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Chapter 2552 Closely Related
When Zhang Xuezhou was promoted to Taizhong Daifu, the new emperor found a reason for him to dissuade the emperor from being extravagant in garden construction.

The new emperor humbly accepted the suggestions and reduced the consumption of people's money, and he also ascended to the throne because of this noble character.

"I have been building a garden in Shanglin Garden for three years. Wei Qing has also trained the Imperial Guards there for several years, seeking to use the Qi to cultivate, but to this day, we still haven't found this secret place!"

The Shanglinyuan area is where the secret place is located.

Not only was the new emperor searching here, the Qin Dynasty also had built camps and trained troops in this area.

The new emperor has been building Shanglin Garden for three years, so the search must take even longer.

Zhang Xuezhou learned this secret information relatively late.

Not to mention Wei Qing and others, he also knew that Sima Xiangru had once written the lyrics of "Shanglin Fu", which involved the layers of scenery in Shanglin Garden, and even Wei Qing could hum a few lines.

It is obvious that Sima Xiangru must have spent a long period of investigation and exploration in Shanglin Garden.

"It starts from Lantian, Yichun, Dinghu, Yusu, and Kunwu in the east, goes west along Zhongnan Mountain, reaches Changyang and Wuzha, goes around Huangshan Mountain in the north, and turns east along the Wei River. The area is more than 300 miles wide. There are eight rivers in it, namely Wei, Jing, Feng, Lao, Fu, He, Chan, and Ba. Any place may lead to the secret place!"

The entrance to the Yin-Yang Secret Land is just a cave in Mount Tai, which can only accommodate two people walking side by side.

The entrance to the Shanglinyuan secret place is also not very big, and it is undoubtedly an extremely difficult task to search for the entrance within a range of more than 300 miles.

"If we can get the help of this secret place, we can definitely save ten years of work!"

The new emperor felt a little regretful.

The ten years of effort he mentioned does not simply involve time, but also involves the materials consumed by the cultivator during the ten years.

As long as one can get the help of this secret place for a few months, it will inevitably bring about a substantial leap in the power of cultivation.

"It's too difficult to search for such a hidden place!"

This secret place that no one has entered for many years can be called a holy place for spiritual practice.

Even a difficult practitioner like Zhang Xuezhou can enter the realm of supernatural powers with the help of the Yin-Yang Secret Land. The energy consumption of people with normal practices will be much lower than his.

Zhang Xuezhou has not been in the Yin-Yang Secret Land for long. If he can stay in this secret land blessed with spiritual energy for a long time, it will be like a road to heaven for some talented cultivators.

The secret of the new emperor is very valuable, the only trouble is that no one can get in.

Without more accurate information, searching for the secret place in such a vast area would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

After hearing this, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but shake his head, feeling that it would be too difficult to get what he wanted.

"I have heard that wild beasts and monsters are extremely sensitive to spiritual energy. In the past year, I have asked old hunters near you to lead the search." The new emperor sighed and said, "It's a pity that it didn't go as I wished. I can only wait and see if there will be another opportunity in the future!"

No matter how exquisitely designed the imperial palace of Chang'an City was, it could not compare to a secret place. The new emperor's entry into the realm of supernatural powers involved taking medicine, gathering spirit formations, the six Tai-level talismans, talismans, and other multiple functions to create internal and external factors, plus his strenuous sprint made him successful. How could Han Yan and others have ever met his requirements?

"Tell me, how did you enter the realm of supernatural powers?" the new emperor asked curiously.

It is not surprising if one can enter the realm of supernatural powers after a long period of practice and then use elixirs. This is also the way for most cultivators to enter the realm of supernatural powers.

However, if you want to achieve in your twenties or thirties what others achieve in their forties or fifties, it is extremely difficult to bridge the gap.

The new emperor was a fluke under special circumstances, and although Zhang Xuezhou was older, he was undoubtedly an extremely rare case.

If Zhang Xuezhou had not been ill and lacked the ability to fight head-on, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Zhang Xuezhou was the top genius of the Han Dynasty in the past hundred years.

