221: Chapter 221: The 3rd Blueprint 221: Chapter 221: The 3rd Blueprint “Oh, it seems like I’ve wasted my feelings.
I guess I’ll be going then.” Saying this, Luo Jingrong appeared to be ready to leave, but Gu Fan stopped him.
Gu Fan, with a cunning smile, said, “Since Boss Luo has gained sothing from us, there should be sothing to give back.
Feel free to tell what that is.
Just don’t say too much, just let understand.”
After hearing this, Luo Jingrong was speechless for a while, thinking that this young man was really dramatic.
Luo Jingrong cleared his throat, then sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, looking quite imposing, as if this place was his ho field.
He added, “Since you’ve asked sincerely, I can’t refuse.”
Gu Fan almost rolled his eyes, thinking this person really knew how to turn the tables.
Luo Jingrong continued, “There was a race known as the Eternal Life Clan.
Not because they could live forever, but because they pursued immortality generation after generation.”
After hearing this, Gu Fan was puzzled, “So, was their quest successful?
Did they truly attain immortality?”
Luo Jingrong sighed and shook his head, “For the pursuit of immortality, they tried all sorts of thods, sacrificing many of their people.
In the end, they found the thod that cos closest to eternal life.
They created the first person who was immortal.
At first, this was sothing that could have flourished the Eternal Life Clan, but this person destroyed the clan, as they didn’t want a second immortal being to exist in the world.”
“Ah, I see.
If I’m not mistaken, the indestructible creature I encountered earlier is the only one with immortality in this world.” Gu Fan’s guess quickly got confird by Luo Jingrong’s nod.
He then listened to Luo Jingrong continue, “The Eternal Life Clan was destroyed by the demon they created.
At the last mont, the elder of the Eternal Life Clan summoned his five servants and gave each of them sothing, and then asked them to escape.
After the destruction of the Eternal Life Clan, these five people have been hiding, nomadic, because they knew that the demon is constantly looking for them.”
Gu Fan raised a question, “Could you tell what the five people were preserving?”
Luo Jingrong pointed at the blueprints, “The five did not know what the others kept.
But one thing we can be sure of currently is that two of them were guarding blueprints.”
Gu Fan suddenly realized, “I see.
One of these keepers was a predecessor of yours, Boss Luo.”
Luo Jingrong nodded, “Indeed, my ancestor was one of the keepers.
Carrying the blueprint, he hid in various places, living in trepidation every day, carefully preserving the blueprint and passing it down from generation to generation.
I was able to use the content to produce a dicine that prolongs life and cures all diseases.”
After hearing this, Gu Fan had an even greater question, “How did Lin Xi get her blueprint?
What is her relationship with the keeper?”
Luo Jingrong replied, “One of the keepers passed the secret down for several generations.
They could have lived a quiet life, but the demon accidentally discovered the keeper’s whereabouts.
In desperation, the keeper could only seek protection from Queen Qianye, who was establishing Qianye Country that ti, who was Lin Xi in her past life.
As for what happened later, I don’t know.”
“Thank you for telling so much.
You’re a good person,” Gu Fan looked at the blueprints again, his brows faintly furrowed, and then said, “If I’m not mistaken, when the blueprints from both hands are combined into a complete one, it presents the most complete thod for pursuing immortality.”
Luo Jingrong nodded agreeing, “In theory, that’s correct because….” Before Luo Jingrong could finish speaking, Gu Fan interrupted him, “These blueprints contain sacrifices, magic circles, mantras, and an elixir formula.
The formula is not complete, but Boss Luo can produce dicine that prolongs life.
Therefore, the blueprint keeper you descended from must have the other half of the elixir recipe.”
“You are absolutely right,” Luo Jingrong wanted to tell Gu Fan that he guessed well.
He saw Gu Fan deep in thought, staring at the blueprint, looking focused.
After a long ti, it seed like Gu Fan suddenly thought of sothing and said, “If the two blueprints are assembled into a whole, the thod to attain eternal life is to sacrifice twelve people born on the sa year, month, and day, draw a magic circle, recite a mantra, then take a complete elixir.
But why?
Why didn’t Lin Xi start right away?”
Luo Jingrong shook his head slightly, “I’m not sure.
Given her situation, Lin Xi should’ve proceeded already.
It’s strange that she did nothing.
I don’t know what she is thinking.”
“Wait, could it be?” A chill ran down Gu Fan’s spine, and he looked uneasy.
He quickly dialed Lin Xi’s phone.
As soon as she picked up, Gu Fan imdiately questioned her, “Lin Xi, I have a question.
When you spared those twelve classmates, was it because you wanted to wait for the complete blueprint to fully pursue immortality?
With them alive, you could use them for the real sacrifice at that point?”
The other end of the call was silent for a long while, and the atmosphere beca oppressive.
Gu Fan felt a bit nervous, not knowing how the furious Lin Xi would react after her plan had been exposed.
