Lu Mingfei doesn’t want to be a superhero

The Gaotinggen family is in the classroom.

Charlotte had a small face that had barely escaped the lolita stage, and she forced herself to look like a teacher. Lu Mingfei sat opposite her, looking thoughtful.

"The Path of the Fire Sword... does it refer to the Kabbalah Tree of Life?" Lu Mingfei asked.

The basics of alchemy he taught himself included a lot of occult knowledge, including the concept of the Kabbalah tree of life.

The concepts of Kabbalah's Tree of Life and the Path of the Fire Sword originally came from the Old Testament Genesis in the Bible. God created the "perfect man" Adam, and Adam's rib became Eve, and Adam and Eve married. Husband and wife, they were supposed to live forever in the Garden of Eden, living an eternal life without worries and pain.

Until Eve was coaxed by the snake and ate the fruit of the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil", she and Adam had the ability to distinguish between good and evil. Instead, they fell from the realm of "perfect man" and were expelled from the Garden of Eden by God. Their descendants Therefore, they have to endure birth, old age, illness and death.

In the Jewish concept, in addition to the tree of knowledge of good and evil, there is also the tree of life in the Garden of Eden. Unlike the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which makes people fall downward, the tree of life is upside down, with the crown at the bottom and the roots at the top. The ten elements and the twenty-two paths connecting the elements are the passage for mankind to return to the Garden of Eden.

The ten qualities are Crown, Understanding, Knowledge, Majesty, Compassion, Beauty, Magnificence, Victory, Foundation and Kingdom, and the twenty-two paths correspond to the twenty-two Major Arcana cards in the Tarot. ——To be precise, the inventor of the Tarot cards named the twenty-two Major Arcana cards after the twenty-two paths. However, in the eyes of ordinary people, the Tarot cards are more famous than the Kabbalah Tree of Life.

After expelling Adam and Eve, God sealed the Garden of Eden, set up a flaming sword that turned in all directions, and ordered the gods cherubim to guard it to prevent humans from infiltrating.

In order to return to the Garden of Eden, humans need to imitate the ten essences and twenty-two paths of the tree of life and climb backwards from bottom to top, until they finally gain the power to defeat the angel cherubim and pass through the four-sided flaming sword. , return to the Garden of Eden and return the things taken from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and then you can live in the Garden of Eden again without any worries.

Therefore, the cultivation system of the Kabbalah Tree of Life is also called the "Road of the Fire Sword", which means the road from the human world to the door of the Garden of Eden.

Charlotte nodded and explained: "The Kabbalah Tree of Life is actually an abstract concept. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is a religious symbol, but it was originally excavated from the palace of the King of Bronze and Fire. It is so old that it cannot be verified. It is said that the Tree of Life is a tree-shaped pattern constructed by countless dragons and spirits. Most of the hybrids that were excavated turned into deadpools after just one glance, but a very few people survived. , the spirit has been strengthened to an incredible level, not only have the word spirits evolved, but some people can also use multiple word spirits, and these people have never become dead warriors throughout their lives."

"Therefore, from a long time ago, there has been a legend among the mixed-race species in Europe that the 'Road of the Fire Sword' can allow people to evolve into dragons. At least spiritually, it can allow people to compete with dragons, or even with the Dragon King, and release the power to reach the level of The word spirit in the realm of the Dragon King. Although I have never heard of anyone actually achieving this level, at least the alchemists have proven its outstanding role in stabilizing spiritual power."

"No one has ever been able to do it, so why do some mixed-race people still believe it?" Lu Mingfei was puzzled.

"Because the limit has not been reached," Charlotte explained, "The realm of the Kabbalah Tree of Life is divided into four worlds from high to low: the divine world, the creative world, the formation world and the material world. The ten sources of matter are distributed here. Among the four worlds, except for the fourth world which has only one primeval 'kingdom', the other three worlds have three primevals respectively. The primes existing in the highest divine world are crown, understanding and wisdom. The three principles that exist in the world of creation are majesty, compassion, and beauty, and the world of formation below contains grandeur, victory, and foundation. By the way, the element that symbolizes the divine world is fire, and the element that symbolizes the material world is earth. , so some scholars have always believed that the strongest among the four monarchs is the King of Bronze and Fire, and the weakest is the King of Earth and Mountain."

"Humans and ordinary hybrids are in the fourth world, the Kingdom of Origin, in the material world. Through practice, they can reach the higher world of origin and substance. However, hybrids in history can only rise to the second level at most. In the world of creation, it is impossible to reach the highest level of the divine world, but by reaching the creation world, hybrids already have extremely stable spiritual power and can even tame violent high-risk word spirits. Therefore, people think that as long as they can reach the highest level of the divine world, , it is possible for hybrids to gain spiritual power that rivals the Dragon King."

"Is it because of the 'abyss'?" Lu Mingfei suddenly asked.

Charlotte nodded.

