When I was in Qin Dynasty, I really didn't want to make progress

Chapter 324 The Temptation of Immortality

“As a general, you must be good at commanding soldiers, but what are soldiers? Soldiers on the battlefield are soldiers, and weapons in the hands of soldiers are also soldiers, but these are only soldiers that can be seen. In addition to these visible soldiers, there are also invisible soldiers.” Under the cover of night, in a remote temple in Jucheng, a short and fat old man was teaching something to a young man.

In front of the old man, there was a young man with a somewhat melancholy look on his face. This young man should be at an age of high spirits, but he was an exception among his peers. In his calm eyes, there was a deep gloom. If ordinary people saw such a young man, they would often regard him as a weak and bullied person, but if someone really thought so, it would definitely be a huge mistake.

In his gloom, there is an imperceptible flame burning, which is the light of wildness, the light of self-confidence, and also the light of restraint. It is not that he is unwilling to burn himself, but that he has not encountered something worth burning for. When he encounters something worth burning, he will surely burn thoroughly and shock the world.

"What are invisible soldiers?" Seeing the old man talking about something he could not understand, the young man became even more curious.

“Although it is said to be invisible, there are actually traces that can be followed. Anyone can see it. However, although they can see it, they do not know the mystery behind it. They only see the surface but cannot see more,” the old man explained.

The young man in front of him was selected by him after traveling all over the Huai River area. He had great expectations for this young man. Similarly, in his future plans, the young man will also play a huge role. His rise against the trend and his success cannot be achieved without the assistance of this young man.

"Things that ordinary people can see but don't know?" The young man pondered, thinking about the old man's words. Although he didn't fully understand it at the moment, he was convinced of the old man's ability. Naturally, he also knew that the words that he couldn't understand were definitely not groundless.

“A mediocre person only knows about soldiers, horses, money and food when he uses troops. Such a person can certainly be a general, but he is just ordinary. In the eyes of those who are really good at using troops, the world and mountains and rivers can all be used as soldiers. A big one can be a mountain, a small one can be an inconspicuous ravine, visible ones like mountains, rivers and lakes, and hidden ones like wind, frost, rain and snow are all included in this category.” The old man explained.

"Everything in the world can be used as a weapon?" The young man was stunned, but then he showed a look of enlightenment. He had a very high level of attainment in the art of war. After the old man's explanation, he quickly associated it with the key point. The process of a war emerged in his mind.

Several years ago, the Qin army was defeated despite having superior military strength. In that war, the enemies of the Qin army used external forces that the Qin army had never imagined. As a young man who was determined to forge his own path in the art of military strategy, he had naturally deduced the beginning and end of that war countless times. The doubts and things that he once couldn't figure out, now he understood after the old man's reminder.

In that war, the Qi army turned water into soldiers and attacked the Qin army by surprise, ultimately achieving the victory of the weak over the strong.

"Do you understand?" When the old man saw the young man's look of sudden realization, he knew that his half-disciple had figured out the key.

"Disciple now understands, thank you teacher for your advice." The young man replied respectfully.

"You should not only thank me, but also thank another person." said the old man.

"Another person?" The boy was stunned.

"You still need to thank King Qi, King Qi, don't you think so?" As the young man was puzzled, the old man looked outside the ruined temple. There, there was nothing but the desolate night.

"After all, you are a senior from the Yin-Yang Family. There are no more than three people in the world who can find me even if I don't want to show up." To the boy's surprise, a voice sounded from outside the ruined temple.

When the young man looked intently, he saw two figures, one tall and one short, appearing in the night where nothing was visible originally.

In fact, the short figure was not short. On the contrary, he was very tall. He just looked a little short when standing next to the man next to him. It was because that man was too tall, so that his tall figure looked a little short in comparison.

The owner of this tall figure is extremely beautiful, with delicate features and as pretty as a flower, especially her long snow-white hair, which adds three points of charm to her. It is the first time for the boy to see such a beautiful woman in his entire life. She is like a fairy descending from the starry sky to the earth.

