Chapter 86 will meet

  The palm slowly lifted, and the roughly two-finger-thick golden dragon body twisted even more violently, as if it wanted to completely get rid of the control of that hand. However, no matter what it did, it was always firmly controlled by Liu Xuan's palm, unable to escape.

  "This is..."

  Liu Bei was shocked by the scene before him, and he couldn't quite understand what was happening in front of him. Although he had known that the emperor understood some mysterious and magical techniques, after all, he hadn't seen many, everything before his eyes had already exceeded his imagination.

  "Some... things are very important for me and for the Han dynasty's rivers and mountains, so I must take them away."

  Liu Xuan did not have a detailed explanation, this dragon energy's stubbornness far exceeded Liu Xuan's expectations. Originally, when he seized Cao Cao's dragon energy, it didn't take so much effort. At that time, the newly born dragon energy itself had no resistance power, as long as he was willing, he could take it for himself at any time.

  It seems that the dragon energy is extremely resistant to being absorbed by Liu Xuan, constantly trying to break free from his control, and even undergoing some changes, as if it wants to attack itself.

  "You think you can rival me with just your little dragon aura?"

  This dragon energy is actually so ungrateful, Liu Xuan also felt a bit angry, mobilizing the true yuan in his body, even the little bit of original true yuan hidden deep within his divine soul was also urged to come out, and immediately produced a strong suction force in his palm, just for an instant, that dragon energy was absorbed into his own body.

  In Liu Bei's view, the dragon god that was originally twisting between Liu Xuan's palm and his own shoulder suddenly disappeared into Liu Xuan's hand. Then he felt a wave of weakness, as if all his strength had been drawn out at once. His forehead even broke out in cold sweat; if he hadn't been sitting down, his legs might have gone limp and he would have fallen to the ground immediately.

  "This..."

  "Your Highness, don't be alarmed. Swallow this medicine and you will recover in no time." Liu Xuan's right hand didn't move, but his left hand flipped over, and a small, unremarkable pill appeared in the palm of his hand.

  This pill is black and unremarkable, can't see any special features, nor does it have any unusual fragrance, just like ordinary pills, Liu Bei took a look, feeling that this pill doesn't seem to be some kind of miraculous medicine, but rather more like a poisonous pill.

  However, Liu Xuan was by his side, and he himself was weak and powerless. Even if the emperor really wanted to kill him, a single sword would have been enough to solve the problem, so it seemed unnecessary to use poison?

  Adding that Liu Xuan seemed to have no intention of killing, Liu Bei decided to trust the emperor once, raised his hand and pinched the dan medicine in his hand, then stuffed it into his mouth, tilted his head and swallowed it down.

  As soon as the medicine was swallowed, a warm current immediately rose and flowed to all four limbs. In the blink of an eye, Liu Bei felt his strength recover a lot - although he still felt a bit weak, it wasn't as difficult to move as before. At most, it was like recovering from an illness, able to walk and move, but with little strength and no endurance.

  It can be inferred that the emperor did not have any intention of harming him, and this pill was clearly used to help him nourish his body, possibly as a response to something that the emperor had taken away from him.

  As expected, Liu Xuan immediately took out another small bottle. The bottle looked unremarkable, but it was exquisitely crafted. When he opened the stopper and poured some into his hand, he found that they were the same medicinal pills he had swallowed earlier.

  "Afterwards, Uncle Emperor will take one pill every day. Later on, I'll give Uncle Emperor a set of techniques. After taking the pill and practicing according to the technique every day, not only can Uncle Emperor recover as soon as possible, but also eliminate many hidden diseases in his body."

  What's the use of talking about more ways to prolong one's life, tempering the flesh and meridians, etc. Liu Xuan didn't mention them because he knew that saying those things now would be useless and would only confuse Liu Bei even more. It was better to let him practice slowly on his own, and when he achieved results, he would naturally understand.

  Liu Bei was overjoyed as soon as he heard that Liu Xuan wanted to pass on his cultivation techniques.

  He originally had some ambition, but since entering the capital and recognizing his ancestors, he felt that his wishes had gone a long way. Later on, it was just a matter of exerting all his strength to support the Han dynasty. However, looking at it now, even without him, the Han dynasty would not decline for a while.

  In addition, he is now over thirty years old and has passed the age of establishing himself. He barely counts as having some achievements. As for what he can do next, he has no idea at all. Now that Liu Xuan is willing to teach him the cultivation method, it's a good thing to have another goal - Lü Bu and Zhang Liao became stronger after cultivating, he knows all about it. He only feels that the emperor would not just give them elixirs and teach them cultivation methods without using them again, definitely planning to reuse them.

  In that case, is he still afraid that the emperor will not use him? With this idea in mind, there was a bottom line - after all, Liu Bei had ambitions, but they were not as grand as wanting to be the emperor himself.

  "Thank you, Your Majesty."

  With a bow, Liu Bei saw Liu Xuan nod to himself and then handed over a jade piece: "This contains the cultivation method, Uncle Emperor can cultivate it yourself, or give it to those two sworn brothers... Uncle Emperor's two sworn brothers are great talents, for now they will familiarize themselves with the Imperial Guard, after a while I will also make good use of them."

  With that said, Liu Bei's last doubt in his heart also disappeared. He bowed again to express his gratitude and respectfully accepted the jade piece.

