Sword and Magic and Taxi

The Eight Views Palace is the old man's residence. Since he moved to the relevant ministries, it has been vacant for a long time and has become the residence of Xianyun and Yehe. Lush fairy grass covers the antique hall, and the aroma wafts out from inside.

They are grilling Zhao Mai. The Queen of Blades curled her lips and snorted: Soka, take off all the communication tools on your body. There is a magic circle in the hall that can destroy various props. You can Put them on the stone platform over there and take them with you when you leave.”

Sokka did as he was told and walked inside. The ground beneath the feet was of a rather heavy and smooth stone, and the pillars supporting the house were of the same material, with not an inch of wood surrounding them. In the center of the hall, in the sunken area, a golden and jade-like alchemy furnace was emitting infinite heat. The old man held a gourd in his hand and threw out some flames from time to time to continuously heat it.

Ilúvatar was also here. He kept fanning himself with his hands and raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Come here, Sokka, don't get too close, or your wings may catch on.

The old man glanced at Sokka, nodded slightly to her, and then continued to release the flames from the gourd. There was a sizzling sound coming from the stove, like meat burning oil on the iron plate, and then twitching and shaking on the oil. Zhao Mai, how do you feel in the stove?

It's so hot, so uncomfortable inside!

Don't be ridiculous. How do you feel? The old man pulled out a long sword from his sleeve and knocked it on the stove three times. The long sword melted into molten iron and then evaporated. I can't say you're fooling around. It's indeed very hot...

No, no, I said it wrong just now. It's so cool and comfortable now! Zhao Mai's dull voice came from the stove.

Do you have to recite the lines again to enjoy it?! The old man sighed hard, and then snorted: If you feel cool and comfortable, then I will really use the fire of alchemy! Anyway, you can't die, you can always Keep using it to make elixirs. It's like cutting leeks. After one crop, there will be another crop. It's much easier than me struggling to grow fairy grass. I really want to know what elixir I can make from you. Just treat it like you eat me. The reward after the Nine Transformations Golden Pill!

Wait! Stop! A loud clang! sound came from the alchemy furnace, and the entire furnace shook. Then Zhao Mai shouted: Ouch, I bumped my head accidentally. Teacher, don't make me into a pill. I can't guarantee anything else. You will definitely have diarrhea after eating it! And teacher, your Nine Turns Golden Pill is just a jelly bean. The same snacks, but I am a transcendent person, so I can't treat them the same. In recent days, I have worked hard even if I don't have any merit! I have made contributions to the world, I have shed blood for the living, and I have also worked hard. I was wounded on the battlefield, you can't just turn me into a big pill!

It seems that there should be no problem. At least his brain is still normal - according to Zhao Mai's standards. Ilúvatar looked around. Apart from the alchemy furnace, there was no other furniture in the hall. He had no choice but to ask Soka to sit on the ground, right where the ground sank and led to the alchemy furnace in the form of steps.

Zhao Mai, Sokka is here. Please pay attention to your appearance. After all, there is a lady present now. The old man added another fire to the stove and sat down next to Ilúvatar. He stroked his beard, took out several long iron sticks with fairy-like mushroom slices on them from his big and wide sleeves, and distributed them to the other three people. So, a few people stretched out their arms and used the heat here to bake mushroom skewers with the aroma of burning Zhao Mai - finally suppressing the gluttons in their stomachs.

Zhao Mai was in the alchemy furnace, and most of his senses were blocked except for sound. He first asked whether it was hidden and confidential, and then said: I'm sorry to tell you some bad news! I can't defeat that shadow dragon.

In fact, Angel has been somewhat mentally prepared for this news. After all, according to Zhao Mai's character, if he wins, he will definitely go to the alliance headquarters with great fanfare, brag, and brag about himself, and take away some good food, drinks, or fun things by the way. of. When the Queen of Blades appeared and called him away, but did not call Xiaohua away at the same time, Sokka had already had a premonition. Are you okay? she asked.

It's no big deal. I'm healing in this alchemy furnace now, but this injury was not caused by the shadow dragon, but by myself. I found that the shadow dragon couldn't be defeated, so I used a move to frighten it and let it Thinking that I can also transform into Nexus. It is worried that I will snatch control of Nexus after my transformation, so it will go on the defensive for a certain period of time. I don’t know how long I can deceive it, but at least my Z-worm is watching It's still hanging around the border. The Queen of Blades will keep an eye on it.