But even such a woman, standing next to that man, still could not attract more attention from the young man. Although that man was a man, he was not an ordinary man.

It is difficult to describe his appearance. If we say he is heroic, it seems to ignore his spirit. If we say he is handsome, it seems to ignore his heroic spirit. This is a person who is difficult to describe with specific words. If we really want to describe him, the boy thinks that the name the teacher just gave to the visitor is the best description. The King of Qi, a true king.

"I am many years older than the King of Qi, so I have learned some tricks from him." The old man laughed.

He was one of the targets of Yang Chong's trip, Huang Shigong, the most senior person in the Yin-Yang School. As for the young man, he was Yang Chong's real target, Han Xin.

However, after meeting Huang Shigong, Yang Chong discovered that this man with the highest seniority in the Yin-Yang School seemed to be beyond his expectations. Huang Shigong's body was obviously very old, but Yang Chong could feel a kind of vitality from his breath, which was a vitality beyond that of human beings. Yang Chong even felt a familiar aura from it.

Huang Shigong's real age might be beyond my imagination. Yang Chong pondered, and the abnormality of Huang Shigong made him think of something.

"How many years are many years?" Yang Chong asked directly.

"If you count carefully, it's probably about three hundred years. I have met Confucius of Confucianism, Mozi of Mohism, and Sun Tzu of Military Science." Huang Shigong's words were shocking.

Various schools of thought have appeared one after another since the end of the Spring and Autumn Period and have been passed down to the present day, which has gone through two or three hundred years. Huang Shi Gong actually appeared at that time, but people of that period, even those like Confucius and Mozi, had already turned into dry bones. How did Huang Shi Gong survive?

How could there be such a long-lived person in the world?

When people heard such words, they would only think that Huang Shigong was talking nonsense, but Yang Chong was sure that what Huang Shigong said was true. He was really an old man who had lived for more than 300 years. No, old was just Huang Shigong's external form. His vitality was far beyond that of ordinary people. It was completely possible to say that he was a young man. But how did a person escape the rules of time and live for 300 years in this world, and will continue to live, and even live to 400 or 500 years old?
A person may not respect life, but no one can ignore his or her own life span. People's fear of death is precisely because of their desire for life.

If Yang Chong, the man who met Huang Shi Gong at this time, was King Zheng of Qin, who saw a man who could live for more than 300 years, no one knew how excited he would be.

"I never thought that you have the secret of immortality. But shouldn't you keep such a secret strictly guarded? If outsiders knew about it, I'm afraid you would never have peace."

Faced with the temptation of immortality, Yang Chong remained unmoved, because he knew that Huang Shigong must have a reason for revealing such a secret on his own initiative. He didn't need to ask, Huang Shigong would tell it himself, because he wanted to lure Yang Chong into his trap.

"The King of Qi can also obtain the art of immortality." Huang Shi said impartially. He lured Yang Chong here. The so-called art of immortality was just his bait. He had bigger plans for Yang Chong.

"Could it be that the senior wants to give me the secret technique of immortality?" Yang Chong asked curiously.

"Why not? If there is anyone in this world who can become the second immortal besides me, it must be the King of Qi." Huang Shi said impartially.

Yang Chong's heart was moved when he heard this, because he thought of a possibility. Huang Shigong appeared at this time and said such words. It seemed that all this could point to the appearance of something.

Yang Chong also has his own plan for the Yuan Qi dragon he got from Daze Mountain, but he has not invested more energy in it yet. But if you think about it carefully, it seems impossible to complete the transformation of life form with the help of the Yuan Qi dragon.

The so-called immortality is nothing more than finding a way to make the human body gain stronger vitality. How can a person's vitality be compared with the vital energy creatures created by heaven and earth?
"It seems that hundreds of years ago, the senior also obtained a kind of vital energy life and refined it?" Yang Chong, who realized this possibility, asked Huang Shigong directly.

"The King of Qi is worthy of being the King of Qi. He has figured out the secret of immortality so quickly. However, the King of Qi only knows the direction. As for how to refine it, it will be extremely difficult for the King of Qi without someone to lead the way." Huang Shigong looked at Yang Chong with some surprise. He did not expect that Yang Chong would figure out the key to the art of immortality so quickly. Of course, he also realized that perhaps Yang Chong already had similar ideas.

