Chapter 31: This is not woolgathering, this is an exchange of prices.
Key point?
Song Qing's brain raced, combining several previous failures and this time's success to analyze.
None of the previous steps had changed, and what really changed should be the last step: the lightning strike!
How was this lightning strike different from the last one?
A few slightly weak arcs of electricity flashed through his heart, and Song Qing's body shook as he said excitedly, "I get it, I get it."
"Xu Ningyan, you are truly a marvelous alchemy genius."
"Even though you haven't seen our previous failures, you already knew it in your heart right, you already knew the real reason for our failure."
''No, I only know that your mind has gradually di... .... Xu Qi'an smiled without saying anything.
"What's the key? Senior Brother Song, what do you understand?"
"Senior Brother Song, aigoo don't sell yourself short, quickly say it, this alchemy is becoming a demon in my heart."
The white-clothed alchemists anxiously pursued their questions.
Song Qing coughed, looked around at his senior brothers, and said in a deep voice, "It's the intensity of the lightning strike."
After speaking, he looked at Xu Qi'an with a pleading gaze.
Xu Qi'an smiled and nodded, mentioning, "I named it voltage."
The voltage for refining metallic sodium should be controlled at 6-15 volts.
Voltage?
Song Qing froze, another word he had never heard before, electricity he knew, but what was voltage?
Instinctively, he felt that it was a marvelous bit of knowledge, as esoteric as the nature of everything written in that blue book.
A white-robed alchemist took a step forward, arching his hand towards Xu Qi'an, "Please enlighten us, brother, what is voltage?"
"Please teach us." The other white-clothed alchemists simultaneously arched their hands and said in unison.
Chu Caiwei, who was standing on the side, was envious, she liked this feeling of being a gentleman and teaching her disciples the most. Unfortunately, she was only a Feng Shui master and was not qualified to teach her disciple.
Voltage, also known as potential difference or potential difference, is a physical quantity that measures the difference in energy produced by a unit charge in an electrostatic field due to different potentials ....... Of course, you all can t understand what I said. Xu Qi'an coughed, his face serious:
"Electricity, is the same as water flow, it will flow towards the low point."
Xu Qi'an lifted the teacup and poured the water inside, "This cup is fine when poured on anyone, but if it is a hanging waterfall, and a person is in it, he or she will have their bones broken by the impact of the water, and even lose their lives. The same is true of electricity, a phenomenon I call voltage."
He used this easy-to-understand example to explain voltage.
The white-robed men of the Heavenly Monarch frowned and fell into deep thought, they did not understand Xu Qi'an's words very well.
Although they were alchemists and all possessed the ability to manipulate lightning, it did not mean that they understood the nature of electricity.
Song Qing suddenly understood something and perked up, ''So, lightning will hit trees on rainy days also because the trees are at a low point? The same is true for hitting people. Also, if it's just a weak current, we'll feel paralyzed at most, whereas if we endure a heavenly lightning blast, we'll die."
"The truth is that the voltage of Heavenly Thunder is so powerful that it exceeds the limits of what mortals can withstand, like a waterfall. And the weak current is a cup of water that can be withstood."
Hearing Song Qing's words, the white-robed alchemists were enlightened with the excitement of having gained the mysteries of truth and turned to Xu Qi'an with pleading eyes.
Eh, was that the principle? Wasn't the principle of trees being struck by lightning the conductivity of rainwater? My middle school teacher didn't make it clear ah .... Xu Qi'an wasn't sure himself and put a smile on his face, "The children can be taught."
"Is this also written in that secret alchemy book?" A young white man asked, curiosity written all over his face.
"Yes, I'm the only one who has read that secret alchemy book; studied it. The contents on the notes I had sent to the Si Tian Supervisor are but a drop in the ocean." After a pause, Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice:
"That ancient book of alchemy not only contains knowledge, but also many unheard of alchemy techniques."
Unheard of alchemy techniques..... On the spot, everyone's breathing roughened for a few moments.
Xu Qi'an smiled and threw out a promise that made the White Clothes seethe, "I have decided to share the secret alchemy book with the Divine Constabulary."
