Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

Chapter 258: Rejecting immortality, she is worthy of this word
So by various coincidences, when Qin Tian was resting in the courtyard, he unexpectedly met Wu Zhao, who had become the queen.

There was no one following Wu Zhao. She was in a depressed mood. She was walking around alone to relax, and unexpectedly discovered this small courtyard that no one cared about.

"I didn't expect that the goodbye would be like this."

Qin Tian sighed and slowly took down the book that was covering his face to protect him from the sun.

"Xiaomei, I haven't seen you for many years. Judging from your condition, how are you doing recently?"

The familiar name came into his mind, Wu Mei, no, it should be said that Wu Zhao suddenly felt excited.

Seeing the familiar face, Wu Zhao was a little unbelievable.

"You...why are you here?"

Qin Tian's arm brushed in front of him, and two stone benches and a stone table appeared in front of the two of them.

On the stone table were two cups of warm tea.

Wu Zhao suppressed the excitement in his heart and sat down slowly.

Seeing Wu Zhao's every move, Qin Tian couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Rights are a good thing that both nourishes and destroys people.

The little girl who was nestling in Mu Chun's arms and listening to her tell the story of the Monkey King has disappeared.

What appears in front of Qin Tian now is a queen who is the only one in heaven and earth.

"When Xiaochun's cultivation has reached a critical stage, we brought Xiaochun here to live for a while. We will leave after her disaster has passed."

Then the atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.

Wu Zhao's success today is inseparable from Qin Tian.

When Li Shimin came here to ask for advice, most of the time he did not avoid others.

So Wu Mei learned a lot from the two of them, which also laid the foundation for her future rise.

After many years of not seeing each other, Qin Tian still looked the same as when he was young, but she, Wu Zhao, had changed from a cardamom girl to an old man.

"It has been more than forty years since we last saw each other. I never thought..."

Wu Zhao's lips trembled slightly.

Especially when she saw Mu Chun, who had just finished practicing and was playing with Ling Xia in the courtyard, she felt even more emotional.

Qin Tian smiled and pushed the teacup in his hand forward.

Wu Zhao drank it all in one gulp without hesitation.

She believed in Qin Tian. If Qin Tian wanted to harm her, there was no need to use such methods, so she had no defense.

After drinking a cup of tea, Wu Zhao felt a warm current in his body.

A strange feeling arose.

Qin Tian casually summoned a water mirror and placed it in front of Wu Zhao.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Wu Zhao reached out his finger in disbelief and lightly touched his face.

The face has returned to the appearance of a cardamom girl, and not even a single wrinkle can be seen.

"Just think of it as a gift for you after we haven't seen each other for many years." Qin Tian said with a faint smile.

"You've done a lot of wrong things over the years."

Wu Zhao fell silent.

She opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

She wanted to say that she was forced to get to where she is today.

But in fact, she couldn't say it, because Wu Zhao knew that those words could deceive others and himself, but they could never deceive the man in front of him.

Looking at Wu Zhao's expression, Qin Tian shook his head slightly: "I have no intention of criticizing your current status. Your ability to get to where you are today is all due to your own efforts."

"I'm disappointed in you because of what you're doing now."

What did Wu Zhao do after he ascended the throne? Strive for power and profit, and eradicate dissidents.

It's not that these things can't be done, and Qin Tian doesn't disapprove of Wu Zhao's doing so. Political struggles are so cruel, and this is a very normal thing.

Qin Tian was dissatisfied because Wu Zhao had forgotten the people of the world.

The people who were struggling to survive in poverty were no longer in Wu Zhao's eyes.

But it was clear that decades ago, when she saw the beggars on the roadside and the people kneeling down begging for a few taels of silver, she still felt compassion.

Qin Tian never cares who rules the world, nor does he care who is the emperor.

Because no matter who it is, it makes no difference to him.

Qin Tian pays more attention to the people at the bottom, not only because of his compassion, but also because the rise and fall of the people at the bottom is closely related to his cultivation path.

When society is stable and develops rapidly, the level of the world will rise rapidly, and Qin genius will have the opportunity to break away from the shackles of heaven.

But if the people don't even have enough to eat, let alone the human race, even the birds and animals will have a hard time getting ahead.

