After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

Zhao Wuji responded.

"otherwise?"

Zhao Wuji explained.

"Actually, in the Dao Ancestor's alchemy formula, there is no mention of using those minor medicines and immortal soup to enhance the effect of Gui water. Moreover, alchemy is mostly for replenishing cultivation and increasing magical power. It is difficult to achieve immortality or even ascend to heaven in broad daylight."

Zhou Yan countered with a question.

"So just because of this one sentence, you can kill so many people with a clear conscience?"

Zhao Wuji shook his head.

"The alchemist is the current Emperor Tianqi. Even if there were no Imperial Observatory, there would be the Imperial Observatory or the other two major Taoist sects to make elixirs for His Majesty and pass on the methods of longevity. Rather than letting those mountain villagers wreak havoc on the court, why not let the Imperial Observatory meet His Majesty's needs?"

Zhou Yan understood somewhat.

"So you Taoist priests all know that what the current emperor is pursuing is impossible to achieve, so you just randomly find Ge Hong's elixir formula to fool the emperor?"

Zhao Wuji sighed.

"The old Taoist priest once met a woman who was ugly and pretentious, but her parents said she was beautiful and rare in the world. When it came time for her to get married, this woman actually used her beautiful appearance as an excuse to marry a handsome man who was rare in the world."

Even if some virtuous elders later confided in this woman and said that she was not very good-looking, this ugly woman only thought that those who said she was ugly were malicious people. She only believed the truth when they said she was as beautiful as a flower.

"This, um, young sir, do you understand what I mean?"

Zhou Yan pursed his lips.

Zhou Yan understood Zhao Wuji's words. It meant that the current emperor must have asked the celestial masters of the Imperial Observatory if there was any elixir of immortality or a pill for becoming an immortal. Initially, the celestial masters of the Imperial Observatory should have answered very sincerely that there was no.

If such a good medicine existed, why bother with arduous cultivation, tempering the physical body, and cultivating supernatural powers?

Why not just refine a batch of pills and wait to ascend to immortality?

Asking if such an elixir exists is an insult to our centuries of cultivation.

The current emperor, upon hearing this, would surely be just like Zhao Wuji, who said the ugly woman wouldn't believe the truth. He wouldn't believe a word the astronomical experts said about the elixir of immortality and ascension to heaven in broad daylight.

At this time, a few quacks and charlatans came in from outside, saying that there are elixirs in this world that don't require much hard work or effort, and that you can ascend to immortality in broad daylight by just taking one.

The emperor would definitely believe these charlatans, these wandering Taoist priests who came from who-knows-where.

People are more likely to believe what they want to believe.

For example, the childhood sweetheart always thinks he won't be taken away by someone who suddenly appears out of nowhere; the blond-haired guy, when he makes his arrogant entrance, thinks he has a huge advantage.

For example, some cross-dressers think their straight male roommates won't do anything to them when they wear women's clothing to their dorm rooms.

For example, some academically weak students believe that studying is useless, and that high-achieving students will end up working for lower-achieving students.

For example, when pulling for Yae no Miko/Raiden General/Yura/Rock King, you're definitely thinking, "I'll do another ten-pull and I'm sure I'll get her," or "I'll do another ten-pull and I'm sure I'll get her." 2

So, to save the emperor from being swindled by a conman, the Imperial Astronomical Bureau had no choice but to lie and claim that there were elixirs of immortality that allowed one to ascend to heaven in broad daylight.

"No..." Three

Zhou Yan looked directly into Zhao Wuji's eyes.

“If you’re just trying to fool the emperor, you can just find any pill formula that makes him feel good about himself. Why bother with a pill formula that requires Gui water?”

Nuwa told Zhou Yan that the crime of using humans as medicine now falls not only on the current emperor but also on the Imperial Astronomical Bureau.

For this, the emperor wanted to kill him, and the Imperial Observatory wanted to exterminate his entire family.

Zhou Yan's voice was stern.

"The emperor wants to ascend to immortality by taking pills, but these elixir of immortality can also increase your cultivation, right?"

Zhao Wuji remained silent.

Indeed, initially, the Imperial Observatory made up a magic pill that could make people ascend to immortality in broad daylight to satisfy the emperor's selfish desires. However, when it came to actually making it, the highest-ranking official in the Imperial Observatory suddenly produced a long-treasured pill formula.

