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Chapter 119 Are there immortals in this world?!

Chapter 120 Are there immortals in this world?!

The night is deep, and the bright moon hangs high in the sky.

Outside the courtyard, it was a world of ice and snow, but inside, it was like a warm spring day, full of life.

The peach trees in the courtyard have already blossomed with pink flowers.

Shen Yan was sitting alone in the courtyard, drinking wine under the moon, but he wasn't exactly lonely.

Just then, he heard a noise coming from outside the house.

A figure leaped over the courtyard wall. Shen Yan looked up and saw that the person was wearing a Jinyiwei (Imperial Guard) flying fish uniform and had a strange sword at his waist.

Shen Yan smiled and said, "What brings you here for a drink today?"

The person who came was Ah Si, whom Shen Yan had not seen for a long time.

Since our last parting, I've heard he went to the East Sea to seek immortals and medicine.

I didn't expect you to be back so soon. Logically, it should have taken you at least a year or two to come back.

Ah Si remained expressionless, saying calmly, "You've come at just the right time. What's the point of drinking alone?"

Shen Yan poured him two cups.

"Just when I was feeling bored, here you are, aren't you?"

After Ah Si sat down, Shen Yan noticed a red mark on his right cheek that looked rather ferocious.

His once handsome face was mostly ruined by this mark.

Shen Yan frowned, his voice tinged with anger as he asked, "Who hurt you?!"

Although A Si's cultivation level is not as high as Shen Yan's, having just entered the fifth rank, his swordsmanship is incredibly profound, far surpassing Li Jinglan's.

There shouldn't be many people in the Great Zhou who could harm him. As for high-ranking experts, out of respect for Zheng Jun, it's unlikely they would bully the weak.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard is not just a name; who in the ordinary martial arts world would dare to provoke them so easily?

Instead of answering directly, Ah Si asked, "Shen Yan, do you know what I saw on this voyage?"

Shen Yan teased, "Did you see a magic elixir, or a deity?"

To everyone's surprise, Ah Si said solemnly after hearing this, "You should know that my voyage this time is to seek immortality and medicine for His Majesty."

Shen Yan nodded slightly; he was naturally aware of this.

Every few years, Emperor Xuanwu would send a group of people to sea to seek immortality, mostly traveling with people engaged in overseas trade.

There is a long-standing folk legend in the Great Zhou Dynasty that there are three immortal mountains in the East Sea, covered with celestial herbs. If one can find them, one can attain immortality.

Shen Yan smiled and asked, "So, did you find Penglai, Fangzhang, or Yingzhou? Did you manage to gather any elixirs of immortality?"

"Immortal mountains are just folk tales. If there were truly immortal mountains, how could there not be immortals living there? Even if mortals found an immortal mountain, how could they possibly obtain the elixir of immortality? They would probably just be slapped to death by an immortal."

Ah Si clearly didn't believe there was a fairy mountain, and then he said seriously, "Although I didn't find a fairy mountain, I did see dragons and immortals."

"Dragons and immortals?!"

His glass was empty, so Shen Yan poured him another one.

He began to recall.

"We planned to go to Okinawa and sail at sea for more than half a month. On that day, the sea was originally calm."

Suddenly, everything changed. I saw a dark shadow, several dozen feet long, in the sea, and it began to attack our fleet.

"Was that shadowy figure a dragon?"

Ah Si, still shaken by the memory, continued, "It wasn't quite a dragon, it was a jiao (a type of dragon-like creature). It was as thick as a water bucket, and it had two horns growing on its head, just like the legendary jiao. It capsized the boat, and we all fell into the water, where it began to devour us."

"A dragon?!"

Shen Yan exclaimed in surprise, he had never heard of or seen a wild beast in the mountains cultivate into a spirit.

Compared to my previous life, the wild animals in the mountains and forests were no different except that they were larger.

At this moment, Ah Si actually told him that he had seen a dragon, how could he not be surprised? "That's right, it was a dragon. I originally thought I was going to die for sure, but then a sword shadow flashed by, and the dragon's blood splattered in the sky. I only saw a figure flash by, and the dragon's corpse disappeared without a trace."

Ah Si was still shaken; he had narrowly escaped death this time.

"Could that person be a Grandmaster-level expert?"

Shen Yan spoke up, saying that after all, a Grandmaster could already fly through the air, and such a person could be considered a terrestrial immortal.

Ah Si held his wine glass, head bowed in thought.

"What you say is not impossible, but it may be more than that. I was fortunate enough to witness a Grandmaster once, and he could not have achieved such a level."

Of course, there are even higher realms above the Grandmaster level, which is not surprising to Shen Yan.

Leaving aside the distant past, the Dao Fruit in his mind was not something ordinary.

For some unknown reason, all these powerful individuals have vanished.

Nowadays, even grandmasters are rarely seen in the world; the first rank is the pinnacle of the world.

Shen Yan picked up his wine glass and laughed, "Being able to escape death is a good thing!"

"Not only did I escape death on this trip, but I also bathed in the blood of a dragon in the sea, which led to a breakthrough in my cultivation level."

After Ah Si finished speaking, he revealed his aura, and Shen Yan then realized that he was already a fourth-rank martial artist.

Seeing his smug expression, he seemed completely unconcerned about the disfigurement on his face.

Shen Yan smiled and said, "To be honest, I made some progress and breakthroughs recently."

"What?! You've reached the fourth rank too?"

A-Si was somewhat shocked. He hadn't been in Bianjing for a while and was unaware of Shen Yan's deeds.

Seeing this naturally surprised me greatly.

Shen Yan was also somewhat envious of A Si's extraordinary encounter; he hadn't expected to gain such a reward.

Upon hearing that he had bathed in dragon blood, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Then why didn't you bring back any dragon blood?"

"Of course I brought it, but all that blood dripped into the sea. I collected some and gave it to the Emperor, but I don't know if it's still of any use."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yan secretly lamented that it was a pity that the treasure had ended up in Emperor Xuanwu's hands; such a treasure should have been meant for him.

After Ah Si left, he sat in the courtyard in a daze.

He kept wondering whether Ah Si had met a legendary cultivator or a highly skilled martial arts master.

The Great Zhou Dynasty has existed for a thousand years, but Shen Yan only knows that the previous dynasty was called the Great Qian Dynasty.

None of the other things have survived, as if half of the history from a thousand years ago had been erased.

Although a thousand years is a long time, this world has martial arts masters, and grandmasters can live for hundreds of years.

Even martial artists of the highest rank can easily live to be over a hundred years old.

There are also many rare and precious natural treasures in Yanshou, and the Great Zhou Dynasty is only in its twentieth reign.

The mysterious expert that Ah Si encountered had lived for countless years.

The fact that there was no word of it left Shen Yan completely baffled.

He thought to himself, "I never thought about these things before, but now it does seem a bit strange. Perhaps it's related to the disappearance of martial arts masters."

Shen Yan resolved to find someone to ask tomorrow why the previous dynasty had fallen and why the martial arts experts had disappeared.

After all, he has already reached the fourth rank, and he will definitely become a Grandmaster within ten years.

He had never considered these things before, because Shen Yan's cultivation level was low and survival was still a problem, so he had no time to think about these things.

He even wondered in his mind if this world was some big shot's backyard.

If any martial arts master among them breaks through to a higher level, he will capture them.

"I'll go to Shen Rong's residence tomorrow and ask."

After all, Shen Yan was only really familiar with Shen Rong and Shen Ci. Shen Ci was always on the move and had a lot on his plate, so he was the one who usually came to find Shen Yan.

Shen Rong was busy with the affairs of the Duke's mansion, so he was much easier to find.

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