Qin Tian hopes that the world level will be promoted, and the promotion of the world level requires the stable development of society, the people need to live and work in peace and contentment, and man and nature need to live in harmony.

But once unrest occurs and war begins, everything will be interrupted, and it may even go back to decades ago.

How could Qin Tian like someone who came to start a war?

But the reincarnation of dynasties is inevitable, so Qin Tian will not interfere in the rise and fall of dynasties, but will only help some people at certain times to make society develop more stably.

That's it.

"You seem to have forgotten the promise you made to me back then." Qin Tian said lightly.

At this moment, the dusty memory opened, and Wu Zhao recalled that afternoon.

……

At the entrance of Qin's Medical Center, a beggar was begging miserably.

Seeing the beggar looking like this, Wu Mei couldn't bear it, so she took out a piece of steamed bun from home and gave it to the beggar.

"If you were on the throne, would you want to save someone like him?" Qin Tian asked, patting Wu Mei's head.

"I will definitely do it!" Wu Mei, who was still young, stared straight at Qin Tian: "I will definitely let everyone have enough to eat..."

Perhaps starting from that little question, a seed was planted in Wu Zhao's heart, a seed called power desire and ambition.

Now, the seeds have taken root and sprouted, and grown into a big tree in the sky, but the soil where the big tree grew has quietly deteriorated.

Wu Zhao remained silent.

Because she didn't know how to explain it, and she knew even more that she couldn't explain it at all.

From the moment he stepped into this small courtyard, Wu Zhao was in a state of confusion.

The unexpected encounter disrupted her plans and disturbed her state of mind.

And Qin Tian's dissatisfaction was like a sharp knife, piercing her heart fiercely.

Wu Zhao slowly opened his mouth: "Long time no see, are you... okay?"

Qin Tian smiled lightly: "If you want, you can still call me Brother Qin like you did fifty years ago."

Wu Zhao opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't pronounce that title no matter what.

From this moment on, Qin Tian understood what Wu Zhao's choice was.

"It doesn't matter, this is really difficult for you." "You can leave and just pretend that nothing happened today. You and I will never see each other again in this life."

"In this world...is there really a code for the afterlife?" Wu Zhao asked.

"Maybe there is, maybe there is not." Qin Tian did not directly answer Wu Zhao's question: "If you believe it, there is it, if you don't believe it, there is none."

"Because no matter whether there is an afterlife or not, when you die, everything in your life will have nothing to do with you."

Wu Zhao was silent for a long time: "I... Mei'er, can you invite Brother Qin to come..."

"No." Before Wu Zhao could finish speaking, Qin Tian rejected Wu Zhao without hesitation.

"I will never help any emperor, so don't speak. It will only make the relationship between you and me more rigid."

Wu Zhao closed his mouth.

She is not alone, there is a huge interest group behind her.

But equally, as a woman, she is indeed the same person.

Wu Zhao is not stupid, on the contrary, she is very smart, and with Qin Tian's influence on her when she was young, Wu Zhao becomes more understanding of her current situation.

I do have great power now, but so what?
How many people are waiting to die? How many people are waiting to eat their huge body after falling?

Wu Zhao couldn't be more clear.

Now she hated herself so much that she was a woman. If she were a man, she would never be like this.

It's just that she seems to have forgotten that if she hadn't been a woman, she wouldn't be where she is today.

Seizing a dynasty from within is as difficult as re-establishing a new dynasty.

"If you are willing, I can change you back."

Qin Tian restored Wu Zhao's youth, but if she appears again like this, it will definitely cause an uproar.

Even her throne will be unstable.

A queen who only disappeared for a few days and then regained her youth? Who would believe this kind of fantasy?
More than 99% of people will begin to doubt Wu Zhao's true identity.

At that time, everything she has worked hard to accumulate will collapse like sand.

"No need." Wu Zhao shook his head and said: "It is great to have this short experience today, so there is no need to... be greedy for this time that does not belong to me."

Upon hearing this, Qin Tian was about to extend his hand, but was stopped by Wu Zhao.

"Just a little while, just a little while, let me see this young face..."

Wu Zhao looked at his face, his eyes full of love.

"You should know that before you die, everything about you will be..."

Wu Zhao nodded: "I know it."

"Before today, I would never let go." Wu Zhao smiled softly.

