Li Shui suspected that he heard wrongly.
He took out an ear pick, took out two handfuls, and then looked at Xiangli Zhu nervously: "What did you just say?"
Xianglizhu said: "We have the secret of resurrecting the dead."
Li Shui suddenly jumped up from the ground: "Don't lie to me. This kind of joke is not allowed. You have to know that my entire wealth and life depend on this."
Xiangli Zhu patted his chest, which was not flat at all: "Don't worry, I've gone through a lot of experiments this time, and there's no problem at all."
Li Shui said: "Okay, okay, please tell me in detail."
Xianglizhu said: "I can't explain it in one or two sentences, so come with me."
Li Shui nodded repeatedly and followed Xiangli Zhu in a hurry.
Good guy, does this mean you will live forever? Li Shui felt like he was dreaming.
The more he thought about it, the more impossible he felt, given Da Qin's current level of technology.
This is impossible.
But... looking at Xiangli Zhu's confidence, it doesn't seem like a joke.
Li Shui could only keep asking questions.
But Xianglizhu looked proud and kept telling the truth, but refused to tell the truth.
Li Shui scratched his head and head anxiously.
He couldn't help but be anxious.
The reason why he was able to gain a foothold in Da Qin was because he could make elixirs for His Majesty.
The so-called elixirs of longevity are all fake. It is better to honestly study medicines that prolong life.
Perhaps when Qin Shihuang lived to be ninety years old, he felt that he had earned enough, and when he was happy, he absolved himself from the matter of immortality.
Of course, Li Shui also knew that this possibility was unlikely, so he had been working hard to advance Da Qin's technology.
But he never expected that...
Resurrection from the dead is not immortality, but at least it has taken a big step.
No, coming back to life, could it be a fake death?
Li Shui asked Xiang Lizhu: "How long was the interval between your experiment, death and resurrection?"
Xianglizhu thought for a while and said, "It must be at least a year."
When Li Shui heard this, he immediately felt relieved.
For one year, it couldn't be a fake death.
It seems that it is not impossible to achieve immortality within twenty or thirty years.
Just as Li Shui was thinking of this, he suddenly noticed that Xiangli Zhu stopped and said to Li Shui, "We are here, please come in."
Li Shui looked at the destination in confusion.
"An ice cellar?"
Li Shui asked Xiangli Zhu: "What are you doing? Isn't this a prank? Xiangli Zhu, I can tell you, you must not joke with me about immortality. You don't know, I..."
Xiangli Zhu rolled his eyes impatiently: "Okay, okay, you know immortality is very important to you, come with me."
Li Shui followed Xiangli Zhu into the ice cellar.
It's cold inside the ice cellar, but it's not dark because the light is connected.
Maybe they were worried that the power of the electric light was too high and would generate too much heat, causing the temperature to be too high and melting the ice, so the light was not particularly bright.
However, such electric lamps are much brighter than candles.
Xiangli Zhu led Li Shui to a pile of ice, and then said, "See, there are many fish in this ice."
Li Shui: "...That's it?"
Xianglizhu was not discouraged and continued to introduce with a smile: "In winter, craftsmen will mine ice cubes from the clear river water and store them in ice cellars. In summer, nobles can use ice cubes to cool down. .”
Li Shui: "..."
I know this. so what?
Xianglizhu said: "But this year, the craftsmen were obviously lazy and their work was a bit sloppy. Their ice cubes were not carefully inspected, and there were even some fish frozen in them."
Li Shui: "That's it?"
Xianglizhu said: "Today, a craftsman's child had a fever, so he came here to look for ice. Although Shangjun Courtyard treats craftsmen generously, there are still some rules."
The craftsman naturally understood this, so he did not dare to choose good ice, but chiseled a piece of ice from the ice with fish.
The ice was then used to cool his child.
As a result, the craftsman discovered that the fish that had been frozen in the ice for a year suddenly came back to life.
Li Shui: "..."
After a long time of fuss, this is the so-called resurrection.
Seeing the lack of interest on Li Shui's face, Xiangli Zhu said with some disappointment, "What, you're not interested?"
