Chapter 143 Out of Nothing
In the cave, opposite Lu Sen sat the Prince of Runan.
The father-in-law and son-in-law drank the newly produced green tea in the system home, and the whole pavilion was filled with the fragrance, which made people feel relaxed and happy.
"Your tea tastes very good."
"When you return to Beijing from Taishan in a few days, take a few pounds with you."
"Several kilograms are sold at once. It seems that the production is quite large. Can it be made into a commodity?"
Lu Sen shook his head: "Only about two or three pounds a month, mainly because of low consumption. Bilian and the others prefer to drink honey water, and I can't drink much by myself."
When the green tea is fried into the shape of Biluochun, two or three grains can be boiled repeatedly for three or four pots. Even so, the tea still has a fragrant aroma.
"In this case, it can only be a rare treasure." The Prince of Runan thought for a while and asked, "Can it have the same effect as the rainbow silk?"
"Yes!" Lu Sen nodded: "But the effect is not as obvious as Hongguan."
"How long can it extend your life?" asked the Prince of Runan anxiously.
"One year at most."
"In other words, what you have in your hand can extend a person's life by four years?" The Prince of Runan thought for a moment and then asked, "Then, are there any other things that can extend one's life?"
"Yes, but I can't get it out for the time being." Lu Sen said with a smile.
After a long sigh, the Prince of Runan said, "My dear son-in-law, tell me the truth. When your magic is perfected, all your tricks combined, which can be sold as rare treasures, can roughly extend people's lifespan by how many years?"
Lu Sen closed his eyes and thought for a while, then gave a number: "About fifty years or so."
Lu Sen didn't dare to exaggerate. He believed that as his level increased and more formulas and system functions were unlocked, there would be more and more things that could prolong life. But... among all his formulas, there were only about a dozen that could prolong life. Except for those with particularly difficult materials and large life extension values, the others that could be "mass-produced" could only extend life by about fifty years in total.
But this number was scary enough to the Prince of Runan.
It is rare for a person to live to be sixty, so living fifty more years, in his opinion, is like living one more lifetime.
"If the emperor heard this, he would probably go crazy and come to you." The Prince of Runan sighed softly, "His health is getting worse and worse. Although he has the help of the imperial physician and Taoist priests from Mount Zhongnan, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he doesn't have much time left. Even if the rainbow silk can add another three years to his life, his hyper-yang disease continues to consume his energy, so I guess he will have to give up."
Lu Sen smiled and said nothing.
To be honest, Lu Sen had no ill feelings towards Zhao Zhen. After all, he was relatively reliable among all the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was just a little weak in character and was easily influenced by the advice of court officials.
Although he is not as good as those powerful rulers, he is also considered a wise ruler.
But even so, Lu Sen was too lazy to serve Zhao Zhen anymore. After all, the lesson he had learned before was too severe.
Zhao Zhen and the hundreds of civil and military officials in the court have already established their thinking and outlook on life. It is impossible to rely on them to change the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty.
So Lu Sen planned to start a new business and slowly, step by step, change people's minds.
This process may take twenty or thirty years to be effective, but if the new generation of officials becomes more courageous and enterprising in their thinking, it should be able to change the atmosphere of the entire Song Dynasty.
In fact, Lu Sen also understood what the Prince of Runan meant. He just wanted Lu Sen to pay tribute to the palace with some fruits for his sake to suppress Zhao Zhen's hyperactivity of liver yang.
But Lu Sen didn't want to. He said, "When I left Beijing, I said that I was ashamed to be with everyone in the court, including the emperor."
When the Prince of Runan heard this, he was stunned and shook his head helplessly.
He actually just said this, and he didn't have a strong desire to speak up for Zhao Zhen.
After all, the throne originally belonged to their Zhao Dynasty.
"Let's not talk about what happened in the capital. What's going on with Zong Hua?" asked the Prince of Runan.
Lu Sen immediately expressed his thoughts. After listening to him, the Prince of Runan bowed and said, "My dear son-in-law, you are thoughtful. I would like to thank you on behalf of Huaer."
"Taishan, please don't accuse me of pushing Huadi into danger."
The Prince of Runan shook his head: "It is a blessing to be rich. He is born out of wedlock. I can only give him some financial support. Otherwise, it would be unfair to the legitimate son. It is great to have you, my brother-in-law, take care of him and give him a chance."
Except for doting on Zhao Bilian, the Prince of Runan treated his other relatives almost equally.
But the custom of that era was that legitimate sons were nobler than illegitimate sons and had the right of inheritance.
