Simulation becomes reality, have I ever looked down upon the eternity?

Chapter 362: Can the destiny of the Great Qi Dynasty achieve immortality? (First update)
The fourth floor of Yaoxian Building.

The layout is simple and elegant, with only a table and chairs for tea tasting and two chairs facing each other.

The lights were dim, and the flickering candlelight only illuminated a thick yellow wooden carved table.

There were no servants moving around in the house, only silence.

An old man in his eighties or nineties, dressed in green, with wrinkles all over his face, and a faint gleam in his eyes with his sparse white eyebrows.

The old man reached out and touched the table, which felt cold. He then slowly withdrew his withered hand.

It was the powerful Prime Minister Su—Su Jing.

In this small attic, only one window was open, and the moonlight shone through the window lattice and onto the corner of the table.

Through this window, you can clearly see the banquet of beauties being held below.

The old man, however, was in low spirits, thinking that he was getting old and had long lost interest in the liveliness of these young people. He just squinted his eyes and looked at the moon hanging high in the sky.

at this time!

Su Jing slowly raised his head, looked outside the door, then stood up.

A middle-aged man slowly walked into the house.

The middle-aged man was tall and slender, wearing a slightly gray scholar's shirt, with smooth black hair casually draped over his shoulders.

Although his facial features are not outstanding, for some reason, these ordinary features combined on his face exude an indescribable handsomeness and beauty.

It was the third teacher of the academy.

The old man grinned and said, "Third Brother, long time no see."

The two are exactly opposite in age and appearance.

Su Jing is younger than Mr. San, but looks much older.

Mr. San stared at Su Jing, shook his head slightly, and said, "Wu Xin, why do you have to dress yourself up like you're about to die?"

Su Jing, whose courtesy name is Wuxin, but in today's Da Qi, no one dares to call him by his courtesy name.

Mr. San has taken his seat under the dim light.

"You still like to hide as always. At that time, you obviously knew how to recite the book, but you were always the last one to recite it. The teacher knew it but never exposed you."

"You have learned the corpse-reincarnation method from the master. Although you cannot achieve immortality, you can stay young forever. However, you choose to show yourself in this old state."

Su Jing smiled slightly and responded:
"I have been in the court of Da Qi for too long. If I keep looking young, I am afraid they will be even more afraid of me, this 'immortal' thing."

“I’m doing this for their own good.”

Finished!

Su Jing no longer concealed himself and gently took off his green robe, revealing a green shirt underneath.

The whole person seems to have "returned to youth".

The old man was gone, leaving behind only a fair and handsome young man with a pair of weathered eyes.

There was a ripple in Mr. San's eyes, but it was not because he was shocked by Su Jing's change.

It was because Su Jing looked like this when he first met him.

Su Jing looked down at his fair and tender hands and couldn't help but sigh: "Although my body has returned to my youth, my heart is no longer young. I am no longer like a young man."

Mr. San said slowly: "The method of corpse transformation is ultimately an unorthodox method. Even if it can keep you young forever, it is hard to escape the disaster of sudden death."

The theory of corpse reincarnation is a Taoist concept that emphasizes "both body and spirit are perfect".

Practitioners avoid natural disasters or worldly calamities by faking their own death, which is often associated with "overcoming disasters".

However, precisely because it requires experiencing "false death", the method of corpse reincarnation is regarded as an "inferior technique" by many Taoist sects. They believe that it is "opportunistic" and "incomplete in form and spirit", and ultimately, even after multiple corpse reincarnations, one still cannot escape the disaster of being a human.

Su Jing just smiled slightly and nodded, "Sir, you have used the corpse-reincarnation method for so many lifetimes and lived for more than 1,400 years. Aren't you still in the human world?"

"If you really want to be detached, why don't you dare to fight for it!"

Mr. San's eyes fell on Su Jing again, and a flash of realization flashed in his eyes:
"You stole the dragon vein of Da Qi..."

He paused, and said in a deep voice, "The young eunuch in the palace, who has just come of age and has already entered the ninth level of martial arts, must be your corpse."

Su Jing nodded slightly. This secret was enough to shock the whole of Bian Jing.

The young eunuch who has dominated the martial arts world in recent years and is the backbone of the Great Zhou royal family is actually Su Xiang's body.

It's really surprising.

Su Jing sighed and said, "It's a pity that such a good seedling born and raised by nature is actually a disabled body and unable to retain its essence."

Mr. San sneered, "Why do you have to pretend to be so sincere in front of me? The body created by Taiyin Form Refining is meant to cut off its roots."

"Otherwise, with your personality, you pursue perfection the most and will not let him appear in the world."

Taiyin Lianxing is a type of corpse-transmigration immortality. After death, the corpse is buried in a specific place and allowed to be nourished by the underground spiritual energy. After the passage of time, it is resurrected, similar to "corpse becoming Tao".

