[Comprehensive] Demon Fox Hiding Horse

After the broken horn was retrieved, Zangma and the earl were ready to start the ceremony of connecting the broken horn for Taiqi.

But before that, because Taiqi's horn has been broken for too long, so that if you don't take good care of it before doing the continuation, it is very likely that you will not be able to bear the force that will be imposed on it during the continuation ceremony. There is tremendous pressure on it, so although the various materials required for the ceremony have been collected seven or eighty-eight with the efforts of Shang Long and Liutai these days, there is no way for the ceremony to be carried out immediately.

So on this day, the sun was shining brightly in Wuhao City. In Beppu, which is located in the center of Shanglong, Zangma was thinking about how to draw the alchemy array required for the ceremony after all the necessary conditions were gathered (in this regard, Yaohu’s research is far away. Far inferior to him in the application of demon power and mind power), while sitting in the sunny courtyard, watching the Earl not far away had a serious (?) negotiation with Yuko on the opposite side of the screen.

Although he had said in the analysis with the Earl before that the thing she needs to get from Yuko is not something she loves very much, and she would never be willing to give it up anyway, but in terms of love, that thing can indeed be ranked The top [-] on the "Miss Witch's Favorite Items" list.

——There is no other reason.

"As long as it's about drinking, even the Earl can't easily make Miss Yuko sway and compromise."

The white ball in his arms, who was drowsy from the warm sun, was combing the soft fur on his belly with his hands, and Zangma narrowed his eyes, with a look of anticipation on his face.

Mokona rubbed his fingers in a daze after hearing the words, "Yuko and Lagu like to drink 'that' iced wine the most in summer!" He said softly, "So even if It's the earl, and you can't easily exchange 'that'."

Kurama nodded in agreement, "Unless he can come up with something that makes Miss Yuko even more tempting, and even something that he can't refuse."

And such things, I believe that with the earl's wealth, there should be... there is no lack of it.

——With this in mind, Kurama did not rashly intervene in the negotiations between the Earl and Yuko.

And the results proved that he was right in doing so.

When the earl carefully took the thing passed by Yuko from Mokona's mouth, the satisfaction and joy on his face because of the successful transaction made Kurama narrow his eyes again—no way, the corner of the earl's mouth curled up The smile on her face is too dazzling, if you don't squint your eyes, you will be caught easily.

Thinking this way, the demon fox turned her gaze to the earl's palm.

Firmly held between his hands is a half-arm-long barrel made of silver-gray metal.Its appearance looks no different from the ice buckets that are often used for ice wine in bars. However, it is not difficult to find that there is nothing in the empty silver bucket under the sunlight. A faint mist is slowly escaping...

——"The Bottle of Esnore".The ice wine artifact in summer! [Big Fog] As Mokona said, the meaning of this thing in Yuko's place is to chill all kinds of wine for her in the summer, but other than that, it seems to have no other use except for strong cooling The high-end ice bucket (not) has another little-known attribute, which is "partition".

The items put into this "Bottle of Esnore" will gradually be cut off from the aura that did not belong to them as time goes by, and return to the original state.

That is to say, if the severed horns of Taiqi were forcibly kept by Ah Xuan's side after being severed, and were involuntarily stained with too much sin and filth from the tyrannical Ah Xuan over the years, it would not only Because the freezing property of the Esnoor bottle itself is enough to keep the little Qilin's own clean energy in it, and it can get rid of the filthy killing and bloody gas and other miscellaneous gas, the broken horn will return to the The initial state full of fresh air can maximize the success rate of the broken corner continuation ceremony!

——Through the detailed explanations of Zangma and Mokona, the earl, who had a clear understanding of the function of the Esnore bottle, immediately understood that it was the most suitable life-saving thing for the current Taiqi .

That's why he acted so hard and strong in front of Yuko, and finally exchanged things.

Precious and precious, he took Taiqi's dull broken horn from Zangma's hand, and carefully put it into the bottle of Esnore, feeling that the broken horn was completely submerged in the bottle, as if something was completely isolated Then, some ominous air invisible to the naked eye seemed to be continuously peeled off from the broken horns. The earl let out a long breath, and turned his head to give Zangma a big smile: "Thank you, Zangma."

He said sincerely.

Yaohu smiled and shook his head when he heard the words, "It's too early to say thank you, why don't we wait until Taiqi really wakes up?"

The count actually took his obvious jest seriously.

In the end, he even nodded solemnly to him: "Well, you are right!"

"..." Kurama could only say nothing about his friend's ignorance of certain aspects.

After putting away the bottle of Esnoor containing the broken horn of Taiqi, Zangma signaled Diarmuid to call Shang Long and Sixth Lady who were waiting for news in the living room.

Because Yuko's existence involves the mystery of time and space after all, if it is not necessary, it is better not to let some people whose power level has not yet reached the boundary of time and space know, so this time the transaction across time and space did not let those two people know. turn up.

Shang Long and Liu Tai did not express any dissatisfaction with this. After all, they knew the mystery and strength of the earl and Tibetan horse from the very beginning. In addition, what they wanted was to save Taiqi. Not greedy or extravagant.

