Travel through the heavens

Two flowers bloom, each with its own beauty. After leaving the Shaqiu Platform Camp, Fang Muye led the Meng family soldiers and traveled day and night, exhausted all the way, and finally arrived in Xunyang County on the afternoon of the second day.

After changing horses again, they did not dare to stop and ran straight towards Nanyang Mountain.

Nanyang Mountain is located to the east of Xunyang City. It is a remnant of the Qinling Mountains. It has deep forests, secluded caves, and a lake as bright as a mirror. Laozi once preached here. There are also high-quality cinnabar and mercury in the mountain. Therefore, the First Emperor ordered the court alchemist Xu Fu to mobilize an army and set up an alchemy site here.

There are five thousand elite Qin soldiers stationed in the alchemy field, and the commander-in-chief is Xu Gui.

After Fang Muye led his men there, he showed the Emperor's order and had his own soldiers lead him to the alchemy field to meet Xu Gui.

Fang Muye remembered Xu Gui's appearance from watching movies before, so he would not make a mistake. When he saw Xu Gui, he showed the Emperor's order again and asked directly, "General Xu, have you made the elixir of immortality?"

Seeing Fang Muye's anxious expression and tired look, Xu Gui knew the situation was urgent and immediately replied, "The boy from the alchemy room reported that the pill is at a critical moment of condensing."

Just as he finished speaking, the door of the alchemy room opened, and several alchemists led several boys out one after another. The leading alchemist, who was wearing a black Taoist robe and had white hair and beard, bowed to Xu Gui and said, "General Xu, the elixir of immortality is ready!" Then he handed over a bronze elixir bottle.

After Xu Gui took the pill bottle, Fang Muye pulled him aside and said in a deep voice, "General Xu, General Meng Yi has conveyed His Majesty's decree, ordering you and me to quickly escort the immortal pill to the dune platform without delay."

Xu Gui clasped his fists and saluted, and responded: "Xu Gui obeys!"

At that moment, Xu Gui selected three thousand soldiers and left the alchemy field along with Meng Yi and others.

Not long after they left, a carrier hawk flapped its wings in an unnoticed corner and flew quickly into the distance.

After leaving Nanyang Mountain and marching for more than ten miles, Fang Muye suddenly realized, "No, if I continue to follow the team, I will be surrounded by Zhao Kuang's army. I have to find a way to leave the team."

"I don't know how the original Nangong Yan was not trapped with Xu Gui and returned safely to the Dune Platform Camp? Or is it that my trajectory has become different from Nangong Yan's trajectory?"

Thinking of this, Fang Muye couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

If this is true, then the matter of obtaining the elixir of immortality later on will also become uncertain.

Mysterious power that allowed me to travel through time, please bless me, Fang Muye kept praying in his heart.

After walking a few more miles, Fang Muye said to Xu Gui, who was riding alongside him, "General Xu, the elixir of immortality is extremely important. I am afraid that the rebels will rob it. In case of emergency, I will take the Meng family's soldiers as advance scouts."

Xu Gui clasped his fists and said, "Then I'll have to trouble General Nangong."

In this way, Fang Muye led the Meng family soldiers to break away from the team and scout the situation ten miles ahead of the army. The two groups of people hurried all the way and were getting closer and closer to the sand dune platform.

The closer he got to the sand dune platform, the more nervous Fang Muye became.

On the third day after the army left Nanyang Mountain, they were only a few dozen miles away from the sand dune platform.

Fang Muye rode his horse in front, looking at the high ground on both sides. An ominous premonition came to his mind and his brows furrowed slightly.

Fang Muye looked serious as he instructed the dozens of Meng family soldiers who were accompanying him, "You climb up the slope to the high ground and investigate carefully. If you find anything unusual, fire arrows to warn people."

"Yes, General!" Dozens of Meng family soldiers quickly took orders, dispersed, and rode their horses towards the high ground on both sides.

Just when dozens of Meng family soldiers were about to rush to the high ground, countless arrows were shot at them, and both the men and their horses were hit by several arrows and lost their lives.

