Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

[Wow, this is so realistic. I almost called him Lao Niu just now, but I still called him Uncle Long in person.]

Chapter 1103: How to Use Turtle Princess

After confirming that the turtle girl named "A Yuan" was indeed fine, he pressed the turtle shell and faced Shangluo:

"Shang Tianjun, look."

He brushed the tortoise shell, and mysterious golden patterns appeared with his gesture, then disappeared in an instant.

"This is?"

"Turtle Princess's tortoise shell is not an ordinary tortoise shell. It is a tortoise shell with merit. Merit can protect against lightning disasters. This is the most basic function of merit."

"How do you split it?"

"No one can split it open. If she doesn't want to come out, no one can do anything. Her tortoise shell contains infinite merits passed down from generation to generation. It is indestructible. At least I can't do anything with this tortoise shell. Unless Gui Ji destroys the merits herself, or you guide a more powerful heavenly calamity. For example, if you practice palm thunder well, try not using both hands, but only one hand's palm thunder."

"That's right, big brother." Han Xingzhi shouted from a few dozen meters away, "Big brother! Put away your magical power! Palm thunder is very simple, you will be able to do it after a few weeks of practice!"

"Actually." Ao Zang thought for a moment, "You can just take her back and use her as a target. When you can break this tortoise shell, at least you have reached a height that I, Old Dragon, cannot reach."

"Hey!!!!" The turtle princess in the shell finally couldn't help it, "What on earth are you thinking, you old loach! Do you want him to use me as a practice stick?"

【Ah this.】

"That's a good idea." Shangluo touched his chin. "It's rare to find something that can be chopped without breaking."

"Can't you just chop the ground?" Gui Ji poked her head out, "If you chop the ground, it's the same as chopping the earth. If you have the guts, chop the earth! Why are you chopping me?"

"It's not as fun to chop up the earth as it is to chop up you. The earth can't tell me a joke."

Gui Ji suddenly pulled her head back and said, "What on earth are you going to do?"

"Tell me where Xu Fu is, and we'll be done with each other."

"I will not say!"

"Ah~~ So you know?"

“???” The turtle shell suddenly began to spin in place, “Ahhh! My mouth! My mouth! Why did I say that!?”

"Don't turn around~" Shang Luo held her down with one hand, turned over and sat on the tortoise shell with his legs crossed, "I changed my mind. It's a bit of a waste to lock you up in the imperial prison, why not move you back home? My family just happens to be in need of a piece of furniture like you. I think it would be nice to use it as a coffee table. I can put some spiritual stones on it and chop it with my palm when I want to practice."

"Dad! Dad! Save me! Dad!!!"

"Don't scream, your father is in prison. He went there for you. Also, don't move, don't move."

Shangluo took out his mobile phone and pulled out the antenna.

"This is. Light Silver?" Ao Zang was stunned for a moment, "Wow, Shang Tianjun, you have a lot of good things in your hands."

"There are not as many good things as in the Dragon Palace."

"The Dragon Palace does have a lot of good things, but I won't carry them with me. What do you want to use this light silver for?"

"King Ao Zang, please lend a hand and help me hold down this tortoise shell. She is always rolling around and sticking her head out, and she doesn't look like she is in prison at all - I don't think she needs to go to the Imperial Prison, this tortoise shell is her prison."

After saying that, Shangluo shook off the antennae, pulled them into a rope, and circled the turtle shell three times to the left and three times to the right, binding up all the parts of the turtle's limbs and head that could be stretched out, making it look like a crab about to be steamed.

“Ahhh! Ahhhhh!” The bound turtle princess struggled to get out, but the turtle shell could only sway slightly left and right. She had been completely suppressed in her own shell.

"Call it a day." Shangluo clapped his hands and stretched his muscles. "Ah, it's great to gain something every time I go out."

After tying her up, he pulled out the thread and stretched it—to tie Guiji up, he didn't need a thick rope; silk thread would suffice. Shangluo pulled the light silver down to the thickness of silk thread, then gathered the excess and reeled it back in. It could be used again next time.

[I say, are you trying to fool around? You always bring someone back every time you go out, right?]

