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

He completely trusted Yang Ling. Even though the armored soldiers behind him were close at hand, he still believed that his master could protect his safety.

Yang Ling never let anyone down. The moment Xu Fu stopped, he made his move.

Before the armored soldier hit Xu Fu, an unmatched force came from Xu Fu, forcibly pulling him into the blasting array.

"Master, be careful, the formation is starting to explode!"

The voice of the weapon spirit came from the depths of his soul, and Yang Ling immediately put up a spiritual power shield to protect himself and Xu Fu.

The blasting formation connected all the formations under the twelve palaces, directly blowing up the space.

Yang Ling and Xu Fu's feet were empty, and they felt a tearing pain in their bodies, and a long, seemingly endless ringing in their ears. Soon, their consciousness disappeared.

Since Yang Ling and Xu Fu had disappeared in Kunlun Mountain, this place had been blocked by people sent by Ying Zheng.

Over the years, they have not been idle, and have taken advantage of the convenience left by Yang Ling before to keep Kunlun Mountain and its surrounding areas firmly in the hands of the Qin State.

Kunlun Mountain is a fairy mountain in ancient legends. Although it is remote, many rare medicinal herbs can only be found here. Therefore, it attracts many herbalists from Daqin to travel back and forth between Kunlun Mountain and Daqin all year round.

Li Si is the only son of the Li family in 18 generations. He is idle all day long and does not work.

His father had long been dissatisfied with him and finally decided to send him to Kunlun Mountain for some training before the New Year.

Li Si had been following the Qin army's herb-collecting team into Kunlun Mountain for two days. He had no interest in collecting herbs, but wanted to learn martial arts.

Kunlun Mountain was full of spiritual energy, so he found a secluded place and began to practice according to the secret book he had picked up not long ago.

Li Si always felt that he had picked up a supreme martial arts secret book that no one else had.

But he has practiced for more than ten years, and apart from his body being stronger than others, there is no other change.

He originally thought that the lack of spiritual energy where he lived was the reason why he could not see the effect. But after two days of cultivation in Kunlun Mountain, there was still no difference. This made Li Si begin to doubt whether he was really not suitable for cultivation.

He put away the secret book, sat by the river, picked up the gravel on the ground and threw it into the water, looking a little lost.

It is now the twelfth lunar month, and the Kunlun Mountains are covered with snow. But there is still an unfrozen river here. Li Si feels helpless about his unchanged body, but he doesn't think there is anything wrong.

Suddenly, two bodies wrapped in Taoist robes floated down from upstream, and their shapes were no different from humans. The current carried them past Li Si's eyes.

Li Si didn't pay attention at first, but after they floated past, he jumped up from the ground in shock and shouted in surprise: "What was that just now?"

The only unfrozen river in Kunlun Mountain was flowing very fast, and the two human-shaped objects were floating even faster. By the time Li Si reacted, he was already out of reach.
Fortunately, Li Si had practiced in this place for two days and knew that there was a shortcut that could allow him to rush downstream in advance to take another look at the two human-shaped objects.

When Li Si rushed downstream, the humanoid objects were blocked by a large rock in the middle of the river. He was very brave and out of curiosity, he jumped into the river without hesitation and dragged the two humanoid objects to the shore.

He untied the clothes wrapped around the two people and sat down on the ground in shock. It turned out that the two human-shaped objects in the river were not objects at all, but people entangled in clothes.

The first person was wearing an ice-blue Taoist robe, with a handsome face and a noble temperament, not like an ordinary person. Although the second person was far inferior to the first person, he also had a sense of floating.

But even so, Li Si still felt scared, because the life or death of the person fished out of the river was uncertain, and no matter how good his temperament was, it would be useless.

"Cough cough..." Yang Ling choked on the water in his throat when Li Si moved him. He coughed and recovered.

"You...you you, are you a human or a ghost?" Seeing Yang Ling sitting up from the ground and immediately sitting cross-legged to practice internal energy to heal his injuries, Li Si stared at him warily and asked.

While Yang Ling was urging the power of the Moon's Desire to repair the meridians in his body that were damaged by the explosion of tens of thousands of formations, he looked up at Li Si who was hiding behind a big rock and responded calmly: "Thank you for saving us!"

Although Yang Ling did not directly answer the question of whether Li Si was a human or a ghost, his answer gave him the answer - they were all living people, otherwise they could not be saved.

"So you are a human?" After hearing Yang Ling's response, Li Si's fear was relieved a lot, and he slowly walked out from behind the big rock.

