three days later.
In the depths of the palace, in an extremely secret underground passage, pearls are embedded in the walls, and the soft and hazy light pours down, illuminating the dim passage.
The hidden pattern stretched forward along the walls on both sides until it came to a rusty bronze door. When the emperor put his hand on the door, the thick and ancient bronze door suddenly appeared. Open slowly.
Endless brilliance shines along the big open door, and the inside of the door seems to be a brand new world.
Looking around, you can see the end of the sky and the earth, large pieces of abrupt and broken traces like cliffs.
A series of old buildings? Distributed on the land? Some are still intact, and some are only ruins. Like a relic left over from an ancient age
The emperor stepped through the bronze door and immediately appeared in a closed palace on a slightly quaint golden throne. He tapped the armrest of the golden throne lightly.
The next moment, some mechanism seemed to be triggered, and with a buzzing sound, the palace door opened wide.
Suddenly, someone rolled in like the wind? He was wearing red armor, and his eyes were burning red, showing a bit of demonic characteristics. He bowed his head respectfully: "Have you seen it? Your Majesty."
"The matter of His Majesty's instructions has been completed, and the materials of the newcomers are being held in a cell alone."
The so-called new arrival materials in this population, of course, refer to the "Yuan Liu" that was sent in three days ago.
The emperor nodded unobtrusively: "Very good."
He stood up and said, "It's useful for me to bring people up."
This group of palaces is not small, and one of them has been specially transformed into a prison cell, where all the monsters and capable people who have been secretly captured over the years have been imprisoned. And most of them are diehards who refuse to obey. And they are the source material of the source blood for transforming the demon guards.
As soon as the emperor gave an order, someone brought out a specially-made cage from the cell. In the cage with the formation runes drawn on it, there was a chubby squirrel lying slumped inside. . Its fluffy tail is drooping, and it looks sluggish, as if it has lost its soul.
—In short, it is a defeated dog.
The emperor glanced at him, showing an unexpected expression, and stepped forward, walking through a piece of ruined walls, and finally stepped on the cracked stone path, and came to another room independent of all the halls. outside the palace.
The attendant carried the cage and followed behind him respectfully.
Mysterious lines spread all over the entire palace gate. The emperor pulled out a bronze key and inserted it in the center of the palace gate. The palace gate opened in response to the criss-crossing rays of light.
Messy bamboo slips, jade talismans, and ancient books were scattered throughout the palace, so that it was almost difficult to find a place to stay on the ground. In the center of the bamboo slips and jade talismans, a young man was sitting on the ground with his back facing the palace gate.
His black hair was extremely messy, as if it hadn't been cut for a long time. At this time, it had already spread to the ground, and his figure was extremely thin. With the opening of the palace door, the light from outside came in, casting a long shadow for him.
"Brother Fang Yuan, don't come? Are you all right?"
The emperor's peaceful voice slowly spread into the hall, and the young man trembled and turned around suddenly.
If all the officials of the court were here, they would definitely be able to recognize the identity of this person. This is the talented champion man many years ago, Li Sanyuan, named Fangyuan.
The moment he saw the emperor, the young man's thin face showed neither sadness nor joy, as if he had put all his thoughts in his eyes: "Your Majesty will go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so I don't know what you want me to do this time? The method of talismans, the art of alchemy, the secrets of the ancient times... I have sorted out all of them, unless your majesty can find them? More for my reference."
The emperor clapped his hands and praised:
"Brother Fang Yuan, you are worthy of being Li Sanyuan who is famous all over the world! The world only knows you? Your literary talent? But they don't know that you? Yu? The journey of cultivating Taoism is the real talent!"
"In this case? Brother Fang Yuan, first give me the content refined during this period of time."
He just stood at the door, not intending to go in, and kept a distance from Li Sanyuan. And a hidden guard had quietly appeared in the hall, appeared in front of Li Sanyuan, and beckoned him to give the things to him.
Li Sanyuan frowned slightly: "My cultivation base is completely locked, and I am as weak as a mortal. Could it be that your majesty is still afraid that I will harm you?"
"Who told you? It's Li Sanyuan!" The emperor was not agitated, he still stood at the door, and said in a deep voice, "However? With some scattered fragments of formulas collected from all over the world, you? Can also be integrated from it? Effective formulas... So what if the cultivation base is locked? I never dare to underestimate your talent. In case of negligence, you will make a laughingstock of the king of a country being held hostage by his subordinates! "
Li Sanyuan was silent, and had no choice but to disperse the breath that was barely condensed in the meridians—this breath was extremely weak, but if the emperor approached him within three feet, he was sure to catch his surprise and assassinate the king.
In silence, he pointed to a pile of books in a corner: "That's what you want."
With the emperor's acquiescence, the dark guard silently picked up the stack of books, turned around and disappeared into the palace again.
Li Sanyuan was about to turn around, but was stopped by the emperor.
"Brother Fang Yuan wait a minute, I still have a big gift for you."
Saying this, he motioned to the attendants following him to hand over the cage, lifted it up with his own hands, and put it in front of him.
The little cage and the listless squirrel in the cage were completely exposed in front of Li Sanyuan's eyes.
