Chapter 77: The Fire of the Soul (1)
Lin no longer hesitated, and now it is the first priority to hurry up and complete the exam questions. Although I don't know what the outcome will be if I can't pass the trial, I can guess from the attitude of the gatekeeper Novatier who ignores everyone, and the future is bleak.
If you can't pass the trial, the best outcome is to go back the way you came, and walk down the pillar. The bad ending is to be thrown into the air and ruined.
Lin Yi picked up the parchment scroll, and there were no spiritual inscriptions on it, but thumbnails of human veins one after another, with many arrows of different thicknesses, swimming along the veins.
Lin watched it for a while, but didn't see anything, and was a little anxious in his heart.
"What kind of ghost drawing talisman is this, it's the same as the cheats in the legendary ancient Chinese martial arts novels, I can't understand it!" Lin paced the hall while holding the parchment scroll.
Soon, half of the fine sand in the hourglass had flowed out, and Novatier's emotionless voice rang out:
"Notice: There is only half of the time left, please pay attention to complete the exam questions. ”
Lin Xin was even more irritable, and threw the parchment roll casually: "It seems that I can't finish this exam question, I don't know what punishment will be?"
However, this restless mood only lasted for three seconds, and Lin took a deep breath, walked quickly back to the place where the parchment had fallen, and bent down to pick it up.
Lin stepped forward quickly, bringing a slight gust of wind, the parchment rolled with the wind, and on the pattern of the villain above, the arrows of different thicknesses changed, and from the first one, the arrows representing the veins began to swim non-stop, like tadpoles.
As a spiritualist with a well-developed brain, Lin had long had a clear memory of these patterns. The vein arrows on these villains began to move dynamically, instantly connecting the vein maps stored in Lin's mind.
It's like a thin rope that wears up scattered pearls and finally joins them into a gorgeous necklace.
"This seems to be a line that works psionic energy," Lin reacted and began to follow the instructions on the arrow to run the psionic energy. It is also thanks to Lin who has practiced the Ten Thousand Souls Mother Fist, and he has a lot of experience in the invocation of spiritual energy, and if he changes to a psychic master, he may not be able to invoke spiritual energy so like an arm.
After following the arrow for a week, Lin suddenly felt a burning sensation in the heart of his chest, and a burning sensation like a line of fire began to expand from his chest, and then quickly spread to his whole body.
"Woo-ah-ah!"
Lin screamed, and the parchment roll in his hand was thrown aside again.
Lin felt as if he had been doused with gasoline and then played **, and waves of heat rushed out from the inside out. The core of thermal energy is the heart of Lin.
Pain, severe pain.
Lin clutched his chest and fell to the ground, he felt that all he was spewing out of his mouth was fire, and only by breathing vigorously could he feel a burst of coolness.
Just as Lin was cursing the strange roll of sheepskin, suddenly the heat in the limbs began to shrink sharply, and finally formed a flame that seemed to be beating, rhythmic in Lin's heart.
Lin tried to stand up. Strangely muttering to himself, "What's going on?" he tentatively pressed his hand to his chest as he moved his hands and feet, and felt nothing out of the ordinary.
At this moment, Novatier's voice came: "I didn't expect you to be able to complete the first step of the trial. ”
Lin walked around, but still didn't see any trace of Novatier, and couldn't help but open his mouth and say, "I don't understand any of the trials. Can I get out now?"
The ethereal clouds in the hall flowed slowly, and finally condensed into the figure of an old man.
What surprised Lin was that the figure of the old man who appeared this time was no longer the rough outline outside. The clouds and mist slowly solidified, giving people a texture, as if they had turned into solid. On the wide sleeves of the robe, there are still traces of gaseous clouds circulating, making this manifested body even more ethereal and mysterious, unfathomable and shallow.
"Are you the boss of Novatier?" said Lin enviously, "this ability to manifest with the help of foreign objects is really amazing. He secretly added in his heart, the necessary skills of the god stick pretending to be X.
Novatier was in good spirits, with a healthy glow on his face, a white beard, and a thin body. This method of transformation is also really magical, and it is incredible to use pure white ethereal clouds to transform ruddy faces, dark eyes, etc.
"Hello," said Novatier, "you are the one who has the potential to be the heir, so I must come to you in my full form. ”
"Is this your real body?" Lin didn't believe it, and said, "You are obviously a gathering cloud and mist illusion, and the huge human face outside the castle is a means." ”
Novatier shook his head and said, "I'm disembodied, just a machine spirit. I can only manifest my body with the power of the Castle in the Sky, which is what I used to be when I had a physical body. So, it's all my true self, and that's right. ”
Lin nodded and asked curiously, "So, who is the owner of the Sky Pavilion, can you introduce it to me?"
