Orochi Longevity

The Temple of Heaven, in legend, is the residence of the gods.

It is rumored that all the gods living there live as long as the sky, and they will never grow old or die!

The underworld is where the underworld is located, and it is in charge of the life and longevity of all creatures.

It is said that there is a book of life and death in the underworld, in which the life and death of all creatures are recorded.

Both of these seem to be related to longevity.

The snake spit out the letter, very excited.

It is an ordinary snake with little knowledge, and it has only been five years since it gained spiritual wisdom.

Its understanding of this world is still very shallow.

Especially for cultivation matters, he has only a half-knowledge.

The snake wants to live forever, to live forever.

What it wants is definitely not a lifetime of sixty years.

What it wants is thousands of years, ten thousand years, and immortality.

However, the snake doesn't know how to obtain endless longevity.

practice? breakthrough?

It molts twice, but only increases its lifespan by more than 30 years.

Continue to practice breakthrough, is it really the right way to live forever?

Snake can't be sure.

After all, it has no experience to refer to.

It doesn't seem to have heard of any story of a different kind gaining longevity through cultivation throughout the ages.

On the contrary, there are cultivators who ascended in the daytime and attained Taoism and became immortals.

Could it be that only becoming a fairy can live forever?

The snake had thousands of thoughts in his heart, but he couldn't understand it.

"Master, actually, I have heard a story."

The girl whispered softly.

The story in her mouth is related to Taizong's amnesty to the world.

It is said that beside the city of Chang'an, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there is a river named Jinghe.

One day, a woodcutter and a fisherman were talking by the river.

The fisherman said that there is a fortune teller in Chang'an City, his name is Yuan Shoucheng, who is very accurate in his calculations.

He fished with the net according to the fortune teller's instructions, and he always returned with a full reward.

The two were originally chatting, but unexpectedly this conversation was overheard by Xunhe Yasha.

Xunhe Yacha reported the matter to the Dragon King of Jinghe River. Seeing that the fish roe and fish grandchildren in the river had indeed been snatched up by fishermen, the Dragon King was displeased, so he turned into a white-clothed gentleman and wanted to find out the truth of the fortune-teller.

When the Dragon King saw Yuan Shoucheng, he only asked him what the weather would be like tomorrow.

Yuan Shoucheng not only calculated that it would rain tomorrow, but also detailed the time and amount of rainfall.

The Dragon King of Jinghe made a bet with him. If the Dragon King lost, he would give money.

But if Yuan Shoucheng loses, then he will smash the fortune-telling booth and stop him from fortune-telling and divination.

Seeing that Yuan Shoucheng agreed to the bet, the Dragon King laughed out loud and drifted away!

Just because it is the Dragon King of the Jinghe River, in charge of Chang'an's rainwater, whether it will rain tomorrow or not, how much rain will rain and how little will rain, isn't it the only one who has the final say?

The Dragon King only felt that Yuan Shoucheng would definitely lose, and was secretly proud of himself, but he had just returned to the Dragon Palace and before he had even boasted to his subordinates, he received the decree from the Jade Emperor, ordering him to rain tomorrow!

Moreover, the rainfall time and rainfall are almost the same as what Yuan Shoucheng said.

When the Dragon King heard this, he was frightened and didn't know what to do.

In a panic, his subordinates gave him advice, only saying that when it rains tomorrow, the time will be later and the amount of precipitation will be less.

Then Yuan Shoucheng will undoubtedly lose.

On the second day, the Dragon King turned into a white-clothed gentleman again, triumphantly wanting to smash Yuan Shoucheng's stall.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Shoucheng never panicked at all, he only said to Jinghe Longwang, others don't know you, but I know you! It is not me who is going to be unlucky now, but you, Dragon King. The Dragon King has violated the rules of heaven, and the Jade Emperor has already learned that he will come to kill your head at noon tomorrow!

Only then did the Dragon King break out in a cold sweat, knowing that he had met an expert.

He quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, asking Yuan Shoucheng to save himself.