He was a courageous person to begin with, and since Yang Ling and Xu Fu didn't look like bad people, he didn't think they would hurt him.

"It's a person!" Yang Ling nodded slightly.

The power of the jade beads circulated in his body, quickly repairing the countless wounds on his meridians.

After coming out this time, he always felt that the spiritual power outside was much more abundant than before entering that mysterious place.

But this is Kunlun Mountain, the spiritual power here is not as rich as other places. Yang Ling still felt that he might be wrong.

However, the world outside had already undergone earth-shaking changes. In the few years since they entered, the era of spiritual energy revival had completely arrived, changing the fate of many people.

Li Si was one of those people who longed to change their fate. That was why he took the opportunity of collecting herbs to find such a place to practice.

He had always dreamed of changing the living environment of himself and his family through cultivation, but he had not even reached the threshold of cultivation.

Yang Ling sat on the ground and casually made a hand seal. The spiritual energy of the entire Kunlun Mountain seemed to be summoned, forming a ten-meter-long vortex around him.

Countless spiritual energies from heaven and earth poured into Yang Ling's body like a tide. But he seemed to still feel that it was not enough, so he added a spirit gathering formation under his body.

Li Si was stunned. It's not like he had never seen a gifted person absorb spiritual energy to practice, but he had never seen such a shocking scene.

At this moment, Li Si just wanted to raise his hand and punch himself to see if he could feel the pain. If he could feel the pain, he would be relieved. Because this was just a dream, all the scenes in front of him were fake, and no one would have such terrible strength.

What Li Si thought in his mind immediately turned into action. He punched himself without hesitation, and the pain instantly woke him up from his shock.

The scene before him was still heart-pounding, and the pain on his face kept reminding him that what he saw was real.

"This is impossible. How can someone absorb spiritual energy in this way? I must still be dreaming. Yes, I must not be awake yet!"

Before he could finish his words, he turned around and tried to flee, hoping to get away from this dream and forget everything he had just witnessed.

However, Li Si didn't walk far before an invisible force pulled him back. He turned his head and saw Yang Ling's seemingly harmless face.

"Wait a moment, I'll wake him up so I can prepare a thank-you gift for you."

Yang Ling looked at Li Si and smiled, "You saved our lives. We will definitely repay you for this favor."

Even if Li Si did not take action, they might be able to cough up water on their own when the time came, but Li Si did rescue them from the river in advance and helped them cough up water, which was tantamount to saving their lives.

"I……"

Li Si opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say for a moment, and only managed one word after a long while.

Yang Ling waited patiently for a long time, and seeing that Li Si was unable to speak, he turned and sent a stream of spiritual power to Xu Fu on the ground. Xu Fu did not choke on the water, but was too weak and fainted when he fell. Yang Ling used spiritual power to stimulate his soul sea, and he slowly woke up.

Xu Fu was not only weak in strength, but also quite weak. When he fell, he was on top of Yang Ling. Yang Ling was safe and sound, but he fainted for a long time and finally needed the help of his master's spiritual power to wake up.

"This is where?"

When Xu Fu woke up, his vision was blurry and he couldn't even tell the direction. He looked around before he found Yang Ling.

However, when he saw Yang Ling, a hint of excitement immediately flashed in his eyes, and then he knelt in front of Yang Ling, excited and hesitant, as if he wanted to ask something but didn't dare to open his mouth.

"This is the man who saved us. Ask him what he wants and prepare it for him when you return."

Seeing Xu Fu wake up, Yang Ling raised his hand and pointed at Li Si who was sitting next to him, and gave a light instruction.

"Yes, Master!"

Xu Fu looked in the direction of Yang Ling's finger and immediately responded respectfully.

Yang Ling stood up and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, he looked at Li Si curiously: "Are you from the mountains?"

"Ah...I, I'm not!"

Li Si was still immersed in the previous shock and was a little dazed, but when he heard Yang Ling's question, he didn't dare not answer.

"Judging from your attire, you should be from Qin. Could it be that you were invited by Ying Zheng to collect herbs?"

Yang Ling looked at the young man in front of him and asked calmly.

His memory was still stuck on the time when he and Xu Fu entered Kunlun Mountain. He didn't know that during the few months they were in there, more than ten years had passed outside.

"You are so bold that you dare to address the Emperor by his name. This is extremely disrespectful!"

When mentioning Ying Zheng, Li Si didn't know where he got the courage from, he glared at Yang Ling and started to scold him.

Although Ying Zheng committed atrocities, he did do many practical things for the people.

