Myriad Paths

Dongyu, Bai Zhu’s house.

Li Qi was sorting out the clues outside the door.

In the past two days, he has been wandering on the bottom of Dongyu Island, collecting other information.

I don't know why, but this kind of collection went very smoothly, with almost no other obstacles. No one seemed to have any idea of ​​secrecy, and basically they were all like the small farmers in Baiyue, extremely conservative, but quite afraid of 'superiors'. Basically Li Qi found out a lot of things without spending much effort.

It could also be that the things that needed to be kept secret were not disseminated at all, so all Li Qi got was insignificant information.

But... nothing is insignificant.

Even if it is rubbish information, many things can be analyzed from behind.

Just as Bai Zhu Zhaoyue said, the Bai Zhu family does have some connection with the ancient witches.

But those connections... are probably similar to the extent that eight generations of ancestors were once friends.

Now, with the separation of human and witchcraft, the Baizhu family has nothing to do with Wushen Mountain and makes a living by planting pearls in the sea.

However, the business is still very large, and there are thousands of Dongyu Islands with pearl fields owned by the Baizhu family, especially since they have mastered a secret technique that can cultivate 'clam mothers'.

The mother clam is not of high grade, only eighth grade, and cannot fight, but it can produce a large number of pearl clams. These pearl clams cannot reproduce, but the quality of the pearls they produce is extremely high.

This method has established the current status of the Bai Zhu family. Those who grow pearls can only rely entirely on the mussel seeds of the Bai Zhu family, otherwise they will not be able to engage in this industry at all. The Bai Zhu family has made a lot of money through this. Man, constantly transporting large amounts of pearls to the land and outside the territory, supporting a big family.

It is really a big family. There are fourth-grade ancestors in the family, and there are several fourth-grade ancestors in the family. The family's influence is spread across thousands of Dongyu Islands. I don't know how many sharks are their actual serfs. They can be said to be a considerable degree of 'nobles'.

In other words, the Baizhu family, as a family in the sea that was able to supply the human race in ancient times, can continue to this day. As expected, it has two brushes and is not a straw bag.

However... this is just an ordinary Dongyu Island, so there is only one seventh-grade member of the Baizhu family left here, and the rest are all eighth-grade, and most of them are only responsible for managing this ordinary business.

In other words, it is just a store of a large group company. The highest position is a store manager, and there is not even a regional manager.

"The Bai Zhu family is unlikely to be coerced by Jiao Long's forces, but the local person in charge of the Bai Zhu family will probably have a hard time firming his position when faced with Jiao Long's words. Whether it is inducement or coercion, Jiao Long should be able to handle it. Seventh grade.”

With this thought in mind, Li Qi quietly entered the Bai Zhu family's mansion.

He was going to see how it worked here, and then deduce how the dragon started.

However, as soon as he stepped into it, he felt a strong aura of dragon!

The dragon's aura is unabashed, the dragon has definitely stayed here, and has actively left marks or other body parts here, otherwise it would never be possible to have such a strong dragon's aura.

Li Qi observed these dragon auras, and then naturally walked into them.

No one noticed him. When he was in harmony with nature, Li Qi's aura was completely consistent with the surrounding environment. Although it did not become transparent, there was a feeling of 'he should be there', which made people subconsciously ignore it. remove his existence.

Probably...similar to that TV remote control you can't find anywhere.

It is clearly placed on the table, but no one can see it except my own mother. Even if I touch it with my hands, I will ignore it. It has been perfectly integrated with the environment.

Walking through the Bai Zhu family's mansion, Li Qi could see that the surrounding environment was not very luxurious, but rather ordinary in decoration.

Of course, it's just plain decoration.

Li Qi had debated this matter with Liu Canzhi and Liu Donghe before.

Ornate decoration or simple decoration is just a simple 'decoration style'. The true luxury lies in the essence below.

"A large magic weapon array? This mansion is equivalent to an eighth-grade large-scale combined magic weapon." Li Qi observed the surroundings and came to a conclusion.

This mansion seems to have borrowed the idea of ​​​​humanity. Even the floor tiles paving the way are composed of magic weapons. Although most of them are only low-grade or ninth-grade magic weapons, these many magic weapons form a large magic weapon array, producing The overall effect is quite good, reaching the eighth level.

