The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 790: It’s Over, I’ve Become a Towering Tree
As expected, Xuannv continued, "But now, in an era when most of the vitality of heaven and earth has become dormant and is about to be completely exhausted, the long life span that my husband originally expected is impossible to achieve."

She paused and said in a low voice: "It's okay now. Although the vitality of heaven and earth is small, if there is no major additional consumption, the small amount of vitality of heaven and earth absorbed by my husband every day is enough for normal consumption and to maintain life."

"But after the vitality of heaven and earth has completely died out, there is only consumption and no recovery."

"Even if my husband doesn't consume much extra energy, as long as he is still moving, the stronger his body and soul are, the more energy he will consume to maintain their operation, and the more energy he will need to maintain them."

"Once one consumes too much energy and cannot replenish it, one will immediately die, with both body and soul annihilated."

Xuan Nu looked into Ying Zheng's eyes, her tone carrying a hint of worry: "The vitality of the world is now only fifty years away from being completely silent. And with your husband's extremely powerful cultivation and body, in order to maintain normal activities, if you don't enter a deep sleep in advance, and wait until the vitality of the world is completely silent, in at most another twenty or thirty years, your husband will..."

Hearing Xuan Nu's words, Ying Zheng felt extremely heavy in his heart. Although he had guessed about this situation before.

Xuannv's words now confirmed his guess, and the situation was even more serious than he expected.

Now he has become a towering tree.

The stronger the strength, the greater the demand for the vital energy of heaven and earth. Once the environment changes drastically and the vital energy of heaven and earth is exhausted, it will be greatly disadvantageous.

However, Ying Zheng had experienced many storms and had a firm mind. He did not show any panic on his face and his expression remained calm.

He hugged Xuannv, tightened his arms, and asked, "I understand my own situation. What about you? Sister Wanyan, you, Ayao, and Nuwa, will you be in any danger? Will the depletion of heaven and earth's vitality affect you?"

Xuan Nu smiled slightly and said softly, "My husband, don't worry about us. Sister Wan Yan and I are created by the laws of heaven and earth. We live with heaven and earth and coexist with the universe. As long as heaven and earth exist, we will never be in trouble."

She paused and explained, "Even if the vitality of heaven and earth is completely dormant, we will just feel uncomfortable and our strength will be slightly restricted. At most, we can just sleep for a while. It will only be two or three thousand years before the vitality of heaven and earth becomes active again."

"And with our background, we are not afraid of a little consumption. But sister Ayao and Nuwa are not as strong as sister Wanyan and I. After the vitality of heaven and earth is exhausted, they can stay awake for a shorter time, and need to fall asleep more frequently to maintain themselves."

When Ying Zheng heard this, his tense heart finally relaxed and he nodded with relief.

Xuan Nu continued, "My husband, you still have 40 to 50 years to deal with worldly affairs and plan your empire and your afterlife. It would be best if you could choose a safe and reliable sacred mountain and blessed land to sleep in after 40 years. My husband can go back to Kunlun with us. Kunlun is the best sacred mountain and blessed land in the world. If you stay with us, you don't have to worry about any danger during your sleep."

"My husband, don't worry about your life span. Sister Wanyan and I have ways to make your husband immortal and get through this special period."

"And every one or two hundred years, you can wake up and see a new world, travel for a year or two, and wait until the vitality of heaven and earth begins to recover. Then you can be free."

Ying Zheng nodded. He had no doubt about this. The two supreme goddesses, Queen Mother of the West and Lady of the Nine Heavens, had joined forces and they would have plenty of ways to make people immortal. They could solve this small problem with their eyes closed.

As for having to sleep for a while and temporarily give up power and achievements in the world, Ying Zheng could barely accept it (no way, asking him to give up power would be more painful than asking him to die!).

Anyway, he won't fall asleep now. There are still forty or fifty years left. It is definitely not possible now. He still has a lot of things to accomplish.

Everyone will die, and now being able to live forever is already a great thing. Since it is necessary to give up power temporarily, then just give it up temporarily. Compared with the opportunity of eternal life, the power and achievements in front of him are not so important and can be temporarily abandoned.

When the vitality of heaven and earth begins to recover and become active again, there will be plenty of time and opportunity to regain power, and at that time we will become stronger than we are now, and we can truly rule and conquer everything, and build a greater and more eternal empire.

But there are also things he can't let go of and is reluctant to give up.

That is Zhao Ji and Nian Duan.

Ying Zheng's mind was full of thoughts. He frowned and said slowly, "Xuan, is there any other way to help other mortals live longer?"

Xuannv raised her body, and her perfect body, as if carved from mutton-fat jade, slightly separated from Ying Zheng's arms and lay on him. Her beautiful eyes, as clear as autumn water, looked straight at Ying Zheng, her eyes full of tenderness and understanding.

