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Chapter 103 The King is blessed with the potential to become an immortal
After the eunuch finished reading all the bamboo slips, Ying Zheng looked down at the alchemists below and said, "Do you admit your guilt?"

Some alchemists were about to confess their guilt when they heard a voice: "I don't know!"

Is this voice Xu Fu?

There were only a few alchemists like these, and they would occasionally exchange their experiences in refining elixirs and achieving immortality. They all knew each other, especially Xu Fu, who was the best among them.

Hearing Xu Fu's words, the alchemists who wanted to confess stopped their actions and closed their mouths again. Once they confessed their guilt, there would be no turning back, so they might as well listen to what Xu Fu said first.

What if Xu Fu could be proven not guilty? Wouldn’t that be better?
Seeing that the person who spoke was Xu Fu, Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, but did not make a sound. He looked at Xu Fu calmly and asked, "The evidence is irrefutable, why do you say you don't know?"

Xu Fu didn't seem to feel the pressure in Ying Zheng's eyes at all. He must not panic or show his weakness. If he panicked, everything would be over. He said calmly, "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to feed the chickens and rats with the elixir we refined!"

Seeing that Ying Zheng did not interrupt him, Xu Fu continued: "The elixir that we refine is made from the spirit of heaven and earth, and absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon. It is a thing that only gods and immortals can enjoy. Only people like the king who are blessed and can become immortals can take it. Otherwise, disaster will occur immediately and your life will be in danger..."

"Ordinary people can't even eat it, let alone ordinary livestock like chickens and rats. They have even less luck and are even less able to eat it. If you force them to eat it, it will only bring disasters into their bodies, causing frequent illnesses and eventually killing them."

Xu Fu spoke confidently and with a determined look on his face. After all, if you want to deceive others, you must first deceive yourself. If you don't believe it yourself, how can you expect others to believe it? At least you have to pretend on the surface.

Especially if you want to deceive the person in front of you, you have to pretend, otherwise the end will be miserable!

Ying Zheng looked at Xu Fu and saw that he was calm and composed, with an expression that said, "This is the truth, the king has wronged us." He couldn't help but think, "If I hadn't seen these chickens and rats getting worse every day, and if I hadn't heard from Li Nian that you took the three thousand boys and girls I gave you overseas to seek immortality and never returned, I might have really believed it!"

Xu Fu's performance was so good, his tone was calm and firm, as if what he said was the truth. At the same time, he also showed his grievance of being wrongly accused: We are loyal to the king and we are refining elixirs for him, but the king suspects us.

Ying Zheng remembered that Li Nian had said that he suddenly died during his fifth eastern tour in the 37th year of King Qin's reign. Although Li Nian did not elaborate on why he died, he guessed that it was probably due to years of taking alchemists' elixirs.

Because these chickens and rats were not poisoned to death in one day, but died after taking the elixir every day for a certain period of time.

This means that the poison in the elixir will first accumulate in the body, and when it accumulates to a certain level, it will completely take a person's life.

As for the historical him that Li Nian mentioned, without Li Nian's reminder, he must have taken countless pills. The poison accumulated in his body must be terrible. It is not impossible that it suddenly broke out and took his life.

"If this is true, then isn't Li Nian still my savior?"

These thoughts flashed through Ying Zheng's mind. He did not immediately comment on Xu Fu's words, but looked at the other alchemists and asked calmly, "Do you think the same way?"

What does the king mean? Do you believe what Xu Fu said, or do you not believe what Xu Fu said?

The alchemists were puzzled and couldn't guess what Ying Zheng was trying to do, but they seemed to have no more choices now: without mentioning that they were unlucky and couldn't enjoy the elixir, did they have to admit that there was something wrong with the elixir itself?

Two alchemists spoke up: "Your Majesty, what Xu Sheng said is very true. The elixir is made of the essence of heaven and earth, and chickens, rats and other ordinary creatures cannot consume it."

Ying Zheng looked at the two alchemists who were speaking. They were two "old acquaintances" again. They were Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng, who were mentioned by Li Nian in "Burning Books and Burying Scholars". With Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng taking the lead, other alchemists also spoke up: "The elixir is a medicine for becoming an immortal and transforming from the ordinary world. Only those who are blessed with great fortune and have the potential to become immortals can take it."

One alchemist even said in a sad tone, "Your Majesty, you are wasting heaven's gifts." "It is not easy to refine elixirs, but Your Majesty, you are just comparing them to chickens and rats..."

It was indeed not easy. He had invested too much in the elixir, including various rare medicinal materials and minerals, as well as generous rewards for these alchemists. However, what they gave him in return were poisonous pills. Until this moment, they still wanted to continue deceiving him.

It was clearly their fault, but they blamed it on me, saying that I had wronged them. What a bunch of shameless people!
Especially when he thought of what Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng said about him behind his back, it was obvious that they ran away because they knew there were no immortals in the world and could not refine the elixir of immortality. Instead, they said that they ran away for the good of the people in the world and were unwilling to refine the elixir of immortality for him so that he would not harm the world after gaining immortality.

How shameless!
Ying Zheng was filled with murderous intent. If Li Nian had not mentioned that these alchemists were still useful, he would have wanted to exterminate all three clans of this group of people, impose the five punishments on them, and behead them and throw them in the streets.

Suppressing his killing intent for the moment, Ying Zheng asked, "Excuse me, are there really immortals in this world? Is there really an elixir of immortality?"

Your Majesty, have you even begun to doubt the existence of immortals and elixirs of immortality in this world?

This is not possible!

Believing that there are immortals and elixirs of immortality is the basis of their survival.

Xu Fu said immediately: "Your Majesty, there are immortals in the world. Not to mention the ancient legends about Chang'e stealing the elixir of immortality and King Mu of Zhou traveling west to meet the immortals, there are three immortal mountains overseas."

"One is called Penglai, one is called Fangzhang, and one is called Yingzhou. At that time, some people saw the appearance of a fairy mountain. There were immortals living on it, eating clouds and air, and they were immortal for ten thousand years."

After what happened today, Xu Fu felt that he could no longer stay in the palace. If he could survive today's disaster, he must find a way to escape and never come back.

This King of Qin is becoming more and more terrifying. He gave the chickens and rats elixirs when they were completely unaware and suddenly attacked them. Who knows what he will do next time?

If he stayed any longer, Xu Fu felt that even if he had the chance to get money from the King of Qin, he would not be able to spend it!
After hearing Xu Fu's words, Ying Zheng seemed to be interested. He stared at Xu Fu and asked, "Would you be willing to go overseas to find the three fairy islands of Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou for me, and ask the fairies on the islands for the elixir?"

When Ying Zheng said this, Xu Fu did not feel happy at all, but felt frightened instead.

Because he mentioned the Three Immortal Islands overseas, his purpose was to propose to Ying Zheng that he was willing to seek immortality for Ying Zheng overseas, take the opportunity to cheat a large amount of rewards from Ying Zheng, and then escape.

But before he revealed his intention, Ying Zheng had already said what he was thinking. How could he not feel scared?
Moreover, how did the King of Qin know what he was going to say next? What else did the King of Qin know?
The reason behind this made Xu Fu even more frightened!

The King of Qin is definitely well prepared when he attacks them today. I'm afraid they will not be able to escape unscathed!

Xu Fu was a very smart man, and he immediately thought of these things. However, things had come to this point, and there was no turning back. He could only remain calm and said, "I am willing to share your worries!"

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(End of this chapter)