Heaven's Formula

"I have an impression of this guy... Isn't he the bastard who ran away in front of Fei Nian?"

"Hey, what are you doing up there!"

Only Wei Wushuang opened his mouth wide in surprise—he recognized the person on the stage as his fellow villager from Fenghua County, Xia Fan!It's just that he didn't understand at all why the other party would appear on such an occasion.

Facing the commotion of the crowd, Xia Fan took a deep breath, and took out a wind-calling talisman with the Sunda character—of course, he prefers to call it a sound-enhancing talisman.

This is also what Luo gently handed him a few minutes ago.

"There are six cards in total. The effect will gradually weaken after it is released. I will try to make a long story short, so I will use it sparingly."

"Actually, there's no need for me to tell you. You already know all of my plans."

"What, stage fright? In case of failure, I don't want the Luo family to be stigmatized. And... this is the 'order' you proposed, and you should tell everyone."

A few short conversations seem to stay in the ears.

Is it really because you don't want to take the blame?Taking advantage of the Luo family's appeal to propose this plan, there was already some kind of connection. Once something goes wrong, it is impossible for the Luo family to have no effect.It can only be said... She doesn't want to take this plan as her own, especially in the context of the scholar's examination.

It seems to owe the other party a favor.

Xia Fan smiled helplessly and threw the talisman into the air.

The loudspeaker quickly turned into a breeze and spread out.

"Everyone, listen up!" Under the influence of the spell, his first words rolled over the town like thunder, "This time, the Shikao is far from the time to flee! The Great Desolate Night is indeed terrifying, But that’s for those who are unprepared! As long as everyone abandons their previous suspicions and unites, not only will everyone be able to pass the last night of the examination safely, but they will also be able to pass the examination!”

"You heard me right, all those who stay will pass this exam and become an official alchemist!"

There was an uproar at the scene.

"What did you say!?"

Xia Fan didn't explain immediately, but waited until everyone's doubts and shock poured out before throwing out the second amplifying note. "In fact, it is not impossible for everyone to pass the level. You only need to catch the key to the evil night." Then he recounted the details of the wild night, "We need a city to stop the evil, and that night After the night passes, everything scattered everywhere will be the source of spiritual fire!"

"City? What are you talking about?"

"It sounds reasonable, but there is no city here!"

Everyone shouted.

"Of course there is, it's right next to you and me!" Xia Fan overwhelmed everyone's debate with an unquestionable tone, "Yes, I'm talking about the hotels, teahouses, and surrounding green brick houses where you have lived for several days. !"

"The grid-tac-toe layout is a natural defensive layout, and the height of the lowest two floors is enough to block the attack of the "magic"!It's just that these 'city walls' are not perfect, and we need to work together to complete them! "

"Everyone has two days to transform it—whether it is using alchemy or using these hands! Demolish the houses in the outer circle of the well, seal the gaps in the inner circle, and connect all the buildings in the center of the town to become a A unified and continuous whole! This is our city, this is our line of defense against evil spirits!"

Wei Wushuang was dumbfounded.

Build a camp in Qingshan Town in a day and a half?At first glance, it seemed like nonsense, but when he calmed down and looked around, he actually felt that there was some truth in this statement.The houses located in the center of the "wellhead" are not only strong, but also close to each other. It is not difficult to seal the gap between them.Once the roof is removed and wooden boards are laid, these brick houses are natural city walls, which can pass through people from above and resist enemies from below.

"That's not all!" Xia Fan activated a loudspeaker again, and continued, "If we want to resist Sha Ye head-on, everyone has to contribute their own strength! We need to concentrate the medicinal materials and hand them over to those who are good at using them. We need to arrange backup to replace those candidates who were injured in the battle; we even need to form a hunting team to go to the green hills to collect food for everyone's needs for these two days!"

"From this moment on, everyone here will no longer be in a competitive relationship, but a teammate who cooperates with each other! Unite, we will be omnipotent!"

Chapter 26 will be a little bit

What, this guy turned out to be pretty good at talking.

Luo curled his lips lightly, thinking that he would stammer for a long time without being able to explain why, and finally let himself go to the rescue.

But it's strange to think about it, why can a Sanmen from a small county be so calm in front of everyone?

You must know that she has been training for a long time before she can overcome her stage fright.

In addition, although this speech may sound exaggerated, at least the goal and means are complete, and the levels are fairly clear. This is something that most people cannot do.

And that crab...

