Qin Shi Huangdi
Over the centuries, many people have searched for the elixir of life, a magical potion that can give anyone who drinks it immortality. One of the people who searched for it was Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China. During Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi’s life he became obsessed with finding the elixir of life. Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi’s journey to find the elixir of life took him to sacred and previously unexplored land, but was ultimately unsuccessful.
As the emperor got into his middle age he became afraid of death. When he first became emperor, he was not worried but as he got older he wanted immortality. He was obsessed with finding the elixir of life, a potion which supposedly would give him immortality. He went to search for a 1000 year-old magician who could concoct the potion. The magician lived on Mount Pengtai, a sacred mountain that had never been explored before. The emperor found a citizen in his dynasty that had supposedly been to Mount Pengtai before. He went searching for the mountain hoping that the magician could help him attain immortality. He eventually found the mountain. Once he got there he started looking for the 1000 year-old magician, but he never found him. He came back unsuccessful. He went again but still could not find the magician so he came back unsuccessful once again. Then the emperor became desperate. He sent his court sorcerer, a Xifu islander named Xu-Fu, with 500 men and 500 women to go find the elixir. The sorcerer was unsuccessful and claimed that a giant sea creature was blocking their way. The emperor sent archers to go kill the sea creature, supposedly a squid, and the crew went again. This time the emperor made sure that all of the men and women were healthy and he sent more people too. The crew never returned. According to records, the crew landed somewhere in Japan.
As the emperor got into his middle age he became afraid of death. When he first became emperor, he was not worried but as he got older he wanted immortality. He was obsessed with finding the elixir of life, a potion which supposedly would give him immortality. He went to search for a 1000 year-old magician who could concoct the potion. The magician lived on Mount Pengtai, a sacred mountain that had never been explored before. The emperor found a citizen in his dynasty that had supposedly been to Mount Pengtai before. He went searching for the mountain hoping that the magician could help him attain immortality. He eventually found the mountain. Once he got there he started looking for the 1000 year-old magician, but he never found him. He came back unsuccessful. He went again but still could not find the magician so he came back unsuccessful once again. Then the emperor became desperate. He sent his court sorcerer, a Xifu islander named Xu-Fu, with 500 men and 500 women to go find the elixir. The sorcerer was unsuccessful and claimed that a giant sea creature was blocking their way. The emperor sent archers to go kill the sea creature, supposedly a squid, and the crew went again. This time the emperor made sure that all of the men and women were healthy and he sent more people too. The crew never returned. According to records, the crew landed somewhere in Japan.