The elixirs refined from this formula can enhance the cultivation of Daoist priests in the Imperial Observatory and prolong their lives, by up to ten years.

Soon after, the first batch of elixirs of immortality was produced.

Many Taoist priests from the Imperial Observatory benefited from the elixir of immortality. In addition, the current emperor also increased his cultivation and physical strength due to the elixir. With all parties receiving sufficient benefits, the court and the Taoist priests from the Imperial Observatory began to recklessly search for virgins everywhere, using their menstrual blood to refine elixirs.

Later, in order to help these girls produce more potent menstrual blood, the Taoist priests of the Imperial Observatory developed a "divine soup" to extract the essence from the bodies of girls collected from the common people.

At this point, the entire Meng Dynasty went mad. Anyone with a bit of wealth or power started to "support" and "eat" people.

Everyone wants to avoid being different.

Zhao Wuji closed his eyes. He was different from Dong Guanzheng. Dong Guanzheng knew he was wrong, but he believed he had saved countless people and that others had done far more bad things than him.

So what's wrong with your own sect making a small mistake?

So what if a few mortals die?

But Zhao Wuji knew he was wrong and felt ashamed, so he didn't want to respond to Zhou Yan directly.

Zhou Yan began to applaud.

"No wonder, no wonder, if the current emperor is going to die, your Imperial Observatory will also be wiped out."

If the Imperial Observatory doesn't die out, and if this "orthodox Taoist sect" that uses cannibalism as a means of spiritual cultivation isn't eliminated, the next emperor will surely be fooled by the Imperial Observatory within a few years.

Only by thoroughly cleaning up the Imperial Observatory from beginning to end, leaving no trace of its former power, can this practice of "cannibalistic" alchemy be eradicated.

"The entire sect was wiped out?!"

Zhao Wuji opened his eyes in surprise.

Zhou Yan stood up and said.

"Do you know who the woman was who blocked your barrage of swords at Mount Li?"

A very ominous thought arose in Zhao Wuji's mind.

Zhou Yan answered for Zhao Wuji.

"It's Lady Lishan, who is also an incarnation of Goddess Nuwa. Can you guess why Goddess Nuwa sent you to this palace and made you transform into Medicine Valley?"

Zhao Wuji's expression remained unchanged, but his hand on his thigh trembled a few times. (舅=［∶∮0'∩泀‖伞±”珸∫寺肿∴〖：。)

This centenarian is a person with profound knowledge of the art of cultivating one's inner strength. He can remain calm even if Mount Tai collapses in front of him, and his expression will not change much.

But at this moment, Zhao Wuji felt an extremely strong sense of crisis.

Zhou Yan took out a human head from behind him and placed it in front of Zhao Wuji. This head belonged to Dong Guanzheng, An Ningbai.

However, this head did not resemble that of the palace maid, but was the real head of An Ningbai, only half of which had turned to dust.

Zhou Yan said sternly.

"I am Bai Ze, ordered by the Goddess Nuwa to kill the tyrannical ruler and eliminate the evil spirits! Your Imperial Observatory is a cannibalistic and harmful entity, unworthy of being called the state religion, and truly evil! Therefore, the tyrannical ruler shall die! The Imperial Observatory shall be destroyed!"

Chapter Twenty-One: The Evil Dragon

It's raining, a light rain.

Grand Secretary Lin Juyang was waiting in front of his residence with an umbrella. Before he could keep up, a carriage emerged from the rain and quickly arrived in front of him.

The coachman pulled back the curtain. Lin Juyang put away his umbrella, stared at the coachman for a while, and then shook his head.

"So young."

The one driving the carriage was none other than Zhou Yan, the Nine Thousand Year Old of Heaven, the White-haired Amusement Beast.

Zhao Wuji did not respond.

Lin Juyang braved the rain for a while before entering the carriage. The carriage was quite large and filled with many people. Lin Juyang glanced around and saw the Vice Minister of Works, the Vice Minister of Revenue, the Junior Grand Secretary, and the Deputy Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The relationship between the young Grand Secretary Fang Zhengming and Lin Juyang had always been good, so when the old man came up, the young Grand Secretary nodded in agreement.

"Did Master Lin also have that dream?"

Lin Juyang said helplessly.

"Now that ghosts and gods rule, and the emperor is devoted to Taoism, refining the elixir of immortality every day, this world..."

