Huo Wuyong's heart skipped a beat. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Liu Zhan suddenly bow. "Your Majesty, the prescription left by the former Long'an Emperor has been deciphered. The only reason we have been unable to refine it is that its ingredients are not easy to obtain."
As he spoke, Liu Zhan took something from his robes. "This is the formula for the Great Restoration Elixir."
Huo Wuyong could not help looking at Liu Zhan, his expression shifting slightly.
They had indeed deciphered this formula before, but the missing ingredient was too horrifying. Whether it was Huo Wuyong, Liu Zhan, or Yu Qianzhi, none of them had been willing to present the prescription to the Emperor.
Liu Zhan's sudden offering had certainly relieved the immediate pressure, but it also made Huo Wuyong's heart sink.
He had always been solitary and cold by nature, but he had his own bottom line. Killing Monsters was acceptable; killing people was not. Yet now, to prolong the Emperor's life, they were about to commit another sin. He lowered his head, feeling more than a little miserable.
Eunuch Zhao, who was attending to the Emperor, saw Liu Zhan present the formula and immediately hurried down. He took it from Liu Zhan's hands without daring to glance at it, then carefully carried it before the Emperor.
The Emperor accepted the prescription. His eyesight had begun to blur again lately, and the densely packed tiny writing made him have Eunuch Zhao bring over a special small lens. He placed it over the formula and read it line by line.
The ingredients at the beginning were nothing more than rare medicinal herbs or the fur, blood, and flesh of certain spirits. Such things presumably were not too difficult for the Daoist Sect to obtain.