Question

One woman known for this trait is told to eat noodles vomited up by beggars; in another story, that woman born with six hairs obtained this trait by eating only silicate. A series of trials that involved returning gold utensils and guarding (20[1])goats allowed a man who had the Yellow Millet Dream to obtain this trait. (20[1])The Queen Mother of the West (20[1])co-hosts (20[1])feasts (20[2])with (20[1])a (20[1])food (20[1])that confers (20[3])this (20[1])trait. (20[4])A pill (20[1])that confers (20[1])this (20[1])trait is gifted to an (20[1])(*) archer after he shoots down nine (10[1])suns, (10[2])though his wife Cháng'é (10[4])(“chang-UH”) takes it first. (10[2]) Xiāngū and Dòngbīn are among eight beings named for this trait. (0[1])Sūn Wùkōng (0[1])protects peaches that grant this trait. (10[3])For 10 points, name this trait Qín Shǐ Huáng failed to achieve, as shown by his death by mercury. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: immortality [or any clear reference to living forever or not dying or being unkillable; accept xiān; accept Eight Immortals or Eight Drunken Immortals or xiān; accept Peaches of Immortality or xiāntáo; accept eternal youth; prompt on answers like longevity or living long or invulnerability;]
<Lalit Maharjan, RMP - World Mythology&gt; ~25492~ &lt;Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
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Sam KonkelJohns Creek AMaggie Walker A4120
Ali HamzehKinkaidSolon5520
Kaushik GollamudiBarrington BMidtown6120
Jiming ChenHinsdale CentralStevenson A6220
Pablo HuBelmontSt. Mark's6320
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AParkway West6320
Joy AnChoate Rosemary HallThomas Jefferson C6420
Chris YooThomas Jefferson BWoodland6520
Coby ThammavongRockford Auburn AThomas Jefferson A6620
Aeres ZhouDetroit Country DayBarrington A6820
Kevin PengWinston Churchill AHunter A6820
Will CarstensDetroit Catholic Central APlymouth6820
Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaCanyon Crest6920
Alan FanThomas Jefferson DWinnebago7020
Kevin AdlerNorthmont BRockford Auburn B7020
Matthew LiuChattahoochee ANorthmont A7020
Yashwanth BajjiTroyUniversity Lab7020
Omkar MaratheWilliam FremdDunbar7220
Braden BoothDallas CountyRichard Montgomery7420
Ella SheffieldMercer CountyDetroit Catholic Central B7520
Puna EkkaNew BrightonWinston Churchill B8020
Brayden FerrellHeightsMexico8610
Miles SierraWaukeeNorris8710
Keefer LinChattahoochee BCarl Sandburg8710
Jay LeeCarbondaleInnovation Academy A9110
Addison BakerWalter PaytonJohns Creek B9110
Hayden LeyWashingtonLake Highland9110
Alexa RosenbergHunter BSaint Joseph9110
Max KoldaJohn Adams AJohn Adams B9410
Anila MoparthiLincoln-Way EastMaggie Walker C9410
Aiden DombroskyHoover BDetroit Catholic Central C1070
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianBelvidere1090
Charlie BorkElkhorn NorthStevenson B11510
Brady LaughlinWest PointMaggie Walker B11510
Matthew HoustonNormanInnovation Academy B11510
Nate MrozDetroit Catholic Central CHoover B13510
David BertolasiBelvidereCincinnati Hills Christian1350