Hidden Corners

Imperial White Tower.

As the largest and most iconic mage union in the empire, the White Tower represents the highest glory of the Mage Association.

The one hundred and thirty-nine-story white tower houses the one hundred and thirty-nine most powerful mages in the entire empire.

They are collectively called White Tower Masters.

And in the snowy forest in the east, the two mages were completely killed by Li Chengyi.

In the white tower, an old mage on the thirteenth floor suddenly opened his eyes.

He glanced at a pale butter lamp hanging on the wall. The lamp base had six branches, and a flame was lit above each branch.

At this time, two of the flames were completely extinguished.

"Tig and the others are dead??" The old mage's face darkened.

Although Teague and his two disciples were not very good disciples, they were still apprentices who served him conscientiously all year round. They were his handy assistants that he had trained through many years of hard work.

But now, they are dead, and he has to train new assistants. The loss caused by this back and forth will be an extremely uncomfortable figure for him.

"Brian." The old mage thought for a moment and called softly.

puff!

Suddenly, a snow-white owl flew down from the window of the room.

The owl stood firmly on the window sill, looking at the old mage with its big, round eyes.

"Lord Mida, what are your orders?" It asked in a low voice, making a human voice.

"Teige and the others are dead. They died in the east. You take people to investigate. I want specific and detailed information to find the murderer." The old mage said solemnly.

"Do you need to take action?"

"If the time permits, yes." The old mage nodded.

puff.

The owl fluttered its wings and flew away in an instant, disappearing into the wind and snow in the sky at high speed.

For mages, even the most powerful White Tower mage relies heavily on magic pets as a combat aid.

Therefore, the more powerful the mage is, the more powerful his magic pets are.

The so-called magic pets are special magical creatures that they cultivate and transform through various special means.

‘The cultivation of a demon pet requires seventy-two processes and a step-by-step transformation. Transforming an ordinary creature into a magical creature is a project that requires exploration and experimentation for a long time.

In this regard, the Mora family's Thunder Beast Project is a prime example. After a century of repeated exploration, they finally transformed countless animals of various types, but ended in failure. ’

‘Every transformation of a magic pet is the crystallization of countless wisdom and good luck, and cannot be accomplished overnight. A large number of mages are required to work together to tackle the problem. As for the nine types of familiar projects now controlled by the White Tower of the Empire, the three most commonly used ones were conquered by the White Tower itself and the mages.’

Blacksburg, Eastern Oklahoma.

Li Chengyi gently closed the last page of the book and fell into thought.

The cover of the book in his hand clearly says: Introduction to Demon Pet Breeding.

These were the trophies he found from the two dead mages. There is no introduction to meditation, no spells, just this simple book filled with knowledge about raising familiars.

"White Tower." He put down the book, thoughtfully.

This mage from the Sola Empire was completely different from the mage he had known before.

They seem to rely more on their magic pets as a supplement to their combat power.

In addition, most of the other things found from those two mages were bottles and jars with seven or eight pictures in a row, containing various unidentifiable materials.

Perhaps it was some spellcasting research materials, Li Chengyi didn't know, but the key point was that these things were of no use to him.

"Next, next."

Putting the book in the drawer and locking it, he picked up a dark blue irregular fist-sized stone on the side.

The stone was taken out from the griffin's body. The entire griffin's body was flashing tiny arcs of electricity.

He could tell at a glance that it was extraordinary and immediately dug it up and took it away.

Now it's time to do your research.

Rubbing the surface of the stone with his hand, the rough texture made him feel an inexplicable tingling in his heart.

It was like being electrocuted by electricity.

Li Chengyi raised his hand and looked at the surface of the arm skin. The hairs there stood up like spikes.

‘Can just touching produce an electric current? This thing doesn't seem very stable.' He frowned.

He took out a set of metal tools from a drawer on the side, took out a sharp knife, pressed it on the stone, and started cutting.

But it is very difficult, as long as the slightest friction, a small arc will be generated.

The generation of this arc seems to be an enhanced version of triboelectricity.

Li Chengyi then began to try to use other materials to test. He wanted to find a material that would not generate electricity through friction to split the stone.

After an afternoon of trying, finally, a little bit of fine powder was cut off from the thing he named the Griffin Stone.

The powders are kept in a delicate crystal bottle.

Li Chengyi didn't have many research methods. He was limited by instruments, and it was impossible for him to analyze its characteristics in detail.

For the Tianju Pavilion monks, the most convenient, direct and easy research method is to burn.

Gulu.

In the study, Li Chengyi mixed the powder with water and swallowed it.

Inside its body, part of the powder was fully covered by the power of Yuanshen Sword Palace, and then ingested, turning into a plume of dust and smoke, and flying into the huge sword furnace suspended in the sword palace.

As one of the Twelve Flower Languages, the Qiyi Holy Spirit Skill plays a decisive bridging role in this process.

Because of Hua Yu's extremely high status, she would not be completely restricted even in this world, so she could wrap up that little bit of dust and bring it into the Sword Palace through the Wisdom Sword Love Thread of the Seven Intentions Holy Spirit Skill.

