Chapter 614: Sacrificing the Nine Cauldrons, Manifesting the National Destiny
"Is there no other way to break through the limit of lifespan?" Zhao Kuo asked.
Xiangzi was silent for a while and then spoke: "There are records in ancient books. There are two schools of Qi refiners. One is to join the world. They take the same route as the physical body and have similar mental strength, but their combat effectiveness is far less than that of warriors, and they do not have the wisdom of civil servants.
and huge spiritual power. The other is to transcend the world. They believe that the physical body and spirit are just a drag on oneself. As long as the physical body and spirit are abandoned and transformed into heaven and earth, they can gain eternal life, which is the so-called immortality."
"Abandon the body and spirit? Then nothing will be left. What's the point of such immortality?" Zhao Kuo didn't understand the thinking of these people.
What is the purpose of immortality? To put it bluntly, it means that you have not enjoyed it enough. Do you want to continue to enjoy it? If you are tortured every day, who would want to live forever?
"It's not like there's nothing left. Theoretically speaking, there's still a ball of will and 'qi' left. But such immortality is really meaningless." Xiangzi said.
"Has anyone ever succeeded?" Zhao Kuo asked curiously.
"I haven't heard of it." Xiangzi shook his head.
"It seems that no matter which way you go, there is no hope of immortality." Zhao Kuo sighed, a little disappointed, but not very disappointed.
After all, from beginning to end, he did not believe in immortality.
"The king's mental power is very strong. If he can break through to the extraordinary realm, his lifespan will be much longer than most extraordinary realms. And Xunzi, although he is a civil servant, his personal force is more powerful than many military generals. If no accidents occur,
, he can definitely live longer than most civil servants, and if he can break through to the extraordinary realm, his lifespan will also be greatly improved." Xiangzi said.
"The extraordinary realm is not that easy." Zhao Kuo sighed. Even if he did not give up martial arts and practiced martial arts for a short time every day, he could only maintain his strength without declining. There was no hope of breaking through to the extraordinary realm.
Unless you go through the baptism of a life and death battle.
But as the King of Zhao, even if he had the chance to go to the front line, the generals would not let him fight with the enemy.
"By the way, can the Army Soul Legion use this pill? Ordinary people can't bear it, but the Army Soul Legion should be able to withstand it if they use the military soul." Zhao Kuo suddenly thought.
It is very difficult to improve the strength of the Army Soul Legion. Even if Zhao Feiqi trains day and night, it is difficult to improve his strength at all.
If the elixir could enhance the strength of the Army Soul Legion, it would be of great use.
"I haven't tested it yet." Xiangzi shook his head.
He can apply for prisoners in the Gangyuan Realm at any time, but if he wants the military spirit army to cooperate, Zhao Kuo must nod.
"Ben, you go and cooperate with Xiangzi's test." Zhao Kuo looked at Ben who was standing next to him.
"Okay." Ben said very happily.
"One more thing, can the cost of refining the elixir be reduced?" Zhao Kuo said.
If he remembered correctly, the cost of this thing was very high, so high that those alchemists had to cheat money everywhere in order to refine one or two.
If the cost cannot be reduced, even if the Zhao Kingdom is emptied, it will not be enough for the Army Soul Corps.
"The cost of this thing is not high, and most of the ingredients in it are ineffective. Only a small part of the ingredients are effective. It can be produced in batches. I have refined several cans in the past few days. Those alchemists only succeeded after refining it so many times.
Once, it was just to make the refined elixir look good. Xiangzi said.
After all, food for the monarch does not matter whether it is useful or not. It must look good and satisfy the emperor.
If the monarch is given a crooked elixir with bumpy surfaces, even if the monarch is a fool, he may not believe that this thing is an elixir.
Although the ingredients are the same as those smooth, bright and metallic elixirs.
The latter may be even more toxic.
"Moreover, I was inspired that the toxicity is not absolute, but depends on the dose. If you use it well, it can save people. And for different people, the resistance is also different. In addition, stimulating factors deep in the body
Being active can improve strength and promote body evolution. It is not necessarily toxic, it can also be other things. For example, acupuncture, drugs extracted from the bodies of strong people, etc. However, these still need to be studied slowly. Our equipment is too
After a while, some things cannot be tested." Xiangzi sighed.
What lay before him now was an extremely difficult and tempting road.
He felt that if he could get through it, he would become the greatest person in the entire medical family, even more dazzling than Bian Que.
"If you need anything, go directly to the Mo family. I will let them fully cooperate with you. If they can't make it, then there is nothing I can do." Zhao Kuo said.
He is not omnipotent and cannot rub medical equipment with his hands.
But fortunately, this world is a world with extraordinary power after all. Many things that could not be created in this period of history can be created by force.
