Heaven's Formula

"Xia family boy, His Highness means that this accident is enough to be regarded as an assessment, and your performance has passed." Yan Qing grinned and said, "After the grand ceremony, you will be one of the core members of the Privy Council."

"So—what exactly is the Grand Ceremony?"

"Don't worry, you'll know right away." Ning Qianshi said broadly.

Boom——————!

At this time, a series of explosions suddenly came from above the head, and the strong vibration caused a trickle of fine dust to fall from the ceiling.

"It seems that the siege from above has also begun." The second prince looked up at the exit, "Let's go over and have a look. By the way——" before he took a step forward, he said suddenly, "I heard from Xinwu that you still have Several partners have been assisting you? They should be here too? The alchemists who can be valued by you should have their own merits, can you let me meet them?"

coming.

Xia Fan's heart sank, this was what he was most worried about.

Li and Luo Qingqing, one of them is a demon, and the other is feuding with the royal family, so they cannot reveal their identities. Although Qianyan is a living dead, the Fang family has already escaped the control of the Privy Council, so appearing here will inevitably arouse suspicion.Fortunately, Eunuch Li prepared camouflage masks for all three of them, theoretically they would not be recognized by the Privy Council.

"Come out, the underground is safe."

Rejection is the worst choice, because the other party's request is reasonable, without proper reasons, any refusal will only increase suspicion.

"I have seen His Royal Highness the Second Prince."

The three of them walked out of the dark hiding place slowly, and handed over to Ning Qianshi.

"Uh..." The latter was stunned, "Are they all female alchemists? It seems that the talents in Jinxia City... are really flourishing."

Xia Fan simply accepted it. At this time, misleading the topic is very beneficial to distract the other party's ideas, "First of all, I have to correct Your Highness, they are not alchemists, because no one has passed the examination of the Privy Council. Secondly, it is not Jinxia City. There are many talents, but I specially selected them."

"I...understand." The second prince showed a clear expression.

At this time, the three of them were very different from their original appearances, and they couldn't even be called beautiful. In addition, Xia Fan stated that the purpose of his selection was not for ability but for gender, so the other party quickly lost interest, "In this case, Let's go up then."

When Li passed by Yan Qing's side, the latter's chain suddenly trembled, and then the tailbone floated up, aiming at the fox like a snake.

"Wait!" she said suddenly.

Everyone stopped.

"What's wrong?" The second prince at the front turned around.

Xia Fan stretched out his hands to hold the three copper wire pendants hidden in his sleeves, and at the same time cast silent gazes at Luo Qingqing and Qianyan.

In an instant, they reached a consensus.

Three opponents, one for each!

Yan Qing walked towards Li with squinted eyes, her eyes were full of coldness, as if what she was looking at was not an angry person, but a prey trapped on the net, "This person—"

Halfway through, she suddenly got stuck.

"Huh? How about this person?" Ning Qianshi asked a little puzzled.

She pressed the chain and pressed the tip down, "Uh, no...Your Highness, I just think that she looks a bit like someone I used to know."

"You mean, before the Wanjinglou incident?"

"Exactly, Your Highness."

Ning Qianshi sighed a little more, "Yan Qing, that kind of thing won't happen again, this is what I promised you. After the ceremony is over, you can have a good chat with this person..."

"No...no need, I don't need to rely on illusions to numb myself." Yan Qing instantly recovered, "Your Highness, let's go."

The four looked at each other.

Xia Fan felt his palms sweat even more.

When the opponent approached Li with a distance of less than [-] centimeters, he almost activated the shock technique - if the opponent denied it for half a second later, the underground center would probably be filled with the turbulent high-voltage current.

It's just... why did that person change his tone temporarily?

This question is entrenched in everyone's mind.

But now is not the time to worry about this, everyone came to the outside of the Lubu Hall together, and found that the place has become a mess.

Olina in dragon form was fighting with a group of people, and there were raging flames everywhere. She tried to fly several times, but was suppressed by a strange gust of wind and couldn't leave the ground even half a step.

And the first thing that caught Xia Fan's eyes was Yuyi "dry" of Privy Council Mansion.

"Aren't you... locked up in the palace?" Xia Fan asked.

"It will always be the rules, not the power, that can lock him up." The second prince said calmly, "Before, he was subject to the royal family's rules, so he was imprisoned. Now, the things that trapped him no longer exist."

"Xunshu, the wind fills the building!"

With Yu Linglong's clear sound, gusts of whirlwind rolled up on the flat ground, pulled out the broken floor including the foundation stone, and threw it towards Olina.Her huge body was covered with cuts and bruises, and there were several large holes in her wings, which was obviously caused by Yu Linglong.