"She's not a person, she's furniture. You don't believe it? Wait a minute."

Shangluo knocked on the tortoise shell again: "I say, Miss Guiji, where is Xu Fu? Do you want to find him?"

"I won't tell you! If you have the ability, then compete with me in patience!"

"I'm not competing with you in patience. I'm competing with my furniture. If you don't tell me, I'll become furniture."

"."

"Why, no answer?"

"Furniture is furniture! Have you ever seen furniture talk? Even if I make furniture, I want to make furniture with ambition, integrity, and merit! I won't hire anyone!"

"Look, she herself admits that she is furniture."

[Oh my god. You have gone one step further than Zhu Ling. Zhu Ling only tamed animals, what are you taming?]

"Then." Shang Luo looked at Ao Zang, "Your Excellency King Ao Zang, I'll take Gui Ji away? I'll use her as 'furniture', you don't mind, right?"

"Okay, okay." Ao Zang nodded repeatedly, "As long as Lord Shang Tian can detain her and don't let her wander around, you can do whatever you want to her. Dragon Palace fully supports it and will never say 'no'. Do you want me to help you pack it? It's free shipping and will be sent to Lord Shang Tian's home."

"That won't be necessary." He bent down and grabbed the turtle shell, "Hey!"

Holding the tortoise shell, he stuffed the entire shell into the bag on his chest.

"Hey! Who turned off the lights? Eh? Why is there another person here? Were you captured by him as well? Do you have any magic weapon on you?"

"Ah~~" Victoria shook her head. "If you want to talk about a magic weapon, it's probably the heart. Why are you being so stubborn with him? He's a very easy person to talk to."

"I really can't confess! I swore not to tell!"

"Do you have any special reason why you didn't tell me?"

"no!"

[I guess so.] Apollonia muttered in the private chat, [If she swore, she would probably lose merit if she said it. How about Victoria, do some ideological work for her?]

"So you sent her here so that I can heal her and refine her, right?"

"Hey, help me." Shangluo said, "If it turns into a good piece of furniture, we can use it together."

"Wow!" Victoria said in amazement, "Shangluo, you don't really think of her as furniture, do you? You are so Roman."

[That's true. The Romans were also very good at it. Treating people as furniture was a piece of cake.]

"Huh?" Shang Luo hurriedly replied, "No, no, no, I just said it casually. In fact, I didn't do anything. This is just an interrogation strategy. I dare not be a Roman, please don't slander me. So Victoria, do I need you to play the good cop for me at this time? Who knows, you might be able to convince her. But you have to pay attention sometimes, I may need to take it out occasionally, so be careful not to be taken out with it."

"Take it out and 'use' it???" Victoria asked in surprise, "For what?"

"What are you thinking? Why do you think I treat her as 'furniture' instead of sending her to the Imperial Prison? This is a shield that can't even be broken by lightning! It is a practical tool that is essential for home and travel. Well, this is called making the best use of things."

Chapter 1104 Magic Weapon

Shangluo received a magic weapon to protect himself. It has no disadvantages except that it can talk.

Ao Zang solved a problem, got rid of a little turtle that talked nonsense, and also lost her old father. Both father and daughter turtles were imprisoned. He was the biggest beneficiary of this confrontation and was in a good mood.

"By the way, Guoxing, I heard that your brain was eaten by bugs. Do you want me to take you to the hospital?"

"Why are they even saying this?"

"They didn't tell me. I talked to my uncle, General Yin. After all, you, Guoxing, have handed over the affairs of Lan Fang, and the army will gather in Ryukyu. I have to let my dragons report to the King of Ryukyu, otherwise the King of Ryukyu will not know what to do. The King of Ryukyu can't even decide what to eat in the evening, so he can only ask our cook."

"So the Dragon Palace has such a deep control over Ryukyu?" Shangluo, who was sorting out the packages nearby, asked. He could investigate this matter himself, but it would be most convenient to ask the Dragon King in person.

