He wanted to say for granted, but these two short words couldn't be opened for a while.

Xia Fan asked himself, his original intention had not changed, but to this day, some inexplicable things have been stalked before the target.

For some reason, the old lady suddenly appeared in his mind and thanked him with joy.

"I think it's better for you to think less about this kind of question. Shangguan Cai leaned over coldly and said, "The Privy Council's arrangement naturally makes sense. You may have your thoughts, but why does it listen to you? Can you still make it look at you squarely?"

"Sister Shangguan, what are you talking about?" Luo You'er wondered.

"It's nothing, I used to live in Gyeonggi and I have met too many people who don't know the sky. If you have an empty idea but don't have the power to realize it, it will only add to your troubles in the end. She shrugged, "Actually, I am the same, which is why I was assigned to Shenzhou." ”

"I don't understand what you mean......" Xia Fan shook his head.

"Actually, you know, I just don't want to admit it. In layman's terms, it is to recognize the reality and less to compete with the Privy Council. Shangguan Cai walked forward with his hands behind his back, "We, Fang Shi, just listen to the orders from above honestly." It's good to have time to help ordinary people and earn some extra income. Maybe you'll be tired of it in a few years. ”

"Can he stay for a few more years?" Luo You'er was deeply skeptical, "At that time, I suspected that the master was going to drive him out on the spot. ”

"It's normal to drive away, but since Master Zhang didn't do this, he probably wants to give him another chance to see the after-effects, right?"

Shangguan Cai turned his head and raised the corners of his mouth, "However, no matter what the Privy Council looks like, you will not be willing to give up everything you have, am I right, Xia Gongzi?"

was so provoked by her, Xia Fan's mood calmed down.

That's right, fantasy is meaningless, just because he can't change it now doesn't mean that it will be the same in the future, not to mention that studying magic and eliminating evil spirits are not in conflict, so he doesn't need to be confined for a while.

"What I do has nothing to do with you, thank you for your concern. ”

"You're welcome. She didn't mean to shirk it at all.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about that. Seeing that the atmosphere was a little weird, Wei Wushuang took the initiative to propose, "Why don't we have dinner together today, I'll treat you to the first batch of Fangshi teams in Jinxia City!"

"Agreed!" Luo You'er immediately raised her arms and agreed.

"I don't care," Shangguan Cai glanced at Xia Fan, "just look at this one." ”

"Brother Xia......" Wei Wushuang squeezed his eyes.

Xia Fan sighed, although he was choked by Shangguan Cai, if it weren't for her, he wouldn't have recovered so quickly. Now that he refuses, it seems that he is a little stingy. Coupled with the face of his fellow villagers, it doesn't hurt for him to accompany him.

By the way, you can also pack some delicious food for Li.

"I see, let's go. ”

......

In the following week, Xia Fan's life became unexpectedly regular.

Similar to civil servants clocking in and out of work, Fang Shi also has to report to the Privy Council early in the morning to confirm whether there are any new tasks to deal with today. And the newcomers spend a morning training. For example, some spell casting techniques, and how to distinguish evil and attack its weaknesses.

Especially in the technique of casting, the Privy Council has made a lot of improvements, for example, there are six to eight pockets in the prescription clothes, which can be divided into different categories to put in the medicinal materials; the action of pulling out the materials also has corresponding specifications, the two-finger method and the four-finger method can touch two to four different types of materials in the case of one hand, compared with the various postures of the candidates during the taxi examination, these quick pumping movements actually have a kind of chivalrous duel.

More extremely, the talisman is tattooed on the arm, allowing the alchemist to perform the dual technique without the need for medicinal herbs. It's just that this practice is contrary to the concept of "body hair and skin, receive parents", and once tattooed, it cannot be improved, so there are not many practitioners who choose to do this.

In addition, Xia Fan found that repeated casting of the magic technique could indeed enhance the effect of the technique. For example, since he performed a shock in Qingshan Town without reservation, he found that his magic ability had improved again. It's not a vague feeling, it's something you can actually observe.

In the past, he could only feel a slight tingling on his skin when he performed a heavy spell without the help of an introduction and rune paper, but now, he could pull out a small flash of electric light from his fingertips, accompanied by a tingling pain.

This was a slight departure from the common sense he was familiar with in the past - the method of controlling variables did not work here, or rather, the most important prerequisite for magic, "what you think", was added to the variables. Unfortunately, the Qi consumed by the First and Triple Techniques is basically the same, and the increase in effect is close to none.

After the morning class, the afternoon is free time.

The most frequented place for their group was the Recording Department, where many books and secret records were stored, but the number of spells was not as large as Xia Fan had imagined. For example, in the field of earthquake arts, in addition to the thundering technique that he had already mastered, there were only two complete secret records, which were the Streamer Technique and the Snake Shadow Technique.