And Qian has been attracting the dragon's attack, as if he is not afraid of the black fireball and sharp claws she spit out.He had been fatally wounded several times, but he seemed to be fine, jumping up and down with unabated agility.Moreover, Xia Fan noticed that he hardly used any spells, and he was comparable to Olina in dragon form with his own strength alone. The huge momentum even set off waves on Olina's rough skin. Wherever the wave crest touched, the dragon's skin burst and spattered blood, and at the same time made the other party cry out in pain.

Xia Fan realized that they were not killing her, but were deliberately weakening Olina's vitality in order to prepare for her capture.

Sure enough, facing the siege of Yuyi and guards, even the dragon became exhausted. After a failed bite, Olina raised her neck and howled to the sky.

That was not a simple roar, but some kind of indescribable words!

"Here we come!" The second prince opened his eyes wide expectantly, "The true power of the West Pole monster, let me see, will the legendary gods protect you?"

Chapter 283 Grand Ceremony Unveiled

A "gap" suddenly appeared in the night sky.

It is not that the night is replaced, nor is it that a huge light source lights up the night, but that a cover suddenly seems to be lifted in the dome, making the background color of the night sky no longer complete.

Then a golden light burst out from the gap and shot directly at Olina.Inspired by the light, she seemed to rekindle her fighting spirit, struggled to stand up, and opened her bloody mouth to the alchemist of the Privy Council.

"Everyone get out of the way!" Yu Linglong warned.

Before the words fell, a golden flame with a length of nearly [-] meters shot out from the mouth of the ambassador of the archipelago. It passed through the crowd and the courtyard wall, and shot directly into the main hall next door. The candle generally melts and collapses.

The alchemists closest to Olina were the first to suffer. They instantly turned into burning paper figurines, their flesh peeling off in the sea of ​​flames, exposing the scorched bones underneath.The second is the guards of the headquarters who stood farther away and supported them with bows and crossbows. The surging heat wave ignited their robes in the air, causing chaos in the rear formation.

Even Xia Fan and the others, who were far away from the battle area, still felt the scorching breath blowing in the evening wind.

"What kind of technique is this?" Li couldn't help blurting out.

"You can think of it as a kind of fairy art, but in the West Pole, they have a special name, and that is divine art."

"Divine technique?" Xia Fan subconsciously repeated.

The second prince sized him up with interest, "If you don't ask about fairy art, ask about divine art. It seems that you already know what immortal art is."

"This...staying in the recording department for five or six days, I have learned a lot."

"Don't worry, I don't mean to blame you. Seeking knowledge is just the most basic need of an alchemist." The second prince turned back to the topic, "For those overseas kingdoms, they believe in the masters of the dark world more than they believe in themselves. , for example, all kinds of gods. Divine magic is the power obtained by praying to the gods."

"Wait a minute, what do you mean...God really exists on the West Pole?"

Ning Qianshi showed a strange expression, "Do you believe it?"

After finishing speaking, he turned his gaze back to the battlefield, "If the god is as invincible as described in Henggu's rumors, then our roundup is nothing but futile, and Olina should have gotten away long ago; if the god can be defeated, It doesn't matter what it's called, it's just a stronger opponent. In the final analysis, everything has to be judged by strength."

"And He'er has already given the answer in this calculation. Our chances of winning are more than [-]%—"

Olina swung her long neck, trying to wipe out the alchemists, but someone stood in her way.

Yuyi "dry".

Xia Fan was surprised to find that the highest-ranking alchemist in the Privy Council went up against the golden flames, pushed against the huge dragon head, then swung his arm and punched her on the jaw with a huge bang. The sound seemed to hit the bottom of everyone's heart.

He is not immune to fire.In the turbulent "divine fire", half of his body is also melting, but the other half is reshaping the flesh.It was as if there were many bodies hidden in his body, and these flesh bodies emerged from one side to replace the burnt old body, and the speed of remodeling was not much slower than ablation.Against the backdrop of the flames and shadows, his muscular body with well-defined outlines and knotted meridians is like a cast of gold and iron.

This is... too exaggerated, right?

Jinxia and the others were stunned. Such an astonishing ability to recover, even Li, who is a demon, was far behind.

Is this guy really human?

"Qianshu, grasping the living beings, reaching the will of heaven, symbolizing life, and containing extinction, is the most creative type among the eight techniques." Ning Qianshi explained in an orderly manner, "The one who achieves the ultimate, the name is It represents the genus of the hexagram."

"Isn't he using fairy art?" Xia Fan sensed the key.

The second prince shook his head, "Immortal arts are not necessarily stronger than alchemy. The reason why those arts are called immortal arts is because they are extremely complicated and difficult to analyze, so I can summarize them in one word. But I personally think that immortal arts There is no essential difference from alchemy, if our understanding of the world continues to deepen, I believe that the principles of fairy art will one day come to light."

He paused, "Not only that, the spells and divine spells of the West Pole...are just alchemy under different concepts. One day, these powers will be summarized under an overall framework, and they will no longer be carried out by region or name. Superficial division, but all of them can be used by the Privy Council."