Is the Shadow Dragon so powerful? Why do you say it is impossible to defeat it? If you add the power of the Ring Alliance and ask the old man for help, is there no hope?

Can you destroy the old man in his place? It's impossible... Zhao Mai's metaphor made the old man frown, tugged on his beard, and waved his hand. The reason is very simple: The shadow dragon did it somehow, and it also became a transcendent person. Of course, unlike the teacher, it did not rely on the original power to transcend, but relied on Naikos, or relying on I caught the black spectrum. I seized an opportunity to rush into the interior of the shadow dragon, and attacked by pulling away the black spectrum, and discovered this. The reason why the dragon can always recover is the power given to it by the black spectrum. .Essentially speaking, after combining the final rules of Nekus, it is already dead and cannot die anymore. How can it be eliminated?

If the direction of death is unavailable, what about the direction of rebirth? Is it feasible to restore it back to a living thing? the old man said slowly.

I've also thought about this problem. Teacher, put on the fire first, I'm starting to feel cold again. Zhao Mai hit his head on the alchemy furnace and waited for the temperature to go up before saying: Let time go back. This kind of backtracking requires control. For that dragon, the source of power is to control the black spectrum. But the key is, every world has a black spectrum, which one is his? Moreover, even if he finds it, how can he trace back the black spectrum? This is a It’s a brand new field, and we have no theoretical basis at all. That shadow dragon has become a transcendent, and it is using the power of the black spectrum. This is just like defeating the teacher on earth, it is completely impossible.

It's not impossible. If the earth's original power is damaged, I will lose the ability to look back, and I will be just an ordinary transcendent. The old man said modestly. But then he thought, Sokka and Ilúvatar might not be able to understand his modesty like Zhao Mai, and it might lead to misjudgment, so he changed his mind and said, No, that is suicide. This road is blocked.

Maybe it's still possible. Sokka took out a few pages, which were the Ring Alliance's research on the origin of the shadow dragon. Shadow Dragon probably never imagined that all events near the alliance headquarters would be recorded. Although this does not stop Zhao Mai from traveling back and forth, as long as the results are known, we can always trace the traces forward. After a large number of data calculations, this It's possible for the Shadow Dragon...

The angel hesitated to speak, his eyes swept back and forth between the old man and Ilúvatar. There is no doubt that the old man is a transcendent, but why does Ilúvatar have a similar temperament? Has he also become a transcendent? What she says next has to do with the Transcendents, and may even change the relationship between the Ring Alliance and the Transcendents permanently. If it wasn't really a matter of life and death, she would never say anything.

The Alliance has a way to find out when and where a transcendent person transcended, provided that he comes to the alliance headquarters as a transcendent person. Soka finally said: Theoretically, it can be done by interfering with the past. To destroy the transcendent ones...

Stop it, using time travel to erase a person's efforts is simply a scoundrel. Ilúvatar waved his hand and said angrily. This is inconsistent with what you promised to the Transcendents! How can we trust you anymore?

This is not that the Ring Alliance is deliberately hiding it, but it is my problem. There are only two people in the entire alliance who know about this matter, Norton and I. Soka said: Only one person came to the control range of Device Zero. Such calculations can only work within the network, that is, close to the alliance headquarters. Researchers at the alliance headquarters do not know what the algorithm they are using does, nor do they know what is hidden in the results.”

What is hidden there? Zhao Mai pushed open the door of the alchemy furnace from the inside out and stuck his head out. A stream of red, green, and purple flames shot up into the sky, directly burning a hole in the ceiling of the hall. The old man quickly made a magic trick, and Zhao Mai quickly put his head back and closed the furnace door. I'm sorry! he said.

The old man put all the fire back into the gourd, repaired the roof through retrospection, and then said: Okay, you can come out now. Why are you still so reckless after so many years?

Zhao Mai, who was hairless and still exuding a crispy smell, walked out of the alchemy furnace. The Queen of Blades immediately blocked Soka's eyes until Zhao Mai quickly completed the action of shedding his skin and changing clothes. He turned out a mirror and looked at his face, and said with some disappointment: How come you didn't become piercing eyes?

That requires staying in the furnace for seven or seventy-nine days, and you have to be a monkey, don't even think about it! The old man looked up and down, and then asked: How are you, are you all well?

