After a few earth-shattering cannon shots, the iron ship that was originally in a state of navigation had stopped.

Qi Xuansu put away his short sword, slowly rose from the river, and turned into a treading wave.

Although Wang Baoyue's several cannons were powerful, they were all dodged by him and were not injured, but they gave him a great shock.

The world is developing, and the warlocks in the West are no longer the ancient images of only holding a staff and chanting spells, and the "alchemy arcane" they have developed is not inferior to the creations of the Daomen.

If more than 200 years ago, Xuansheng did not integrate the Daomen, nor did he have the strength to open the creation project on the basis of the legacy of his predecessors, but continued to rest on his laurels and continue to despise firearms as Confucianism did, as it was a strange skill.

Even though the high-end combat power is almost the same, it is very different on the basis of the bottom, swords against firearms, cavalry against artillery, how to win? Will the Holy See still be a friend and trading partner of the Daomen at that time? Will they still be so polite?

Qi Xuansu had heard that the Westerners slaughtered in the New World, and the natives had no power to fight back, and they were either reduced to slavery or directly exterminated.

It can be seen that these people are not good men and women. If the Central Plains were still as weak as the last years of the Great Wei Dynasty, would Westerners speak well? I'm afraid that the army has already entered the Central Plains, and the real mountains and rivers have changed color.

At this moment, Xu Kou leaned out half of his body from above: "Are you okay?" ”

Qi Xuansu came back to his senses, jumped into the air, and jumped onto the deck.

Xu Kou also jumped down from the gap on the third floor and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Qi Xuansu gave a general account of what had happened.

"Okay, Qingluanwei in Luzhou all eat dry rice." Xu Kou shook his head, "But it's also considered lucky for them to have escaped a catastrophe, if they find out this person, I'm afraid that their lives will not be guaranteed." ”

Xu Kou changed his words: "Having said that, Brother Wei's skills are really not weak, if he were someone else, he would have died in the hands of this person a long time ago." ”

"Brother Xu has a good reputation." Qi Xuansu changed the topic, "By the way, what about Xiaohu?" ”

Qi Xuansu is not completely defenseless, this has nothing to do with whether Qi Xuansu sees through Wang Baoyue's identity, but it is a habit, before he went to drink, he asked Liuhu to find Xu Kou, that is, he had the intention of letting Xu Kou help take care of Liuhu, anyway, Xu Kou was just drinking, not using alcohol to kill his sorrows, just a gesture. What's more, Xu Kou is an old acquaintance of Qi Xuansu, and he still understands something, so he is more at ease.

"The little girl is still in the small hall on the second floor, very obedient." Xu Kou said.

At this moment, the owner of the ship, surrounded by many crew members, hurried over, his face ugly.

Qi Xuansu said softly: "It's still Tiangangtang's face that is bigger, and there is Brother Lao Xu." ”

Xu Kou nodded slightly, and when the owner approached, without waiting for the owner to speak, Xu Kou had already taken out his Taoist priest and Tiangangtang waist card: "Immediately dock, and notify the local Qingluan Wei Baihu Office, there must be no mistake!" ”

Two hours later, the ship's parlor.

The owner of the ship sits together, and the guests and hosts enjoy themselves.

Qingluanwei Thousand Households are far away in Fucheng, and there are only 100 households in all local areas. Hearing the news, he came to board the ship with a bang, and he didn't have a good face, but after learning Xu Kou's identity, he immediately changed his face, temporarily requisitioned the owner's reception room, served the tea, and talked with Qi Xuansu and Xu Kou very kindly, and there was absolutely no interrogation at all.

Although Xu Kou is only a five-grade Taoist, he is the head of Tiangang Hall in his position, and he is by no means a small person.

"So, this person is the leader of the pirates who is required to be arrested in the sea fishing papers?" Qingluanwei palm print, 100 households put down the bowl.

Qi Xuansu said: "This person has the 'alchemy arcane' of Westerners, this kind of thing is very rare in our Central Plains, that is, only those pirates who have been at sea all year round can come into contact with it. ”

"Reasonable." Palm Print Baihu nodded.

At this moment, one of the 100 households walked into the reception room, looked at the others, and stopped talking.