"It should be. When I stay in Hangzhou, the only relative I see often is Huadi." Lu Sen smiled.
The Prince of Runan also laughed.
After that, the two chatted for a while. When it was almost dark, the Prince of Runan said, "I am going back to Hangzhou City... By the way, many people have guessed that you are living in seclusion in the mountains outside Hangzhou City. I think someone will find you eventually."
"You can't find it." Lu Sen smiled and said, "I rearranged the mechanism a few days ago. Except for three secret passages that can enter the mountain, people will only go around in circles and find nothing if they go deep into the mountains."
"Then I feel relieved." Prince Runan nodded with relief.
The news that Master Lu has reappeared has now spread almost throughout the Song Dynasty.
If we talk about the previous incident with Qingyangke, many people who did not see it with their own eyes would be skeptical. After all, Lu Sen had disappeared for quite a long time. Not to mention seeing him, not even his shadow could be seen.
But now not only does he have to entertain someone, he's also a gangster, and his things have been stolen... Are things from the immortals so easy to steal?
Therefore, people who are not from the martial arts world don’t really believe what Qingyangke said.
But now the appearance of Hongchou has made most people believe it.
Master Lu is really back.
At that moment, a large number of people poured into Hangzhou City.
Some were seeking for immortality, some were trying to get the thousand taels of gold and find Lu Sen.
Anyway, there are people climbing and investigating on several high mountains and deep mountains outside Hangzhou city.
Even those with greater power conducted a carpet search.
However, they all returned disappointed.
They had almost all walked away from the hills outside Hangzhou, but they did see quite a few people, but they were all people who came to search the mountains.
As for Master iconic fence and garden, they didn’t see any of them.
In this way, after more than half a month, there were fewer people coming to search the mountain, and only a few persistent people were still working hard in the mountains and forests.
The matter of the rainbow silk was spreading in all directions. After all, there were really not many things that could increase a person's lifespan.
The rainbow silk that originally cost more than a thousand strings of cash now required about seven thousand strings of cash to buy one piece.
No one wants to sell this yet.
Only a fool would dare to purchase such a rare treasure that could extend one's life by two or three years. Few people who can afford the rainbow silk are poor.
Moreover, many wealthy businessmen knew that they were not very powerful, so in order to prevent the rainbow silk from being snatched away by others, they would cook the rainbow silk immediately after returning home, share it with their families, or eat it alone.
So in less than a month, only one in ten rainbow silks remained on the market.
It has even become a kind of 'legend'.
Even the martial arts world was going crazy about this, because there was a man in the martial arts world who was lucky enough to eat a piece of rainbow silk, and found that his spirit and spirit were slightly better, and his internal strength increased significantly.
After this incident was exposed, rainbow silk became a treasure among the people in the underworld.
There is even a saying in the martial arts world: "Lu's fairy fruit is unparalleled in the world, and Lu's rainbow silk makes everyone worried."
What are you worried about? You are worried that you don’t have it!
When Lu Sen heard this, he found it quite funny.
In the past, he watched martial arts dramas, in which the entire martial arts world was depicted as killing each other in a bloody battle for a martial arts secret book.
My own rainbow silk should be almost at this level now.
But he had not expected such a sensation, because the number of rainbow silks was really large, one hundred pieces, even if a lot of them were eaten, there would still be about ten pieces left.
Once there are too many of these things, they are no longer so precious.
However, Lu Sen still underestimated the value of the rainbow silk produced by his system.
He had actually anticipated that the martial artists might become agitated for the rainbow silk, but he still underestimated the true value of the rainbow silk.
Perhaps it can be said that the value of "longevity" and "inner strength" in the hearts of all people in the world is underestimated.
In the Wulin Alliance Leader Building in Hangzhou City, Ouyang Chun was listening to his subordinates' reports.
He is already very powerful now. Apart from some reclusive immortals, the only one who can fight him one-on-one is Zhan Zhao.
Of course, if a real fight breaks out, Zhan Zhao will still be a little bit inferior to Ouyang Chun.
There's nothing you can do about it, it's a matter of talent.
Zhan Zhao actually has an extraordinary talent for martial arts. If he has an aptitude of 95, then Ouyang Chun has a 100.
However... Zhan Zhao deducted '5' points of qualifications in exchange for an astonishingly handsome appearance and charm. His charm value is estimated to be almost full, while Ouyang Chun's charm value is probably only around 80.
Calculating it at this discount, it doesn't seem like a big loss.
In short, Ouyang Chun now has few rivals, but after listening to the report from his subordinates, he sighed depressedly.
