Taichu Yandao: Starting from the Villain

Winter comes and summer goes, and three years pass in the blink of an eye.

During these three years, Yan State seemed calm on the surface, but secretly it was in turmoil.

Over the past hundred years, the Great Yan Empire has revolved around only one person, Qianyuan Daohao Taiyi Zhenxian.

In the past three years, everything in the empire began to revolve around another person, Master Zhao of Liuhua Palace.

Rumor has it that there are three things in Liuhua Palace that are the best in the world.

The first is that the food is delicious and never repeated. From peanuts soaked in vinegar to blood bird's nest stewed with Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng, the imperial kitchen has made all the recipes that have been developed over decades.

The second thing is countless rare treasures. Immortal Taiyi sent all the treasures to Liuhua Palace, including elixirs that can bring the dead back to life.

The third thing is that all the beauties in the world are collected. Even if a maid walks out of Liuhua Palace, she will be three times more beautiful than the courtesan in Qunfang Tower.

Such rumors are bound to be exaggerated, but there is no smoke without fire. This roughly describes the current situation of Yan State. Countless treasures and resources are constantly flowing to Liuhua Palace.

Among them, the one that makes people the most crazy is a kind of mineral that can float in the air.

The Holy Palace announced to the world that whoever could offer the ore would be able to practice in the Holy Palace and learn the way to immortality.

On this day, in the Yanjing Treasure Appraisal Tower.

Under the scorching sun, there was a long queue outside the Treasure Appraisal Building, and I don’t know how many people there were.

"Today's appraisal has ended with number 98. Those left behind may disperse." A Taoist priest who was maintaining order shouted.

In the long queue, no one left. The person holding number 99 sat down on the stool he brought with him and said, "What bad luck! I'm just one number short and I have to wait all night."

Number 100 at the back said, "Brother, don't think like that. Aren't you going to be the first one tomorrow? Number 1 already has two people who have entered the Holy Palace."

Number 99 clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your good wishes, brother. However, I feel that since number one already has two people enrolled in the Holy Palace, my chances are low. On the contrary, number two has only one person enrolled in the Holy Palace so far, so his chances are twice as high as mine."

While the two were talking, two sedan chairs followed the procession and stopped at the entrance of the Xianbao Tower.

Before the person in the sedan got out, someone in the procession shouted:

"Who is this? How dare he cut in line?"

"Damn it, even the king of heaven has to queue up."

“Queue, queue, queue…”

When the person in the sedan sticks his head out, someone immediately recognizes him:

"Hey, isn't that the third son of the Prime Minister? Such nobles always come prepared. It seems that the Prime Minister's Mansion has found the floating stone."

The team was silent for a moment. After all, the prime minister was the highest-ranking official and ordinary people could not afford to offend him.

But it was only a moment, and someone in the team shouted again:

"Can the Prime Minister not queue up?"

"How dare he disobey the rules issued by the Holy Palace."

The crowd shouted louder and louder, and gradually they were ready to rush forward.

The state minister's face was extremely ugly. He looked at the other young man who got off the sedan chair and said, "Brother Shicai, shall we go to queue up?"

"Don't be anxious, my cousin will be here soon." Lu Shicai looked calm.

His appearance immediately caused greater dissatisfaction, and many people rushed out of the team.

However, at this moment, a man fell from the sky.

The man was wearing a yellow Taoist robe and had a sword tied behind his back. His features were somewhat similar to Lu Shicai.

"Who is on duty today? Why is it such a mess?" the man said immediately after landing.

A Taoist priest in gray immediately came out of the treasure pavilion and explained, "It turned out to be Uncle Lu. Um... I don't know what happened to my nephew when he was going to the toilet. Don't worry, if anyone dares to mess around, I will use the fire talisman to deal with him."

As he spoke, the Taoist priest in gray walked to the front of the crowd and casually threw out a talisman.

The talisman turned into a fireball, whizzing past everyone's heads and heading straight for their front. However, when the fireball really reached everyone, it suddenly stopped and disappeared into thin air.

But even so, many people were still terrified and trembling with fear.

This was exactly the effect the Taoist in gray wanted. He said in a deep voice, "Why are you all making so much noise? From now on, no noise is allowed in front of the Treasure Appraisal Building."

After this operation, everyone in front of the Treasure Appraisal Building was silent for a while.

