But she refused to let it succeed.

When the body cannot store the absorbed energy, it is passed on to the Chaos Tree through the contract. The Chaos Tree receives a constant supply of energy and finally begins to sprout and grow leaves.

Yun Yuan was extremely happy as she looked at the phantom of the Chaos Tree with two tender leaves growing out of it in her consciousness.

The thunder was numb.

After being sure that he still couldn't do anything to Yunyuan, he left cursing.

Yun Yuan curled the corner of his mouth in disdain and cursed Xiao Changan as a running dog in his heart.

"Let's go." Jiuli suddenly appeared beside Yun Yuan. He was rarely wearing a crow-colored robe today, which made him look more mysterious and steady than usual.

"The thunder and lightning are so powerful that they have attracted the attention of the Taoists who entered the city. They are gathering here. If they find out that we are here, we may be in trouble in the future."

Yun Yuan took a quick look with her spiritual sense and found that it was true. She immediately decided to follow Jiuli and leave the scene. The two of them avoided roads that might expose their whereabouts and returned to the Imperial Master's Mansion.

Next, it’s time to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the tigers.

…………

Recently, the news that eating Xiao Chang'an's meat can make one immortal has spread like wildfire. It has spread from Qingqi City to nearby cities. More and more people have heard this rumor. Some are skeptical, but more people are eager to try it.

Qingqi Mountain, as the largest force in Qingqi City, was also the first group of people to know the news. They responded quickly and sent three elders, Wu Li, Wu Wu, and Wu Chen, to verify the authenticity of the news. Together with their disciples, a total of more than 30 people, traveled day and night and were the first to appear in the capital.

When Xiao Changan knew nothing about the rumors, they kidnapped him from his home that night. Everything happened too suddenly and Xiao Changan was not prepared at all.

It was said that after Xiao Chang'an was knocked unconscious by lightning in Luoyu Hutong, he woke up after a long time. He couldn't believe that Yun Yuan didn't help him and forcefully took Linglong Heart back.

He had long regarded Linglong Heart as his own. When he suddenly lost Linglong Heart, Xiao Changan could not suppress the anger and hostility in his heart.

He gnashed his teeth and said, "Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. I will send someone to Qingqi Mountain to find a Taoist priest to take you in!"

But he never expected that the Taoist priests from Qingqi Mountain did come, but their target was not Yun Yuan, but himself.

Xiao Changan was kidnapped in the middle of the night. Facing more than thirty pairs of eyes staring at him hungrily, he felt confused and afraid. His face turned pale and he felt like a fish on the chopping board.

The people of Qingqi Mountain looked at him and were very confused. No matter how they looked at him, Xiao Changan looked like an ordinary person. Could they really become immortal by eating it?

The first one to move was Wu Li. He slowly took out a sharp dagger from his arms, then threw it lightly at Xiao Changan's feet.

With a crisp metallic collision sound, the dagger fell steadily to the ground. Chang'an was startled and his body shook involuntarily.

He tried to calm himself down and said calmly, "Who are you and what do you want to do? I don't think I have offended you."

Wu Li's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing an evil smile, his eyes flashing with cold light, as if he was staring at his prey.

He said in a gloomy voice: "It is said that eating your flesh can make you immortal, and we all want to know if this rumor is true.

If you are sensible, you can cut off the flesh from your body and give it to us. This will save you some pain. But if you are unwilling to cooperate, don't blame us for being rude to you."

After he said this, the people behind him burst into creepy laughter, which was particularly scary in the night.

There was greed and cruelty in their eyes, like wild beasts, as if they couldn't wait to taste Xiao Changan's flesh.

Xiao Changan was shaking even more violently, and subconsciously wanted to retreat, but there were people from Qingqi Mountain behind him, so he had to stop.

He explained in a trembling voice: "You must have made a mistake. Xiao is just an ordinary person. Eating Xiao's meat will not give you the ability to live forever. You..."

Seeing that all the people surrounding him were dressed as Taoist priests, Xiao Changan suddenly had an idea and thought of Yun Yuan. He said tremblingly:

"You go find Yun Yuan. She has a seven-orifice heart and is a thousand-year-old fox demon. I am really just an ordinary person. Eating her flesh will definitely be more useful than eating my flesh."

Wu Li glanced at him, his expression revealing some interest, and asked: "Who is the Yun Yuan you are talking about? What is her origin and where does she live?"

Xiao Changan thought it was useful, and said quickly: "Yun Yuan is a thousand-year-old fox demon. Two years ago, she suddenly appeared beside me and said she came to repay me. But two days ago, I don't know what stimulated her. She electrocuted me before she could say a few words. I... I don't know where she is now."

