Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

Chapter 257 Extra - Shattered Dream of Immortality [Two in One]

The ninth day of the fourth month in the fifty-seventh year of Taikang.

Jiuqu County, Jing'an City, Dongcheng District, in the backyard wing of the Zhang family. As soon as Zhang Jinggang opened his eyes, he saw the obviously antique bed and furniture that did not belong to his rental house, as well as two unfamiliar women in ancient costumes.

"Wake up! Wake up!"

"It's really the blessing of the City God..."

"Brother Jing, are you hungry? How do you feel now? Do you want to eat something or have a bowl of meat soup?"

"My husband, why don't you speak?"

"Is it really possible that his brain is injured? How about asking Doctor Huang to come again and take a look at the situation? Brother Jing, Brother Jing, do you recognize your mother? This is your wife!"

When the two strange women in front of him whispered to each other, Zhang Jing suspected that if someone had not spent a lot of money to set up a scene to prank him, then he was most likely traveling through time. And it should be his soul, because his hands were obviously smaller than his original hands.

Looks whiter, tenderer and thinner.

Fortunately, he had read all kinds of time-travel novels on weekdays, and he did so for nothing. The next second, he pretended to touch his head in pain, muttering something like "It hurts, who are you?"

If the woman in front of him who was suspected to be his biological mother had not said that his brain would not really be injured, he would not dare to act like this.

And since the other party said so.

Then don't blame him for climbing up the ladder.

Then, his mother and his wife naturally became worried, and quickly sent someone to invite back Doctor Huang, who had just left. Doctor Huang's medical skills were obviously not good enough to easily discover that the soul in the body had changed, so after considering it for a while, he only said:
"It seems to be amnesia, but there is no serious damage to the brain. It's hard to say. I suggest you recuperate for a while first. If you can recover, that would be the best.

If not, we will adjust it later.”

The other party obviously did not have any fatal injuries, and treatment will not make him any worse. He should earn the treatment fee first. Brain problems are too mysterious. Even if his memory cannot be restored in the future, as long as the person is fine, it will not affect his reputation.

He really doesn't prescribe any medicine.

Instead, it makes the patient's family members worry that there is no cure.

This is for their own good!

As soon as Doctor Huang wrote the prescription and left, Zhang Hong sent someone to buy and boil the medicine. She and her daughter-in-law sat beside Zhang Jing's bed. The daughter-in-law was responsible for feeding Zhang Jing some meat soup to fill his stomach, and she was responsible for chatting with Zhang Jing.

Talk about some past events to help him recover his memory.

After drinking a bowl of meat soup, Zhang Jing had some understanding of his own situation. His family was a local merchant with decent assets, which could be ranked in the middle stream. They had several thousand acres of land, several shops, a workshop, and three houses.

Mainly engaged in textile and grain business.

There is no huge profit, but it is stable.

His father went out for business discussions half a month ago. Without his father at home to control and discipline him, Zhang Jing became a little indulgent and went out to travel when he had nothing to do.

I don’t know if I was being plotted against or if I made a mistake the day before yesterday.

Anyway, I fell into the water on a small hill nearby. When I was rescued, I not only hit my head, but also fell into a coma. I even had a high fever last night. Although Dr. Huang helped take care of me and prescribed medicine, it was not until today that my pulse became basically stable. Now I have only lost my memory, which is a blessing in disguise.

Although I miss the modern society where everything is more convenient, I have suddenly become a rich second-generation with thousands of acres of land, houses and shops, from living in a rental house where my monthly salary was barely enough to make ends meet after paying the rent and I hadn’t saved any money for several years.

He is the only son and he even has a wife.

Zhang Jing easily accepted this big pie.

And began to work hard to integrate into this world.

Two days later, as Zhang Jing's condition stabilized, although his memory still had not recovered, at least his body had generally recovered, so his mother naturally took him to the nearby City God Temple to fulfill her vow.

Even if the City God Temple is in charge of the underworld and judges cases and redresses grievances.

It has no curative effect.

That does not affect ordinary people from treating him as an omnipotent god, and they come to worship him when they encounter problems and seek peace of mind.

If it were in the past, Zhang Jing would definitely not believe in these nonsense as he was an atheist. But now that he can travel through time, he thinks that the soul must exist, so for a moment, he was a little hesitant.

On the way, I specifically asked about the situation of Chenghuang Temple.

It's better to make sure of this situation.

Is it dangerous to enter the City God Temple?