Li Shui said: "I just feel that this thing doesn't seem to be able to bring the dead back to life."
Xiangli Zhugan coughed and said, "Why don't you scream? Isn't this fish dead? Isn't it alive now?"
Li Shui said: "Maybe fish have this characteristic?"
Xianglizhu said: "We are studying other things. Didn't you see some changes in this ice cellar?"
Li Shui looked around and unexpectedly discovered that the ice cellar had indeed changed a lot.
There are many more jars here.
Xianglizhu said: "There is a frog in this jar. Of course, there is water in it. We need to put it in the ice cellar and freeze it into an ice lump."
"This one has bugs in it. This one has birds in it. This one has rabbits in it."
Li Shui coughed dryly: "How long have you been doing this experiment, and what's the result?"
Xianglizhu said: "It's very fruitful so far."
Li Shui said in surprise: "What's the result?"
Xianglizhu said: "At present, we have found that some animals can survive after being frozen, and some cannot survive. Some animals will fall asleep drowsily after encountering the cold, and some will be restless. Then he froze to death.”
"Based on these characteristics, we classified these animals into categories."
"For example, this frog's body temperature will change with the surrounding temperature. When the surrounding temperature is high, its temperature will become higher. When the surrounding temperature is low, its temperature will become lower. I put this animal Call it an ectotherm.”
"For example, this rabbit's body temperature does not change with the surrounding temperature. I call this animal a warm-blooded animal."
Li Shui snorted: "It's been a long time, the so-called research is just at the level of a primary school student."
Xianglizhu said to Li Shui: "If you are not interested, you don't need to participate."
Li Shui: "What do you mean? Do I want to participate too?"
Xianglizhu said: "Nonsense, of course you have to participate. Immortality is not that simple. We are just taking a small step now."
"Do you think it's nothing special just for a fish to come back to life from a frozen state? But if we understand the reasons behind it, maybe we can achieve human immortality."
"After all, you are from the fairy world. If you participate, you can save a lot of time. If you don't participate, all these results will be mine. It has nothing to do with you."
Li Shui smiled: "Okay, then I will participate."
Xiangli Zhu nodded seriously and said to Li Shui, "Then what should we do next?"
Li Shui: "..."
How the hell do I know? Later generations will probably stop their research here.
He said to Xiangli Zhu: "You should first study the difference between endothermic animals and ectothermic animals. In addition, isn't there a common saying among the people? It's called a thousand-year-old turtle."
"Should we study why turtles live so long?"
Xianglizhu said: "Okay."
After bidding farewell to Li Shui, Xiangli Zhu entered Wei Young's room.
"Princess, I have already told the banished immortal." Xianglizhu said.
Wei Yang nodded and asked, "How's it going?"
Xianglizhu said: "The banishment of immortals seems to be lacking in interest."
Weiyang sighed and said, "According to your observation, does he know the secret to immortality?"
Xianglizhu shook his head slowly: "I probably don't know."
Weiyang hummed and said with some disappointment: "Yes, if he knew the secret to immortality, he would have done it long ago. How could he delay it until now?"
"My husband usually looks like he is sure of victory and doesn't care. In fact, I know that he is under a lot of pressure."
"As a wife, I must help him share some things."
Weiyang raised her head and looked at Xiangli Zhu: "Do you think it is really possible to develop a medicine for longevity?"
Xianglizhu said: "If the banished immortal is really an immortal, it can be developed."
Weiyang and Xiangli Zhu looked at each other and fell silent.
Women are thoughtful, and of these two people, one is Li Shui's colleague and the other is Li Shui's wife.
Both of these people were very familiar with Li Shui.
From every word, every move, they could feel that Li Shui was a mortal, not an immortal.
Since he is not an immortal, the immortality elixir is probably a lie.
Therefore, both men were worried.
Weiyang held on to her last glimmer of hope and said: "If he is not an immortal...how does he know so many things? Telescopes, phonographs, gunpowder, we have never seen these things before."
Xianglizhu snorted: "Yeah, it's really strange. If he thought of this because of his intelligence... then it shouldn't be right."