Everything is fine, everything is fine. Zhao Mai scratched his neck and moved his body: It was really dangerous this time. I almost turned myself into Nexus. Fortunately, I died early and lost a pair of hands, and then I relied on the help of you two to re-train my body, and then I recovered. But now that I think about it, if I had continued to transform, I probably wouldn't have been able to become a complete Nexus state, and I would have definitely been stuck at the last moment - unless That dragon died completely, leaving the place of the only Nexus Transcendant.

Ilúvatar nodded and said: Fortunately, you made a decisive decision and the timing was just right. The shadow dragon thought you could become just like it... Alas, I just don't know how long you can deceive it.

Actually, I didn't think too much about it. The battle at that time was too exhausting. I kept taking out blue crystals from the spiritual space to eat, and almost ate a medium-sized sun. If I continued to fight, the result was actually the same: I Eat the entire universe, or black spectrum and let everything die. Zhao Mai shook his head: In that case, I would rather not fight, it is better to seize the time and live longer with my family. Anyway, I am not a detached person, I will definitely be able to Hold on until the end of the multiverse.”

Don't say that. Even if there is a catastrophe, there is always a solution. There is no perfect thing in this world. The old man returned the pile of paper to Sokka: Angel, now is not the time to worry about the Ring Alliance hiding its trump card. How about you first tell me what the roots of this shadow dragon are?

Wait a minute, I need to do some calculations. Sokka took back the pile of paper, pieced it together, and listed very complicated calculations. Zhao Mai saw that she was having difficulty with mental arithmetic, so he conjured up a box of chalk for her and asked her to write on the stone floor. She was decrypting, using a method that only she knew to interpret the results calculated by Device Zero.

The foundation of a transcendent person is the most critical steps in the process of transcendence. Every transcendent person always needs to do something right in order to be able to accumulate step by step, from quantitative change to qualitative change. Under specific conditions, at a specific time and place, the Only One finally ignited the spark of wisdom and produced the correct and key idea, thus giving him the conditions to become a transcendent person. This is the root. After that, all that is needed is accumulation and waiting, as well as finding the appropriate source of power and the throne of the transcendent.

Root feet are related to specific external stimuli, but more importantly, finding the right path yourself. For Zhao Mai, the foundation was the moment when he synthesized various knowledge, came up with the idea of ​​creating Z-worm source matter, and provided a spark of wisdom for any source power in the entire multiverse. The original power has the sole purpose of acquiring knowledge and enriching its own rules. It will use its ability to control time and destiny to protect these important roots. No transcendent person—including himself—can analyze it. The Alliance of Rings can rely on Device Zero to calculate these heel and legs, which is already a very remarkable thing.

Soka was calculating on the ground, but everyone didn't pay attention to those mysterious formulas, but exchanged glances with each other. Zhao Mai, the Queen of Blades, the old man, and Ilúvatar are secretly communicating through their hearts and brains. Zhao Mai looked eager to try, the Queen of Blades looked as calm as water; the old man shook his head and sighed back into his chest; Ilúvatar was extremely serious, with a face as cold as ice.

Sorry, this road doesn't work. Sokka finally completed the calculation and got up from the ground: The roots of the Shadow Dragon were really too long ago. The Alliance of Chains has not yet appeared, and it has not been until you few. Before the transcendent ones. The Temple of Naikos destroyed all the transcendent ones just to prevent any transcendent ones from transcending before his feet.

Zhao Mai made an expression that he didn't quite understand, and the old man said: Time travel requires the help of the original power, and the original power must be controlled by a transcendent person, so traveling requires the consent of a transcendent person. You should know this. In fact, there is another There are limitations, such as the transcendent being unable to send things back to before he transcended. Currently, there are only two transcendent beings in front of you in the entire multiverse, and the Alliance of Rings cannot send things back to before they were born. Therefore, the shadow The dragon protects its own roots, and no one can reach that time and place.

Uh, what time and place was that? Zhao Mai asked for the result from Soka. After taking a look, he opened his mouth in surprise: So ancient! This dragon must be too stupid to drag it on like this. How long did it take to become a shadow dragon?

Unless we go back to that time - and this is simply impossible - no one can know. Soka sighed and said: This road doesn't work either, so what should we do next?

I have a way. Zhao Mai blinked one eye and said as the old man sighed: Let's make a multiverse serial boat! Use the power of unity to trap the shadow dragon.