144. The meaning of the magic arts
Although it is also tea, it is particular about who you drink, where you drink it, and how you drink it.
Just like when Gu Bei was "guested" to the Chen family before, not only was there good tea waiting, but also the contemporary head of the Chen family made tea himself, on the one hand, it showed the attitude of Corporal Chen Lixian, and on the other hand, it was a condescending reminder, and it was also a threat, so that Gu Bei knew that the head of the Chen family made tea himself, and he should not be ignorant.
Tea is a simple drink if it is used to drink, but when he appears on the negotiation floor, it is an auxiliary prop that can play various roles.
Naturally, Ange is well aware of this.
Not only is it clear, but he is even more expensive than Chen Tianci, the head of the Chen family.
Every semester, Angers calls the best students of the current class of Kassel to the rector's office for afternoon tea.
The principal's office is a nondescript two-story building, surrounded by trees, that looks like a garage from the outside, but inside it has a different feel entirely.
The whole room is like a bookshelf.
The first and second floors are open, and the central patio is a huge skylight, inlaid with frosted glass, which is covered with leaves and is not cleaned, and the afternoon sun will shine through the skylight, and the people who are basking are warm all over their bodies.
In addition to the oil paintings, the four walls of the room are bookshelves as high as the ceiling, on which are placed complete sets of hardcover books and rubbings of ancient books, and the stairs and platforms attached to the bookshelves are high and low, making it easy for people to climb up and down this huge bookshelf house.
At this time, Ange would make a pot of tea with his own hands, pour the golden halo of tea into a white bone china cup, and in the bone china dish next to it, a muffin sprinkled with rose dew.
With an academic room and an amiable and respectable headmaster, most of the students who are invited to afternoon tea will subconsciously relax their vigilance and bow down to the humorous and powerful headmaster.
This is the art of communication.
But it's a pity that although Gu Bei understands the twists and turns very well, he rarely uses it.
Just kidding, Gu is someone who reads "Spring and Autumn", has Sage Kong heard it, and thirty people are worthy of me to stand up and fight (thirty and stand).
If the fist is not big enough, then talk less.
So he didn't pay much attention to drinking tea, and directly set up a coffee table in the research room where the walls were painted with ghost talismans, and then sat opposite Ange.
Overall, the environment is not as good as Angers' own headmaster's office, and even looks very strange because the surrounding walls are plastered with talismans, but it is okay.
If only the teapot hadn't floated between two people.
The tea is an inferior tea residue, and Angers simply can't tell what kind of tea it is.
After all, I have seen a lot of tea residues, and it is quite rare to be broken into such a piece.
Anges pondered: Didn't the organization behind him prepare these things for him?
In fact, he didn't know something.
It's not that Everywhere didn't prepare tea for Gu Bei, but that Gu Bei ruined all the good things.
Ever since Gu Bei began to study the refining formation of the magic circle and the Tongtian Urn, no matter what good things were in his hands, he would not be able to live for a week.
Xinyang Maojian, Tianfu Dragon Buds, and Zhengshan Xiaozhong, the top teas on the market, were sent to Gu Bei here, and then Gu Bei took them to do research, saying that they wanted to make something that could absorb spiritual energy. ….
Then these good teas also become tea residues.
That's right, it's what Ange is drinking now.
Gu Beipan sat down and tasted tea, he was very calm, although the business had to be done and the conditions had to be discussed, but before that, he had to grind it first.
As the saying goes, good things are grinding.
And now it is not he who asks for help, but Ange.
The initiative is in his hands, and it depends on when Ange speaks.
Surprisingly, Ange just drank tea slowly with a clay teacup, and did not look timid.
But also, although he is an impatient Englishman, Ange is already an old man in his hundred years old after all, as the saying goes
Fine, not to mention that the shrewdness of the half-breed itself far exceeds that of ordinary people.
Don't look at his white hair and white beard, and his tendons and flesh look like that K grandfather, I think he can only solve problems violently, but in fact, this thing's brain is not ordinary.
And because most of the dragon kings were revived in the Celestial Empire, this product is not only extremely fluent in Chinese, but also knows a lot about the culture of the Celestial Empire.
