Deliberations

The Great Qian Dynasty actually knew far more about cultivators than the mortal world did.

This is because back then, Jiuchuan encountered a cultivator, namely Fang Zelin.

Therefore, the ministers in the imperial court had a relatively good understanding of those who cultivated immortality.

As time went by, coupled with their intentional or unintentional actions, many people in the general public began to doubt the existence of cultivators.

Only those within the imperial court knew that cultivators of immortality truly existed.

They also knew that there was such a person on Earth who had become a cultivator.

That sword strike in Yuanqing Prefecture back then was that person's masterpiece.

And helping Jiuchuan was also his masterpiece.

They already knew about Immortal-Welcoming Tavern when it first opened.

When the shopkeeper brought out a jar of fine wine, they compared it with the fine wine that Emperor Taizu drank back then, and roughly guessed what it was.

The immortal that the shopkeeper saw must be the same one from back then.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, they never considered snatching the drinks from each other's hands.

They dared not carelessly touch anything bestowed by an immortal, even though this immortal had come from Earth in the past.

If this immortal finds out about this jar of wine, it wouldn't be a wise choice to offend him.

Moreover, according to their calculations, this immortal must be over two hundred years old by now.

Having lived for over two hundred years, who knows what kind of Divine Ability he might possess?

They might have even put some kind of Law Technique on the wine, so if someone else takes it, it might turn into water or something similar.

"The immortal that the owner of the Immortal-Welcoming Tavern met must be that immortal from our Earth. Judging by his age, he must be over two hundred years old, right?"

"To be honest, even if those foreigners found immortals, they couldn't possibly learn the art of cultivation, could they? After all, the immortal in Huaxia history must have learned it."

"If this cultivation technique were truly passed on to outsiders, and those outsiders were to invade, wouldn't that immortal be unable to sit idly by?"

A minister standing nearby thought for a moment, then hesitated and said...

To be honest, he was quite worried.

If some outsider were to learn the Immortal Method and return home, they could teach others and then launch a large-scale invasion of the Great Qian.

By then, I fear the Great Qian will not be able to withstand it.

"Things like 'fate to the immortals' and 'fortune' are too vague and ethereal. Nobody knows what it takes to meet an immortal. That immortal must be in the Yongding River outside Anzi County."

"Over the years, we've sent many people to search around the Yongding River, but we've never been able to spot him, which is quite a challenge."

At this time, all the ministers felt a bit of a headache.

If they could actually meet that immortal, they would have many things they wished to discuss with him.

Unfortunately, despite sending people over the years, we've never been able to meet with them, so how can we possibly negotiate?

"That immortal is of the same lineage as us, but he is clearly focused on cultivating immortality and no longer cares about the mortal world. This is the same as other cultivators. We have been searching for so many years, but we have never found any other cultivators."

"Before the Great Qian Dynasty was established, I had heard many stories about immortals. However, after the Great Qian Dynasty was established, these immortals disappeared one by one. It seems that with peace in the world, these immortals no longer cared about anything."

The older man on the left sighed.

That's easy to see.

Before the Great Qian Dynasty was Great Jin Great Jin, which lasted for more than two hundred years. During those two hundred years, there was never any news of immortals being born.

It was only when the Great Jin fell and chaos reigned throughout the land that news of the immortals' rebirth was heard.

That was also the time when that immortal attained enlightenment.

It must be that at that time, an immortal was born, and that person from the same lineage met the immortal and was taken in as a disciple.

This is the most widely accepted guess within the imperial court.

"It's normal for cultivators to detach themselves from the mortal world. If I could obtain the art of immortality, I would probably have already gone to the mountains to cultivate by now, and wouldn't be in the mortal realm."

Upon hearing this, a minister nearby immediately chimed in.

Among these ministers, this person was the youngest, appearing to be only around twenty-eight years old.

To reach such a central position at this age, this person is definitely considered young and promising.

The other person had barely finished speaking when everyone around burst into laughter. "Forget it. You say that, but what do you think will happen if your wife hears that?"

"His wife is probably already on her way with a knife."

"This guy did a lot of ridiculous things for his wife in his younger days, it's really laughable now. Who would believe he's going to abandon her?"

The surrounding ministers knew him very well, and upon hearing this, they all burst into laughter.

The laughter dispelled much of the slightly oppressive atmosphere from before.

Amidst the laughter of the ministers, the man who had just spoken hesitated for a moment, then swallowed his words back.

He suddenly realized that he really couldn't let go of his wife.

From this perspective, it seems that he really cannot retreat to the mountains to cultivate himself.

"These foreign bastards are wolves in sheep's clothing. I think we should just send someone to kill them. Make it an accident. Anyway, they came all the way from overseas, and communication isn't that advanced these days. Even if some of them die, not many people will know."

After everyone finished laughing, they brought the conversation back to the main topic.

To suggest that immortals shouldn't accept these outsiders as disciples is really absurd.

Firstly, they couldn't find any immortals; secondly, since immortals are immortals, they probably wouldn't accept their considerations.

So after thinking it over, the safest course of action is to deal with these foreigners.

Those around them began to ponder these words.

Killing these people would be incredibly easy.

There are many martial arts masters in the imperial court, while these outsiders have never witnessed the skills of these martial arts masters.

Killing these people would be incredibly easy.

It's so easy to take their heads from a distance.

But there's a problem: they can't just keep killing people as the other side keeps sending them.

If too many people are killed, it will become a problem later.

"Killing people is not the best policy. There are already more than 100,000 foreigners in the Great Qian Dynasty. Killing so many of them would likely cause some trouble."

Upon hearing this, another minister frowned.

While it's not that all 100,000-plus people are problematic, if they find out that so many of their fellow tribesmen who came here have died, then there will definitely be trouble.