Novatier did not refuse, saying, "Now that you have received the first inheritance of your master, you are already close to his heir status. There are some things to explain to you, and there is nothing to explain to you. ”
After a pause, Novatier said, "I have followed my master for two thousand years, and when I first began to follow him, he was already a master of the kingdom of gods, and he was a master of the craftsmen of all the gods. ”
In the last five hundred years of his master's life, he felt tired, so he took several master mothers and lived in seclusion to the most desolate Origin Realm of the Kingdom of God, and began to make the last and most perfect great instrument in his life. ”
Lin stuck out his tongue, how many housewives are so powerful here, they actually engage in polygamy.
Novatier continues: "Perhaps the master's last big idea was too grandiose, and he never finished it. The master and several housewives have also spent too much effort because of this, and their lives are short. In the end, the master left the unfinished artifact and set up the Five Heavenly Pillars as a clue to accept his inheritance. ”
Finally, Novatier pointed to himself and said, "I have been following my master for a long time, and I don't want to see my master's hard work lost, so I took the initiative to ask to become the spirit of this great instrument. ”
Lin asked, "What exactly is this big weapon?"
Novatier pointed to the main hall and said, "Actually, you are now among the great vessels made by your master. ”
"You mean the Pavilion in the Sky, it's the Great Weapon of Heavenly Smelting!" Lin couldn't close his mouth in surprise.
Novatier said solemnly: "It is possible for you to inherit the mantle of your master, how can you call your master by his first name?"
Seeing Lin embarrassedly admit his mistake, Novatier continued: "Yes, the Pavilion in the Sky is only the first part of the master's refining, which is equivalent to the front hall and is used to receive guests, and now I regard this place as your place of trial. ”
Lin asked curiously, "Then, Tianye...... How many parts of the success of the master here?"
Novatier replied: "This floating building in the sky is divided into three parts. The first part is the front hall, which the owner named 'The Pavilion in the Sky'. The second part is the main hall, on which some works of the master and the master and mother are placed, and it is also the place where they often stop, called the 'Old Hall of Heaven and Man'. As for the third part, it is the living room of the master and the main mother, called 'Emperor Prince Cheung Chau'. ”
Lin suddenly came to his senses and said, "So, I am now the heir, do you mean that everything here is mine? The finished products placed in the Old Pavilion of Heaven and Man are all mine, right?"
Novatier corrected, "You are now only the first step of the trial, awakening the 'fire of the heart'. In the second step, you have to go to the Tinder Hall of the Sky Pavilion and successfully fuse the real fire. If the fusion fails, you are not the heir, and I will continue to wait. ”
Lin was simply a curious baby, and continued to ask, "Soul Fire, what is this?"
Novatier glanced at the hanging hourglass, and saw that there was still a little bit of fine sand left to be missed, so he said patiently: "Craftsmen are divided into many schools. The master is the ancestor of the heart alchemy, which requires the maker to first awaken the spiritual fire in the body, and use it as an introduction to fuse a true fire. Without a craftsman who fuses true fire, there is no way to inherit the art of heart refining. ”
Although Lin didn't quite understand the few new terms that Novatier said, he still secretly remembered them in his heart, and said at the same time: "I've read some introductions about the Crafter, it seems that they forge equipment with the help of external flames, but I haven't heard of fusing flames into themselves. ”
Novatier shook his head and said, "That's the fire alchemy method, a kind of material alchemy, where can you do whatever you want with the heart alchemy, there is no way." ”
Lin was about to ask again, but Novatier slowly dissipated into the room.
"The time has come. Guests who do not answer the test questions will be asked to leave. ”
"Wait a minute!" Lin was startled and cried out, "If you fall so high, you will fall to your death!" You can send them to the top of the Babel Pillar and let them leave on their own. ”
After all, Lin may become the heir of Heart Alchemy, and Novatier finally respected Lin's opinion and transported those who did not answer the exam questions out of the Sky Pavilion through colorful bubbles.
The door of the hall slammed open, and Lin walked out, seeing the misty clouds in front of him, forming a huge arrow, indicating the direction in which Lin was heading.
After learning that Novatier was a machine spirit of the Castle in the Sky, Lin was no longer shocked by the phantom's methods. These clouds and mist are part of the pavilion in the sky, and Novatier, as a machine spirit, can of course control it as he pleases. Thinking back to the beginning, the big shark summoned a three-armed troll to attack the tuna and others, but was bounced away, which is also a matter of course, not Novatier's own strength.
Following the guidance of the huge cloud arrow, Lin turned two corridors and saw a glorious hall standing in front of him between the clouds and clouds.
The entrance to this hall is extremely tall, and the size of the hall is estimated from the outside, and it occupies half of the castle where it is located. On the plaque in the hall, there are several large characters written "Tinder Hall".
Lin is very much looking forward to the "real fire" that Novatier promotes. He took a few quick steps and pushed open the door to the hall of fire.