At least he wouldn't believe the outrageous lie that "big" means "quiet".
The two sat opposite each other at the coffee table, chatting while drinking tea.
Gu Bei is a traveler, and his eyes are decades ahead of the times; Ange has lived for more than a hundred years, and has seen too many winds and waves; The two chatted about things that are not touched by the north and the south, jumping from the current international situation to the currency law, and then from the economic crisis to the future of the national football team, and they talked happily for a while.
It was as if it was really just an ordinary meeting, and neither of them had any other demands, it was just a home visit by the school's principal before the start of the school year for the top scores of the year's admissions.
Until a pot of tea bottomed out, the two of them hadn't gotten down to business.
Gu Bei squinted at Ange, who had a pale face on the other side, and suddenly found that this old English fox was actually more difficult to deal with than Chen Tianci.
Perhaps all the information about Ange that Gu Bei knew before was one-sided, whether it was a humorous prodigal son or a polite gentleman, it was just an image he performed, and he could be anyone except for the obsession with revenge in his bones.
Gu Bei snapped his fingers, the items in the room moved on their own, and a pot of tea was brewed, not just to pretend to be forced, but to stuff the handle into Ange's hand.
Ange watched with interest as things fluttered around the room, humming an unknown tune to rhythm the dancing instruments, but never spoke of the purpose of the trip.
Ange knew very well that he was destined to lose money this time, after all, it was a seller's market.
This kind of thing is unique in the whole world, and it is the only extraordinary ability in this world that exists independently of dragon blood, and it has far more functions than dragon blood, and the effect is also in the middle of the best.
And according to Ange's investigation, only the Celestial Empire really has the magic now, and only everyone can do it.
Even the official organizations and the five great families within the Celestial Empire are just a bunch of big goods in their hands.
And the magic that can be used everywhere is by no means comparable to that of the big road goods.
In other words, only if Gu Bei has admitted it, can it be possible to obtain a true magic technique. ….
But what do you have to do to get the magic from Gu Bei?
Ange did not answer this question, because he knew very well that it could not be.
Although there are occasional disputes within the organization of the Celestial Empire, it has always maintained a consistent attitude towards the outside world in the international situation, but on the issue of foreign arts, Nadutong has chosen to monopolize it, rather than spreading it as much as possible to expand the country's strength.
It's worth savoring.
All of them are wary of organizations in the same country, let alone a group of foreigners who formed the secret party and the Kassel Academy?
So before this visit, Ange was ready to go home empty-handed.
But what he didn't expect was that Gu Bei actually showed an attitude that he could talk about when he had obviously guessed the purpose.
As long as there is talk, it means that there is at least hope.
It was a bonus, but it also made Ange a little wary.
He knew that there was an old saying in the Celestial Empire, called "those who know the times......
Bah!
It's called "I can't bear the wolf, I can't bear the child".
But on the other hand, the children are all gone, so the purpose is already clear.
Gu Bei chose to give up the "child" of the magic and wanted to get the "wolf" from Ange.
Ange didn't know what the "wolf" Gu Bei wanted, but it must be something very precious or something extremely difficult to achieve.
So Ange didn't speak rashly.
He wanted Gu Bei to bring up this "wolf" that would inevitably ask for a sky-high price, and he would look at it depending on the situation
How to sit on the ground and repay the money.
Gu Bei snapped his fingers, and all the items landed, Gu Bei stared at the teacup and thought for a while, and asked, "Principal, how is my tea?"
Ange's fingers rubbed a few times on the clay teacup, and he pondered, "The taste is crisp and fragrant, and it is on par with my treasured No. 2 black tea in Darjeeling, that is...... The taste is a little complicated."
The mouth is quite awkward.
Gu Bei rolled his eyelids and glanced at the bag containing the tea dregs, although there were all sparse tea dregs, there were at least seven or eight kinds of precious tea mixed in it, so it was right that the taste was complicated.
There is also a bag of the same tea residue, that bag is green tea, and this bag is black tea.
Gu Bei twitched the corners of his mouth and asked again, "What does the principal think of my Imperial Artifact Technique?"
The old fox's face did not change: "Very wonderful means, I don't feel the power of the spirit, this should be the legendary magic."
