Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

"There are some things I can't say...but you're not without a chance," said the older guard.

Li Zhi heard the hidden meaning of the guard's words and said excitedly: "Please save me, big brother!"

The guard waved his hands helplessly and said, "I don't have the ability to save you... It's just that Immortal Liu is in need of an assistant. If you perform well, life or death can be decided by Immortal Liu's words."

"Dan Tong? Is Master Liu an alchemist who makes elixirs?" Li Zhi asked.

For a moment, Li Zhi thought of those fraudulent Taoist priests and alchemists in ancient times who had deceived the emperor into refining the elixir of immortality.

"Master Liu is a true immortal, and alchemy is just one of his skills. When the master was the prefect of Ning'an, a monster broke into the city of Ning'an and killed people. At that time, the master personally led a hundred guards to capture the monster... But the monster was extremely ferocious. Among the hundred guards who followed the master, only a dozen of us survived, and the rest died at the hands of the monster..." the guard recalled.

The guard sighed for a while, then said: "Fortunately, we met Immortal Master Liu passing through Ning'an City, otherwise I'm afraid even the master would not be able to escape the disaster."

Li Zhi's eyebrows jumped! Could it be that he not only traveled through time, but also traveled to a world full of demons?

"Oh? Was it Master Liu who saved you?" Li Zhi responded.

"That's right. The monster that more than a hundred of us brothers were helpless against was killed with just one sword from Master Liu." The guard said with a look of longing.

Even after so many years, the guard still could not forget the grace of Master Liu's sword.

The guard regained his composure and continued, "It was at that time that the master met Master Liu, and this time he was specially invited to come over to make the elixir."

The image of Master Liu in Li Zhi's mind kept switching back and forth between a hypocritical liar and a hermit.

Li Zhi pointed at the huge alchemy furnace and asked, "Is this the furnace used to make elixirs? What kind of elixir is made in such a large furnace?"

"This furnace is indeed used to refine pills. As for what kind of pills you are refining..." The guard shook his head and said nothing more, but looked weird.

Seeing this, Li Zhi knew that there must be something hidden, so he did not continue to ask questions.

The guard continued, "Let's go. It's useless to think too much now. Come with me to Master Liu first."

"it is good!"

Li Zhizhi knew it was not easy for the guard in front of him to say so much, but it was probably impossible to ask him to help him escape from here. He simply went with him to meet the so-called Master Liu before making plans.

The guard nodded, said no more, and took Li Zhi across the yard to outside a house.

The guard knocked on the door and said respectfully, "Master, I have brought someone to you."

"Well, take him to the alchemy room first. I'll be there soon." A low voice came from the room.

The sound is not loud, but it is very clear, as if someone is whispering in your ear.

"Yes."

The guard responded, and then said to Li Zhi: "Let's go to the alchemy room first."

After the guard finished speaking, he walked to the other side, and Li Zhi followed closely behind him.

The alchemy material room was not far away, and they arrived here soon.

The guard pushed the door open and walked in.

Li Zhi followed in.

As soon as I entered, all I saw were adult men, about a dozen or twenty of them, but the strange thing was that all of them had either a broken leg or a broken arm.

When these people saw Li Zhi and the other two coming in, they shrank back desperately, as if they had seen some horrible monster.

The guard was not surprised. He just pointed at them and said to Li Zhi, "You are really lucky. If Master Liu didn't need someone with healthy limbs to help, you would probably have lost a leg or a hand like them."

"what?"

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that the guard at the gate of the courtyard had said he would cut off his hands and feet, and then he reacted.

After reacting, Li Zhi was horrified. He really couldn't imagine that these people could be so cruel.

Is there any royal law? !

Are there any laws? !

"Did that guy just now do all this?" Li Zhi asked timidly.

"It's not all done by him alone, so I told you not to think about making some meaningless resistance. You will suffer less and we will have to waste less effort." The guard shook his head and patted Li Zhi on the shoulder.

Li Zhi then realized that the guard in front of him was not a good man. He had just said so much to him, probably just because he had the potential to become the immortal master Liu's alchemy boy and he wanted to establish a good relationship with him.

"Why are you arresting these people?" Li Zhi asked, grabbing the guard's sleeve.

The guard smiled strangely after hearing this and said, "This place is called Dancaifang. What do you think these people are?"

Li Zhi was stunned, and a terrible thought came to his mind.

"You...you mean, the elixir...is made...with these people!?"

"Hey, do you think we have nothing better to do than to catch these people for fun?" said the guard.

Li Zhi only felt a chill rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

"You are really lucky."

This was the third time that the guard mentioned that Li Zhi was lucky. He ignored Li Zhi and continued to talk to himself, "If these people had not planned to escape from the beginning and we had discovered them, we would have cut off their limbs. As a result, Master Liu now has no healthy people to use. How could you have the chance to become Master Liu's alchemy child..."

"If I become Master Liu's alchemy boy, I might be able to escape the fate of being used as alchemy material. If I'm lucky, I can learn some alchemy techniques, which would be a great achievement..."

Listening to the guard talking to himself, Li Zhi looked at him. The enthusiastic guard just now was like a devil in his eyes. The trace of gratitude he had for this guard was gone, and there was only endless chill.

Suddenly, a breeze blew by, interrupting the guard's mumbling.

The guard realized something instantly and bowed towards the door. He said respectfully, "Greetings, Immortal Master."

Li Zhi looked towards the door when he heard that.

A man with a sinister face, wearing a blue-gray Taoist robe and looking like a Taoist priest, came in from outside the door.

As soon as the Taoist came in, the dozen or so men who were used as materials for the elixir immediately knelt on the ground, begging the Taoist to let them go.

The Taoist was annoyed by what he heard and shouted, "Shut up!"

The sound was like thunder, shaking the whole house slightly, and those who were begging for mercy were knocked unconscious one by one.

Just a low shout was enough to knock everyone in the room unconscious.

Although Li Zhi, who was standing nearby, was not the target of this Taoist, he also suffered a splitting headache from the shock.

The Taoist glanced at Li Zhi, stretched out his hand and waved it. A cool breeze swept over him, and Li Zhi's headache was gone instantly.

This method that could not be explained by common sense also shocked Li Zhi, and he was also certain about the monster that the guard had just mentioned.

At this time, the guard said, "Master, the person has been sent here. I will not stay any longer. Summon me if you have any instructions."

Seeing the Taoist nod, the guard left without staying for long.

"Can you read?" The Taoist threw a tattered and yellowed book to Li Zhi.

Records of rare treasures.

Li Zhi flipped through it casually and found that it was actually a book recording various rare medicinal materials. The font written on it was actually regular script. Li Zhi could understand it and nodded.

The Taoist showed a hint of satisfaction on his sinister face and said, "Well, that's good. I want you to memorize this record of rare treasures within three days."

After the Taoist said this, he turned around and left without caring whether Li Zhi could do it.

Looking at the Taoist's departing figure, there were disabled men all over the ground.

Li Zhi was extremely frightened, fearing that he would suffer the same fate as them, so he could only place his hope on this rare treasure record. He knew that if he could not memorize it within three days, he would probably suffer the same fate as these people.