In a fit of fury, the Emperor was about to order the execution of the alchemist. Just as the executioner's blade was about to fall, the alchemist, desperate to save his own life, falsely claimed that he knew a method for attaining immortality.
It was only because this practice defied the natural order that he had not told the Emperor about it initially.
The Emperor ordered everyone in the grand hall to leave, until only the alchemist remained.
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