Heavenly Dao Formula

He wanted to say of course, but he couldn't say these two short words for a while.

Xia Fan asked himself, his original intention has not changed, but even today, some inexplicable things are still in front of the goal.

For some reason, a scene of the old lady thanking him with great joy suddenly appeared in his mind.

"I think it's better for you to think less about this kind of problem." Shangguan Cai came over out of the blue and said, "There is a reason for the Privy Council's arrangement. You may have your own ideas, but why does it listen to you? You can Let it take a straight look at you?"

"Sister Shangguan, what are you talking about?" Luo Youer asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing. I lived in Gyeonggi before, and I have met too many people who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth. I have an idea, but I don't have the power to realize it. In the end, it just adds to my troubles." She shrugged, "Actually, I am the same, so I just They will be assigned to Shenzhou."

"I don't understand what you mean..." Xia Fan shook his head.

"In fact, you understand, but you just don't want to admit it. In layman's terms, it's to recognize the reality and stop competing with the Privy Council." Shangguancai walked forward with his hands behind his back, "We alchemists, listen to the above It’s fine to help ordinary people when you have time, and earn some extra income. Maybe you’ll get tired of it after a few years.”

"Can he stay for a few more years?" Luo You'er was deeply suspicious, "I doubted that the master would drive him out on the spot in the atmosphere at that time."

"It's normal to drive him away, but since Mr. Zhang didn't do this, he probably wanted to give him another chance to see the effect?"

Shangguancai turned her head and raised the corner of her mouth, "However, no matter what the Privy Council looks like, you will not be willing to give up everything you have. Am I right, Young Master Xia?"

After being so excited by her, Xia Fan calmed down instead.

That's right, fantasies are meaningless. If he can't change now, it doesn't mean it will be the same in the future. Besides, researching alchemy and eliminating evil spirits are not in conflict, so he doesn't need to stick to it for a while.

"What I do has nothing to do with you, thank you for your concern."

"You're welcome." She didn't mean to evade at all.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this." Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit weird, Wei Wushuang offered to propose, "Why don't we have dinner together today, and I will treat you to the first batch of alchemist teams in Jinxia City!"

"Agreed!" Luo You'er immediately waved her arms in agreement.

"I don't care," Shangguan Cai glanced at Xia Fan, "It's up to this one."

"Brother Xia..." Wei Wushuang winked.

Xia Fan sighed. Although he was choked by Shangguan Cai, if it wasn't for her, he wouldn't have recovered so quickly. Now that he refuses, it seems that he is a little stingy. In addition to the face of the fellow countrymen, it doesn't hurt for him to accompany him.

By the way, I can pack some delicious food for Li.

"I know, let's go."

...

In the following week, Xia Fan's life became unexpectedly regular.

Similar to civil servants clocking in at work, alchemists have to report to the Privy Council every morning to confirm whether there are any new tasks that need to be dealt with today. The newcomers also spend a morning to receive training. For example, some techniques of performing spells, and how to identify evil spirits and attack their weaknesses.

Especially in terms of technique, the Privy Council has made quite a lot of improvements. For example, there are six to eight pockets in the alchemist's suit, which can be used to put medicinal materials in different categories; Two to four different types of materials are drawn out by hand. Compared with the various postures of candidates in the examination, these quick movements are actually a kind of chic duel between knights.

What is more extreme is to tattoo the talisman on the arm, so that the alchemist can perform the double technique without the need for medicinal materials. It's just that this approach is contrary to the concept of "body and skin, accepting parents", and once tattooed, there is no way to improve it, so not many alchemists choose to do this.

In addition, Xia Fan found that repeatedly performing alchemy can indeed strengthen the effect of the technique. For example, after unreservedly performing a shock in Qingshan Town, he found that his magic ability has been improved again. This is not a vague feeling, but can actually be observed.

In the past, when he performed the first-level technique without the help of primers and talisman papers, he could only feel a slight numbness on his skin, but now, he can already pull out a small ray of electric light on his fingertips, accompanied by a tingling pain.

This is slightly different from the common sense he was familiar with in the past - the control variable method does not work here, or in other words, the most important prerequisite for the spell: "thought", is also added to the variable. It's a pity that the 1st and 3rd stage techniques consume basically the same amount of Qi, and the effect improvement is almost nonexistent.

After the morning class, the afternoon is free time.

The place they often go to is the recording department, where many books and secret records are stored, but the number of spells is not as much as Xia Fan imagined. For example, in terms of the shock technique, apart from the thunder technique he had already mastered, there were only two other complete secret records, namely the streamer technique and the snake shadow technique.

Master Zhang's explanation is that most of the basic spells circulated in the world, after long-term use and comprehension, these spells will be branded with a personal brand, and each will have its own characteristics when performed. As for what improvements the practitioners have made and what experience they have accumulated, only they know themselves, and whether they are willing to announce it is entirely up to the individual, and the Privy Council cannot interfere.

