Zhao Feng was even more curious about Xu Fu.
This first alchemist of the Qin Royal Palace.
What was his fate?
"Poisoning , do they still wish to live?"
"A year ago they were dismbered." Ying Zheng coldly said.
Although he was approachable in front of Zhao Feng, he was undeniably a king, the future Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
The majesty of a king, who dares to provoke it?
"Good riddance."
"These alchemists deserved to die." Zhao Feng imdiately nodded, but then his tone shifted: "However, I heard that there was an alchemist nad Xu Fu at the original Elixir Hall; did he also die?"
"He has not yet returned."
"Once he returns, I will not let him die easily." Ying Zheng coldly said.
"He is not in the Royal Palace?" Zhao Feng was taken aback.
"I originally placed great trust in this Xu Fu; he claid he could make the Immortality Elixir for , but he needed to search overseas for traces of the Penglai Immortal Island."
"By the calculations, he has been gone for over a year."
"He left right when you first returned triumphantly to the capital." Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.
It was evident.
At this mont, Ying Zheng was truly driven by anger.
Soone he once valued so highly turned out to be the mastermind behind making poisonous so-called Spirit Pills to harm him; Ying Zheng felt a sense of betrayal.
The Elixir Hall was originally Xu Fu’s responsibility, so naturally, he was the source of everything.
"Searching for the Penglai Immortal Island?"
"Creating the Immortality Elixir?"
Zhao Feng furrowed his brows.
Inwardly, he pondered: "Who would’ve thought that when the King of Qin hasn’t even unified the world, Xu Fu has already begun to plan his escape."
"However."
"I always felt this Xu Fu was not simple."
"He seems like he knew what he was doing all along, almost as if he was following soone else’s instructions."
Upon hearing news about Xu Fu, Zhao Feng couldn’t help but ponder.
"What’s the matter?"
"Could it be that you know more about Xu Fu’s background?"
Seeing Zhao Feng deep in thought, Ying Zheng asked back.
"Great King, do you believe in the existence of the Penglai Immortal Island?" Zhao Feng snapped back to reality.
"In ancient texts, the Penglai Immortal Island indeed exists."
"It’s just uncertain whether these texts are true." Ying Zheng slowly said.
"Perhaps the Great King still harbors hopes of finding the Penglai Immortal Island." Zhao Feng smiled.
"If the Penglai Immortal Island indeed exists, then there really is the Immortality Elixir."
"Who wouldn’t want immortality?"
In front of Zhao Feng.
Ying Zheng had no reservations.
"That’s indeed so."
"From ancient tis to now."
"How many kings have sought immortality, yet all ultimately failed; Great King shouldn’t hold too high hopes." Zhao Feng still advised.
"No."
Ying Zheng shook his head: "Soone succeeded."
Zhao Feng’s expression changed, he looked at Ying Zheng in shock: "Who?"
"King Mu of Zhou." Ying Zheng said with great certainty.
"Really?"
"Isn’t this docunted in myth and legend?"
"King Mu of Zhou t the Queen Mother of the West at Kunlun." Zhao Feng looked skeptical.
Upon hearing Zhao Feng’s words.
Ying Zheng was quite surprised and glanced at Zhao Feng: "Myth and legend?"
"To my knowledge, there is no such myth and legend among the people."
"The records of King Mu of Zhou eting the Queen Mother of the West are in the ancient book archives of the forr Zhou Kingdom. After the Zhou was destroyed by the Qin, these ancient book libraries fell into the control of the Qin, and King Mu of Zhou’s eting with the Queen Mother of the West was recorded among them."
"How do you know?" Ying Zheng asked surprised.
"Well... if I say I truly heard about it among the people, would the Great King believe ?" Zhao Feng smiled helplessly.
Among the people, indeed among the people.
Just a wild history of future generations.
Could Zhao Feng really tell the King of Qin that he knew this from the future?
"Hearing a few things among the people is not strange."
"After all, when the Zhou Kingdom fell, many who escaped from that library dispersed." Ying Zheng did not suspect anything.
"According to the Great King."
"Did King Mu of Zhou really attain immortality?" Zhao Feng was thoroughly intrigued, his eyes full of anticipation.
"In that text, it is recorded that after King Mu of Zhou encountered the Queen Mother of the West, he gained immortal fate."
"After returning from Kunlun, he abdicated not long after."
"And then his whereabouts beca unknown." Ying Zheng said solemnly.
"Can one be sure from this that King Mu of Zhou beca immortal?"
"Isn’t that sowhat too rash a conclusion?"
Zhao Feng was still sowhat skeptical.
There are indeed many records about King Mu of Zhou in later generations because during the Zhou Dynasty, he was the only one said to have t the Queen Mother of the West, and so even say he obtained the Immortality Elixir.
But the reality, everything lies within history.
"Perhaps it’s rash, but it is also hope."
"The land of Kunlun."
"Once I have unified the world, I will definitely go and see."
"At that ti."
"You shall go with ."
"To see whether this West Kunlun truly exists, to see whether this Queen Mother of the West really exists." Ying Zheng said with a commanding presence.
Filled with a quest for immortality, and more so with a quest for the mysterious West Kunlun of this world.
Upon hearing Ying Zheng’s invitation.
Zhao Feng had no hesitation in nodding: "With the Great King’s invitation, how could I dare reject?"
"The mystery of immortality, I shall unravel it with the Great King."
Watching Zhao Feng agree.
Ying Zheng smiled: "Good, the mystery of immortality, we—ruler and subject—shall uncover it."
The two continued drinking.
At this mont!
A voice rang out from beyond the hall, filled with urgency.
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