Li Huowang slowly walked back from the execution ground, his mind still replaying the scene. He thought about the belly he had just seen, bloated by elixirs. It was hard to imagine a normal person's stomach could be stretched so large. Considering the man's former identity, it wasn't hard to guess why he had consumed so many.
In Li Huowang's experience, many emperors sought longevity through elixirs, and it was likely the same in this world.
Even Master Danyang, an illiterate, dreams of becoming an immortal. As the mightiest ruler of Da Liang, the Emperor probably goes to even greater extremes.
But it's only human nature to cling to life and fear death. It's just...
Li Huowang remembered how Xu Fu had taken five hundred boys and girls in search of the Longevity Medicine. In this utterly mad world, he could hardly imagine the lengths the Emperor of Da Liang would go.
