Chapter 234 Night Exploration
Great Zhou, Danbu Division.
At lunch time.
Several alchemists were gathering together to eat hot pot.
Yao Dayuan looked at the young man opposite him and asked, "Xiao Li, where did you practice before? Which master did you learn the Dao of Alchemy from?"
He was so young, yet he had already established his foundation, and had such high attainments in alchemy, which made him somewhat curious about the background of this new colleague.
The young man opposite smiled and said, "I used to be a casual cultivator, without any sect or school. A few years ago, when I was looking for medicine, I accidentally discovered an alchemist's cave. The alchemist has returned to the abyss and turned into bones. In his cave, there were some alchemy notes and some elixirs. I took those elixirs and learned alchemy from those notes. I learned it over time..."
Upon hearing this, several alchemists looked envious.
This kind of luck is simply too good.
They did not delve into the truth of these words. Immortal practitioners have their own opportunities, and it has always been a taboo to casually explore other people's secrets.
Moreover, when recruiting people, Danbu Division always only looks at their abilities and does not ask about their backgrounds.
Yao Dayuan sighed, "You have been exploring the way of alchemy for two years, and you can easily refine a top-grade first-level elixir. The rest of us have really been living like dogs these years..."
Another alchemist said, "Xiao Li has such a high talent for alchemy, why don't you go to Kunlun? With your qualifications, you may become a third-grade alchemist in the future. Speaking of which, your name is exactly the same as Kunlun's headmaster. Perhaps this is fate..."
Yao Dayuan angrily knocked him on the head and said angrily: "Fate is bullshit, what's so good about Kunlun? The last thing they lack is alchemy geniuses. We in the Alchemy Department are even free and easy..."
The Alchemy Department had finally managed to recruit a young genius in alchemy, who is expected to become the next third-grade alchemist in the future. If he was tricked into going to Kunlun, he, as the head of the department, would be blamed.
Alchemists are scarce talents everywhere. In the entire Great Zhou, there are only two third-grade alchemists and a dozen second-grade ones. The quality of the pills they refine is not very high.
Although Li Yucai had just arrived, he thought highly of him.
He put his hand on Li Yu's shoulder and said with a smile: "It's right to listen to me. The Dan Department will not treat you badly. When the court is over today, I will take you to Xiaoyao Pavilion to have fun. There are a new batch of female cultivators there. I have tried them for you. They are very moist... "
After Yao Dayuan changed the subject, several alchemists present began to discuss the arrangements after leaving the yamen.
Not long after, the doorman of the Dan Department came in, handed an invitation to Li Yu with both hands, and said, "Sir Li, this is from the servants of the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion..."
Li Yu opened the invitation, and several alchemists came over and started talking.
"I didn't expect that Master Li's reputation would spread so quickly."
"Of course. Such a young first-class alchemist is rare in the Great Zhou..."
"But this is too fast. I thought that people would try to win him over only after he became a second-grade alchemist."
"By that time, it won't be the Thirteenth Prince's turn. The Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince will probably send someone to invite Lord Li..."
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The content of the invitation was very simple. The Thirteenth Prince of the Great Zhou would hold a banquet at the Prince's Mansion in three days and invited Li Yu to attend the banquet.
Yao Dayuan looked at the invitation and said, "You have just arrived here and don't understand some things yet. You can go to the Thirteenth Prince's banquet if you want to. If you don't want to go, just ignore it. These princes hold several banquets every month to recruit talents. When you are promoted to a second-grade alchemist, you will receive more invitations. Maybe you will have endless banquets to attend every day..."
From Yao Dayuan, Li Yu learned some information about the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The current emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty has more than a hundred children, but he did not designate a crown prince. Instead, he issued a decree that whoever of his children breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage first will be the next emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou started to conceive offspring only after he achieved a breakthrough to the state of spiritual transformation.
Among his children, the oldest is over a hundred years old, and the youngest is still in their infancy. The ones most likely to inherit the throne are naturally the older ones. According to Yao Dayuan, those with outstanding talents like the second prince and the seventh prince had already reached the peak of the Golden Elixir stage ten years ago.
However, the threshold between Golden Core and Nascent Soul is not so easy to cross.
An alchemist said: "It is said that the two geniuses of Kunlun practiced in the mountains and rivers map of Emei for ten months, and soon reached the Nascent Soul stage after they came out. It's a pity that our court does not have such treasures..."
The reason why Li Yu came to Da Zhou was, of course, for the dragon ball.
The dragon ball was on the imperial crown. With the strength of the current emperor of the Great Zhou, Li Yu could not get it from him.
But if the throne of the Great Zhou changes hands, things may take a turn for the better.
Li Yu still had the last Barrier Breaking Pill in his hand, and there were even more Infant Pregnancy Pills and Nine Revolutions Pills.
He can use the Barrier Breaking Pill to make a deal with a certain prince.
Li Yu helped him ascend the throne in his Nascent Soul stage, and after that, he only wanted the dragon ball on the imperial crown.
