Immortals of the End Times

Chapter 28: The Whereabouts of the Four Treasures, and a Soulmate in the Way of Wine
Snowflakes fluttered across the Zhuque River, while inside the Zuiyue Tower, the aroma of wine filled the air.

Zhao Wuji arrived through the snow, yet not a single speck of snow touched his body. When he reached the restaurant, Mo Quancai had just arrived as well.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two entered the private room together.

At this moment, the storyteller in the lobby below began to tell tales of sword immortals, while on the second floor, a singing girl wrapped in red silk, with silver bells on her ankles and the rapid strings of her harp, sang an ancient tune, "Prelude to Water Melody."

"Oh, Lord Zhao, we mere mortals can enjoy music and fine wine in this brothel, feeling like we're floating on air. It's far better than listening to those ethereal tales about seeking immortality!"

Mo Quancai slapped his thigh and sighed as he sang, then raised a glass of wine and invited Zhao Wuji to drink with him, saying, "At the last Immortal Seeking Gathering, we didn't get any miracles."

It is said that His Majesty recently encountered miraculous events at the Penglai Palace, and the celestial officials have confirmed this.

"Oh?"

Zhao Wuji was not in a hurry to bring up the transaction. He calmly asked, "Is it the story of the white deer carrying the lingzhi? I have heard rumors about it, but I do not know the specifics."

Mo Quancai took a sip of wine, shook his head, and said, "It is said that these are ancient artifacts unearthed by the Imperial Astronomical Bureau of the counties below, and they are related to Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Song."
Tsk, you have no idea, that ancient artifact is said to be the alchemical cauldron used by the alchemist Li Shaojun to refine elixirs for Emperor Wu of Han.

Later, in the fifth year of the Zhenghe reign of the Northern Song Dynasty, this vessel was unearthed during the dredging of the Yellow River and presented to Emperor Huizong. The remaining cinnabar residue inside the vessel condensed into blue dew when exposed to moonlight. Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji immediately summoned the Daoist Lin Lingsu to verify the treasure.

Unexpectedly, this treasure has now fallen into the hands of our Emperor, attracting a white deer to bring good fortune, making it even more auspicious than the divine.”

"It turns out that it was the treasure that Tao Fei discovered, and it was presented to the emperor so quickly." Zhao Wuji felt uneasy listening to Mo Quancai's words and silently mourned for his bad friend.

Mo Quancai sighed, "It seems that our Emperor has truly found a true immortal this time, and may even be able to learn immortal techniques like National Preceptor Fang."
Unfortunately, I once heard the Imperial Preceptor Fang say that 99% of people in the world lack the talent for immortality and find it difficult to enter this gate. Only Your Majesty, being the Son of Heaven, has a sliver of a chance.”

Zhao Wuji glanced at Mo Quancai and thought to himself, "That's a lie. There are indeed many people in the world who don't have the aptitude for cultivating immortality."

But it's not as exaggerated as 99%.

He deeply doubted this claim. He believed it was merely a rhetoric used by the upper echelons to control resources and consolidate their rule, a tactic to keep the people ignorant.

The goal was to make everyone in the world believe that they were ordinary people who would never have the aptitude for cultivating immortality, and that they could only worship and revere the royal emperor who could access the path of immortality.

"Ah, let's not talk about these things that are irrelevant to us ordinary people."

Mo Quancai finally couldn't hold back any longer and rubbed his hands together with a smile, "Brother Zhao, your Golden Spear Fiery Pill is really useful. I feel like I'll soon be able to have a child in my old age again, and I can also take a few more concubines."

"This time I'm planning to exchange two more batches of pills with you, and I'll trade you twenty jars of Jiazi Suiqinghualang liquor. How about it?"

Zhao Wuji shook his head leisurely, "No, the Golden Spear Fiery Pill is very difficult to refine, and the medicinal materials are extremely hard to find. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer medicines on the market."

"If Lord Mo wishes to make a trade, I would like to exchange it for your even better Heaven, Earth, and Man Golden Goblet Four Treasures."

"This..." Mo Quancai was speechless for a moment, embarrassed and embarrassed. "Lord Zhao, I was drunk last time and bragged too much. I don't have such a fine wine as the Four Treasures of Heaven, Earth and Man."

"Hmm?" Zhao Wuji frowned, putting down his wine cup in displeasure. "Lord Mo, are you trying to play a trick on me? I only came to discuss the deal because you mentioned these four kinds of precious wines."

"Hey—" Mo Quancai hurriedly raised his hand and smiled, "Lord Zhao, don't worry. Although I don't have these four kinds of precious wines, I did get the burial place of these four kinds of precious wines when I obtained this batch of Qinghualang aged wine."