Although they have been together for many years, the new emperor does not know much about Zhang Xuezhou. He is also very curious about how Zhang Xuezhou practices and how he reached the realm of supernatural powers. "The Nine Heavens Sect of the Yin-Yang Family has always practiced by taking medicine. Thanks to the care of the previous generation of the headmaster, Gu Bugui, I got some elixirs and barely stepped into the realm of supernatural powers!"

Zhang Xuezhou did not talk nonsense about his own experience in cultivation.

His cultivation experience is difficult to be imitated by others, let alone the new emperor and others, even Rong Tianding, Zhang Manqian and others find it difficult to repeat.

If his route was easy to repeat, it would be possible that none of his relatives and friends would have reached the realm of supernatural powers.

"Oh, does your Yin-Yang family have any special elixir?" the new emperor asked with interest.

"The regular ones are just Pei Yuan Dan, Duan Ling Dan, and Yuan Hua Dan. As for the special ones, I don't have the recipe, so it's hard for me to refine them." Zhang Xuezhou said, "I still have ten Duan Ling Dan and three Yuan Hua Dan that I haven't taken yet. It's hard to enter the self-centered realm with these few pills!"

"It's hard, it's hard!"

The new emperor waved his hand, indicating that Zhang Xuezhou's possessions were not enough at all, and even reaching the realm of supernatural powers was a fluke.

He and Zhang Xuezhou communicated casually, but the content involved each other's cultivation and was obviously extremely private.

This is a situation that only happens to the emperor's close ministers, and some even involve being tied up.

Zhang Xuezhou vaguely felt that his body was more naturally relaxed, as if he felt less restrained with the closeness.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that the reason why he had such a subtle feeling might be due to the temporary harmony related to his martial arts skills.

As the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together." Being close to the unsuspecting new emperor did bring benefits.

"I know that Taoist Master Li Shaojun is good at refining a kind of elixir called Eight Steps to Immortality Pill," Zhang Xuezhou said, "According to him, this elixir can increase the probability of entering the realm of self-centeredness. Unfortunately, it is difficult to obtain this elixir!"

Zhang Xuezhou was thinking about Li Shaojun.

If Li Shaojun's elixir refining goes smoothly, there will be nothing to say. Once Li Shaojun verifies the effect of the elixir, Zhang Xuezhou will definitely be able to get several pills. It will not be a problem for him to give some pills to the new emperor.

If Li Shaojun's elixir refining fails, Zhang Xuezhou will need to find a way out immediately.

There was no way he could go to Changxin Palace to get the Empress Dowager, so he could only ask the new emperor for help.

This not only involves the materials for the Eight-Step Immortality Pill, but also involves the use of the Nine Dragon Cauldron.

Although Zhang Xuezhou knew that the Nine Dragon Cauldron had no connection with the Nine Cauldrons, other people did not know it. Even if Zhang Xuezhou said it, no one would believe it. The difficulty of using this cauldron normally would be sky-high. Only if there was a substantial interest involvement with the emperor and others would it be possible to borrow the Nine Dragon Cauldron again.

What he said aroused the new emperor's interest and he did not forget to ask related questions.

"I have been busy with funerals and court affairs these days, so I neglected Taoist Priest Li. I should have visited Yunyi Taoist Temple a long time ago!"

The new emperor mourns for thirty-six days and not only needs to abstain from meat, but also avoids pomp and circumstance, travel, etc.

Various taboos forced him to live in the palace. If there was any good thing about these taboos, it was only the taboo against women that allowed him to have peace and quiet for a while recently.

He wanted to leave the palace to visit Li Shaojun, but his status as an emperor was still not enough for him at the moment.

After thinking it over and over again and discussing it with Zhang Xuezhou, he took Zhang Xuezhou back to the back hall to change his inner and outer clothes before leaving the palace.

For the new emperor, the Eight-Step Immortality Pill is obviously of sufficient weight.

The secret place of Shanglin Garden cannot be found, but getting the elixir may not be a problem.