fifth form

Chapter 2151: Urgent Needs
The comparison between Zhenyuan Shenjun entering Chang'an City and the seventh or even eighth sequence people entering Xijing City is no less than that.

As the party in control of power, it is not difficult to understand the feelings of the Empress Dowager.

Zhang Xuezhou was well aware of this contrast. After convincing Li Shaojun, he felt that the Empress Dowager was still nearby.

The fact that the Empress Dowager did not leave meant that her emotions were still stable, and she had even made some judgments.

This made Zhang Xuezhou quickly introduce them to Zhenyuan Shenjun and Li Shaojun.

"Master Zhenyuan, this Master Li Shaojun is the inheritor of Taoism, and Taoism was also the top school in our Eastern Land in the past!"

"Master Li, Master Zhenyuan is a wandering cultivator who traveled from the West. This is his first time visiting Chang'an City!"

The biggest problem for Zhenyuan Shenjun is his identity. This identity is not important when facing ordinary people, but it obviously becomes a problem when facing the master of the Han Dynasty.

If the identity of Zhenyuan Shenjun cannot be confirmed, and this top-level cultivator is allowed to stay nearby, it would undoubtedly be like stabbing a knife in the pillow.

"I have long admired the reputation of Laozi of Taoism. It's a pity that Zhenyuan was still untalented when Laozi's fame spread all over the world, so it was difficult for him to learn from Laozi. This has always been a regret in my heart," said Zhenyuan God politely.

"Master, have you lived for many years?" Li Shaojun asked with a dry laugh.

"Not a lot. I'm just a short-lived creature," Zhenyuan Shenjun shook his head.

"Uh?"

"In the place where I practiced, I was always the youngest and shortest-lived, until several decades ago when someone else took my place!"

Lord Zhen Yuan never thought that he had a long life. Although he became the first human god in Kunlun Holy Land, Lord Zhen Yuan had the youngest age and the shortest lifespan among the great cultivators in West Kunlun Holy Land in the past.

Once it comes to discussing age, lifespan, etc., Zhenyuan Shenjun can no longer feel proud at all.

He didn't even have any guard in this regard, and mentioned his regret for not confirming Laozi in the past.

Little do people know that due to the lack of conditions for cultivating life, few people live long lives outside West Kunlun. There is no longer the scene of the ancient monk Peng Zu who lived for 800 years. Even living to be a hundred years old is a rare longevity.

"The place where the Taoist priest is located is tens of thousands of miles away from us, and the journey is dangerous and difficult to reach," Zhang Xuezhou explained, "They need to practice meditation every day. Those who succeed will naturally live long, and those who fail will die young. Those who live long will end up with piles of bones!"

"Dongfang Shuo is absolutely right!"

Zhenyuan God thought about the many dried corpses and bones under the longevity fruit tree and nodded repeatedly.

Those who can cultivate the secret of longevity will live long, while those who cannot will turn into bones early.

On one side are the long-lived species that have achieved success in their practice, and on the other side are the short-lived species that are constantly catching up in the acquired era.

Among them, there are long-lived species whose lifespans are approaching the twilight of their lives, and short-lived species who have died on the way of practicing to seek longevity. These births and deaths together constitute the extremely unique sacred land of Kunlun.

"What a pity. I have always longed for immortality and wanted to learn something from you, the Taoist priest," Li Shaojun sighed.

"It's already good enough if there is one immortal among a hundred people," Zhang Xuezhou said with a smile.

"No, no, no, in the past, those who practiced cultivation and lived long lives were one in a thousand, but nowadays, it is only one in ten thousand!"

Zhang Xuezhou's words were corrected very quickly by Zhenyuan Shenjun.

Even in this age of cultivating life skills, there are only a few people who can achieve longevity.

It seems that there are many great practitioners in the Three Realms who have achieved longevity, but there are only a few thousand cases in an era, so this ratio is actually not high.

After that era, it is extremely rare to find people who can cultivate to achieve longevity.

Apart from himself and Zhang Xuezhou who cleverly borrowed the longevity fruit tree to gain false longevity and became semi-immortals with flaws, Zhenyuan Shenjun has not yet found anyone else who has achieved immortality in this way.

After a few words, even if Li Shaojun had some strange thoughts, they were quickly suppressed.

The Empress Dowager, who was listening from a distance, only heard the beginning, and then the little thoughts in her mind disappeared completely. But through this conversation, the Empress Dowager knew that Li Shaojun did not have any good methods to prolong his life, and even envied his longevity.

