I am immortal in the immortal world

Chapter 372
There are no free steamed buns in the world!
When Zhou Yi heard the Epiphyllum Book, his first thought was what his father said, someone let you eat steamed buns for free, either it is poisonous, or it makes you work hard.

"A moment of youth!"

Thinking back carefully, there are descriptions in "Shuowen Jiezi", such as a beautiful woman getting old easily, like fireworks disappearing in an instant, like a snap of the fingers withering...

Zhou Yi suddenly thought of something, and looked up at the eloquent gentleman.

Since coming to the palace a year ago, there are two people who have made Zhou Yi very close. Xiao Xizi is like a brother and friend, and the husband is like a teacher and student, giving warmth to the cold palace.

Now Mr. is very persuasive, he doesn't mention the flaws of Epiphyllum Book of Epiphyllum at all, he only says that he is good at cultivation, promotion and fortune, and his future is boundless.

"Aren't they real masters and apprentices!"

Zhou Yi sighed helplessly, there was no warmth in the inner garden of the palace.

Mr. boasted about the benefits of the exercises, and most of the servants were full of enthusiasm. They dreamed of becoming Eunuch Hai and Eunuch Wei. They recited the Epiphyllum Book word by word, and worked harder than they did when they were reading.

A few eyes flickered, but whether you believed it or doubted it, there was no way to resist after all.

The wells in the palace are all smelly, so it doesn't matter if you throw in an extra corpse!
There are more than [-] words in the Epiphyllum Treasure Book, followed by more than [-] words of kung fu tips, involving many meridians and acupoints, as well as mysterious Taoist concepts.

It takes one day to recite the Book of Changes, and I can basically recite it by heart. Listen carefully to Mr.'s explanation word by word.

What is zhenqi, where are the acupuncture points and meridians, and how to channel zhenqi into the dantian, the explanations are extremely detailed. From this aspect, he looks like a real teacher.

at dusk.

When Zhou Yi returned to his residence, he saw Xiao Xizi lying on the bed.

Humming and chirping, it seems to be moaning.

Taking a closer look, Xiao Xizi's temples are grizzled, she is more than ten times older than a year ago, and her face has a strange purple color.

Zhou Yi hurried forward and said with concern: "Brother Xizi, what's wrong with you?"

"Xiao Yizi..."

Xiao Xizi's voice was weak and subtle, only the sound of exhaling and rarely inhaling, with a smile on his face: "A few days ago, our family saw His Majesty, only a few feet away, His Majesty asked a question."

Zhou Yi caressed Xiao Xizi's chest gently: "This is a good thing, did Brother Xizi get the answer right?"

Xiao Xizi's dream is to serve His Majesty around, to become a character like Eunuch Hai, with the pinnacle of martial arts, and a mighty power in the world.

"We have been preparing for ten years, of course we got the right answer!"

Xiao Xizi coughed violently a few times, with a proud red on her face: "Your Majesty asked a question, and no other servants could understand it. We answered it citing scriptures, and His Majesty praised us for being smart and solid, hahaha..."

The laughter was as shrill as a night owl, and the breath was short and intermittent.

Zhou Yi wondered: "Then what happened today?"

"Today, the longevity golden elixir is refined in Qianyuan Hall, and the internal servant needs to test the medicine first."

Xiao Xizi said: "Eunuch Xu, who is on duty as the palace supervisor, personally named us, which is praised by His Majesty. It should be used as a trial medicine, but after taking Danhou, he was poisoned!"

"Poisoned?"

Zhou Yi exclaimed in amazement, and asked, "Wouldn't the alchemy be trying to harm His Majesty?"

Xiao Xizi shook his head and said: "I heard that the formula of longevity pills is not complete, alchemists remixed medicines, we who try pills can only wait for death."

Zhou Yi looked at Xiao Xizi whose breath was weakening, not knowing how to rescue her.

I don't know what happened tonight, Xiaozhengzi and Xiaoyuanzi haven't come down yet, the two of them have profound skills, maybe they can help Xiaoxizi detoxify.

"I hate it!"

