Chapter 246 - Forbidden Art, Replenishing Life (2/2)
“Naturally because State Teacher knows of a way to live a long life and preserve youthful looks!”
“It’s not a way to live a long life and preserve youthfulness, but replenishing life instead.”
The old monarch was terrified, he murmured, “Replenishing life?”
When Gong Moran mentioned this matter, his expression became abnormally ice-cold, “That year when the Great Zhou Empire ruled everything under the heaven, this official’s whole family with nearly one thousand people all died an unnatural death. This official used their remaining* lives, using a secret art, to replenish this official’s life.” [T/N: as they died unnatural death, their span of lives was cut off abruptly and there were ‘leftover’ lives that GM used]
The old monarch’s two eyes widened like big spheres, “If one person still has one year left to live, then, their lives were used to replenish your own, beloved official, wouldn’t you have at least… one thousand years?!”
This was the minimum calculation, since they weren’t destined to die yet, then it wouldn’t be weird for a person to still have dozens or twenty more years of life span ah. One thousand people, all of them were used to replenish one people’s life, then, wouldn’t the State Teacher have ten thousand years of life span?
Oh Heavens!
“State Teacher, State Teacher, help us, we don’t want too much. Just to live ten years more is already good! No, even five more years is okay!”
The corners of Gong Moran’s mouth slightly raised in a second as a streak of sneer passed through that pair of ever-so-calm eyes.
“Does Your Majesty really understand what this official just said? Your Majesty can replenish life, but only by using Your Majesty’s kin. Your Majesty can take one year from each prince, or Your Majesty can take ten to twenty years from others. However, this official wants to remind Your Majesty. Because Your Majesty’s body is of the Son of Heaven’s, others’ lives are inferior to Your Majesty’s honorable life, so their life spans fall short from Your Majesty’s. One that has ordinary natal chart must use up ten years of their life to replenish Your Majesty’s one to two years of life span.”
The old monarch was terrified when he heard this, he was lost in a deep struggle.
Gong Moran added a sentence, as if it were casually said, “Each of them is Your Majesty’s own children. If they knew that they could help Your Majesty to continue to live, they might even fight out of their eagerness to be the first one to help.”
Hearing this, the old monarch’s gaze became staunch.
That’s right ah, his five princes were brought up under his own eyes, they’re all very filial. If they knew that they could help their father, they surely will scramble to sacrifice their lives.
Once the old monarch thought like this, he immediately felt at ease and justified.
“State Teacher, we have made up our thoughts. Our five princes all have strong and healthy bodies, so just take one year from each of them then.”
Gong Moran shook his head, “This official has long seen the princes’ natal charts. The second and fifth prince have the dragon aura, with the fifth prince having the thickest. Your Majesty might as well take 6 years from the fifth prince, this way, it can directly add three years to Your Majesty. If we take 6 years from the second prince, it might replenish Your Majesty with only two more years. As for the other three princes, just take three years from each of them to express their goodwill, but their body doesn’t have dragon’s aura. Adding up 9 years from the three of them might only replenish one year for Your Majesty. In this way, Your Majesty might live for six more years.”
The old monarch can’t refrain from swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he hoarsely said, “Taking away 6 years of life span… won’t that be too much?”
“This official is only putting forward a suggestion, everything will naturally be up to Your Majesty to decide.” Gong Moran lightly said.
The old monarch hesitated for a while before he spoke with a cold heart, “Just follow what the State Teacher said.”
Nan Xun who was standing at the door, learned about the conversation between big boss and emperor through Little Eight.
Nan Xun was somewhat shocked.
Art of Replenishing Life? This was a great forbidden art that defied natural order itself!
Is Gong Moran not afraid that he will be bitten back by this forbidden art?