This statement also confirms from the side why the shock technique is the least among the eight alchemy techniques-it costs tens of hundreds of taels of silver just to try out new insights on weekdays, and it may not necessarily produce results. Get out of trouble.

The newly learned shock technique "Streamer" is easy to understand. It is almost a weakened version of the thunder technique. It is not affected by the terrain. It can be used normally even in caves and other places isolated from the sky. The effect is an arc that bursts out from the palm.

But the shock technique "Snake Shadow" is very strange, the material it needs is actually a fresh snake spine, according to the description in the secret record, this technique can improve the body's reaction speed and the sensitivity of the five senses in a short period of time. It's a pity that this medicine introduction is really a bit off the beaten track, and he can't get started even if he wants to try it.

Compared with alchemy, which is expensive to learn, another type of books aroused Xia Fan's interest.

He discovered that the recording department actually collected a lot of kung fu.

Here is the movement technique that Luo mentioned lightly.

It's just that these movements are not so mysterious that you can fly into the sky with a light leap by stepping on the back of your left foot. Most of them are based on the coordination of steps and breath to achieve higher action efficiency.

In addition to the common body skills and kung fu with fists, feet and sticks, Xia Fan even found several books titled "Acupressure", "Secret Biography", and "Shen Gong".

It's just that on the cover of these books, there is an eye-catching red note, which says "unverified, lack of principle description, effect is doubtful, please practice carefully".

It seems that the scientific literacy of the Privy Council is quite high.

In addition, in the recording department, he also found a few books introducing the aristocratic family - it turned out that no matter whether it was the Fang family or the Luo family, they all originated from the heroes who had the merits of Conglong. In order to protect his family's longevity, the Holy Majesty entrusted these meritorious individuals with the responsibility of recruiting people who are grateful to the world, which also reduced the burden on the Privy Council in disguise. And the fact that the knowledge of spells is prohibited from being passed on outside makes it impossible for the aristocratic family to exist independently of the Privy Council. If they want to climb up, they must become alchemists within the system.

In other words, Luo You'er and Luo Qingqing don't have any genetic relationship, they just happened to be accepted by the Luo family in Youzhou. This can be regarded as an answer to another question in Xia Fan's mind: since feeling qi is determined by nature and cannot be controlled by humans, how did the aristocratic family accumulate a large number of people who feel qi.

At the same time, the existence of Sanmen is easy to understand. Either he was picked up early like him and came into contact with the magic world through another way; or like Wei Wushuang, he has some background in his family and does not want to entrust his son to the family , Even if you can't learn it, you don't want to change your surname.

He even had reason to suspect that even if the truly powerful children of rich families did not rely on the aristocratic family, they could still receive alchemy education at the same level as Luo Qingqing, or directly enter the Privy Council without the exam.

After all, such things as special moves exist in any era.

After a week, Xia Fan has greatly supplemented his knowledge of alchemy, and he has basically caught up with the progress of the disciples of the aristocratic family - after all, when most of the knowledge of art is monopolized by the Privy Council, the latter's first-mover advantage lies more in Literacy enlightenment and entrainment time.

In addition to studying, he took the time to visit several blacksmith shops in Jinxia City two or three times, dismantling his hole cards for them to forge. Pure copper—that is, the price of red copper is not too high, it is a little cheaper than wrought iron, and the magnetite with magnetism is even more expensive than cabbage. The material cost is less than a drop in the bucket compared to lightning wood.

The only difficulty lies in smelting copper into copper wire. In ancient times, there was no special wire drawing equipment, and it could only be polished by blacksmiths. As a result, the efficiency has dropped a lot. In seven days, he prepared a total of four magnetic copper rings, each costing an average of half a tael of silver, most of which were manual costs.

The regular life after joining the Privy Council made Xia Fan feel as if he had returned to his college days. Hunger and running around were far away from him. He no longer had to sleep with his clothes on his body, and he was always on guard against attacks by wild animals or other refugees.

Just when Xia Fan thought that this would be the content of his life for a long time after becoming an alchemist, an urgent news came to Jinxia City, which broke the calm.

When reporting in the morning, Mrs. Zhang took them to the headquarters on a rare occasion.

A sixth-grade alchemist took over the position of team leader.

"I am the God Judge of the Privy Council. My surname is Zhang. I am good at Kunshu. You can call me Zhang God Judge. Yesterday, I received a report from Shenzhou Gaoshan County that there was a suspected evil case in the county, which has threatened the safety of the whole county." He said. Looking around at the crowd, he said slowly, "Master Fang, who is in charge of the command department, ordered me to lead the team to deal with it. This is also a good opportunity to test what you have learned. I will give you half an hour to prepare, and we will leave on time!"