Who Does Not Die? (13)

The outermost edge of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, the entrance and exit of the Hundred Lands Grand Canal.

Lingguzi had just returned with a full load of goods and hadn't even had a chance to go and tell Lord Tiaoyao the good news when he was blocked in the river by Hanging Silk Lady, who had a furious look on her face.

Under the curious gaze of countless passing ships, a giant bronze serpent floated in the middle of the river.

Opposite the bronze serpent, a woman with a graceful figure and beautiful face floated quietly in mid-air.

Even without saying a word, even without taking any extreme actions...

But anyone with eyes could see that Hanging Silk Lady was furious at that moment.

Lingguzi, as the instigator, could certainly see it too.

"Um... actually... I..."

After hesitating for a long time, Lingguzi couldn't find a suitable reason and could only choose to remain silent.

"Tell me! What medicinal herbs did you go out to find this time?"

Fortunately, after a brief period of annoyance, Hanging Silk Lady did not fly into a rage.

After experiencing this kind of thing many times, anyone would get used to it.

Saying it's nothing new might be an exaggeration, but the threshold for Hanging Silk Lady's reaction has certainly risen considerably.

"Hmm, the ingredients for the Elixir of Immortality."

Upon hearing Lingguzi's words, Hanging Silk Lady didn't even realize what they meant.

"I knew it, you definitely would..."

"Wait! The Elixir of Immortality!? Is it the Elixir of Immortality I know!?"

Suddenly, her pupils dilated violently, and the Hanging Silk Lady was so frightened that she almost reverted to her original form.

In fact, not only was Hanging Silk Lady startled, but Lord Tiaoyao, who was eavesdropping in the distance, almost lost his composure as well.

Although He had long known of Lingguzi's ability to cause trouble, He had not expected that the other party would cause such a huge problem.

That's Elixir of Immortality!

Something that is almost universally known, both in legends and in reality.

"It's not the Elixir of Immortality, it's the... excipients of the elixir of Elixir of Immortality

After tilting his head and considering it for a moment, Lingguzi said this with some uncertainty.

Then, Lingguzi took out the broken finger bone, revealing the unformed body within, like an embryo.

"You're insane!"

Hanging Silk Lady was not the kind of person who lacked knowledge.

Especially after she switched to cultivating the Method of the Celestial Person, she could clearly feel the vibrant life force within that invisible embryo.

"Is this thing alive? I think I saw it struggling?"

As Hanging Silk Lady said, although Meng Zhang was sealed in his finger bone, he was still alive.

The formless body, like an embryo, struggled incessantly, trying to break through the seal of the Lingguzi, which indirectly caused most of the finger bones to be stained greenish-blue.

"Yes, He is alive, and He is a god."

Lingguzi gently shook his finger bones and began to explain Meng Zhang's background without any apparent concern.

"He claimed to be one of the four great gods under the command of the God of the East Sea, and had survived by chance from Wu Yi's clutches."

"Then he was tricked and became part of the Elixir of Immortality."

"To be honest, the person who designed this Elixir of Immortality -making ceremony was truly ingenious..."

"They clearly don't know the correct recipe for the Elixir of Immortality of Elixir of Immortality, and may not even know what ingredients it requires."

"So they adopted another method—the art of Gu poison."

"Or to be more precise, the guy who set up this ritual was simulating..."

Before Lingguzi could even finish speaking, Hanging Silk Lady had already raised her voice and interrupted his sermon.

"Lingguzi!!!"

The sudden increase in volume startled Lingguzi, and also startled the nearby ships.

[Tsk tsk tsk, that mother spider is really cautious.]

Turning his head away without making a sound, Lord Tiaoyao felt a little regretful that he hadn't heard what happened next.

But he also knew that listening any further would be somewhat impolite.

In any myth or legend, those associated with the elixir of Elixir of Immortality rarely have a good ending.

However, this is Hundred Lands Mountain Range...

[With Li Boyang protecting me, perhaps I really will be able to witness the birth of the Elixir of Immortality?]

Hundred Lands Mountain Range, Gao Family Village.

Despite his towering stature and immense prestige, Panhu still worked tirelessly in the fields every day.

However, compared to before, Panhu's current job has changed from personally going to the ground to driving those Bronze Beast to do the work.

At the same time, under Panhu's guidance, Gao Family Village took the initiative to expand the village's roads.

In a sense, apart from Li Household Village and Gao Village Town, Gao Family Village should be considered the village with the best-built roads.

Li Household Village possesses a significant inherent advantage due to the presence of Li Boyang.

Gao Village Town is responsible for coordinating the planning of mountain roads and rural roads throughout the entire Hundred Lands Mountain Range, which gives it a natural advantage due to its proximity to the area.

Only Gao Family Village took the initiative to develop and continuously Dao Transformation.

Moreover, Gao Family Village is actively seeking transformation, moving away from the primitive agricultural stage and entering the relatively developed field of handicrafts.

Nowadays, the Hundred Lands Mountain Range has basically solved the problem of food and clothing and has entered a stage of population explosion.

The number of newborns in the past decade has already surpassed that of any period in the previous thousand years.

With the popularization of education by Li Boyang, more and more Mountain Folk have realized that relying on the heaven and the earth can only provide food, but cannot further improve their living standards.

Therefore, the adventurous Mountain Folk decided to travel to the outside world via the Hundred Lands Canal.

Those Mountain Folk who chose to stay in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range learned from the practices of the Mountain Hollow Village and actively developed their own unique and advantageous industries.

As one of the best among them, Gao Family Village has now become the headquarters of "leather processing" in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

Textiles, metallurgy, ceramics, lacquerware, shipbuilding, brewing, salt production, brick and tile making, papermaking...

In today's Hundred Lands Mountain Range a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend.

The only area not many villages are involved in is "leather processing," which is also one of Gao Family Village's strengths.

After participating in the South Sea battle, Panhu asked Li Boyang for the technology related to "how to develop leather processing" as his reward.

From the simplest leather boots to the slightly more sophisticated talismanic leather armor, and finally to the revolutionary artificial leather technology...

Under Panhu's leadership, Gao Family Village is gradually shedding its old ways and embracing a brighter future.

"There are just too few educated people. Perhaps we could set up a primary school in our own village."

Just then, the Old Madam Gao face was already quite aged, murmured, her eyes filled with a sense of relief.

More than a decade has passed in the blink of an eye, watching my children lead my village to the way it is today.

This was a tremendous comfort to the Old Madam Gao.

She no longer has to worry about her children being ostracized by the village, and can even afford to dream about the future.

"Yes, I'll discuss this agenda with everyone at the next village meeting."

Panhu knelt down beside the Old Madam Gao and responded softly, just like when he was a child.

However, when Panhu turned his head again, the Old Madam Gao had already slowly closed her eyes and did not answer him.

"Mother..."

Despite having been prepared, Panhu still couldn't help but shed tears when the moment actually arrived.

From this day forward, Panhu knew he had no one to rely on anymore, and no one would wait for him to come home late at night.

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(End of this chapter)