For example, blasting open a mountain, shaping steel into the shape of a ship, vernier calipers, microscopes...
Maybe this is how to defeat all methods with one force.
"By the way, there is Taihua. I asked him if he would like to stay in Zhao. If he is willing, let him refine medicine with you." Zhao Kuo said.
Taihua hasn't left yet, he is still waiting for Zhao Kuo to "come to his senses", bring him into the palace, and ask him to refine the elixir.
As everyone knows, if Zhao Kuo hadn't felt embarrassed to take action because he was old, a younger one would have been expelled from the Zhao Kingdom long ago.
"If you don't want to, just tie him up and send him to Chu State." Zhao Kuo thought in his mind.
Qin Wangji is already old and will not live long. His son and grandson are not immortal and will not live for a few years after his death. Qin Shihuang's cub is in his hands, so there is no need to worry.
However, the King of Chu was still very young and showed signs of prosperity, so he could be given a free ride.
Unfortunately, Taihua did not let Zhao Kuo succeed.
Although Zhao Kuo did not give him funds, which made him feel sad, he saw new hope from doctors.
He sent the elixir to Zhao Kuo not to poison him to death, nor to defraud him of funds, but as a transaction. He really believed that the elixir could strengthen his body.
As for those who become weaker after eating, he defines them as unlucky people.
If you don't have enough blessings, you naturally don't deserve to take the elixir.
But the doctor told him that this was not the case.
Moreover, it only took the doctor half a month to figure out the elixir that he had been studying all his life.
He felt that if he could learn the techniques of doctors, he might be able to refine a real elixir.
In addition, Taihua considered that he was old and might have set off on the road before he had mastered the skills, so he also called over the two apprentices who had stayed on Taihua Mountain.
Zhao Kuo did not refuse and gave them treatment second only to Xiangzi, Song Zhong and others.
After all, if you can come up with an elixir, you will always have some fantastic ideas. A clever idea may be able to push Zhao Guo's medical skills a big step forward.
There are only three people in Zhao who can eat.
"Your Majesty, the altar has been built." Zhao Sheng reported.
After Zhao Guo obtained the Jiuding, he immediately began to build an altar outside the city and prepare for the sacrificial ceremony.
This is a matter of great importance to the country. In the era of military sacrifices, sacrifices are indispensable.
It can not only declare sovereignty, but also inspire people. Of course, the most important thing is to 'connect' with heaven.
"Inform all civil and military officials to hold a sacrificial ceremony tomorrow." Zhao Kuo ordered.
"No." Zhao Sheng was a little excited, this is Jiuding!
For this reason, he even went to the ancestral temple to tell his ancestors.
Zhao Sheng believed that the reason why Zhao State was able to obtain Jiuding was because of the protection of its ancestors.
The next day, Zhao Kuo, dressed in the royal robes of the emperor and wearing a twelve-pin crown, led all the civil and military officials to the altar.
"Dong dong dong!"
The bells and drums began to play, and everyone bowed their heads respectfully in the direction of Jiuding.
Zhao Kuo personally placed Tailao on the altar, took out the sacrificial inscription from his sleeve, and began to read it out.
"... I hope that our country of Zhao will be free from disasters and disease, have good weather, have a good harvest, children grow up healthily, and the people live and work in peace and contentment."
On the altar, Zhao Kuo finished reading the sacrificial text and threw it into the fire.
The sacrificial text was instantly swallowed up by the flames, and the fire snake twisted its body towards Zhao Kuo, as if it wanted to say something.
Immediately afterwards, the nine cauldrons suddenly burst into dazzling brilliance. Nine-color light pillars of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, and white rushed out from the nine cauldrons and poured into the sky. It was as if nine colorful portals had opened in the sky, which was extremely majestic.
The sky and the earth merge into a gorgeous picture. Under the nine-color brilliance, the clouds in the sky seem to be ignited, rolling and boiling.
An invisible and majestic aura came out from the Jiuding, permeating the sky and the earth, some like the roar of a dragon, and some like the cry of a phoenix.
"Nine hundred years of national destiny!" In Handan College, Gan De and Shi Shen suddenly stood up from their futons and looked at the sky in surprise.
At this time, no one needed to explain, everyone understood what the nine-color brilliance represented.
boom!
A roar resounded in everyone's hearts, and then, the golden-red light beam representing the Jizhou Cauldron suddenly exploded, turning into countless spots and flying around.
The sky above Zhao State seemed to be swept away by an inexplicable force.
The next moment, the other eight cauldron light pillars also exploded, and colorful light points fell towards the ground like snowflakes. Some fell on people, some fell on animals, some fell on crops, and some fell on crops.
Falling in rivers, some falling in mountains and rivers...
