The First Emperor's chariot lingered in Linzi City for three days.
After taking in the beautiful scenery of the whole land, we set off and continued driving east. In a blink of an eye, we left Linzi and entered the area of Jiaodong County. After the Qi State was conquered by the Qin Army, its land was divided into the counties of Jibei, Linzi, Langya, and Jiaodong.
Among them, Jiaodong County starts from Gaomi in the west and ends at Chengshan in the east. It is almost the entire Jiaodong Peninsula in later generations. This is also the place where the First Emperor looked forward to most during his eastward tour, apart from the Feng Chan.
He listened to the day and night persuasion of Lu Sheng, Han Zhong and other immortal-seeking alchemists. In addition to the so-called immortals and elixirs, he also had a yearning for the vast and endless sea in the east.
The First Emperor grew up so big that he never saw the sea.
However, when his motorcade left Linzi and slowly headed east, the alchemist Lu Sheng, who was supposed to be jumping up and down to act as the guide for the First Emperor's eastward journey, was in something wrong.
When the convoy arrived in Chunyu County, east of Jiaodong County, it stopped temporarily to rest.
Han Zhong and Shi Sheng finally couldn't bear it anymore and found Lu Sheng, who ran to a hill outside the city and stared at the sky in a daze.
Han Zhong said dissatisfiedly: "Gong Lu, now the emperor is traveling eastward and is in high spirits. He wants to see the sea and look for immortals. This is a good opportunity for us to depict the vast sea of mist and the immortal mountains for the emperor along the way to arouse his desire. You Why have you been silent these past few days? Even when the emperor asked questions, he only gave perfunctory responses. Why is this?"
"Yes, sir. Ever since you saw Wugong Hou come back, something seems to be wrong. Could it be that Wugong Hou said something to you?"
Shi Sheng also spoke in agreement, staring curiously at Lu Sheng's expression as he stared at the sky in a daze.
Ever since he followed Lu Sheng to learn Fang Xiandao, in his memory, he was a man who was knowledgeable, capable, and good at dancing.
Before Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, Lu Sheng was a guest of King Xi of Yan and King Jian of Qi, and he became famous in the lands of Yan and Qi.
After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms, Lu Sheng changed his identity and became the longevity advisor of the First Emperor of Qin. He was given titles, bounties, and many favors.
How could such a person stay in a daze all day after meeting the martial arts lord Zhao Tuo alone? The reason for this certainly made Shi Sheng full of curiosity.
After hearing what Han Zhong and Shi Sheng said, Lu Sheng regained his thoughts that were immersed in the clouds in the sky.
He turned his head to look at the two of them and asked a strange question.
"Do you think there are really immortals in this world?"
Han Zhong and Shi Sheng looked at each other. The theory of immortals and gods has been circulating for a long time.
At least in the Zhou Dynasty, there is a story about King Mu of Zhou riding eight horses to Kunlun, where he visited the Queen Mother of the West and drank wine in the Yaochi.
The Queen Mother of the West in the story of King Mu of Zhou was an immortal who possessed the elixir of death.
In addition to the legend of Kunlun in the west, the ancestors living in the lands of Yan and Qi also spread stories about immortals living in the overseas fairy mountains because of their awe and suspicion of the sea.
No one knows when the legend of overseas fairy mountains originated, but it was already widely spread at least in the era of King Qi Wei more than a hundred years ago.
King Qi Wei and King Qi Xuan successively sent people into the sea to search for immortals, which became the most important evidence that their overseas immortal-seeking sect could gain a foothold.
That's what they say, but in fact, except for legends, no one has actually been to the Fairy Mountain.
There must be some alchemists who believe in immortals and immortality.
But most of them either don't believe it, or they maintain a dubious attitude.
They are just using this theory to travel among the powerful in various countries to gain benefits such as money and status.
Now, Lu Sheng, as the head of the Immortal Seeking Sect who has always boasted about overseas immortals, turned around and asked Han Zhong and Shi Sheng whether there were immortals in the world. That was really strange.
Han Zhong said: "There should be some. Although I haven't heard of anyone who has been to the Fairy Mountain, people have witnessed fairyland scenes on the seashore from time to time. I saw it once, and I saw pavilions and pavilions floating in the misty sea of clouds. In the sky, people are flying in the sky. Isn't this scene the way of immortals?"
Shi Sheng had never seen the fairyland Han Zhong mentioned, but he said pragmatically: "Regardless of whether immortals exist or not, we use this to favor the king. We just need to make the king believe it."
Lu Sheng sighed and shook his head. He didn't say much about the immortal thing. Instead, he asked: "Do you think there are people in the world who can win every battle in their weakest years? In military battles, they can rival Sun and Wu and defeat them?" The world. Can he govern the country like the Duke of Zhou and Guan Zhong, make the country rich and powerful, and create all things and create many military and state weapons that have never been heard of before?
"If he can compare with Sun and Wu in military competition, and if he can manage the country like Zhou and Guan, then I'm afraid I can only compare with Tai Gongwang."
Han Zhong frowned and said: "But Taigongwang only became successful after he was seventy years old, assisting King Wen and ruling the world. And he doesn't know the art of creating all things. I think it's impossible for a weak person to do this.
Compared with Han Zhong's denial, Shi Sheng on the side reacted very quickly and whispered: "Sir, you are talking about the martial arts lord!