He said it had nothing to do with this matter, but he brought such an unexpected food tonight to prove that he could gain a firm foothold in Qingshan Town, where the supply was cut off, by his own ability?

Xia Fan... what kind of person is he?

Luo gently shifted his gaze to the crowd who were still digesting the information.

Compared with the restlessness just now, the atmosphere of whispering at this moment has changed. Obviously, what has the greatest impact on everyone is not the unity and confrontation of the Great Desolation Night, but the fact that "everyone has a chance to pass the exam".

In addition, the plan to transform a small town into a city also reduced the panic in the candidates' hearts - people like to follow the crowd, and the more the number, the more so.Regardless of whether the plan worked or not, just keeping the aristocratic family and Sanmen in one place was already a great comfort to them.

So far, the plan has been going well.

"Luo Qingqing, what do you mean!?"

Suddenly, an angry question interrupted her thoughts.

She turned her head and saw Fang Xiandao walking over with an angry face, "I just heard that your Luo family drove all the people I arranged out of the well and sealed the well? You can't get a good seat yourself. Do you want to drag others to die together?"

"Brother Fang is serious. The little girl has to do this only for the sake of safety." Luo gently leaned over and said, "Last night, a disciple reported that several animal carcasses were found deep in the well. Once the evil night comes, they will It will also become a part of the evil. Considering that there are still many corners in the well that are difficult to explore, it is most appropriate to seal it off."

"This is obviously a necessary risk!" Fang Xiandao didn't believe this nonsense at all, "Even if there are a small number of corpses, they have to be lined up. For the family, it's just a matter of assigning one or two more people to deal with! Now there is no shaft , how do you plan to survive the wild night?"

"Good question, this is exactly what we are discussing. Luo Changtian!"

"I'm here." Luo Changtian replied.

"Please explain our new countermeasures to Fang Xiandao. If he has any questions, he can come to me again."

"Understood. Brother Fang, please follow me."

"What new countermeasures, you are obviously revenge! Wait, don't pull me...Hey, stop..."

Seeing Fang Xiandao being dragged away by his senior brother, Luo You'er happily made a face.

"Hmph, you deserve it. You are deliberately trying to annoy people by asking you to grab the space."

Luo Qingqing also showed a slight smile. What she remembered was the discussion with Xia Fan last night.

"I understand. Your plan is feasible, but what about the Fang family? They have the ability to guard the well, so they don't need to listen to you."

"It's very simple, just let them be the same as Sanmen and have no choice."

"Aren't you afraid of being hated by them?"

"If you can pass the exam, there is no hatred that can't be solved. At worst, I'll treat them to a meal of fried crab."

"How about you leave this crab to the Luo family, so that they have no choice but to do it for you?"

"Oh? You don't like the Fang family?"

"It's just a courtesy."

I have to say, this feeling is really good...

"Luo Qingqing, is it really okay for you to choose to cooperate with Xia Fan?" Luo Tang worried, "The senior brother seems to be very dissatisfied, thinking that you should make the arson incident public and let Xia Fan take all the responsibility. Then continue to search for new hiding places as originally planned. He said that by doing this, you are giving away all your reputation to others, and if the news spreads in the future, the Luo family may become the laughing stock of other aristocratic families."

Luo gently patted her on the shoulder comfortingly, "Maintaining the order of the world is the responsibility of the alchemists of the Privy Council. But in the process, there will inevitably be a problem, that is which order to choose to maintain .”

"What kind of... order?"

"Is it proposed by yourself, or someone else? If the latter is worse than the former, then of course there is no need to consider it, but what if the latter is better than the former?"

Luo Tang opened his mouth, but couldn't come up with an answer.

"This is not an easy question to answer, and everyone's thoughts will be different. It's understandable to choose the order you set, because it doesn't need to adapt to it, and it's in your best interest." Luo said softly, "But I will Choose the better one - organize the evacuation of candidates, also because it is better than letting the door go and let the chaos spread."

"Just as the Privy Council stood out from the six ministries and ended the endless evil incidents in various places after the fall of Yongguo, as long as we continue to choose a better order, the new order will become better and better. As the defender of these new orders , will never be a laughing stock." She let out a breath, "I was really unwilling to hear his plan, but that didn't stop me from working with him. I hope you understand that I didn't choose Xia Fan, Instead, a better order was chosen."

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"This is the medicinal material newly collected by the logistics team, and it is handed over to you."

"Is the paper made into a talisman?"

"Wait a minute, it will be ready soon."

"I'll come first, gen surgery is ugly, made by Longshan!"