Su Jing said this intentionally.

Su Jing showed a rare smile on his face, "It's rare for someone to talk to me like this."

"Third Brother, you are still like this."

Mr. San turned his gaze to the window.

The prosperous water management area on both sides is brightly lit, and the people are bustling about, making it very lively.

"You stole the fate of the Great Qi in the palace as a spirit outside the body with the Taiyin fate, and then you didn't need to transform your corpse into a corpse. Then you conspired with the nine major families to share the fate of the country. In fact, you just gave your corpse energy to the nine major families."

Su Jing smiled, "I never thought that after hiding it from the Nine Great Families for so many years, Senior Brother saw through it with just one glance."

Mr. San sighed and said, "By doing this, aren't you pushing the people of Da Qi into the abyss?"

"Back then, the four of us joined forces to subdue the master, wasn't it for the common people of the world? But now..."

The words are not finished yet!
The young man opposite retracted his smile, leaving only a pair of calm eyes.

"I didn't say it was for the sake of the world at that time. It's just your wishful thinking."

"I never look at the world this way. The sky is round and the earth is square. We are like an acre of fertile land, or a cricket bowl. There are always people looking down on these billions of living beings."

"It's just like when we look at a nest of ants under our feet, who cares if we step on one or scald the whole nest of ants to death with hot water?"

"Etiquette, morality, family, country and the world, do the immortals above care about it?"

"We are all mayflies in this world, born in the morning and die in the evening, and ultimately we all live for ourselves."

"I, Su Jing, just want to take a look at the scenery above. Some of the corpses buried below should be left like this."

"When I first became your disciple, I asked you about emperors, generals, great deeds, wise men and scholars, immortal articles, beautiful women and luxurious cars, and heroic spirits that will be passed down through the ages..."

"I, Su Jing, only ask one question: Can I achieve immortality?"

Mr. San remained silent.

The so-called Tao is different and they do not seek each other.

Su Jingyi said no more.

On the fourth floor, under the dim lights, there was silence.

The banquet of beauties is still going on.

Each courtesan's opening poem would be sent to the fourth floor for Su Jing and Mr. San to review.

Seven or eight poems were placed in front of the two of them.

Su Jing looked at them carefully and found that three of them were written by the same person.

"This Xie Guan does have some talent..."

Su Jing muttered to himself, then picked up a pen and wrote down a poem topic, and told his servants to pass it to Xie Guan, asking him to improvise a poem.

Mr. San also glanced sideways and took a few more glances at Xie Guan's name and the three poems he had written.

Just in time!

The two commanders of the Hidden God Division and the Demon Slaughter Division hurried up to the fourth floor and bowed respectfully, saying, "Prime Minister Su, Third Master."

Su Jing had returned to his old and frail appearance. He raised his eyes slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"

The two commanders looked at each other and whispered, "Prime Minister Su, I have something important to report."

Su Jing said calmly: "Speak, there are no outsiders here."

The two hesitated for a moment, glanced at Mr. San, and then said respectfully: "Reporting to Prime Minister Su, according to the secret report, Xie Guan, the illegitimate son of the Xie family, secretly made friends with the Three True Sect and had close contacts with the Three True Heavenly Master..."

Su Jing's expression remained unchanged.

"Then arrest him and investigate the Xie family thoroughly."

"Yes, Su Xiang."

Mr. San seemed to be in deep thought before speaking.

"Wait a minute!"

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Chen Mu looked unhappy.

As Su Shishi finished speaking, he was afraid that the plan of Xie Guan being humiliated by Madam Yuan today had come to nothing.

Su Shishi ordered the maid behind her, "Yan'er, go to the building and get the treasure banknotes for Master Guan."

During the Yan Dynasty, Lu Chen set up a silver shop and the state unified the casting of coins.

The predecessor of silver notes was "flying money". Merchants deposited money in institutions in the capital and exchanged it locally with vouchers to avoid the risk of carrying large amounts of silver.

Mr. San also improved the paper currency based on the "Essentials of Governing the North" left by Lu Chen.

Under the Master's advocacy, Da Qi began to widely use paper money, called "Baochao", which became the main form of currency.

Su Shishi has already accumulated a huge fortune with her fame.

The maid has turned around to get it.

The second prince Chen Feng looked at Su Shishi and asked in a gentle and concerned tone.

"Shishi, do you still have heart problems recently?"

"I had someone send the snow lotus from Changshengtian in the north, and asked the imperial physician's office to prepare seven treasures and simmer it over a low fire. It has already been sent to Qimochunfang. Remember to eat it on time."

Su Shishi nodded slightly and did not refuse, "Thank you, Your Highness Feng."

There was a hint of coldness and distance in his tone.

Su Shishi was originally a princess of the former dynasty of the enemy country, and is now a courtesan.

