Cultivation of immortality begins with an eighty-year-old eunuch.

Chapter 1 Eunuch Chen Fan

Imperial City of Dayuan, Imperial Horse Stable.

As the year draws to a close, heavy snow has fallen in the cold winter.

At 3:45 AM, Chen Fan walked out of the house next to the horse stable.

With graying temples and looking very old, he looked up at the heavy snow and instinctively wrapped himself up tighter.

He walked step by step on the snow and soon arrived at the horse pen.

Seeing that the imperial horses inside were alright, Chen Fan finally smiled, his face full of wrinkles.

He habitually added some fodder and then turned to heat the fire and warm the water.

In the dead of winter, the water in the stone troughs of the Imperial Horse Stables froze into ice.

If these precious little ones don't get water, Chen Fan will be in big trouble!

"Cough cough... It's so cold..."

A cold wind blew, making Chen Fan, an old man, shiver.

He only felt warmer after he got to the stove.

"Little stool, wake up... still sleeping!"

A little eunuch named Little Stool was sleeping next to the stove.

This was someone who had come from the Imperial Horse Administration in the first half of the year. As an old eunuch, Chen Fan naturally took him in as his godson.

"Godfather...you're here..."

Still half asleep, the little stool quickly woke up.

Upon seeing his godfather arrive, he quickly offered his seat:

"Godfather, please sit down..."

Chen Fan nodded as he sat down and skillfully added a handful of firewood to the stove.

The embers that were about to go out were soon ignited into a raging fire.

By the light of the fire, Chen Fan gave the instructions:

"The water in the stone trough has frozen... It's usually at this point that we need to add some hot water so the imperial horses have water to drink, remember that!"

"I'll remember, Godfather!" Little Stool nodded repeatedly, a slight smile appearing on his pale face.

Even with the cold wind blowing, you can still smell the urine on him.

Having gotten used to it, Chen Fan reached out and warmed himself by the stove for a moment before instinctively trying to get up.

Seeing this, Xiao Dengzi quickly came over to help.

"Godfather, you're almost eighty... At your age, it's time for you to leave the palace and enjoy life..."

Eighty?

Upon hearing Xiao Dengzi's reminder, a bitter smile appeared in Chen Fan's cloudy eyes!

Yes, he's almost eighty!

Chen Fan has lived in the imperial city for over sixty years, from becoming a eunuch in the palace to raising horses in the Imperial Stables!

If it weren't for the little stool reminding him, he would have almost forgotten the time.

According to palace rules, any eunuch who has reached the age of sixty can retire and return to his hometown to enjoy his old age!

Chen Fan had previously thought that when he reached a certain age, he would leave the palace and find a quiet place to wait for death.

However, because he had been in the Imperial Horse Stable for a long time, and because he was unassuming and knew how to raise horses, the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs had always refused his request to leave the palace.

In order to retain Chen Fan, the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs sent people to take care of him, and his salary and benefits were also increased accordingly.

He was helpless about this and could only wait at the Imperial Stables.

Since he'd already become a eunuch, Chen Fan had long since lost all desires.

As a time traveler, he had already resigned himself to his fate and failed miserably!

If you have to blame someone, blame the previous owner for dying from the pain when they chose to take the plunge, and then making them take the blame!

This hatred is truly endless!

Thinking of all this, Chen Fan glanced at the small stool, who had only been in the palace for half a year, and said:

"Yes, we're all eighty years old now. Eunuch Wang from the Directorate of Ceremonial said that as long as you learn how to raise horses, our family can leave. You have to work hard..."

"Understood, Godfather!" The little stool nodded slightly.

"Let the little stool take you back inside; it's cold outside..."

Chen Fan did not refuse.

His body is indeed too fragile; it's really suffering for him to come out in this freezing weather.

After being carried back to his room on a small stool, Chen Fan shakily crawled into bed.

In this freezing weather, this is the only place that makes him feel warm.

"Princess Yuanping has arrived..."

Just as Chen Fan was about to close his eyes and doze off for a while, a thin, eunuch's shout suddenly came from outside the door.

This startled him, and he quickly got up, put on his shoes, and went outside.

Outside the Imperial Stables, three fine chestnut horses arrived.

The riders on horseback were men dressed in fine clothes and handsome, while the women were voluptuous with full breasts and shapely hips and beautiful faces.

"This servant greets Princess Yuanping..."