Zhang Fuzi's explanation is that most of the basic techniques that circulate in the world are fundamental, and after long-term use and understanding, these spells will be branded with personal imprints, and they will have their own characteristics when they are used. As for what improvements the casters have made and what experience they have accumulated, only they know it, and whether they are willing to make it public or not is entirely up to the individual, and the Privy Council cannot interfere.

This statement also confirms from the side why there are the least earthquake techniques in the Eight Sects - just if you want to test a new perception on weekdays, you have to spend dozens or hundreds of taels of silver, and it may not produce results, and normal people will probably know the difficulty and retreat.

The newly learned seismic technique "Streamer" is easy to understand, and it is almost a weakened version of the thundering technique, which is not affected by the terrain and can be used normally even in places that isolate the sky such as caves, and the effect is an arc of electricity bursting out from the palm.

The seismic technique "Snake Shadow" is very unusual, it requires the material of a fresh snake spine, according to the description of the secret record, this technique can improve the body's reaction speed and the acuity of the five senses in a short time. It's a pity that this medicine is really a bit out of the way, and he can't start if he wants to experience it.

Compared with the high cost of learning, another type of book aroused Xia Fan's interest.

He found that there were also a lot of martial arts in the recording department.

There is the body method that Luo lightly mentioned.

It's just that these postures are not so mysterious that they can fly with a light jump on the right instep of the left foot and jump lightly, most of them are the coordination of steps and breath to achieve higher action efficiency.

In addition to the common body techniques and fists, feet, sticks, and kung fu, Xia Fan even found several books with the names of "Point Acupoints", "Secret Tradition", and "Divine Skills".

It's just that on the cover of these books, there is a striking red note with the words "Unverified, lack of principle description, doubtful effect, please practice with caution".

It seems that the scientific literacy of the Privy Council is quite high.

In addition, in the recording department, he also found a few books introducing the family - it turned out that whether it was the Fang family or the Luo family, they all originated from the heroes who had the power of the dragon. In order to protect the longevity of his family, the Holy Lord entrusted the responsibility of gathering the world's sentiments to these meritorious people, and also reduced the burden of the Privy Council in disguise. The prohibition of the transmission of magical knowledge made it impossible for the family to exist independently of the Privy Council, and if they wanted to climb up, they had to become a priest within the system.

In other words, Luo Youer and Luo Qingqing do not have any kinship, they just happened to be included in it by the Luo family in Youzhou. This can be regarded as an answer to another question in Xia Fan's heart: since sentiment is determined by nature and cannot be controlled artificially, how did the family accumulate a large number of sentimental people.

At the same time, the existence of Sanmen is easy to understand, either he was picked up early like him and came into contact with the magic world from another way, or just like Wei Wushuang, he has some background in the family, and he doesn't want to entrust his son to the family, even if he can't learn it, he doesn't want to change his surname.

He even had reason to suspect that even if the really powerful children of rich families did not rely on the family, they could get a magic education of the same level as Luo Qingqing, or directly enter the Privy Council without examination.

After all, there is such a thing as special recruitment, which exists in any era.

After a week, Xia Fan has been greatly supplemented in terms of common sense in magic, and he has basically caught up with the progress of the disciples of the family - after all, when most of the magic knowledge is monopolized by the Privy Council, the latter's first-mover advantage lies more in literacy enlightenment and qi induction time.

In addition to studying, he also found time to visit several blacksmith shops in Jinxia City two or three times, dismantling his hole cards for them to build. The price of pure copper, that is, red copper, is not high, it is cheaper than wrought iron, and the magnetic magnetite is the price of cabbage, and the cost of materials is less than a drop in the bucket compared to lightning wood.

The only difficulty is to smelt copper into copper wire, there was no special wire drawing equipment in ancient times, and it could only be polished by hand by blacksmiths. As a result, the efficiency is much lower. In seven days, he prepared a total of four magnet copper rings, each with an average price of half a tael of silver, the vast majority of which was manual labor.

After joining the Privy Council, Xia Fan felt like he had returned to his college days, hunger and rush were far away from him, he no longer had to sleep with his clothes on his body, and he was always on guard against attacks by wild beasts or other outcasts.

Just when Xia Fan thought that this would be the content of his life for a long time after becoming a Fang Shi, an urgent news that came to Jinxia City broke the peace.

When reporting in the morning, Master Zhang brought them to the Lingbu in a rare way.

A six-rank priest took over as the team leader.

"I am the Divine Judge of the Privy Council, surnamed Zhang, and I am good at Kunshu, you can call me Zhang Shenju. Yesterday, I received a report from Gaoshan County, Shenzhou, that there was a suspected evil case in the county, which has now threatened the safety of the county. He looked around at everyone and said slowly, "Master Fang of the Order Department has ordered me to lead a team to deal with it, and this is also a good opportunity to test what you have learned." I'll give you half an hour to prepare, and I'll leave at the right time!"