As an examinee performed alchemy, the ground between the two houses began to arch upwards, climbing up the walls little by little, and did not stop until it was close to the top of the first floor.

"Phew...it's no good, I'm completely exhausted today." As soon as the operation stopped, he sat down on the ground panting heavily.

Immediately, someone stepped forward to measure the height of the arched ground, "It has risen nine and a half feet in total, not bad, better than the previous group."

"Who's coming next?"

"Let me try it." Another alchemist took the medicine package and stood in front of the house.

"It seems that the progress is quite fast." Luo stopped and looked at it for a while, and said to Xia Fan beside him, "It's hard to believe that these people were still plotting against each other two days ago, and they were fighting with each other."

From the announcement of the plan to the afternoon of that day, the center of Qingshan Township had turned into a noisy construction site.All Sanmen candidates were mobilized to participate in this vigorous transformation.Among them, the fastest progress was the peripheral demolition team—a demolition team composed of more than 40 people almost searched all the houses in the outer circle of Tic Tac Toe in just two hours.All utensils that might come in handy, such as pots, kettles, door panels, and hoes, were gathered in front of the teahouse.

The second is the plugging group - it has the largest number of people, close to 60 people, and the largest proportion of children from aristocratic families.When it comes to alchemy skills, the aristocratic family does have an incomparable advantage among Sanmen.They used Genshu and Kunshu to seal the gaps between the rooms of the building one by one, and then used wood to build simple defensive facilities such as fences and platforms.

In just half a day, the appearance of the town has changed beyond recognition. The originally flat blue brick road has been plowed into potholes, and a large number of bricks have been used as raw materials for renovation; At the same time, due to control problems, many mud walls have even invaded into the interior of the walls. At first glance, there is a feeling of "activation", which is both ugly and terrifying.But compared to the original Qingshan Town, it is now more like a fortress.

Of course, everyone was not so positive at the beginning. Even with the endorsement of the Luo family, there are still many candidates who question the plan. Kill enough prey to survive the final two days of the exam.

The only shortcoming of an alchemist probably lies in consumption - once the stomach is not full, the efficiency of entraining air will be greatly reduced, and it will become no different from ordinary people.

Therefore, it was neither the demolition team nor the plugging team that achieved the first results and drove the overall situation, but the hunting team.According to the guidelines, they only took half an hour to catch a large number of crabs from the Huoxi River in the back mountain. Even if they were not enough to feed everyone, it was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the candidates who had been out of food for a day.It can be said that it was after the deep-fried crab feast that everything went on the right track.

"They fight because of their interests, and now they are cooperating for their own interests." Xia Fan chuckled lightly, "There is external pressure to survive from the Great Desolation Night, and internal temptations to pass the exam. As long as it is not a sworn enemy, you should be able to do it. Endure it. This is not a solution to the conflict, at most it is to suppress the conflict, and it may explode after a long time, but fortunately, we only need to persist for two days."

"Oh? I thought you would praise it because you have good decision-making skills and great ability to make speeches."

"In your eyes, am I such a person who has no self-knowledge?"

"It was really similar when I came to you last night." Luo gently stepped forward with his hands behind his back, "By the way, where did you learn these things? Not only are you good at arranging people, grouping is also very interesting. What kind of plugging The team, the measurement team... review and improve while implementing it, as if you know it well and it’s not the first time you’re in charge of this matter. Don’t tell me you learned it from a book, it’s not taught in the book.”

"Of course it won't be in the book, just like the book won't record the tricks of gangsters." Xia Fan followed slowly, "I have been wandering with Master for more than ten years, and I have learned a few tricks."

"Really?" She tilted her head and glanced at him, her eyes full of disbelief, "It's okay if you don't want to reveal it, but it's better not to mention your past in the future—for a man with a bright future who lives at the feet of the emperor As far as alchemists in office are concerned, low birth is not a qualification worth mentioning."

Xia Fan couldn't help being taken aback, "What did you say? Me?"

"Otherwise, who else is there?" Luo Weiwei said strangely, "As long as you can successfully survive the evil night, based on your decision, you must be the top choice. And the top three in the scholar's examination will all be divided. Going to the metropolis of Gyeonggi, from now on one step up to the sky, above ten thousand people. To describe it as a bright future, is there any problem?"

He didn't know what to say for a while, this was a question he had never considered - for Xia Fan, the only purpose of taking the scholar's examination was to get in touch with everything about alchemy, and he really never thought about it .

