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Chapter 251 Breakup
"We treat evil spirits as cattle and sheep, Qingzhou as pasture, and the common people as grass-roots people, and formulate harsh laws and punishments."

Li Tianqing whispered, "I'm a commoner who has violated the criminal law. The evil spirits eat people. I refine the evil spirits to make fertilizer for medicine. The fertilizer cultivates spiritual medicine. When the spiritual medicine matures, it prolongs life. He is the best man in Qingzhou. He is truly the best man."

He felt indescribable grief and anger.

The heaven and earth of Xiniu New Island are imperfect, which causes the cultivators' practice to only increase their cultivation level but not their lifespan.

The panacea can only provide limited improvement in lifespan.

So this kind of business came into being, using ordinary people to feed evil spirits, and the evil spirits devour the essence and spirit of ordinary people, gather them together, and transform them into fertilizer that can be absorbed by spiritual medicines.

This fertilizer is extracted from evil spirits and used as top dressing for elixirs.

Chen Shi seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "Only by eating people can one become a superior person. But eating people is too slow, and it will damage one's virtue. It is better to let the evil spirits eat people, the elixir eat the evil spirits, and the superior person eat the elixir. This way it will be much faster."

Li Tianqing looked at the spiritual herbs in the spiritual garden and asked, "How do I get the fertilizer?"

Luan Disheng said, "For evil spirits with a physical body, use this needle to extract their heart blood. For those without a physical body, use this magic gourd to extract their body essence."

He took out a silver needle and a magic gourd.

After the silver needle was raised, it quickly grew larger, about two feet long. Some complicated talismans were branded on the tip and body of the needle. These were talismans used to refine innate essence into medicine. After the innate essence was refined, it would be collected into the needle hole.

To refine silver needles, one needs to first take a two-foot long silver stick, grind it into the shape of a needle, imprint talismans on it, and then burn incense and worship day and night to nourish it with qi and blood, so that it will gradually become spiritual and can change in size.

The other magic gourd is a copper gourd, which is half a person's height when it is offered. There are some talismans painted on the outside and inside of the gourd to capture the soul and innate essence.

These refined innate essences are the fertilizers needed for the growth of spiritual medicines.

It is also possible to use people as fertilizer directly, but dozens of people must be buried under each spiritual medicine, and a few more people must be buried every now and then. First, it is troublesome, second, it is easy to damage the roots and stems of the spiritual medicine, and third, it is detrimental to one's virtue, so Master Wan did not do this.

"Luan Disheng, who will you sell the elixirs to after picking them?" Chen Shi asked.

Luan Disheng said: "I don't know either. I am only responsible for growing the herbs."

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Every year when the New Year is approaching, Master Wan will send people to extract the elixir. I think someone will come to buy the elixir at that time."

"How many acres of spiritual garden? How many spiritual herbs?"

"Twenty-one acres. Five hundred and forty-two spiritual herbs."

Chen Shi nodded slightly. The number of spiritual medicines was less than he expected, but the number exceeded what Qingzhou should have!

Spiritual herbs are not rare, and they grow in many places with abundant spiritual energy in the mountains. However, there are too many monks picking spiritual herbs, resulting in fewer and fewer old spiritual herbs, and even fewer spiritual herbs that have become spirits!
For example, in Xinxiang Province, most of the magical medicines that have become monsters are concentrated in Qianyang Mountain. There are at most a hundred plants, or maybe even only a few dozen!
Qingzhou does not have a place with abundant spiritual energy like Qianyang Mountain, so the number of spiritual medicines that have become monsters will be even smaller.

Yet there are five hundred and forty-two of them here alone!
These magical medicines that have become monsters were clearly collected from all over Xiniu Xinzhou, not just from Qingzhou!
This kind of elixir that can prolong the life of cultivators is of great value. It can also prolong the lives of strong people from aristocratic families. Therefore, aristocratic families will regard it as a treasure and will never buy it with money.

The Wan family does not have the ability to find so many elixirs from all over Xiniuzhou.

Li Tianqing raised his hand and grabbed a Polygonum multiflorum doll and asked, "How long can such a magical medicine prolong life?"

Luan Disheng said, "Spiritual medicines are rare. They are not taken directly, but extracted. Every year, someone comes here to extract the essence of the spiritual medicine. I heard from the people in Wanfu that high-quality spiritual medicines can extend your lifespan by two to three years. But the same spiritual medicine cannot be used too many times. If used too much, it will be ineffective. You must use the essence extracted from different spiritual medicines to prolong your life."