The two who came hurriedly after the spearman, after seeing the broken horn in the bottle of Esnore gradually recovering its luster at a speed visible to the naked eye, became more and more sure of the correctness of their previous choice.

So just like that, Zangma, the Earl and the others waited for more than half a month before Taiqi's broken horn was completely restored to its original state.

This is also the result of Cangma noticing that the Earl had unintentionally become haggard while waiting so hard, and deliberately used the alchemy array to accelerate, otherwise, under normal circumstances, this process would have lasted at least three months to half a year.

"The core energy that drives the alchemy array is the Philosopher's Stone. This kind of improvement speed is already considered slow."

After removing the Philosopher's Stone, which had exhausted its energy and shattered into powder, from the eyes of the array, and seeing the broken black horn in the bottle of Esnore, which had been restored to its best condition, Kurama shook his head and sighed.

This time, including the piece that will be used in the next broken horn continuation ceremony, he will lose three pieces of the Philosopher's Stone alone.

Although there are still some stocks in hand, these are non-renewable resources, and if you use one piece, you will lose one piece. Even if you are "rich and powerful" like Tibetan horses, sometimes you still feel a little pain when you think about it.

But of course, this emotion must not be shown in front of the count.

——Even if you don’t consider the huge benefits brought to you by the earl’s generous gift back then, the friendship between Zangma and the earl alone is enough to offset the consumption of the three sage stones.

After all, it doesn't matter if all these things are used up, but a friend like the earl may only be handed over to one in a lifetime.

Smiling affirmatively at the beautiful black-haired young man who was staring at him with bright eyes of different colors without blinking, Kurama clapped his hands lightly after checking the status of Taiki's broken horn.

"The conditions are all met."

he announced loudly.

"Next... let's prepare for the ceremony."

"……Yes!"

Before the earl could answer, the sixth wife who was also anxiously waiting responded with a trembling voice.

He held on to Shang Long's sleeve tightly, urging the man to go with him to carry Taiqi from the room to the small courtyard prepared in advance, regardless of arrogance and embarrassment.

——Completely forgetting that there are actually more reliable orders that can be used.

Shang Long, who was being dragged away by him, indulgently did not make a sound to remind him.

Instead, he let his unicorn regard himself as a coolie, followed the other party's wishes without any resistance from the beginning to the end, and carried Taiqi all the way from the training place to the alchemy formation that Zangma had just drawn.

"Shanzi and Aolan are still in a comatose state under the influence of His Highness Hypnos' spells. The sixth wife and I think it's better to wake them up after Taiqi wakes up."

He explained something succinctly.

Zangma nodded slightly, "Very correct judgment."

Right now is the most critical period for Taiqi's disconnection. Before he is sure whether the female monster and the envoy's sobriety will have a positive or negative impact on him, Shang Long's approach is obviously the safest.

No more nonsense, Zangma ordered Diarmuid and the two snow rabbit shikigami to join him, and began to irregularly sprinkle some materials prepared by Shang Long and Liutai along the pattern of the alchemy formation.

Among them are the nails, mane, eyeballs or scales of the monsters, as well as some special herbs and ores from the Twelve Kingdoms world.

This is the conclusion he reached after comparing the properties of the alchemy formation with the "refining materials" from the Twelve Kingdoms.

Soon, all the materials were integrated into the alchemy formation, a large set of two small alchemy formations, with the Philosopher's Stone as the largest formation eye, and Taiqi's body and broken horns in the center of the other two small formations. , in the inactive state, there is already a faint halo of crimson faintly scattered from the patterns that make up the alchemy array.

Kurama took a deep breath.

"It's about to start."

He said to the count with a solemn face.

The beautiful young man with black hair nodded firmly but nervously.

"Well, let's get started, Kurama!"

The demon fox closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes had turned from emerald green to a rich golden color...

A huge burst of mist suddenly exploded around his body, and in the center of the gradually dissipating thick fog, Tibetan Horse, who had transformed into a demon fox state, channeled the soaring demon power from his whole body, squatted down and pressed down with both hands, and activated the alchemy formation !

Amidst a burst of dazzling red light soaring into the sky, the Philosopher's Stone in the center of the formation eye erupted with a huge red light, and this red light spread in the blink of an eye, covering Taiqi's body and broken horns completely. Into it, and from time to time a sharp beep burst out from the array.

Kurama watched this scene with a solemn face.

Hades, who was standing not far behind him, looked normal, but his spirit was highly concentrated. He only waited for something unexpected to happen in the ceremony, and then immediately shot and forcibly interrupted it, trying to minimize the force of backlash.

Fortunately, until the red light gradually dissipated and the roaring sound stopped, neither backlash nor failure occurred.

And when the red light dissipated completely, the fragments of the shattered Philosopher's Stone drifted away with the wind. In the center of the alchemy formation, the black unicorn lying prone there was missing the most important thing above its head. , a long horn that is no different from the original one, is firmly growing there...

"Successful?!"

Accompanied by Mrs. Liu's murmur that was half questioning and half talking to herself, the beautiful black animal eyelashes moved slightly. Under everyone's breathless gaze, the eyelids closed several times, and slowly...opened those pair of eyes. Pure black eyes...

——Taiqi, wake up.