The speed at which the alchemists spread a matter throughout the world far surpasses the laws of the imperial court.

Since handing the jade tablet to them to present to the emperor, I have been patiently waiting inside the Eternal Life Tower.

For a whole year.

During this time, the alchemists began to secretly slip away.

I paid no attention and never tried to stop them.

Because they had already completed the final task for me.

Until everyone had run away, leaving behind only a young servant.

His name was Liu Ji, not an alchemist. I only knew that he had committed some offense down the mountain and was forced to flee into the mountains, where he was taken in by the Eternal Life Tower.

I didn't feel indebted to him, but he insisted on staying on the mountain.

I am no longer human.

I don't care why he stubbornly decided to stay.

I'm just waiting.

Sure enough, one year later, dark clouds covered the southern mountain.

Liu Ji pushed open the gate of the Eternal Life Tower in fear.

"Dragon!"

He pointed to the sky.

I passed through his trembling body without looking, stepping outside the gate.

The daylight had already turned dim.

Amidst the rolling black clouds, a massive black dragon's head broke through the sky.

It has come.

Hahaha.

"Ying Zheng!"

I faced the sky, the approaching monster, and stretched out my seemingly non-existent hands.

The vegetation on the southern mountain let out a fierce roar towards the sky.

For some reason, I suddenly recalled that man covered in blood, Jing Ke, from years ago.

"Today, Lu Sheng will take your life!"

So, I said the same words as him.

As if playing a joke with him.