Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

"Jiang Xiong once traded with our Ying Kingdom. He exchanged for something from our Ying Kingdom... no, it was a special artifact from your Great Xia Dynasty. That artifact is called the Nine-Section Jade Cong!"

All I could hear was the little mustache talking.

He Li immediately became very interested.

He had long wanted to know what secrets and power the Nine-Section Jade Cong, which both the five tribes of Shuzhou and Jiang Xiong desired, held, and now he could finally learn more.

"Why did Jiang Xiong exchange the nine-section jade cong for it?"

"Or rather, what kind of power does that thing possess? And I've heard people from the Yin Xian Sect mention it before..."

"Did you support the Yin Xian Sect?"

"You seem to be looking for something?"

"Tell me, what are you laughing at?"

Upon hearing this, the man with the small mustache paused noticeably, seemingly considering how to respond to He Li.

Of course, it's also possible that they're making up a lie.

However, He Li is not afraid that he lies.

He glanced at Yu Ji out of the corner of his eye, and immediately used his spiritual power to envelop Yu Ji, causing her to float to He Li's side. The latter, of course, knew what He Li wanted to do by bringing her here.

Her synchronization technique remained active.

The man with the small mustache then spoke up: "We don't really know much about the power of the Nine-Section Jade Cong."

"We only vaguely know that there seems to be some way to make the Nine-Section Jade Cong bear some unknown powerful substance, which should make martial artists stronger."

"However, that thing belongs to your Great Xia."

"We don't know much about Sakura Country."

"So we couldn't really take advantage of them, and in the end... we chose to make a deal with Jiang Xiong in exchange for benefits."

To receive some kind of powerful substance?

But does it make martial artists stronger?

That's a rather vague statement, isn't it?

He Li suspected that he wasn't telling the truth.

He looked at Yu Ji, who nodded: "He wasn't lying, he just didn't finish his sentence."

"Huh???" As soon as she said that, the man with the small mustache twitched his eyelids and, without waiting for He Li's reaction, hurriedly said, "Right, right, I just remembered that an expert mentioned this when I was in China..."

"The nine-section jade cong comes from the ancient Shu Kingdom."

"It seems...it seems to be some kind of special ritual artifact."

"It's possible that a sacrifice will be required to obtain benefits."

"However, other things are needed to match, such as the ancient Shu or sacrificial rituals, but our Sakura Kingdom has no information on them at all, and no matter how we try, there is no response..."

"So, it was given to Jiang Xiong."

Hearing this, He Li sneered repeatedly. This bastard was indeed not so honest after all.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

After all, what's the point of arguing with a dead person?

Now let's ask something more important.

So he said with a cold laugh, "Is that so?"

"Let me guess, you didn't have any good intentions when you gave those things to Jiang Xiong, did you? Perhaps you're waiting for Jiang Xiong to successfully produce that substance so you can just steal it?"

"After all, you still have quite a few experts hidden away."

Upon hearing this, Little Beard trembled.

They did have this idea, and He Li didn't know whether he should rashly admit it when asked.

Fortunately, He Li did not pursue the matter further.

He simply said, "Let's leave that aside for now. Tell me, what exactly is your Sakura Kingdom planning in Shanghai for so long? And what are you looking for in the Linhai Ruins and the Immortal Mountain?"

"We..." the little mustache was about to answer.

Suddenly, a Sakura Japanese man behind him roared, "Sakamoto, you can't tell him about this..."

Bang! ! !

Before he could finish speaking, his body was crushed.

The rest of the Sakura people were terrified.

"Continue!" He Li said coldly.

The man with the mustache felt a chill run down his spine. His head was pressed against the floor, and he dared not lift it even slightly. He could only stammer, "We...we went to the ruins to find the token!"

"Token?" He Li frowned.

"Right, right!" Sakamoto with the mustache continued, "We've learned about an anomaly at the coastal ruins in Shanghai..."

"It seems...it appears to be the outer area of ​​a very powerful Qi Refining sect from another dimension. Perhaps, that overseas immortal mountain is the core area of ​​this sect."

"However, we cannot ascend to the immortal mountains overseas."

"It seems like some kind of force is preventing us from getting closer."