Xia Fan has to admit that this is a very advanced idea.

The second prince who can clearly realize this point, even if his own skills are not advanced enough, is enough to become a core figure in the study of alchemy.

The golden flame gradually faded away.

Apparently Olina had exhausted all her strength, she was no longer able to fight against the man in front of her, the corners of her mouth had been beaten to a bloody mess, and even her fangs were severed by the man.

She was forced to return to human form.

At this time, the ambassador of the archipelagic country was no longer the original beauty, and the robe on his body was already in tatters, barely covering his body.The shoes, gloves and headgear were all lost in the battle, and the scarred legs directly knelt on the cold stone slab, and the tied hair was scattered all over the ground, not much different from the refugees gathered outside the city.

Two guards approached her from behind, piercing two spears across her shoulder blades—the spear shafts pierced through her body and protruded from both sides of her collarbone one after another, locking all her room for movement like a shackle.

So far, Olina no longer has any power to resist.

"In addition to the few crimes mentioned before, your crimes now include the killing of alchemists and the guards of the Privy Council." Ning Qianshi walked up to her at this moment and said, "If you were arrested at the beginning, why should you suffer all these crimes?" Torture. Now that it's over, do you have anything else to say?"

"Kill... me." Olina coughed out a mouthful of blood.

"That's impossible. For the Privy Council, you are a good bargaining chip. Besides, I also have a lot of things I want to know from you. For example, your personnel scattered in the six countries, and the communication code..."

"Do you think I'll tell you—ah!"

Olina let out a scream before finishing her sentence.

Ning Qianshi snapped off one of her fingers, "Just because you don't want to say it now, doesn't mean you don't want to say it in the future. I heard that the monster's recovery ability is quite strong, which saves us a lot of effort—at least we don't have to worry about it. You could easily die before you get an answer."

Then he ordered to the guards, "Take her down and put her in the dungeon."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Is this thing over?

Xia Fan glanced at Olina who had been dragged away. In order to deal with the ambassador of the archipelago, this move might have shocked even half of Shangyuan City. .And all he wanted to do was to get out as soon as possible.Thinking of this, Xia Fan looked at the second prince, "Your Highness, I wonder if I can go back now?"

"Of course not." Ning Qianshi raised the corner of his mouth, "Because the grand ceremony has already begun, how can we miss your participation at such a critical moment?"

As his words fell to the ground, there was suddenly a dense clattering sound outside the Privy Council House, like a huge drum performance—no, Xia Fan realized that it was not the sound of drums, but the sound of horseshoes stamping on the ground sound.

He turned his head and looked towards the door, only to see a cavalry in dark armor neatly passing through the long street outside the Privy Council Palace, until it stopped slowly.On the flag they hold high, there is a huge "Xu" embroidered on it.

Chapter 284 Common Goal

Xu Guo... the army?

Xia Fan suddenly remembered the news that Leizhou refugees had fed back.

——It wasn’t just Gao Guo’s frontier army family that appeared in Leizhou.

But the question is, how did they appear in Shangyuan City?This is not Jinxia. As the capital of Daqi, there are forbidden troops stationed in Shangyuan. The number is between [-] and [-], which is not too many, but relying on the city wall for defense is definitely a dreadful force.

Xu Guo's cavalry can appear in such a place, it can only be said... Shangyuan's city defense has a big problem, or it is useless.

"So... the grand ceremony His Highness mentioned refers to his enthronement ceremony?" Xia Fan asked calmly.At this time, neither expressing congratulations nor disgust is the most reasonable approach.

"Of course not, this grand ceremony belongs to the Privy Council, and I... am just one of the organizers." Ning Qianshi pondered for a moment, "Xia Fan... the goal of the Privy Council may be unimaginable to you, but we They are all united for this goal, look at everyone—”

Xia Fan thought he would hear a lot of flattery, but the core alchemists did not do so.

Gan gave him a thumbs up.

Yu Linglong blinked and snickered.

Duye Taki waved his fists.

Yan Qing pressed her forehead with a helpless expression.

There are also Weihuang and Baizhan... No matter what kind of expression they have, they all express the same meaning - no one forces them, they all voluntarily serve the Privy Council and enjoy it.

"The core members are equal to each other, and there is no one who rules over the other." Xin Wu's words from a week ago jumped in his ears.

"You are Xia Fan? Well...you are younger than I imagined."

Suddenly, a slightly childish voice sounded from under him.

Xia Fan lowered his gaze, only to realize that there was a little girl in front of him at some point, "You are..."

"He'er," the other party replied with a smile, "They all call me He'er. You are welcome to the Gyeonggi General Mansion. After the ceremony is over, I will do the math for you."

Is this person the He'er that the second prince spoke of?Xia Fan thought to himself, he looked only ten years old at most, not as old as Luo You'er.How could such a person participate in the core affairs of the Privy Council?

"Uh... what do you want to be?"