Qin Renhuang just became an immortal, and you told me this is the prehistoric time

The hall fell silent instantly, and everyone looked toward the throne.

"My lords."

Ying Xuan's voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.

"The meat you just ate was no ordinary thing. It was the essence of a giant python of a different species that I brought back from another world."

This meat contains a unique and potent medicinal power, greatly benefiting the strengthening of muscles and bones and increasing internal strength. It is especially beneficial for those of mediocre talent, having a remarkable effect of cleansing the marrow and helping them step into the path of martial arts.

He paused, looking down at the eyes below that had suddenly become incredibly hot and eager, and continued.

"This substance is rare, and its medicinal properties are too strong. Overconsumption will be harmful. You feel full after eating just one piece, which is your body's natural protective mechanism."

The remaining slices of meat on the plate are not necessary; you may take them with you. You can give them to your children or younger relatives, or keep them for yourself to refine later.

The entire hall erupted in cheers!
"Thank you for your great favor, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"

"Your Majesty's virtuous rule! We are deeply moved!"

"Your Majesty is merciful! Heaven blesses the Great Qin!"

The cheers of ecstasy and the sounds of tearful gratitude rose and fell, making the palace reverberate.

Everyone was so excited they could hardly contain themselves. What had been a furtive act of hiding meat was now done with righteous indignation, even with a hint of smugness.

Many people looked again at the remaining slices of meat on the plate, their eyes burning as if they were looking at a rare treasure!
This is a chance that could change the fate of future generations of the family and even allow one to advance further in martial arts!
His Majesty has been so generous as to allow them to take it away!

The banquet drew to a close in an unprecedented atmosphere of warmth and gratitude.

When Ying Xuan announced the end of the banquet and everyone bowed and took their leave, each person's face was filled with irrepressible excitement and satisfaction.

As they stepped out of the magnificent palace gates and onto the square, many people instinctively took a deep breath.

"Hey? Don't you guys feel that the area around the palace... seems more comfortable than other places?"

An elderly nobleman with white hair and beard asked in confusion.

"Yes! The air seems exceptionally fresh; just taking a breath makes me feel invigorated!"

Someone nearby immediately echoed.

"It's not just air!"

A nobleman who looked like a military general walked to the palace wall and couldn't help but reach out and touch the warm, smooth, yet incredibly hard stone. He then tapped the huge wooden pillar supporting the palace lantern with his finger, which produced a dull, metallic sound. A look of horror appeared on his face.

"This...this wood, how can it be harder than refined steel?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone stepped forward to investigate, and they were all amazed.

Although Ying Xuan's actions last night in refining the imperial palace were not earth-shattering, their effects have already become apparent.

The palace and its surrounding area have a pleasant temperature and a peaceful atmosphere, making even the materials seem extraordinary.

"Your Majesty is truly a divine being!"

Someone murmured a sigh, which drew a chorus of heartfelt agreement.

But at this moment, what everyone was most concerned about was the precious slice of python meat in their sleeve pockets.

This opportunity must be brought home as soon as possible!
"Hurry, hurry! This meat slice is so extraordinary, what if something goes wrong on the way..."

"Yes, yes, yes! Hurry home! My good-for-nothing youngest son might just get a change of heart with this piece of meat!"

"Get the car ready! Get the car ready now!"

In the square, the noble officials who had originally intended to exchange a few pleasantries all changed their expressions and urged their coachmen and servants on.

One after another, the lavishly decorated carriages were quickly harnessed, and the women of each family were hurriedly helped into the carriages.

No one lingered over the grandeur and novelty of the palace anymore; everyone's thoughts had flown back home.

In an instant, carriages and horses were bustling about, and crowds of thousands of people, filled with indescribable excitement and anticipation, surged from the palace square toward all directions of Qin capital.

They carried with them the "divine flesh" that could change their family's fate, and all they wanted was to get home as quickly as possible to deliver this incredible gift from the emperor to those who needed it most.

The entire Qin capital seemed to be filled with a restless atmosphere of "hope" because of the end of the banquet and the figures of those hurrying home.

The side hall of the Chu King's Palace.

The First Emperor leaned back on a soft couch covered with a white tiger skin, holding a scroll of bamboo slips in his hands, looking relaxed.

Since abdicating the throne to Ying Xuan and moving to this old palace in Chu, the imperial aura emanating from him has diminished considerably, replaced by a rare air of leisure.

The hall was filled with the gentle fragrance of incense, and the atmosphere was tranquil and peaceful.

A eunuch dressed in a dark blue palace attendant's robe, carrying a jade box about a foot square in both hands, exuding a chilling aura, walked briskly to the front and bowed in greeting.

"Your Majesty the Emperor Emeritus, His Majesty sent this item as a gift for you."

"Oh?"

