Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Tsk, I was moved for a second. Okay, I actually can't eat that much."

She took a look at the plate and said, "Hey~~ you have eaten it before."

[Isn’t this still the same mouth? 】

"It feels different, okay! I'll go get a new plate."

Carrying another shiny plate, she went to Wen Yuan, who was cutting the meat in the middle.

"Want to eat again?" Wen Yuan took the plate and said, "Let me take a look and cut it for you."

"I want the greasy, sweet part!" Apollonia interrupted him.

"." Wen Yuan was stunned, "Aren't you Shangluo?"

"How did you tell?"

"Nonsense, does Shangluo stand on tiptoe when talking? I can tell at a glance that you are not him."

【well. 】

"." Apollonia squatted for a while, "My heart was hit hard. I haven't adapted to getting taller yet."

"I understand." Wen Yuan wiped the knife, "You are Apollonia, right? What did you just say you wanted?"

"Want the oily part."

"Then I'll cut one for you. The chicken wings seem to have a lot of fat. Oh, the chicken wings are cut off, they are just a little bit. Chicken skin? Chicken skin?"

"It's not enough to just have oil, it also needs meat!"

"Then." Wen Yuan turned the knife around, and his eyes stopped at the chicken butt that he had cut off at the beginning.

"Then it's just chicken butts. It's oily and meaty. Do you eat it? It seems that roasted chicken butts are sold in many places, but I'm used to cutting roast ducks, so I know how to cut off the buttocks with one knife. This dinosaur butt should be the same. You can eat it. Do you want it?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Apollonia nodded repeatedly, "It looks delicious!"

"Okay. Do you want to cut it for you?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Apollonia nodded repeatedly while holding the plate.

"Damn it. Don't look at me like this. I look like a woman. No, I look like the female temptress in Journey to the West. I feel like I want to eat people."

"Then cut it quickly, I'm hungry!"

Wen Yuan quickly cut the meat for her and sent her aside.

"Huh." Wen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, "It always feels weird. It's obviously the same face, but when Shangluo is in it, it always feels the same and ridiculous, but with a different soul, it's completely different. Sure enough, in "Fox Fairy at Home" What I said is true, the male fox fairy is more powerful than the female fox fairy. There is also the part where Xiaoqian possesses Ning Caichen, the book boy. Ah! It’s so scary, I feel like I can’t refuse it... Ah, who is next? Oh. Your Majesty, which part do you want to eat? Breast meat, right? OK, I'll cut it into a plate for you."

Outside the window, Apollonia was holding a plate and looking at the marble floor outside the window. This is the interior of the white marble Xumizuo in the three main halls, but there are also windows to the outside.

Outside is the square surrounding the three main halls. It's now time to get off work, and you can see people walking out of the offices inside the three main halls to eat in the nearby canteen. In the distance, you can see that the buildings of the Grand Palace are all lit up with goose-yellow lights. This is the so-called "First Lighting of the Lanterns" scene.

"Hey, Shangluo." Zhu Xianfen stood side by side with a plate of sliced ​​chicken breasts, "What do you think? Are you not Shangluo?"

"How can you see that? Are we so different?"

"Expression. Shangluo's expression is much more serious than yours, and your expression is very relaxed. You are Apollonia, right? Yesterday I said you were going out to eat, that's it? Can Shangluo hear it now?"

"No problem." Shangluo cut back, "I'm in the background and can cut to the front desk at any time."

"Good guy, your face change in this second is a bit scary! I'm about to suffer from the Happy Valley Effect! Fortunately, I was mentally prepared, and I could tell that something was wrong from the beginning."

"Eh???" Apollonia, who switched back to eating, asked, "What's wrong? I thought I could only see it if I got closer."

"Walking posture. I see that when you walk, your feet barely leave the ground, you just push your feet forward, and your whole body seems to be translationally stable."

"Ah, indeed," Apollonia responded, "This is how to walk while wearing a toga. The toga is very large and will droop to the top of the feet. In order to ensure majesty and solemnity, it is generally not exposed when walking. The tops of the feet, because slippers are usually worn underneath the toga.”