Then, he felt that his three perspectives were about to explode. This world seemed a little abnormal, at least not the ordinary ancient world he imagined. In which ordinary ancient world, the City God helped to redress grievances, and even went beyond the law to directly appear in spirit to kill the murderer!
"Mom, are you telling the truth?"

"Isn't it true that a man should not talk about strange things?"

Shocked, he could only recall the words of Confucius that he still remembered clearly, hoping that his mother would say more.

"Brother Jing, your brain is really broken. You clearly didn't like reading the Four Books and Five Classics before. You spent all day holding those immortal myth books and reciting Taoist scriptures, hoping to become an immortal.

Are you confusing your memory?"

Although she felt strange, Zhang Hong quickly figured out the confusion in her mind and continued:

"Never mind, it doesn't matter. I don't expect you to pass the imperial examination anyway. What I said is of course true. Since the current emperor ascended the throne and thoroughly established the system of city gods and land gods, no one in the world has questioned whether the city gods or land gods are fake. If there is any grievance that is inconvenient to sue the officials, you can pray directly to the city gods and land gods to redress your grievances. They even have the right to hear directly from the emperor.

At the same time, he is also responsible for supervising local officials.

If there is a natural disaster, such as an earth dragon turning over, the city gods and land gods in the affected areas can basically report the disaster to the court within twelve hours.

The imperial court was also able to respond promptly and provide disaster relief quickly.

Officials dare not relax at all.

Nor dare they commit acts of corruption.

Although there have been many disasters across the country in the past fifty years, the number of casualties is ten or even a hundred times less than those disasters of the same scale more than fifty years ago.

All this is due to the wisdom of the current emperor.

And comprehensive coverage and supervision of the Chenghuang system."

At this point, Zhang Hong thought of something and continued with emotion: "It is only now that the lives of merchants like me have become better. If it were fifty or sixty years ago, ordinary merchants like our family, who had no background and no one in the family holding an official position in the court, would have to spend at least half of their annual earnings on bribery.

Otherwise, there would be no peaceful life. Life is still good now. We do business honestly, don't cheat, pay taxes on time and according to the rules, and don't have to worry about any other problems.

If not, it's just your dad's a fool.

How could I have accumulated such a fortune today?"

Zhang Hong said a lot, but Zhang Jing's attention was no longer on this. He was thinking about what this city god land system was all about, why was it established by the current emperor, and what was so magical about the current emperor? Was he a reincarnated god, or did he have a golden finger?

Since the system of land gods and city gods exists, does it mean that this world may have the underworld and the netherworld?

Maybe there is a heaven above.

If the underworld and heaven exist, the existence of ghosts and gods is a matter of course. And if ghosts and gods exist, cultivating immortals is undoubtedly also quite reasonable. Thinking of this, Zhang Jing's heart was instantly filled with excitement. He knew that he, a time traveler, would not be able to be just an ordinary rich second generation.

The rich second generation is just the starting status in the novice village.

He will definitely become a Buddha in the future.

Perhaps he was confident in the aura of the protagonist that comes with being a time traveler, so when he went to the City God Temple to fulfill his vow, he was not nervous or afraid. He even wandered around. For example, he ran to the temple keeper and circled around him several times, asking him to help him read his fortune.

For example, asking if there is anything for sale in the City God Temple.

Are there any secret books on cultivating immortality or scriptures handed down from generation to generation?

Having read too many novels, he felt that perhaps his adventure in cultivating immortals happened in this City God Temple. The hermit master discovered that he had a special identity and was not in the Three Realms or independent of the Five Elements, but was one of the escaped ones. He cried and shouted that he wanted to take him as his last disciple and teach him the secrets of his sect.

As a result, he was almost kicked out as a psychopath.

Out of consideration for his mother's donation of fifty taels of silver to the charity, he did not do much and also gave Zhang Jing a few Taoist scriptures bought from a bookstore outside.

He treated it as a treasure and took it back with him.

He was in high spirits after returning, but his mother was worried and even regretted taking him to the City God Temple to fulfill her vow and telling him the stories about the City God Temple.

Before her son was injured and lost his memory, they told others that he liked traveling and sightseeing. In fact, it was a cover-up. In reality, her son was not traveling and sightseeing, but was seeking immortals and the way to enlightenment. It was just that she and her husband did not allow their son to travel far, nor did they allow him to go to famous mountains and rivers to seek immortals and the way to enlightenment.

So he could only wander around.