She spoke softly, with a touch of the transcendence of a god who sees through life and death, "My husband, everything has its birth and death, a beginning and an end. Even my sister Wanyan and I. Why do we sleep so often? Because our consciousness cannot withstand the erosion of time."

"When time is far enough away, too long to be imagined, our consciousness will slowly die, and the new consciousness born on the basis of the original one will no longer be us." "So, the so-called immortality is only immortality within a certain period of time, which is a relative eternity within the scope allowed by the rules of heaven and earth. Even if this time seems long to mortals, it is so long that they cannot imagine it, like eternity."

"But one day, even the heaven and earth and the universe will come to an end and go to extinction."

“Everything in this world has a beginning and an end. The most important thing is not to pursue the illusory eternity, but to cherish the present moment during our waking hours.”

Xuan Nu gently stroked Ying Zheng's resolute face and said in a soft voice with endless love: "The rules of heaven and earth are not so easy to break. Mortals are too fragile. Even for me and Sister Wan Yan, even in the time when the vitality of heaven and earth was extremely active, it is difficult for people to be immortal."

"If it weren't for the profound cultivation of my husband, and the harmony of yin and yang between us and him, we would not be able to make him immortal."

Ying Zheng's heart sank to the bottom.

"However, there is a way to compromise." Xuannv's next words were a sudden turn of events, which rekindled Ying Zheng's hope.

Ying Zheng's solemn expression turned into surprise. He hugged Xuannu, turned over and pressed Xuannu under him. His movements were full of aggressive tenderness, and he leaned over to imprint on her.

They lingered for a long time until Xuannu's eyes were blurred, and then she reluctantly broke the connection, with a hoarse voice and complaints of lust, saying: "Xuan is really not obedient. Did you deliberately not say the rest of the words just now to make me feel uncomfortable and see how anxious I am?"

As she spoke, she exerted great force on her hands, causing Xuannu to let out a soft moan of pleasure and comfort. Xuannu held Ying Zheng's neck, her beautiful eyes filled with stars and the moon, full and hazy, with a hint of coquettishness after being bullied, "My husband is too impatient~ I clearly didn't have time to say it~"

Ying Zheng lowered his head and, with a hint of punishment, sucked hard twice on that slender, jade-like neck.

The slight stinging sensation, with a strange pleasure that made the whole body numb and the blood boil, made Xuannv bite her lower lip and exhale the fragrance uncontrollably. She hugged Ying Zheng even harder, and her fingertips even left a few faint red marks on his back.

Ying Zheng buried his head in Xuan Nu's warm and delicate neck, greedily breathing in her unique fragrance, speaking unclearly with a vicious tone: "You dare to quibble, wait and see how I punish you! Why don't you tell the truth and explain the compromise clearly?"

Although his voice was unclear, Xuan Nu still heard it clearly. She panted and said, "My husband, you can build a formation that gathers the energy of the earth veins in a Feng Shui treasure land, freeze the person with black ice, and place him in the formation to be nurtured by the energy of the earth veins. This way, he may be able to hold out until the vitality of heaven and earth is restored. By then, both Sister Wan Yan and I will have a way to prolong his life."

Ying Zheng was overjoyed. He was not afraid of difficult solutions, but was afraid of having no solutions.

As long as there is a way, no matter how difficult it is, he has the confidence to do it!
He asked anxiously, "How many people can it be?"

Xuan Nu felt Ying Zheng's excitement and eagerness, panting and humming delicately, her slender fingers scratched his broad back with a hint of revenge, and said unhappily: "How many people does my husband want?"

Ying Zheng didn't reply to her, but just bit her, causing Xuan Nu to groan and immediately confess honestly: "Ordinary mortals, a few dozen people will not be a problem."

While Ying Zheng was lying in front of Xuannv, he was quickly calculating in his mind and had already made up his mind.

His auspicious tomb, the Lishan Mausoleum, is definitely a rare Feng Shui treasure land in the world, and the earth's energy must be abundant!

Moreover, it has been under construction for more than 20 years and is of a huge scale. It will basically not stop until the day he dies. Now is the perfect time to set up his mausoleum as a place for maintenance.

However, for safety reasons, the entire mausoleum must be sealed after people are sent in.

This means that they must all be sent in before Ying Zheng falls asleep. Otherwise, who knows what will happen in the future after Ying Zheng falls asleep?

Even if the empire can survive three to five hundred years, can it survive two to three thousand years?
That's definitely impossible, so the only thing we can do is seal it off completely, cut off everyone's attention, and let them wait in an absolutely safe environment.

Ying Zheng sighed in his heart, a complex emotion flashing through his mind. He didn't know how many people were willing to accompany him.

This can only be discussed in private later.

(End of this chapter)