"In the future, will you often face Shangluo?"

"No, it's weird to use someone else's body. Occasionally I will come out and switch when I want to eat."

She still hid her secret - she didn't say whether she would occasionally share Shangluo's work, work in night shift mode, or work the whole night shift.

"Oh, then when you finish eating, tell me that I have something to do with Shangluo."

"He can hear what you say, so just say it directly."

"No." Zhu Xianfen shook his head and said, "I don't treat you as an outsider, and I will never avoid you when I speak. It's just that I thought that Shangluo's family is not here, and I, as a senior brother, have to cut it for him. For a new set of clothes for the Chinese New Year, a tailor will come over and measure the size in a while - you can’t let the tailor measure you, right? The tailor is a man.”

"Ah, that's right. Your Majesty, the Emperor of Japan, is really thoughtful. Wait for me for a while. I'll switch to him after I finish eating."

Chapter 633 Virtue

"Ah, I'm full, let's change people. You press the button. Only you can press those physical buttons, I can't press them."

"You are quite careful." Shangluo stretched his muscles. He didn't get enough rest just now, and he wanted to sleep for a while longer.

[I have to be careful, what if someone comes to steal my house one day. So the controller must be in your hand to be safe. 】

"By the way, are you full?"

[I'm full, but I feel like I want to eat something more after eating once. Next time you eat that steamed bun, how about I do it instead? 】

"Are you sure? According to many reviews, people other than me don't seem to like eating this stuff."

After confirmation, Apollonia still wanted to eat.

"Okay, I'll let you eat later. I'm not opposed to fully automatic eating."

【As if I am some kind of altar purifier.】

It was agreed that Apollonia would take the initiative to eat for him, and the elephant bird was almost finished.

Compared with last time, this time everyone was successfully fed. After all, this bird has a huge pot of rice stuffed in its belly, which can be eaten by more than a hundred people without leaving any food left. Only the neat skeleton is left on the plate, and these bones will have to be recycled later.

"We don't use plastic much." Fu Yuanshan and Shangluo chatted after they had eaten, "Do you use plastic over there?"

"Yes, because plastic is cheap."

"But plastics are not degradable and are not conducive to sustainable development." Fu Yuanshan replied, "So we rarely produce things that cannot be degraded in nature. The garbage in the city is also recycled according to categories."

"Eh? It seems that the garbage in our house is not sorted? It seems that we only separate dry and wet garbage?"

"Because garbage sorting is a business, wet garbage needs to be processed with organic fertilizer. Dry garbage needs to be sorted and recycled, from glass bottles to glass bottles, from cans to cans, and paper and the like must also be broken and recycled."

"Speaking of which, who is engaged in garbage sorting?" Shangluo glanced at him, "could it be the noble Tianyi?"

"No, but it can be. Here, there are many tasks that are in the ascendant. It could actually be done, but because the original system still works, few people try new things. However, , um." He nodded, "It's quite necessary to try it occasionally."

"Wait a minute, General Fu, are you implying something?"

Fu Yuanshan smiled: "Do you think we are just asking everyone to come for dinner today? No, today is the Hongmen Banquet hosted by His Majesty the Emperor~~ He will come to speak soon. Anyone who ate his meal today ran away Don’t fall off.”

"Huh? Is something going to happen?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just that he had to say something - otherwise why didn't he speak in the first place? He waited until the meal was over, then went up to speak as if no one else was around, and didn't give everyone a chance to pee. Oh~~ He I'm coming."

While speaking, Zhu Xianfen stood behind the microphone silently.

"Ahem." He coughed, signaling that he was about to speak. Everyone had already finished their meals, their bellies full of carbohydrates, and everyone was bulging with food.

"My dear ministers, my colleagues, and my fellow Taoists, good evening."

"Good evening, Your Majesty!" The two sides began to interact with each other as if at a concert.

