In the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, immortals once appeared in the Central Plains, leaving behind many legends and inheritances.
After some lucky ordinary people received the inheritance of immortals, they gradually developed into a profession called alchemists who mastered supernatural powers and pursued immortal ways.
However, there are very few alchemists with real abilities. Most of them are swindlers, and there are even many magicians pretending to be alchemists. Therefore, from the beginning, the alchemist has become a special profession that cannot be promoted on the stage.
Xu Fu was an alchemist from the pre-Qin period and also a cancer patient.
Of course, he didn't know that he had cancer until he was alive in modern times, and soon after he became ill, he realized that he had an incurable disease.
Relying on genuine alchemy, Xu Fu temporarily suppressed cancer, and then began to travel across the Central Plains, trying to find immortal relics and obtain immortal inheritance to cure his incurable disease.
It's a pity that after decades of hard work, he couldn't find the immortal inheritance. From the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the present, most of the immortal ruins have been visited by countless alchemists, and even the floors have been dug up and taken home.
There are also some immortal ruins that are too dangerous, and you will die if you enter them, without exception.
As a last resort, Xu Fu could only look overseas, hoping to find the legendary overseas fairy mountain, Peng Lai.
But he has no financial and material resources, and going to sea alone is tantamount to courting death.
Xu Fu did not give up. He had been saving up financial resources and organizing people to go to sea. Although he had failed many times over the years, it also allowed him to explore a safer sea route.
In the end, Xu Fu spent all his financial resources, purchased a large ship, and took more than 300 people to sea. However, due to bad luck, he encountered a storm and the ship was destroyed. Only Xu Fu, who knew alchemy, escaped.
At this point, no one dared to go to sea with Xu Fu anymore, even if he promised huge profits, he could not recruit people.
Just when Xu Fu was getting older and could no longer suppress his illness, Qin Shihuang unified the world and established a centralized dynasty. A few years later, he issued an order to the world to recruit alchemists to Xianyang to refine immortality. medicine.
Seeing hope, Xu Fu followed the order and entered Xianyang. Through genuine alchemy, he defeated many magicians and swindlers and successfully met Qin Shihuang.
Although Xu Fu is a real alchemist, he came this time prepared to be a liar.
He sold the story to Qin Shihuang, saying that overseas fairy mountains are the secluded places of immortals, and they must have the art of immortality. Based on his many years of traveling in the Central Plains and his many experiences at sea, he concocted a set of logically self-consistent and flawless stories. Rhetoric.
Although Qin Shihuang was a great man, he was a complete novice when it came to seeking immortals, and was easily convinced by Xu Fu.
In fact, Qin Shihuang didn't believe Xu Fu, because the alchemists who followed the order and entered Xianyang ranged from one thousand to eight hundred, but they were all liars and magicians, and only Xu Fu had real information.
It's not that Xu Fu is the only real alchemist in the world, but those real alchemists all know that the elixir of life is nonsense. Even immortals are pursuing the road to eternal life. How can a mere alchemist refine such a life-defying medicine? Miracle medicine.
Only Xu Fu dared to take a trip to this muddy water in order to go to sea.
After gaining Qin Shihuang's trust, Xu Fu was afraid of being seen through and did not dare to stay long, so he urged him to go to sea several times.
Qin Shihuang was also afraid of being delayed, so he ordered the formation of a fleet and collected boys and girls with the same birthday across the country.
In the end, Xu Fu got his wish and led an unprecedentedly large fleet and three thousand boys and girls to sail eastward to Yingzhou.
Qin Shihuang was still hoping that Xu Fu could find the elixir of immortality for him, but Xu Fu didn't care about immortality at all. He only cared about whether he could find the remains of immortals or reclusive immortals and cure his terminal illness.
This trip went very smoothly, and Xu Fu led the fleet to successfully land in Japan.
But looking at the legendary overseas fairy mountain Yingzhou, Xu Fu was extremely disappointed.
At this moment, Japan has hundreds of countries, large and small, attacking each other and fighting each other. It is even more chaotic than the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period in the Central Plains.
But hundreds of countries are just talking about high emotional intelligence. In fact, they are hundreds of tribes, many of which don't even have pants.
Xu Fu could not imagine that immortals would stay away from the prosperous land of the Central Plains and come overseas to be neighbors with such a group of savages.
If it weren't for the officers and men on board the ship who were tired of life at sea, Xu Fu really wanted to turn around and leave Japan, this savage nest.
With the thought that everything has come, Xu Fu settled down in Japan, and without any expectations, sent people out to search for the remains of immortals.
But he never expected that after searching, he actually found the entrance to Gao Tianyuan.
There is actually a fairy who is neighbors with a group of savages.
The ecstatic Xu Fu did not complain about Amaterasu's taste. He left everyone behind and entered Gaotianyuan alone. After going through many hardships, he finally succeeded in meeting Amaterasu.
At this time, Xu Fu was already in the advanced stage of cancer. Alchemy techniques could no longer suppress the expansion of cancer cells. His whole body was withered, and he was only one coffin away from dying.