Wow!
Nearly twenty alchemists boiled with excitement on the spot.
"The blue book that I gave to the Divine Constabulary was a thank you gift for saving my life, pointing you towards perfecting the alchemy of Fake Silver Refining, as well as the knowledge of voltage that I just taught you, and it wasn't free of charge." Xu Qi'an spoke eloquently:
"Of course, it also includes the subsequent alchemy secrets."
"Never forget that the principle of alchemy is equal exchange!"
Song Qing nodded, agreeing with Xu Ningyan's reasoning, and then asked on behalf of his senior brothers:
"How much silver do you want?"
"Crude!" Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice, "Alchemy is not something that can be measured in silver."
What doesn't cost money is the most expensive .... He added silently in his heart.
.......
Changle County Yamen, side hall.
Xu Ling Yue was holding her soundly sleeping infant sister in her arms, pinching her handkerchief and sobbing.
Looking at the little beauty with pearly blossoms, the hearts of the fast workers of the fast class were about to break. Unexpectedly, Xu Ningyan actually had such a pretty and beautiful sister.
Even Sheriff Wang, who had been to the Department of Education, was stunned by the little beauty.
The atmosphere in the side hall was a bit depressing, and the quick hands had ugly, wilted faces.
Sheriff Wang poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of Xu Ling Yue. This little beauty had been crying for half a day, her tears never stopped, women are indeed made of water.
"Miss Xu, don't be anxious, Lord Hundred Households will find a way to save Ning Banquet."
The other quick hands spoke out to comfort and scolded Mr. Zhou.
Big brother has a good relationship with his peers .... Xu Lingyue was surprised for a few moments, and the quicksilver's agitated expressions did not appear to be faked.
As if he could see her surprise, Sheriff Wang smiled, "Ning Yan is a man worthy of being honored."
Respect? Xu Lingyue froze, huffed, and said in a thin voice, "Sheriff Wang, can you talk to me about my big brother."
Sheriff Wang was silent for a moment, unconsciously lowering his voice: "In fact, to people like us, where are the clean hands?"
"Not to the ordinary hundred out of hand even have a conscience, as for those rich merchants, to them to get oil is not a natural thing."
"But your big brother will not, commoners or rich merchants, he never go to blackmail extortion. A while ago, taking into account the Xu family suffered a great difficulty, I decided to take him to fish a ...." When Sheriff Wang said this, his look was strange, with embarrassment, shame, and admiration:
"He smiled and agreed, afterward I divided five coins of silver to him, but he later quietly returned it to others."
"To say that he understands it, water to clear, no fish reasoning do not understand it. But to say that he does not understand things, and very good at things, and everyone's relationship is very good, people smooth it. So when something happens to him, it's hard for everyone."
Xu Ling Yue listened in fascination, big brother in her mind's image, changed and tall and bright and magnificent.
She had worshipped Xu New Year since she was a child, because all things were inferior but reading was superior, because her mother had always instilled in her that her second brother was the only scholarly seed in the Xu family, the pillar of the future.
This kind of worship to this year's autumn exams, Xu New Year after the examination, reached the peak.
But then came the tax silver case, the whole family in prison, desperate and helpless, big brother in desperate times for the whole family to open up a way of life.
Xu Lingyue redirects her attention to her big brother and becomes slightly curious about him.
Until today, she hadn't realized how reliable this big brother was, just as he had saved the desperate girls from jail a month ago.
And back then, the feelings were certainly not as profound as this time.
The moment she saw her big brother save her sister, Xu Ling Yue's heart, her big brother's image was enough to be equal to her second brother.
At this moment, hearing Sheriff Wang's sentiments, the image of a high-minded, principled, and bottom-line person came to life, elevated layer by layer, and had surpassed the Second Brother that he had always worshipped.
At this time, the doorway of the side hall light changes, Xu Pingzhi father and son finally rushed back to Changle County Office, see safe and sound sister (daughter), father and son as a relief.
Xu Ling Yue tilted her head up, tears streaming down her face, and wailed, "Father, you have to save big brother, if big brother can't come back, my daughter won't live either."