  As soon as the jade piece was in his hand, Liu Bei felt that there were many more things in his mind. After a slight thought, a large pile of qigong cultivation methods emerged, but for now, it's still unclear, and he needs to find a quiet place to digest them thoroughly.

  Liu Xuan had taught more than one person, so he naturally knew the situation: "Your Majesty should first cultivate slowly. If there is anything that doesn't make sense, you can ask Wen Yuan, Wen Ruo and others for guidance, or come to me."

  When this was said, Liu Bei felt even more grateful and respectful - at this time, passing on the art was a big deal, let alone that what Liu Xuan was passing on wasn't just any ordinary skill. Even though Liu Bei was of imperial uncle status, he still hastened to perform the rituals of a student once again, then only afterwards did he go rest in his own tent under the support of the guards arranged by Liu Xuan.

  On that day, it was reported that Zhong Ledu, Huang Shu Liu Bei had contracted a cold and was bedridden, several civil and military officials who followed the army went to see him one after another. As a result, it can be seen that Liu Bei's interpersonal relationship is really good. Liu Xuan also had some doubts: "It is said that three parts of the world are divided, Cao Cao has heavenly timing, Jiangdong Sun family takes geographical advantage, while human virtue is occupied by Liu Bei. Now it seems that there is indeed some truth to this."

  However, Liu Bei has now been tied up on his own warship, so he doesn't have to worry too much. As for the more pressing matter at hand, it seems that his own cultivation should be the priority.

  This matter is even more urgent than the expedition against Guo Zhi.

  Because of Liu Bei's special dragon energy, Liu Xuan rarely went out for a period of time and spent most of his time in his own tent meditating.

  Cao Guo stood guard beside him every day, watching the golden cloud aura surrounding the Son of Heaven, a golden dragon faintly visible in the clouds. At first, he found it amazing, but now that he had seen it for so long, he was getting used to it.

  In addition, Liu Xuan also began to teach Cao Gou some cultivation methods. He watched the dragon energy on Liu Xuan's body appear and disappear every day, and gradually gained some understanding - but this understanding was fleeting, he seemed to see the thread, but couldn't grasp it. After asking for guidance from Liu Xuan, he learned that his current cultivation level was not enough, and when his cultivation level improved in the future, the thread would become clearer.

  Little did Liu Xuan know that Cao Guo's performance was also astonishing to him, as he had not expected Cao Guo to have such extraordinary talent, and even suspected that Cao Guo had grasped the "Wang Qi" technique.

  This art of fortune-telling is not simply a matter of looking at whether someone is lucky or unlucky, the art of fortune-telling can be cultivated to great depths, and can even reveal the rise and fall of dynasties, and the evolution of all things.

  However, Cao Jue's appearance suggests that he can only see some unusual aura, and it is estimated that he cannot practice to the highest level. Because anyone who has practiced this skill to the extreme is a born extraordinary person with special characteristics, Cao Jue at most has good qualifications, but there is nothing special about his innate abilities.

  For a period of time afterwards, Liu Xuan was quietly cultivating and occasionally paying attention to the battle situation.

  In fact, there was nothing worth worrying about on the battlefield. Since Li Jue's capture and execution, his soldiers had been pacified quickly with Yang Ting in charge.

  At the same time, Guan Yu, Cao Xing and Gao Shun were all excellent generals, and in just three days they had roughly sorted out these surrendered soldiers.

  Among them, nearly 10,000 soldiers met the standard of the Forbidden Army, and finally Guan Yu selected some younger but more agile ones to supplement and make up a total of 10,000.

  However, after Liu Xuan received the news, he dispersed the 10,000 troops, assigning 2,000 of them to Lü Bu, allowing Lü Bu to expand his Hu Bao army to 5,000, truly reaching the standard of a Han dynasty army.

  He then took out 2,000 more and handed them over to Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, the implication was clear, these 2,000 men were to be allocated to Hu Bao Cavalry, increasing the Hu Bao Cavalry's quota to 5,000 men.

  It was Zhang Liao's Yu Lin cavalry, which increased by 1,000 to reach a strength of 3,000. For this, Zhang Liao did not have any objections and even felt that increasing the number of Yu Lin cavalry at this time was not a good thing. He separated the additional 1,000 men and only reorganized them after the war ended.

  "Why did Wen Yuan arrange it this way?"

  Zhang Liao explained himself without panic, with a clear and logical explanation: "Now that Your Majesty is personally leading the expedition, the task of the Imperial Guard cavalry is not to kill the enemy, but to protect Your Majesty on both sides. If new soldiers are added at this time, they will be easily confused in case of an emergency, and if this puts Your Majesty in danger, it would be a dereliction of duty on my part."

  To put it bluntly, everything is based on the emperor's safety as the top priority. Supplementing new soldiers will create hidden dangers, so they are temporarily set aside for now and will be discussed later.

  However, the thousand soldiers were not easy to manage, so Zhang Liao had to go find Lü Bu to ask for help in managing the new recruits. Liu Xuan also paid attention to this matter, as those people would eventually be incorporated into the Imperial Guard and might even become Zhang Liao's deputies, so it was necessary for him to get familiar with them.

  As a result, the name of this person made Liu Xuan feel a sense of familiarity: "Qin Yilu? Why does it sound so familiar?" However, he soon stopped paying attention to this matter because Xun Yu came to tell him that the vanguard of the army had merged with Ma Teng's Liangzhou army.