The author of the book "The Book of the Dead"

Chapter 16: Drink the elixir of immortality by yourself, and no one will know about your happiness.

The Huanlong clan?
What a domineering name, but it should be a title. An official in the ancient Shun Emperor period, who specialized in raising dragons for the emperor.

He was a little curious whether there were still so-called dragon tamers in this Dharma-Ending Age.

A man was pulling a reddish-brown horse, walking along the path leading to Liuzhuang.

The rice production on both sides of the strait is growing well, and the farmers have rosy complexions and are smiling happily.

This man was very strange. He wore a straw hat and a raincoat on a sunny day. Under the hat was a dark face, and he looked to be in his seventies or eighties.

"Since Liu Chong gave me a horse, I will come to meet you."

Dong Ze was not interested. Most of the hermits in the world today were people who were seeking fame and reputation. They used the banner of ancient people to avoid the world and seek fame.

The reason I came to visit was just to repay a favor.

"This Liang Changshi is actually a kind person." Dong Ze nodded secretly.

Outside the door, inside the reception room.

The few people met each other separately. Shi Quanzi was about to leave, but when he heard about the reputation of Huanlong family, he stopped out of curiosity.

"Excuse me, sir, are there really dragons in the world?" Liang Yue couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, I traveled to famous mountains and rivers in search of real dragons."

"So you haven't actually seen it with your own eyes?" Shi Quanzi said the essence of the matter.

Dong Ze was slightly dissatisfied and said, "Dong's ancestor Dong Fu was the dragon-raising officer of Emperor Shun. In ancient times, dragons were very common. There are records of Emperor Shun and Emperor Xia eating dragons. If there were no real dragons, the records would not be so detailed and true."

After that, Dong Ze didn’t want to say anything more, with an arrogant look as if you wouldn’t understand even if I told you.

Liang Yue understood what was happening and thought that Liu Chong must have helped him. It was Liu Chong who strongly requested him to come here, and he was looking down on them in his heart.

Shi Quanzi looked at himself.

It seems that I have to show off my skills.

"Today, Senior Shi Quanzi and I are gathered here to taste the elixir. You may taste it so that I can make corrections." Liang Yue took out an Earth Immortal Pill.

This pill is round, bright and clear, has an extraordinary appearance and a unique fragrance.

Dong Ze's eyes fixed with a hint of surprise in them.

After taking the pill, he was even more shocked. Then his face turned slightly red and he apologized:

"I underestimated the heroes of the world, fellow Taoist, if I was rude just now, please don't blame me."

"No problem." Liang Yue waved his hand generously.

Shi Quanzi said, "Now can you tell me the purpose of your travels?"

"A dragon will not drink unless it is sweet water. If we follow the water systems of the world, one day we may be able to find the place where Dongfu raised dragons in ancient times and solve the mystery that has been around for thousands of years. I have been searching for this for fifty years."

After hearing this, even Shi Quanzi, who was dissatisfied with Dong Ze's arrogant attitude, was left with only admiration in his heart.

Struggling for a vague goal for decades requires an extremely firm determination.

Liang Yue himself could not do it. The reason why he did not care about fame and wealth was because he knew that after living past the age of eighty, he would have the opportunity to live again in the next life.

Otherwise, I would have joined the ranks of emperors and generals, lived a carefree life, and left my name in history.

In this dark age when all things are not clear, it is rare for someone to be able to endure loneliness...

"It's a pity that I was born in the wrong era..." Liang Yue thought to himself.

After they chatted for a while, the grandmother brought Yingtai in.

Liang Yue almost forgot, and looking at Yingtai who was shy, he asked, "Yingtai, why did you come to visit?"

"I originally wanted to invite Brother Liang to watch the Dragon Boat Festival race and worship the Five Gods, but since Brother Liang is busy, let's talk about it next time."

Liang Yue was about to decline, after all, he did have guests to entertain.

Dong Ze suddenly spoke up and said, "Kuaiji Taihu Lake is densely covered with water, and the people have always had the custom of dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival. Can you take me to see it, Taoist friend?"

……

On the Dragon Boat Festival in midsummer, the Taihu Lake is shrouded in mist.

Common people and officials gathered around the lake and threw glutinous rice dumplings into the lake to worship the ancient god Wujun. According to research by relevant great scholars, this god Wujun might be Qu Yuan of the Chu State.