However, which prince to cooperate with is a problem.
These past few days, Li Yu was refining elixirs in the Dan Department while collecting information on the royal family's children.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou had more than a hundred children. Although the eldest prince was the oldest, he did not have a high talent for cultivation. To become the emperor of the central dynasty, one must have a talent for cultivation, so the eldest prince withdrew from the fight for the throne early on.
Among the rest of the heirs, the second prince, the seventh prince, the ninth princess, and the fourteenth prince have the most outstanding cultivation talents, are the oldest, have practiced the earliest, and their cultivation has reached the peak of the Golden Core stage. They are the strongest contenders for the throne.
Although the other princes and princesses had good talents, due to their age and too little time in training, they had no chance of competing for the throne.
Li Yu temporarily set his target on these four people.
He used the Qi Concealment Technique to conceal his body and investigated the four people one by one.
The second prince, Zhou Ting, is 122 years old. He achieved golden elixir perfection more than 20 years ago. In terms of qualifications, talent, and strength, he is the most likely person to become the next emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
When Li Yu sneaked into the Second Prince's mansion, he was discussing with his advisers how to get rid of his biggest rival, the Seventh Prince.
Although this person's identity and strength are suitable, he is willing to kill his brothers for the sake of power and status. This kind of person is not trustworthy and was the first one to be excluded by Li Yu.
The seventh prince, Zhou Rui, is 113 years old. His biological mother is the imperial concubine of the current dynasty, who is also a strong contender for the throne. His mother’s family has three ancestors who have reached the level of gods, and they all hold high positions in the Great Zhou.
The Seventh Prince was known for his wisdom and had done a lot for the people of the Great Zhou. He was deeply loved by the people and among the people of the Great Zhou, he had the highest voice in favor of ascending the throne.
But Li Yu discovered a dungeon in the Seventh Prince's mansion, where dozens of women were imprisoned. The Seventh Prince's nature was not as pure as he appeared.
The Ninth Princess had just turned 100 years old. When Li Yu sneaked into her princess residence, she was having fun with several male favorites. The scene was disgusting and disgusting.
Li Yu came to the Fourteenth Prince's Mansion with his last hope.
The Fourteenth Prince did not kill his brothers or commit any obscene acts, but Li Yu discovered from his conversations with his confidants that the fall of some Jindan guests in the Great Zhou court was related to him, and a large part of the reason why he was able to reach the peak of Jindan was because he devoured the Jindan of others.
Li Yu seemed to understand why the Thousand Faces Saint King didn't want to see his descendants.
Even the future emperor is like this. If it were Li Yu, he would not want to care about these unfilial descendants.
Since Li Yu had nothing to do at night, he just wandered around the area.
This is the royal residential area. Most of the royal family of the Great Zhou live here. Although all the houses are blocked by formations, for Li Yu, any formation is useless.
It would have been better if he hadn't watched it . The more Li Yu watched, the more he felt that Lingyuan Realm had done a good thing by being the first to destroy the Great Zhou Dynasty.
In a sect like Kunlun, all the people inside are cultivators, there are no mortals, and everyone spends their days practicing.
But here, these immortal cultivators have strength, power and status , so they are more unscrupulous in doing things. No matter whether they are princes or princesses, most of their mansions are filled with ugliness and filth.
Li Yu passed through a formation again and came to a mansion.
This mansion is relatively small, probably because it belonged to a less favored prince or princess.
Judging from the size of the mansion , the owner here is not only not very favored, but his mother's family should not have much power, otherwise they would not live here.
Those who are qualified to compete for the throne must have the support of at least one deity behind them.
Li Yu concealed his figure and breath as he moved around the mansion. It was late at night and only a few rooms had lights on.
He walked silently into a room where a girl of about seventeen or eighteen was painting at a desk.
The girl was only at the Foundation Establishment stage and was completely unaware of the presence of another person in the room.
Li Yu was about to leave, but he glanced at her casually and suddenly stopped.
The person in the girl's painting looked familiar to him.
Looking closely, isn't that me?
He glanced around again and found that the walls of the room were covered with paintings, some of Li Yu, some of Senior Sister Qin, and some of the witch, but most of them were together.
There were not only paintings on the wall, but also messages that were obviously cut from somewhere.
The content of the news was also related to Li Yu, Senior Sister Qin, and the demon girl. It mentioned that he and the demon girl had crossed the Nine Nether List, that he and they had entered the secret realm together, and that she and Senior Sister Qin were practicing in Emei...
These should be the monthly reports on the immortal cultivation world compiled by Xiaoyao Sect, but someone has cut out all the information related to them.
Li Yu never imagined that in the distant Great Zhou Dynasty, there were people who paid so much attention to their affairs. Those who could do such things either liked them to the extreme or hated them to the extreme.
Li Yu glanced at the girl who was painting. She had an inexplicable smile on her face while painting. It seemed that the second possibility was not the case.
So, this little girl is a fan of him, the demon girl, and Senior Sister Qin?