Xiao Xizi's pupils began to slacken: "I wish I could be loyal to His Majesty, I hate..."

Before the second half of the sentence was spoken, the breath was completely cut off, and the eyes were wide open.

Zhou Yi was so frightened that his hands and feet were numb and fidgety. He didn't know what to do with the corpse. According to the village rules, the coffin was suspended for three days, and then buried in the ancestral grave after relatives and friends offered their condolences.

The eunuch cut off the incense of the ancestors, which is unfilial and unqualified to bury in the graves of the ancestors.

When he was panicking and at a loss, Zhou Yi heard the door opening, and when he looked back, it was Xiaozhengzi and Xiaoyuanzi.

Xiao Zhengzi glanced at the corpse, sadness flashed in his eyes, and he said, "I will report to the prison tomorrow, and I will send a servant to bury Xiao Xizi in Zhongguan's tomb."

With a gloomy face, Xiao Yuanzi stared at Zhou Yi for a long time, then went back to bed to rest in silence.

Anger flashed in Zhou Yi's eyes, he had already understood that the two of them waited outside and did not enter the door, deliberately not helping Xiaoxizi heal his injuries.

Such indifference chilled Zhou Yi!
Xiao Xizi has a lively personality and is willing to help others. She helps her roommate a lot on weekdays, but in the end she just watched him die!

"What dad said is true, people go to drink tea, cross rivers and destroy bridges..."

Zhou Yi lay in bed unable to sleep, lost his teacher and friends for a day, and next to the cold corpse, he always felt Xiao Xizi's face floating in front of his eyes.

With eyes closed, he tossed and turned, wanting to question the two roommates, but couldn't bear the courage.

The next morning.

Zhou Yi, who had formed a habit, suddenly opened his eyes, and quickly got up and dressed.

Xiaozhengzi and Xiaoyuanzi walked in front, and Zhou Yi bowed his head and followed behind. It was a pity that Xiaoxizi, who liked to talk, was gone, and the journey seemed very quiet.

Passing through the palace gates and encountering noble people passing by, the three of them knelt down and saluted from a distance.

Carefully waited for the nobleman to go far away before getting up and continuing to walk. He would rather go late and not have a meal than be rude.

The status of the eunuchs in the palace is low, but they are the emperor's servants. If the nobles don't like it, they can be dragged out and killed without any reason.

Near the kitchen.

Xiao Zhengzi suddenly said: "Xiao Xizi shouldn't force himself to stand out, His Majesty's question is not difficult, how could no one answer it?"

Xiao Yuanzi went on to say: "It's just that I don't dare, there are only so many seats in the palace, one carrot and one hole, you have won His Majesty's praise, do you want to push someone down?"

Zhou Yi was silent, but the bottom of his heart was turbulent.

Perhaps influenced by Xiaoxizi, perhaps because of the desire in his heart, Zhou Yi also has the dream of power.

One day he will be in charge of a prison, and he will return home in a good manner, is it considered a glorious ancestor, isn't it?
Listening to Xiaozhengzi and Xiaoyuanzi's talk now, it seems that Xiaoxizi was praised by His Majesty, Eunuch Xu deliberately let him test the medicine, and then died of poison!
Xiao Zhengzi said in a deep voice: "The water in this palace is too deep, we don't want to have much power in the future, as long as we can save our lives and coax the nobles to get some rewards."

Xiaoyuanzi nodded and said: "In the future, when I get old and go out of the palace, I can spend money to find a place to live, so as not to live on the street and become a beggar."

Zhou Yi was still silent, but his face became a little gloomy and cold, with no emotions, just like Xiaozhengzi and Xiaoyuanzi who were leading the way.

After breakfast, I came to the study as usual.

Mr. continued to talk about Epiphyllum Treasure, more patient than teaching to recognize characters, and if the servant had doubts, he would explain in detail.

Zhou Yi wrote down all the questions in the book, this is the method Xiao Xizi told him, it seems that a good memory is not as good as a bad pen.

The handwriting is crooked, and it can barely be counted as a word, and people other than Zhouyi can't read it all.

Go back to the room.