Amaterasu was alarmed by Xu Fu's strong will to survive, but she didn't like to owe favors, whether she owed others or others owed her, so she liked to trade in everything she did.
Unless Xu Fu brings up a big enough bargaining chip, Amaterasu will save him.
Xu Fu took out three things as trading items, a mirror, an ancient jade, and a knife.
That's right, they are Japan's three artifacts.
But these three artifacts are the best treasures seized from the collections of the Six Kingdoms after Qin Shihuang unified the world. They come from the remains of immortals and have mysterious power.
In order to let the immortal give him the elixir of life, Qin Shihuang reluctantly took out three treasures as gifts to the immortal.
Amaterasu immediately fell in love with these three treasures. After accepting them, they not only cured Xu Fu's illness, but also gave him a life span of three thousand years. Each treasure gave him a thousand years of life.
Xu Fu was so grateful for this that he worshiped Amaterasu as his adoptive mother, but Amaterasu was noncommittal, neither refusing nor agreeing.
Afterwards, Xu Fu did not dare to return to the Central Plains, so he had to stay and settle in Japan.
He actually admired Qin Shihuang very much, so he also imitated Qin Shihuang and unified the entire Japan.
The soldiers he brought were a dimensionality-reducing blow to the savages on the Japanese islands, and they soon annexed all the savage tribes and turned them into a unified country.
And Xu Fu himself proclaimed himself Emperor Jimmu, a descendant of Amaterasu, and then created history and mythology, revering Amaterasu as the main god of Japan.
At that time, Amaterasu was an unknown god. Xu Fu picked the name Amaterasu for his adoptive mother by searching through ancient books.
Under Xu Fu's governance, Japan moved from tribalism to feudalism, marking the first step in history.
After listening to Xu Fu's story, Xu Cheng's expression was slightly strange.
He had heard Amaterasu mention Xu Fu, but he only mentioned it briefly and never mentioned that Xu Fu used three artifacts to buy her a life span of three thousand years.
Seeing Xu Cheng's expression, Xu Fu smiled gently: "You must be scolding me for being ungrateful in your heart, right?"
Xu Cheng was about to say no, but it seemed too fake, so he could only reply: "A little, but not much."
Qin Shihuang gave him a fleet and manpower, and also gave him gifts that could impress Amaterasu. In the end, he devoured three thousand years of life and left Brother Ying to have to eat salted fish after his death. Isn't this ungrateful?
Amaterasu gave him so many years of life and was worshiped as his adoptive mother, yet she stabbed him in the back without mercy. Isn't this ungrateful?
"Haha, it's more than just a little. If what I did is recorded in the history books, I'm afraid there will be a place for me next to the bronze statue of Qin Hui."
Xu Fu laughed at himself: "I am indeed sorry for Your Majesty, but in order to survive, I have to do this. I can't be too pedantic. As for my mother, I am not too sorry for her. This is just a reasonable counterattack. Maybe there are A little selfishness at work.”
Xu Cheng asked doubtfully: "A reasonable counterattack?"
"Yes, although my mother has a kind personality, she has a disgusting flaw, that is, she is extremely controlling."
With a gentle smile, Xu Fu uttered an astonishing sentence: "During the days when I became Emperor Jimmu, my mother has been quietly trying to control me, wanting to completely turn me into hers."
Xu Cheng was suddenly shocked, remembering the warning from the dog management, but he didn't expect that Xu Fu would also encounter it.
In the more than ten years since he became Empress Jinmuten, Xu Fu worked hard to govern the entire country and prospered. All the people surrendered. The soldiers who followed him to Japan also became Japanese aristocrats, and no one opposed his status. .
But more than ten years later, Xu Fu began to neglect his administration.
On the one hand, Japan at this time did not have a large population at all and did not need much governance. On the other hand, it was because Xu Fu was not interested in government affairs. What he was really interested in was seeking immortality.
So Xu Fu put down his government affairs and began to practice alchemy again.
This practice made him realize that something was wrong. The lifespan Amaterasu had given him turned into a plague-like force that began to corrode his whole body, and began to corrode his brain and thoughts.
This frightened Xu Fu, but he kept silent and secretly released news about Gao Tianyuan, attracting more ordinary people to enter Gao Tianyuan to observe Amaterasu's actions.
Amaterasu drove away most ordinary people, but there were also a small number of talented humans who were left behind by her and given the power to become great priests.
Xu Fu observed secretly and found that these high priests had completely become Amaterasu's puppets and chess pieces, almost completely losing themselves.
This made Xu Fu break into a cold sweat. Although he was grateful and respected Amaterasu, it did not mean that he was willing to become a puppet in her hands.
After spending several years in fear, Xu Fu discovered that the erosion of Amaterasu's power was getting more and more serious. He had to hand over the country to his descendants, and falsely claimed to Amaterasu that he would return to the Central Plains to visit relatives.
Amaterasu did not doubt that he was there, and agreed to Xu Fu's journey. Who knew that Xu Fu never returned, and he never returned to Japan for a thousand years.
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