Seeing this scene, Fang Muye's pupils shrank, and alarm bells rang in his heart. Without any hesitation, he urged his horse to rush towards the sand dune platform.

Fang Muye galloped on his horse at full speed, and both the man and the horse were almost exhausted to death. Finally, he returned to the dune platform safely. As soon as he entered the military camp, he shouted, "Go and report to the general!"

Meng Yi, Hu Hai, Li Si and Zhao Gao were in the tent of Qin Shi Huang. They asked the imperial physician about the emperor's condition. The imperial physician sighed and before he could answer, a soldier entered the tent and said, "Report! General Nangong has returned to the camp. We have an urgent military report!"

Upon hearing this, Meng Yi looked at the three people in front of him and saw that Hu Hai, Li Si and Zhao Gao seemed to have strange expressions on their faces. Although he was confused, he did not think much about it. He nodded and hurried away.

Fang Muye was waiting in the camp. When he saw Meng Yi coming, he hurriedly informed him of the current situation: "Report to the general, the elixir of immortality has been refined, and General Xu Gui was besieged by the rebels while escorting the elixir."

"Gather the men and prepare to set off!" Meng Yi's face turned stern, and he turned and walked towards Qin Shihuang's tent.

"Yes!" Fang Muye immediately summoned the Meng family soldiers and the Langwei Army to assemble.

On his way to the Emperor's tent, Meng Yi saw the Emperor's personal physician being dragged away by several soldiers, and vaguely heard his panicked words: "Tell the Prime Minister for me that I know nothing, and I won't tell anyone. I know nothing."

Meng Yi suddenly felt that something might have happened to the First Emperor, so he quickened his pace and rushed over. As soon as he entered the account, he heard Li Si say, "Concubines close to you, prepare to remain faithful and be buried with you."

Meng Yi could not help but stand there, extremely shocked: "Things have come to this! No! Your Majesty must not be in any harm! Yu Shu must not be in any harm!"

"Your Majesty, the elixir of immortality has been refined, but it was besieged by rebels on the way back. I request your permission to retrieve it as soon as possible." Meng Yi walked to the front of Qin Shihuang's bed, knelt on one knee, and spoke loudly.

Li Si stopped him and said, "General Meng has an important mission to protect the emperor, so he should not leave."

Meng Yi looked anxious and said, "The military situation is urgent. We cannot delay any further. Please give your order, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Gao approached and asked for instructions. After receiving the Emperor's order, he came over and said, "The Emperor has ordered that General Meng quickly retrieve the elixir. There must be no mistakes!"

Meng Yi clasped his fists to accept the order and was about to leave when Li Si stepped forward to stop him, "Wait! General Meng, the emperor is not bringing many troops with him on this tour. If General Meng leads a large army to get the medicine, the rebels will take the opportunity to attack the emperor, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect the emperor."

"In that case, I will just take my own light cavalry to get the medicine!" Meng Yi said and turned to leave, not noticing the sinister looks that Hu Hai, Li Si and Zhao Gao were exchanging behind him.

Yu Shu obeyed the order and moved from the tent to the carriage. She was just confused when she heard a plea for mercy from outside the carriage. She opened the curtain and saw the emperor's doctor being dragged away. She felt something in her heart. She noticed Meng Yi riding past, so she opened the curtain again and called softly, "General Meng Yi."

Meng Yi reined in his horse and stopped beside Yu Shu's carriage. Seeing Yu Shu's gentle eyes staring at him infatuatedly, he had thousands of words in his heart, but when he spoke, they were reduced to just four words: "Take care, Concubine Li!"

Yu Shu said with concern: "You must come back!"

Meng Yi's face was firm, his eyes were tender: "If the magic medicine can save the emperor's life, it can save Concubine Li's life. Meng Yi swears that I will remain faithful until death!"

The two looked at each other affectionately.

At this moment, she knew why he was going, and at this moment, he knew that she understood his intentions.

At this moment, time seems to have stopped, and at this moment, it seems as if a thousand years have passed in a flash.

The look between the two people crossed the long river of time and ended up in an unknown place.