Chapter 32
Uncle Xu was touched for a moment, it was not in vain that he had mediated for twenty years, although the mother-in-law of the family still disliked her nephew, the relationship between the several younger generations was still very good.
Uncle Xu took the soundly sleeping infant daughter from his daughter's arms and comfortingly said, "Ning Banquet is already out, things have passed."
Xu Ling Yue did not believe it.
After Uncle Xu's persuasive words, she was still half-believing, and turned her gaze to her second brother.
Xu New Year faintly said, "A small matter."
Xu Ling Yue then believed it.
A proud man like Second Brother would not lie about such a big matter.
County Magistrate Zhu paid close attention to the aftermath of this matter, and immediately rushed over when he learned the news from the Xuxian.
"How did you guys solve Mr. Zhou?" Magistrate Zhu was stunned, unless it was Duke Zhou himself who gave up, but he didn't think that was possible.
"I hired a teacher." Xu New Year said.
I see. .... County Magistrate Zhu came to a realization, but felt that it was not right, the bigwigs in the courtroom all came from the State Scholarship Academy, and it was known that the State Scholarship Academy and the Cloud Deer Academy were very much at odds with each other.
Even if Xu New Year's teacher is a great scholar, the Ministry of Justice's Sun Shangshu can't release him so quickly, and there will be a lot of bullshit. Chipping away at the face of Yunlu Academy's great Confucian, it wasn't that easy to get things done.
"There's also Mr. Mu Bai." Xu New Year finished, then added, "As well as the white clothes of the Si Tian Supervisor."
"What?!" County Magistrate Zhu was taken aback, his expression turned cautious and his attitude straightened up quite a bit, "A tiger's father does not have a son, a tiger's father does not have a son."
"Congratulations to Lord Xu, your son is gifted, not only has he received the attention of the Yunlu Academy, he also has friendships with the white coats of the Si Tian Supervisors, he has a bright future ahead of him. To have a son like this, I'm envious of Zhu."
Second brother knew the white clothes of the Si Tian Supervisor? Xu Lingyue immediately looked towards Xu New Year, a strong sense of security welling up in her heart.
It was unusual for a woman to follow her father at home and her husband when she got married - responding to the two reliances of being in the bosom and being married.
At home, the father is a dependency, and the elder brother is also a dependency.
Xu New Year shook his head, ''Mr. Mu Bai was not invited by me, it was my elder brother's own connections. I don't recognize the white clothes of the Si Tian Supervisor either, again it was my big brother himself who found them."
When did Xu Ningyan become acquainted with Great Confucian Li Mubai of Yunlu Academy? That might have been with Xu New Year pulling the strings. But how did the white coat of the Si Tian Supervisor become acquainted with him, a xuxu official?
Magistrate Zhu froze on the spot, his mind filled with the words "impossible".
Xu Ningyan had been living under his hand for some years, and had always been a quiet little transparent, and the relationship with his colleagues was not bad, but not so bad as to be heartfelt.
There is no great ability, except for being able to fight.
Instead, this period of time suddenly became witty and slippery, and Wang sheriff brother and brother, with fellow officers to wine and dine.
But no matter what, it wasn't so much as to be appreciated by the Great Confucian and gain the friendship of the white coats of the Sithian Supervisors.
"If this is the case, Xu Ningyan's status and position cannot be compared to the same day, even if it is me, I have to be polite to him .... Waiting for him to order tomorrow, I'll try to test the waters and see exactly what's going on." Zhu magistrate thought in his heart.
Xu Ling Yue stared at her large Kazran eyes, somewhat in disbelief.
But the intelligent her immediately made a connection, was it that poem? The send-off poem that elder brother composed for second brother was appreciated by the great Confucian, which is why he agreed to help mediate.
Just, how did the Divine Fairy of the Divine Heavenly Supervisor meet with big brother .....? Big brother he, is really getting more and more mysterious.
......
Xu Qi'an followed Song Qing as he walked along the corridor, the air holes on the right wall shot out a beam of light, bringing in light.
