Chapter 759 Journey to the Western Regions
When Ying Zheng returned to his loyal capital, it was already the winter of the third year of the First Emperor’s reign. This tour was grand and covered the Central Plains and Chu, and took nearly a year.

The capital was as calm as ever, and no accidents occurred.

If something really happened, it would be a strange thing. As the capital of the Qin Dynasty, Shendu has been standing for many years. It has a deep foundation and is not newly built. It has been many years. It is impossible for a problem to occur just because the monarch is on a tour.

With Ying Zheng’s prestige in the Qin Empire, and the strong momentum of the empire’s booming development, there are really few fools who have evil intentions and attempt to rebel. Any idea of ​​subverting the empire now is as stupid as a moth flying into a flame.

At this time, it is time to arrange the weddings of the children. Even though it is very reluctant, the daughters have to get married eventually.

The marriage process is almost complete, and it’s time to have a final result.

Choose an auspicious day to get married.

After Ying Zheng returned to the capital, he started a major project to build a statue and temple for Yao Ji in Wushan, and conscripted 20,000 corvées for labor service.

Ying Zheng treated this project very well, both to win over Yao Ji and for his own benefit.

Before we knew it, the fourth year of Emperor Qin Shihuang’s reign had arrived, and the wheel of time had rolled forward another circle.

From the winter of the third year of the First Emperor’s reign to the spring of the fourth year of the First Emperor’s reign, many princes and princesses got married one after another.

After obtaining the dragon’s blood essence, Xu Fu, Bo Yangzi and others also developed a safe longevity elixir.

The only problem is that the life extension time is too short. One pill is estimated to extend life by no more than ten years, and there is an upper limit. With each pill taken, the life extension effect will decrease.

Moreover, the cost is extremely high, the materials used are rare natural treasures in the world, and the output is pitifully small.
Taoism, Yin-Yang School, and Xu Fu’s newly founded Yin-Yang External Alchemy School, united together last year.

They had clearly sensed Ying Zheng’s dissatisfaction, and no matter how unwilling they were, they dared not go their separate ways anymore and took the initiative to unite and conduct research together.

They all knew very well that if they failed to produce results, the outcome would be something they dared not even imagine.

After they united, they reported to Ying Zheng the biggest problem at present, which was that there were no materials with extremely strong vitality. A skilled cook cannot cook without rice, and it is impossible for ordinary things to go against the creation of heaven.

Ying Zheng went on a tour to the east to look for Bai Jiao, and a big reason was to use him to make elixirs. Bai Jiao was lucky to meet the Dongting Green Jiao, otherwise he would have been unable to make any progress without bleeding a lot.

Now it seems that Bai Jiao has accepted his fate and is actively integrating into Daqin, which makes Hei Long feel disappointed.

However, before Bai Jiao’s dragon energy was completely connected with the destiny of the Qin Dynasty, Ying Zheng did not give him freedom.

Now let Bai Jiao settle down in Weishui, and let Black Dragon keep an eye on him at home, so we don’t have to worry about him coming up with any new tricks.

The current Great Qin is at its peak of prosperity. In the base camp of Weishui, the capital of the gods, he has no chance to escape.

And it’s not that he didn’t benefit from it. By staying in the God’s Capital, Ying Zheng used the country’s destiny to help him practice, so that he could transform into a dragon as soon as possible.

The restrictions on him are also a form of protection, to ensure his safety and recovery during the dragon transformation process, so that he won’t be taken advantage of and killed by others.

Overall, integrating into Daqin is not a bad thing for him.

After obtaining the dragon’s essence and blood, Xu Fu and his colleagues, who had already made all the preparations, quickly refined the first batch of longevity pills. These pills can prolong life and strengthen the body.

This first batch of pills consisted of only a dozen pills. Ying Zheng gave them to Zhao Ji first. The pill became useless after the sixth one. Ying Zheng estimated that it could only extend her life by more than thirty years, and at best could not reach forty years.

Ying Zheng was dissatisfied, but Zhao Ji was already extremely satisfied.

In her opinion, her life has been perfect and complete. She never asked for immortality. She would be satisfied if she could spend more time with Ying Zheng.

Then Ying Zheng asked Nian Duan to take it again, but it stopped working after the sixth pill. The total life extension time is estimated to be about the same as Zhao Ji’s.

Nian Duan was already extremely satisfied. She had nothing else to ask for in her life except to be with Ying Zheng more time. Now that she could go against the will of heaven and extend her life by thirty or forty years, it was already a blessing from heaven and she would not ask for anything else.

Anyway, even if she died, she could be with Ying Zheng in the underworld, so she was not afraid of death.

Maybe in the underworld, Ying Zheng won’t have so many women around him anymore.

Afterwards, Ying Zheng gave one each to Ying Xin and Mi Yun, and one each to Ying Yi, Ying Hua and Ying Jing.

This longevity elixir is also a secret and has not been spread everywhere.

And there isn’t enough to go around. If you divide it a little, there won’t be much left.

Fortunately, there is still some dragon blood, but as for how much Xu Fu and Bo Yangzi can refine, that is uncertain. The auxiliary materials needed are all rare treasures and cannot be easily obtained.

At the same time, we are already preparing for next year’s northern tour. After the northern tour, we can settle down for a few years.

After another four or five years, when Ying Zheng makes another tour to the east and south, based on what he sees and the news he gets, he will start a massacre when he makes his tour to the east and south.

Many officials have already shown signs of corruption, and by that time they will have grown up.

Corrupt officials and local tyrants are like weeds and cannot be eradicated.