When Chen Fan came out and saw that it was the princess, he quickly bowed slightly to pay his respects.

The accompanying stool immediately knelt down on the ground with a thud, not daring to be negligent.

"Eunuch Chen, you're still alive... That's amazing... My father told me, but I didn't believe it..."

Princess Yuanping had a beautiful face and a curvaceous figure. After dismounting, she went straight to Chen Fan's side.

She used to play at the Imperial Horse Stables when she was a child, so she was already familiar with the people there!

"Senior Brother Zhao, Senior Brother Sun, this is one of the three treasures of our Great Abyss Imperial City. He was already in his fifties when I was a child, and he's probably almost eighty now!"

Princess Yuanping's senior brother Zhao was tall and handsome. He glanced at Chen Fan and nodded slightly.

Senior Brother Sun smiled and looked at Chen Fan, saying:

"Indeed a treasure... Without elixirs to prolong life, ordinary people are considered to have lived to sixty, which is already a long life. For him to live to eighty... is truly remarkable..."

"Thank you, Princess, for your kind words!" Chen Fan replied with a slight smile, neither humble nor arrogant.

He had previously taught Princess Yuanping how to ride a horse, so the two were acquainted.

However, after going to the Changchun Sect to become an apprentice and cultivate immortality, he has not returned for a long time. I wonder what he is doing back this time.

"Don't be so polite, Eunuch Chen!" Princess Yuanping said with a light laugh, her manner approachable.

"It's been so long since I've been back. Please take good care of my little red. Also... here... this is a gift for you!"

After saying this, Princess Yuanping conjured a golden bowl out of thin air from a bag and handed it to Chen Fan.

Overwhelmed with surprise and delight, he quickly declined:

"Princess...you mustn't...this fairy treasure...this servant cannot accept it."

"Hahaha... Eunuch Chen, this isn't some kind of celestial treasure," Princess Yuanping explained.

"Cultivation of immortality is about cause and effect. If it weren't for you watching over me back then, I probably would have died after falling from my horse. The reason I came back this time is to settle this karmic debt. Here... this is the golden rice bowl that I asked my father for. With this, you won't have to worry about food and clothing when you leave the palace."

"Thank you for the gift, Princess..." Chen Fan accepted the golden bowl, a hint of relief in his eyes.

It turns out it was to repay a debt of gratitude.

Having spent decades in the palace, Chen Fan had heard some rumors about cultivating immortality.

They say that immortals believe in cause and effect, can fly and disappear into the earth, and can take people's heads with flying swords from thousands of miles away.

He listened with great interest and longed for it.

As a time traveler, Chen Fan also thought about trying his luck at the Martial Arts Training Hall of the Directorate of Ceremonial.

Unfortunately, after testing him, he said he was a rootless person.

From then on, Chen Fan completely gave up on the idea and began to seriously raise horses every day, trying his best to live a more comfortable life!

After Princess Yuanping left, the Imperial Stables returned to quiet.

After feeding the three chestnut horses that were kept separately in the stable, Chen Fan returned to the house.

In the chilly wind, he took out the golden bowl given to him by the princess and looked at it. Then, as usual, he picked up the teacup and poured water into it, wanting to taste what the water in the golden bowl tasted like.

But whether it was a slip of the hand or something else, with a snap, the golden bowl fell to the ground.

As Chen Fan hurriedly bent down to pick it up, he felt a stinging sensation as soon as his hand touched the golden bowl.

Upon closer inspection, I noticed a cut on his right thumb.

Just when Chen Fan thought the golden bowl was broken, a golden light suddenly emanated from its surface.

The light flashed and disappeared in an instant, and he felt as if his eyes were playing tricks on him.

But Chen Fan was certain he wasn't mistaken; the golden bowl was indeed glowing!

Driven by his time-traveling intuition, he picked up the bowl and examined it carefully.

The bowl is decorated with a five-clawed golden dragon, and there are no other carvings.

After glancing at it a few times, Chen Fan gritted his teeth, picked up his finger, and bit it down.

After his fingertip bled, he quickly poked it into the golden bowl!

hum!

As if struck on a vital spot, the golden bowl instantly shone brightly, illuminating the entire dimly lit room!

A chilling smile appeared on Chen Fan's tear-streaked face as he said:

"Almost eighty years old... Has our golden touch finally arrived...? I really want to laugh... but why am I crying...?"