There were no windows in the Stargazing Building, so Xu Qi'an was a little regretful that he couldn't look at the scenery from afar.
Not long after, they arrived at a secret room, Song Qing took out a key to open the door and lit the candles in the room.
There were all sorts of weird things in the secret room, some of them were weapons and crossbows, while some of them were completely impossible to tell what they were.
Xu Qi'an looked through them one by one as if she were browsing a clothing store, and was suddenly startled by something.
"What is this?"
It was the huge glazed bottle, which was filled with clear water, and in the water soaked a strange creature that looked like a cat, but its body was covered with wooden lines, and there was even a wood tumor on its abdomen.
What was even stranger was that it was alive, the protruding wood tumor resembled a heart, rising and falling slightly.
"This is a great experiment," Song Qing said in a deep voice, "Its body is a cat, and I tried to fuse it with trees to give it the ability to regenerate broken limbs. In fact, I came close to succeeding, even if you cut off its head, it would grow back within three days, its only weakness being its heart."
"But I also failed, because it completely turned into a tree, it can't move, can't think, and can only be kept in water."
..... Are you a fucking devil? Xu Qi'an's eyes changed as she looked at him.
"What do you think of this idea of mine?" Song Qing asked in a tentative tone, and when he saw that Xu Qi'an's eyes were not right, he frowned, somewhat disappointed:
"You also think there's a problem?"
Xu Qi'an kept his expression unchanged and shook his head, "I just think that you're going in the wrong direction, because I've also pondered about this aspect of alchemy, but I've named it hybridization technology."
Hybridization Technology .... Song Qing chewed on the word, her eyes growing bright.
"We can start small by hybridizing similar species, such as crossing two different breeds of cats and having them give birth to a whole new species." Xu Qi'an said.
"Give birth to a different species? What kind of species will be born?" Song Qing eagerly pursued.
"I don't know, maybe it will produce a completely new, excellent species, maybe it will be the reverse." Xu Qi'an said, "But this is precisely the charm of alchemy, don't you think."
"You just said alchemy, you just said alchemy!" Song Qing was excited all of a sudden.
"What's wrong?" Xu Qi'an's heart sank, suspecting that he had said something wrong.
"I think that alchemy is not only limited to inanimate objects, I think that living beings are also within the realm of alchemy. That's why I changed the cat, but my teacher disagreed, and he said that life was not within the realm of alchemy. For that reason, he was confined for a long time."
Supervisor Zheng-sama did a good job ah .... Xu Qi'an tensed his face and said, "Whether it is or not, leave it to time to verify."
After thinking for a moment, he continued, "If you want to refute Lord Supervisor and do not want to be confined, I have a proposal."
"You say." Song Qing had already treated Xu Qi'an as a fellow traveler.
"You can start with plants." Xu Qi'an said, "Plants are also life, but the nature is much lessened. I've read about an alchemy technique in an ancient alchemy book that coincides with your idea ....."
He did not continue.
"Say something." Song Qing grasped his heart and scratched his liver with difficulty, the two pairs of eyes on the puffy bags under his eyes glaring round.
"Senior Brother Song's stuff here is quite good." Xu Qi'an prompted, "The unchanging principle of alchemy ...."
"I see, I can give you three gifts, and with your current level of the Alchemy Realm, I think this item is suitable for you." Song Qing immediately understood Xu Qi'an's meaning, he didn't resent the principle of equal exchange.
It was even appreciated.
"The material for this crossbow was refined by me in a chance encounter, it's harder and more resilient than ordinary iron, but it can't be mass-produced due to the difficulty of refining it. The strings are a blend of the spider silk of the Six-Eyed Poisonous Spider from the Southern Border and the silk of the Seven-Colored Silkworm. In the case of a sneak attack, it can break through the protective true qi of a qi practicing realm martial artist, excluding the peak of the qi practicing realm."
"Its most precious aspect is that this military crossbow is engraved with a formation. The formation will increase the power of the arrows, posing a threat to God Refining Realm experts. However, it can only be used three times, after which the formation will dissipate."
Xu Qi'an's heart stirred, "This is a magic weapon?"
