It's bright in the morning.

The elite soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty, armed with sharp blades and wearing armor, formed a military formation and arrived at the foot of Dengxian Temple.

A general rode out and commanded the soldiers who surrounded the mountain on three levels inside and three outside. They guarded several entrances to the mountain, and the Dengxian Temple was completely surrounded.

This is in preparation for the coming emperor and the pilgrimage to the mountains to seek immortality.

There was a caravan coming from afar, and I didn’t know what was going on. They all pointed at the huge movement and formation here.

"What happened? Why were so many officers and soldiers dispatched?" The businessman suddenly became worried when he saw the battle.

A local porter who was leaving the city faced him with a load and said, "Don't you know yet? The gods have come to Yanding Mansion!"

"A few days ago, a heavy fog suddenly appeared in the Immortal Temple, and no one could go up the mountain. Then people from the palace went up the mountain, and the mountain suddenly lit up."

"You didn't see that light! It reached the ceiling. I could see it clearly even in the city."

"Later, everyone said that there was an immortal cauldron on the top of Dengxianguan Mountain, and the light emitted meant that the gods were refining elixirs!"

The businessman immediately spoke louder: "Could this god be Lord Kongchen?"

The porter stopped and asked curiously: "That's right, everyone says it's this great immortal. Do you also know Taoist Master Kongchen?"

The businessman and several other people around him laughed suddenly: "Of course, I came all the way from Lingzhou. Who in Lingzhou doesn't know Lord Kongchen!"

"A few of us have had calluses on our ears!"

The porter was also a little happy, as if he had found a common language: "I know, I know! I read the Legend of the Immortals in the Plum Garden in the city, and it was about the story of Lingzhou."

"The drought in Lingzhou is so tragic. If gods hadn't come down to earth, I don't know how many people would have died in Lingzhou!"

The businessman immediately took out a few large sums of money and put them in the porter's hands, but the porter refused again and again.

"How can I take your money for nothing? No, no!"

"I have no other intention, I just want to ask, why are there so many soldiers surrounding the mountain in this photo?"

The porter held the money and said hesitantly, "I heard from others that the emperor is coming."

The businessman's eyes suddenly went straight: "What? The saint and the emperor are coming?"

His voice was loud at first, but then he immediately lowered his voice.

The porter took the money and said, "That's right. The news spread all over the city. First there were eunuchs going up the mountain, and then there was such a big noise."

"I heard that the Holy One sent someone to invite the gods, but the gods thought that the Holy One was not sincere and avoided seeing him."

"So this time, the Holy One came in person."

The businessman immediately became very excited: "Thank you very much, I will stay longer now."

"Being able to see both the emperor and the gods is a blessing that cannot be achieved in several lifetimes."

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At this moment, outside the city of Yanding Prefecture.

Thirty miles out of the city, Huang Fuyin of Yanding Prefecture and all the officials of the government were here to wait for the emperor. Taoist Lingwu was among them, standing next to Huang Fuyin.

The sun gradually rises and shines on the earth.

The many officials who stood waiting for the Emperor's carriage were all hot and sweating from the sun.

There is a summer palace in Yanding Mansion called Wanshou Tower.

The palace on the high platform is magnificent and magnificent. The emperor will come here every year in midsummer, and they will also go there to welcome him.

But this time, the emperor avoided the palace and came directly to the capital.

This left Huang Fuyin at a loss and didn't know how to arrange the emperor. However, the emperor had already ordered him to come directly to Yandingfu City, and their ministers could only come in a hurry to greet him.

All the officials of Yanding Prefecture stood stiffly and felt dizzy from the sun. It was only at noon that someone came on horseback from a distance.

"The saint is here in person, welcome him quickly!"

Only then did all the officials cheer up, arrange their robes one by one, and prepare for the attack.

The emperor's guard of honor appeared at the end of the sky, accompanied by the sound of bells and drums and the neat footsteps of thousands of troops.

The crowds of carriages and horses stretched to the end of the sky, and the mighty army was like a wave.

The emperor was in the midst of those thousands of people.

It makes people feel that the heaven and earth, the sun, the moon and the stars are all revolving around it. Such power also sets off the majesty of the emperor.

One thought can cause chaos in the world, and one word can command millions of soldiers.

Son of Cangtian, Lord of Zhou Dynasty.

Faced with such an impact, all the officials were shocked and trembling, and they all lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly.

There is only one sentence left.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Before the emperor's chariot arrived, all the officials bowed and kowtowed, but in the end only Huang Fuyin could come forward to see the sage and emperor.

As the driver approached the emperor's car, he heard a violent cough.

After a long time, the emperor walked down with his face a little pale, followed by Si Tian Jian Zheng Tao Xian.

"I pay homage to Your Majesty!"

The emperor raised his hand, looking a little weak.

He felt more and more that his body could not hold on any longer. The so-called son of heaven, the saint and the emperor, was nothing more than a mortal body.

He cannot avoid birth, old age, illness, death, and suffering.

Even if he is an emperor who claims to be able to control the life and death of people in the world.

In the end, he could only admit that he could not even control his own life and death.

Huang Fuyin knelt on the ground. As soon as the emperor came down, he hurriedly asked: "Are you all ready?"

Huang Fuyin immediately replied: "It's ready."

The emperor nodded: "Then go!"

Huang Fuyin was suddenly stunned: "Is Your Majesty going to go up the mountain today?"

"You can follow the etiquette procedures that were sent to you. You have to fast and bathe on the first day, and then... on the second day..."

"Cough cough cough cough!"

Before Huang Fuyin finished speaking, the old emperor coughed a few more times, was tired from driving, and was frightened. Even the pills he took had no effect.

"No! I will go to the Immortal Temple today!"

Huang Fuyin quickly wanted to say something, but the Emperor said resolutely: "No need to say more, the immortal has already arranged it."

"When will I come! How will I come? Even the immortals already know."

"I'll be waiting on the mountain for the gods to arrive!"

As soon as the emperor's chariot stopped, he set off again with all the civil and military officials.

He didn't even enter the city and ran directly to the Dengxian Temple.

At the foot of the mountain, there are three floors inside and three floors outside. They are all elite soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Farther away were the people of Yanding Prefecture. Everyone knew that the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty was coming. Farmers, squires, merchants and vendors were crowded in the distance, and more people were coming.

There were people everywhere outside the city, all coming to see the emperor and the immortal.

And under the road leading to the gate of Dengxian Temple, the emperor's car stopped.

All the civil and military officials came down and knelt on the ground together, and all the soldiers outside also knelt down.

Thousands of heads were bowed, welcoming the Emperor as he descended.

The emperor wore a dragon robe and stepped out of the chariot.

It was mid-afternoon, and the light from the clouds in the sky was shining straight down from the Celestial Immortal Temple, shining on the emperor and all the civil and military officials.

Shocking exclamations came from the people of Dazhou who were watching from a distance.

"He is truly the emperor!"

"Saint! Saint and Emperor!"

"Emperor! This is our Emperor of Zhou Dynasty!"

"Long live!"

"Long live my emperor!"

The mighty but uneven mountain shouts of "Long Live Long Live" are overwhelming, and everything seen at the end of the sky is surrendering to him.

The emperor suddenly felt extremely proud and looked up at the Taoist temple on the mountain.

The mountain roads are rugged and the Taoist temples are deep and mysterious.

"This is the Immortal Temple!"
To be continued...