Chapter 212 Undercurrents and the Method of Human Pill
Daqian, Yuantai 19th year, August 1st.
Yunjing City.
The city stretches for nearly 100 miles, and the city wall is 80 feet high, towering like a mountain.
There are 18 city gates, 4 corner towers, 6 water gates, 372 enemy towers, and countless battlements.
There are 160,000 registered households, with a total population of over one million.
This giant city with a population of one million, in terms of Feng Shui, is the heart of the dynasty and the head of the dragon vein.
Through the official roads that extend in all directions and the Grand Canal that runs through the north and south, it is swallowing up a huge amount of people and logistics at all times, and also swallowing up the majestic atmosphere of the entire Daqian Dynasty.
Lin Chen and Xu Yue followed the crowd of outsiders and entered the huge Yunjing City.
"This place is worthy of being the capital of the dynasty. Even at this time, it is still so lively..." Xu Yue looked up and sighed.
There were crowds of people, carriages and horses, golden bricks paving the ground, and rows of jade trees.
At a glance, it was magnificent, full of the style of a great country that all nations came to pay tribute to; looking at it again, it was majestic and magnificent, and it was actually countless magnificent.
Especially on the Grand Canal in the south of the city, endless white sails were connected like clouds.
Ships loaded with fruits, vegetables, grains, cloth, and various rare treasures came along the river, and the products from all over the country were continuously imported into the capital.
This Grand Canal is more than 4,000 miles long, connecting the five major water systems of Dagu River, Zhuo River, Wo River, Tianqian River, and Fuchun River.
It also connects the most important water dragon veins in the country.
So even if the drought in the north gradually deepened, other places in the Daqian Dynasty were full of starving people.
Yunjing City was not only not affected, but became more and more prosperous.
"It's just the last glimmer of light." Walking on the prosperous street, Lin Chen's face was normal. After all, he had seen more lively places than this, so he was not surprised.
"Since the world is already in chaos, most of the middle and lower class tyrants have poured in, bringing more huge manpower, material resources, and financial resources."
"The large-scale purchase of houses, the establishment of industries, and the food, clothing, housing, and transportation of family members and servants have directly contributed to the unprecedented prosperity of all walks of life in the capital."
"In addition, the labor force of the lower class is particularly cheap in order to survive, which has become the so-called demographic red..."
"But this is only temporary. As time goes by, the chaos in the world will expand, the grain harvest will be poor, and the materials will be reduced. If there is not enough material inflow, the wealth will be taken away by the top. In the absence of a solution, it will collapse sooner or later."
At this moment, the scene of Yunjing City is like pouring a bowl of hot oil on the fire. It is a prosperous scene of raging fire and oil.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is just the scene before the last light.
After all, when the whole world is in disaster and nothing is done, it is only a matter of time before the dynasty collapses and enters reincarnation.
Of course, this was in the past.
After all, since the heavenly law came to the world, the reincarnation of the ages has changed. This seemingly late dynasty atmosphere may add many variables.
So in order to be on the safe side, and to completely break the monopoly of the aristocratic family and the royal family, almost all the forces in the world put aside their prejudices against each other and gathered in Yunjing to send the dynasty off.
Not only must the Daqian Dynasty be completely ended, but also the reincarnation of thousands of years must be ended, and a new era for those who have practiced immortal law must be completely created!
Therefore, all major forces came out in full force, wanting to fight to the death here.
As for who will win or lose, no one is worried, because no matter which side thinks that they will lose.
"Other forces have already separated and sneaked into Yunjing City. When the main force comes to join, they will start a big change in one fell swoop, seize Xuanwu Gate, and destroy the Imperial Palace City." Xu Yue transmitted his voice, "I don't know how the imperial family plans to deal with it."
"Although the power of the family is huge, it is scattered all over the world and cannot be gathered in Yunjing. Moreover, they don't want to have an existence on their heads, so they are more likely not to take action in this action. Instead, they will sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, hoping that both sides will suffer losses." Lin Chen analyzed.
"And even if they really take action, in a close combat, those who are best at fighting for power and controlling the overall situation may not be your opponents. After all, there are only one or two people in the family who have their own way."
"In other words, if we really fight, we actually only need to face the old emperor's forces? That's a lot easier." Xu Yue turned his head and transmitted his voice.
"That's not necessarily true. After all, this old emperor is still interesting, and..."
And me...
"Hmm?"
At this time, Lin Chen seemed to sense something and turned his head to look.
In the crowd, a middle-aged scholar in a green shirt was looking at them.
After noticing Lin Chen's gaze, he retracted his gaze and turned away.
"What's wrong?" Xu Yue asked.
