanted to seek immortality. This can be seen from the fact that both Zhu Hongwu and Zhu Di were looking for Zhang Sanfeng and gave many names to Wudang Mountain. However, in the early days, they were still believers at most, but later they became It has changed. Some of them were deeply involved and were brainwashed and played like fools by these charlatans. For example, during the Chenghua period, the demon Li Zilong used the excuse to subjugate demons and eliminate demons in the palace and ended up with numerous obscene palace maids. Finally, he wanted to assassinate the emperor Zhu Jianshen and become emperor himself, thus promoting the establishment of Xichang, which is also the famous demon fox case.
But this did not give the subsequent emperors long memories, so another Taoist emperor appeared, Emperor Jiajing!
Let’s not comment on Emperor Jiajing’s political achievements. His mind was full of cultivating immortals. He was deceived by Tao Zhongwen, a charlatan, for twenty years. He made elixirs every day to seek immortality.
Just practice, but they did some crooked ways. They needed to collect the menstrual blood of virgins, so they brought many girls in their fifteenth and sixteenth years into the palace. In order to stay pure and not allowed to eat, they could only drink dew and eat mulberry leaves every day. The palace maids couldn't bear it. When he got the chance, he tried to strangle him with a rope, but unfortunately he was so flustered that he tied the knot. As a result, Jiajing killed them all inhumanely. This is the famous Renyin Palace Incident.
The reason why Chang Yu was so angry was that in addition to despising these charlatans, he also deeply hated and disgusted the matter of alchemy.
You must know that the so-called alchemy pills all contain four ingredients: mercury, cinnabar, red pills and Qiu Shi. Mercury and cinnabar are poisonous, and whoever eats them will die early. But do Hong Dan and Qiu Shi know what they are?
Red elixir is the sun-dried powder of a virgin’s first menstrual period, and Qiushi is the dried residue of a boy’s urine (it has to be the middle section). It can also be said to be urine alkali... Why are you saying these are theirs? Toy, you can only eat it if you have multiple flavors. The ancient Taoist priest Taiyima was disgusting.
So the golden elixir that Li Muxian regards as a treasure is like shit in Chang Yu's eyes. You let him eat it? Even without a slap on the face, he was already very proud, so no wonder he kicked the table in anger.
The emperors after Jiajing had a slightly longer memory. Even Emperor Wanli, who was idle and did not go to court because of conflicts with the cabinet over the establishment of a prince, did not play this disgusting thing, let alone Emperor Chongzhen, who was too busy with state affairs.
But now, the Ming Dynasty had just passed through the catastrophe and was extremely weak. Li Muchian actually wanted to offer elixirs to please him. Not to mention Chang Yu wouldn't allow it, even Emperor Chongzhen would probably tremble because he was not good at this thing at all.
"The emperor is the master of the ZTE and is dedicated to governing the Ming Dynasty and has no time for other things. In the eyes of the emperor, your so-called treasure offering is just a lie to deceive people. The Jiajing Dynasty has no good impression of Taoist priests. Otherwise, how could they know that you have military exploits and not show them? You Why are you still seeking death if you haven't figured it out yet?" Chang Yu shouted angrily.
"I know my sin for my humble position. I know my sin for my humble position." Li Muxian no longer claimed to be a poor Taoist at this moment. He kept lying on the ground and confessed his sins. His Taoist robes were soaked through. He felt hot at first and was afraid at the same time.
Chang Yu snorted coldly: "If you honestly work hard in the army and make contributions, you will get ahead. Then I will give you a helping hand. It will not be difficult to realize your dream of taking charge of the world's orthodoxy. But you can't do it under my nose." You are engaging in these crooked ways, Li Muxian, please tell me first. Whether you are telling fortunes or pretending to be a ghost, I will turn a blind eye. But if you dare to do anything like refining elixirs and cultivating immortals, don't blame me for not sparing you."
"I don't dare, I'm good at the Five Elements and Bagua, but I don't know how to make elixirs... I'll remember not to make elixirs, sir, please rest assured!" Li Muxian vowed, and Chang Yu calmed down a little and asked him to stand up, "Cultivation of Taoism, cultivation of mind, those things What are you talking about? You see some of those who refine elixirs have long lives, but they are all short-lived ghosts who deceive others and themselves."
"Ahem, cough, that's not necessarily true." Li Muchian coughed lightly and glanced at Chang Yu secretly: "The heavenly masters of the past dynasties in Longhu Mountain all made elixirs, and they all seemed to live quite a long time."
Um... Chang Yu was speechless. Li Muxian was right. From Zhang Daoling in the first generation to Zhang Xiang in the 27th generation, there was no one under eighty years old. Most were around ninety and there were even several over one hundred. , not to mention in ancient times, even in modern times, he is definitely a longevity person.
"Can it be the same?" Chang Yu snorted: "They knew how to make elixirs but didn't eat them. Moreover, they were refining real elixirs. The recipe for real elixirs has long been lost since Emperor Yuan Shun. Look at what you are refining. Even among the 27 generations of Heavenly Masters from the time of Emperor Yuan Shun to the present day, there are still some who have lived over sixty! Even the Heavenly Masters lineage can’t do anything, let alone you dabblers like you!”
Damn it, Li Muxian was surprised that the little eunuch even knew this. Although he couldn't tell whether what the little eunuch said was true or false, but think about it, since the twenty-seventh generation of heavenly masters, they are all short-lived ghosts!
Then he agreed.
"Anyway, if I find you engaging in such crooked ways in the future, don't blame me for being rude." Chang Yu pointed at Li Muchian and hummed, kicked over the table, crushed the so-called golden elixir underneath, and left immediately.
Li Muxian looked at the pool of red powder on the ground with mixed feelings. This golden elixir has been around for nearly a hundred years since the Jiajing Dynasty. It is not easy to obtain and it is not suitable to preserve it. It was promoted as a treasure in the world, but unexpectedly it was monitored by the little prince. It's such a pity that it will be broken into pieces with just one kick.
It was such a pity. Li Muchian stretched out his fingers and dipped some elixir powder into his mouth and licked it. The taste was so strong that he couldn't describe it. When he was about to lick some more, he suddenly heard thunder outside: "You want to die? But, then This thing is poisonous! If you don’t believe it, you can get it and give it to Zhang Xianyong. If he eats it to death, you will be the one to fill the gap."
Zhang Xianyong is the 51st Heavenly Master. Now he has made the first-successor Qingsu Dazhen the master of Taoism in the world. He has also given the crown prince Shaobao the title of second-rank official.
"Yes, yes, I don't dare, I don't dare..." Li Muchian vomited out quickly, picked up a basin of water next to him and poured it on the ground. The century-old golden elixir turned into red water.