This is not a battle magic weapon, but a series of temperature-adjusting, automated furniture, room layout changes at will, a home immersive fantasy experience, a series of processing tools, various novel experiences and culture dishes, and even many processing workshops, which can When preparing your own raw materials, make some simple tools and magic weapons.

To say it is a mansion... it would be better to say that this is a base vehicle with greatly enhanced pleasure functions.

Throw this thing outside the territory, find an eighth- or ninth-level world to take root in, and pair it with someone who can skillfully operate this house. It won't take long for this house to develop into a country.

In terms of combat, although this thing is not strong, its defensive capabilities are really good.

However, there is still a gap between it and the extreme of humanity.

Humane houses also have these functions, but they are much worse than humane ones.

For example, humane houses cannot be built privately. You can only buy already built ones, or apply for planning and construction. The reason is that these houses need to be combined into a larger magic array.

The tiles used to pave the sidewalk are magic weapons, but these are not just for building a large mansion like the Bai Zhu family.

For humanity, what needs to be combined is - the city.

Each city is a set of large magic weapons.

The buildings, green plants, parks, and various facilities in the city are all planned and are part of this large-scale combined magic weapon. Every city is a high-quality magic weapon composed of these parts, and is composed of the humane dragon veins underground. Provide energy, and then the cardinals from all realms will uniformly allocate resources.

It maintains the normal operation of the city and residents at ordinary times, and can be deployed at any time when needed, turning it into a large multi-functional fortress. Whether it is undertaking scientific research tasks, war tasks, or colonial construction tasks, it can easily handle it, and the residents inside will also And became a staff member of the fortress, temporarily separated from the status of ordinary residents.

Compared with this scale, the Bai Zhu family's mansion in front of us seems stingy.

but……

What is certain is that the Baizhu family's mansion was indeed customized from the Tang Dynasty. As a magic weapon factory director with his own manufacturing industry in Chang'an, Li Qi can even use special skills to read the customized specifications.

Bai Zhu's family...

Their background is deeper than imagined. They can buy a custom-made modular magic mansion from the Tang Dynasty. With this financial resources, it can be seen that their pearl planting industry is prosperous.

Examining this large mansion along the way, which covers an area of ​​about three or four miles, Li Qi quickly arrived at the center of the place.

This is the place where the dragon energy is strongest.

Li Qi was surprised to find that there were quite a lot of pearl clams in this place.

These huge pearl clams come in five colors, all have night light and are several feet long. The clam pearls are born in their belly and wax and wane with the moon.

"Liang Sigong Ji" says: "Pearls in the world can be divided into big beads, small beads, and mixed beads. Big beads are like the wishful beads of heaven and earth, small beads are like beads of Lilong, and mixed beads are like clams, clams, snakes, and cranes."

"The wish-fulfilling pearl shines for fifty miles at night at the top, ten miles at night for the middle one, and one mile for the lower one. Wherever the light reaches, there is no wind, rain, thunder, hail, water, fire, sword, or poison. The dragon pearl has nine colors, and shines at night for a hundred steps. The middle one is ten Step down, there is a room. Within the reach of the light, there is no poison from snakes, arachnids, or insects. The beads are divided into five colors, and they all have luminous light for several feet, and they have no special powers."

The pearls recorded in the books that Li Qi read must be the best among the best. The pearls produced by ordinary pearls and clams cannot even be ranked among the miscellaneous pearls. It can only be counted as an ordinary object.

But the giant pearl clams we saw at Bai Zhu Mansion produced pearls with five colors of light and luminescence for several feet. They had obviously reached the level of 'miscellaneous pearls'.

These giant pearl clams that produce assorted beads are probably ‘mother clams’, right?

There are dozens of mother clams here, some producing beads and some producing seeds. There are also some agencies nearby that are constantly collecting the seeds produced by the mother clams.

Li Qi could see that these clam mothers were surrounded by phantom formations. Each one of them was still beating the clam shells, as if they were in a state of ecstasy, but in fact they were always stuck in the trap, unable to escape, and they were still there. Continuously produce the products the Bai Zhu family needs.

Is this... a reared mussel mother?

I thought some means were used, but I didn't expect it to be this kind of thing.

Are all the clams raised through the magic array and the mechanism in the center of the mansion in front of them? It's really... hurtful to Tianhe.