Although it cannot be completely eradicated, it is necessary to weed regularly, otherwise there will be no crops in the fields.

They rob ordinary crops of their nutrients, greatly reducing farmers’ harvests or even causing them to lose all their crops, and they even become the masters of the show.

The weeds in the fields must be cleared regularly, some of them can even be considered wild vegetables and a snack!

At the same time, there was one thing that Ying Zheng was ready to do personally.

Go to the Western Regions.

Ying Zheng already knew where the map that Ying Yue obtained through the Blue Dragon Seven Stars was. He could not rely on others, so he could only rely on himself. After dealing with the government affairs at hand, Ying Zheng was sure that nothing major would happen, so he announced that he would stay in seclusion for a few days, temporarily letting the Queen Mother take charge of the government and the Queen assist him, and then he flew to the Western Regions himself.

Absolutely exquisite!

Jingjue Kingdom was a small country with a population of only a few thousand, and the ruler was a woman who had been passed down from generation to generation.

The successive queens of Jingjue are all of the same lineage, and are born with the pupil technique ‘Jingjue Spiritual Eyes’.

Once these eyes awaken, they will possess extraordinary insight. Using these eyes to perform pupil techniques will achieve twice the result with half the effort, especially illusion techniques.

Henghui, the son of Ying Zheng and Sevilanya, was born with white eyes, which made him extremely extraordinary.

But it hasn’t awakened yet and there’s nothing abnormal.

Ever since Ying Zheng conquered the Western Regions and opened up the east-west trade route, a supply station was also set up in the Kingdom of Jingjue because of Sevilanya.

This small country has benefited greatly from this, and now its population has grown to nearly 20,000, which is considered a big country in the Western Regions, and it is becoming more and more prosperous.

At present, the Western Regions is a truly barren land with vast land and sparse population.

Ying Zheng flew to the capital of Jingjue Kingdom and looked down from thousands of feet in the sky. Their capital was pitifully small, yet it was already one of the most prosperous places in the Western Regions.

It is only in the past few years that the country has developed so well after being incorporated into the East-West Trade Route by the Qin Dynasty. Before that, it was even more pitiful.

Ying Zheng flew around and carefully observed the terrain of Jingjue, and indeed found something wrong.

The southern part of the Jingjue Kingdom is the Kunlun Mountains, which are closely adjacent to it, and someone has set up an extremely grand hidden formation.

The Jingjue Kingdom is just a formation.

Ying Zheng followed the outline of the formation and flew another three or four hundred miles towards the Kunlun Mountains in the south of the Jingjue Kingdom, and finally found the center.

It is a high mountain extending from the Kunlun Mountains, and there is a narrow valley in this mountain.

This small valley covers no more than three or four acres of land and is surrounded by mountains. The surrounding peaks are extremely steep, as if they were cut by knives or swords. It is difficult for humans and animals to reach, and there is no way to get in unless you can fly.

Moreover, this valley looks quite ordinary when viewed from above, and can even be said to be a little desolate. Compared with the surrounding mountains, there is nothing conspicuous about it.

Ying Zheng was a skilled and courageous man. He landed carefully and then discovered something unusual.

When he fell to a hundred meters above the valley floor, he felt a strong resistance.

Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes and was shocked. There was indeed something unusual here. There was an array formation and barrier. How could there be an array formation and barrier in such a shabby place?

Ying Zheng immediately flew up, but did not force his way in. He knew he could break in if he wanted to, but to be steady, Ying Zheng turned around and flew towards the Jingjue Kingdom.

This Jingjue Kingdom must have some secrets.

This time, Ying Zheng flew directly to the Jingjue Palace. Well, it’s called a palace, but in fact it’s just a larger mansion.

Compared with the magnificent imperial palace complex in the capital, it is far inferior and there is no comparison at all.

Ying Zheng did not disturb others, but quietly entered the bedroom of the Queen of Jingjue and waited for her to come back.

As soon as the Queen of Jingjue arrived at the door of her bedroom, she heard a voice coming from her ear, a voice that only she could hear.

“I have something to ask you. Please ask the servants to leave and one person to come in.”

The Queen of Jingjue was horrified. Even though she was thousands of miles away, she knew that there was only one person in the world who could use this title of “I”.

But I didn’t receive any message!

How could the First Emperor come to the desolate Western Regions? And the First Emperor was the only one there?
Although she was extremely confused, the Queen of Jingjue still decided to obey.

Putting aside other things, just this ability that only I can hear is not something I can afford to offend.

The Queen of Jingjue is also proficient in Qin language. How can she do business if she is not proficient in it?

Not only was she proficient in Qin language, she was also extremely concerned about everything that happened in that vast empire in the far east.

Not only the Jingjue Kingdom, but the entire Western Regions are paying attention to it.

Her daughter, Sevilanya, was Ying Zheng’s concubine, so she had access to a lot of information.

The Queen of Jingjue ordered everyone to step back, straightened her clothes to make sure she would not be rude, took several deep breaths, and then pushed the door open and entered.

She closed the door as soon as she entered. She did not dare to look at Ying Zheng directly. She did not dare to bet whether the matter was true or not.

As soon as she saw Ying Zheng, she bowed down and said, “Your humble servant Ayiguli pays homage to the great Son of Heaven, to the great First Emperor.”

Ying Zheng said calmly: “Stand up.”

Queen Ayiguli of Jingjue heaved a sigh of relief, but did not stand up. She continued to prostrate herself on the ground and said respectfully:

“Great Son of Heaven, please forgive me for my offense, but please allow me to peek into the face of Heaven.”

(End of this chapter)