The First Emperor put down the bamboo slips and his gaze fell on the jade box that exuded a chilling aura.

Ying Xuan, that child, was busy with many things after ascending the throne, and it was rare that he still remembered to send him things.

He nodded slightly.

"open to take a look."

The eunuch carefully placed the jade box on the low table in front of the bed and gently lifted the lid.

An aura, even colder than the box itself, yet carrying a strange life force, instantly spread out.

The box contained no rare treasures, but rather thousands of slices of meat, as thin as cicada wings and shimmering with a pale golden luster, neatly arranged!

Each piece was crystal clear, exactly the same as the python meat slices that were distributed to the officials at yesterday's banquet, only a hundred times more in number!
"This is……"

The First Emperor looked surprised.

“Reporting to the Emperor Emeritus,” the eunuch reported respectfully.

"The Eastern Depot's inner guards who delivered the goods said that this was the essence of a giant python that His Majesty hunted from another world. A single piece of meat can help those who cannot cultivate to sense internal energy and step into the threshold of martial arts."

For those with cultivation levels, the energy contained in a single piece of flesh is equivalent to the energy of a year's arduous cultivation for an ordinary person. His Majesty said, "This is a rare item, and I have specially sent it as a tribute to the Retired Emperor."

A single piece of meat can help someone get started? Is it worth a year of arduous study?
Even the First Emperor, who had seen countless storms and whose will was as firm as a rock, could not help but be moved at this moment.

He knew all too well how difficult martial arts cultivation was, especially the first step of drawing qi into the body, which had stifled countless people of mediocre talent.

If this meat truly possesses such miraculous effects, its value is simply immeasurable! Ying Xuan actually sent over thousands of pieces at once!
Without hesitation, the First Emperor extended two fingers, picked up a piece of pale golden python meat from the box, and put it in his mouth. There was no fishy or gamey smell as he had imagined; only a refreshing sweetness instantly melted in his mouth.

But then, a torrent far more powerful and scorching than the one Ying Xuan had felt at the banquet the day before suddenly exploded inside him!

This force was like a river bursting its banks, surging and crashing against his meridians, which had long been tempered to be as tough as steel!

The internal energy in his dantian, which had been dormant for many years and had reached the pinnacle of the mortal realm, trembled slightly under the impact of this heat flow, as if a long-parched riverbed had sensed the spring flood rushing from upstream!
Although this amount of energy cannot bring about a substantial breakthrough for his current level, the feeling of his dormant inner strength being activated, as well as the subtle changes of his flesh and bones being nourished and strengthened, are clearly discernible!

"Excellent! Truly miraculous!"

A glint flashed in the First Emperor's eyes, and he couldn't help but praise him.

He lowered his fingers, feeling the warm current slowly subsiding within his body. After a moment of contemplation, he gave instructions to the eunuch standing beside him.

"Bring me my Purple Jade Box."

Soon, a treasure box, carved entirely from a single piece of purple jade and radiating a warm luster, was presented.

The First Emperor's gaze swept over the thousands of pale golden slices of meat in the jade box, and he said in a deep voice.

"Based on the number of my princes and princesses, each will receive thirty pieces. The remaining members of the imperial family will receive ten to twenty pieces, depending on their closeness to the emperor. The rest..."

He paused for a moment, then personally took out about a dozen pieces from the box and placed them into the purple jade box.

"I'll keep these. The rest, immediately distribute them accordingly, and have reliable people deliver them to the respective residences without fail!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

The eunuch hurriedly agreed, but a chill ran down his spine. The Emperor Emeritus's actions clearly indicated that he was prioritizing these invaluable resources for the royal bloodline, especially his own direct descendants.

As the First Emperor watched the eunuchs begin distributing the food, he added a sentence, his tone authoritative.

"Tell the eunuch from the Eastern Depot who came to deliver the goods to tell the Emperor: This item has extraordinary effects and should be used wisely. The royal family is the foundation of the country, and the continuation of the bloodline is the cornerstone of the stability of the country. The Emperor has the world in his heart, but he also needs to take care of his relatives and plan for future generations."

"Yes! This servant will convey the message without missing a single word!"

The eunuch bowed and responded, his movements becoming even more cautious.

He knew that the Emperor Emeritus was reminding His Majesty that when allocating resources that could change the fate of a family, the interests of the royal family should be prioritized to ensure the stability of the foundation for the succession of imperial power.

Meanwhile, atop a solitary peak not far from the new palace.

The area here is shrouded in mist and brimming with spiritual energy, far surpassing anything found at the foot of the mountain.

A wide platform was leveled at the summit, where a dozen women dressed in gorgeous palace attire, each with a different appearance and temperament, sat cross-legged, eyes closed and concentrating.

They were Ying Xuan's concubines, including Lü Zhi and Qu Ruo.

