Chapter 12: Shang Ling

If you can live a few more years, no one wants to die early.

Especially when this person is still the king of a country and is above millions.

This was the case with Huangzhen, the old emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Yao Zhen is now sixty-three years old. He succeeded to the throne at the age of thirty-two, and this year is already the thirty-first year.

After more than 30 years of working ♂ day and night, his body has long been weak, especially since the end of last year, he has been lying in bed for nearly half a month, and he can't even get out of bed and walk normally.

If it weren't for the fact that he could still stay conscious and think normally, the dissatisfied fifty surnames would have "died" him to determine the candidate for the crown prince.

has dragged on and on, and until now, after all, it still can't withstand the pressure inside and outside the palace.

The old emperor Yao Zhen issued an edict, 24 princes and 19 princesses, whoever can offer him the method of prolonging life / health will be the next emperor / empress!

This kind of edict sounds very absurd at first glance, however, in the Qing Kingdom, it is normal.

As mentioned above, behind every prince and princess stands one of the 50 surnames or a coalition of forces, and every new emperor election is actually just a reshuffle of forces among the 50 surnames of the Qing Dynasty.

This situation, in other countries, may lead to wars, countless deaths, and even the disintegration of the country, and finally decline. Qingguo will not, never will.

Because, the Qing State has the existence of alchemists!

Although the vast majority of people like alchemists are intoxicated with Dandao and are too lazy to contaminate worldly things, there are always some people who are keen on physical enjoyment, like wives and concubines, delicious food, and superiority over others.

These people are the targets of the fifty surnames.

However, Kunlun has long been restrained, prohibiting these alchemists from participating in the war against mortals, once discovered, they will immediately capture Kunlun for twelve days, and they will never be allowed to leave Kunlun again!

Therefore, the value of the alchemist to the fifty surnames, in addition to being a deterrent and symbol, the greatest is the elixir in the "Art of All Spirits". After all, a strong physique has an unimaginable allure for ordinary people, especially the older generation among the 50 surnames who are gradually withdrawing from the stage.

Yao Zhengui is the lord of a country, and naturally there is also a group of "royal" alchemists. He issued this edict, which sounded unbelievable at first glance, but in fact he wanted to make a final struggle, because he knew that his "royal" alchemists had already fallen to his children 100%, and he would not do his best to find a way for him to recover his health or prolong his life for a short time.

He wasn't angry, after all, that's how he came back then. Because of the benefit of the combination, nature because of the benefit of the division.

Yao Zhen gave an order, and the Qing Dynasty was turbulent.

The emperor is about to change, but the people of the Qing Kingdom don't feel anything, but this is thanks to the existence of a group of nuclear weapons like alchemists.

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In the past month on Feixian Peak, Zhang Shen has had a very happy time.

There are no fights and killings, no intrigue, no world disasters, only a group of comrades and friends who are also obsessed with knowledge research and truth exploration, and who have different personalities but have no scheming.

Since that bizarre car accident, Zhang Shen feels that this time has been the most comfortable and pleasant day he has lived.

Studying, exploring, meditating, and sleeping, these are basically these four contents every day, simple and not monotonous, because every day you can encounter new problems and learn new things.

With Zhang Shen's memory and talent, in a seemingly short period of time, he has mastered ninety percent of the things in the "theory" side of alchemy, and as for the hands-on operation, the general alchemy is completely fine.

However, his good days are coming to an end.

"What??!! Let me represent Feixian Peak to participate in the Dan meeting of the Qing Kingdom?!! Zhang Shen looked at the white-haired boy in front of him, who seemed to be kind and kind-eyed, but in fact had a bad stomach, and leaned forward with a puzzled face, "Old Yu, has your old man been replaced?" ”

The old man in front of Zhang Shen is named Yu Ming, he is an old naughty boy-like existence, and he mingles with everyone, Zhang Shen has been in Feixian Peak for more than a month, and he has dealt with him a lot, and the relationship between the two is not bad.

"Go, go, go." Yu Lao slapped away Zhang's ill-intentioned hand and coughed lightly, "Xiao Zhang, this is an opportunity for the organization to value you and give you exercise, you have to cherish it, and you can't let the organization down." ”

Zhang Shen smiled slightly: "Speak human words." ”

The corner of Yu Lao's eyes jumped: "Alas, young people nowadays don't know how to respect the old more and more." ”

"Huh."

"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you."

So so, so and so......

"Uh, that means you sensed that an external force had entered the Qing Kingdom and wanted to find it out, and then, I became cannon fodder?"

"Cannon fodder or something, don't say it so ugly. You see......"

"Stop!" Zhang Shen interrupted Yu Lao's words, "Cannon fodder is cannon fodder, but even if you are cannon fodder these days, you don't see substantial benefits and you don't have motivation." ”

Half an hour later.

"People's hearts are not ancient...... Yu Lao looked at the back of someone who left proudly, and was full of emotion.