Zhou Yi read the questions written down from the beginning, and sure enough, he had forgotten most of what the teacher said in class.

Repeated reading, a little gain.

I have a general understanding of acupuncture points, meridians, and the movement of true qi, but Zhou Yi didn't try to practice.

After all, according to speculation, this is a practice that consumes life energy!

The sun rises and the moon sets.

In the blink of an eye, one month has passed.

After the master finished explaining the tricks of Epiphyllum Treasure, his pupils, more white than black, swept across all the servants.

"Okay, don't use it for class in the future, it's better to go to practice!"

Not far to the south of the study, there is a row of rehearsal rooms. Since then, the servants have started to practice martial arts, and after a year, they will be assigned guards according to their martial arts strength.

Classwork is over.

The servants left the study in groups of three or four, discussing which practice room to go to, so that they would not be bullied by the old people.

Zhou Yi wrote down all the questions in four books, one thick stack, and after all the servants left, he came to the gentleman with the books in his arms, and kowtowed three times.

"Thank you sir."

"Jie Jie Jie..."

The gentleman laughed like a night owl, looked Zhou Yi up and down, and said: "You are quite sensible, you are living in this palace, and you can live longer by kowtowing!"

When Zhou Yi met his eyes, he felt cold and greasy all over his body, like a poisonous snake crawling around, which made people shudder.

"Thank you sir for teaching."

He got up quickly and left as if fleeing.

The next day.

Zhou Yi followed Xiaozhengzi and Xiaoyuanzi to Jiaqi's practice room.

The five or six zhang practice room is divided into small single rooms with wooden boards, inside there are rugs, futons, and incense burners. There are messy handwriting on the wooden boards, which seem to be the martial arts insights left by the predecessors.

"The room on the side is empty, Xiao Yizi left a mark on the door, and no one will occupy it in the future."

Xiaoyuanzi pointed to his private room, there was a square circled on the door: "Just remember, you can only rely on yourself in this palace, if someone really fights with you, we won't care!"

"Thank you Yuanzi."

Zhou Yi bowed slightly, and bowed to the little Zhengzi next to him: "Thank you, brother Zhengzi."

Make a mark, enter the private room, and sit cross-legged on the futon.

After a while, the mood was calm, Zhou Yi recalled the opening chapter of Epiphyllum Treasure, and breathed in countercurrently for twelve breaths, strands of breath circulated in the meridians, and finally returned to the dantian.

After practicing for a week, Zhou Yi slowly opened his eyes and sensed the true energy in his dantian.

"Sir, you have said that if you are successful in the sky, those with excellent aptitude can get ten wisps of true qi, and those with mediocre aptitude can get five wisps of true qi. Our three wisps of true qi belong to low-level aptitude..."

"If the Epiphyllum Treasure loses life essence, we have to lose three times to be comparable to a qualified servant!"

Zhou Yi looked distressed, and there were two paths before him.

One is to live a short life, try your best to practice, and assign a good job.The second is to live a long life and have shallow skills, so you can only go to the palace wall to patrol.

After thinking for a long time, Zhou Yi started practicing again.

"You can't make money on patrol, and you can't leave the palace, and you will never see your parents for the rest of your life!"

According to the law, eunuchs are forbidden to leave the palace, but some powerful eunuchs can sneak out in their free time.I heard from Xiao Xizi that many eunuchs have yards in the capital to raise their bought wives and sons.

Zhou Yi didn't care about his daughter-in-law, he just wanted to bring his parents to the capital so that he wouldn't have to suffer from hunger.

"Even if the lifespan is exhausted, it's not bad for parents to live a good life!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Yi has been practicing kung fu all day, and more than 30 wisps of true energy have accumulated in his dantian.

When I go back to my room at night, I repeatedly read the books that record the problems, recall the kung fu tips that my teacher said, and try my best to speed up the efficiency of the kung fu.

Originally two quarters of an hour a week, half an hour later, it only takes a quarter of an hour, and half a year later it will be halved.

this day.

Get up early in the morning.

Zhou Yi followed behind the two of them, silently thinking about the secrets of the movement of zhenqi.