"Did everyone enjoy today's meal?"

There was endless praise coming from below. If last year's barbecue didn't satisfy everyone, today's barbecue did satisfy everyone present.

"Well, just enjoy your meal. I don't like to call myself 'I' or anything like that. Since I was a child, I have read many story books and many stories. Among those stories, there are There were many benevolent kings and sages in ancient times. I think those great kings in ancient times are worthy of the title 'I'. This dynasty, starting from Emperor Taizu Gao, did not like to call himself 'I'. Just say 'I'. After all, everyone has two eyes, one nose, and one mouth, right?"

"Yes, yes." Everyone nodded.

"I am also very self-aware. I don't have any great abilities. In terms of government affairs, I rely on the wise men of the East Chamber and the West Chamber. In terms of spiritual practice, I also have a lot of discussions and exchanges with my brothers and sisters. As for me, I feel that I can only do well. Just one thing is enough: let everyone eat and drink well."

"Your Majesty is so virtuous!"

"I, the Ming Dynasty, am invincible in the world!"

Everyone praised in unison. When Zhu Xianfen spoke, he did not find a stage or a table covered with yellow cloth to stand behind. He just stood on the ground and spoke into the microphone. Although the round-neck robe he wore was not an everyday dress, it was only a medium-sized dress in terms of specifications. Although the fabric was certainly different from what was on the market, it looked like round-neck robes could be bought everywhere.

The Yishan crown on the head is only covered with a layer of black gauze, which is the same as the black gauze on the heads of everyone present. It is just that because this is a meal, no one wears formal official uniforms, but the futou is wrapped up properly. It is neatly arranged, with hanging scarf legs on both sides, just like the style of the Tang Dynasty. If Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty invited everyone to dinner in private, he would probably dress like this.

"So you may ask, why don't we, the old Zhu family, always sit on the dragon throne? Because I know that when Emperor Taizu Gao collapsed from hunger on the roadside, we guys were all standing on the ground. People. Everyone is called Emperor. Just call him Emperor. Is it good if you call me Emperor and I call you Daoist Fellow? When you come to eat, I will take care of the food. This is also good."

"Uuuuuu~~You are virtuous, Your Majesty."

"But when it comes to cultivating Taoism, the fundamental purpose of cultivating Taoism is to live forever. The gift I have prepared for everyone during today's meal is not just this beggar's chicken, but also a bigger and more precious gift. It is the stone that I have worked hard to refine. Ji Dan - Nine Turns Golden Pill! Fellow Taoists, who is willing to try it?"

Everyone was silent.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Tianzi," someone in the crowd asked quietly without showing his head, "Can you eat that pill?"

"Of course it can be eaten. The elixir is not just for food. If you eat it, you can build your foundation."

"Then why don't you, Your Majesty, eat it yourself?"

"Because doctors can't heal themselves, bah, I'm letting it slip." He waved his hand, "Let me explain, it means that doctors can't heal themselves."

He slapped his thigh: "It is said that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva swore that hell would not be empty and he would not become a Buddha. To put it simply, the rules on the ship are: when the ship sinks, the captain must be the last to leave. To put it more seriously, I am the Ming Dynasty. In the dynasty, the emperor guards the gates of the country, and the king dies in the country! If you don't become immortals, how can I become an immortal without permission?"

Chapter 634: Virtue

"So I will choose a lucky Taoist friend among you to give this golden elixir to him. By the way." He paused: "By the way, I have to observe the mechanism of the golden elixir."

"I'm afraid it's not poisonous." Someone said it blatantly and in a loud voice.

Zhu Xianfen just pretended not to hear: "I said it first, I'm not forcing everyone to eat! I didn't mean that. I didn't say that if no one eats today, no one is allowed to leave." This means. But! But! The development of alchemy is inseparable from people who eat alchemy. If the alchemy is refined but not eaten, wouldn’t it be meaningless? So, fellow Taoists!"

He looked down: "Is there anyone willing to be this lucky fellow Taoist? Has anyone told you? There is only one! One! Once you eat it, it will be gone!"