Lu Sheng smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, I don't think so on ordinary days, but if you think about it carefully, don't you think this martial arts master is very mysterious?"
"He was born into a noble family of the Zhao State. He flowed into the Qin State for some unknown reason. He joined the army at the age of fifteen. He climbed up one level from a soldier without a title. In eight years, he helped the Qin State wipe out the six kingdoms and then went north. Defeating the Xiongnu and Yuezhi, it can be said that he has won every battle, and he has been granted the title of Lunhou. This has never happened before in the world."
"If the Marquis of Wugong only has battlefield achievements, that's it. We can say that he is a genius in military warfare, taught by Li Xin and Wang Jian. But he is also very talented in governing the country. I heard that the nobles from the six countries moved to Guanzhong before, and changed Various policies such as Qin Law's expansion of the scope of students in the school were all made by him."
"The most important thing is that at such a young age, he is actually proficient in all kinds of magical techniques, including composting, plowing, wheat, papermaking, printing, water mills, and the three treasures of cavalry...hiss!"
At the end of the inventory, even Lu Sheng himself couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
He stared at the two people and said: "These kinds of objects can improve the power of the country. It seems simple, but no one has ever discovered it before Wu Gonghou. He made an excuse and said that it came from the public lost scrolls. Haha, a scrapped scroll can do this. If there are so many things, how can the whole volume be obtained? Do you think Lu Ban, who was defeated by Mozi back then, really has this ability? Since ancient times, has there been any mortal who can compare with the martial arts lord!
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Han Zhong and Shi Sheng were also surprised.
Just like Lu Sheng said, these things that martial arts lord Zhao Tuo did are not noticeable on ordinary days, but if you really think about it, it really makes people's hair stand on end.
When it comes to military warfare, he can win a hundred battles, wipe out the princes, and defeat the barbarians in the north. This is beyond the reach of Sun and Wu.
When it comes to governing the country, although I only offer a few strategies, they are of great benefit to the country.
In terms of fortune, the artifacts produced are all valuable to the country, and there are a lot of them.
The most important thing is that Zhao Tuo was only about twenty years old when he completed these feats.
The combination of these four things made it impossible for people to find a figure comparable to Wu Gonghou from the historical records they knew.
"Could it be that the martial arts lord is an outstanding figure who is rare to see in a thousand years!"
Han Zhong and Shi Sheng gave such comments after being amazed.
"Heroes? Do you really think mortals can achieve this?"
Lu Sheng smiled coldly.
Han Zhong was shocked and said, "Mr. Lu, what do you mean?"
Lu Sheng asked: "You and I are looking for immortality and elixir of death. But do you know how many realms of immortality there are? How many kinds of elixir of death are there?"
Han Zhong and Shi Sheng looked confused.
When Lu Sheng saw the looks on the two people's faces, he thought of the scene where he was blushing and unable to answer when asked by Zhao Tuo.
He smiled and said: "You know that immortals are divided into human immortals, ghost immortals, loose immortals, earth immortals, heavenly immortals, mysterious immortals, golden immortals, Daluo golden immortals, etc."
"You also know that the elixir includes flat peach, ginseng fruit, long-lived elixir, ancient tea tree of enlightenment, hibiscus sacred tree, nine-wonder elixir, chaotic green lotus, etc.!" Hiss...
Han Zhong and Shi Sheng looked shocked. This was a term they had never heard before.
Those names in the realm of immortals make you feel very tall and mysterious when you hear them.
And the names of the elixirs mentioned by Lu Sheng are countless times more noble than just the title of "elixirs".
"These are all things Wu Gonghou told me." Lu Sheng sighed.
This time, Han Zhong and Shi Sheng were even more shocked.
Shi Sheng was shocked and said: "The martial arts prince also knows the things of immortals!"
"Yes, he knows more than me. I originally wanted to seduce him with stories about overseas fairy mountains, but I didn't know that what he said was actually something I had never heard of."
Lu Sheng sighed and said: "I originally thought that Wugong Hou was making nonsense, but after thinking about it for the past few days, I feel that he can tell the complete process of the Five Immortals Mountain becoming the Three Immortals Mountain, which is richer than what my former teacher said. and detailed. The various names of immortals and elixirs he mentioned are all extremely mysterious, and I'm afraid they are not false. It's a pity that I was too timid to answer the question from the martial arts lord, so I could only retreat and missed the inquiry. Time for more stuff.”
Han Zhong was shocked and said: "Mr. Lu, how do you think this martial arts prince knows about these immortals?"
"I have been thinking about this matter these past few days, and now I have a bold idea!"
Lu Sheng whispered: "I guess there really are immortals in the world. The martial arts prince met an immortal when he was young, and the immortal taught him military strategies and strategies. He also taught him the art of creating all things and mentioned things about the fairyland."
Under the incredible gazes of Han Zhong and Shi Sheng, Lu Sheng's eyes flashed with fanaticism.
"In this way, everything falls into place. Why is it that at such a young age, the martial arts lord is invincible in military affairs, unparalleled in governance, can create various military and national weapons, and also knows the secrets of various immortals and elixirs. This is Everything is taught by immortals!"
After some reasoning, Lu Sheng made his conclusion.
"The appearance of Wugong Hou proves that immortals are real."
"And the true identity of Marquis Martial Arts is that of a disciple of the Immortal!
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