Heaven's Formula

"Then I'm relieved." Mo Yun breathed a sigh of relief, "But... why is Shanhui in the form of a tengu and Miss Li is not? Is he always like this?"

"Transformation will continue to consume energy, and proper consumption is good for demons. This is the same as human cultivation, the more active parts are, the stronger they are. For tengu who can only act on instinct, changing form is one of the few I don’t need the consumption method. It’s nothing more than casting spells a few times.”

Xia Fan could tell that Li was brazenly showing off.

In addition, Mo Yun's preference also surprised him.

Her focus on making mechanical beasts and her obsession with algebraic geometry make her look like a mechanical fanatic.When she is fully in the working state, she will never use two sentences if she can sum it up in one sentence. With her height of more than 1.7 meters and deep wrinkled eyebrows, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is frosty.

But now she was amused by Shan Hui and laughed.

It can only be said that people cannot be generalized.

Anyway, things like mechanism beasts are not in a hurry, Xia Fan simply found a shady place to sit down and enjoy the short leisure time.

Li sat down and raised his eyebrows to look at him.

"Stop, I know what you're going to say." Before she could speak, Xia Fan admitted, "I was wrong. Foxes and dogs really don't belong to the same category. I won't mention it again."

Li Desheng raised his head.

Over there, Shan Hui has already started running around Mo Yun.

Probably because he wanted to show Miss Mo the strength of Xia Tengu. His speed was completely different from before. Xia Fan could still see the whole picture of the Shiba Inu at first, but soon he could only capture a gray shadow.

"It's amazing... Is this the demon's instinctive technique?" Mo Yun was amazed.

"Yes, but this place is not suitable for running." Xia Fan shook his head helplessly, "Let Shanhui stop."

"He probably can only hear the wind now, so let's use meditation." Li stood up and said.

But she seemed to be a little late in stopping her. Tengu, who had difficulty controlling the route, ran from a small circle to a large circle, and obviously deviated from Mo Yun.

Hearing a bang, Shan Hui made intimate contact with the long table where the talismans were placed.

Tengu held his head and rolled over.

The table, which was missing a leg, also fell down.

"That stupid dog!"

Li couldn't help covering his face.

For a while, blank chips were flying all over the sky, scattered everywhere.

At this moment, Xia Fan noticed that the purple fluorescent talisman suddenly flickered, and the position where it floated down was just near the mechanism beast.

Then everyone saw an incredible scene——

I saw that the empty mechanism beast trembled!A moment later, its joints made a harsh friction sound, and then the two thick wooden legs stepped back and forth, easily broke the fixed wooden frame, and slammed into Mo Yun with an extremely weird posture!

Chapter 137 Soul Gathering Talisman

Mo Yun, who was standing in front of the organ beast, obviously did not expect this change. Although she was an aura-sensing person, she didn't have much combat experience, so she froze in place for a while.

At this time, the bipedal prototype is much more perfect than before. Not only are the two legs assembled, but also a chair is installed on the upper part. It is already half taller than Mo Yun, and its weight is close to two adults. In a frontal collision, serious injuries are almost inevitable.

"Li!" Xia Fan shouted loudly.

At the same time as his voice came out, Li's figure swelled rapidly.

A huge fox suddenly appeared in the courtyard!

She raised her front paw and slapped it towards the organ beast, hitting the joint between the two legs.The Mechanism Beast, which was originally built as a prototype, was not reinforced in any way, and was snapped off from the center by this powerful claw, and its two wooden legs staggered and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the threat was lifted, Li also immediately changed back to his original form, straightening his slightly wrinkled clothes.

"Are you okay?" Xia Fan stepped forward.

Mo Yun looked at the mechanism beast with a distressed face—this was the result of her hard work for several days, and the result returned to zero in the blink of an eye, "I'm fine, thank you Miss Li for saving me. Just now... What is the situation?"

"That's what I want to know too." Xia Fan turned his head to look at the joints on the ground that were still swinging back and forth. At this time, no one injected air into the astronomical instrument, so the biggest suspect was the weird soul-gathering talisman.

According to the princess, this thing contains evil spirits, and only officials above the privy mansion have the ability to drive it.At the same time, its unblocking also requires specific conditions, and it has no effect when used alone.The only time she witnessed an acquaintance perform it was in the Qingshan Town Scholars Examination, using the wild night to condense the charm into a demon.

It's just that she didn't like such dark and weird things very much, so she didn't ask much.

Xia Fan approached the damaged wooden frame, possessed himself and picked up the talisman.

At this moment, it no longer emits fluorescence, and the imprint on it has faded beyond recognition at some point, as if it has become an old ordinary chip.

"It seems that it has something to do with this talisman in all likelihood." Xia Fan shook the talisman with his fingers, and briefly explained its ins and outs to Mo Yun.