Li Tianqing frowned slightly: "Only two or three years?"

After spending so much effort, using people as grass, evil spirits as sheep, and refining people's spirits and souls, can you only increase their lifespan by two or three years?

The Polygonatum sibiricum he found in the medicinal field of the God of Wealth Temple, just one bite can extend your lifespan by several decades!
However, for other monks, increasing their lifespan by two or three years is a huge improvement!
The ginseng grass dolls from Qianyang Mountain are top-level elixirs. Their ginseng grass fruits can only extend one’s lifespan by a few months, but the essence of the elixir refined using the Wan family’s secret method can extend one’s lifespan by two to three years. For many big shots, it is absolutely a supreme elixir!
The elixirs from Xiniu Island cannot produce the true Three Lights Qi, so their effects on improving lifespan are limited.

However, humans are the most intelligent creatures in the world. They have spirituality from birth and carry a breath of innate true energy in the womb. Using the human body to refine elixirs can enhance the efficacy of elixirs!
As the saying goes, you are what you eat, and this is the truth.

Chen Shi looked around and asked, "How many kinds of longevity elixirs are there here?"

Luan Disheng said, "Sixty-two kinds."

Chen Shi nodded gently and said, "Sixty-two species, increasing lifespan by more than a hundred years, it is indeed a good deal."

Luan Disheng hesitated for a moment, mustered up his courage, and said, "You two, I have already told you everything I know..."

Li Tianqing turned and left without attacking him.

Chen Shi said: "You plotted against Tianqing. If Tianqing doesn't kill you, I won't kill you either. If I were you, I would take my wife and children and leave Qingzhou immediately to avoid being killed by the Wan family."

Luan Disheng felt a chill in his heart and left in a hurry.

Chen Shi quickly caught up with Li Tianqing, and the two walked towards the Temple of the God of Wealth without saying a word.

When the Temple of the God of Wealth was in sight, Li Tianqing could not help but speak, "My grandfather told me last time that I must go back to the Li family in Quanzhou at the end of the year, because his great grandfather was the former patriarch, and he is in seclusion in the life and death gate, and he will come out this time. This ancestor is two hundred years old and is the most powerful being in the world today. My grandfather asked me to go back and pay homage to this ancestor, saying that the ancestor will give me some benefits."

He paused and said, "Kuzhu tried every possible way but failed to live to be 200 years old. My ancestor lived to be 200 years old."

Chen Shi said: "So, you think the power behind the Wan family is your Quanzhou Li family."

Li Tianqing's face was gloomy. He stopped and said, "Chen Shi, the New Year is coming soon. The envoy of my Li family should have arrived in Qingzhou. He will come to get medicine as a gift for the ancestor. This is my Li family's business. Go back to the God of Wealth Temple and take the temple with you."

Chen Shi said, "What about you?"

Li Tianqing said: "The mistakes made by my Li family will be corrected by my Li family. I will make a decision after meeting with the Li family's envoy."

Chen Shi nodded gently and said with a smile: "Tianqing, sometimes you don't seem to be from a noble family."

Li Tianqing smiled and said, "My father was born in a rich family, but my mother was just a servant who washed clothes for others. So it's normal that I don't look like I was born in a rich family. You promised me that you would leave Qingzhou with the Temple of the God of Wealth!"

"Okay!" Chen Shi agreed.

Li Tianqing breathed a sigh of relief, and the two of them walked into the Temple of the God of Wealth.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing immediately got busy, dismantling the ancient temple bit by bit, then entering the miniature courtyard and piecing it together bit by bit.

Heiguo brought some Polygonatum sibiricum and Aconitum to help, moving bricks and tiles, and was very diligent.

By the afternoon, the Temple of the God of Wealth was emptied out, leaving only the top of the wall, and even the temple door had been removed.

After doing all this, the Polygonatum sibiricum and Aconitum went into the fields of the pocket-sized courtyard, made a nest, and sat in it to rest.

Chen Shi put the courtyard into the wooden cart and said to Li Tianqing, "I'll go first."

Li Tianqing bowed deeply to the ground and said with a smile: "I wish you a successful palace examination next year and a great reputation throughout the world!"

Chen Shi returned the greeting and said with a smile: "You and I both have the talent of the top scholar, but my literary talent is better!"