Beside them stood several women with distinct personalities, some aloof, some charming, and some heroic.

They were not dressed in Qin attire, and their bodies faintly emanated an aura slightly different from that of this world.

These were women Ying Xuan brought back from other worlds, women with a certain level of cultivation.

At this moment, they were quietly instructing the imperial concubines to adjust their breathing and sense their vital energy.

The entire mountain peak was shrouded in a massive and mysterious array.

Countless pale golden runes, visible to the naked eye, flowed and flickered in the void, forming a huge energy vortex that frantically absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of hundreds of miles, converging at the peak.

This is the "Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Gathering Spirit Array" personally set up by Ying Xuan. Its efficiency in gathering spiritual energy is a hundred times greater than that of ordinary spirit gathering arrays!
Ying Xuan stood with his hands behind his back on a huge rock at the highest point of the peak, his clothes fluttering even without wind.

His eyes were slightly closed, and his powerful divine sense, like invisible tentacles, precisely enveloped each of the imperial concubines below.

With a slight thought, he forcefully restrained and regulated the immense, almost liquefied, energy of heaven and earth that had been frantically gathered by the great formation, transforming it into more than a dozen gentle and pure energy torrents, like gurgling springs, which were then injected into the bodies of each imperial concubine!

"Concentrate your mind and focus your attention on your dantian!"

Ying Xuan's voice resonated directly in the minds of every imperial concubine, carrying a calming power.

"Guide this power according to the improved version of the 'Sacred Heart Technique' that I have taught you, guide it along the meridians, and return it to the dantian!"

As he spoke, the dozen or so divine clones simultaneously activated, each guiding a stream of pure energy into the corresponding imperial concubine's body.

They slowly began to operate according to a route that was far more profound than the original Sacred Heart Mantra, more suitable for their individual constitutions, and more efficient in utilizing this external energy.

Not far behind each imperial concubine, there was a small sapling, no more than a foot tall, but with a crystal-clear body like jade and leaves that looked like they were carved from emeralds.

At this moment, these miraculous little trees seemed to have a life of their own, their branches and leaves moving without wind, greedily absorbing the rich, boundless energy of heaven and earth in the air!
Their absorption rate was several times faster than that of the imperial concubines who were being forcibly instilled with the power of Ying Xuan!
If it weren't for the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array providing a continuous and almost inexhaustible supply of energy, these saplings would probably have instantly drained the spiritual energy from the entire peak, interrupting the imperial concubines' cultivation.

Time passes little by little.

Under Ying Xuan's precise guidance and the infusion of immense energy, the imperial concubines' pale complexions gradually turned rosy, and their bodies began to emanate faint yet real fluctuations of internal energy.

With their eyes tightly closed, their pupils moved slightly, clearly indicating that they could sense the new, warm energy flowing through their bodies along a specific path.

After an unknown amount of time, Ying Xuan slowly withdrew the guiding energy flow and his distracted focus.

Below, the imperial concubines remained immersed in their cultivation, striving to consolidate their hard-won achievements.

Ying Xuan opened his eyes, his gaze calm and unwavering.

His powerful divine sense spread out silently, instantly sweeping across the entire palace area and even the distant Qin capital.

The eagerness of his subjects to bring the python meat home, the First Emperor's thoughts as he distributed the meat slices, and countless pieces of information about the daily lives of the people in the city flooded into his mind, yet he instantly sorted them out clearly, without letting them linger in his heart.

The next moment, he moved slightly and took a step forward. Ripples seemed to appear in the void beneath his feet, and he appeared at the highest point of the dome of the new palace, which was dozens of feet high.

The night wind howled, stirring his robes.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the palace complex below, which appeared even more majestic and mysterious in the night.

After his thorough transformation yesterday using his weapon-refining techniques, the materials of the entire palace have undergone a fundamental change.

Under the starlight and moonlight, the palace walls, halls, beams, pillars, and even the paving stones all exude a warm, restrained, yet indestructible jade-like luster.

The massive spirit-gathering array operated silently, making the concentration of spiritual energy within the palace far exceed that of the outside world, so that even breathing carried a sense of purity.

The peaceful and tranquil atmosphere that he personally instilled further dispelled the gloom that should have existed in the deep palace, bringing peace to the hearts of those within.

This palace, built at great expense of manpower and resources, has now truly become an impregnable, spiritually vibrant, and almost celestial abode of emperors.

Ying Xuan's face did not show much joy, but instead revealed an extremely strange expression.

He frowned slightly, his gaze sweeping over the architectural materials that gleamed strangely in the moonlight, then sensing the rhythmic flow of energy emanating from the palace beneath his feet, finally settling on the Heavenly Fiend and Earthly Fiend Formation he had personally reinforced, which now enveloped the solitary peak. (End of Chapter)