Commander Fang Xiaoru echoed this sentiment.

"These past few days, I visited the Duke of Dingguo's residence and discovered that he was keeping thirty young healers in his backyard. According to his steward, the Duke of Dingguo is quite old and has already driven more than thirty of these young healers to their deaths in his quest for the elixir of immortality..."

The carriage fell silent for a moment.

After the emperor took the lead in using human bodies as medicine, many high-ranking officials and nobles in and around the capital followed suit. To this day, many temples and Taoist monasteries keep small medicines bought from the countryside. Nobles from all over the country do not hesitate to stimulate these small medicines. As a result, every night, servants from noble families would take the corpses of the small medicines to the mass graves outside the city to bury them.

The Grand Secretary had even heard that the mass graves outside the city were so overcrowded that the rats and wild dogs there were so fat they could barely walk.

There was just too much food.

The current emperor admires the Dao, but many of his followers are Confucian scholars who cultivate their noble spirit. These scholars hold the idea of ​​respecting ghosts and gods but keeping them at a distance, and they often advise the emperor not to talk about gods and immortals.

Then these nine scholars were either beheaded, imprisoned in the imperial prison, or exiled to the army.

The current emperor's resolve to cultivate the Tao is extremely firm.

Therefore, even someone like Grand Secretary Lin Juyang could only bury his true thoughts deep within himself, so that his king, who had gone mad from practicing Taoism, wouldn't see his true intentions.

The vehicle began to shake. Fang Xiaoru, the commander sitting by the window, pulled back the curtain and immediately smiled.

The view outside the window was no longer the buildings and corridors of the capital city, but a desolate landscape of wind and rain.

The carriage took flight and sped through the air.

The commander put down the vehicle and sighed.

"The Taoist priests of the Imperial Observatory are truly skilled, and it is not unreasonable for His Majesty to favor them so much."

The other Confucian scholars all snorted.

In their eyes, the world was in such a mess because of these stinking Taoist priests from the Imperial Observatory, but because of the emperor's favor, they really didn't dare to impeach these big shots.

The sound of wind and rain outside the window began to fade away.

Commander Fang Xiaoru drew back the curtains and looked out the window. Outside the window stretched endless mountains and rivers, and the capital city had been left far behind.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard was, after all, an intelligence agency, and the Deputy Commander was the second-in-command of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, second only to the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Therefore, they were very clear about the terrain of the provinces, prefectures, counties and districts throughout the country.

Fang Xiaoru looked at the surrounding mountains and hesitated. (II)

"Is this... heading to Yunmeng Road?"

Zhou Yan's voice came from outside the carriage.

"It's to the border of Yunmeng Road—Xihe Mountain." Lin

Fang Xiaoru became curious.

"If it was just a confidential conversation, was it really necessary to travel that far?"

Zhou Yan did not reply. Wu

The vehicle, still floating in mid-air, drove for another fifteen minutes. When that fifteen minutes ended, the vehicle began to descend and soon came to rest on an open ground.

Lin Juyang and the others waited for the vehicle to come to a stop before preparing to get off, when Zhou Yan's mocking laughter drifted over from outside the carriage.

The remaining high-ranking political figures from the Great Meng Dynasty got off the car one after another, and were shocked by the scene outside.

a long time.

Everyone on this mountain had the same thought in their minds.

The world is about to change.

……

Shen Du, the Imperial Observatory Star-Gazing Tower.

Dressed in white, Grand Eunuch Situ Kong stood on the roof of the Star Gazing Tower. Rain fell, but it didn't reach him; it just circled around him a few times before naturally and slowly moving away.

The process of avoiding the obstacle showed no signs of human intervention or magic, leaving the two disciples behind the Grand Supervisor in awe.

Both of these closed-door disciples knew that the Grand Supervisor of the Imperial Observatory, who was the most accomplished in cultivation, and with the assistance of the current emperor's devotion to the Dao, had already reached the lower limit of ascension.

Standing atop the Star Gazing Tower, one feels as if they have become one with heaven and earth. The fact that the rain falls without touching them or leaving a trace represents an extremely terrifying level of cultivation.

"strangeness……"

The chief eunuch stroked his beard. He was the image of a middle-aged scholar, with handsome features and a slender figure. He had an air of elegance, but his tense expression now diminished that elegance considerably.

The next disciple stepped forward and asked.

"Master, what happened?"