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Chapter 290 290. Elixir

The layout of Suiming Village is different from other places.

Qiao Mu didn't know what the difference was, so he just said it casually.

The papier-mâché hearse moves along the road, approaching the village.

"Suiming Village is located outside the Great Wall. The last time it had any contact with the Palace of Eternal Life was 3,600 years ago."

Qianyun looked at the fields on the ridge and said.

"So long ago."

Qiao Mu sighed and asked curiously.

"Speaking of which, I remember that if you live forever, you will still grow old, right?"

This is the information he got from [Fei Ying] and A Xin before.

Immortality is a pursuit, but immortality is sometimes very embarrassing.

The normal human body's strong period only lasts for a few decades. If you live into your sixties or seventies, if you don't have good maintenance and quality, your body will begin to suffer from various diseases and functional decline.

When you live to be over a hundred years old, it will be good to be able to walk.

So Qiao Mu was very confused as to what kind of state the Penglai people were in.

"That's natural, but the Palace of Eternal Life, as early as the beginning of the First Emperor's amnesty, developed an elixir that can keep people young forever. However, it is extremely precious and only a few people can get it."

Qianyun answered immediately.

Although the questions Qiao Mu has been asking are somewhat basic, similar to walking on the street and asking others what year it is and whether the national football team has entered the World Cup, considering that there may be people in the world who have doubts about this, Qianyun There is no confusion.

"Oh! There is still such an operation. Do you have the elixir?"

Qiao Mu asked.

"If you pass the examination and enter the Palace of Eternal Life, you can obtain the blended elixir, which can preserve your youth for three hundred years. I studied hard for twenty years before I could finally enter the Palace of Eternal Life. I started as a handyman and ended up as a sole judge of death. Official, it took another one hundred and twenty years to get a better elixir that can preserve youth for a thousand years. "

Qianyun said rather proudly.

As expected, she was a post-00s generation who had just entered the society. Qiao Mu asked casually and said everything.

Of course, this is probably related to the immortality of Penglai people, and the three views are different from the world where Qiao Mu lives. This level of knowledge and information will not cause any loss to Qianyun even if she tells Qiao Mu, and she is not afraid of death.

"So you are one hundred, forty or fifty years old now?"

Qiao Mu did the math.

"One hundred and seventy-six years old, to be precise."

Qianyun corrected.

It seemed that Qiao Mu's sister was called correctly.

It's just that in Qiao Mu's opinion, this elixir feels like a talisman of life and death. It is a means used by those in power to control the people below and maintain their own political power.

The social structure of the immortals is definitely very different from that of the ordinary world.

For example, the order of Qiao Mu's world is maintained by law and violent institutions, but in Penglai, everyone is immortal, and ordinary punishments cannot suppress the mobs who are determined to cause trouble, or some people stay away from the city. You can survive for a long time by hiding in the mountains. After a long time, it will be difficult to maintain the previous ruling structure.

Once the elixir becomes available, those who desire immortality will gather towards the ruling institutions. The elixirs obtained by different classes have different life-extending effects, and people continue to climb up the ladder for better-effect elixirs.

If in Qiao Mu's world, people live and work for money, then in Penglai, it is for the elixir, which is more precious than gold.

The paper hearse arrived at the entrance of the village.

Qiao Mu saw that there were not many people in the village. There were children and old people, and young and middle-aged people were all working in the fields. It was very busy. If Qiao Mu had not told Qiao Mu that this was in a foreign land, he would probably have thought that it was somewhere in ancient times. rural.

"It's a little weird."

Qianyun said in a deep voice.

"What's weird?"

Qiao Mu stopped the car, but neither of them got out of the car.

"I told you, there has been no contact between Suiming Village and Changsheng Palace for 3,600 years. Originally, this village has been lost in the records. Until recently, it was actually five years ago. We sorted out It was only when I was filing old documents that I discovered there was a village here, so I was sent over to check on the situation.”

Qianyun responded.

Because Suiming Village is located outside the Great Wall and in the mountains, so if there is no contact for a period of time, it is probably wiped out by strange beasts. If the death judge in charge of this area is more negligent, it will be easily forgotten.

"Speaking of which, the Palace of Eternal Life is quite responsible."

Qiao Mu lamented that if it were replaced by some institutions he knew, it is estimated that this kind of village, which has not been contacted for thousands of years, would be regarded as non-existent even if the news is discovered.

"Thank you for the compliment. Although theoretically, these villagers should be dead in the book of life and death. I might just take their lives directly."

Qianyun nodded slightly.

This Suiming Village is an omitted place. According to the time limit of the book of life and death, everyone in the village must die.

Then he continued.

"However, this village has existed for 3,600 years, but the people in the village seem to be living as usual. Don't you think it's weird?"

"weird."

Qiao Mu reread one sentence.

He quickly understood what Qianyun meant.

There is obviously no elixir in this village, so the villagers will lose their ability to move if they live to a certain lifespan. Moreover, more than three thousand years, even with normal reproduction, is enough to develop from a village into a small civilization, and the immortals are too There are too many resources, and the resources are not allocated enough, plus the possible invasion of alien beasts. In short, it is impossible to be as peaceful as it is now.

"Why don't we get out of the car and ask."

Qiao Mu felt that these villagers at least looked like humans, so it would be better to have a conversation first, and if there were any problems, just let Qianyun clean them all up.

"OK."

Qianyun seemed to have thought of something. She stepped out of the car and frowned slightly as she watched Qiao Mu burn the hearse.

The two saw an old man and a young man sitting under a big tree at the entrance of the village. They seemed to be playing chess, so they got closer.

"Old man, is this Suiming Village?"

As a social worker, Qiao Mu rushed over to say hello.

The old man seemed to be immersed in the chess game. He hesitated for a moment before putting down the chess pieces in his hands and looking at Qiao Mu and Qianyun.

"This is Suiming Village."

he replied.

"The ancestors of our two siblings once wandered into the mountains and were attacked by alien beasts. Later, they survived with the help of hospitable villagers and returned home. However, when they searched later, they could not find the benefactor who helped them at that time. , he kept talking about this, and it has been passed down. As his descendants, we came to find Suiming Village and wanted to repay the kindness at that time. "

Qiao Mu immediately started talking nonsense.

Qian Yun glanced at Qiao Mu suspiciously, thinking that this nonsense was too outrageous, and it was almost fooling others into thinking they were children.

But I didn't expect that after hearing this, the old man burst into tears all over his clothes.

"You guys have worked too hard. You have worked too hard. I will take you to see the village chief right now."

I actually believed it!