The difference between him and Chen Feng, the prince of the Great Qi Dynasty, is like heaven and earth, and the two countries are even more hostile to each other.

Su Shishi naturally didn't want to have too much entanglement with Chen Feng.

Chen Feng was used to this, as he and Su Shishi had been living together for many years and it had always been like this.

He had seen too many women, even in the harem, the empress dowager had chosen noble ladies from the nine major families as his principal wives, but he still had no children.

This is because he is obsessed with the fairy Su.

Lin Xi joked, "Second brother, don't waste your thoughts on her. There are many men who are obsessed with Fairy Su."

Chen Feng smiled indifferently, unmoved.

Seeing that the matter had been settled, Lin Xi was about to leave. He glanced at Xie Guan once more and said with a smile:

"Xie Guan, you are completely different from your elder brother. There is no similarity between your eyebrows and eyes."

Yu Ke received the memory of "Xie Guan" and naturally understood who the elder brother Lin Xi was talking about.

This person is none other than Xie Mu, the eldest son of the Xie family and the brother of Xie Guan.

Xie Guan inherited his mother's appearance and does not resemble any of his brothers in the compound.

Lin Xi continued, "Xie Mu likes martial arts and has no interest in poetry and writing. He is quite similar to Xue Hong of your generation."

"Your elder brother will go home after the banquet. You have to be careful. He can't tolerate any injustice."

Upon hearing this, Yu Ke nodded.

Back then, "Xie Guan's mother" sought a family name for Xie Guan, and a dispute arose in the Xie family ancestral hall, causing a sensation in the city.

At that time, Xie Mu followed closely behind his father Xie Ling, and the young Xie Guan timidly called out:
"Big brother!"

Xie Mu just gave him a cold look and responded coldly:

"You are not worthy of calling me Big Brother, nor are you worthy of the surname Xie."

This incident is still engraved in Xie Guan's heart like a knife, and he has not forgotten it even now.

According to the time calculation, Xie Ling should have returned to Bian Jing after the banquet.

Yu Ke couldn't help but feel confused.

According to the earlier discussion between Old Lady Xie in Hongjing Courtyard and several families of the nine major surnames, Xie Ling should have returned to Bianliang long ago.

Why hasn't he returned yet?
Could it be that he is waiting for changes in the Banquet of Flowers?

Jia Yu and He Xiaoyou were a little reserved as the Second Prince and Prince of Yan were present.

Chen Ting also cast his gaze towards Xie Guan, secretly wondering why the Third Master, who had been imprisoned in the academy for decades, would try so hard to protect Xie Guan.

He examined the handwriting on the paper, and vaguely felt that Mr. Youer's writing had style and character. If not...

Xie Guan’s talent is indeed good.

Xie Guan's background really made Mrs. Yuan in the compound unhappy.

The Yuan family and the Xie family are both the most staunch supporters of Prince Yan.

It is not a wise move to give up both families just for the sake of Xie Guan.

There was a hint of regret in Chen Yong's eyes, but he actually admired this "Kunpeng Picture" very much and thought it was quite magical.

"People today do not know a tree that reaches the sky. Only when it reaches the sky do people realize how tall it is."

"The roc's wings hang low in the sky, laughing at the world, which is nothing."

He particularly loved these two lines of poetry.

Chen Yong turned to look at Chen Feng and Chen Ting, his eyes revealing a hint of contemplation.

Today, the two royal brothers' exclusion of Xie Guan has almost completely blocked his career in the officialdom of Da Qi.

He was full of admiration for Xie Guan, but he did not want to offend his two royal brothers.

He has great ambitions, but he knows how to keep a low profile and does not want to show off his talents at this moment.

Li Xiangjun also lowered her head slightly, knowing full well that they should not speak casually about such important matters, and they had no intention of attracting everyone's attention.

The Second Prince and Prince Yan are both experienced men and would not be moved by the woman in the West Wing.

She didn't want to add unnecessary details.

Soon!

Su Shishi's maid has returned, holding a peach wood gift box tightly in her hand.

Su Shishi took it and handed it to Xie Guan, who opened it and found that it was full of banknotes.

A full stack of four million taels.

"Master Guan, please take inventory."

The maid pushed the banknote in front of Xie Guan.

Yu Ke was slightly surprised when he saw this. The matter had already passed, and Su Shishi didn't need to rush to pay the money.

Now that the banquet of beauties is about to begin, a large amount of gold and silver is needed to purchase hairpins and other items.

She took the initiative to come forward and settle the payment at this moment, which shows her sincere intention to make friends.

“No need to order.”

"Thank you, Fairy Su."

Yu Ke took the banknote without hesitation and pushed it in front of Chen Yong.

"Your Highness Yong, thank you very much for this."

Chen Yong was stunned. Even if he was a wealthy man, four million taels was not a small sum.

Yu Ke pushed it in front of him without even looking at it.

(End of this chapter)