Ange didn't hide his knowledge of the existence of the anomaly.
There's no need, it's an open secret, everyone knows there's such a thing, but no one has really touched it.
Neither did Ange himself.
I heard that some of the younger generations of half-breed families who want to destroy dragons and become new dragons have regarded the magic as a treasure in their pockets, and they compare it to Longinus, who stabbed Jesus to death, believing that it is a tool given by God to the half-breeds to destroy the dragon king, and in their opinion, they will use the magic to create a new era.
Ange even received a videotape that he didn't know who sent him.
The video is filmed in an exhibition hall, full of young people of all shapes, the teenager standing in the middle of the crowd has a fanatical expression, full of the tone of a Wall Street junk bond broker, seductive and lyrical: "We are far better than humans, we should be rulers, but for so many years, we have carefully concealed our identities, isn't it because the shadow of the dragon family is still there?" They could be resurrected at any time, and we are always on our guard, we don't want to be seen as enemies by dragons and humans at the same time. But now, we have found a way to kill the Dragon King, we are about to get rid of this shadow, nothing can restrain us, and our power will spread all over the world! This will be our most glorious time!" ….
He raised his right hand like some kind of success lecturer and shouted, "Let's create that glorious era together!"
To be honest, Ange didn't have a trace of fluctuation in his heart when he saw the tape, and even wanted to laugh a little.
He could guess who was sending the tape and what the other party was for, but that didn't stop him from sitting on the couch in the principal's office and watching a comedy.
Because it's really hilarious.
A group of young people who have never been on the battlefield fantasize about getting a magic weapon and killing all sides on a battlefield full of outlaws, and then their exploits will be spread and their names will be heard in the sky.
But the truth is, not to mention the battlefield, the magic weapon they believe to be true is still in the hands of his "creator", and this talented "creator" does not intend to, and cannot give them the magic weapon.
The "creator" himself is much stronger than those young people, and even if he is alone, he may be able to create an era.
That's what Ange thought.
"Yes, Xenomy."
Gu Bei admitted.
"It's a magical power......
Ange didn't hide the burning in his eyes, he didn't have to hide it, Gu Bei knew why he came from the beginning.
Alien arts mean different things for different people.
For the five major families, it is a stumbling block to stable rule, and it is also the key point of maintaining system governance.
For young people from mixed-race families, it is the foundation for fame and the first step to the pinnacle of life.
And for Angers, it is a blade of revenge.
It is difficult to slay a dragon by bloodline alone.
Although everyone says that the mission of the half-breed is to slay dragons, in fact, this is just an excuse for the meaning of the half-blood's existence.
If there is no such excuse, then half-blood
What do ethnic groups exist for?
Moreover, the half-breed dragon slaying is also a joke.
The pure-blooded dragon race has a congenital suppression of the half-blood, and Ange, who once faced the dragon king, is naturally very aware of this.
There may be many gifted hybrids who can carry the suppression from the bloodline to fight against dragons, but this kind of people are a minority, and there are too few for dragons.
In the past, 80% of the half-breed dragon slaying relied on the high-energy weapons of human technology, 15% relied on countless half-breeds joining forces to carry out righteous group fights, and only 5% of the powerful half-bloods killed alone.
Most of the half-breeds at the Kassel Academy either return to normal life or become local staff members after graduation.
Even the most combat-ready and mission-carrying execution department deals with Deadpool's missions.
Rather than saying that their half-bloods are on a mission to slay dragons, they're more like a sweeper dedicated to cleaning up Deadpool.
Half-breeds lack the means to effectively slay dragons.
Until the anomaly appeared.
It does not rely on blood, there is no risk of being suppressed by a high position, the abilities are numerous and effective, and most importantly, it has strong kill.
This is simply a treasure given by God to the half-breed dragon slayer.
At this moment, Ange's heart had the same thoughts as the half-race youth who gave the speech in the videotape.
Strictly speaking, the magic is not for half-breeds to slay dragons, but for all of humanity.
But for Angers, it's all right.
Only if you can kill the dragon king, that's a good thing.
Angers is so easy to satisfy.
As long as you can kill the dragon king.......
Fat oranges that can't get enough to eat