Xiao Zhengzi stopped suddenly, and Zhou Yi almost bumped into him without noticing for a while, only to hear him say: "Xiao Yizi, did you not concentrate on practicing?"

Zhou Yi was slightly taken aback, not knowing why.

Xiao Yuanzi said: "The Epiphyllum Book of Epiphyllum loses life essence, the more diligent you practice, the faster you will age!"

Zhou Yi was surprised and said, "You two know?"

"Such an obvious thing, who doesn't know?"

Xiaozhengzi said in a cold voice: "If the palace hadn't been in charge of our food and drink, we would have starved to death several times. Now that we are full, we should work for His Majesty!"

Xiao Yuanzi said: "Those servants on duty guarding the palace walls have worked so hard all their lives, and were bullied, they couldn't get out of the palace until they died. How about they have more skills, get a good job, and take care of relatives at home."

"Thank you two brothers for teaching!"

Zhou Yi frowned slightly, faintly feeling that something was wrong, he had tried his best to practice.

If it was when he first entered the palace, Zhou Yi would definitely express his doubts, but now he is more careful, planning to see the changes of his classmates after practicing.

To the kitchen.

Zhou Yi looked around and saw a few classmates.

In the past half a year, all the boys who were in their teens had mature faces, and their hair turned black and gray.Some people even had wrinkles on their faces, gray hair, and cloudy eyes.

"No wonder you suspect that we didn't practice!"

Zhou Yi's heart was full of turbulent waves, with confusion, surprise, and bewilderment.

"Why don't we grow old? Is it a special constitution or a long life? If someone finds out the abnormality, what will the consequences be? Report it to His Majesty, will you be rewarded..."

In the eyes of ordinary people, the emperor is the supreme god.

Zhou Yi was a little moved, and soon thought of Xiao Xizi who died of taking the pill. In order to refine the longevity golden pill, His Majesty asked many servants to test the medicine.

"Your Majesty knows that we will not grow old, will we refine it into a elixir and eat it?"

The more I think about it, the more it will be like this. Zhou Yi respects the emperor, but he doesn't want to be burned and boiled. He suppresses the fear in his heart and thinks about how to cover up the fact that he won't grow old.

"The best way is to disguise yourself, it looks old on the surface!"

"The second is to have less contact with people, at least for the next six months, go out early and return late, so as to avoid people discovering the clues!"

"Secondly, go on duty in a place with few people, and you will show your flaws after a long time of contact!"

"It's just... where can I find the disguise technique?"

Zhou Yi fell into deep thought until he heard a sound next to his ear, and turned his head to see Xiao Yuanzi, who showed an impatient look on his face.

"What are you thinking about? How many times did you say no? Are you full?"

"OK OK."

How can Zhou Yi still have the mind to eat, if he doesn't solve the problem of getting old, sooner or later he will be arrested and used for alchemy.

On the way to Jiaqi practice room, Zhou Yi carefully considered his words and asked in a low voice.

"Brother Yuanzi, do you know the disguise technique?"

Xiaoyuanzi frowned: "Why, you want to hide your face and pretend to be practicing hard?"

Zhou Yi said with a mournful face: "The family suffered a drought, and my parents, brothers and sisters starved to death. There is no family. We want to live longer and pray for our parents!"

Xiaozhengzi said quietly: "With this appearance, it's not as real as an actor's acting."

"There is great terror between life and death, and you don't need a reason to live long!"

Xiao Yuanzi said: "There are many servants in the palace who don't want to practice the Epiphyllum Book of Epiphyllum, so they have ways to pretend to be old, but they need to spend money to buy ointment."

Zhou Yi was secretly happy in his heart, with a mournful face on his face, he didn't have a penny inside or out.

Xiaoyuanzi looked at Xiaozhengzi and asked what he meant.

Xiaozhengzi nodded slightly: "We can lend you silver, and we will repay it in regular silver in the future, and we have to do things for us."

"Thank you Zhengzi."

Zhou Yi repeatedly bowed and agreed to make his face look old first, so as not to be arrested for alchemy, and the future will be discussed in the future.

(End of this chapter)