Huo Wuyong's heart skipped a beat, and when he was about to speak, he heard Liu Zhan suddenly salute: "Your Majesty, the previous Emperor Long'an's recipe has been cracked. The only reason why it cannot be refined is that the materials are not very good."
As he spoke, Liu Zhan took something out of his arms and said, "This is the recipe for the Great Return Pill."
Huo Wuyong couldn't help but look at Liu Zhan, his expression changed a little.
They had indeed cracked the formula before, but the lack of materials was so frightening that neither Huo Wuyong nor Liu Zhan and Yu Qianzhi were willing to submit the formula.
Now that Liu Zhan suddenly offered it, although it relieved the situation, it also made Huo Wuyong's heart sink.
He had always been withdrawn and cold, but he had his own bottom line. He could kill monsters, but not people. Seeing that he had to commit evil in order to extend the emperor's life, he lowered his head and felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Eunuch Zhao was waiting. When he saw Liu Zhan offering the elixir, he immediately ran down and took the elixir from Liu Zhan's hand. Without even daring to look at it, he carefully held it in front of the emperor.
The emperor took the prescription over. Since he had recently begun to feel dazzled again, the prescription was densely packed with small characters. He asked Eunuch Zhao to take a special small mirror and put it on the prescription to read line by line.
The previous materials were nothing more than some rare herbs, or some monster fur and flesh, which must not be that rare for Taoists. When it came to the last medicine, the emperor looked at it carefully and couldn't help but be slightly startled.
I thought I had seen it wrong, so I looked again carefully.
"Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart?" The emperor looked at the three people below, "What is this medicine?"
Liu Zhan stood there with his head bowed and did not answer any more.
When the emperor saw Liu Zhan's appearance, he became even more surprised and suspicious, and looked at Yu Qianzhi and Huo Wuyong again.
Yu Qianzhi, like Liu Zhan, stood silent.
"Huo Wuyong, tell me." The emperor directly named him, and Huo Wuyong cursed in his heart: "These two old foxes!"
But Huo Wuyong didn't have a sect to protect him, so he could only explain: "Your Majesty, this seven-orificed exquisite heart seems to be the human heart, and it is also the human heart of a person who has entered the Tao."
Seeing that the expression on the face of the person on the dragon chair became strange, Huo Wuyong gritted his teeth and said, "However, although it refers to the heart of a person who has entered the Taoism, not everyone's heart can be used."
"At the beginning of entering the Tao, it can only be used if it is like the sun rising in the east, full of vitality and containing pure life."
"Once you have entered the Tao firmly and have the twilight energy, it cannot be used as medicine. It must be the human heart of the person within one year of entering the Tao to be considered the Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart."
After hearing Huo Wuyong's words, the people on the dragon chair fell silent.
"The human heart of a person who has been in Taoism for a year." The emperor said softly, his eyes getting brighter and brighter.
Is this the hard-to-find material Liu Zhan was referring to?
That's really not difficult.
As an emperor, as an emperor with monsters, Taoist sects and alchemists in the country, he naturally knows many things and what it means to become a Taoist.
It's not just people from Taoist sects who can become Taoists. People who have mastered music, chess, calligraphy and painting to the extreme, and have achieved breakthroughs, can also become Taoists.
Even if you are a warrior, as long as you are really talented and have the opportunity, you can enter the Tao.
Not to mention the three hundred and sixty practices, any practice can lead to the Tao. At least there must be people in the world who have entered the Tao.
As an emperor, he is rich all over the world, and the whole world belongs to him. So what's the problem if the hearts of one or two of the Taoists are used for his use?
Whether the person concerned was willing or not was not in the emperor's consideration at all. The emperor was just in a daze for a while, then came back to his senses and ordered: "Then go find him!"
"It is their honor to serve me as medicine!"
Beijing·Suburbs
"Lord, there is a red leaf view ahead." Accompanying Su Ziji got off the oxcart and headed up a low hillside. The wild Taoist pointed at the building on the top of the mountain.
Su Ziji looked at the hillside. Not far away, there was an isolated slope, no more than a hundred meters high. There was a stone road and a pavilion in the middle. On the top of the slope was a Taoist temple. He nodded.
"I'm afraid Huo Wuyong is still in the palace at this time. Let's go to the temple and wait." After looking at the sky, the wild Taoist said.
It was now morning. After breakfast and going to the cabinet to study for an hour, Su Ziji left the palace and went to Huo Wuyong's Taoist temple - Hongye Temple, accompanied by a wild Taoist.
Although Huo Wuyong is regarded as the emperor's royal alchemy priest, he doesn't just sit in the palace every day refining alchemy. He also has to practice himself. Although the palace is nice, it has the aura of a dragon.
This Red Leaf View is Huo Wuyong's home base.
This Taoist temple was rebuilt more than ten years ago. Before Huo Wuyong became the temple's master, it had long been in ruins due to the war decades ago. It had been abandoned for a long time. Huo Wuyong came and rebuilt it bit by bit. Although it is not very popular now, It can be regarded as an elegant and quiet place.
In autumn, the leaves on the hill are all red, which is very beautiful. There are many literati and poets who come to visit at that time. By this time in winter, the red leaves have faded, and the pedestrians are sparse.
When Su Ziji and the wild Taoist walked up, they found that there were only two or three people on the mountain. It didn't look like they were enjoying the scenery, but more like people nearby were climbing the mountain for exercise.
The Red Leaf Temple is hidden in a forest. When looking at it from the bottom of the mountain, it feels like the building is looming. Now that I get closer, I can't see the whole thing at once, but Su Ziji vaguely feels that this Taoist temple has a great hiddenness. The charm of the city.
"I heard that Huo Wuyong built the current Hongye Temple bit by bit. Looking at the Feng Shui layout, he looks like a hermit." Su Ziji smiled.
The wild Taoist also said: "It's a bit interesting."
While talking, I walked through the forest path and arrived in front of the gate.
The small gate was closed, and the wild Taoist men came forward and knocked on the door knocker. After a while, a Taoist boy of twelve or thirteen years old opened the door a crack.
"Two Tanyue, Hongye Temple does not accept incense for the time being."
The wild Taoist smiled and said, "Little Taoist Master, my lord is the Duke of Dai and has come to visit Taoist Master Huo."
"Duke Daiguo?" The Taoist boy was startled for a moment and looked carefully at the two people in front of him. He couldn't see clearly just now. Now looking at the young master behind the speaker, he only felt that his clothes were gorgeous, his appearance was outstanding, and his temperament was even more like a heavenly being. , even if you have no eyesight, you will know that you are not an ordinary person.
"It's the path that has been neglected. Please come in and have a rest. The master of my temple has not returned yet, so I have to ask you to wait for a while."
With that said, he opened the door and let them in. When they got to the house specially used to entertain distinguished guests, the Taoist boy went out.
Su Ziji clasped his hands behind his back and did not sit down immediately. Instead, he looked around the room and found that just as he saw from the outside, the room for entertaining guests also exuded a kind of chic and elegance.
"Two distinguished guests, please have some tea." After a while, the Taoist boy came back with tea again and carefully placed it on the table. He was a little embarrassed and said, "The tea sets in the temple are crude and the tea is the best we can get. Please Don’t mind, two distinguished guests.”
When the wild Taoist saw the little Taoist boy, he didn't dare to look at his master. He was a little amused and sent him out first.
