The two men then looked down, and in the illusion, the bearded man was beaten to death, and the leader stepped on his chest and crushed him hard.

"Tell me, who is this rich young man you mentioned as extraordinary?"

The bearded man groaned, gritted his teeth, and said nothing.

"Keep fighting!"

Although the bearded man was beaten with blood all over his head, he still refused to give in and said weakly: "That young man is a good man. I can't betray him."

"Just being tough, huh? Keep fighting."

Finally, the bearded man was beaten to death, and finally said: "I said, I said, it was Xiao Chang'an, the son of the second branch of Zhaoxin Marquis's mansion, the top scholar of the previous year. He gave me a few drops of blood to mix with water, and then I made this potion."

The leader sneered disdainfully: "It would have been better if it had been done earlier."

He approached step by step, and under the bearded man's frightened gaze, pinched his face and poured the entire bottle of potion into his mouth.

The bearded man suddenly trembled, and then his whole body began to change drastically. Under the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, he slowly turned into a teenager.

"Damn!" The leader couldn't help but curse. What a loss! If he had known it was so effective, he would not have wasted this bottle of potion.

"Boss, this potion really works!"

"Rejuvenation, it really is rejuvenation, Boss, I want a potion like this too."

Everyone was chattering, and the boss took out a dagger from his waist and stabbed it into the bearded man's chest cleanly. The bearded man fell to the ground and didn't move.

Everyone has become accustomed to his behavior, and they are not afraid at all when seeing dead people, and they are even in the mood to discuss other things.

"Where is that tall and thin guy? When did he run away?"

"Should we go catch him?"

"Never mind, just deal with this first, don't let anyone find out."

They dragged the bearded man away and threw him into a nearby dry well, then covered him with a thick stone slab, completely unaware that their every move was exposed to the eyes of others.

A Taoist priest with an immortal look stood on the roof with several followers, looking down coldly.

"Uncle Master, what do you think?" asked one of the followers.

"The world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things. Let's go to the capital and catch that guy named Xiao Changan and then we'll know."

"Master uncle is right."

In order to prevent any fraud, after the people below had left, the Taoist priest led his men to lift up the stone slab and asked one of them to go in and pull out the body.

"He is indeed dead, and he is a real person, not a fake one."

"There is no sign of using a human skin mask. The touch and elasticity of this skin is indeed like that of a teenager."

The Taoist did not simply judge by appearances. He took out his sword and, to the surprise of his followers, split the body in half with one sword, revealing the bloody internal organs, which were very young.

"vomit!"

The Taoist glanced at the follower, who shuddered and swallowed the vomit that was about to surge up his throat, suppressing his nausea.

His companions' faces turned green when they saw his actions.

"Let's go." The Taoist waved his hand and threw the body parts back into the dry well. Several followers quickly covered them with stones and followed closely behind.

Yun Yuan and Jiu Li quietly came out from the darkness, looked at each other, and quickly transformed into two ragged and haggard beggars.

They nimbly slipped out of the alley, blended into the crowd, and began to spread the news of the elixir of life in the streets and alleys.

They would tell everyone they met: "Do you believe there is really an elixir of life in this world? Let me tell you, this is what I heard with my own ears just now in the alley. The person involved has been killed and his body is hidden in a dry well."

People were shocked and gathered around, wanting to hear more details.

So, Yun Yuan and Jiu Li began to tell what happened in the alley, emphasizing that Xiao Changan's blood could be made into an elixir of life.

After only two days, the news spread that eating Xiao Chang'an could make one immortal. Qingqi City was in turmoil, and forces from all sides were heading towards the capital.

For them, if the news was false, it would just be a waste of time. But what if the news was true? Who wouldn't want to live forever? They didn't want Xiao Changan to fall into the hands of others, and they were vying to be the first to catch Xiao Changan.

Yun Yuan and Jiu Li stayed in the city for two days. Seeing that the plan was successfully implemented, they went to the agreed location to meet Xuanyuan Chengyin.

Xuanyuan Chengyin has been acting alone these days. He first met Xuanyuan Chengze, and the two chatted secretly for a long time.

When Xuanyuan Chengyin left, his face was a little pale, with a yellowed book in his hand. He checked into a room at the agreed inn, and the candlelight stayed on all night.

The next day, he went out again and came back with unsteady steps and an even paler face.

Jiuli noticed his abnormality at a glance and asked him, "What's wrong with you? I haven't seen you for two days, but you look like a demon has sucked your blood."

Yun Yuan looked up and saw that Xuanyuan Chengyin's face was pale, and his originally rosy lips had turned light pink, looking haggard.

Xuanyuan Chengyin glanced at Jiuli and said, "There are only Taoist priests in Qingqi Mountain, so there are no demons. I just caught a cold."

Jiuli glanced at him, took out a pill and handed it to him: "Eat it, it can dispel wind and cure diseases."

Xuanyuan Chengyin paused, took the pill and put it in his mouth, his expression instantly looked much better.

Jiuli watched him eat it, and the moment he turned around, his pupils became as dark as thick ink that could not be dissolved.

What he gave was not a medicine to dispel wind and cure diseases, but a medicine to replenish blood and invigorate Qi. What made Xuanyuan Chengyin lose so much blood, without any scars on his body, and he kept it secret and didn't want to be exposed?

Yun Yuan looked at Jiuli, then at Xuanyuan Chengyin, and had a feeling that there was something strange between the two of them.

The three of them had lunch in silence, then walked out of the city and boarded the flying boat in an uninhabited place.

On the way back, Yun Yuan stood on the flying boat and looked into the distance at the sky.

Suddenly, she pointed to a place and said, "Jiuli, look over there in the clouds, is it still raining heavily?"

Yunzhong is the city where she absorbed lightning. Today is their third day in Qingqi City. Together with the two days she spent on the road and practicing, it is a total of five days.

It has been raining heavily in the clouds for five days?

No, maybe more than that. It is still unknown how many days of rain fell before Yun Yuan absorbed the lightning.

After receiving Jiuli's affirmative answer, Xuanyuan Chengyin looked solemn: "Let's go over and take a look."

They were still a step too late when they arrived by flying boat. Continuous heavy rain caused landslides and mud-rock flow, destroying some houses.

To make matters worse, the lake upstream of Yunzhong City broke its dike, and a large amount of lake water poured into Yunzhong City, turning the entire city into a vast ocean.

Yun Yuan looked down at the city below from the flying boat, and the scene before her was shocking.

The entire cloud was covered by thick thunderclouds. Floods ravaged the city, submerging the streets and alleys. Houses were soaked in water and could collapse at any time. The corpses of animals and humans were floating around, it was a horrible sight.

Some people stood on the roofs, shouting for help at the top of their lungs, but their voices were soon drowned out by the sound of rain and thunder. Others struggled to paddle with wooden boards, trying to find a safe place to escape the disaster.

The most distressing thing was a baby in swaddling clothes, who was lying in a small wooden basin, crying helplessly. The basin was more than half full of rainwater and was about to tip over.

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