Unfortunately, the place where the wine was buried was too far away, located on the left bank of the Chishui River in the southern border of the Yu Kingdom, which was once part of the ancient Yelang Kingdom, but now it is in the midst of war and chaos.

Mo Quancai shook his head helplessly, "Unless someone is a true connoisseur of wine, who would go to that place to search for these four kinds of precious wines?"

Moreover, given the passage of time, it's uncertain whether this so-called precious wine has truly been preserved.

Although he was keen to make the deal, he dared not deceive Zhao Wuji and explained the situation clearly before discussing the transaction.

"It's actually in the Yu Kingdom? On the left bank of the Chishui River." Zhao Wuji's eyebrows furrowed, feeling troubled, and he spoke after a long while.

"Then how did Lord Mo obtain these wines and the map for burying them?"

“A year ago, there was a wine seller who sold wine everywhere. One of my subordinates obtained this wine and the map of burying the wine from that wine seller and gave them to me.”

Mo Quancai was somewhat smug.

Zhao Wuji: "Where is that wine seller now?"

"How would I know? Don't worry about it. I've taken all the good wine he had; the rest is inedible, unsellable stuff. Who knows where it is now?" "How much Qinghualang aged wine do you still have?"

"Twenty jars, that's all I have left. I gave some away. Sigh, I should have kept more."

Zhao Wuji was speechless for a moment, feeling only that it was a waste of talent.

This jar of aged Qinghualang liquor contains three strands of yang energy.

"Twenty jars of wine, plus your wine-burying diagram, can be exchanged for two batches of Golden Spear Fiery Pills."

"This kind of business is not advisable."

"A thousand cups of wine are not enough when drinking with a bosom friend. May I ask if you, Lord Mo, are a bosom friend? I intend to seek out these four kinds of precious wines another day. If I can find them, I will certainly give them to you, Lord Mo, to taste."

After a stick of incense.

Satisfied, Zhao Wuji left Zuiyue Tower and returned to his official residence.

In the end, Mo Quancai agreed to the deal, partly to do a favor and to establish a friendship and investment beyond the transaction.

In this way, although we did not obtain the four kinds of precious wines on this trip, it can still be considered a basic success.

As for the brothels that Mo Quancai had invited, Zhao Wuji did not intend to go with the old man.

When he first came to this world, his first time visiting a brothel was when Tao Fei took him there.

At that time, he also happened to have a need to collect Yin energy and Yin marrow, so he took advantage of the situation and explored the situation.

The result was a great disappointment.

The yin energy obtained from sexual intercourse is equivalent to that obtained from acupuncture for ordinary patients with cold-related illnesses, which is time-consuming and laborious.

Of course, this may vary from person to person; for example, the imperial concubines with their phoenix-like bodies are another matter entirely.

However, it can also be obtained by regulating menstruation through acupuncture, which is reasonable and appropriate.

"I never imagined that the treasure left by Li Shaojun, which Tao Fei discovered first, would now fall into the hands of the emperor. My brother is truly unlucky."

As Zhao Wuji strolled through the snow, watching the snowflakes flutter in all directions and children piling up snow on the streets, he also felt a pang of longing for his true confidant, Tao Fei.

The Lunar New Year is approaching, and the Xuan Kingdom, inheriting ancient festivals, also celebrates Lunar New Year's Eve.

However, it seems that Emperor Zhaoming will be spending the New Year at Penglai Palace again this year.

A new idea had formed in Zhao Wuji's mind: he wanted to get closer to the royal family.

Not only to absorb dragon energy and transform it into yang energy as planned, but also to explore the secrets of the royal family's cultivation of immortality and learn more about the path of immortality.

For example, in the Dharma-ending Age, how do emperors cultivate themselves, and how much resources do they actually accumulate?

How many secrets are hidden within the Imperial Observatory, and how can one formally integrate into the world of cultivators—these are all things he wants to know.

The only way for him to access the secrets of immortality is through the Xuan Kingdom's royal family.

If it were any other sect, perhaps only the Supreme Cult behind Nan Zhixia would be somewhat clearer.

However, the Supreme Sect's style of doing things was really too crazy. When they did something big, many of their core members died, leaving only one candidate saintess, which was incompatible with his cautious and steady nature.

As he pondered, he strolled to his own residence.

However, in that instant, his even stronger spiritual senses, honed after breaking through to the Transformation Grandmaster realm, allowed him to detect two opposing auras, one strong and one weak, from hundreds of feet away, right within his own residence.
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