Volume 6: Overseas Chapter 284 Zhu Da
Li Muchan stopped.
The murderous intent blocked his way and he had to stop.
Not only is the road blocked by murderous intent, but the road behind is also filled with layers of murderous intent.
"Please sit down!" the old man said suddenly.
As soon as this person opened his mouth, people suddenly came out from the doors on both sides, brought out a desk for Li Muchan, brought out a chair, and also laid out tea, snacks, and so on.
The two sides were more than ten or twenty feet apart, but their voices could be clearly heard by each other.
The old man smiled and said, "I hope you can forgive me for my slight inattention."
Li Muchan brushed off his sleeves and sat down, his feet propped up on the table. He grinned strangely and said, "Old ghost, don't pretend to know me well. We just went to Cuifanglou to look for girls together. Oh, and since you're so secretive, it turns out you were deceiving me back then. Isn't that a bit unreasonable?"
The old man clapped his hands and laughed, "I didn't expect you to be such an interesting person. Well, since we meet again, I must repay your favor. You found me nineteen girls back then, and today I will repay you a hundredfold. You can choose any woman on this boat."
Finally, the old man winked and smiled in a very obscene way, "These are all foreign women, you are lucky, kid . I promise to make you know what it means to be in ecstasy and unable to stop."
This person spoke with a smile, but his eyes were fixed on Li Muchan's hands and the pair of gold and silver gloves, and there was a slight change in his pupils.
Li Muchan sat casually and lazily, as if he were on a high place, overlooking the surroundings. He raised his chin and said, "I haven't asked for your name yet. You should at least give me a surname."
The old man's eyes were shining, he gathered his sleeves and said with a smile: "Well, since Zhu Si said his name is Zhu Si, I will call him Zhu Da."
Li Muchan pressed on, "Your generation is higher than his?"
Zhu Da's smile did not fade. "I am of a very high generation."
Li Muchan fixed his gaze, picked up a piece of dessert and started eating, then sneered disapprovingly, "Boasting."
Zhu Da smiled, picked up a cup of tea, and sipped slowly, saying , "Zhu Si can be considered one of the most talented and brilliant people in my Zhu family bloodline. Unfortunately, he is obsessed with love, and his mind is always unable to achieve perfection. Although his magical skills are unparalleled, he still has flaws and can't be considered invincible."
The man looked at Li Muchan's hands and sighed sincerely, "I never thought that I would be able to see Shen Tianjun's golden and silver arms again in my lifetime. It's really amazing."
I don’t know whether the other party was praising Shen Tianjun or Li Muchan.
Li Muchan asked with a smile, "You just said that Zhu Si is one of the most talented people in the Zhu family. Who are the others?"
Zhu Da looked at him, their eyes met, and he smiled and said, "Me."
Li Muchan stopped talking, but after Zhu Da finished speaking, he continued to himself, "Everything in this world has a beginning and an end. Although Zhu Si is extremely talented, the few people who founded the Azure Dragon Society before him are truly dragons among men, unparalleled in the world."
Li Muchan asked, "Does it include you?"
Zhu Da's smile remained unchanged as he shook his head and said, "I am also a latecomer, but I can surpass my predecessors."
Then, the man revealed a shocking secret, "To be honest, the founder of the Demon Cult, Venerable Ashura, died at my hands. When I traveled to the West, I transformed myself into a monk and practiced meditation for years, gaining insights into Western magic. I eventually merged Eastern and Western martial arts, gaining a complete understanding of the realms of gods and demons, ultimately reaching a level unprecedented in history. Venerable Ashura was my senior brother. We were from the same school, but later became rivals, leading to the battle in Central Plains."
After a pause, Zhu Da raised his eyelids slightly and added, "In the battle that year, I fought with him from east to west, south to north, and the territory I crossed was probably a thousand miles. I fought hard for nine days and ten nights, and finally injured him seriously."
Zhu Da spoke lightly, as if such an earth-shaking event was just a casual chat to him. There was no ripple on his face, only a faint smile on his face.
The two of them used the art of secret communication during their conversation. Others could only see each other's expressions changing and their lips moving, but they could not hear a single word.
Li Muchan's eyes flickered. "Old ghost, I believe you when you say you're of a higher generation, but your claim that Asura Venerable died at your hands is sheer nonsense. Well, calculating the time, if what you say is true, you should be at least a hundred years old now."
"One hundred and twenty years," Zhu Da slowly stood up and sighed. "If we use the Central Plains calendar, I have already experienced two great reincarnations. In this reincarnation, I will encounter the most terrifying enemy of my life. From the beginning to the end, I will end in disaster. And in the last reincarnation, Shen Tianjun was my disaster."
For a moment, Li Muchan was stunned by what Zhu Da said.
He looked at the old face of the man and asked in disbelief, "You are already 120 years old?"
Zhu Dali stood in the shadows, like a ghost afraid of the light, and whispered three words, "Elixir of Immortality."
"Elixir of immortality?"
Li Muchan closed his eyes upon hearing this, as if pondering the truth of all this in his mind.
But he suddenly thought of Zhu Dayuan's trip to the West, and suddenly opened his eyes, frowning and saying, "Could it be that you want to..."
Zhu Da still smiled, "Why not? It seems you also know about the existence of the three miraculous medicines. The prescription was brought back by the eunuch Sanbao when he traveled to the West. Whether it was the Western cardamom, the Bodhi relics, or even the whereabouts of the elixir of life, they were all clues he found overseas. Later, the Shen family searched all over the Central Plains for several years and finally found the miraculous medicine."
Li Muchan sneered, "A miraculous medicine? That's the most miraculous poison in the world."
"That's right," Zhu Da nodded, his hands behind his back. "But medicine is also poison, and poison is also medicine. People like Zhu Si pursue nothing more than success or failure, power and wealth, but I am different from them. I am destined to be a different kind of person. Do you know why? Because this country should have been ruled by my lineage, but unfortunately, someone in the Zhu family usurped the throne and since then, the country has changed hands, and we have become a hidden existence."
Good fellow! Li Muchan slowly sat up straight. He felt that he should show some respect to such an extraordinary existence. "Go on."
Zhu Da paced back and forth, sighing, "But I've never complained. I studied diligently and practiced martial arts. Before I was seventeen, I had devoured all the secret tomes and martial arts stored within the palace. For a long time, I had little to do. Until I discovered the records of those three miraculous herbs, I suddenly felt as if my life had a purpose, something to pursue."
Li Muchan said with deep emotion, "I never thought that a master like you would have such unrealistic daydreams."
Zhu Da asked in reply, "Back when you were still young and under siege, did you ever imagine you would achieve what you have today? Looking back at yourself now, wasn't it just a daydream? If you hadn't gone out and looked, how could you have known the world was actually round? When martial arts were first invented, who would have believed in their existence? Who would have believed that martial arts could make one as light as a swallow, soaring through the air? In my opinion, perhaps in a few years, someone will be able to soar into the sky, into the earth, and even fly to the moon."
"So," Zhu Da looked at Li Muchan and said very seriously, "Perhaps there really is a way to achieve immortality in this world?"