The Taoist in yellow nodded with satisfaction and said, "Follow me in."

At this point, everyone in the long line finally understood why Lu Shicai was so arrogant, and it turned out that he had such a background.

Lu Shicai held his head high, glanced at the long line, and strode towards the treasure pavilion.

Seeing this, the prime minister's son hurried over.

Led by the Taoist in yellow, the two of them skipped the appraisal room on the first floor and went directly to the second floor.

On the second floor, a beautiful female cultivator was sitting by the window. She was not polite when she saw the visitor and asked coldly, "Lu Shilin, what are you doing here?"

"I am here to offer my treasure, am I not here to offer it to you? Junior Sister, haven't you received the floating stone in a few days?"

The nun did not answer, but said directly: "Since you are offering a treasure, bring it over!"

Lu Shilin was a little frustrated and let Lu Shicai move to the front.

Lu Shicai took small steps forward, held the brocade bag in both hands, and presented it to the female cultivator.

The female monk took the brocade bag and directly poured out the stones. When she saw the quality of the stones, a smile finally appeared on her originally stern face, and she said, "Brother, you have a good method!"

"This is not difficult to do. It is rare to see Junior Sister smile."

The female cultivator chuckled and said, "How about I send you one every month? I will smile for you every day."

"You not only want my heart, but also my life!" Lu Shilin looked embarrassed.

"Oh, a man!" The female cultivator shook her head, took out a token from under the table, and said, "Congratulations to the Lu family for having another cultivator."

Seeing that there was only one token, Lu Shicai did not take it, but looked at Lu Shilin beside him.

"Junior sister, isn't such a floating stone worth two tokens?" Lu Shilin said.

The female cultivator frowned and was about to speak, but the Prime Minister said first, "Sister Fairy, this floating stone was recovered from the Thousand Faced Thief. Master Lu spent a lot of effort on it."

"Is there any evidence?" asked the nun.

"The body is already in the Ministry of Justice. Fairy sister, you can send someone to inquire." said the prime minister.

The female cultivator did not call for anyone, but looked at Lu Shilin standing beside her.

"Don't worry, Junior Sister. I will never lie to you, even if I lie to anyone else."

The female cultivator cast a glance at Lu Shilin, took out another token, and said, "Okay, please do as you please!"

Lu Shilin was reluctant to leave, but he knew that the other party would probably be anxious to report at this time, so he took the two of them away.

After the three of them left, the female cultivator immediately said to the outside of the window: "Sister Ling, you heard everything. I'll trouble you to send him to the palace."

As soon as the words fell, a female official in black clothes holding a cat appeared by the window. She put the cat in her arms down, picked up the floating stone on the table and said, "This stone can save lives!"

Two quarters of an hour later, in the Qingtan Garden of Taiyi Holy Palace.

A corridor bridge goes up along the terrain with nine bends, and at the end is a square pavilion with green tiles. In front of the pavilion, there are mountains and rocks embracing each other, forming a steep cliff.

In the middle of the cliff, a stone dragon head poked out, and the spring water from its mouth was as white as a silk thread. The spring water fell into the cold pool below, creating mist all over the sky and reflecting a colorful rainbow.

The water in the cold pond rippled, layer by layer, going far away, until it hit a pair of feet that were whiter than frost and snow. The owner of the feet was wearing a light purple floral skirt. Although the underwear inside covered the spring light, it could not hide the exquisite curves.

Beauty is like a flower, it should be brilliant in spring, but the beautiful woman, at this moment, held her chin with her hand and frowned, with a look of worry on her face: "If it wasn't a coincidence that day, I would have been caught by the True Immortal Master Zhao on that day, and the consequences would be disastrous."

The beautiful woman smiled and thought, "Master Zhao saved me. This is all destined. Master Zhao is a really good person. He has such a high level of cultivation, but he doesn't put on airs."

The smile gradually turned into intoxication: "Master Zhao is so handsome, and his every move exudes natural nobility, as if this huge Holy Palace was tailor-made for him."

Suddenly she bit her lip again: "Although Shuzhen, that lowly maid, is cunning, she still has some knowledge. She can actually see that Master Zhao and I look like a couple."

"They look like a couple. Oh! It's so embarrassing!"

The beautiful woman, thinking of Master Zhao Xian as her superior and Master Zhao Xian as her inferior, covered her burning cheeks with her hands.