So where did the mother clam itself come from? The seeds produced by the mother clam should only give birth to ordinary pearl clams, and certainly not the mother clam.

"No, these clams... have dragon energy in them? Is the birth of the clams related to dragon energy?" A thought came to Li Qi's mind.

So he went deeper into it.

When we reach this place, it is no longer a place where we can enter simply by being in harmony with our body.

The surrounding area is filled with various mechanisms and illusion formations, and there are also different guards standing guard in various places, patrolling back and forth.

These guards were of little use. The strongest ones were only at the eighth level, so it was impossible to see Li Qi.

But the formation... is a bit interesting. It seems to be arranged by an expert. It has the overall control and coordination of the entire mansion, as well as warning and defense capabilities. It also uses many eighth-grade clams as the base of the formation. If the mother leaves, the formation will react instantly. If the entire array is not destroyed, it is impossible to touch the mother here.

Everything is done very tightly.

only……

I never thought that there would be an outlier like Li Qi.

Although Li Qi is not a master of formations, he really knows the rhyme and his eyesight is first-rate. He can clearly see the context of the formation, and even the flow of energy in it.

Probably... I directly saw the design drawing of this formation.

The expert who set up this formation is indeed very strong, maybe sixth grade or above. The Bai Zhu family must have spent a lot of money to hire him.

But... this expert just paid for someone to make a formation plate. Li Qi didn't need to face this expert directly. When he could see the entire formation plate design drawing, it wasn't too difficult to crack it. .

With this in mind, Li Qi gave it a try.

Well...it's actually quite difficult.

Li Qi found that he had overestimated himself. There were many things that he couldn't figure out even after looking at the design drawings.

What a sophisticated formation. The Baizhu family is indeed a family with a fourth-grade expert in charge.

With the design drawings, Li Qi knew the weaknesses of the array, the energy center and various diversion tubes, and could completely break the formation violently. However, Li Qi's level was still far from enough to crack it.

But...

You know, this is the world, and the infrastructure here is very complete.

Li Qi took out the terminal directly and dialed Shen Shuibi's number.

"Huh? What's wrong? Contact me in the East China Sea, be careful of being warned by the terminal supervisor." Rabbit said on the other end of the phone.

Li Qi could see that she was still preparing the formation.

It was a super formation that could pull up an entire world group, and could cover a huge area measured in light years.

Formation expert, isn't there one ready-made?

Moreover, the master of this formation is probably just a younger brother in front of Shen Shuibi.

This is a real master of formations, the kind that uses sand to rub out integrated circuits.

"It's just ordinary communication. The supervision is not to this extent, right? As long as the amount of information is not large, you can only take a glance at it and not pay too much attention. After all, the terminal is really convenient." Li Qi said with a smile.

Contacting Chang'an in the East China Sea is indeed risky, so Li Qi would not contact him casually if nothing happened, let alone activate the terminal just for the sake of chatting.

This is not just a matter of terminals, other roads will also closely monitor terminal signals to prevent humans from transmitting some conspiracy through terminals in these places.

After all, humanity's desire for expansion is... well known.

However, there is nothing to worry about with such a little communication, because Li Qi is not planning to engage in any conspiracy, but he still has to seize the time.

Therefore, Li Qi said: "Yu, please help me solve this formation. I'll tell you the reason when I get back."

Shen Shuibi also knew that what Li Qi did should not alert the terminal, so she didn't ask any questions. She just reached out and clicked a few times to mark a few positions for Li Qi.

"According to the shape of the southern fire energy, supplement its miscellaneous energy, upright energy, and transformed energy to form its energy together, and its energy will become chaotic." Rabbit said calmly, with almost no emotion.

Li Qi nodded, then put away the terminal, and then with a few taps, he easily broke the formation, and... the entire formation was still running, without even noticing that he had opened a big hole.

Walking in like a leisurely stroll, Li Qi arrived at the center of Bai Zhu's house.

Here, lies a piece of dragon scale.

And it was still stained with blood and steaming, obviously fresh.

Obviously, this dragon scale is the source of the dragon energy here.

Next to the dragon scale, a seventh-grade mermaid was swimming.

Just after Li Qi came in, he suddenly looked in Li Qi's direction.