Chapter 481 Dragon Fruit [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

After the grand court meeting in the Shanhe Palace ended, Emperor Mubei rushed to the Buddhist temple in the palace without stopping, dismissed his attendants, and left only Cao Wujiu alone.

"puff--"

After the rest of the palace people left, Emperor Mu Bei sat cross-legged in front of the Buddha. He could no longer hold back and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

After spitting out blood, Emperor Mu Bei seemed to feel better. His face was as pale as gold paper. He leaned back against the pillar and said, "My injuries are becoming increasingly difficult to control."

Cao Wujiu personally stepped forward to wipe the blood, and said at the same time: "Your Majesty should concentrate on healing your wounds and not worry about state affairs anymore."

"How easy is that?" Emperor Mu Bei's voice was weak, as if he was powerless. "If I don't clean up the government, the crown prince will be in turmoil after he succeeds to the throne. Lu Yuanwang and Qi Kunlun are gone, and now Tang Wei is back..."

"Heh." Emperor Mu Bei suddenly smiled when he said this, "If it weren't for him, how could I have ended up like this?"

Many people in the court and the country knew that Emperor Mu Bei was very wary of Tang Wei and had kept this military god who had made so many great contributions hidden for more than ten years.

But few people know that the reason why Emperor Mubei is so taboo about the name Tang Wei is not only because he is worried that he will be too powerful. Another important reason is that the serious injury that damaged Emperor Mubei's foundation is also related to Tang Wei.

In the later period of the Northwest War, when Emperor Mu Bei led the army in person, the young general Tang Wei had already distinguished himself in the war, demonstrated amazing talent, and his rank rose rapidly.

After arriving at the front line, the new emperor and the young general hit it off immediately. Both of them were full of vigor and ambition, and wanted to defeat Jiuyang in one fell swoop!
At that time, Emperor Mu Bei regarded Tang Wei as his close friend.

Soon it was the terrifying Battle of Tianxia. Both sides won and lost on the battlefield. With the strength of Yin Kingdom, it was difficult to break through in one fell swoop.

Tang Wei came up with a plan to advance with the emperor in the center, preparing for a frontal decisive battle.

He himself led the main force over mountains and across rivers, and took Tianxia Pass directly from the rear.

Because even Emperor Mu Bei was luring the enemy head-on, the Jiuyang army had no doubts and went out to confront them head-on.

It was in a dangerous battle that Jiang Zhenye used his body to block a golden hook for Emperor Mu Bei, and Cao Wujiu rode alone across the river with the seriously injured emperor...all these deeds came from this.

Emperor Mu Bei was on the verge of death. Although he was rescued afterwards, his foundation was severely injured and medicaments were difficult to cure, so he could only barely keep his life going.

If not for this, with Mu Beidi's original extraordinary talent and the resources that an emperor could possess, even if he did not achieve much in cultivation, at least he would have no problem living for more than a hundred years with full spirit.

But because of that decision, he is now almost at the end of his rope.

The emperor's injuries were a hundred times more serious than the outside world knew.

Indeed, Tang Wei successfully captured Tianxia Pass before the front was breached, and then attacked Jiuyang Army from both sides and defeated them. He chased them all the way out of Tianxia Pass and drove straight into Shuangbei City, which was a great victory.

But he really didn't treat Mu Beidi as a human being.

In other words, everything he did was aimed at victory as the ultimate goal, and the emperor was just a bargaining chip in his eyes.

After his injuries stabilized, Mu Beidi couldn't help but feel resentful about this. In his future dealings with Tang Wei, it would be a lie to say that he had no personal grudge against him.

"The left prime minister pushed Tang Wei out of retirement, no doubt because he wanted to attack Bashan." Cao Wujiu said, "If the two of them work together and can really get rid of the threat from Bashan, it will be in line with your majesty's wishes."

"Otherwise, how could I agree to Tang Wei's coming out of seclusion?" Mu Beidi said, looking at the bloodstains on the ground that gradually disappeared after being wiped, and suddenly his face became a little gloomy, "Announce Li Longchan."

Cao Wujiu seemed to have thought of something, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, "Your Majesty?"

……

In the impression of the palace people in the temple, the national master Li Longchan had not come for a long time. Perhaps since the Tongtian Tower case, the national master has received less favor from the emperor. And after the matter of spreading the black spirit seeds was discovered, Li Longchan rarely came to this temple.

As a result, the once extremely arrogant disciples of the Dragon and Tiger Hall have now become much more honest in the Divine Capital and are no longer as ostentatious as before.

But one day, Li Longchan came again.

He was wearing a plain monk's robe, with his long hair loose, and he knelt barefoot in front of the Buddha and worshiped devoutly. After a while, he looked at Mu Beidi beside him, "Your Majesty, have you changed your mind?"

"I would like to listen carefully to what you said last time." Emperor Mu Bei said weakly.

The only two people in the world who knew the true extent of his injuries were the two people in front of him.

One is Li Longchan and the other is Cao Wujiu.

The reason why Li Longchan became the national teacher was that his only purpose was to prolong the life of Emperor Mu Bei.

Many people knew that he entered the palace to offer treasures in exchange for the position of national teacher. However, few people knew that the biggest treasure he offered was actually the ginseng fruit, one of the ten immortal species.

Ginseng fruit ranks low among many immortal species, and its only effect is prolonging life.

After Emperor Mu Bei took the medicine, he gained another ten years of life, but it has continued to this day, and it is probably coming to an end.

It is unknown how long it will take for a new ginseng fruit to grow, and Li Longchan has been looking for new ways to help him prolong his life.

Using the Tongtian Tower to condense the Qi and improve the cultivation is one way, but the effect is not significant. Mu Beidi's foundation is like a shabby thatched house, leaking air on all sides, even if all the spiritual power of the earth veins enters the body, it cannot be retained.

The previous method of gathering the willpower of the black spirit species was also one of them, but this method might be harmful to the people. After being known by the Xuanmen, the Tianshi Zhangxuan wrote a letter to stop this method.

Unknown to everyone, Li Longchan has made a lot of efforts for this...

It was precisely because of his efforts that Emperor Mubei could tolerate his endless corruption and money-making over the years. He was completely doing evil under the guise of an emperor. But without him, there was really no one else to use, so he indulged him so much.

Not long ago, Li Longchan, realizing that he had been gradually marginalized, finally spoke out a method that he had always been concerned about.

"The Tower of Babel condensed the earth veins before because your majesty's foundation was damaged too much and he could not continue his cultivation. This made me think of another thing that can specifically maintain the foundation and repair the barriers. If your majesty takes this thing, it will be no problem for him to break through to the Grandmaster level within a year and the Grandmaster level within three years." Li Longchan said calmly.

"This thing is the underground dragon energy. My Yin country has nine spiritual veins with continuous dragon energy, which are distributed in the nine states. As long as the dragon energy of one state is extracted and refined into a dragon fruit, Your Majesty will be able to have this effect after taking it."

"only……"

Having said this, Li Longchan paused.

Cao Wujiu added: "If the dragon energy is extracted, heaven and earth will not be close, disasters will continue, thunder and lightning, floods, famine, plague and earthquakes... No matter which state the dragon energy is extracted from, it is tantamount to sacrificing the people."

Mu Beidi closed his eyes and remained silent.

"It's just..." Li Longchan continued: "Your Majesty may have forgotten that there is a suitable place now."

"Hmm?" Mu Beidi opened his eyes again.

Then Li Longchan slowly uttered two words, "Liangzhou."

(End of this chapter)