"Later, some people studied the artifacts at the ruins and discovered that perhaps the tokens could allow us to enter."

"It's just that the ruins are too dangerous. We... we can't easily reach the area where the token might be hidden, which is why we went to great lengths to plan all sorts of things in Shanghai..."

As he spoke, Yu Ji chimed in.

He still wasn't lying; he was still hiding something.

He Li laughed out loud upon hearing this.

The man with the small mustache was stunned; he couldn't understand why he had only hidden a tiny bit of something...

How could this have been discovered?

He couldn't help but raise his head slightly and glance at Yu Ji's toes, which he hadn't paid any attention to before. He strongly suspected that the other party might have some kind of mind-reading ability.

However, doubts aside...

When his secret was exposed once again, he was truly terrified, fearing that He Li would fly into a rage and attack Sakura Country.

He could only stammer in fear, "I... what I've been hiding... isn't really anything important, it's just... we suspect that our ancestors might very well..."

"It's very likely that it's on that overseas fairy mountain."

"Or perhaps, it has been passed down through generations."

"So...we just want to climb that overseas sacred mountain and find our ancestors..."

At this point, he added, "Really, this time I really haven't hidden anything anymore, sir... sir, please believe me, please believe me this time!!!"

His head banged loudly.

He Li ignored him and let him kowtow.

He only looked at Yu Ji, waiting for her to speak.

After a moment of contemplation, Yu Ji said, "This time he really didn't hide anything anymore."

"But... their ancestors?"

"Could he be talking about Xu Fu?"

"I have the same doubts!" ​​He Li nodded. The story of the First Emperor sending Xu Fu to overseas immortal mountains to find the elixir of immortality is known to almost everyone in the Great Xia Dynasty.

Meanwhile, some believe that the present-day Sakura Kingdom was gradually formed by the thousands of men and women that Xu Fu took with him, along with some local indigenous people who multiplied and developed.

After all, the two countries have too many similarities.

Of course, compared to these speculations...

At this moment, what He Li cares about most is the whereabouts of Xu Fu, the ancient alchemist who deceived the First Emperor, because no one knows where he is to this day.

No one in Sakura Kingdom knew, nor in Great Xia; the common guess was that he died at sea.

But this argument is completely untenable.

Nowadays, the people of Yingguo say that their ancestor, who is suspected to be Xu Fu, may have ascended to an overseas immortal mountain and become a Qi cultivator? And it is very likely that he left behind a legacy for them there?

He couldn't help but look at the mustachioed Sakamoto: "Is the ancestor you're looking for really Xu Fu?"

"And what do you all think...?"

"Could Xu Fu be on a mythical mountain overseas?"

He Li clearly remembered that when he was in the Buddhist capital, Kurongzi said that at a certain point in time, all the Qi cultivators on Blue Star left Blue Star with the great power and took all the resources with them.

They even blocked the "path" to the middle realm.

If this happened before Xu Fu set sail, how did this guy end up in the Middle Realm?

Also, if this is true...

What about the legends of gods and immortals that emerged in subsequent dynasties after the fall of the Qin Dynasty? Could it be that some of those strange and unusual tales contained some real figures?

He Li became increasingly surprised and suspicious the more he thought about it.

Sakamoto quickly replied, "It's Xu Fu..."

"As for why I think that... well, I'm not a researcher, so I'm not entirely sure."

"However, I have heard that the reason why our domestic experts and researchers think this way is because Xu Fu left behind some words about the real immortal mountains."

"And Xu Fu's descendants..."

"They also firmly believe that their ancestors did not die."

"Instead, they went to the sacred mountain and truly became immortals!"

As he spoke, he hesitated slightly.

He then added, "Moreover, we suspect that our ancestor Xu Fu did not actually deceive your First Emperor; it's just that this immortal mountain is not the same as that immortal mountain. The real immortal mountain..."

"Our ancestor simply didn't appear at the appointed time, so he dared not return to meet the First Emperor..."

"Our ancestors must have seen the sacred mountain before."

"But he couldn't predict when the sacred mountain would appear..."

Huh? He Li was taken aback when he heard this.

This is a rather novel idea.

But thinking about it carefully...

It's not impossible!!!