In the corner of the library, Li Qing and Song Qiu sat across the table, and the bright yellow light surrounded the two of them.

In the time when Li Qing was silent, Song Qiu turned sideways and took out the candlesticks and candles from the wooden drawer under the table, he first straightened the candlesticks on the table, and then blocked the wind with his hands and carefully lit the candles.

The candlelight flickered, and a piece of light opened up between the two, dispelling the slightly uncomfortable mystery a little, and also dividing the area where the two were located into three areas that were not obvious: light, dark, and light.

"Have you figured it out?" Song Qiu leaned back, appropriately away from the "light", approaching the "dark".

The newly lit candle flame reflected Li Qing's calm face, and he drew a circle with one hand, saying, "Is there one of these books that can answer my doubts?" ”

"No," Song Qiu said slowly, "there used to be, but when they evacuated, they took those books away, and although they were just some manuscripts, they would never be allowed to fall into the hands of their rivals. ”

Li Qing followed Song Qiu's words and asked, "Before I heard you say it all the time, who were the people in the Ningpu branch at that time?" ”

An unnatural look flashed in Song Qiu's eyes, and he groaned slightly for a while, saying, "I thought you couldn't wait to ask me about essentia and transcendent abilities. ”

"Don't worry, you'll tell me those things sooner or later." Li Qing answered jokingly.

Song Qiu was noncommittal, knocked his finger on the table, and said: "There were five people who were full of people at that time, one was me, you saw it, my affairs were lackluster, so I didn't say it, and the other Miss Dai, who is married, has nothing to say about her married life, and there are two people, out of the principle of confidentiality, it is not enough to reveal it to you now, and even if I tell you, it may not be a good thing for you." ”

"And what about the other person?" Li Qing naturally asked.

"You've seen the rest of this person," Song Qiu stopped tapping his fingers on the table, "Gu Changming, do you still have an impression?" ”

"Of course, Xiao Jin came with Team Gu."

Li Qing was slightly stunned, he really didn't expect that Gu Changming and Song Qiu still had such a relationship, although Ningpu belonged to Fuyong City, and it was reasonable to be promoted from the Ningpu branch to the Fuyong branch, but the age of the two, at least in terms of appearance, was not a star and a half.

"He's a man with feelings and a willingness to do things." Song Qiu smiled, unable to tell whether his smile was approving or sarcastic, he stared at the candle flame on the wooden table, and the slender beam of fire was reflected in his eyes.

As if he could see through Li Qing's thoughts, Song Qiu changed his words and said, "Don't you think it's a little strange, I'm too old, but Gu Changming is so young." ”

Actually, I don't think Team Gu is young, after all, he is also an old man in his early forties...... Li Qing thought so in his heart, but this did not prevent him from nodding in agreement with Song Qiu's words.

"If Gu Changming didn't lie about his age, he should be ...... this year It should be thirty-eight," Song Qiu thought for a while, reported the number, and then added an explanation:

"It's not strange for my generation, for various reasons, to change the age by changing the date of birth, like me, the official registered age is forty-one, but in fact I am only thirty-nine, and I will only turn forty in October this year."

Li Qing looked at Song Qiu curiously, as if trying to distinguish whether he was lying for the sake of face, and after a while, he realized that it didn't seem polite to do so, coughed lightly, and changed the topic:

"I've heard Team Gu say, 'Never use a gun in front of a gunman,' is his transcendent profession a gunslinger?"

"It's not a profession, it's a sequence," Song Qiu corrected, "he belongs to the sequence of 'gunman'." ”

Seeing Li Qing's puzzled expression, Song Qiu took out a pen and paper from the drawer, leaned forward, and said, "Do you remember what I just described about essentia?" ”

"Essentia is the nourishment of transcendental beings, the source of transcendent power, and for ordinary people, essentia is deadly poison." Li Qing retold what was in his mind in his own words.

Song Qiu nodded, expressing a certain degree of affirmation of Li Qing's good memory, he opened the cap of the pen and drew three patterns on the paper from top to bottom: a pointed triangle, a small circle surrounded by wavy lines, and a stickman.

"Obelisk, essentia, transcendental." Song Qiu pointed down with a pen in order, "An obelisk, an essentia, an extraordinary sequence." ”

Immediately afterwards, Song Qiu wrote a "Wu" next to the sharp triangle.

"To date, there are five obelisks in existence, and corresponding to them, there are five types of essentia, which forms five transcendent sequences, namely the Four Elephants, the Swordsman, the Stargazer, the Gunner, and the Bachelor."

"Is there only five?" Li Qing was a little disappointed for no reason, which was far from the chaotic and bizarre transcendent world he imagined.