Li Tianqing laughed, stood up and watched him get into the car.

The wooden cart went away.

Li Tianqing stood there and waited for a long time before turning around and heading towards Qingzhou City.

He pulled a handful of leaves on the road, blew on them, and the leaves flew up and turned into blue birds flying towards Qingzhou City.

Not long after, he entered Qingzhou city and came to Wan Mansion. At this moment, there was no one in the porridge stall of Wan Mansion. Many hungry people were kneeling on the ground in front of the door, thanking Master Wan for his kindness. The so-called Living Buddha of the Wan Family was nothing more than this.

Li Tianqing walked through the crowd and said to the guard at the door: "I am Li Tianqing from the Li family in Quanzhou, and I would like to see Master Wanshide Wan."

The guard heard this and looked at his face. He was startled and recognized him as the bandit leader on the wanted order. He couldn't help but tremble. Li Tianqing took out the Li family's token and said, "Take this token to see your master. He will know it at a glance."

The guard did not dare to delay and hurried in to report.

A moment later, the housekeeper of the Wan Mansion came hurriedly, smiling, and returned the token to Li Tianqing, saying with a smile: "Mr. Li, please come in quickly!"

Li Tianqing nodded slightly and followed him into the Wan family.

As the housekeeper of the Wan Mansion led the way, he said, "The master is still meeting guests in the front hall and cannot get away. When he knew that Mr. Li was coming, he was also very anxious and ordered me to come and entertain him and apologize on his behalf."

He led Li Tianqing to the front hall of the Wan family, and maids came forward to serve tea and brought dried fruits.

The housekeeper of the Wan Mansion sat halfway on the chair and said with a smile: "Mr. Li has become famous recently, and his reputation has spread all over Qingzhou. The Salt Commissioner Lu was also a fool, and he offended Mr. Li. He deserves to be put to death."

Li Tianqing shook his head and said, "There is another hidden story about Lord Lu. Tell Master Wan that I am here to get the elixir of immortality."

The housekeeper of the Wan Mansion raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I will go and tell the master now."

He stood up, apologized, and left the front hall.

Not long after, another servant came and said, "Master, please ask Mr. Li to go to Chunshan Pavilion."

Li Tianqing followed the servant out of the front hall, through long corridors and windows, past several gardens and fish ponds, and arrived at Chunshan Pavilion.

On both sides of the Chunshan Pavilion, there are poems that read: "Fallen flowers fall in an idle courtyard, and thin clothes shame people. Spring clothes are thin."

Li Tianqing stood outside the pavilion and looked into the yard. He saw a few flowers that were about to fall. Girls in thin spring clothes were picking up flower petals on the ground in the yard.

He doesn't understand the enjoyment of gentlemen.

The servant said, "Please take a rest in the Chunshan Pavilion, Mr. Li."

Li Tianqing nodded and walked into the pavilion. There was incense burning in the pavilion and a young girl in spring clothes was playing the guqin, slowly and leisurely.

Li Tianqing sat down, his eyes watching his nose and his nose watching his heart. After an unknown amount of time, a woman's voice came: "Mr. Li, the food is ready."

Li Tianqing opened his eyes and saw that it was already dark outside. He didn't know when the food had been prepared in the pavilion.

But Master Wan hasn't appeared yet.

He got up, washed, and came to the dining table. A maid pulled out a chair and asked him to sit down.

After dinner, Master Wan still hadn't come. Instead, a maid was preparing bathing supplies. The flower petals picked in the afternoon were sprinkled in the water, giving off a fragrant smell.

Li Tianqing took a bath with their help, changed into a new set of clothes prepared by the maids, and looked brand new.

The maid bowed and said, "Please wait a moment, sir."

All the maids and servants left one after another, leaving Li Tianqing alone in Chunshan Pavilion.

Li Tianqing waited quietly, and suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside, accompanied by a loud laugh: "Tianqing, when are you free to come to Qingzhou?"

When Li Tianqing heard the voice, he sighed, stood up, and looked gloomy.

The Wan family is indeed the property of the Li family in Quanzhou.

"Tianqing greets Uncle Thirteen!" He bowed.

A middle-aged man walked into the light of Chunshan Pavilion, stepped forward quickly, supported him, and said with a smile: "You are a big celebrity in my Li family. The ancestor of the family has repeatedly said that he wants to use you. Hurry up and get up!"

Li Tianqing stood up.

