Douluo: Xiu Xuanjun seven chapters, become the compassionate medicine king!

Chapter 8: Mad Emperor
Recently, a rumor has been circulating in Douling City that whenever someone is seriously ill, a mysterious person will appear beside them and give them elixir to help them recover.

At first people scoffed at it, thinking it was a lie from some dreamer. After all, no one would give away precious elixirs to others casually.

Until one day, someone was run over by a carriage in public. When he was in critical condition, a man with a genius appeared. He looked at the injured person with pity, took out a magical medicine and asked him to take it. After a while, the injured person not only recovered as before, but even possessed soul power.

Now people were in an uproar, and they rushed towards the mysterious man in a turbulent wave, but he easily dodged them and disappeared in the vast crowd.

The rumor became fact, and everyone knew that there was such a kind-hearted person who possessed countless magical herbs. People tried every means to meet him just to get a magical herb, and some even went so far as to seriously injure themselves.

Although it was obviously a lie that anyone could see through, the mysterious man still showed up to help him recover. He never said anything from beginning to end. His saint-like attitude made people amazed and admired.

It’s not that no one has boldly thought about setting a trap and stealing all the elixirs from the other party, but before they could put it into action, they disappeared. People who discovered this were frightened, and no one with such ulterior motives appeared again.

The mysterious man never revealed his name and spoke very few words in front of the crowd. Over time, people saw him treating various diseases like a doctor and began to call him the pharmacist.

There are also people in the community who were inspired by his behavior and character and spontaneously organized similar medical activities.

For a while, Douling City was swept by a wave of rescue efforts. Few people were injured, and even if there were, they would be rescued immediately.

Someone asked: What if he can’t be saved?
Someone answered: But there are still pharmacists!

Unconsciously, people's respect for pharmacists seems to have undergone more unexpected changes with this wave.

At this moment, the saintly pharmacist, who is known by people as a savior of suffering, is drinking tea in a garden.

After listening to Helar's description, Lu Chunming took a sip of tea and said calmly: "People in the dark will try to reach out and grab the light when they see it, but if the light source is so far away, they will only pray that it will not disappear."

“The world is like the sea, and the people are like sailboats. Without the guidance of a lighthouse, how can we return home in the dark?”

In this dark and ancient country, the identity of a pharmacist is like a flame, which warms people's hearts and makes more people approach madly or even jump into the fire without hesitation.

"Your wisdom is as bright as a star in the dark night." Herald beside him said respectfully, "I wonder if I can write down your wise words. Having him by my side is like having you by my side all the time."

Lu Chun was silent for a while, then said, "It wasn't me who said that. It was a poet named Yan Da Ren who said that."

"Oh! It's really an honor for him to be remembered by the master!"

Unable to bear Helaer's meanness, Lu Chun asked impatiently, "How about the thing I asked you to focus on?"

"I'm sorry, Master. So far, nothing unusual has happened in the palace. That old man has been staying in his bedroom and has not come out. My people can't find any information."

As if afraid of making Lu Chun feel like a loser, Helaer said hurriedly, "But the matter of the surviving villagers brought back by the Day-Feathered Golden Riders that you asked me to investigate has some clues. A few days ago, the spy saw them being taken into the palace, and they never came out again."

"That's it."

Putting down the teacup, Lu Chun narrowed his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, Lu Chun ordered: "There is no need to fan the flames of rumors. Let those who do this take over the relief organizations used by those wealthy nobles and take control of them as soon as possible."

"Then, disperse everyone in the mansion tonight, leaving only you and the Contra priest."

Herald had no doubts or confusion about Lu Chun's orders, and simply completed all the orders in an orderly manner. Lu Chun was left alone in the garden, sitting on a chair and sipping his tea. Suddenly, he smiled slightly.

"First there was the demon queen Daji who brought disaster to the country, and then there was the demon Yuan Miao who brought disaster to the people. I want to be the one who brought disaster to the country and the people as well."

Vines and flowers grew quietly from the corners, then occupied all places wantonly and climbed up Lu Chun's body. Amid the fragrance of flowers and plants, his face looked so weird.

……

"Your Majesty, this is the most perfect elixir of immortality in this batch, and it is now presented to you."

As the exquisite treasure box was opened, a strong smell of blood wafted to the face, and a scarlet pill was quietly placed inside.

He picked up the pill with his withered arm, stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it. An abnormal blush appeared on the face of the longest-reigning and longest-lived emperor of the Douling Empire. He let out a long, comfortable sigh, as if he had become younger.

However, his expression suddenly turned extremely ugly the next moment, and he slapped the eunuch to the ground.

"Your Majesty, forgive me! Your Majesty, forgive me!"

Looking at the eunuch's "young face" with gray hair and white beard, the Douling Emperor felt disgusted and said expressionlessly -

"kill."

A golden light flashed, blood dyed the steps red, and a head slowly fell down, with a glimmer of light in the eyes showing confusion, as if it didn't understand what was happening.

The commander-in-chief in charge of all the Day-Feather Golden Cavalry bowed his head and half-knelt beside the Douling Emperor. It was he who had just killed someone.

The Douling Emperor held the shoulder of the Golden Cavalry Commander with one hand and slowly stood up from the throne. He looked up and saw the many silent eunuchs around him, and roared: "Waste! All waste!"

"You are! The Xuanshui Sect is also! And those ghosts are even more so!"

As he cursed, two lines of turbid tears actually flowed from his eyes. He choked and said, "Is there no one who can bring me the real elixir of life? No matter what it is, as long as I have it, I can give it to him!"

Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look or speak, for fear that they would follow in the footsteps of the previous person.

The former Douling Emperor was not like this. Although he could not be said to be a man of great talent and strategy, or to have restored Tiandou, he was still quite capable when he was young. He eased the increasingly tense relationship with the neighboring Tianhun Empire and formed an offensive and defensive alliance to fight against the Xingluo Empire in the east.

Internally, the many grand dukedoms were balanced, the problems left over from previous emperors were solved, and with good weather and good harvests over the years, the entire Douling Empire was prosperous.

However, like every emperor in history, Emperor Douling, who entered the second half of his life, was eager to find a way to achieve immortality. To this end, he spent all his money and manpower to build a large number of temples and held several large-scale sacrifices.

He also married his youngest and most beloved daughter to a member of the Xuanshui Sect in exchange for a furnace of Turtle Breath Pills personally refined by a Titled Douluo.

He also secretly raised a large number of evil soul masters to prolong his life by replenishing his body with his own.

In the blink of an eye, the once prosperous empire returned to its lifeless state.

In the eyes of many people, the once wise king is no longer here, and the only one left here is a mad emperor who is greedy for power and wants to live forever!
(End of this chapter)