"The Dragon Palace did not interfere in Ryukyu's internal affairs." Ao Zang replied, "We just saw that Ryukyu was too small and could not bear the obligations of being a secondary tributary state. Ryukyu's position in the tributary system was only second to Korea, and unlike Korea, which was closed to the outside world, Ryukyu's door was wide open, and more people were needed to undertake this important mission. So we just helped the King of Ryukyu fulfill his duties, and did not force the King of Ryukyu to do this or that."

"But the information that the King of Ryukyu used to make decisions was provided by you, right?"

"Ahem." Ao Zang's expression remained unchanged. "Under this king's rule, the Dragon Palace has transcended the narrow class differences between political systems and has broken down into smaller pieces to provide services that transcend national boundaries."

[This guy really didn't hide his plan at all. It sounds like he embezzled the clan property to do private work after becoming the Dragon King and put all the money into his own pocket. The money he got was enough to form a standing army. So his subordinates are against him, this is common sense. After all, the distribution of interests based on ownership is very clear, yes is yes, no is no, all the chains on this route are tied to commercial law. Outsiders may not feel anything, but the parties involved may feel that power has really flowed away from their hands. ]

"I don't object to this approach. I don't object to either side. Whether it's the Dragon King or the opponent of the Dragon King, whatever they do is their own business and has nothing to do with me. I only care whether they will cause trouble to the court. I only see which side is more sensible. Now it seems that our King Ao Zang is the most sensible."

"That's not necessarily true. Someone will whisper in your ear later~~"

"That's furniture. I'll ignore whatever the furniture says."

"Ah." Zheng Shijie clapped his hands. "Let's go and take a rest. We caught turtles and saw a lot of crabs tonight. It was a rich harvest."

"Guo Xing?" Ao Zang asked in surprise, "Why did you change the subject? Shang Tianjun asked a question and you just kept talking - you should be concerned about yourself now. Having a bug in your brain is no small matter. If something happens to you here, I won't be able to explain to your father."

"Oh, don't worry, I have Shang Tianjun to help me with the treatment."

"Really?" Ao Zang looked towards Shangluo -

This was the second round of questions from the elders. Shangluo could only nod. He couldn't act this role. He had never acted opposite Zheng Shijie before. If he went a little deeper into this topic, he would be exposed.

If this is exposed, it will be a disaster. These two people are also well-known. If they fool around like children just to take a few days off, it will be bad for their reputation. This matter is even more useless for Shangluo. After all, it is Zheng Shijie's holiday, which has nothing to do with him. But since the other party suddenly made a request, he had to cooperate.

"Well then." Ao Zang shook his head. "Since Shang Tianjun has said so, I can only rest assured. But Shang Tianjun, please come over here."

"Hmm?" Shangluo put the contents of his bag aside. "What's the matter, King Ao Zang?"

"I'll give you something. This is a treasure from the East China Sea. Take it and use it." He took out a gourd wrapped in red coral and poured out a red pill from it.

"Does Lord Shang Tian have a gourd to hold the medicine? This elixir can only be preserved in a medicine gourd. The Imperial Guards should have one."

"I don't usually keep medicine on hand." He reached into his bag and said, "Ah, I have some."

Although he didn't use it very often, the bag was very big, and he always carried this kind of sundries with him. Now Victoria was sitting in it with nothing to do, so she could help him search for the package.

Shangluo took out the Jinyiwei's standard medicine gourd and took the red pill from Ao Zang.

"This is?"

【ah! ! ! 】

"???" As soon as the medicine appeared, not only Apollonia, but also Phaethon beside her was immediately attracted, "This is... This is a panacea!!!"

"Ah, yes, yes, this lady knows what she's talking about." Ao Zang nodded, "This is the panacea of ​​Atlantis. If I remember correctly, this thing is called Iaso in Rome?"

"The Red Elixir Iaso is one of the highest achievements of alchemy and one of the four elixirs. Just one Red Elixir can bring a person back from a dying state. Your Excellency King Ao Zang, how come you have one?"

"One?" He took out the gourd and shook it. "I have a gourd here."

【? ? ? ? ? 】

“????” The question marks on the two people’s heads were about to hit the ground.

"Is this very rare?" Shangluo asked.

