Return to the Capital at Once

"Your Majesty!"

Eunuch Zhao had not expected His Majesty to ask such a question the moment he awoke. His heart soured, and he hurriedly bent at the waist, answering with utmost care. "Your Majesty, following your instructions, the Imperial City Office and the Dao Register Office have already entered the place. There are indeed elixir scriptures and Daoist classics within."

"However, according to the Dao Register Office's inspection, as well as the examination by palace attendants, works such as the Secrets of Enlightenment's Three Vehicles, the Treatise on Returning to the Source, the Song of Elixir Marrow, and the Record of Purple Clarity's Mysterious Guidance all have copies stored in the palace."

"Though there are some discrepancies, they are not significant."

"Only the Purple Court Treatise and the Record of Immortals Gathering Truth are new."

"Oh? Is there a method to become immortal within?"

"The Record of Immortals Gathering Truth is merely a collection of strange tales, while the preliminary assessment of the Purple Court Treatise found several elixir recipes. Their effects, however, are comparable to the Lesser Restoration Elixir Your Majesty has taken."

"Xue Ming said they might improve Your Majesty's current Lesser Restoration Elixir and eliminate its drug resistance."

"But even so, Your Majesty must rest and preserve your dragon body. Medicine carries a measure of poison, after all. Only with your dragon body in health can you endure it."

The Emperor's eyes brightened faintly, then dimmed again. The Lesser Restoration Elixir already represented the pinnacle of alchemy. Ten years ago, it could still leave him vigorous as a dragon and fierce as a tiger, but now it was scarcely better than nothing. Even if the recipe were improved, how much could it truly improve?

Even if it could be improved, where would he find the time to