According to Lu Mingfei's understanding, there is a concept called "the abyss" in the Kabbalah Tree of Life. It lies between the highest divine realm and the creative realm below. It is almost impossible to cross and protects the uppermost divine realm. The purity of the world, sometimes people also call it the "knowledge essence". Knowledge is not one of the ten prime qualities, but a synonym for the abyss.

"Many hybrids believe that once they cross the abyss, the human spirit can reach the realm of pure-blooded dragons. However, there are also views that the divine realm itself is a realm that only dragon kings can reach, because the divine realm is described as 'pure spirit' The world', and pure-blood dragons can be resurrected after death through cocooning, and the spirit is not destroyed with the body, so only pure-blood dragons can reach the 'divine world'." Charlotte said.

"The other way around, wouldn't it mean..." Lu Mingfei had a bold idea.

"As long as hybrids reach the divine realm, they can be reborn like dragons, right?" Charlotte continued, "There is such a theory circulating in academic circles, but it is so bizarre that not many people believe it."

Lu Mingfei nodded. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that this guess was a bit outrageous.

"In short, although the divine world is unreachable, ascending from the material world to the formation and creation world will also greatly strengthen the spiritual power of hybrids. At the same time, this is also a necessary condition for becoming an alchemist," Charlotte said, " For alchemists, spiritual strength is the most fundamental thing."

"This is the scroll of Kabbalah's Tree of Life." Charlotte took out a small parchment scroll from her clothes and opened it. "What you have to do now is to write it down firmly, and in order to avoid you having to make mistakes. Yin, you can only remember it in this room, in front of me."

Charlotte unfolded the parchment and pushed it over. Lu Mingfei lowered his head and looked. Sure enough, as she said before, countless complicated dragon inscriptions formed an upside-down ancient tree, and every leaf was a twisted dragon inscription. .

"How do you learn this?" Lu Mingfei was puzzled.

"Dragon text resonates, just stare at it. The initial stage is relatively simple, and the bloodline will help you understand it," Charlotte said, "You are now at the lowest 'king' quality, and the next thing to do is to at least Understand an essence from 'magnificence', 'victory' and 'foundation', from the fourth world of matter to the third world of formation, so that you can truly get started in alchemy."

"Generally speaking, depending on the talent, the time required to understand the first essence is about a few weeks to a few months. If you are S-level, you may be able to shorten the time to about a week," Charlotte said, "Of course, the further you go on to understand the essence, the longer it will take. Many third-rate alchemists will never reach the world of creation in their entire lives."

Lu Mingfei nodded, complaining secretly in his heart - his family knew about his family affairs, but his sensitivity to Long Wen was very weak.

Fortunately, he has Jingpu. In this case, the super learning ability blessing provided by Jingpu should also be helpful.

Staring down at the pattern on the parchment scroll, Lu Mingfei lit up his golden pupils, and his "mirror pupils" quietly analyzed each dragon text.

Charlotte on the side didn't think it was strange that Lu Mingfei lit up his golden eyes. To learn the knowledge of Kabbalah's Tree of Life, even an S-level person must concentrate on it.

And although the talent for learning alchemy is affected by blood, it does not entirely depend on blood. For example, her blood level is only A+, and she has S-level power and status in the Secret Party by inheriting her grandfather's school director position, but she learns alchemy. However, her talent in alchemy is the best in the history of her family. Within ten years, she will have the opportunity to become a master in alchemy. By then, even if she only relies on her alchemy ability, she will be a well-deserved S-class.

Although Lu Mingfei is S-level, Charlotte believes that his talent cannot be better than hers. It only took her less than two days to understand the first essence. She estimated that Lu Mingfei should need a week.

Of course, being able to do this can be considered a genius, but she, Charlotte, is a peerless genius in alchemy. Even S-class people are not comparable to her in this aspect. Compared with her speed, Lu Mingfei is just a genius. It's a bit bullying...

"Miss Charlotte, I seem to...understand an essence?" Lu Mingfei, who was staring at the parchment, raised his head and spoke in an uncertain tone.

Charlotte turned her head silently and glanced at the clock - only about half an hour had passed.

"Are you sure?" Charlotte looked suspicious.

"I don't know, I just have a strange feeling," Lu Mingfei said, "Is there any way to test it?"

Charlotte was silent for a moment, then stood up: "Wait for me, I'll get something."

She walked towards the door gracefully, every step was leisurely. Her dress outlined her slender waist and her calves had graceful curves. Every move she made was full of the elegance of a noble lady.

Until when I was going out, I tripped on the door frame and almost fell.

"Miss Charlotte, are you okay?" Lu Mingfei asked with concern in the room.

Charlotte turned her head and forced a smile: "Don't worry, this little mistake won't hurt me."

"I'm talking about the threshold," Lu Mingfei said, "Didn't you say that this building is very important? With the strength of a hybrid, what if you accidentally kicked the door frame down just now?"

Charlotte:…

Taking a deep breath, Charlotte kept smiling: "Thank you for your concern, the threshold... is fine."

