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Chapter 975 By the Taiye Pond, Hearing a Report Before the Emperor

There are five grains in the world: rice, millet, sorghum, wheat, and beans.

Grains nourish the body and replenish vital energy. By using grains in medicine and alchemy, extracting their essence and removing impurities, one can refine the Five Grains Nourishing Qi Pill, which can replenish essence and replenish vital energy.

After taking this pill, one can quickly replenish physical strength and restore vital energy, and will also feel full, so that even if one does not eat for three days, one will not feel hungry.

In the world of Black Myth, deities often use this as a source of sustenance to replenish their vital energy during periods of seclusion.

Immortals can abstain from grains for hundreds or thousands of years without harming their vital energy.

However, it is human nature to take from those who have little to give to those who have more. If one wants to go further, one still needs to replenish oneself from time to time.

Eating grains can produce foul air, but once the grains are refined into the "Five Grains Qi-Nourishing Pill," there is no need to worry about this.

Therefore, the Five Grains Nourishing Qi Pill is quite popular among immortals, since there are always immortals who cannot afford to eat dragon liver and phoenix gall, and even the greatest immortals will not eat dragon liver and phoenix gall forever.

You always need to change things up a couple of days and eat something light.

The female immortal's method of refining the "Five Grains Nourishing Qi Pill" is similar to the cooking methods of women in mortal households.

Zi Zhu'er's gourd of "Five Grains Nourishing Qi Pill" was made by Yang Chan, the Third Holy Mother of Qingyuan Cave and Chenxiang Island.

The Holy Mother planted a wheat field, and the harvested grains were harvested by the flower fairies she brought with her. They were all then refined by her into the [Five Grains Nourishing Qi Pill].

I made a lot, so I sent some to Erlang Shen and some to Nezha as well.

Hu Xiuwu's side couldn't be left out either. Although Yang Chan hadn't met Hu Xiuwu many times, she knew that Hu Xiuwu was a comrade-in-arms who fought alongside Erlang Shen and could be considered Erlang Shen's current superior. Of course, Hu Xiuwu wouldn't be left out.

Thank you.

Zhao Fangxu was a seasoned veteran in the officialdom; how could he harbor resentment over the recklessness of such a naive and innocent child?

However, he did not rush to speak up and plead for the bronze unicorn.

Firstly, this matter was indeed caused by the bronze unicorn's immaturity; secondly, this was a private matter of a subject under the emperor's rule, and as a living person, it was inconvenient for him to interfere in the internal affairs of the palace.

As you can see, prime ministers throughout history have rarely interfered in the management of the imperial palace's inner quarters.

Zhao Fangxu simply took the purple gourd handed to him by Zi Zhu'er, unscrewed the stopper, shook out a [Five Grains Nourishing Qi Pill], and swallowed it without hesitation.

Zhao Fangxu immediately felt a warm fire burning in his stomach, as if there was a pot of warm chicken soup in his stomach, continuously providing heat to his body. His limbs were no longer numb and weak, and the hot sweat stopped immediately.

An excessive amount of vital energy surged into his middle dantian, where it was converted into qi, replenishing the qi that had long been depleted. In fact, because his vital energy was now too abundant and his dantian too shallow, the impact of the large amount of vital energy even pushed open the upper limit of his dantian's capacity.

Just one pill was enough to make Zhao Fangxu look radiant and full of energy, and he still had a whole gourd full of pills in his hand.

Zhao Fangxu knew that the remaining pills were Zi Zhu'er's apology gift, so he accepted them generously.

After filling the gourd with the Five Grains Nourishing Qi Pills into his food pouch, Zhao Fangxu said to Zi Zhu'er, "Please, Lady, escort me to see His Majesty. Don't keep His Majesty waiting."

Purple Spider gracefully curtsied: "That's exactly right."

As she turned to lead the way, Zi Zhu'er gracefully turned around, her figure slender and her temperament ethereal. In that instant, she subtly glared at the bronze unicorn.

