Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

An old woman knelt in front of Chu Ze and cried, "Your Majesty, please save us! These monsters are too cruel. They eat people and destroy our homes. We can't survive!"

Chu Ze looked at the old woman's grief-stricken look, and his heart was burning with anger. He stretched out his hand, helped the old woman up, and said in a deep voice: "Old man, don't worry, I will definitely avenge you!"

He turned to look at the guards behind him and shouted, "Kill all these monsters! Don't spare any!"

"Yes, sir!" The guards shouted in unison, their morale high.

Chu Ze looked at the scene in front of him, and suddenly a strange feeling arose in his heart. He felt as if he had forgotten something important, but he couldn't remember it.

At this moment, a familiar voice came from a distance: "Brother Huang, how are you?"

Chu Ze looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man in black standing not far away, looking at him with a joking expression.

Chu Xuan!

Chu Ze suddenly realized what he had forgotten. He forgot that he had a younger brother, a younger brother who wanted to kill him!
"Chu Xuan, you finally show up!" Chu Ze said gritting his teeth, his eyes filled with flames of hatred.

Chu Xuan sneered: "Brother Huang, you didn't expect that I would come back alive!"

"I really didn't expect that you would be so despicable and shameless, colluding with monsters and harming the people!" Chu Ze scolded.

"The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Brother Emperor, you'd better surrender!" Chu Xuan sneered, "Otherwise, today will be the day you die!"

Chu Ze laughed loudly: "Chu Xuan, you underestimate me too much! I am the true dragon emperor, how can a villain like you be able to defeat me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt dizzy, his vision went dark, and he passed out...

Chu Ze felt a black screen before his eyes, and when he woke up, he found himself lying on a simple wooden bed. His whole body ached, and he couldn't muster any strength.

"Awake?" a rough voice sounded.

Chu Ze turned his head and saw a burly man with a full beard sitting beside the bed, holding a wine gourd in his hand and gulping down wine.

"Who are you?" Chu Ze asked vigilantly.

The sturdy man wiped his mouth and laughed, "I am a hunter in this mountain, my name is Zhang Daniu. I saw you fainted at the foot of the mountain yesterday, so I rescued you."

Chu Ze was confused. He clearly remembered that he was confronting Chu Xuan. How did he suddenly end up in the mountains? Could it be Chu Xuan's doing?

He tried to circulate his spiritual power, but found that his dantian was empty and he couldn't raise even a trace of spiritual power.

"Where is my spiritual power?" Chu Ze asked in horror.

Zhang Daniu glanced at him and said nonchalantly: "You have been poisoned, and your spiritual power has been sealed."

Poisoned? Chu Ze was shocked. Could it be that Chu Xuan had poisoned him?

"What poison?" Chu Ze asked anxiously.

Zhang Daniu took a sip of wine, burped, and said, "I don't know, but it's a very strong poison and I can't cure it."

Chu Ze suddenly felt despair. Was this the end for him?

He was the great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, yet he had fallen to such a state!
"But..." Zhang Daniu suddenly changed the subject, "I know someone who may be able to cure your poison."

Chu Ze heard this, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes: "Who is it?"

Zhang Daniu chuckled and said, "He is an old immortal who lives deep in the mountains. He is said to be omnipotent."

Chu Ze's heart moved. Could it be the legendary immortal cultivator?
"Take me to see him!" Chu Ze said hurriedly.

Zhang Daniu shook his head: "No, the old immortal has a strange temper and won't see outsiders. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Chu Ze asked anxiously.

Zhang Daniu chuckled: "Unless you take me as your master, I will take you to see him." Chu Ze hesitated. Taking a hunter as his master? How would he, as an emperor, feel about this?
However, in order to survive and restore his spiritual power, he had no choice.

"Okay, I'll take you as my master!" Chu Ze gritted his teeth and said.

Zhang Daniu laughed loudly: "Good boy, you have guts! From now on, you can call me Master!"

Chu Ze smiled bitterly in his heart. It was fate that made him worship a hunter as his master!

"Master, can you take me to see the old immortal now?" Chu Ze asked.

Zhang Daniu nodded: "Let's go."

The two left the hunter's cabin and headed towards the mountains.

Along the way, Chu Ze was thinking, who is this old immortal? Can he really cure his poison?
After walking for a long time, the two came to a hidden valley.

The valley is filled with singing birds and fragrant flowers, and it is full of spiritual energy, just like a fairyland.

"We're here. The old immortal lives here." Zhang Daniu said, pointing to a thatched cottage deep in the valley.

Chu Ze was excited. Was he really going to meet an immortal cultivator?

The two men came to the hut and Zhang Daniu knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" An old voice came from inside the house.

"Old immortal, it's me, Zhang Daniu." Zhang Daniu said respectfully.

"Come in." said the old immortal.

Zhang Daniu pushed open the door and walked in with Chu Ze.

Inside the thatched cottage, a white-haired old man was sitting cross-legged on a cushion, with an immortal look and one could tell at first glance that he was an accomplished Taoist.

"Old immortal, this is my disciple. He has been poisoned. Please save him." Zhang Daniu pointed at Chu Ze and said.

The old immortal opened his eyes, looked at Chu Ze, and said, "This poison is not trivial. It is the ancient strange poison 'Soul Erosion Powder'. The poisoned person will lose all his spiritual power and eventually turn into a pool of pus and blood."

Chu Ze was shocked when he heard this. This poison was so vicious!

"Old Immortal, please save me!" Chu Ze quickly knelt down and begged.

The old immortal stroked his beard and said, "Although this poison is powerful, it is not without a cure. It's just that..."

"Just what?" Chu Ze asked anxiously.

The old immortal smiled and said, "It's just that the ingredients for the antidote are extremely hard to find, and require..."

He paused, his eyes fell on Chu Ze, and said meaningfully: "A dragon heart is needed."

Chu Ze was stunned. Dragon Heart? How could he find it?

When Chu Ze heard the word "Dragon Heart", he almost couldn't breathe.

He looked at the old immortal in disbelief, thinking: Is this old guy kidding me? Dragons only exist in storybooks! Even if they really exist, where can I, a mere mortal, find one? Is he asking me to slay a dragon?

"Old Immortal, you...are you joking?" Chu Ze laughed dryly twice, trying to get away with it.

The old immortal, however, had a serious expression on his face. He twisted his beard and said, "I never joke. The Soul-Eroding Powder is extremely poisonous. It can only be neutralized by the blood of a dragon's heart. There is no other way."

Chu Ze cursed in his heart: This old man is clearly trying to make things difficult for me! I am the emperor, rich and powerful, what rare treasures have I not seen? I am actually stumped by a dragon's heart!
"May I ask the old immortal, what exactly is this dragon? Could it be the kind of thing in the legend that can fly?" Chu Ze asked cautiously, fearing that the old immortal would say something shocking. (End of this chapter)