The Collection of The End

——AD 187——

Royal Palace, West Garden.

Liu Bei originally found many reasons to persuade the Sword Master to carry out his plan of "taking the emperor away and moving the capital", but when the emperor himself woke up after taking the elixir, it was no longer necessary.

Emperors of all dynasties have thought about something called "elixir" to some extent. The most famous one is that the "First Emperor" of the pre-Qin Dynasty sent Xu Fu to the Immortal Mountain of Dongying to seek medicine.

Those original jokes didn't seem so ridiculous now that the meteorite fell from the sky and the spiritual energy was revived.

At least, the emperor, who was originally in a deep coma and unconscious, regained consciousness after swallowing half a handful of the "elixir" that was as black as mud, which is enough to prove its effectiveness.

However, the name of this "elixir" was just casually mentioned by Xia Houji. At least the appearance and effect of this thing were different from the legendary "elixir" and "immortal grass".

But there is no time to dwell on this now. The legendary "unparalleled" Lu Bu has already volleyed over to kill him, and for some reason, he has transformed into a red and black thunder and lightning dragon, and is confronting the sword master who is going to intercept him.

"What did I eat? Where is the demon who presented the 'elixir' before?" The emperor just looked up at the direction of the explosion in the air, and then turned back with an expression of unusual relief to the sword master. head.

"Your Majesty knows that this is the 'elixir of immortality' refined by Fairy Xiahou brought by Liu Yudi," Ge Xuan said with a sign, and added as if to prevent the emperor from misunderstanding: "At present, it seems to be just a name, but It can remove the poison of the previous 'elixirs', as for those demons, they have been killed by the Sword Master."

Why is it Fairy Xiahou? Liu Bei looked at Xiahou Ji and found that she was nodding quite complacently.

"...There are always unscrupulous people who want to harm me. This is why I did not listen to Taoist Ge's advice." The emperor stood up from the dragon couch. His hands and feet were still trembling a little, but his expression softened a lot. He looked at him with admiration. Looking at Liu Bei: "But I, a big man, still have loyal ministers."

A few simple conversations were enough for Liu Bei, who already had a lot of information, to deduce a lot of things. For example, it was not the empress or the ten constant attendants who were plotting against the emperor, but some Taoist priests with unknown backgrounds who offered "elixirs". , Ge Xuan seemed to intend to stop it, but the emperor did not listen. As for the Sword Master... he probably knew nothing about alchemy, so he could only use force to intimidate the devotees, but unexpectedly they were already dead soldiers.

But after the emperor fell into coma, the empress and the ten ministers naturally fought for the right to control the emperor. This led to the emperor occasionally waking up and coming to the conclusion that he was controlled by eunuchs or relatives, and entrusted the sword master to issue a "Clothes and Belts Edict".

By the way, the clothing edict.

Liu Bei took out the imperial edict from his arms and presented it with both hands: "I learned that your majesty was in trouble and could not sleep peacefully every day. He gathered people and horses to help the king at starry night, but found that there was a melee in Luoyang at this time, and most of the palace was destroyed. I I dare to invite your majesty to leave Luoyang with your ministers, and when you arrive in Youzhou, the governor Liu Yu and your family teacher Lu Zhi all rush to greet you."

"I have expected it," the emperor raised his hand and pressed the edict on his clothes, and pushed it back: "There is no need to deliver this edict. I will leave it in the hands of my imperial brother. Anyone who sees it will treat it as if I am here in person."

"Thanks……"

scold! Zheng!

In the middle of Liu Bei's words, Lu Bu and Wang Yue started fighting in the air. The sound of swords and dragon roars caused the West Garden Palace directly below to tremble. The gold and silver powder on the walls and the pearls and jade decorated everywhere fell to the ground.

"..." The emperor looked at the magnificent surroundings, his eyes changing several times.

This look was very familiar to Liu Bei. It was the look in Liu Ling's eyes when he looked at Zhang Fei - he knew he should give up, but he couldn't make up his mind, and he still held a glimmer of hope in his heart that a miracle would happen.

"Your Majesty!" Liu Bei said immediately: "With the abilities of Lu Bu and the Sword Master, this place will definitely be destroyed and buried.

But gold, silver, and jade will not lose value just because they are buried in the ground. When this chaos is over, dig them out from the ground and call them "things left on the battlefield during the battle between Sword Master and Lu Bu", and their value will increase a hundred times. ! "

"Your Majesty's words make sense!" The emperor's eyes were bright: "I will leave with you now, and these 'sacred relics' will be excavated later."

"..."

This emperor seems to be easier to deal with than expected? Those relatives, eunuchs, and ministers who insisted on confronting him before were all fools, right?

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Outside the north gate of the West Garden.

Although the emperor had woken up and was conscious, he had not been able to control his limbs because he had been in bed for too long. He tried his best to walk a few steps on his own, even slower than a tortoise. Finally, under the persuasion of Liu Bei and Ge Xuan, Xiahou Ji pushed before riding The car that came left from the side door of the palace.

After all, the Liangzhou army was so powerful that they broke through Tongguan and Hangu. Although the reason they used was that they had received unfair treatment from the ten permanent servants and wanted to "clear the emperor's side", at this time, the situation in Luoyang was in chaos. If he waited and watched but rushed in through the west gate, no one would think that his intentions were small.