"But after meeting... you, everything is actually not that important anymore."

"So what about power? So what about glory and wealth?" Wu Zhao smiled contemptuously.

"In the face of time, everything is just a cloud."

Looking at Wu Zhao who suddenly realized his enlightenment, Qin Tian seemed a little puzzled.

"Then if you were given another chance, would you still choose to take this path?"

Wu Zhao stared blankly at himself in the water mirror.

"I...I don't know."

Given her desire for power since childhood, she would probably still follow this path again.

Although this road was hard and tortured, Wu Zhao actually had no regrets.

Because she got more.

Qin Tian seemed to be interested: "If you were asked to choose again, would you choose to practice with me?"

Wu Zhao's talent cannot be considered good, but if he is willing to devote himself to cultivation and live for three to five hundred years, there is no problem in staying young forever.

But Wu Zhao glanced at Qin Tian and smiled: "If I practice with Brother Qin, I'm afraid I won't be able to care about the prosperity of this world anymore, right?"

"That's not true." Qin Tian muttered: "If you are willing, you can naturally live in the world, but your qualifications are average. If you want to succeed in cultivation, you need to live a simple life and be pure."

Wu Zhao shook his head: "That's all, that's not what I want."

Looking at his face with nostalgia again, Wu Zhao stood up.

"I never thought that with my broken body, I could see Brother Qin again before leaving. In this way, Meier will have no regrets in this life."

If it were to happen again, Wu Zhao would still choose to be the empress above ten thousand people, rather than a pure-minded monk.

Qin Tian did not comment on Wu Zhao's choice.

Everyone has their own pursuits. What does it matter if you have three to five hundred lifespans if you cultivate a pure heart and have few desires?
During these three to five hundred years, most of the time would have to be spent in cultivation, even if I had to go out to eat and sleep.

Who can say that a life span of three to five hundred years will definitely be more exciting than the queen's life span of just a few decades?
Cultivation is not a child's play, and it should not be given up halfway, especially the practice of being pure and ascetic. For many people, this is not enjoyment, but torture.

And it’s torture that lasts for hundreds of years!
If you can get what you want, what if you only have a lifespan of a few decades?
Wu Zhao walked out of the door and turned back into the old woman again, but the aura of looking down on the world in her body was already deep in her bones.

Only in front of Qin Tian, ​​she is the same Xiao Meier who snuggled in Mu Chun's arms and listened to Qin Tian's stories decades ago.

It has to be said that Wu Zhao's appearance did make Qin Tian change his identity as emperor to a certain extent.

From ancient times to the present, Qin Tian has seen countless emperors, some of whom were brilliant and wise, and some who were dim and incompetent.

But there has never been a person who can see through the world like Wu Zhao.

No one can be like Wu Zhao, who can remain unmoved when hundreds of years of life are in front of him.

As long as Wu Zhao opens his mouth, she knows that Qin Tian will not refuse to extend her life.

Whether it is restoring youth or enjoying another hundred years of life, these are just a piece of cake for Qin Tian.

But Wu Zhao not only did not ask Qin Tian, ​​but also rejected Qin Tian's offer of youth.

Her life was wonderful enough. Although she had regrets, she had no regrets.

Moving towards the end of her life, no matter what the outcome is, when that day comes, she will happily accept it.

This is Wu Zhao, one of the most powerful women in the history of China and even the world.

Her ability to govern the country may not be outstanding, at least she is not even ranked among the famous monarchs throughout the ages.

Her methods of fighting for power can be considered ruthless.

But her satisfaction with her life and her openness to her ending are something that countless people cannot match.

Qin Tian believed that if he presented the opportunity to return to his youth to other emperors without requiring them to pay any price, almost no one would refuse.

But Wu Zhao refused.

Even if Qin Tian didn't approve of what she did, at least at this moment, Qin Tian recognized her way of doing things.

Looking at Wu Zhao's leaving figure, Qin Tian sighed slightly.

Although she was just a passerby on Qin Tian's journey of cultivation, she left a very deep impression on Qin Tian.

I'm afraid that many years later, when Qin Tian mentioned the emperor, the first thing he thought of would still be the queen who rejected him.

"Wu Zhao Wu Zhao... the sun and the moon are in the sky, she is worthy of this word."

(End of this chapter)