Yuan Shoucheng told the Dragon King that the person who will be executed tomorrow is Wei Zheng, the prime minister of the current dynasty. Go and intercede with Emperor Taizong, and you may be saved.

So the Dragon King went to Emperor Taizong for help, and Emperor Taizong agreed.

The next day, Emperor Taizong announced Wei Zheng into the palace, insisted on keeping him, and asked him to play chess with him, trying to hold Wei Zheng back and prevent him from going to execution.

Unexpectedly, at 3:00 noon, Wei Zhengyang pretended to be exhausted and dozed off on the chessboard.

He actually came out of his body in a dream and beheaded the Dragon King!

Hearing this, many doubts arose in Snake's heart.

It has seen He Bo urge the river beads to call the wind and rain.

Three years ago, He Bo launched a flood that killed many people.

Such a monster can make waves like this.

Why would a dragon king be decapitated if his precipitation was a little less?

"The old Dragon King is dead?"

The snake said solemnly.

"died."

The girl nodded.

This made the snake even more puzzled.

It is said that if you become an immortal, you can live forever.

The old dragon king in the story is obviously the authentic Jinghe water god, but he was still beheaded to death.

"Master, do you need me to finish the story?"

Seeing that the snake didn't respond for a while, the girl asked softly.

"Let's talk."

The snake's heart is heavy.

It only felt that the road ahead seemed to be shrouded in a hazy mist.

Long live.

How to live forever?

"After the Dragon King of Jinghe was beheaded, he was full of resentment, and that night he went to Emperor Taizong's dream to claim his life..."

Although the ghost of the Dragon King was dismissed by Guanyin, Emperor Taizong still frightened his body after being frightened by this.

On the second day, he didn't even make it to the morning court, and he died seven days later.

When Taizong arrived in the underworld, he was soon discovered by his father Li Yuan, his brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji wanted to seize Taizong and claim his life.

In a critical moment, fortunately a judge surnamed Cui was rescued.

It turned out that the judge surnamed Cui, named Cui Jue, was a minister of the Ministry of Rites of this dynasty, and he was a friend of Prime Minister Wei Zheng.

He had been instructed by Wei Zheng not only to protect Emperor Taizong in the underworld, but also to secretly change "Taizong's thirteenth year in office" to "Taizong's thirty-three years in office" when Hell King of the Ten Palaces ordered him to fetch the Book of Life and Death.

The king of Hades found out that Taizong still had a lifespan to live, so he ordered the judge to send Taizong back to Yang.

Hearing this, Snake felt excited again.

The book of life and death, which records the end of life of all living things.

If it can get this thing and make a few changes like a judge, will it be able to live forever?

"The underworld has only a way out and no way back. Judge Cui led Taizong all the way down, passing through the 18 levels of hell such as Tongue Pulling, Iron Tree, Oil Pan, and Sword Mountain."

The girl is still telling the story of Taizong's journey to the underworld.

After this trip, Taizong knew that if he did many evil things in this world, he would have to pay back when he died!

And no matter how high status or wealth one had in life, one cannot bring it to the underworld after death.

In the underworld, the only thing that is useful is the yin virtue accumulated during life.

Yinde can not only save people from the suffering of hell, but also seek blessings for the afterlife, and it is also one of the important criteria for election to the underworld.

"...It is precisely because of what he saw and heard in the underworld that Emperor Taizong pardoned the world after waking up and accumulated evil virtue for himself."

At this point, the story of the emperor's visit to the underworld is completely finished.

There was sparkle in the girl's eyes, and she still had some things to say.

The snake spit out the letter and regained its composure.

For some reason, the so-called underworld and the afterlife did not touch it.

It does not want to cultivate the afterlife, but only wants to cultivate the real body.

Moreover, there are many contradictions in this story that cannot be explained.

It feels that after listening to the story, it can be used as a reference, and the details must not be completely taken seriously.

"Nice story."

Snake commented:

"...Now, it's time to get down to business."

It quickly puts the mind back on track.