The mountains, rivers, and vegetation all seemed to come to life, and they all bowed their heads in the direction of Jiuding.
At this moment, the entire Zhao country seemed to be different.
More snowflakes floated into the bodies of everyone present. Everyone raised their heads, looked at the sky, and opened their mouths slightly.
It wasn't until Jiuding completely fell into sediment and the strange phenomena in the sky disappeared that everyone slowly came back to their senses.
Zhao Bao patted the corners of his stiff mouth and looked at the people around him blankly, "Who can explain what's going on?"
"The destiny of the country has manifested." Chulong has not yet fully recovered, "The nine tripods contain the destiny of the country for nine hundred years, and each tripod contains one hundred years."
"Does this mean that our Zhao country still has nine hundred years of reign?" Zhao Sheng said excitedly, nine hundred years is enough. The Zhou Dynasty only lasted eight hundred years.
"I don't know." Chulong shook his head. Xia, Shang and Zhou all had Jiuding, but no country had a Guozuo of nine hundred years. No one knew what was going on.
"What's going on with those snowflake-like light spots?" Wei Qi suddenly thought.
Wei Qi spent most of his time outside building roads in the past few years and rarely came back during the Chinese New Year. This year, Zheng Guo succeeded him, and he was finally able to come back and enjoy himself.
In terms of professional convenience, Zheng Guo has completely surpassed him.
When it comes to water conservancy, road and bridge construction, no one in the entire Zhao Kingdom is his opponent.
"It seems to be related to the content of the sacrificial text... Do you feel that... your abilities have become stronger?" Xunzi said with some uncertainty. He vaguely felt that his abilities had strengthened a little, but it was not obvious.
"I guess?" Wei Wuji was also a little unsure.
"Even if you really become stronger, it's useless." Li Si looked at his teacher Xunzi.
The magnitude of the improvement is hard for even me to notice, how big it can be.
"What if everyone in the State of Zhao is promoted? What if there is no disease or disaster, good weather, a bumper grain harvest... all can be achieved, or can some of them be achieved?" Xunzi said.
Li Si instantly felt his heart pounding so hard that it was about to jump out of his throat. If he could really be free from illness and disaster, and have a bumper harvest of food, no, even if only half of Zhao had a bumper harvest, he wouldn't be able to finish all the food.
Not to mention that everyone in Zhao State has been promoted.
"How is this possible?" Huang Shigong swallowed.
No matter how powerful Jiuding is and the country's destiny is great, it is impossible to change destiny against the will of heaven.
"In a sense, this is a belief shared by everyone in the country. It is only inspired by Jiuding, just like the Kunlun God of the Xiongnu and the Sirius God of Donghu. As for whether it has any effect, it can only be determined through time.
It’s verified.” Lin Xiangru said.
It's a pity that as Zhao Guo becomes more and more powerful, it becomes more and more difficult for him to have the feeling of accepting orders in danger and dancing on the tip of a knife. Otherwise, he can rely on his wisdom when facing extreme danger to deduce everything.
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These snowflake-like light spots, which are scattered national fortunes, can indeed achieve the no disasters, no disease, smooth weather, and abundant food harvests mentioned in the sacrificial texts...
Although not all, even if it only reduces disasters by 50%, adjusts a certain amount of wind and rain, and increases part of the grain production, it will be very useful to Zhao.
And it lasts for a full nine years before the effects gradually disappear.
After the sacrifices are over, it's the end of the year.
During this period, the Spring Festival in other countries had not yet fully formed, and it was mainly about worshiping ancestors and heaven. However, the Spring Festival in Zhao State had a bit of color.
The main reason is that Zhao State has a Spring Festival holiday.
Not only officials have a holiday, but workers, teachers, etc. also have a holiday.
Everyone has been busy for a year and has made some money. They always want to reward themselves during the Chinese New Year and buy new clothes for their wives and children.
In addition, according to Zhao's strategic plan, the first step towards unifying the world will begin next year, and all soldiers may go to the battlefield and be unable to return home for a long time.
Therefore, in addition to leaving a few soldiers to guard, Zhao Guo gave most of the soldiers a month-and-a-half holiday and arranged for carriages to be sent to various counties. When the holiday was about to end, carriages were also arranged to pick them up in each county.
Save time on the way back and forth.
On New Year's Eve, Zhao Kuo hosted a banquet for all officials.
The next day, Zhao Kuo led hundreds of civil and military officials to worship the dead soldiers in the Hall of Heroes.
After the New Year, Zhao Guo will plan to fight against Yan.
Of course, it is definitely not a direct war, but the supplies must be transported to Wuyang and Daijun. Preparing the supplies before the war can greatly shorten the labor required to transport food.