"There is such a thing in the Privy Council?" The other party showed a shocked expression, "Aren't they an organization dedicated to eliminating evil spirits?"

"I thought so too at first." Xia Fan shrugged.

The Privy Council is an independent institution after the collapse of Yongguo, but the history of alchemists is much longer, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the two have an inheritance relationship to a certain extent.The bronze torture instruments in the caves in Gaoshan County have proved that some alchemists have carried out specific research on evil spirits as early as a hundred years ago.

"This thing...can allow ordinary people to drive magical artifacts!" Mo Yun couldn't help but let out a low voice, "Do you know what this means?"

She walked back and forth excitedly, as if she wanted to say a lot, but she slowed down after a while, and the look in her eyes was extremely complicated and contradictory.

Even without asking, Xia Fan could guess what the other person was thinking.

Mo Yun undoubtedly thought of its broad prospects at the first time.

The number of qi-sensing people directly limited the use of mechanism techniques, coupled with the government's emphasis on opponents, so most of the results of the mechanism bureau could only be used in a small range within the jurisdiction of the army and the Privy Council.

If this limitation can be broken, mechanism art will definitely usher in an unprecedented take-off!

But this talisman is related to evil spirits.

Demons don't come into existence for no reason.

If there is really a way to seal the evil spirit in the talisman, it would also mean the death of a living being in vain.

As a researcher, it is unimaginably tempting for her to improve and promote organ techniques.

But after all, it was difficult for her to use the evil spirit as the driving force of the mechanism.

"You don't have to worry too much." Xia Fan said after pondering for a moment, "I don't think it will bring about a change in mechanism skills. The root cause of the scarcity of alchemists is that they are monopolized by the Privy Council. If they can be used openly, they will not be able to It's what it is now."

"Why?" Mo Yun blinked, "It can make ordinary people use tricks!"

"Really?" Xia Fan lowered his voice, "How long did it take me to familiarize myself with the operation of this prototype? Even now, I dare not say that I can control it to run back and forth with ease."

"You mean..." Li suddenly gasped.

"It has two astronomical instruments on each leg, which must be reversed to simulate human movements. And the astronomical instrument does not have a default setting, but if it is injected with air, it will not move at all, at most it will twist the joint." Xia Fan paused, "But this thing... the drive of the four joints was accurate from the very beginning."

The fox demon couldn't help but put his hands on his chest and shivered.

Mo Yun's face was also a little pale. Although the word "default setting" sounds quite awkward, she could understand what Xia Fan wanted to express, "You mean, the moment this mechanism beast starts to move, is it conscious?"

"I'm just guessing, but the reason why Xie Chong can become Xie Chong is because of the strong qi that can't go away. If it's just pure qi, then it's everywhere in the world, so why use the Soul Gathering Talisman."

This assumption is very dark.

After the air without entity is released, it will still attack living things with instinct, even if the body is replaced by a mechanical beast—this way, let alone being used by ordinary people, it is a dangerous thing to just flow into the people .

"Phew... You're not unreasonable." After eliminating the possibility of using this method to popularize alchemy, Mo Yun quickly returned to normal, "It's better to wipe out the evil spirits completely."

"What happened in the yard?" At this time, Shan Hui also recovered from the impact, "Why did the things you built fall apart? I should have hit the table..."

The three of them stared at him in unison.

"It's not because of me, is it?" Tengu couldn't help taking a step back.

"How to deal with it?" Li asked blankly.

"Before Miss Mo completes the restoration, let him take care of all the dirty work." Xia Fan nodded towards Mo Yun, "If you have any needs, please feel free to ask, he won't have any objections."

"Then I won't be polite." The latter smiled with the corner of his mouth raised.

……

In the end, Mo Yun didn't treat Shan Hui as a coolie, she just let him keep the appearance of a Shiba Inu, and occasionally touch it when she was tired from work.

It seems that the cat and dog decompression method is a general rule throughout the multiverse.

Xia Fan also wants to imitate the other party, but the problem is that he wants to masturbate the fox demon in its normal form more than the transformed fox-this difference makes it hard for him to say it.

During the period when Mo Yun was rebuilding the organ beast, Xia Fan also tried other possible talisman creation frameworks.For example, chemical formulas are used to express the fire-related spells in Lishu; physical laws are used to explain the generation and changes of Sunda strokes, but the test results all end in failure.

After some analysis, he thought it might have something to do with the way the talismans were expressed.

Whether it is the abstract wind blowing willows, or the current being magnified in the circuit, what is shown is a process picture, which complements the idea of ​​how this phenomenon is formed in the mind.

However, chemical formulas are different from legal formulas. They are essentially a professional language rather than a picture.

For example, after replacing the chemical element symbols in the formula with popular text, the meaning will not change, and it can even be read directly.