Zhang Shen estimated that it would be rare for him to return to Feixian Peak in the future, so he hardened his heart and "knocked" a sum from Yu Lao, and copied a large number of precious materials.

In fact, Yu Lao and the others also understood that it was unlikely that Zhang Shen would come back, so they let him sweep the library of Feixian Peak, and even took the initiative to take out some of his experience notes and give them to him.

The next day, Zhang Shen, who symbolically packed his bags, still rode Bai Lian's sliding rod down the mountain and left Feixian Peak.

On Qingzhang's back, Zhang Shen looked back at the strange peak shrouded in light veil, and sighed lightly, full of melancholy.

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Zhang Shen learned from Yu Lao that Kunlun was not allowed to be involved in the battle of the Qing royal family for the twelve days, and they needed to maintain a high-ranking "adjudicator" and "supervisor" attitude, and always be neutral.

Therefore, if Zhang Shen wants to join the Dan Club, he can only enter through other channels.

Yu Lao gave a suggestion to operate through the power of Feixian Peak itself, allowing him to replace a certain alchemist from another family, but Zhang Shen refused.

He thought of Li Yaozu and remembered that he still owed the other party a favor.

"Well, it's time to put an end to this cause and effect."

Since Zhang Shen had his own choice, Yu Lao didn't say anything, but just gave him a token to connect with the representatives of the secular forces of Feixian Peak to provide him with some convenience.

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The imperial capital of the Qing Kingdom, named Shangling, was a huge city without walls, which can be regarded as the world's top economic and cultural center, extremely rich, lively and powerful.

From Feixian Peak to Shangling, if you use the regular means of transportation in the Qing Kingdom, riding horses and driving, even the best horses in the Qing Kingdom will take at least half a month. Zhang Shen's universal capsule does have a small flying machine in it, but that thing definitely can't be used.

However, even if it can be used, Zhang Shen has no intention of using it.

As the so-called learning is put into practice, the newly learned alchemy, how to do it if you don't use it often.

Zhang Shen bought a good horse in Zhuli that claimed to travel a hundred miles a day, and then used alchemy on it.

It is not a method such as the "Heavenly Demon Disintegration Dafa" that burns life in exchange for strength or stimulates potential to obtain a short-term explosion, but strengthens the balance of the five elements in its body.

By the way, in order to commemorate Wangcai, who is guarding his family in the real world, Zhang Shen named this horse Wangcai.

As a healthy adult horse, the five elements of yin and yang qi in Wangcai's body are naturally balanced. What Zhang Shen did was to manipulate the yin and yang five elements of heaven and earth, condensing and transforming it into a power that could be absorbed by the body of Wangcai.

When the alchemy ended, the prosperity that appeared in front of Zhang Shen changed dramatically!

It increases its height by about a foot, and the muscles in the whole body become more powerful, and you can see the obvious muscle lines, which are streamlined and pleasing to the eye.

Its hooves become wider and harder, and even if the horseshoe falls off, it doesn't have much of an impact.

These are all external manifestations, the bones that cannot be seen in Wangcai's body have become thicker and stronger, the volume and efficiency of the hematopoietic organ heart have been significantly improved, and other visceral organs have also been strengthened.

Wangcai could feel the change in himself, and he also knew who the person who gave all this was, so he trotted over very excitedly...... Lick someone's face!

"I'll go, you're a horse, not a dog, back away, back out of the way, give me a back ......"

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With the Wangcai Limited Deluxe Supreme Edition, the journey of half a month has been reduced to seven days!

If Zhang Shen hadn't tried his best to stop it, this over-energetic horse might have traveled day and night, arriving at Shangling in four days.

At dusk, an incomparably majestic silhouette of the city pierces the horizon and meets Zhang Shen's eyes.

Zhang Jian, a large-scale modern city, has experienced it personally, and even an underground city with an area comparable to Hainan Island has also experienced it himself, but at this moment, Zhang Shen couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"What a spectacular city!!"

Due to the limitations of the times, most of the buildings in Shangling or the Qing Kingdom and even this world are relatively low, but because of the existence of alchemists, alchemists, etc., who have mastered supernatural powers, there is no shortage of some great architectural miracles in this world that are stunned even if modern people have to kneel and lick them.

Shang Ling, as the imperial capital of the Qing Dynasty, naturally has no shortage of such miracles.

Zhang Shen looked at the past and saw that there were three buildings, no, it should be three buildings that left a deep impression on him.

The central palace is resplendent and magnificent, and the atmosphere is like a divine city;

On the left, there is an exaggerated and terrifying tree with only twelve huge branches, each with a different style and a building;

On the right, surrounded by several huge statues, the boxy rock building is somewhat similar to the Greek temple style.

The three buildings are all masterpieces of alchemists.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Zhang Shen patted Wangcai's neck, and the latter screamed, and there was a faint sound of gold and iron.

Shang Ling, I'm coming!