Sit in meditation and collect spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

In reality, there have always been many people who have similar ideas to her son, starting more than fifty years ago. However, over the years, we have only occasionally heard rumors that someone has become an immortal, but it has never been confirmed. The current emperor who established the system of city gods and land gods has never given any titles or recognition to those who are said to have become immortals.

Even nowadays, we have specifically dispelled rumors and fought against fakes.

In addition, most people will eventually have to bow down for a few pieces of silver, so although there are still people who firmly believe that they can become immortals in this world.

But there are very few people who actually practice and stick to it.

It turned out that her son was one of them.

Previously, her son was injured and lost his memory. She was a little worried, but also a little relieved. She was worried that her son might have some hidden illness, but she was relieved that it was okay for him to lose his memory, so she could go home and live a normal life, have children, and inherit the family business.

It's better than wandering around outside looking for immortals and asking for advice.

But who would have thought that even after losing his memory, her son still became interested in seeking immortals and asking for the way after going to the City God Temple. Even if he really lost his memory, it's hard to change his nature!

But this made her firmly believe that her son was still her son, he just lost his memory.

After returning, Zhang Hong hurriedly told her daughter-in-law about the relevant situation, and joined hands with her daughter-in-law to persuade Zhang Jing, hoping that he would stop and not pursue the so-called immortal path that even the current emperor had personally debunked.

Unfortunately it's useless, not at all useful.

He even said some outrageous words.

"It is definitely true that he cultivates immortals. His Majesty may have already taken the lead. The fact that he established the City God and Land System is enough to prove that his Majesty has not only gone very far on the road of cultivating immortals, but has even made preparations for both situations. He will never really die.

If he succeeds in cultivating immortality and overcomes the tribulation to become an immortal in the future, he will be able to become a resident immortal and be the emperor of mankind forever.

Even if he fails, he can rely on the city god and land god system he has established to become the Yama King in the underworld. Even more exaggerated, he may even invade the Heavenly Palace. "

“He must be lying because he doesn’t want us to embark on the path to becoming immortals and compete with him for spiritual energy. Since the City God system only appeared more than 50 years ago, maybe the spiritual energy was revived more than 50 years ago.

The spiritual energy has just revived and the amount is not large.

I guess it’s only enough for a few people to practice.”

"That must be the case. Emperor Taikang is too overbearing. In order to become an immortal himself, he cut off the path to immortality for all of us. I understand, I understand. I said that I couldn't have come here for no reason. I came here with a mission from heaven. Oh, I am the protagonist of heaven and earth, so Emperor Taikang should be the villain."

"Only by overthrowing him can others become immortals!"

"But how can I cultivate immortality? Will God not give me some hints? Do I have to find it myself?"

If these words were to get out, even though the current emperor has always been relatively merciful and has never started any literary inquisition, if only a few people wanted to vent the anger of the current emperor, their family would not have a good end.

So there are only Zhang Hong and her daughter-in-law.

I was really scared.

The thought of poisoning her son to silence him and prevent the news from spreading appeared in her mind more than once.

But later on, Zhang Hong couldn't bear to let it go.

After writing a letter to negotiate with her husband, she began to publicize that her son had been injured before, his brain was damaged, his nerves were not normal, and he often talked nonsense. She hoped that everyone would not mind and be understanding. At the same time, she urged her daughter-in-law to have sex with her son more often, get pregnant as soon as possible, and give birth to a child to inherit the family line. This son was useless, and she had to consider the next generation.

Zhang Jing’s ability to read people’s expressions is really bad. He even feels that his life has become more comfortable recently. His wife is more attached to him, and his mother no longer nags him.

Give him more time to think about how to cultivate immortality.

How to obtain the secret book of cultivating immortals.

In the following decades, he had been tirelessly searching for immortals. Even in his old age, with many children and grandchildren, he was still wondering if he had got some kind of 100-year-old activation system, or a script for rising again in old age that allowed him to start cultivating immortality at the age of 100?
If not for this, how could it be that he, a time traveler with the aura of a protagonist, could not have access to the secret manual of cultivating immortals for seventy years in a world where one could cultivate immortals.

Therefore, even though he is old, he is still full of hope.

It was not until his 99th birthday that many technological breakthroughs were made, the observation accuracy reached the particle level, and the government launched a decryption program to announce the truth about the City God system.

On that day, Zhang Jing’s dream of becoming an immortal after many years was shattered.

He was so angry that he vomited blood and died on the spot.