…

When Charlotte came back, she was holding an upside-down transparent glass tree in her hand. It looked like some kind of extremely expensive handicraft. It might be made of glass or quartz. It was about forty centimeters tall overall. , completely transparent, as if it were hollow inside, with a glowing white liquid at the bottom of the crown.

"This is the 'Crystal Tree', a prop passed down from the family to test spiritual power. It matches the Kabbalah tree of life system," Charlotte said. "You just need to put your hands on it, concentrate on it, and imagine that you are releasing If you speak the spirit, the spiritual power will become active, and the light inside will change accordingly.”

"The top third of the crystal tree symbolizes the divine realm. It cannot be lit and is only used for decoration. The middle third symbolizes the creation realm, and the lower third symbolizes the formation realm. If you really If you understand a certain primeval substance, the lower third of the area will bloom with white light. If you understand two primeval substances, it will be silver light, and three primeval substances will be golden light like golden eyes."

Charlotte raised her chin slightly, with a bit of pride in her tone: "This is the proud work of our family elders. It can allow mixed-race people to understand their own mental state from a more objective perspective."

Lu Mingfei nodded and looked at Charlotte's hands holding the crystal tree: "Won't your hands hurt if you hold it like this?"

Charlotte:…

I'm telling you this is the proud work of our family elders! I didn’t discuss with you whether to prick my hand or not!

With a slight puff of her mouth, Charlotte placed the crystal tree on the table. It was obviously in the shape of an upside-down tree, but it actually stood firmly.

"Come on, let's test it."

Lu Mingfei gently placed his hands on the crystal tree.

Charlotte quietly put her hands behind her back and rubbed her palms together - not to mention, she did feel a little pain in her hands after Lu Mingfei reminded her.

The lower third of the Crystal Tree bloomed with bright silver light.

Charlotte's hands froze against each other.

"Oh, it's white light! Sure enough, I have understood an essence!" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up.

"That's silver light! You already understand the two essences!" Charlotte's voice suddenly rose.

Lu Mingfei was startled by her.

Only then did Charlotte react and quickly apologized: "Sorry, I was a little too excited just now."

While apologizing, Charlotte stared at Lu Mingfei's face - what kind of talent does this guy have! It's impossible for pure blood dragons to understand the two essences so quickly!

"It's okay," Lu Mingfei waved his hand and breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought the path of the Fire Sword was difficult before, but it seems quite easy now."

easy……

Thinking that she had been forgetting about food and sleep every day for ten years, and only last month had she fully understood all the elements of the divine world except the three elements, Charlotte had the urge to pick up the Crystal Tree and stuff it into Lu Mingfei's mouth. impulse.

asshole! Don't make it so easy for me to say that I spent ten years of my youth!

"This is because you... have good talent." Charlotte gritted her back molars, "Congratulations."

"Everywhere, Teacher Charlotte, you teach well." He will have to study here for a while, and Lu Mingfei feels it is necessary to have a good relationship with Charlotte.

"By the way, I called the principal yesterday. He said that Miss Charlotte, you are a rare alchemy genius in the secret party in a hundred years," Lu Mingfei complimented, "The speed at which you can complete the path of the Fire Sword should be Faster than me, right?"

Charlotte's breath hitched.

"It's... almost the same. We are both geniuses, and the time it takes is not much different." Charlotte put her hands behind her back and twisted her thumbs together.

Seeing what Lu Mingfei wanted to say, Charlotte quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, I have asked someone to help you clean out a retreat room today, where you can study with peace of mind and no one will enter. Excuse me, the food will be delivered to the insulated box outside. I usually study advanced alchemy books in there."

You'd better go in and study on your own, and don't hang around in front of me all the time. I'm afraid I won't be able to resist smearing you in the face with refined sulfur. Charlotte thought to herself.

"A retreat room where no one will disturb you?" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up, "Then can I stay in retreat this afternoon and all day tomorrow?"

"Ah?" Charlotte was stunned, "Why?"

Although she also hoped that Lu Mingfei would bother her less, she still couldn't understand it.

"I feel that the path of the Fire Sword is not difficult. I am going to work hard and spend a day and a half to see if I can reach the Creation World. This will make it easier to learn alchemy later." Lu Mingfei said sincerely.

In fact, he wanted to go to Tony's world - he was worried about what excuse he, a boarding student, should use to disappear for a day in school. He didn't expect that the Gottingen family had such a thoughtful thing as a retreat room!

Charlotte:…

For a moment, she wanted to pinch herself - this S-level person could make people angry to the point of losing their temper!

"I just said that the scroll of the Tree of Life cannot be taken out." Charlotte reminded.

"No need to take it out, I have already remembered it," Lu Mingfei smiled shyly, "I have a photographic memory."

Charlotte:…

No sleep tonight! Stay up all night reading! No one else can compare!

A certain stimulated girl silently decided.

…

Gottingen family, retreat room.

The retreat room was about the size of a bedroom, with only tables and chairs as furniture.

After checking that there were no cameras or anything like that, Lu Mingfei still surrounded himself and the tables and chairs with white ice walls, and then he communicated with the power of time travel in his body and disappeared in place.