"Don't know?" Wu Li kicked Xiao Chang'an in the abdomen, causing him to stagger. "You are kidding us, you just made up a fox demon and tried to trick us. Do you know who we are? You are really brave."

Xiao Changan was confused: "You... who are you?"

He actually already had the answer in his mind, but he was not sure yet.

None of the thirty or so people present answered him, and Wu Chen, one of the other two elders, spoke up.

He said to Xiao Changan: "Stop talking nonsense and give each of us a piece of meat, otherwise we will kill you."

How many people? Is that how many people? Xiao Changan wanted to cry but had no tears, and felt desperate.

So many people, each with a piece of meat, what's the difference between this and Lingchi? It's better to just kill him directly, at least it won't be so painful.

Xiao Chang'an did not move for a long time. Wu Chen winked at the disciples below him. Two disciples quickly grabbed Xiao Chang'an's arms and controlled him. The other one picked up a dagger on the ground and approached Xiao Chang'an.

Xiao Changan's mind went blank, and his limbs were shaking like a sieve: "Wait, wait, I really can't eat it, you guys go eat Yunyuan...ah!"

The dagger slashed his face, blood dripped, and Xiao Changan screamed in pain: "Help, help!"

Wu Chen laughed cheerfully: "Go ahead and scream, but no one will come to save you even if you scream your throat out."

The moonlight suddenly disappeared, and everyone's eyes went dark. They subconsciously looked up, but there was not a single star in the dark sky. Before they could react, a loud thunder fell from the sky.

"Ah!" The disciple holding the dagger was hit and fell to the ground motionless.

The two men who were holding Xiao Changan's arms shuddered, subconsciously withdrew their hands, and stayed away from the fallen disciple.

Xiao Changan noticed that the shackles had disappeared, and a strong desire to survive erupted. He ignored his fear and ran quickly towards the dark place.

Everyone in Qingqi Mountain looked at each other and saw a different light in each other's eyes.

No one believed that this was a coincidence. Xiao Changan was indeed different!

So when a bolt of lightning struck, the three elders not only did not retreat, but became even more excited. Even Elder Wu Wu, who had a relatively cold personality, took action, vowing to capture Xiao Changan.

Xiao Changan ran desperately but could not escape the clutches of the three elders of Qingqi Mountain and was captured again. This time it was Wu Chen who attacked him.

"Boom!" Thunder struck.

Wu Chen quickly changed his position in an attempt to avoid the lightning, but the lightning seemed to have consciousness. It chased Wu Chen while attacking other people from Qingqi Mountain with tiny lightning bolts.

For a moment, the scene was extremely chaotic. The air was filled with the stench of burnt human flesh, and wailing sounds were heard from the crowd from time to time.

Xiao Changan looked at the scene in front of him, looked up at the sky in disbelief, and then filled with ecstasy.

He has always believed that he was different since he was a child, and it turns out to be true. Even God protects him!

Wu Chen dodged the lightning, and the dagger in his hand flew out and hit Xiao Changan's heart.

Time seemed to stop for a moment at this moment.

Wu Chen felt his movements suddenly slow down. Seeing Wu Li and Wu Wu’s eyes suddenly widen, he raised his head in despair.

………………

There was a night of heavy rain in Kyoto. The thunder became louder and louder. Occasionally, screams could be heard from the streets. People living nearby heard them, but no one dared to open the door to check.

The next day, the rain stopped and the sky cleared up. People opened their doors cautiously.

There were more than twenty bodies of people killed by lightning lying in the street. They were all Taoists without exception, and their deaths were miserable.

Some were electrocuted and curled up into a ball, some had broken limbs, and some had their eyes wide open with a look of fear on their faces, as if they had seen something horrible before they died.

Xiao Changan walked past the corpses in his official uniform with steady steps and a faint smile on his face, which made people feel weird for no reason.

"Lord Xiao." Shuntian Prefecture Yin stopped him and said, "Lord Xiao lives nearby. Did you hear any unusual noises at night?"

"No." Xiao Chang'an's lips remained curved, his expression calm, his eyes not dodging at all: "I live some distance from here, Lord Zheng, you should ask the people nearby."

Looking at Xiao Changan's departing back, the prefect of Shuntian frowned tightly.

Faced with more than 20 corpses with tragic deaths, most pedestrians chose to take a detour. Those who could not avoid the route either lowered their heads and dared not look, or were so frightened that their faces turned pale.

Only Xiao Chang'an had more than one way to enter the palace, but he did not choose to take other routes. He remained calm when facing the corpses and even had a faint smile on his face when he saw the corpses. He had no fear at all, as if what he saw was just a small scene.