"Thirty years make up a world, twelve worlds make up a cycle, thirty cycles make up a period, and twelve periods make up a yuan. The Immortal Court once extended this saying, saying that those who can obtain a yuan can enjoy a long life. This person is called Zhen Yuan. He must have the belief to suppress the number of a yuan to obtain such a long life and strength!"

The Empress Dowager was less than a hundred years old, and had only been practicing for a few decades.

She was not as skilled as others, and felt that the gap between her and Zhenyuan Shenjun was so great that she almost despaired.

But when she realized that Zhen Yuan Shen Jun had been practicing in seclusion for many years, she could understand the reason for this gap.

Some people seek rapid development in a short period of time, others seek longevity and then slowly advance their practice. The Empress Dowager is the former, while Zhenyuan Shenjun is the latter.

The former pursues and attacks aggressively, while the latter takes it slow and steady.

Compared with the former, the latter has a lower chance of success, but the latter is also more likely to be more powerful. There can be dozens of cultivators like the Empress Dowager in a hundred years of the Han Dynasty, while there may be only one or two cultivators like the Zhenyuan God in a hundred years.

The probability of this happening is so low that no one would envy or pursue it.

During this short exchange, the Empress Dowager's guard against Zhenyuan Shenjun decreased again and again. She felt that this kind of person who achieved longevity through acquired cultivation should be a clear-minded person who would not fall into the mire of worldly power.

The other party was even able to make friends with Zhang Xuezhou and get together with many vulgar people.

The Empress Dowager glanced at the wide wooden table in Zhang's house and saw that there were bowls and chopsticks in front of Zhenyuan Shenjun, with millet and pork in the bowls, and Rong Tianding sitting beside him. The tension in her heart was completely relieved.

"What are you doing here? Don't cause trouble for me. This time you've offended the Empress Dowager again. Have I ever offended you in my life?"

When Zhang Xuezhou started to clamor and confirmed that the Empress Dowager's soul was far away from Zhang's house, Li Shaojun's indifferent expression was immediately broken.

"Grandpa, uncle, I call you uncle, you can't abandon me!"

Li Shaojun glanced at the people from Zhangjiazhuang who were helping to build the wall, then glanced at Zhenyuan Shenjun, and then approached Zhang Xuezhou to complain.

"You left me alone and I've been suffering in jail these days," Li Shaojun whispered.

"Tsk!" Zhang Xuezhou replied disdainfully.

"I have benefits, really a lot of benefits, all you need is a little effort from you!"

Seeing that Zhang Xuezhou was adamant, Li Shaojun had no choice but to talk about his good points.

"I don't feel like doing anything lately," Zhang Xuezhou said, "I'm going to sleep tonight, and I have to go on a long trip in half a month, so I don't have time to mess with you at all!"

"Then what should I do?" Li Shaojun gritted his teeth and said, "I am very famous in Chang'an City. Now all the civil and military officials in the court have invited me to their homes for banquets. They will also show me their treasures at home. Without your help, I can't see any of them now!"

"What's the point of just looking at it without taking anything?"

Zhang Xuezhou originally thought that Li Shaojun's benefit was to get money from Anle Palace, which might involve the purple gold red gourd, which made him very uninterested. After all, Zhang Xuezhou's longevity secret had been pushed to the realm of supernatural powers, so his current demand for external objects was not high.

It was not until Li Shaojun mentioned that by visiting each household and attending banquets, he could see many rare treasures, even various antiques and heritages from previous dynasties, that Zhang Xuezhou became more interested.

But he really couldn't do anything at the moment, after all, Zhang Xuezhou promised to lead Zhenyuan Shenjun to the Yedihe Holy Land to visit Daojun.

This involves the magic weapon and formation that Zhenyuan Shenjun relies on for his survival. If he hadn't fallen into a coma, Zhenyuan Shenjun would definitely think of setting off immediately.

"I'll take it anyway," Li Shaojun gritted his teeth and said, "As long as I can identify something useful, they will give me some gifts. Doing this kind of thing won't cause any trouble or future trouble, and we can also make a profit. It's much safer than plotting in Anle Palace!"

"What gift?"

"Medicine pills and herbs... You are a cultivator from the Yin-Yang School. I have never seen you set up an array in all these years. If you are not short of medicine pills, then you must be short of the materials needed to set up the array. I can give you the materials to set up the array after I get some benefits!"

Zhang Xuezhou likes to pursue benefits and won't do anything that has no benefit. Li Shaojun mentioned the word "elixir". After seeing that Zhang Xuezhou's face didn't change at all, he quickly changed his target to tempt him.

His words had no effect on Zhang Xuezhou, but they did attract Zhenyuan Shenjun, who was in urgent need of formation materials.