His originally calm face suddenly fluctuated violently, and he froze in place, looking at the little bird's cage in front of him in disbelief. As if it was something extremely terrifying and frightening? He didn't want to accept it.
"This, this is..."
"Brother Fang Yuan is here alone? For fourteen years, he has made great achievements for me. How can we not reward him?" The emperor laughed while admiring the change in his face. Huh?"
Li Sanyuan's complexion darkened, and he was silent for a long time, before finally bowing deeply to the emperor.
"Thank you Your Majesty, I will keep this kindness in my heart, and I will do my best to repay Your Majesty's great kindness in the future."
"That's good. Don't disturb the reunion of Brother Fang Yuan." The emperor laughed loudly, put down the cage, turned around and strode away, and the palace door was closed heavily.
"Brother Fang Yuan, don't worry, she's doing well."
The last voice floated in through the gradually closing door, and Li Sanyuan had already come to the cage.
He only took a few glances at the runes on the cage, then picked up a carving knife, and carved a few strokes on several of the runes, his movements flowing like clouds and flowing water.
One after another, the glittering talismans shattered, and the squirrel, who had been listless before, came out through the opened door, and gracefully flicked its fluffy tail.
It jumped onto the young man's lap, and looked at him with a pair of round, pitch-black eyes: "Yuan San?"
Li Sanyuan was slightly taken aback: "You? Not the sixth brother?"
"Who am I? You don't need to know, do you want to leave this place?"
Li Sanyuan's expression changed slightly, and he looked around vigilantly.
"Don't worry, those who hide in the dark will only see what they want to see."
The chubby squirrel tilted its head, its round eyes were dark and calm, and a calm and clear male voice came out slowly:
"Now, can you answer my doubts for me?"
…
In the narration of Li Sanyuan, the client, Yuan Buwei figured out all the causes and consequences.
Just as he guessed, when Li Sanyuan was young and talented, he won the three-yuan prize at the age of seventeen. The late emperor praised his talent and learning, and married him as Princess Shurou. Li Sanyuan, who became a son-in-law, became close friends with Princess Shurou's brother, His Highness the Crown Prince at that time.
At the weak crown, Li Sanyuan finally awakened from his previous life, and dreamed of some fragments of his past life, among which there are practice formulas. To him, this was no different from those fairy fates in the "Talk" book, so he began to practice according to the formula in his dream.
But on the day of awakening, Li Sanyuan was a guest in the prince's other courtyard, and because of his lack of experience, he was excited for a while. In order to verify whether what he saw in his dream was true or not, he tentatively made a trick, which is the simplest way to penetrate the wall .
He passed through the wall all of a sudden, but was caught by the servants in the other courtyard, and quietly reported to the prince. Since then, the prince has paid more attention to this brother-in-law and good friend.
As Li Sanyuan's memory gradually awakened, he became more and more cautious, and only practiced in secret, even Princess Shurou, who was sleeping with him, never noticed. But the prince who had noticed him a long time ago saw all his abnormalities in his eyes.
The prince had been silently probing, and had shown in front of him many times his desire and yearning for seeking immortality, but Li Sanyuan, who was a good friend, did not reveal the secret, nor did he reveal the secrets of practice. Because of this, the prince became ill-intentioned towards him.
After that, there was the accident fourteen years ago.
A plague broke out in southern Henan, and the crown prince secretly dispatched Li Sanyuan to deal with the disaster. As a result, Li Sanyuan "died of illness" logically.
——Assassinating a big monster with a mortal body, even if it is just the reincarnation of a big monster whose memory has not been fully recovered and whose cultivation base has just started, requires not only extraordinary courage, but also excellent wisdom and luck.
The prince has been developing silently for many years, and he knows Li Sanyuan very well. Taking Princess Shurou's dystocia as a trap, Li Sanyuan was in a hurry to return to Beijing, and he fell into the trap. In the end, he only had time to send a warning message to Yuan Liu and others.
Yandang Mountain was subsequently subdued by the Prince's army in the name of suppressing bandits. All the monsters were captured or killed. For the sake of his children, Li Sanyuan had no choice but to give in.
And Li Sanyuan is indeed a genius with extraordinary talents, and he has the experience of practice in his previous life. In the world of scientific civilization, he may become a great scientist. In the past fourteen years, the former prince and now the emperor searched the world for items and formulas related to cultivation. Although Li Sanyuan's cultivation base was locked, he could still deduce the formulas. The emperor secretly arrested Sanxiu and the little demon, and used them as experimental products and materials for verification.
—Is the Forbidden Demon Guard a product of such an experiment
It's a pity, how important the ascetics are to inheritance! There are not many magic formulas that are really exiled among the people, and most of them are not advanced or profound. At most, they can only cultivate people with the strength of "Forbidden Demon Guards", and the sequelae are shortened life spans. The emperor would never try it himself.
As for the formula that Li Sanyuan practiced himself? The emperor also asked for the past, but he seemed unable to practice.
Speaking of this, even though he was a little puzzled, Li Sanyuan still showed a slight gloating on his face.
He sneered: "...but?, he is not reconciled, probably wants to continue to perfect the method of banning demon guards and transforming demons, and improve the defects in lifespan, but I can't do anything about it."
... As for? Whether it is really impossible, only he himself knows it well.