Chapter 558: The Difficulty of Immortality!

Ying Zheng continued: "Immortality is the pursuit of many people’s lives. Whether they are princes and nobles or the common people, throughout history, there has been no lack of people pursuing immortality."

"Since they spread the rumor that I have obtained the elixir of immortality, then I will simply not debunk this lie. Sometimes, the more I do not debunk this lie, the more they believe it is true."

"I also want to know what kind of view the people of this world have regarding my attainment of immortality."

'Sure enough!' Hearing Ying Zheng’s words, Su Xuan understood in his heart.

With the strength of the State of Qin, it was actually fully capable of stopping the fermentation of the rumors, but Ying Zheng did not do so. Instead, he let the rumors grow more and more intense. In this, it was very likely that the Net had a hand in it.

And why did Ying Zheng spread such rumors?

Besides covering up the truth of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon, the greater purpose was probably to lure out those who were against Qin.

For those who were against Qin, Ying Zheng was a person they hated to the extreme.

They wished for Ying Zheng to die, for the State of Qin to fall apart, for the world to fall into chaos, and for them to take the opportunity to restore their states.

If Ying Zheng really obtained the elixir of immortality, it meant that under normal circumstances, Ying Zheng could live forever.

This was something that those against Qin could not accept.

As expected, when this news completely spread throughout the world, many who were against Qin would be furious.

They were destined not to be able to wait for Ying Zheng to die of illness or old age. Therefore, to achieve their wishes and restore their states, they could only choose to take risks, such as rebelling or assassinating Ying Zheng.

In the coming period, the world might experience some turmoil.

But conversely, this was also a good thing.

When these people against Qin were hidden in the dark, even Ying Zheng could not do anything about them or find them. But once they chose to jump out and walk into the light, it gave Ying Zheng an opportunity to eradicate them.

After chatting a bit about the rumors spreading in the world.

Ying Zheng asked Su Xuan about the sea again: "On Mount Liupo Mountain, the Imperial Advisor saw the Kingdom of Shaohao, saw Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong’s message, and learned the origin of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon. What happened next? What did you encounter next?"

Today, Ying Zheng invited Su Xuan here precisely to ask about his observations at sea.

Previously, Su Xuan had already told Ying Zheng how they entered that mysterious sea area and how they reached Mount Liupo Mountain.

Hearing Su Xuan say that in midsummer, he invoked the power of the Fusang sacred tree, gathered the light of the heavenly stars into the bronze box, and summoned the shadow of the Ying Dragon, and amidst the dragon’s roar, a mysterious passage appeared.

Ying Zheng could feel the magic of it just by thinking about it.

Unfortunately, as an emperor, he had to remain in Xianyang and could not go to sea personally.

The trip to Many Loulan was like this, and the Mirage’s voyage was also like this.

He could not witness those scenes that could be called miracles with his own eyes. For him, the only comfort was perhaps being able to hear the truth of those things from Su Xuan.

Mount Liupo Mountain, Ying Zheng had heard of it. He did not expect that this immortal mountain actually existed and was a hiding place for the descendants of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan to avoid disaster in the ancient era.

And Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong, the Grand Tutor who had assisted King Wu of Zhou in establishing the Zhou Dynasty and the founding monarch of the State of Qi, had actually reached Mount Liupo Mountain without the Mirage and left those words. The Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon were actually left by him?

These things left Ying Zheng both surprised and enlightened.

Thinking carefully, it seemed acceptable that the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon was left by Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong.

Although the Zhou Dynasty had already perished.

But one must know that the Zhou Dynasty lasted for a full eight hundred years.

This showed how extraordinary the Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong who helped King Wen and King Wu of Zhou establish the Zhou Dynasty was.

The encounter on Mount Liupo Mountain alone left Ying Zheng in awe. Of course, after hearing Su Xuan’s words, he also felt some emotion, which was that the legendary immortal mountains had somehow turned into a scene of deathly silence.

The blue sea turned into mulberry fields; time is like a knife, cutting away everything.

Could he truly achieve immortality instead of becoming a speck of dust in time?

While Ying Zheng was sighing in his heart, Su Xuan continued to speak.

On Yingzhou, they encountered the fierce spirit transformed by Xiangliu’s resentment, destroyed the fierce spirit, and saw the seal left by Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong again. The vast Yingzhou, like Mount Liupo Mountain, was a scene of deathly silence and had become a graveyard. No one knew how many fierce beasts of the ancient era were buried there.

After passing through Yingzhou, they went to Fangzhang.

Fangzhang Mountain was the same as Yingzhou, also a scene of deathly silence. The only difference was that Yingzhou was buried with the bones of ancient fierce beasts, while Fangzhang Mountain was sealed with the weapons of ancient powerhouses.

Ying Zheng gradually understood where the ancient weapons Su Xuan brought back from the sea earlier came from.

Of course, even if these weapons were extraordinary, they were just dead objects and not worth Ying Zheng’s excessive attention.

What truly made Ying Zheng care was the "Penglai Immortal Mountain" that Su Xuan mentioned next, which was also the final destination of the Mirage’s voyage.