No one answered.

Obviously, as an alchemist, no one will eat what he has not eaten himself.

But the reason why everyone reacted so quickly is obviously not that simple——

"Hey~" Shangluo asked Fu Yuanshan next to him, "Why doesn't everyone eat?"

"Because the last person to take the Foundation Building Pill refined by the imperial court was Wen Yuan's father Wen Yan. He is gone."

"." Shangluo understood immediately, "Good guy, why don't you take it out to eat? The pill last time was..."

"The elixir last time was refined in the elixir room last time. His Majesty the Emperor was not an elixir cultivator at that time, so he watched helplessly as something went wrong with the foundation-building elixir. He has had this obsession for so many years, and he felt If it were me, I would definitely be able to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill."

"But last time..."

Before Shangluo could finish speaking, Zhu Xianxen started the second stage:

"Well, I think you may still remember what happened back then. But this time I took out the Foundation Establishment Pill for you to take again, obviously because the situation was different from last time. According to our observation, the biggest problem with this pill recipe is , that is, when breaking through the foundation building period, it will bring about Dansha that the human body cannot resist. However, after Shang Tianjun brought the recipe of 'spiritual liquid', we found a way to suppress Dansha to a certain extent. But ——”

He added: "I say this needs to be observed because even the spiritual liquid cannot fundamentally suppress the evil spirit of Dansha, it can only suppress it. The proportion of this suppression needs to be controlled and regulated. But as long as it does not get out of control, success can be achieved The chances are quite impressive! According to my estimation, the chance of success should be no less than 1%!"

As soon as this statement came out, there was a lot of discussion. The crowd was mobilized for the first time.

"No way," Shangluo lowered his voice, "Why does it seem like someone really wants to eat it?"

"Because 1% is not low." Fu Yuanshan replied, "It is better to have something to hope for than nothing. After all, if this is successful, you can be directly promoted to a heavenly being. If you figure out the method on your own, you may not be able to predict it. It’s more dangerous than this. So even if it’s %, it’s very convincing.”

Everyone discussed it for a while - but still no one raised their hands.

"Tsk." Zhu Xianfen was a little disappointed and added: "If anyone volunteers and is willing to eat, I can at least guarantee that he will never die anyway. Absolutely, absolutely, he will not die. According to the situation of Special Patient No. 95, I It can be guaranteed that the lower limit is to become a Yin God."

Even after saying that, no one raised their hands. After all, "tempting" doesn't mean someone will say yes. Being tempting only means that the matter can be considered. Apparently Zhu Xianxian also found that the temptation was still not enough.

"Okay." He sighed, "Actually, I've calculated it with Daozu before and found that this pill is reliable. But you guys don't want to take it, which I can totally understand. But okay."

He entered the third stage: "Since no one is willing to volunteer, let's give this pill away." He took out a red cardboard box from under the table: "Come on, let's draw a prize. There are many prizes. Ah! There are red envelopes, gold bars, balls for beating balls, and other pills that I refined myself. This Foundation Building Pill is also in it - whoever draws it will get it. After drawing it, It doesn’t matter whether you eat it or not, because this is your own elixir and you can decide for yourself.”

"Tsk." Fu Yuanshan shook his head. "That's what you said, but if you really drew it, would you be embarrassed not to eat it? I believe in the Emperor, he really won't force you. But if you don't eat it, he will ask you every now and then, and you might feel embarrassed. When you are sure of yourself, you might eat it. Tsk, this trick is really..."

Those who just said that the emperor is virtuous are now silent.

But anyway, whether to eat or not is just a personal matter, and it doesn’t matter whether you eat or not. There are other prizes, and if you win, you win.

After the final finishing work was completed, everyone started queuing up to draw the prize.

"Come on, draw one by one." Zhu Xianxian stood behind the lottery box. "There are many awards, and they all contain the same red envelope. The contents are all written on the paper inside the red envelope. Come and draw one by one."