Palm print Baihu said: "It's all my own family, there is nothing to avoid." ”

Trial Baihu said softly: "One of the three corpses is seriously damaged, but judging from the tattoos on the other two corpses, there is no doubt that it is a pirate, as for the scene...... It is true that there are traces of shelling, only no shrenchnel was found. ”

Palm Print Baihu was silent for a while, and said: "Although this fang has jumped off ship and fled, there are black-clothed people searching and patrolling along the canal, and he shouldn't run too far, most of them are hiding somewhere." ”

Xu Kou suddenly asked, "How is the ship?" ”

The owner of the ship hesitated a little, glanced at the palm print, and then said: "After all, it has been shelled and needs to be overhauled for a few days, and many guests have been frightened and need to be appeased, so they can't leave for the time being." ”

Xu Kou laughed: "Could it be that you want us to help arrest people?" ”

Palm Print Baihu coughed lightly: "It's the best, after all, it's a family." ”

Xu Kou didn't say anything, turned to look at Qi Xuansu, and asked, "What does Brother Wei think?" ”

Qi Xuansu thought about it, the reason why he took the boat was to avoid the people of the Taiping Dao who might be encountered on land, and it was naturally difficult to abandon the ship and land on shore at this time, if he said that he helped to arrest Wang Baoyue, who had escaped, it was not impossible. He was actually quite interested in the so-called "alchemical arcane", just as he was interested in going to sea.

"What is the so-called 'alchemical arcane'?" Qi Xuansu asked.

Xu Kou pondered for a moment and said, "I have been in Qizhou Provincial Mansion for a while, and there are often Western seafarers visiting Qizhou, so I still know a little about the 'alchemy arcane' of the West. ”

"When we mention 'alchemical arcane', we have to mention Western arcane. What is Arcane? In the words of the Western warlocks themselves, it is a spell that leads to some kind of mystery, for 'arcane'. Its fundamental power comes from knowledge, which is somewhat similar to Confucianism's reading and cultivation, but it is not exactly the same. Warlocks believe that through the accumulation and study of knowledge, and then deduce the application of certain laws and laws, such as reciting spells, combined with certain gestures and corresponding materials, they can cast corresponding arcane arts, which has a lot in common with our spells. ”

"But unlike our spells, arcane has a so-called occultism, which warlocks call 'secret knowledge', or 'hidden knowledge', warlocks say that secret knowledge cannot be explained and cannot be understood, probably what we say is that we know what it is, and I am a martial artist who does not practice spells after all, and I am not very clear, and it is said that it has the power to distort the truth and rules."

"The counterpart to the arcane is divine magic, and divine magic is the power obtained by communicating with the gods, which is somewhat similar to our witchcraft, all with the help of external forces. There is also the so-called magic, which means the magic of the devil, in fact, there is no essential difference from divine magic, the fundamental thing is that the object of borrowing power is different, so magic is considered to be a magic used by the power of the devil. Under the suppression of the Holy Court, magic has declined, but the devil does not die, and the magic is endless. Just like there is no difference between Gu Immortal Believers and Dao Sect Spirit Officers in essence, only in their positions. ”

Qi Xuansu nodded slightly. He is not surprised that Xu Kou knows so much secrets, if Zhang Yuelu has the blue eyes of the earth master, then Xu Kou has the blue eyes of Qingwei Zhenren, and even intersects with Li Tianzhen. This is also where he dared to provoke Zhang Yuelu in the first place, but not beating Zhang Yuelu is another matter.

Xu Kou continued: "Alchemy has a lot in common with the alchemy of our Avatar Hall, the ultimate goal is the elixir of life, our emperors in the east seek immortality through alchemy, and the emperors and kings in the west believe in alchemy for longevity. The so-called 'alchemical arcane' is a synthesis of alchemy and arcane arts, which is very similar to the creation project of the Akaseido. However, because alchemy and arcane can only coexist and balance in the human body, two directions are derived. ”

"One is to transform the human body, replacing the corresponding parts of the human body with specific alchemical items, which the warlocks call 'completion'. The leader of the pirates replaced his arms with cannons. ”

Qi Xuansu's face was silent, but his heart jumped.

He remembered his "side heart" and thought of the "finishing touch" of the scattered people.

"The second is to create life, to create new life directly through alchemy, and then to give it a soul with arcane art. According to the magicians, it is a process of perfection through death and resurrection. ”

Qi Xuansu thought of the Eight Secret Society, the Three Yin Things, and the legendary god-making project.

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