“Are you out of your mind…” Lin Xi cursed, then hung up.
Gu Fan felt baffled being cursed at, feeling that Lin Xi’s anger was not due to her plot being exposed, but that she was genuinely mad.
Luo Jingrong couldn’t help but ask, “What on earth have you done to aggravate Lin Xi, don’t you know she has the temper of a queen?”
“Let’s not worry about that right now.” Gu Fan had been considering sothing.
Since Lin Xi had the chance to get the complete blueprint, why didn’t she imdiately start pursuing eternal life?
Was she planning to recapture those twelve classmates?
So, Gu Fan had sent the sa ssage to the twelve classmates all at once and now he was awaiting their replies.
He then looked at Luo Jingrong and sternly asked, “Now that you know how to pursue eternal life, what are your thoughts?”
Luo Jingrong laughed self-mockingly, “To be honest, at the beginning, I just wanted to use the dicine recipe recorded on the blueprint to make a fortune.
I never thought otherwise.
Now that I have the chance to pursue eternal life, it’s hard not to be tempted.
So, I chose to stand by Lin Xi’s side.”
“Then I may have to pour so cold water on you.” Gu Fan said with a faint smile, his eyes gleaming with a deeper aning, “You ntioned earlier that there are five keepers, but you don’t know what the other four are keeping.
So, I was thinking, is it possible to achieve everything with just the information on the two blueprints?
Are the other three keepers superfluous?”
After hearing this, Luo Jingrong’s heart skipped a beat and then he looked at Gu Fan with surprised eyes, catching the deeper aning in Gu Fan’s smile.
“What are you implying here, Gu Fan?” Luo Jingrong had a bad feeling about this, and Gu Fan nodded in confirmation, “Maybe there’s not just one blueprint, but five and only when these five blueprints are pieced together they make up a complete one.”
“Interesting, very interesting indeed, Gu Fan.
Your speculation is quite intriguing.” Luo Jingrong couldn’t help but laugh and turned around to leave.
Gu Fan’s brows furrowed, he didn’t know if his guess was correct, but it seed very close, the closer it got the more uneasy he felt, it was as if he was being pressured by an invisible force.
Gu Fan looked at the blueprint on the table, carefully studied it, and discovered that in addition to the text, there were also illustrations.
Those illustrations looked more like a map.
“If two pieces of blueprints already illustrate the requirents for the sacrifice, the magical array and mantra, and the elixir formula, what else can the remaining three pieces of blueprints piece together?
What are they suggesting for ti, month, date, and day?
What about the location?” Gu Fan plunged into deep thought again.
A map, a map, a map.
Gu Fan thought of a possibility.
If one wants to achieve immortality, there must also be a special requirent for the location.
“Stop, stop, stop.
Why am I thinking this much when I actually do not want to bother?
It’s none of my business.” Gu Fan scratched his head and decided not to think about those things that didn’t concern his life.
Just when he was about to put away the blueprint, he saw the content on it and it sparked his curiosity again.
He was eager to solve these puzzles.
“Forget it, don’t stick my nose into other people’s business, don’t stick my nose into other people’s business.” As Gu Fan muttered to himself, he rolled up the blueprint and stuffed it into a long box, and hid it.
But he couldn’t help but wonder, “If two of the blueprints are found, then where are the other three keepers?
They must’ve been passed down for many generations.
Where can I find them now?
It seems like the idea of immortality will have to bid farewell to everyone.”
“Hold on a second, hold on a second.
If Luo Jingrong, who possesses a life-prolonging elixir formula, was exposed and found by Lin Xi and that so-called demon, then the other keepers should also be able to find Luo Jingrong, right?” Gu Fan was utterly horrified when he thought of this key point.
The developnt of this matter would be more uncontrollable than he imagined, who knows when another keeper will suddenly appear.”
Gu Fan felt it necessary to warn Luo Jingrong.
But after giving it so thought, he dismissed the idea.
After all, what if this was all just his wild guess?
anwhile, a high-ranking official in the city was sitting on a sofa in his house, watching a news report on the miraculous effects of the dicine produced in Luo Jingrong’s factory and how it was well received in the market.
“I finally found you.
Luo Jingrong,” the official murmured with a smirk.
At this mont, Yuan Cheng entered, “Father, why are you still not asleep at this late hour?”
“Yuan Cheng, you are just in ti.
There’s sothing that you should know by now,” The official called Yuan Cheng to his study upstairs, and from a secret compartnt in a shelf, he retrieved a long box.
A confused Yuan Cheng asked, “Father, what is it?
A valuable painting or calligraphy?
You’ve kept it so well hidden.
Are you planning to give it to ?”
“Listen carefully son, this is the most important secret passed down through generations in our family.
If mishandled, it could upset the entire world and might as well bring about disaster for our family.”
(Starting from August, there will be two chapters a day.
This will speed up the plot.
I need to think it through carefully.
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