You have to know that there were not just one or two bodies, but more than twenty, and none of them were intact. Even he, who had experienced many storms, could only pretend to be calm. Wasn't Xiao Changan being a little too indifferent?

But if it was said that the loud thunder at night was related to Xiao Changan, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture thought it was impossible.

How could a mortal control lightning? Unless Xiao Changan was not a human.

Lord Fang beside him noticed the strangeness of Shuntian Prefecture Governor and couldn't help asking, "Lord Zheng, did you find anything wrong?"

Shuntian Prefecture Governor temporarily suppressed his doubts and shook his head slowly: "It's okay, maybe I'm just overthinking."

In this mysterious and vast land, many things cannot be explained by common sense, let alone being explored in depth by an ordinary person like him.

…………

[Host, Xiao Changan has awakened some strange ability. He went to the emperor and wanted to use the prince's life span to extend his life! ]

Yun Yuan was practicing and opened her eyes when she heard this.

On the night when the Taoist priest from Qingqi Mountain came to find Xiao Chang'an, she watched a live broadcast through the system and learned that Xiao Chang'an had died once.

But as for the extension of his life, Xiao Changan might have been an evil cultivator in his previous life, right?

Yun Yuan couldn't help but wonder: [Borrowing Yang Shou's life is such an incredible thing, would Xuanyuan Chengyin agree? ]

The emperor was incompetent and indulged in wine and sex all day long. He was indifferent to state affairs. Now he is sick in bed and unable to govern the country. I wonder how many people are relieved.

They wished the emperor would die and let a more capable and responsible prince take the throne to prevent the emperor from continuing to act recklessly.

For example, the floods and droughts some time ago. If the crown prince had not cared about the people's livelihood and personally asked for permission, it would have taken an unknown amount of time for the emperor to deal with it. He would probably have just pretended nothing had happened.

For the common people, Xuanyuan can do without a tyrant but cannot do without a prince. He is deeply loved by the people and is like a savior in their minds.

As for the officials, they would rather assist the prince than work under a tyrant. "Instead of asking about the common people, ask ghosts and gods" is exactly what the emperor is like now. Their knowledge is useless and they are not as valued by the emperor as the sorcerers.

The system said: [Xuanyuan Chengyin naturally disagrees, but he is under pressure from the imperial order and filial piety. Abandoning the emperor would go against Xuanyuan Chengyin's reputation for benevolence, so he is a little hesitant.]

Yun Yuan knew what Xuanyuan Chengyin was worried about.

This is human nature. If a heinous person occasionally does something good, people will think that his "nature is not bad." But if a person always does good things and occasionally does something "flawed," people will label him as "hypocritical."

Xuanyuan Chengyin is now in a difficult situation.

Even though everyone wanted the emperor to die and knew that his demands were unreasonable, Xuanyuan Chengyin, as a son, could not act openly, as this would taint his character.

Yun Yuan asked: [Xiao Changan is just a scholar, but he suddenly knows how to borrow the method of longevity. Doesn't anyone doubt the truth of his words? ]

System response: [Of course there is. Now, in order to prove that what he said is true, Xiao Changan found an old man who was about to die and his young son, and promised them many benefits. He wanted to take them to the market to show his magic openly.]

Yun Yuan stood up: [Let me see where he is? ]

System: [At the entrance of East Market.]

Yun Yuan turned into a stream of light and flew out. When she arrived at the entrance of the East City Vegetable Market, she found that the window of a teahouse next to it was open. She used her spiritual sense to explore and moved towards the window.

Jiuli and Xuanyuan Chengyin sat facing each other by the window, drinking tea and looking at Xiao Changan in the distance with serious expressions.

Xiao Changan seemed to know that they were here, and cast a meaningful glance in their direction, as if with disdain and provocation.

Xuanyuan Chengyin frowned, "This Xiao Changan is so weird. He was just an ordinary scholar a few days ago, but today he is like a different person. He looks so high and mighty, as if he has someone to rely on. He doesn't even take me, the crown prince, seriously."

If he took it seriously, he would not have asked the prince to borrow his life span.

Jiuli was about to speak when he suddenly seemed to realize something and looked out the window with sharp eyes.

After a moment, his expression softened.

Under Xuanyuan Chengyin's puzzled gaze, Jiuli smiled and gracefully picked up an exquisite teacup from the side. He stretched out his slender fingers to gently lift the teapot and slowly poured the boiling hot tea into the cup.

Xuanyuan Chengyin: "This tea..."

The familiar scent of flowers wafted over, and suddenly a woman appeared in front of me.

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