Immortality Elixir

The Azure Dragon Stone stood first among the Twelve Exotic Treasures.

It had forged Azure Lord's status as the strongest man in Great Cang.

Of course, merely creating the identity of Great Cang's number one expert was not enough to let Azure Lord sleep soundly.

The Azure Dragon Stone's most terrifying power was fate.

It suppressed fate.

As long as the Azure Dragon Stone remained, Great Cang's national fortune would endure without end.

Floods, man-made disasters, even Azure Lord courting death—Great Cang's national fortune would remain intact.

That was Azure Lord's confidence.

Floodwaters overflowing?

Peasant uprisings?

What did any of that amount to?

He was the true Child of Destiny.

"When I feel like it someday, I might try being a wise ruler."

"This is a blessing for the common people beneath heaven." The Tai Qing Palace Master spoke calmly.

"How is Mount Taiqing?" Azure Lord asked.

Only at times like this did he rein in his previous unbridled manner.

For though he was brutal, he was no fool.

Carving out the Taiqing River and transporting Mount Taiqing concerned the flourishing and continuation of national fortune.

It determined whether Great Cang would endure for a thousand autumns and ten thousand generations.

"Once the Taiqing River has been carved out, Mount Taiqing can be transported." The Tai Qing Palace Master spoke slowly.

"Ha ha ha!" Azure Lord laughed loudly. "The blood of a hundred thousand children truly works wonders!"

Azure Lord's plan was to move a mountain.

There were two difficulties in doing so.

The first was refining Mount Taiqing through sacrifice.

The second was moving Mount Taiqing to Kyoto.

The first difficulty was sacrificially refining Mount Taiqing.

For ordinary people, that was simply impossible.

Fortunately, with the Azure Dragon Stone, it was no longer a problem.

According to the Azure Dragon Stone's records, it required the blood sacrifice of a hundred thousand children.

This matter had been entrusted to the Tai Qing Palace Master.

Now, the refinement had been completed.

All that remained was for the Taiqing River to be carved out before Mount Taiqing could be transported to Kyoto.

When that time came, all the world's fortune would return as one, and Great Cang would never perish for ten thousand generations.

"Imperial Brother, those six great powers seem to have been making some unusual moves lately." The Tai Qing Palace Master spoke slowly. "Should I make a trip there?"

Now, Great Cang stood foremost beneath heaven.

Yet in the beginning, the Twelve Exotic Treasures had created twelve powers.

Of those twelve powers, five had already submitted. The remaining powers had not truly yielded.

"A centipede does not stiffen even after death." Azure Lord laughed. "Once the mountain has been moved, we'll settle accounts with them!"

Azure Lord did not take the rebel armies seriously.

But those other eleven powers possessed Exotic Treasures.

Though they could not compare to the Azure Dragon Stone, they were still thorns in Azure Lord's flesh.

"By the way, Imperial Brother, are there any leads on the elixir of immortality?"

To Azure Lord, Great Cang lasting for a thousand autumns and ten thousand years only mattered if they were his thousand autumns and ten thousand years.

"Five hundred years ago, the Sun Emperor of Great Jing gathered Qi Cultivators from across the realm to refine an Immortality Elixir.

Rumor had it that it ultimately ended in failure, and the Sun Emperor vomited blood and died.

The imperial family sent Imperial Guards to slaughter those Qi Cultivators, but one Qi Cultivator escaped in the end.

It was said that the Qi Cultivators had refined an Immortality Elixir, only to hide it away.

Later, that Qi Cultivator fell from a cliff, and the Immortality Elixir on his person vanished.

Near that cliff stood a nunnery called Qingling Nunnery, which was destroyed as a result.

Yet thirty years later, someone saw a woman at Qingling Nunnery who looked very much like one of the people from that former nunnery."

"So this nun has the Immortality Elixir on her?" Azure Lord asked joyfully.

"Yes. It is said that a wealthy man took a liking to the nun from Qingling Nunnery and had an artist paint her portrait. That was how she was recognized." The Tai Qing Palace Master held a box in his hands.

At that moment, the box was opened.

A scroll painting was revealed before Azure Lord.

Within the painting was a woman.

The woman was no longer young, appearing to be in her thirties or forties.

Yet that only added a few more strands of mature charm to her.

"Immortality Elixir." Azure Lord gazed greedily at the portrait.

"I must have this woman!"

"As you command." The Tai Qing Palace Master said, "At present, disciples of our Tai Qing Palace are searching throughout the realm.

Anyone with a similar appearance, or anyone possessing unusual abilities, will be brought here.

However, we seem to have found someone very similar to this nun.

She is currently hiding in Beiling."

"Dan Jian Sect's Beiling?" Azure Lord hesitated for a moment.

Under normal circumstances, he would certainly go himself, or send his imperial brother.

But the mountain-moving plan had now reached its most critical juncture, and neither of them could leave.

Otherwise, if either he or his imperial brother died, a grave problem would arise.

"Have the people of Northern Cold Hall go." Azure Lord said.

Northern Cold Hall was one of the twelve great powers.

This power belonged wholly to Azure Lord.

"Alright." The Tai Qing Palace Master said, then turned and departed.

Azure Lord looked at the deep, shadowy palace and smiled. "Heaven's Dao is with me. Now, even the Immortality Elixir is about to fall into my hands. Ha ha!"

At that moment, Li Jia's voice carried over.

"Azure Lord, Liu Zhengwen's daughter, Liu Yinli, has been brought here."

A smile appeared on Azure Lord's face.

He had long heard that Liu Zhengwen's daughter behaved wantonly and was despised by the world.

That was why Liu Zhengwen had married her off so early.

But Azure Lord did not care. He liked women like that.

They had more flavor.

March rain fell upon Beiling. Lin Chao walked down the street, his gaze complicated.

The fine rain drifted continuously, barely affecting anyone.

Yet at this moment, there were still not many people on Beiling's streets.

"Young Master, be careful. The Young Hall Master of Northern Cold Hall is cruel and ruthless.

He is also Azure Lord's number one loyal hound."

"Ah Fu, I know." Lin Chao did not care in the slightest.

He was going to a banquet.

The Young Hall Master of Northern Cold Hall had invited him to a pleasure house to listen to music and drink flower wine.

Thanks to Food-Seeking Machine for the reward, and thanks to HY Que De Bu Dao Ta De Xi Huan for the reward!