Chapter 526: Shennong, Emperor Jiang

"Hoo!"

Jiang Taixu took a deep breath, and a glimmer of bright light appeared in his dim eyes.

Four thousand years; he had never felt so refreshed.

Who could know how he had endured these four thousand years?

"Brother Ye, is there any more of the Crocodile Ancestor's roasted meat? Give me some."

Seeing this, Xu Que could not help but look at Ye Fan; his expression spoke for itself, truly yearning with all his might.

"Those who see it get a share, Ye Fan; I, the poor Taoist, have treated you quite well, haven't I?" Duan De said, not expecting Ye Fan to actually have such a nourishing treasure.

The Black Emperor looked at Ye Fan and said, "As everyone knows, dogs eat meat."

"..." Ye Fan.

Every one of them had eight hundred schemes in their hearts.

Usually, they called him Old Ye or Ye Hei. Now that they were calling him "brother," did they have no shame?

"Xu Ergou, even if there were any, could you digest it?" Ye Fan said.

"Regardless, I am an Immortal Cultivator at the Golden Core Great Perfection; I can definitely handle it."

Xu Que was full of confidence, without a hint of hesitation.

"It's gone; this was the last of the stock," Ye Fan said directly.

The Crocodile Ancestor was a Great Saint-level demon saint, and its strength could be said to destroy the heavens and the earth with a flick of a finger; it would be no exaggeration to say it could shatter the galaxy.

The flesh and blood on its body were ten thousand times more precious than those divine medicines, pills, and spirit stones.

It was not something just anyone could eat!

Jiang Taixu calmed his breath and then said, "Little Friend Ye, thank you."

At this moment, Jiang Taixu was dressed in white, his appearance handsome and refined, his eyes deep yet mixed with a faint, melancholy aura that made people look twice.

One could imagine how many female cultivators in those years had bowed down and been obsessed with such a peerless God King.

It was just that Jiang Taixu's hair had not returned to black; it remained white as snow, yet it added a sense of loneliness.

After all, he was an ancient person who had existed four thousand years ago.

"Senior God King, are your injuries completely healed?" Ye Fan asked.

"The external injuries are healed, but the internal injuries are hard to cure."

"After all, I have lived for over four thousand years. Judging by the normal lifespan of a cultivator, I should have died long ago."

"It was only because I had the Divine Body Origin protecting my body that I have persisted until now."

"But the Divine Body Origin is already exhausted, and my lifespan is at most only about one year," Jiang Taixu said.

Even a Great Emperor only had a lifespan of about ten thousand years; for him to have lived over four thousand years was already heaven-defying.

Although he had recovered, the passing years were real; it was impossible for time to flow backward.

However, Jiang Taixu did not cling to this; what did it matter to live, and what did it matter to die?

This year of time was enough for him to do some things so that he would have no regrets.

"One year? Is there really no way?" Ye Fan's face showed a look of disappointment.

"He can live until now only because of his vital energy; the Great Saint roasted meat just replenished that energy, but his lifespan has indeed been consumed. In his Bitter Sea, I fear there are only traces left by the blade of time," the Black Emperor said.

"If there were an Undying Medicine, perhaps he could live a second life and undergo Reincarnation through Nirvana," Duan De said.

Hearing this, Ye Fan and Xu Que exchanged a glance; everything was understood without words.

With the change of fate, Ye Fan had gained some opportunities but also lost others.

For example, the Undying Medicine; in the original trajectory, Ye Fan at this time would have possessed an Undying Medicine, but the current Ye Fan did not.

This was the price of changing fate!

"Even those Sacred Lands and Desolate Ancient Families might not have an Undying Medicine, and the Undying Medicines are all within those Life Forbidden Zones; ordinary cultivators cannot reach them," Jiang Taixu said.

"There must be a way."

Ye Fan said this because since he had rescued Jiang Taixu, the mission to save the God King was already completed.

This mission had ten thousand points; at worst, he would draw ten Blind Boxes in a row—he didn't believe he couldn't draw an Undying Medicine.

"Little Friend Ye, you have a kind heart. However, do not force things," Jiang Taixu said.

Ye Fan was silent.

Xu Que then said, "Brother God King, rumors from the outside world say you suddenly disappeared, but why were you trapped here in Purple Mountain?"

"Indeed, back then you were at the height of your power and had the potential of a Great Emperor," Duan De said.

Hearing this, Jiang Taixu showed a smile, as if he had returned to those glorious years, and said slowly:

"Back then, my God Body was perfected, I was invincible in the Eastern Wasteland, and I had no rivals among the younger generation. In order to pursue a higher realm, I followed in the footsteps of Hengyu the Great."

"Hengyu the Great?"

Xu Que felt it sounded familiar, but what did this have to do with Jiang Taixu?

Although he had read the Script of Covering the Sky, it was impossible to know every detail.

"Hengyu the Great was of the Jiang surname, which is to say, the founder of the Desolate Ancient Family, the Jiang Family. Do you understand? He has always been the faith of our Jiang Family's younger generation."

"It was only later that Hengyu the Great disappeared and never appeared again, and the Jiang Family gradually withered."

"Later, I received news that the Hengyu Furnace was in Purple Mountain, so I came in. You know what happened after that, right?" Jiang Taixu said.

"What an unlucky child. This is the tomb of Wushi Dadi; how could there be an Emperor Weapon of Hengyu the Great here?" the Black Emperor said.

"Truly unlucky enough," Duan De said, silently reciting a "Boundless Heavenly Venerable."

Xu Que used his Divine Sense to review Ye Fan's Script again, and was shocked to discover that this Hengyu the Great had an extraordinary relationship with Earth; he was actually Shennong, who tasted the hundred herbs in mythology.

"Senior, what are you going to do next?" Ye Fan asked.

"What else can he do? Of course, go see his girlfriend," Xu Que chuckled.

"?" Ye Fan.

"?" Jiang Taixu.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, do you know something?" Duan De asked curiously.

"Don't you all know? The God King brother from four thousand years ago was quite the romantic, having infatuated countless Saintesses. The only one among them who was his confidante was Caiyun Fairy of the Wanchu Sacred Land. As far as I know, this Saintess from four thousand years ago is still alive. But looking at the situation, her lifespan is about to reach its end," Xu Que said.

"You even know about this," Ye Fan retorted speechlessly.

This Xu Ergou, he doesn't know what he should know.

But for what he shouldn't know, his news travels faster than anyone else's.

"Caiyun Fairy." Jiang Taixu suddenly felt dejected; four thousand years had passed, and back then, for certain reasons, the two could not be together.

And for the sake of the continuation of the God Body, he had no choice but to marry a woman arranged by his family to produce offspring.

In this life, he still failed many people.

"Little friend Xu Que is right; it is time to go see an old friend," Jiang Taixu said, a look of reminiscence appearing in the depths of his eyes.

"God King brother, it would be best to have a grand twilight romance; don't leave any regrets," Xu Que said.

"Then what about us? Have you forgotten why we came to Purple Mountain?"

Duan De said, feeling that the development of the Script was not right; weren't they here to hunt for treasure?

"What, you lot also want to covet the treasures of Wushi Dadi? Without me, the Emperor, leading the way, you would be wiped out by the Great Emperor Array before taking a few steps," Black Emperor said.

"Black Emperor, do you still remember the previous bet? It seems you lost, so from now on, am I your master?" Ye Fan's gaze was like a torch as he looked at the big black dog before him.

Black Emperor raised his dog head quite arrogantly and said:

"Bet? What bet? You are a human, I am a dog? Can a human and a dog make a bet?"