Just like a mother's warm words in the mortal world, "Wait for me to come home!"
The bronze unicorn trembled with fear.

"Waaaaah, the female official's mother is so terrifying!"

Knowing full well that they couldn't avoid today's lesson, the Bronze Qilin decided to save itself. Hide, hide! As long as the female official couldn't find them, there wouldn't be a problem!

The bronze unicorn lay on the ground, quietly opened its eyes, looked around to make sure no one was around, and then quietly slid away stealthily along the ground.

But after taking only a few steps, it couldn't move an inch no matter what it did; its tail seemed to be nailed to the ground.

The bronze unicorn looked back angrily and saw a pretty and cute little round face, though her skin was a bit dark.

It was Zhu Liuliu who stepped on the tail of the bronze unicorn.

Zhu Liuliu grabbed the tail of the bronze unicorn, slung it over her shoulder, and carrying the bronze unicorn, which was taller than her, walked out of the corridor with a smile.
"A Qilin is going to get a lesson. Do you know who the bronze Qilin is?"

The only response she received was her chirping and the scraping sound of her claws against the ground.

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The Huaming Hall and Taiye Pool within the Yintian Palace of King Zhou are the source of the Nine Nether Springs, and the place where the Emperor rested.

Here, you won't hear the mournful howl of some bronze unicorn, only the gentle breeze and bright sunshine, and you can enjoy the feeling of spring water caressing your skin and moisturizing your texture.

In such a place, receiving ordinary people would be the behavior of a tyrannical ruler.

If Zhao Fangxu hadn't only seen Hu Xiuwu leaning against the soft couch, sitting at the low table, and the little mud cat carefully fanning the fire and brewing tea on the low table.

There were no beautiful women around, nor any music or dance.

He even suspected that Hu Xiuwu had evolved from the early Emperor Taizong of Tang to the later Emperor Xuanzong of Tang because he held too much power and had been acting as the emperor's mouthpiece for too long.

Zhao Fangxu almost broke down, but fortunately he managed to calm down and regain his composure. Guided by Zi Zhu'er, he sat cross-legged on the futon next to Hu Xiuwu.

The two were separated only by two plates of jujubes, peaches, almonds, and sunflower seeds, as well as a teapot that was bubbling and had a ring of spiritual mist swirling around its spout.

Zhao Fangxu spoke first with a smile: "Simmering tea over a gentle fire and watching the spring flow, Your Majesty is in high spirits."

Hu Xiuwu leaned back on the soft couch, glanced at Zhao Fangxu, and suddenly laughed: "At this moment, should I say, 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river'?"

Zhao Fangxu smiled and chimed in, "That's why we say, never underestimate a young man's potential."

After a few years, the situation has reversed.

Once upon a time, it was Zhao Fangxu who scrutinized Hu Xiuwu; now it has become Hu Xiuwu who scrutinizes Zhao Fangxu.

Once upon a time, Zhao Fangxu used the Bajie Bell to judge whether Hu Xiuwu was reliable. Now, Hu Xiuwu leans against the soft couch, relaxed, while Zhao Fangxu has to sit up straight and deal with him carefully.

Hu Xiuwu turned his head: "Uncle Zhao, you really know how to advance and retreat with ease. However, it's getting boring if we keep talking like this."

“I know why Uncle Zhao came here. I can tell you for sure that the snake god from a thousand years ago did not die. Evil spirits struggled out of the corpse, trying to devour the mortal world and complete the miracle of resurrection.”

Hu Xiuwu stood up, like a towering mountain, standing before Zhao Fangxu, bringing immeasurable, boundless pressure.

"Now that the situation has been settled, I am no longer worried that this news will bring boundless panic to the mortal world."

"The Frozen Hell will serve as the Great Wall of the Ring, protecting the mortal realm. However, the Ring is not seamless, and there will always be gaps for evil spirits."

“Some small probing attempts from the void must be dealt with by mortals themselves.”

(End of this chapter)