Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1169 Jade Seal
The standoff lasted until the 180th second after both sides spoke.

One asks the other party to take him to see the goods first.

The other one asked the other party to hand over the imperial seal.

"So I said, Daqin is the Red Country Shenzhou, Daming is also the Red Country Shenzhou, there is only one Red Country Shenzhou in this world, isn't it the same if you give us one?"

"That's different." Xu Fu rejected Shangluo's request again. "My employer is the First Emperor himself. I will only give the elixir to him and his direct successors. I don't deny that you are the current court, and I don't care whether you are or not. I only care whether you can represent the First Emperor himself."

[He seems to only serve his monarch, which is a bit difficult. Where can we find the authorization from the First Emperor himself? I'm afraid we can only give him the imperial seal. ]

"But the imperial seal has been lost for nearly 1000 years."

Shangluo remembered that the last completely verifiable source of the imperial seal was actually the time when Sun Jian fished it out of the well.

After that, the imperial seal was passed on to the Western Jin Dynasty along with the Cao Wei Dynasty - after that, the legend about the imperial seal disappeared. Although there were rumors that the Sui Dynasty once regained the imperial seal, the imperial seal eventually passed down to the Tang Dynasty, but it disappeared during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

In the final analysis, it is actually quite difficult to verify where the Imperial Seal is. After all, the Imperial Seal was first made by the First Emperor to replace the Nine Cauldrons as a symbol of the Son of Heaven. It was so important that the First Emperor himself did not use it as a seal for signing official documents. After that, in the Han Dynasty, the Imperial Seal was treated as a treasure like a mascot, and it was not difficult to use it on a daily basis.

Because no one used it, only a handful of people knew where it was. Whenever there was a change of dynasty, someone would think of grabbing such a big seal.

As time went by, it was naturally lost. In the Hongwu period, Emperor Taizu Gao lamented that there were three major regrets in life:

"The Emperor said that the whole world was one family, and there were still three things that were not resolved. One, the imperial seal was not passed on; one, Wang Baobao had not been captured; and one, there was no news from the Crown Prince of Yuan."

The number one regret was that he failed to obtain the imperial seal.

Of course, the imperial seal could not be in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, this would be a great event that would make even Emperor Taizu Gao laugh for decades.

【What should we do? 】

"If he really wants it, it won't be hard to find the imperial seal. It's a piece of jade, and jade is a hard stone. The oldest objects that have survived to this day are all made of stone. Not to mention a thousand years, even after 40 years, the stone will still be there. As long as this thing is there, it will be found one day."

[Well, in theory, this is indeed possible. And the imperial seal is quite large. I searched your memory and it seems that there is something similar? ]

"Yes. A similar thing is that Emperor Guangwu bestowed the seal of the Kingdom of Hanwei on Japan. After that, there was no news. After all, Japan was still in the wilderness at that time, and the reward was almost like a stone sinking into the sea. Many people were not sure whether this thing really existed. As a result, more than 1700 years later, in 1784, an old farmer in Fukuoka Prefecture really picked it up in the field."

[Then how did you determine that it was real? I mean, if we were to look for the imperial seal, how could you determine that it was real?]

"Because the real thing is real at first glance."

【ha? 】

"However, archaeology requires evidence. Generally, when historical records and unearthed cultural relics are consistent, it can be confirmed that the matter is true. The [Seal of the Kingdom of the State of Wa] is 20% authentic - first of all, historical records show that this thing was indeed awarded to Japan at that time. Then in the 50s, the [Seal of the King of Dian] made in the same era was unearthed in Yunnan. That thing looks exactly like the [Seal of the Kingdom of Wa], and it can basically be determined that it was made by the same batch or even the same person. This is because evidence has been found in both historical books and unearthed cultural relics, and the facts can be verified by this." [What about the Imperial Seal? ]

"Well, it's not that troublesome. Just ask Xu Fu and you'll know." Shang Luo asked, "Let me ask you, if I bring you the imperial seal, can you recognize it?"

"No, I don't."

“???” Shangluo was stunned for a moment, and he looked straight at Xu Fu.

"Shang Jun, please don't look at it. I really don't know. Because I have never seen the imperial seal - it is a national treasure, and I am just an alchemist. Although I have survived until now by luck, there is no way I could have seen what the imperial seal looks like back then."

"If you don't even know what it looks like, how do you know whether the imperial seal I gave you is real or fake?"

“Real things are real at first glance.”

How come he said the same thing as you?

"We are all from the same country, so of course we think similarly." Shang Luo pressed his forehead, "Please be more specific. How do you judge?"

"Although I have never seen a real imperial seal, I recognize bird and insect scripts and I can write them myself. The imperial seal is engraved with 'Received the Mandate from Heaven, Long Live and Prosper'. I can tell whether it is authentic just by identifying the seal text. Because what you write in later generations is definitely different from the original version."

"It really is"

Having said that, Shangluo did not intend to get away with it. Because among the people present, the one who was closest to the imperial seal was only Xu Fu. Xu Fu was an old liar. It was difficult to deceive him, and it was even more difficult to deceive him in an area he was familiar with. Instead of spending a lot of time and effort to make a fortune, it would be better for Shangluo to find the real imperial seal himself. This would be fine.

But he also had to make sure whether Xu Fu's reward was worth it.

"So, Mr. Xu, what effect can your golden elixir have if taken?"

"If you eat it, you can become an immortal instantly."

"Is there no specific standard? For example, foundation building stage, golden elixir stage, etc."

"I don't understand what you young people are talking about." Xu Fu waved his hand. "When I say immortal, I mean the real person - the real person in ancient times, who sleeps without dreams, wakes without worries, eats without sweetness, and breathes deeply. He can enter water without getting wet, enter fire without being burned, and can soar into the clouds, and can live as long as heaven and earth."

[This sounds like at least the cultivation level of the Golden Core Stage. One can use one's own small Zhoutian to surpass the external big Zhoutian, can surpass all the dangers of the mortal world, can achieve immortality, and can travel freely.]

"Not necessarily. Maybe there is really no way to quantify this."

As Xu Fu said, the ancient magic he studied and today's magic can both be said to be Taoist magic. But compared with the ancient magic, today's magic is still too modern.

(End of this chapter)