"So, senior is willing to teach me this secret technique?" Yang Chong smiled. After saying so much, the old guy from the Yin-Yang family was waiting for him here.

"I am willing to teach it to the King of Qi, but the King of Qi cannot learn it." Huang Shigong shook his head.

"Why is that? I think there is nothing in the world's cultivation methods that I cannot comprehend." Yang Chong asked in return.

There are only a few people in the world who have cultivated martial arts to the level of Yang Chong. Judging from combat power alone, even if Yang Chong is not invincible, he is almost there. He is confident that he can fight against Huang Shigong, who has lived for more than 300 years. Therefore, Yang Chong absolutely does not believe that there is any martial arts that he cannot practice, unless it is some evil martial arts that requires castration of oneself before practicing.

"Yang Chong can practice it, but the King of Qi cannot." Huang Shi said impartially.

"Is this the so-called conflict of destiny?" Yang Chong asked in surprise. This was all he could think of from Huang Shi Gong's words.

"Yes, the King of Qi can obtain the luck of a country, and luck actually has similarities with those creatures. The so-called like repels like is the same principle. If you want to refine that kind of creature, you must disperse the luck on your body. This is why I do not hold any position in the Yin-Yang School." Huang Shigong explained.

"Senior, you want me to give up everything I have and exchange a country for immortality." Yang Chong smiled. It turned out that Huang Shigong was waiting for him here. However, this old man obviously had bad intentions. If he didn't know the other party's background, Yang Chong would even suspect that this old guy was sent by the Qin State.

However, Yang Chong knew that Huang Shigong was a genuine Chu citizen. In the future, he was the one who promoted the idea that even if there were only three households in Chu, Qin would be destroyed by Chu. It can be said that he finally achieved the integration of the two cultures of Qin and Chu, and then created another even greater empire.

Yang Chong's mind kept turning over past memories. Huang Shigong single-handedly created several extraordinary people who played an important role in the late Qin Dynasty, such as Xiang Yu, Zhang Liang, and Han Xin.

Now the emergence of Yang Chong has changed the trend of the world. Now that Qi has risen again, it has cast a shadow on Qin's path to unify the world. Does Huang Shigong want to put the trend of the world back on its original track?
In order to achieve this goal, he even used the secret of immortality to tempt Yang Chong.

"In front of immortality, the power of a country is nothing but a passing cloud. Throughout history, there have been countless kings, princes, generals and ministers, but there are only one or two people who can achieve immortality. I think the King of Qi can clearly distinguish between the two." Huang Shi was fair and he was very confident. After all, there was more than one king in the world, but he was the only person who could achieve immortality. From this point of view, he believed that Yang Chong would never refuse his conditions.

"That's just your understanding. Your so-called art of immortality is not as important to me as my Qi State. Besides, if I want to be immortal, I will use my own method." Yang Chong said.

He has the inheritance of Emperor Yan in his hands, and martial arts that surpass this world. He has absolute confidence in breaking through the limits of this world. Moreover, Yang Chong already has his own plan for the use of the dragon of vitality. The so-called secret technique of immortality of Huang Shigong does not have much appeal to Yang Chong.

"King of Qi, power is only temporary. Only immortality can achieve eternity." Huang Shigong didn't want to give up. The sudden rise of Yang Chong and Qi State disrupted his plans. He had to guide the trajectory of the world back to its original and proper trajectory.

"That's because you are not strong enough, senior. Your bargaining chips are not that important to me. Compared to the art of immortality, I am more interested in the disciple beside you. When he is ready to go out, you can let him go to Qi. As for the so-called world situation, things that can be calculated in advance are not worth insisting on." While Yang Chong was speaking, his eyes had already turned to Han Xin.

Yang Chong didn't care about Huang Shigong's secret of longevity, but the knowledge accumulated by Huang Shigong over his long life was a priceless treasure.

(End of this chapter)