With one look, he realized that this woman actually looked 50% similar to the woman hugging the fox in the mural. When he heard Green Spirit mention the Elixir of Immortality, he couldn't help but be shocked.
"Is Young Lady's surname Shangguan? Could the box in the mural contain the elixir of the Queen Mother of the West?”
Green Spirit nodded and continued to explain to Yang Yu.
"It seems that you have seen the mural. Yes, I am the youngest daughter of the Shangguan family. As for what's in the box, I don't know either. The Green Eyed White Fox found this elixir for me.”
"If I had the chance to do it all over again, I definitely wouldn't choose to consume the Elixir of Immortality. Aren't you curious why I haven't left the Peach Blossom Valley after living for a thousand years?”
Yang Yu looked at Green Spirit and immediately understood the source of Green Spirit's pain. He also knew why Green Spirit had lived alone in this place for thousands of years. However, Yang Yu wouldn't say it easily, but continued to inquire about it.
"Aunt Green Spirit, is there any side effect of the elixir? You can't even take a step out of the Peach Blossom Valley.”
Green Spirit nodded to Yang Yu and said straightforwardly.
"Indeed, but although we can't leave this Peach Blossom Valley, we can indeed achieve immortality, right? If the Taoist priest was willing to stay here with Green Spirit, Green Spirit was willing to share longevity with the Taoist priest.”
Hearing this, Yang Yu disagreed in his heart. Although his lifespan had indeed increased greatly after taking the longevity medicine, Yang Yu did not want to live like this. However, he couldn't bear to part with that Spirit Refining Art, and couldn't help but feel a headache.
After thinking for a while, Yang Yu was about to refuse, but he was interrupted by Green Spirit. It turned out that Green Spirit saw Yang Yu's conflicted expression and finally made a decision. He knew that Yang Yu had the idea of leaving. He hurriedly stopped Yang Yu and spoke to him.
"Taoist priest, you can consider it slowly. The sky was already dark, and there were still dozens of miles to Luoyang. It was inconvenient for the Taoist priest to leave, so he decided to rest here for a day and reply tomorrow. The next day, Green Spirit wouldn't stop Taoist Master from leaving or staying.”
Yang Yu looked at the weather. Indeed, it was about sunset. After thinking for a while, he nodded and agreed. Then, Green Spirit picked up the zither and brought Yang Yu back to the building by the lake.
Not long after, Yang Yu was meditating in his room. Green Spirit went to the lakeside and fished a black carp from the lake. He also picked some wild vegetables and mushrooms. He began to prepare the dishes.
Yang Yu glanced at Green Spirit and felt a headache coming on. It was difficult to repay the favor of a beauty. Although Green Spirit didn't do him any favor, nor did he love him, he was also very beautiful. Now, she was treating him like a good wife, and he couldn't bear to reject her.
He just wanted Yang Yu to stay with Green Spirit in the wild forest and never leave the Peach Blossom Valley. Yang Yu really couldn't live the life of a prisoner, let alone live for hundreds of years.
Seeing Yang Yu sigh and shake his head, Green Spirit smiled. Then he walked into the bamboo forest and dug for bamboo shoots. What Yang Yu didn't know was that Green Spirit soon saw the Blue-eyed White Fox after he arrived at the bamboo forest. Seeing the sword wound on his leg, Green Spirit couldn't help but pick him up with heartache. He muttered.
"Xiao Bai, oh Xiao Bai, I've wronged you. Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you. After I devour his dragon sun and cultivation base tonight, I will break this damn curse of immortality. At that time, I will make him your slave. You can do whatever you want to him.”
The white fox seemed to understand Green Spirit's thoughts. It nodded and patted Green Spirit's hand a few more times. After Green Spirit finished bandaging the white fox, he started to dig the bamboo shoots.
In the evening, Green Spirit cooked a black carp and cooked some dishes with wild vegetables, mushrooms and bamboo shoots. She had even prepared her own peach blossom wine to entertain Yang Yu warmly. Under the moonlight, the two of them enjoyed the moon and drank wine by the lake. At the same time, they chatted about some interesting things about cultivation.