"Follow him." Lin Chen raised his leg and walked away. Xu Yue was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and followed him.
At the same time, in the imperial palace, in the nine-story pavilions and jade buildings.
In a spacious and bright hall, in the center, there is a huge and blazing alchemy furnace.
All kinds of precious natural treasures and rare herbs were thrown into the alchemy furnace as if they were worthless.
It has been burning for nearly a hundred days and has never been extinguished.
But at this moment, the fire in the furnace began to gradually die down.
Yu Fu, who had been standing aside for a long time, stepped forward, reached into one of the pots, then retracted his hand, and then bowed to the old emperor behind him.
"Your Majesty, the pill is almost ready."
"Hahaha, good, good, good!" Behind him, the old emperor, who was much older than ten years ago and who never showed his emotions, cried out in surprise.
"It's worth it that I have paid so much, and finally got this result today, good, good... cough cough cough!" As if he was too surprised, the old emperor felt his body soften and couldn't stop coughing.
"Your Majesty!" Yu Fu hurried forward, took out a pill with a hint of blood, and gave it to the old emperor.
"Huh——" After taking the pill, the old emperor felt a burst of warmth in his abdomen, and at the same time, the wrinkles on his face were reduced a lot.
After he recovered, he did not continue to ask about the elixir in the furnace. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "How are those untouchables doing recently?"
"The Taoist sect and the Taiping Dao are not involved in this matter. The Wumeng has been destroyed. The Tianyin Sect, the Wuyan Dao, the Wuzong, the Beggars' Gang, the Miaojiang Gu Clan, and even the Northern Barbarians have all begun to invade and are expected to arrive within the next few days." In the empty hall, an old eunuch with a feminine face replied.
"Hehehe! Good, very good, they are coming, all of them are coming..." The old emperor's face was cold, but he couldn't stop sneering.
"Your Majesty, let me remind you that the closer the blood relatives are, the more they can be deprived of everything. But if it is an outsider, I'm afraid..." Yu Fu on the side couldn't help but say.
The human pill method is another path he has taken based on the method passed down by the immortal.
This path is divided into two types.
One is to swallow a natural treasure and continue to nourish the medicinal properties of this strange medicine according to a specific method of exercise.
Then, take all the medicines in a complete pill recipe, combined with other auxiliary medicines, and the vitality of the pill will be born.
After being soaked in the unique medicinal gas, this special vitality will condense into a pill, and the user can use it to take away some of the host's things, such as cultivation, ability, or... life span, but the host whose human pill is taken away will fall into death.
The advantage of this method is that it can plunder the power of others to the greatest extent, and there are not many hidden dangers, but the host of the human pill method is demanding, because it must be a blood relative.
The second method is to directly use humans as the main medicine, give other medicinal materials, and forcibly refine it into a pill.
But this is easy to be affected by the breath of others, the body is damaged, the life span is greatly reduced, and even become crazy, so the old emperor chose the former.
"No problem." Knowing that this would have serious consequences, the old emperor sneered and said this, "Don't you forget, I still have a lot of princes and princesses, right?"
"Your Majesty, your meaning is..." Yu Fu was stunned, raised his head, and said with wide eyes.
He suddenly realized that although he was the one who created the human pill method, in terms of cruelty and viciousness, he was afraid that he was really not as good as the person in front of him.
"I have raised them for so many years, and it's not too much to let them pay a little. Besides, even my prince has been lying in this pill furnace, so what's wrong with adding them?" The old emperor's face became expressionless, but he couldn't help but make the two people present shudder.
Eating the long-lived to prolong life is already against human ethics.
But he actually wanted to use other princes and grandchildren to let them eat those who practiced the inner pill method, seize their power, and then swallow them himself, so as to achieve longevity and great power in one!
"Everything I do is for the people of the world." The old emperor stared at Yu Fu's eyes and said word by word, "Only when immortality and great power are concentrated in me can I destroy all the opposition forces in the world in one fell swoop and create a beautiful country according to my ideas. Do you understand this?"
"Yes, yes..." The two of them lowered their heads and responded.
"Very good, go down." The old emperor showed a kind but weird smile on his face.
After the two of them went down, the old emperor turned around and faced the huge, burning alchemy furnace.
He looked at this scene with a dazed look in his eyes, and couldn't help muttering: "My son, don't worry, soon, everyone in the world will go down to accompany you, and then you won't be lonely..."
"And I will gather all your expectations, combine immortality and great power in one, and become the only immortal in this world!"
The chilling words echoed throughout the hall. In the alchemy furnace, the blazing, bright and brilliant flames reflected a distorted figure that looked like the abyss!