"Don't worry, you will get used to it." Luo Weiwei misunderstood his expression, she turned around and said with a sweet smile, "I thought that after the exam, we would not meet again, it seems that I was wrong .In the future we will probably work together in the same government, so please give me your advice then."

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Chapter 27 The Great Wilderness

Working with the best of the Luo family's new generation of disciples... sounds like a good idea.

Not only is Luo Qingqing capable, but her appearance is also a good choice. With such an outstanding woman by her side, the future work must be very interesting, right?

"Hey, what are you giggling about?" A voice full of disgust interrupted Xia Fan's thoughts.

"Uh," he came back to his senses, scooped up a spoonful of broth and brought it to the fox demon's mouth, "I'm thinking about the future... What do you think about Gyeonggi?"

Thanks to the fact that few people set foot in Qingshan, the hunting team gained a lot in one afternoon. Under the leadership of "Yandi" who was born as a hunter, they not only brought back more than ten hares and deer, but also lucky enough to catch a pair of mountain deer. Dinner for the rest of the candidates.This bowl of minced venison stew was specially prepared by him for the recovering fox demon.Considering that the other party was inconvenient to move, and eating by himself would easily tear the wound, he ignored Li's protest and simply fed the other party mouthful.

The fox demon grinned after touching the spoon, as if being scalded.

"Ah... I'm sorry," Xia Fan took it back and bragged, "It should be fine now."

Unexpectedly, Li looked at him even more strangely, as if he was looking at an abnormal person.After a while, she drank the broth slowly, "Why did you suddenly ask about Shang Yuan?"

Shangyuan City is the capital of Qi State, and it is also the location of the important place of Gyeonggi in people's mouth.

"It's nothing, I just think about what will happen if I go there in the future." Xia Fan stirred the minced meat in the bowl, "Someone told me that the candidates who ranked top in the scholar's examination will be assigned to the Privy Council in Gyeonggi, but As a royal capital, there should be very few evil phenomena there, right? There are a lot of alchemists, are you usually idle?"

"I haven't been there, but I heard from my master that Shangyuan looks magnificent and prosperous, but it is full of dangers in the dark. It is not easy for all the alchemists who can take root there."

"Dangerous?" Xia Fan asked in surprise.

"You don't think that the Privy Council is specially used to deal with evil spirits, do you?" Li said with a sarcasm smile, and this expression seemed familiar——Xia Fan vaguely remembered that she mentioned before that "the Privy Council is far more powerful than evil." You imagine the dreadful 'time when it's the same smile. "That's right, there are no mass graves in big cities, and the order is much better than in small places, but as the place where Daqi's power is concentrated, how can Shangyuan be calm? According to my master, there are not only many alchemists there, but also Many capable people and strangers from other places, such as Buddhist scriptures from across the ocean, missionaries from the West Pole, and visiting missions from neighboring countries... Just monitoring them is enough to make the Privy Council feel devastated gone."

"What do you mean?"

"When the enemy uses spells to plot evil, if the superior is not prepared accordingly, wouldn't there be no room for resistance?"

Xia Fan couldn't help being taken aback.

"Having power that ordinary people don't have, but only using it to deal with evil spirits is too wasteful." Li narrowed his eyes and said, "It is a fact that monsters harm people, but the number is only a fraction. The ones who really kill more are always you. Human beings, but you don’t know it yourself. Since alchemists can become sharp blades, how to use weapons in normal times and how to use them now, isn’t this a very simple truth?”

"Before you didn't have time to ask me how I got hurt, I'll tell you now." She recounted the whole process of fighting Ba Xingtian, "This person is what I call a 'weapon', I can feel him The strong evil spirit on his body means that the lives lost in his hands are not a thousand, but hundreds. And this person is only a guard of the Privy Council. He has more. As for how many evil spirits have been killed, do the officials sitting in Shangyuan City really care? Let me say..."

Li suddenly stopped, because Xia Fan had brought a new spoonful of soup to her mouth.

She glared at him angrily, and finally opened her mouth obediently.

"I thought it was a bit simple just now, but this situation should not be regarded as normal." Xia Fan defended his ethnic group, "People always want to live a good life. As long as someone takes the lead, the world will always change. Get better and better. At that time, even if you have a powerful weapon in your hand, you will not use it easily because of restraint."

Nonsense.Although the fox demon thought so in her heart, the inexplicable confidence revealed in the other party's words made her take it back, and finally just snorted softly, "It sounds like you have seen it before."