Especially in the past few years, when spiritual energy has revived, he has recovered a lot of land for the Qin people to live on by relying on his advanced cultivation experience and strength.

During Ying Zheng's reign, the lives of the Qin people became better and better. They all respected the emperor and naturally would not allow others to be disrespectful to Ying Zheng.

Xu Fu sneered as he listened, glanced at Li Si, and said sarcastically: "You ignorant young man, you have not seen the emperor's face and do not respect the way of heaven. In front of my master, even His Majesty the Emperor would not dare to be so presumptuous!"

Li Si was stunned by Xu Fu's words. Although he didn't want to believe it, the strength Yang Ling showed was indeed more terrifying than any cultivator he had ever seen. It was hard to say whether he was more powerful than the Emperor.

"answer my question!"

Yang Ling pulled the angry Xu Fu back to his side and urged Li Si lightly. His meridians were severely damaged and he could not use his spiritual power at will.

The exercise and helping Xu Fu just now had made his injuries even worse. But Yang Ling had to do this. If he didn't exercise and regulate his breathing, the remaining power of the formation in his body would rush through his meridians.

Although the breathing exercises just now seemed to have little effect, they mobilized the power of the Moon Jade to enter his body to help repair his meridians, and controlled the residual power of the formation explosion so that it would no longer continue to damage his meridians.

Xu Fu also needed his spiritual power stimulation, otherwise it would be difficult for him to wake up in a short time. But except for these situations where he had to use spiritual power, Yang Ling did not want to continue using spiritual power to aggravate his injuries. If practitioners like them could not use spiritual power, they could only walk from Kunlun Mountain back to Xianyang City of Daqin.

However, the distance here is too far. Given Yang Ling's current physical condition, it is unknown when he can reach his destination.

Xu Fu is weaker than Yang Ling. Yang Ling can hardly hold on, let alone him.

It was for this reason that Yang Ling wanted to ask Li Si if he was a herbalist from Daqin.

If they were herbalists from the Qin State, they could follow him back to the Qin herbal collection team and ride back in the army's vehicles.

"We are the herbalists of the Qin Dynasty, but we were not invited by His Majesty the First Emperor. What you are talking about happened more than ten years ago."

When answering Yang Ling's question, Li Si subconsciously said one more sentence. This extra sentence made Yang Ling and Xu Fu look at each other, and they both saw astonishment in each other's eyes.

"What do you mean by the things that happened more than a decade ago? Did His Majesty the First Emperor invite people to Kunlun Mountain to collect herbs more than a decade ago?"

Xu Fu stepped forward, stared at Li Si and asked.

"Yes!"

Li Si nodded and looked at Xu Fu in surprise. "About twelve years ago, His Majesty the First Emperor summoned herbalists from all over the world to Kunlun Mountain to collect herbs and make elixirs. At that time, the guardian dragon of our Qin State also came, and my father came with the guardian dragon."

When Yang Ling heard Li Si mention the guardian dragon, he thought of the little one. After he found the Moon Jade, it hid inside and has not come out yet. No matter how he called it, it didn't respond.

"Master, if those herb collectors he mentioned are the same ones from before, then we would have been in there for twelve years!"

Xu Fu returned to Yang Ling and whispered.

"Since you mentioned the little one, then it's correct!"

Li Si was confused by the conversation between Yang Ling and Xu Fu, but he had a vague feeling that both of them were extraordinary.

"When the team that takes us to collect herbs returns to Xianyang, we will satisfy you with whatever you want!"

Xu Fu grabbed Li Si who was about to escape and spoke.

"I came here alone. How can there be any herb-collecting team?"

Li Si could feel that these two people were extraordinary, and he did not dare to bring them back to the team. Naturally, he would not admit that there was a team of herbalists from Xianyang in Kunlun Mountain.

"I'm Xu Fu. Have you heard of my name?"

Xu Fu didn't want to waste time talking to Li Si, so he directly stated his identity: "It doesn't matter if you don't know. After returning to Xianyang, His Majesty will be grateful to you for taking care of me and my master..."

"Master Xu!"

Before Xu Fu finished speaking, Li Si knelt down. The change in his attitude was so drastic that Xu Fu even wondered if he had seen it wrong.

"I have long heard that there is a true alchemist in Qin State, Lord Xu. You have started the path of cultivation early, and you are the first person in Qin State. Today I see that your reputation is well-deserved! Lord Xu, are you still in need of a disciple? Do you think I am qualified to be your disciple? I am willing to clean and serve you, and serve tea for you..." (End of this chapter)