The gorgeous Yuanshen Sword Palace is now much more refined and complicated than before.

On the walls and ceiling, there are biographical records of human-faced Yuan Shen Swords everywhere.

The Yuan Yin that had grown up with a large number of characters was thrown into the sword furnace by Li Chengyi and burned, thus strengthening the sword furnace itself.

This is also one of the reasons why his cultivation can reach the peak of Qi and Fire so quickly.

At this time, the powder of the Griffin Stone flew into the sword furnace, and in an instant, a blue flame suddenly shot up with a blue arc.

Click.

The blue electric arc formed a large net, completely covering the entire sword furnace in an instant.

After a short time, the arc dissipated, and its related characteristics were quickly fed back from the sword furnace to Li Chengyi's consciousness.

This is the power of the underworld. Why does the furnace of creation burn everything? Tianju Pavilion Taoist, this is the reason why the more you burn, the stronger you become.

In reality, Li Chengyi was sitting in his study, closing his eyes and relaxing, experiencing the various characteristics of the Griffin Stone reflected back.

During the burning process, there is a subtle force that further strengthens the entire sword furnace.

This seemingly not very powerful Griffin Stone, just a little bit of powder, is actually equivalent to one-tenth of what he gained from burning an entire star spirit!

This discovery made him feel a little shocked.

‘In other words, if I burn the entire Griffin Stone, the growth I will gain is almost the same as burning more than ten protoss’

‘What on earth is this place.? ’ Thinking of this, Li Chengyi’s heart became more solemn.

If what he lacks in his current promotion is not burning, but a large amount of knowledge about the structure of the world, perhaps completely burning the Griffin Stone in one go would be the most correct approach.

Dong Dong Dong...

Suddenly there was a gentle knock on the study door.

"who?"

"It's me, Buck." The voice of Black Castle steward Old Buck came from outside the door.

"Please come in, Uncle Buck." Li Chengyi put away his things and stood up.

With a click, the door opened.

Old Buck, dressed in a neat and exquisite black dress with silver trim, walked in quietly.

He bowed first, then straightened up.

"An envoy from Mage City came to inquire about the two mages who disappeared in the forest a few days ago."

"Messengers from Mage City? Bring them in." Li Chengyi thought about the powder feedback he received while thinking about how to use this special material.

He observed that the material itself can generate a large amount of current with just simple friction. So if a device that keeps sliding can be fixed and rubbed repeatedly, can a continuous supply of current be generated?

How did this principle come about?

The essence of triboelectricity in modern science is the transfer of electric charges, and the fact that so much electric current can be generated here does it mean that the matter itself and the electric charges bound within the atoms here are much more than in the previous world?

So after the charge transfer, the electric field generated is much stronger?

Li Chengyi thought of this and wrote down this thought.

‘Then do the charges bound by other substances all have the same amount? ’ This requires experimentation.

Soon, when he came to his senses, Old Buck had already walked into the study with a middle-aged female mage wearing a blue robe and a hexagram pattern.

The female mage's face was cold and solemn, and there was a faint sense of distance in her brown eyes.

She first bowed slightly to Li Chengyi.

"Baron Okla, please allow me to introduce myself. I am Dulwe, the envoy of the White Tower. I came here specifically to investigate the disappearance of Master Teague. It was found that you had entered the snow forest with Master Teague before, looking for the griffon. , so I came to ask you about the relevant details of the disappearance case."

"I don't know them, and I haven't seen them in the forest. Do you have any questions?" Li Chengyi said simply.

"So, have you found any traces of gryphons in the forest?"

"No." Li Chengyi said.

"Did you hear the roar of the gryphon?"

"Yes, I heard it, but when I passed by, everything had completely disappeared. Seeing that I had nothing to gain, I left on my own." Li Chengyi replied.

"Concerning Babbitt, have you seen him before at the Vicomte's salon?"

The female mage started asking random irrelevant questions.

Li Chengyi also answered seriously one by one.

The two of them asked and answered each other for a long time before it ended.

The female mage bowed, said goodbye, and walked out of the study.

Li Chengyi was left sitting down, thinking slightly.

He just asked the other party if he could find the whereabouts of Master Teague, would he be eligible to buy the Master's books?

But he was sternly rejected by the other party.

This made him very unhappy.

‘It seems that there is no other way for the mage. We need to change our thinking. Regular channels are not working. Maybe we need to think of new channels. ’

After the inquiring female mage left, Li Chengyi immersed himself in research again. The various properties of the Griffin Stone made him even more obsessed.

After in-depth research, he discovered that the source of the charge of the Griffin Stone was not all from frictional transfer of charge, but a large part of it was added out of thin air.

When the Griffin Stone is rubbed, a large amount of some kind of indirect product is faintly and temporarily generated inside it. This product exists for a very short time, only a few microseconds at most.

If Li Chengyi hadn't used the sword furnace to assist combustion analysis, he probably wouldn't have been able to discover it accurately.

He named this substance Gryphon's Heart, which means the core of the gryphon's power to generate electricity.

After studying the Griffin Heart for more than ten days, Li Chengyi discovered the key reason for its extra charge.