Song Qiu smiled slightly and said, "When I heard them introduce me to the transcendent world, I also asked the same question as you, except that I used the number 'four' at the time, and by this time you have already become 'five'. ”

"This is just the initial stage, we also call it the first level, and after the initial stage, it is the real transcendent stage that we know in the transcendent realm, and we sometimes call it the second level for convenience."

"But this is only the difference between stages and levels, and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the number of sequences." Li Qing grabbed the original question and asked again.

"Young people are just anxious and don't like to wait for someone to finish speaking."

Song Qiu started a new line and wrote down a "one" to represent the first level, which is the initial stage, and then drew a binary tree, and wrote a "two" character on each of the two branches to represent the transcendent stage and the second level.

"At the second level, according to the understanding of the other obelisk inscription, the emphasis of essentia evolution, the difference in advanced methods, and many other factors, the sequence will produce branches, from five to ten, forming ten new, more complex and more powerful branches."

"In fact, the names of these branches also indicate the focus of the branch to a certain extent, take the four elephant envoys as an example, the two branches of this sequence are Mr. Feng Shui and the real person of the Tao, the former, as the name suggests, survey the wind and set the water, Xiao Yin and Yang, through the five elements, distinguish Shengke, Ming Wang prisoner, torture Chong to overcome harm, all in the palace."

"The latter, can be seen in some ancient classics, in Taoism, it is 'refining and refining gas', in Buddhism, it is also called 'meditation and meditation', Confucianism is called 'heaven and man induction', although the law is different, but in general it is the same as its sect, fire control, water resistance, thunder, palm electricity, are all real people's magical powers."

Song Qiu pointed back to the word "one" and said: "On the source, Mr. Feng Shui and the real person who entered the Tao are derived from the four elephants, and this sequence, the ability in the initial stage is generally to control the power of the five elements, this is also the old saying, people now like to use the word 'element', the fire element, the water element, the earth element, the wind element...... And so on and so forth. ”

Song Qiu pondered for a while, as if he was considering whether to say the latter words, and after a while, he said: "This is a difference in perspective, and it also represents two different research directions and angles of ancient and modern. ”

"Let's talk about the formation of branches," Song Qiu moved his pen and pointed to the trunk of the two-pronged tree.

"It's like changing jobs." Li Qing blurted out.

Song Qiu raised his head, glanced at Li Qing unexpectedly, and said, "You have also read that novel?" I thought there was no market for that book among your kids. ”

Then, Song Qiuyan returned to the truth and said: "You are right, the branch is like a job change, but the knowledge behind this job change is very big. ”

"Speaking of this issue, I have to mention the advancement of the transcendental, which can also be called 'cultivation', you also know that essentia is the source of the power of the transcendental, is the nutrient of the transcendent, in the initial stage, the cultivation of the transcendent is the purest, and the simplest, you only need to absorb and refine the essentia corresponding to your own sequence to make the transcendent ability grow, as I just said, the obelisk, essentia, and the transcendent sequence, the three are connected in a line, with an inseparable relationship."

"The first obelisk corresponds to the five-color essentia, corresponding to the four elephants."

"The second obelisk corresponds to the black and white essentia, and corresponds to the swordsman."

"The third obelisk corresponds to the sea of stars, and essentia corresponds to the stargazer."

"The fourth obelisk corresponds to the essentia of the weapon, corresponding to the gunman."

"The fifth obelisk corresponds to the essentia of all things, and corresponds to the bachelor."

Speaking of this, Song Qiu felt a little thirsty and wanted to find some water to moisten his throat, but this old cadre of the Special Investigation Bureau made a mistake this time and forgot to bring the teacup down, so he had to endure it and continued to finish the last paragraph:

"The branch occurs in the process from the first level to the second level, that is, from the 'beginning' to the 'transcendental' process, this step can not only rely on the accumulation of essentia in the 'quantity', but needs qualitative change, comprehend the inscription, and confirm one's own perception in the advanced trial realm, only through these two steps, can we achieve the leap of the level, from the beginning to the 'extraordinary'."

Li Qing listened fascinated, Song Qiu showed him a world he had never been exposed to, everything in this world was new and interesting to Li Qing, it was a colorful world, in stark contrast to the gray and white of his life.

Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years.

"Now, you should have a rough idea of supernatural abilities, right?" Song Qiu put down the pen with a smile on his face, like a famous teacher who had just successfully finished a public class.

Li Qing nodded solemnly, he knew that now was a good opportunity for him to ask a question, so he considered his words and asked a question that had been brewing for a long time:

"Of these five sequences, is there a sequence that allows people to have the ability to become invisible?"