Originally, Liu Bei was a little worried that the emperor would ask him to bring out the queen or the prince. In that case, the enemies they needed to deal with would expand from the group of people who also had the emperor's ideas to those who only had the other two princes' ideas. .

However, after the emperor regained his consciousness by taking the "elixir of immortality", he seemed to be very clear about his situation. He did not make such a request at all, let alone ask about their current situation. Instead, he put on a kind look and asked Xiahou What is the material of Ji's "elixir", who is his teacher, etc.

"The material of the 'elixir'? Naturally it is impatiens. Mix it with other medicinal materials that will turn black after being mashed. Then keep pounding it with a pestle. If any non-black powder appears during this period, pick it out and throw it away. Yes." Not only the materials, the little girl also explained how to do it, which made Ge Xuan, who was watching the whole process, thoughtful.

However, the next sentence directly reduced the credibility of her words by more than 90%.

"This recipe was invented by me, Guanghan Palace [Medicine-Making Jade Rabbit], and I did not learn it from other Chang'e!"

"Oh, so it turns out that it was obtained through the 'memory of past lives'." The emperor sitting in the car turned to Zhang Fei with a calm look and said, "Then, this person you call your husband is from heaven. Which Star Lord?"

"Huhuhu..." Xiahou Ji suddenly changed her tone of voice: "He is Marshal Tianpeng who is in charge of a hundred thousand Tianhe navy for the heaven~"

Liu Bei held his forehead. She had previously said that she was a phoenix or a moon palace Chang'e, and now she has become a jade rabbit... They are all unheard-of names for female fairies. As for "heavenly court", does it mean that there is a court in the sky? Just ridiculous.

"Well, 'for the canopy of the sky' is very good, so I will give him the title of [Marshal of the Canopy]." The emperor directly said the title.

"As for this, he is the 'Marshal God Bless' who always hinders my husband no matter what." As if she had the support of others, Xiahou Ji became more interested. She turned her head and pointed at Liu Bei and gave him an identity.

"Your Majesty, this kid's lies must not be taken seriously." Ge Xuan advised from the side, and Liu Bei deeply agreed with this.

"Haha, Xuande's 'Tianyou' cannot be sealed, because you are already my 'imperial younger brother'." The emperor smiled.

"Jade Emperor...then there is nothing we can do." Xiahou Ji sighed.

Chiying——!

During the conversation, the Sword Master and Lu Bu had another head-to-head confrontation, and the resulting aftermath directly destroyed half of the buildings in the West Garden.

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Perhaps because of the interaction between Xiahou Ji and the emperor, Liu Bei became closer to Ge Xuan, so he tried to ask him about "Five Stone Powder" and "Hua Shuangfen".

Just as he guessed, unlike Taiping Dao, which "plays with water", other "Alchemy Dao" plays with "earth" and "fire", and "Wu Shi San" is made of stalactites, purple It is refined from five stone minerals: quartz, white quartz, stone sulfur, and red stone resin. However, the materials used must be mutated due to the influence of "Unparalleled", that is, they must be at least "excellent" grade materials before they can be used for refining.

After taking it, the strength, agility and endurance will be improved due to the quality of the five stone powder and the characteristics of the person who takes it. It is said that there are "unparalleled generals" who claim that their unparalleled power is enhanced after taking it, and there are also people with "strategist characteristics" who claim that they have better minds. More and more sensitive, but this cannot be verified.

However, their common feature is that after taking it, they will cause body heat, which must be suppressed by drinking alcohol, otherwise it may lead to coma. Therefore, in alchemy, it is classified as "Golden Liquid Dan", that is, it must be taken with water. kind.

However, this causal connection ends up putting the cart before the horse. In many banquets nowadays, the host will take the initiative to provide five-stone powder to the banquet guests. If these powders contain "five-stone" materials that are "fine" or above, the banquet host will feel Quite pomp and dignity.

As for "Hua Shuang Powder", it belongs to another series of elixirs "Taiqing Dan". This elixir named after Taishang Laojun is naturally not made to eliminate Wushuang. From the name, it can be seen that its original purpose of refining is to eliminate Wushuang. People can ascend to immortality, but in the end they become weapons that make "Wushuang" fly away, which makes Ge Xuan quite embarrassed, but this is still his greatest achievement so far.

The "elixir" offered by those "demon Taoists" that made the emperor comatose was a kind of elixir that Ge Xuan had conceived but had not yet finished. It was temporarily named "Jiuding Dan", which means "Jiuding Zhenjiuzhou". , is to use as many medicinal materials as possible without conflicting with each other, and ultimately achieve the effects of "curing all diseases", "living dead human flesh and white bones", or even "immortality". If it is finally successful, it should be called "Nine Transformations Golden Pill".

However, what those "monsters" offered was only the enhanced version of "Five Stone Powder" with added ingredients. Because the medicine was so powerful, the emperor had no time to drink and fell into coma.

Although the sword master suspected that it was the eunuch's relatives or courtiers, he could not find any evidence, so he could only hide the emperor in the Western Garden to avoid being taken advantage of.

Perhaps because everyone was attracted by the fight between Lu Bu and the Sword Master, and some "Diao Chan" secretly helped, Liu Bei and the emperor left the palace smoothly while talking.

Suddenly, the sky turned pitch black again, and at the same time, there was the sound of the Sword Master reciting poetry.

【A journey of fighting for three thousand miles, one person once served as a division of millions;】

[The hall is full of flowers and drunk with three thousand guests, and the light of a sword chills nineteen states! 】