The five of them squeezed into the carriage. Old Horse was eager to return home. At their usual speed, it would have taken four or five days to reach the East Sea, but this time, in less than half a day, they arrived at Great Xia's border, Ming City.
After having their identities verified, the five entered the city to process their travel documents for leaving the border.
"Name?"
"Lu Yang."
"Status?"
"Disciple of the Dao Seeking Sect."
"Purpose of visiting the East Sea?"
"Sightseeing."
"All right, move along."
"Hm? Why are there so many people?" Meng Jingzhou noticed three massive ships docked at the departure harbor. Judging by the insignias on the vessels, they belonged to the official court of Great Xia.
Was the imperial court sending emissaries to visit the East Sea Dragon Palace?
"Excuse me, brother, what are those three large ships about to set sail for?" Meng Jingzhou grabbed a friendly-looking passerby at random and asked.
"Which ones do you mean? Ah, I heard that's an expedition organized by the Second Prince to head out to sea."
"What is the Second Prince going out to sea for?"
The man acted mysterious and lowered his voice. "I heard that Emperor Xia is gravely ill and has little lifespan left. The Second Prince heard there is an elixir of immortality in the East Sea, so he organized three large ships to search for an elixir of longevity there."
Meng Jingzhou naturally knew that Emperor Xia didn't have much lifespan left, but he had not expected the news to have already spread among the common folk.
"Fairy, is there really such a thing as an elixir of immortality in this world?" Lu Yang asked, having overheard the conversation between Meng Jingzhou and the passerby.
"Well, this immortal doesn't recall cultivating such an immortal medicine." The Immortal Fairy was the leader of the Immortal Lineage; if she wished, she could make everyone in the world immortal.
"Oh, wait, I remember now! This immortal did cultivate one once! That was when Immortal Jiuchong was researching the power of Yin and Yang and had Jade Rabbits and Golden Crows mate. But after mating for a long time, they ran out of energy and grew listless, so he asked me to think of a solution.
"So I cultivated a stalk of immortal medicine of longevity, crushed it into powder, mixed it with water, and poured it down the throats of the Jade Rabbits and Golden Crows.
"Looking at it from that angle, this immortal also deserves some credit for Immortal Jiuchong's research into the power of Yin and Yang."
Lu Yang clicked his tongue. This immortal medicine of longevity sounded far more potent than any aphrodisiac.
The Jade Rabbits and Golden Crows being researched by Immortal Jiuchong must have had cultivations at the Body Integration stage at the very least.
"However, one stalk of immortal medicine of longevity can only grant immortality to one person. With a whole bunch of Jade Rabbits and Golden Crows consuming it, it could only prolong their life and vigor; it didn't have the effect of granting true immortality anymore.
"Aside from that, this immortal never cultivated another stalk of immortal medicine of longevity."
"How do you cultivate an immortal medicine of longevity?" Lu Yang felt this was a handy craft. If he learned it, he could save Emperor Xia.
"Simple. You just take a drop of this immortal's blood and drip it onto any random plant. One drop of blood can cultivate one stalk of immortal medicine of longevity."
Lu Yang: "..."
Simple as it might be, it was utterly unlearnable.
"I haven't heard of Immortal Ying Tian and the other three cultivating longevity medicines either. Those fools probably couldn't cultivate one anyway. As for half-immortals, that's hard to say."
"Half-immortals can also cultivate immortal medicines of longevity?"
The Immortal Fairy rolled her eyes, her voice sounding lazy. "How could that be? Half-immortals aren't even immortal themselves, so what kind of immortal medicine of longevity could they possibly cultivate?
"Now, if there were a half-immortal of the Immortal Lineage—for instance, one with a rudimentary Undying Dao fruit or a rudimentary Imperishable Dao fruit—they could indeed cultivate spirit medicines that greatly extend lifespan.
"By the way, Second-in-Command, are you really not going to consider taking a rudimentary Immortal Dao fruit? It's free of charge, doesn't cost a thing." The Immortal Fairy urged Lu Yang once again.
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