"This is more than rare. It simply doesn't exist." Phaethon shook his head. "This medicine only exists in legends. Legend has it that a few alchemists have refined red, yellow, black and white panaceas, but no one has ever refined all four at the same time - because the combination of the four can create a true 'universal medicine', that is, 'healing medicine (PANACEA)'."

"Cure? Cure what?"

"Healing the gap between humanity and divinity, achieving golden immortality - because this last step is too difficult, alchemists will split this ultimate healing medicine into four types, and this is one of them. The Red Type Panacea can heal all injuries from the outside world, and if there is really an insect bite, it can naturally be easily cured. But how can there be so much of this medicine in a gourd! So King Ao Zang, where did these medicines come from?"

"Ah," Ao Zang shook his head, "Mirage, what else could it be."

Chapter 1105 Panacea

"Can Mirage Qi even do this??? Then can't you refine the real ultimate medicine?"

"Miss Phaethon, I think you've got one thing wrong - a mirage, or a sea of ​​​​air, can only reflect the shadows of things that already exist, it cannot reflect things that do not exist. Because you already have the red panacea, we use mirage in a specific environment to imitate some of the properties of this medicine. I don't know if it has the 'immortality' part, but it is indeed very effective in treating diseases."

"Of course it works! Even if his brain is really eaten by bugs and a big hole is left, he can get out of bed and jump up and down immediately after eating one pill."

"So there are actually no bugs in his brain, right?" Ao Zang suddenly asked.

"No, no, no! There are bugs in my brain. There are real bugs!"

"Oh," Ao Zang shook the gourd in his hand, "If it's not enough, come and get more, Guoxing. Your father asked me to take good care of you, I can't let anything happen to you. Look, there's such a big gourd of medicine, if you really have such a serious illness, you must take it."

"Ah, this. I say, King Ao Zang." Zheng Shijie asked back, "Since you have such a powerful medicine, why didn't you take it out earlier?"

"Because this is a medicine made of mirage after all - once the sun comes out, the mirage will eventually be reduced to its original form. If you really use this medicine to cure your disease, then you must continue to take it. Once you stop, the symptoms previously covered up by the mirage will break out again. But if you are really terminally ill, this medicine can indeed save your life. Don't worry about whether you continue to take it later, you can just put it off for now."

"Good boy! Doesn't this mean that if I take one pill, I have to take it for the rest of my life?"

"Not necessarily." Ao Zang shook his head and said, "If you can cure it after a while, everything will be fine. Stop taking the medicine first and then treat it normally. If it can't be cured and you don't want to take medicine, you can move to Dragon Palace. The mirage in Dragon Palace is very strong. So this medicine is really a panacea for Dragon Palace, but it will die when exposed to the light for people on the shore. We call it the panacea - so, I told Shang Tianjun that if there is any problem with this, please make sure you, Guoxing, take it. Anyway, Guoxing, you are rich, right? Even if you don't come to Dragon Palace to maintain the effect of the medicine, it doesn't matter if you take it for a lifetime."

"Uh" After hearing all this, Shangluo looked at his gourd. He was a little shocked when he heard that it was a panacea. After hearing about the efficacy of the Dragon Palace version of the "panacea", he was even more shocked.

"So, King Ao Zang," Shangluo asked tentatively, "is it possible that by combining these four medicines, you can also refine a universal elixir of immortality?"

"I don't think so. Mirage doesn't have this function. And even if it is refined, it's probably 'you'll die immediately if you stop taking it' or 'all the stolen years will be returned after you stop taking it'. If there really is such a medicine, it's probably only effective in Dragon Palace. As soon as you leave Dragon Palace, you will be immediately beaten back to your original form - but then again, if you want to be trapped somewhere and become a lingering ghost, there are water monkeys and tiger minions, and there are many ways to do it. There's no need to take this medicine so troublesome. So."

He looked at Zheng Shijie and said, "You must put your life first. I'll let Shang Tianjun take the medicine first. You two can decide whether to take it or not. If you really take it, please let me know. You can continue to take it or stay in Dragon Palace directly. It's up to you."