"Daoist Priest, have you heard of the Qilin lineage?”
Although Yang Yu knew a little about it, he still pretended not to know and shook his head. Yang Yu always felt that he had missed something. At the same time, he also felt that Green Spirit seemed to have some ulterior motives for him. Therefore, he didn't want to leak too much information to Green Spirit, so he replied to Green Spirit.
"Ever since I was born, I have rarely left Mount Hua. Therefore, I don't know much about the Qilin lineage. What was so special about this Qilin lineage? Miss Green Spirit, please explain."
Green Spirit thought for a while and then told Yang Yu. However, Yang Yu did not have much hope for what he knew. After all, Green Spirit couldn't leave the Peach Blossom Valley, so he certainly didn't know much about the Kylin lineage. However, Yang Yu didn't expect Green Spirit to know a lot. Green Spirit said softly.
"The Qilin lineage originated from the southwest. Its ancestor was the first Qilin, Zhang Tianci, meaning the person blessed by the heavens. Zhang Tianci lived for more than 500 years and gave birth to two sons. After 500 years, Zhang Tianci's descendants took wives and had children, thus creating the Qilin Zhang Clan.”
"Every two hundred years, there will be a person who atavism. Anyone who atavism will have a qilin tattoo on their back. Therefore, anyone with a Qilin tattoo would automatically become the head of the Zhang family.”
"The Qilin lineage of the Zhang Clan has many descendants, and they were especially famous during the end of the Han Dynasty. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Chengxiang granted him the hereditary position of General Fa Qiu. His family members reached nearly 100,000. That was the peak of the Zhang family.”
"During the Jin Dynasty, the Zhang Clan suddenly disappeared mysteriously. It was rumored that they were destroyed by the imperial family. But in reality, he had made a secret agreement with the Queen Mother of the West and moved to the extreme north.”
Yang Yu was stunned by Green Spirit's explanation. He had never thought that Green Spirit would know so many secrets of the Zhang family. He even knew the origin, prosperity, and migration of Zhang Qi, which made Yang Yu doubt Green Spirit's identity.
Seeing Yang Yu's doubtful look, Green Spirit knew that he had lost his memory by talking too much. He could not help but explain to Yang Yu awkwardly.
"In the Tang Dynasty, a member of the Zhang family visited our Shangguan family. He told us."
At this time, Yang Yu suddenly remembered his guess when he saw the mural, so he asked Green Spirit.
"Miss Green Spirit, as far as I know, Uncle Ling and Shangguan Yi were involved in a rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, which led to the destruction of their entire family.”
Green Spirit was stunned for a moment and then replied to Yang Yu with a sad look.
"Not really. Back then, my grandfather joined a secret organization of the Great Sui royal family and was dragged by the organization with two items. One was that copper box, and the other was that white fox. After Zu Ni died, the news somehow leaked out, so some people targeted us.”
"During the Zhenguan period, that mysterious organization was taken over by the Li Consortium. Uncle also joined that organization. After Taizong's death, the authority of the organization fell into the hands of the Emperor, but Empress Wu discovered the existence of the organization. Martial Empress tried to rope in her uncle many times, but she was always rejected.”
"Later on, uncle drafted an edict for the emperor and completely offended Empress Wu. Those people had heard of the existence of those two things from somewhere and had asked his uncle for them many times, but they were all rejected. Then, his uncle was charged with treason. It was only when Empress Wu took power and her cousin Wan 'er was granted the title of Zhaorong that she was vindicated.”
"In fact, the reason why the Shangguan family was so easily vindicated was also related to the fact that the Shangguan family gave up on the copper box and the white fox. Without those two things, no one would chase after the Shangguan family. Otherwise, Wan 'er alone could not have rehabilitated the Shangguan family.”
Yang Yu nodded. It was indeed as he said. If too many ministers opposed Shangguan Wan 'er's decision to redeem the Shangguan family, she might not succeed.
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