The Jianghu people are getting "sick" again.
A wealthy family did not eat the rainbow silk but went north to present it to high-ranking officials in the capital. However, they were robbed on their boat just outside of Hangzhou city.
It was done by some gangsters. After they succeeded, they had not yet retreated, but they encountered several groups of people chasing and killing them.
It turned out that there were more than just this group of gangsters lying in ambush on the river bank, at least six teams.
This group of people were fighting and fleeing at the same time, and as they were fighting, word of the matter somehow got out, and then the whole martial arts world knew about it. All the schools and sects sent out a large number of their best fighters, who first rushed to Hangzhou City, and then walked while asking for news and chasing after the rainbow silk.
Yuan Wenbin, a Taoist from Zhenwu Mountain, killed a masked man in black with one sword, then took down the long object from his back. When he opened the bag, he found that it was a piece of beautiful rainbow silk.
"Rainbow silk."
Yuan Wenbin was overjoyed. He immediately put the rare treasure on his back and ran up the mountain. However, he had not gone far when several men in tight clothes suddenly appeared in front of him.
He stopped immediately and pretended to be looking for someone.
The person opposite saw him, clasped his fists and asked, "Looking at your attire, I think you must be a fellow student from Zhenwu Mountain. Have you seen Huifeng Sword Master Zhang Yinglai?"
Yuan Wenbin shook his head and said, "I'm looking for him too."
"Wait, what's that cylinder behind you?" Someone looked at him and said coldly, "Can we take a look?"
Yuan Wenbin frowned: "Zhenwu Mountain disciples, you dare to mess around?"
"It's okay to take a look. If it's not what we're looking for, we'll let you go." The man who spoke clasped his fists and said, "We're even willing to compensate you. If that's the case..."
Before the man could finish his words, Yuan Wenbin pounced over, his sword unsheathed, dancing in a ball of silver light.
Half an hour later, a large area of Yuan Wenbin's clothes on the left shoulder was stained with black blood.
Although he just killed six people, he was still injured.
"No, we have to find a safe place to cook and eat the rainbow silk."
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard a strong wind coming from behind him. He quickly jumped sideways and saw several plum blossom darts nailed to the tree trunk in front of him.
Yuan Wenbin turned around and ran without stopping, but he had not taken a few steps when suddenly a large number of arrows shot out from behind him. He was unable to dodge and was pierced by several arrows, dying on the spot.
Before his vision returned to complete darkness, he saw a petite woman taking out a rainbow silk from her body with surprise.
That's how it was. The rainbow silk was passed from one martial artist to another. More than half a month later, the rainbow silk ran from Hangzhou to Suzhou, and then many corpses of martial artists appeared there.
It was under such circumstances that Ouyang Chun received the report.
Sighing and feeling helpless, Ouyang Chun still stood up and said, "Tell Team A to follow me to Suzhou. If we continue to let this go, the martial arts world will be in chaos."
Someone nearby immediately went to pass on the message.
As Ouyang Chun packed his bag, he complained, "Why did Master Lu put out such a valuable thing? Isn't this intended to stir up a bloody storm in the martial arts world?"
At this time, a handsome man in black came in and said, "Alliance leader, what you said is wrong. Master Lu doesn't hurt people's hearts. What hurts people is greed."
The person who spoke was naturally the Golden-Haired Rat Bai Yutang. In addition to helping Lu Sen deal with the Penglai Sect of the East China Sea, he was also a skilled hand "hired" by Ouyang Chun.
The Five Rats are all helping out in the Wulin Alliance Leader's Building.
"That's true, but if Master Lu hadn't released this thing, the martial arts world wouldn't have suffered this catastrophe."
Ouyang Chun felt a terrible headache.
According to the information he received, at least hundreds of martial arts masters have died for this piece of rainbow silk, not including those whose bodies have not been found and are counted as missing.
Among the dead, there were people from all sects, including the Demonic Sect and the Buddhist Sect... There were even some elites from each sect, the kind that were focused on training.
As a result, they all died on this mountain road between Hangzhou and Suzhou.
Bai Yutang still shook his head: "Alliance Leader Ouyang, this matter is really not Lu Zhenren's fault. Look at how much rainbow silk there is, hundreds of them, why can the vast majority of merchants and high-ranking officials suppress their greed and choose to trade with money and official positions, while we Wulin people robbed the goods and killed each other?"
"Brother Bai, what do you think?"
"Master Lu once said something to me ." Bai Yutang said coldly: "When you have a sharp weapon, you will naturally have the desire to kill."