And purely declarative words do not have the power to induce alchemy.

Otherwise, the talismans should all be paragraphs of sentences.

According to this line of thinking, Xia Fan thought that if he could draw the scene of bond energy change and energy absorption and release during the burning process on the chip, maybe it could be used as a talisman.But one is that it is beyond the scope of his ability, and the other is that he is really not sure whether the microscopic structure of this world is still the same as his common sense.

Perhaps the finer the drawing, the more mistakes it makes.

After all, there is energy in this world.

This is why Xia Fan chose to start teaching mathematics.

Chapter 138

In addition to thinking about new talismans, Xia Fan also took the time to write a "Guide to Coping with Evil Spirits and Self-Help".

It's something he's wanted to do for a long time.

The above not only introduces the difference between demons, ghosts, and monsters, but also teaches people in detail how to distinguish what is evil and what is hallucination; if you really encounter evil, how to avoid and save yourself with the tools at hand or the surrounding environment.

In addition, he deliberately mentioned demons at the beginning of the manual.

Considering that the princess has not yet completely controlled Jinxia City, he only vaguely mentioned that once the people encounter monsters, they should actively report to the Privy Council.

The greatest significance of this manual is to uncover the mysterious veil of evil spirits, and rely on the people themselves to complete the initial identification work.

Zhang Fuzi once mentioned that the alchemists of the Privy Council had no time to take care of the small evil incidents in various parts of Shenzhou, but in fact many cases were similar to the experience of the Tian family old lady.As long as the charm and the monsters are dealt with properly, there is a high probability that the people of each town and village can solve it by themselves.For example, candlelight is used to restrict Yingmei's actions, rice paper or thin cloth is used to make Xuying appear, and so on.

Even if ordinary people can't handle it, with this booklet, at least wandering monks like his master no longer need to use experience to get rid of evil spirits, which can also reduce the degree of harm caused by evil spirits.

In addition, during this period of time, the headquarters of the Privy Council was not idle.

With the two "arms" of the anti-evil team led by Zhao Dahai and the criminal investigation team led by Li Xing, Xia Fan has ordered the Ministry to start investigating suspicious historical evil cases in Jinxia City and nearby towns, and to investigate the fish that slipped through the net in the past. liquidation.

So far, the two teams have brought to justice the four former murderers. Without exception, they were all country gentry or local tyrants, with as many as a dozen lives under their hands.

Xia Fan didn't have much good things to say about this kind of trash.

After verifying their integrity and confirming the facts of the crime, they were all sent to prison, and executed according to the tradition.

For this reason, the government came to the door more than once, asking him to stop similar ultra vires actions, but he rejected them all with the reason of "evil related".

On the other hand, the princess also exerted pressure on the government, questioning why the government repeatedly let the murderer go.

The local people gradually discovered that the enfeoffing princess didn't seem to stay in her own palace like those heavenly beauties in the storybooks. So, sit in front of the roadside tea stand and drink a cup of herbal tea.

According to Xia Fan's words, this trick is the most effective way to earn political heat.

The people of Qiguo have never seen such a close-to-people princess. If someone can talk to the princess, they can talk for several years later.

Not to mention the well-crafted appearances such as chance encounters at the market, visiting a store together, and impromptu speeches.

After some classic routines, the frequency of the term "Princess Guangping" appearing in public chats has increased, and the government has naturally been placed on the opposite side.

It can be said that everything in Jinxia City is developing steadily in the direction expected by Xia Fan and Ning Wanjun.

……

In the north of the city, the residence of the Wang family.

Several main officials of the Jinxia government office were privately invited by the Wang family to have dinner together.

Of course, eating is a trivial matter, and the series of actions of the princess and the Privy Council are the major issues that give them a headache.

Now that Wang Yi'an said that they would meet in secret to discuss countermeasures, they were naturally happy to see the results.

"I can't live through this day!" Cui Duyou said angrily before his butt was hot, "Xia Fan from the Privy Council is about to kick me in the face, and the memorial has not been approved yet! Didn't the court see it? Has the Privy Council's hand stretched where it shouldn't?"

He is in charge of the case inspection prison, so he is also the most affected.There are already many officials below complaining that the Ministry of Justice has blatantly intervened in the power of criminal trials. This is an important part of the assessment of political performance. In addition, several old cases have been uncovered for the other party, and the gap is even more obvious.

The people working under him were panicked, and he naturally felt that his authority was threatened.

"The imperial court may not be able to see that the Privy Council of Gyeonggi may not deliberately let Xia Fan, a dog, test the bottom line of the six departments." Liu Gongcao sighed, "The group of alchemists with high-sighted eyes may have long been dissatisfied with the status quo. Wolf's ambition is clearly revealed!"

"Damn it, how did Qiguo become like this!"