The middle-aged man was the thirteenth child of the Quanzhou Li family patriarch, named Li Xiaoguang, and was also a powerful man.

Li Tianqing respectfully invited Li Xiaoguang to take a seat, then he sat down sideways.

Li Xiaoguang glanced at him and said with a smile, "I heard from the housekeeper of the Wan Mansion that you met Master Wan for the elixir of immortality? It was obviously me who was responsible for running errands for this matter. When did the ancestor send you here?"

He smiled and said, "I just arrived at the Wan family today. I heard that you caused quite a stir in Qingzhou and killed several important officials. You, please let the ancestors have peace of mind. This elixir of immortality is dedicated to your great grandfather, so don't ask too much. After this matter is settled, I will take you back to Quanzhou."

Li Tianqing couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Thirteen, tell me the truth, is the Wan family an asset of my Li family?"

Li Xiaoguang laughed out loud and shook his head, "Do you think that if my Li family did something like this in Qingzhou, the other twelve noble families wouldn't skin my Li family?"

He stretched out a finger, tapped the table, and said with a smile: "If all the thirteen families have a share, there will be no chaos. The Qingzhou medicinal field is the property of our thirteen families, and it is also the thing that maintains the foundation of our thirteen families. Without the Qingzhou medicinal field, my great grandfather, great grandfather, and family ancestor would have died long ago, and the Li family would have lost nearly half of its foundation. If we want to prosper forever, how can we succeed without these great masters? Wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

Li Tianqing's face turned pale.

Li Xiaoguang stood up and said, "Now, the medicine envoys of the thirteen families have all arrived at Wan Mansion. I will take responsibility for the things you have done. But the things in Qingzhou cannot be spread to outsiders."

He walked out of Chunshan Pavilion and said, "You should leave early tomorrow morning. Forget everything that happened here. You will go to Beijing to take the exam. I will ask the head of the family to help you. You may not be the top scorer because the top scorer has already been decided, but you can still be the second or third place. I was young once, too. I know you have some unrealistic fantasies in your mind, but you have to return to reality in the end."

Li Tianqing sat on the chair like a wood carving or clay sculpture and did not see him off.

Li Xiaoguang's face turned cold, and he stood outside the pavilion and said calmly: "Tonight, your accomplice will come to Wan Mansion to cause trouble. Wan Mansion is fully prepared. Don't leave Chunshan Pavilion. Leaving Chunshan Pavilion means betraying the Li family! It means being an enemy of the Thirteen Aristocratic Families! I don't want the Li family to lose a first-grade divine fetus. Tianqing, don't forget that you are a member of the Li family from beginning to end! Do you understand?"

Li Tianqing's face turned increasingly pale, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Tianqing understands."

Li Xiaoguang left.

After a long time, Li Tianqing moved, blinked, and two lines of tears slid down from the corners of his eyes.

"This Li family, like other noble families, has become as corrupt as evil spirits!"

He stood up and walked out with difficulty, each step feeling like he was carrying the Five Mountains on his back.

He finally arrived at the door of Chunshan Pavilion and raised his foot. If he took this step, he would be a traitor to the Quanzhou Li family!

"I stay in the pavilion, my spring clothes are thin, but I am wearing a blue shirt, which is upright and true to my heart!"

He gritted his teeth and stepped out of Chunshan Pavilion!
As he took this step, he felt as if the Five Mountains pressing down on him disappeared without a trace. He wished he could play the piano and let out a long whistle to relax his heart!
"I can't let Chen Shi put himself in danger!"

He walked out with murderous intent, and saw a servant walking towards him with his head lowered, holding a plate.

"The Wan family's tricks, and you still want to kill me?"

Li Tianqing's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He stepped in front of the boy and was about to kill him. At this time, the boy raised his head and said with a smile: "Tianqing, I am here to bring you the God of Wealth."

Li Tianqing was stunned to see that the boy was Chen Shi, and what was placed on the tray was a miniature courtyard!

It's getting late.

The hour is approaching.

Guandi Emperor will wield his sword and ride his horse at the hour of midnight to kill corrupt officials, behead evil spirits, punish the powerful, inspect the underworld, and smash all evil!
Li Tianqing closed his eyes and fell asleep.

In the dream, the sound of horses neighing came from the underworld, da da da, getting closer and closer!
Li Tianqing turned over and mounted the horse.

Here comes the knife!
(End of this chapter)