"I'm considered a smart person, but why can't I keep up with his thinking?"
The two men talked for a long time.
Weiyang finally asked Xiang Lizhu: "If the banished immortal is not an immortal, can the elixir of longevity be developed?"
Xiangli Zhu thought for a while and said to Weiyang: "Birth, old age, illness and death are the natural laws of human beings. To live forever is to go against nature."
Wei Yang's expression darkened, and he added: "But auspicious reports often come from various places, and some people have seen overseas fairy mountains."
Xiangli Zhu sighed and said to Weiyang: "Princess, those auspicious signs are most likely fake. As for the fairy mountain, it is nothing more than a mirage. The craftsmen have already studied it clearly."
Wei Young couldn't help but stand up: "Mirage?"
Xianglizhu said: "Yes, mirage is caused by the refraction of light."
Then, Xianglizhu dragged over a piece of paper and wrote and drew on it.
Weiyang is not stupid and quickly understood.
She said to Xianglizhu: "So, there are no gods in the world?"
Xianglizhu was silent for a while, and said somewhat unbearably: "Probably not."
Weiyang: "Are you sure?"
Xianglizhu sighed: "Not long ago, the craftsmen of Shangjun Villa developed a high-power telescope. This telescope is very clear and has reached another level."
"We call it a telescope. We looked at the moon with a telescope."
Weiyang said: "Can you see the Moon Palace?"
Xianglizhu said: "We saw the moon, but we did not see the Moon Palace."
"The moon is completely deserted. There are craters everywhere, like pockmarks on a person's face. There is nothing on it."
Weiyang said: "Is there not a single tree or a blade of grass?"
Xianglizhu said: "No, there is nothing. There is no life."
Weiyang sat on the chair with a disappointed look on her face. After a long time, she said to Xianglizhu: "When do you plan to announce this?"
Xianglizhu said: "Before the longevity medicine is developed, it cannot be announced."
"If people know that there is nothing on the moon, no Chang'e, and no Jade Rabbit, some people will definitely doubt the existence of immortals. If immortals do not exist, it will be dangerous to banish immortals."
Weiyang breathed a long sigh of relief: "However, this kind of thing cannot be guaranteed. Nowadays, various new inventions are emerging one after another. Maybe someone else will develop an astronomical telescope. By then, the secret will still be exposed."
Xiangli Zhu hummed: "So, the research on the method of immortality cannot be postponed any longer. It really cannot be postponed any longer."
Wei Yang sighed: "He wants to build Da Qin into a fairyland on earth. Maybe he wants Da Qin to prosper for eternity even if he cannot develop the elixir of longevity."
"But the more prosperous the world is, the easier it is for his original lies to be exposed. He is forcing himself to die for the sake of the people of Li."
Xianglizhu sighed.
He always felt that Huaiguzi was not so noble, but...if it weren't for this reason, why was Huaiguzi so diligent in making new inventions?
Is it out of boredom?
Do you want to live a good life?
He's not crazy. You haven't thought about this problem at all, right?
For a moment, Xiangli Zhu's thoughts were as far as the sky.
Suddenly, Wei Yang said to her: "There are no gods on the moon, so what about other places? What is it like where we live?"
Xiangli Zhu said to Weiyang: "The place we live in can be called the universe. The four directions up and down are called the universe, and the past and present are called the universe."
"Princess can understand that the universe is a very big palace, so big that nothing can leave."
"In this palace, there is some dust suspended. And our earth is a piece of dust among it."
Weiyang said in surprise: "Are we suspended in the universe?"
Xiangli Zhu nodded: "There is a lot of dust in the universe, the amount is unimaginable, but compared with the boundless universe, it is really nothing."
"As far as we can see so far, the few specks of dust in the universe are lifeless."
"The universe is a very desolate place."
Weiyang said: "Then after we die, will we have souls?"
Xianglizhu said: "I don't know."
Weiyang added: "But Buddhism says that people have reincarnation."
Xianglizhu smiled: "Can those things imagined by the ancients out of thin air be better than the things detected by Shangjun Courtyard using science and technology?"
