Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 45 Master, do you want to protect the fetus?

Zhao Qian picked up the strange statue. The baby statue was only the size of a palm and could be picked up with one hand.

Although the whole body seems to be cast in gold and there is a sound of metal clashing when knocked, it feels warm to the touch.

Zhao Qi'an held the baby statue in his hands and examined it carefully.

When he saw the statue for the first time, what came to his mind was the Buddhist "Buddha in the flesh".

Before "Tianwu destroyed Buddhism", Buddhism was still very prosperous in the Daqian Kingdom and almost monopolized folk beliefs. In any city in the territory of Daqian, the most luxurious building was not a government office or a Taoist temple, but a Buddhist temple.

It was on the eve of the "Tianwu Suppression of Buddhism" that a trend began in Buddhism to cast a "Flesh-and-Body Buddha" out of copper after the death of a high-ranking monk for people to worship.

During that period, there were all kinds of strange and bizarre Buddhas.

Judging from the "criminal record" of the Salvation Church, it is very likely that they used evil methods to refine a baby and created this strange statue.

Mind this.

Zhao Qian'an stretched out his finger, touched the center of the baby statue's brow with his fingertips, and slowly injected spiritual power into the baby statue.

"what?"

But when spiritual power was injected into the baby statue, he let out a light exclamation.

This statue was not made from the corpse of an infant. There was no corpse inside, and the entire statue was made of an unknown metal.

And inside this metal, there was something hidden that blocked his spiritual power from being observed.

Even his spiritual power could not penetrate it and see the true appearance of the thing hidden inside the baby statue.

"Do you want to smash the statue open and see?"

Zhao Qi'an looked at the statue in his hand, stroked his chin and thought for a while.

After a moment, he decided not to act rashly for the time being.

Most of the things in the Salvation Church are evil, not to mention that this thing is most likely related to the Second Imperial Concubine's pregnancy. If you open it rashly, there is no guarantee that it will not trigger some mechanism and destroy the things inside the statue.

To be cautious, Zhao Qi'an decided to wait until tomorrow to send the item to Zhao's Trading Company and ask Dean An to take a look before making a decision.

He placed the baby statue back on the desk, and his eyes fell on the packet of "magic recipe for having a child" that was delivered along with the baby statue.

The Taoists at Baiyun Temple were thoughtful enough to prepare all the medicinal materials for the "immortal recipe for having a child". They wrapped the herbs in oil paper into ten small bags, and tied them into a bundle with thin ropes, which should be enough for ten decoctions.

He took the medicine and left the study and went to his bedroom.

Chou Nu was not in her own room, but sitting at the table in Zhao Qian'an's room, sewing a child's clothes with needle and thread by the oil lamp on the table.

She was so focused on her work that she didn't even notice Zhao Qian'an coming out. Her sturdy body completely blocked the light from the oil lamp. It was hard to tell that this strong woman with such flesh on her body was good at needlework, as her stitches were so fine and dense.

It was not until Zhao Qi'an coughed twice behind her that she noticed the person behind her. She hurriedly put down the work in her hands and stood up: "Master, are you done?"

Zhao Qi'an shook his head, looked at the newly sewn clothes in her hands, and said jokingly, "Isn't this cloth the cloth that the company sent to me this month to make clothes? Your clothes are so small, I'm afraid I can't wear them."

The ugly slave immediately hid the clothes in his hand behind his back and smiled awkwardly: "I made one for you. I'll show it to you tomorrow. This... this is made with some leftover fabrics. Children's clothes don't require much fabric."

Zhao Qi'an glanced at her with amusement, and didn't bother with it. He handed the medicine in his hand to her and said, "Take it and boil a prescription."

After thinking for a while, he reminded again: "Don't drink secretly."

The ugly slave muttered a few words, "Who drank the medicine secretly?", and obediently took the medicine bag and prepared to boil it.

Before leaving, she couldn't help but stop and turned around to ask Zhao Qi'an: "Master, the little Taoist boy...is not coming back?"

Zhao Qian smiled and replied, "He doesn't live in the mansion most of the time. An old senior in the business firm likes him very much and kept him by his side to learn skills for five years. But if you miss him, you can take my warrant and go to the city west market to visit him." "Who misses him? He's only old enough to wet the bed, but he has a stern face all day long and pretends to be cool. He ignores me when I talk to him. I treat him so well..."

The ugly slave mumbled a few more complaints and went down to boil the medicine.

……

After a while.

The ugly slave came back with a bowl of black medicine.

Zhao Qi'an picked up the medicine bowl and took a sip.

With his level of cultivation, this amount of medicine, even if it is a poison that penetrates the intestines, will not kill him, so there is no need to worry.

The boiling hot liquid medicine enters the mouth, and a faint bitter feeling spreads from the root of the tongue.

"Dragon Bone Teng, Red Blood Ginseng, Green Leaf Lotus..."

With just a quick taste, Zhao Qi'an quickly identified what medicinal ingredients were in this "magic recipe for having a child".

Most of them are common medicinal materials on the market, and only a few main ingredients are quite rare and precious.

but……

Zhao Qi'an's expression turned strange, his brows slightly furrowed, he looked at the medicine bowl, and whispered to himself: "What is this 'immortal recipe for fertility'? Why is it just some blood-boosting stuff?"

Just to mention the two main ingredients, Dragon Bone Vine and Red Blood Ginseng, they are both precious medicines that can only be used by warriors at the Blood Moving Realm.

If an ordinary person, unless he has a serious illness and happens to take these two precious medicines to replenish his blood, takes these two precious medicines, he will probably die from the reversal of qi and blood.

The second imperial concubine, Qin Muwan, is just an ordinary person, not a warrior.

Every year during the New Year, the emperor would hold a family banquet. As the son-in-law of the emperor, Zhao Qi'an would naturally go. He had met the two former second imperial consorts and was able to confirm that Qin Muwan truly had no cultivation at all.

Zhao Qi'an was very confident that no one could hide their cultivation in front of him.

That is why Zhao Qi'an became confused after tasting the ingredients in this package of medicinal herbs.

After making sure that there were no other problems with the medicine, he handed the medicine bowl to the ugly slave: "Try it?"

The ugly slave stared at the medicine bowl he handed over: "This is medicine, I'm not sick..."

"tonic."

Hearing what Zhao Qian'an said, Chou Nu took the medicine bowl doubtfully, sniffed it carefully, tasted it cautiously, and then his eyes lit up, picked up the medicine bowl, and drank it all in one gulp.

[Your servant "Holo Jiao" is practicing flesh and blood through "medicine supplement"]

[Your strength has been slightly improved]

Chou Nu's physique is very special.

Others use precious medicines to improve their cultivation, but it is rare to be able to refine seven out of ten of the medicinal power. Moreover, if they use too much, the medicinal power will be weakened or even side effects may occur.

But Chou Nu was able to refine nine out of ten medicinal powers, and the medicinal power would not be weakened and no side effects would occur.

This may be related to her special way of practice.

Zhao Qi'an had already noticed this, but he did not intend to cultivate her vigorously until some things about Chounu were clarified.

After the ugly slave finished drinking the bowl of medicine, he licked his lips with satisfaction and asked, "Master, why did you prescribe such a medicine? In our hometown, this is used to protect the fetus."

(End of this chapter)