But after a moment, her brows furrowed again: "Hey! I have tried everything I can, and I have even put on the seductive skirt. Master Zhao, Master Zhao, when will you finally get it?"

The beautiful woman sighed and said to herself, "Can you think of another way?"

The beautiful woman stared at the pool in a daze until a voice sounded from behind: "Report to Fairy Shen, I received a top-grade floating stone today."

"Got it, put it here!" Shen Chenqing said, and then seemed to react, turned his head and asked: "Top-grade, how top-grade is it, let me see?"

The cat-holding female official held the brocade bag in both hands and walked quickly towards Shen Chenqing. When she got close, she knelt down on one knee.

Shen Chenqing took the brocade bag, poured out the ore directly, held it at eye level, and released his jade-like fingers.

The ore fell slowly, completely contrary to the normal rules.

"Yes, it's true that we can still find ores of this quality now. You have put in a lot of effort." Shen Chenqing said.

The cat-holding female official bowed her head and said, "Ling'er dare not be careless about what the fairy ordered."

After a few exchanges, the ore finally landed on Shen Chenqing's chest. She caught it with her hands and put it back into the brocade bag.

"Let's go, let's go out together." Shen Chenqing withdrew her jade feet from the water, stood on a big rock and stretched.

Drops of water slid down their smooth calves and scattered on the rocks like blooming flowers.

Seeing this, the cat-holding female official immediately took out a butterfly embroidered cotton handkerchief and knelt down to wipe the water droplets on Shen Chenqing's feet. After her skin was clean and refreshed, she handed the orchid embroidered shoes to her feet.

Shen Chenqing put on her embroidered shoes, jumped lightly from the big rock, and landed on the bluestone road beside her.

About an incense stick of time later, at the entrance of the main hall of Liuhua Palace.

The two female officials standing at the door saw Shen Chenqing coming and immediately went to open the door.

Shen Chenqing hurriedly stopped him and asked, "What is Immortal Master doing?"

"Replying to the fairy lady, there has been no movement in the house since the last shift change. The fairy master should be in meditation."

Shen Chenqing nodded, personally moved the door of the hall open a crack, and slipped in.

The hall is very spacious. On the left side, there is an unfinished boat supported by a wooden frame. On the right side is a smelting table with all the necessary blacksmithing tools.

In the middle of the hall, Zhao Rui was dressed in purple, his aura was as deep as the sea, his hands were clasped together, holding up a small alchemy furnace.

That alchemy furnace was the one that Li Tongzhen used to quench the elixir ninety years ago, and lying quietly inside was still the foundation-building pill from that year.

Zhao Ruidao swore an oath and was unable to take the pill, but during the ninety years of practice, he accidentally discovered that as long as he got close to the pill furnace, he could speed up his practice.

Since then, Zhao Rui often held this square furnace in his daily practice. However, he didn't know that while the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was being absorbed by him, some of it also flowed into the furnace.

During the ninety years, the furnace took away limited spiritual energy, but it still slowly refined the elixir, making the elixir infinitely close to the top grade of mortal level.

On this day, the foundation-building elixir finally transformed under the operation of fate and reached a higher level.

A strange fragrance suddenly appeared and rushed in all directions. In just a moment, it filled the entire Liuhua Palace.

Shen Chenqing was standing beside Zhao Rui, originally looking at him infatuatedly. After smelling the fragrance, he was surprised: "Master Zhao is so handsome, he smells so good!"

But the next moment, he felt as if he had fallen into a hot spring, and his whole body felt refreshed.

"This feeling..." Shen Chenqing didn't care about anything else. He immediately sat cross-legged and practiced his skills silently.

The next moment, the fragrance filled the entire Taiyi Holy Palace.

Countless monks and female officials, who were originally busy with their own things, were all intoxicated at this moment, with faces full of happiness.

In the Yongshou Hall, Qian Xiaoyi was originally meditating. After smelling the fragrance, he immediately soared into the sky and headed straight for the Liuhua Palace.

Ninety years ago, he had sensed the fragrance of this elixir and knew its benefits too well. As long as he used formations to lock up the spiritual energy, he would have the confidence to reach the eighth level of Qi training.

Qian Xiaoyi ran as fast as he could while the fragrance of the elixir continued to permeate the air.

At the third moment, the fragrance spread throughout Yanjing.