A group of people took a small boat and watched hundreds of boats competing for the current and flying boats vying to cross the river, having a great time.

Dong Ze put his hand into the water, not knowing what he felt.

Liang Yue was whispering something to Zhu Yingtai.

"Look everyone, there's a crocodile!" Dong Ze smiled mischievously and pointed at the water.

As soon as the words fell, ripples appeared on the water surface.

Wow!
A ferocious beast head as big as an arm poked out of the water and opened its bloody mouth.

This creature is covered in leathery black armor, and if it weren't so small, it would look quite majestic.

"Tulong?" Liang Yue was stunned. Isn't this the Yangtze alligator?

In his perception, a mysterious medicine was emanating from the water surface, which attracted the Yangtze alligator. At this moment, it was obediently being touched on the head by Dong Ze.

"Elixir?"

Dong Ze smiled slightly with a hint of complacency, and finally saw surprise on Liang Yue's face.

"Good eyesight, just a minor skill. I cannot keep this dragon captive, so I can only make it obey temporarily. This medicine must be refined with one's own blood so that the beast can recognize humans. It consumes a lot of blood and energy."

"So that's how it is." Liang Yue understood.

Perhaps, just like the Earth Immortal Pill and the Five Stone Pill, if it is placed in the hands of myself who has true energy, it may unleash different abilities.

After the effect of the medicine wore off, the alligator returned to the water.

The atmosphere was silent.

"Yingtai, you still have three months to graduate, right? What are you going to do after graduation?"

Liang Yue suddenly remembered that Zhu Yingtai was a girl. After graduation, she naturally became a girl again and got married according to her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words.

Is it going to be like in my previous life, marrying a man I don’t like?
"Of course I'll go home." Zhu Yingtai was also stunned for a moment, as if she had not thought about her future.

Brother Liang, do you know your identity?

She didn't know whether she should tell it or not. If she knew, the relationship would probably disappear into thin air, right?

After two years of living together, Zhu Yingtai developed an indescribable feeling in her heart.

On the Feifu boat, the people’s singing voices echoed each other.

The two old men went into the shed to rest.

"Brother Liang, do you have any poems?"

"No. How about you, brother Zhu?"

"Do you think I'm a poet?" Zhu Yingtai rolled her eyes. "In this situation, I want to sing a song."

"All ears."

Zhu Yingtai coughed lightly, recalling the lullaby her mother often sang when she was a child, and she sang softly, her voice melodious and graceful, with an ancient tone.

"The grass is flowing, the water is flowing, the land is flowing, and the land is flowing. The land is flowing, and the land is flowing..."

This is an incomprehensible dialect, and it sounds like the language of the ancient Yue people.

After the song was finished, the fishing boat stopped.

Zhu Yingtai said, "Brother Liang, I probably won't be here recently. You can come to Yuzhang to see me when you are free on September 9th, the Double Ninth Festival."

After saying this, Zhu Yingtai got on the carriage that she had been waiting for for a long time and left.

Liang Yue watched Zhu Yingtai leave, and the group returned to Liuzhuang.

"Liang Changshi, I am about to leave. Can you lend me some Earth Immortal Pills?" Dong Ze didn't have much money on him, so he could only buy on credit.

Liang Yue discussed with Shi Quanzi for a while.

"Mr. Dong Shan, how about we make a deal? We will exchange the Water and Fire Pill Method and the Earth Immortal Pill Formula for your Dragon Taming Pill Formula and the Ancient Dragon Taming Secret Method?"

Dong Ze thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I can give you the recipe. Since you are interested in the secret method of raising dragons, I will copy it for you right away."

What's the point of being ancient? A useless secret method is just a piece of waste paper. It's rare that someone is interested in it, so it doesn't hurt to give it to him.

Just like that, the Dragon-Raising Pill and the secret method of raising dragons, "Lei Ze Jing", were obtained.

Dong Ze said goodbye to the two of them, put on a bamboo hat and a straw raincoat, rode on his reddish-brown horse, and left in the drizzle.

This journey to immortality seems to take more than fifty years.

"I float on the clouds and look down at the world. I drink the elixir of immortality by myself, but no one knows about my happiness." Liang Yue sighed.

After two thousand years in darkness, the light finally appeared.

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