Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 11 New Cultivation Method
  Millions of willpower, that is the faith of millions of believers.

A life-extending pill cost 100 square meters, which he couldn't afford.

The sacrifice is even more cruel. In the system setting, the sacrifice is a ritual in which tens of thousands of people perform sacrifices.

But a life-extending pill requires ten sacrifices, which means the blood of at least 100,000 people.

Bai Chu couldn't help but shudder at the cost of one hundred thousand lives in exchange for one year of life.

While Bai Chu was checking the store, Zhu Di looked gloomy. He thought Bai Chu had no way to extend his life, so he kept silent.

"Even Mr. Bai is helpless?"

Zhu Di murmured to himself, with a hint of disappointment in his voice.

After hearing Zhu Di's words, Bai Chu exited the system with a strange look on his face.

"That's not impossible."

When Zhu Di heard this, he felt happy and asked quickly: "Is there really a way?"

"Really? What method? Mr. Bai, just tell me. If I can do it, I will definitely extend my father's life."

"My lord, do you think twice? As long as Emperor Hongwu is alive, you will never be able to ascend the throne in your life."

Bai Chu began to analyze the stakes for Zhu Di.

"If you want to take over, unless Emperor Hongwu dies, there will be no one in the world who can defeat you."

"In addition, life extension is very demanding and consumes a lot of money."

"Even so, are you still willing to extend the life of Emperor Hongwu?"

"I am willing."

Zhu Di didn't hesitate at all and said decisively:
  "If my father could live to be a hundred years old, he would not cut down the vassalage, so why would I want to rebel?"

"If I can live a good life, why should I go on a killing spree? Let the mountains and rivers collapse and the sun and the moon lose their light."

"What's more, under my father's rule, all the people live and work in peace and contentment. I may not be able to defeat my father."

"If my father can live longer, I think the happiest people in this world will be my people."

Seeing Zhu Di's firm attitude, Bai Chu no longer tried to persuade him, but nodded and said:

"My current cultivation level is shallow. If I want to extend my life, I must have enough power of incense."

"That's good. What does Mr. Bai want to get the incense?"

Zhu Di said excitedly:

"Tell me the method and I will have someone prepare it for you."

"Mr. Bai, do you also want to refine a gilded body, similar to Buddhism and Taoism?"

"Or build a temple here and recruit soldiers?"

"If you are willing, I can make the decision and place your body in all the Buddhist and Taoist temples in Beiping Prefecture."

Xu Miaoyun looked at the conversation between Zhu Di and Bai Chu, and it became increasingly unreliable, and finally she couldn't bear it anymore.

"My lord, what happened?"

"How could you believe this life-extending nonsense?"

"Since ancient times, countless emperors have wanted to extend their lives, but what will be the final outcome?"

"If your father finds out about this, he will definitely punish you."

"Have you forgotten King Lu's lesson learned from the past?"

Zhu Di trembled when he mentioned King Lu.

In the 20th year of Hongwu, Zhu Di's tenth son was obsessed with spiritual practice and alchemy, and wanted to live forever. Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang learned about this and almost executed King Lu.

In the end, King Lu escaped by chance, but he died from the elixir at the age of twenty-two.

Looking at Xu Miaoyun, Zhu Gaochi and others seemed to have some misunderstanding about him. Bai Chu showed a smile on his lips and whispered:
  "My lord, you and your son seem to have some misunderstanding about me. Please finish your words first, and then we'll talk about it."

"I'm also tired these days. Your Majesty, can you help me find a place to stay? I want to take a rest."

Zhu Di saw Bai Chu's unhappiness and quickly explained:
  "Mr. Bai, forgive me, I didn't know your ability, that's why I said such words."

"Mr. Bai, please take a rest first. Madam and I will apologize to you later."

Next, Zhu Di ordered people to place Bai Chu in a good room.

Bai Chu didn't say anything more and walked out of the hall directly, leaving Zhu Di alone to explain to his family.

King Yan's fiefdom in Beiping can be said to have taken advantage of all the favorable locations and people.

Yanjing is surrounded by the sea to the east and Taihang to the right.

Zhangwei is in the south, Juyong is in the north, and Youyan is the most powerful, ranking first in the world.

After Zhu Yuanzhang expelled the Mongols, Peiping was the first line of defense against the Mongolian army. Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Di here, which shows Zhu Di's status in his mind.

Zhu Di did not disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang. After entering the vassal state, Zhu Di was a good hand in leading troops on horseback, commanding troops on horseback, and appeasing the people on horseback.

Zhu Di made Peiping the largest city in the north in just ten years.

Under Zhu Di's careful management, Beiping Mansion became an important cargo distribution center outside the customs.

Countless merchants brought furs, ginseng and other native products from Liaodong to Peking for sale.

The people in Peiping were also very wealthy, and they all supported Zhu Di as King of Yan.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi led Bai Chu around the city of Beiping.

Bai Chu's arrival yesterday made Princess Yan, Zhu Gaochi and others very unhappy, thinking that Bai Chu was a complete magician.

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao were both deceived by him.

Until Zhu Di told what happened, Zhu Gaochi still couldn't believe that there was a giant python in the world that could transform into a dragon.

Although an old monk testified, Zhu Di's family did not believe it at all.

At this moment, Zhu Di took out a scale from his sleeve.

This piece of scales, which was completely black and shimmering with metallic luster, immediately attracted everyone's attention as soon as it appeared.

Zhu Gaoxu personally tested the hardness of the scales, and only then did everyone believe it.

Although he was still shocked, he could at least accept Bai Chu's identity as the protector of the family.

On this day, Zhu Di held a banquet in honor of Bai Chu.

At the banquet, the guests enjoyed themselves happily, and all the previous misunderstandings disappeared. Zhu Di originally wanted to ask Bai Chu for advice on how to extend his life, but Bai Chu sent him away with just one sentence.

The next day, Bai Chu invited Zhu Di to go shopping in Peiping.

Now that Bai Chu has cultivated into a human form, what he has to do is to improve his cultivation level and transform himself from a dragon into a chilong.

One is to practice step by step, but this process will take who knows how many years to have a result, that is, the progress is slow.

What's more, this is the Age of Ending Dharma, and the efficiency of cultivation is extremely low. If he relied solely on his own efforts, he might have died before he reached the end of his life.

The only way is to have incense.

Bai Chu's system has opened a trading channel for him, which contains countless pills.

If he can accumulate enough wish power, he can exchange it for a spiritual elixir to improve his cultivation. In this way, his cultivation will be able to advance rapidly, and the time required to transform into a Lilong will be greatly shortened.

(End of this chapter)