Chapter 19: Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas

ICP record number: Xiang B2-20100081-3 Internet Publishing Qualification Certificate: Xinchu Network License (Xiang) Zi No. 11 Network Culture Business License: Wen Wangwen [2010] No. 128

Before that round of blood sun fell from the end of the sky, the Holy Knights who entered Xiangye City finally opened again.

A sense of happiness rose in Xiuyi's heart - any well-planned plan hates the intervention of foreign forces. The accidents they bring usually only abort everything that is perfect for a trick.

So when the Holy Knights left Fragrant Leaf City, he felt that the god of luck was still favored by him, at least for now.

At night, the streets are quiet, and there are hardly any people to be seen.

Huey walked on the open road, and the Windwarbler surveyed the road for him ahead. To break free from the arms of beauties like Cong Daisy and Lan Ti is a great test of the boy's will, and sometimes Xiu Yi himself wonders if the path he has chosen at the moment has a masochistic tendency - maybe God airdropped him into the song and dance troupe in the hope that he would live a peaceful and peaceful life from now on, but he chose another more difficult path, which made him destined to have little fate with the beautiful life of red and green, and he could only be accompanied by conspiracy and killing.

The Lord's Mansion is just a short distance ahead.

After more than a month at the Black Palm Bar, he was already familiar with the situation. At this time, it can be said that the defense of the Lord's Mansion is the most lax, ** Shi Abritt is not in the Lord's Mansion, according to custom, he is in a villa located outside the city, conducting his own spatial magic experiments. He wouldn't have come here if he didn't have to.

The entrance to the Lord's Mansion was guarded by two samurai.

To enter the lord's mansion without the eyes of a samurai is not too difficult for a magician. The difficulty was how to determine the location of the Electra's notebook - he already knew that Ablite had a secret treasure room in the lord's house, and the only question was where it was.

Huey intends to use some simple and practical methods to solve this problem.

"Red, it's up to you. He said softly.

A pair of blazing birds rose into the sky, hovering over the Lord's Mansion for a while, and then suddenly opened their mouths and spat out raging flames at the Lord's Mansion.

A large amount of fire elemental erupted like a volcano, raging wildly all around, and a bright flame rose from the dark night sky.

The fire caused chaos in the Lord's Palace. A large number of samurai, guards, and servants rushed out shouting and shouting.

Standing on the roof of one of the eaves, Xiu Yi raised his hand slightly, and three wind warblers were released by him and flew to all corners of the Lord's Mansion, which were the most likely places for the treasure to exist.

When a chief guard rushed to the backyard with a large group of people, the situation caught Xiuy's eyes, and he knew that it was his goal.

He wasn't in a hurry, the fire was going to mess up the guards for a while, and all he needed to do was wait before he could do it.

The two arsonists, Red and Green, had returned at this time, and at this moment they stayed on their bodies, showing off their merits to each other, and as a reward, Huey took out two fire-type hedron and gave them one each.

The two guys craned their necks and swallowed the hedrons, burping pleasantly. The little demon dragon Xu looked at Xiu Yi with pitiful eyes, and Xiu Yi twisted its ears: "There is no reward for not working hard. ”

The little one let out a mournful whimper, and lay on Huey's lap with his tail wagging incessantly.

The Windwarbler sent back the voices of the guards:

"Report to the captain, there is no enemy invasion. ”

"Report, Secret Room Security. ”

"It was reported that the point of fire has been brought under control and there are no casualties. ”

"How did anyone start the fire?" was the captain's voice.

"Yes, two birds were seen flying overhead, looking like two fire elemental birds. ”

"Fire elemental bird, this can't be!"

"It could also be ordinary fire-type magic birds, but someone did see those two birds spitting fire downward. ”

"Was it instructed?"

"I didn't see the light of the magic contract. ”

"Oh, damn it, am I going to explain to my lord that two passing free beasts burned down his mansion for fun?"

β€œ...... That's all I can say, Captain. ”

Here's a barrage of angry scolding from the grumpy captain.

Xiu Yi looked at Red and Green with a grin: "Good job, passing by Free Monsters?"

Red and Green raised their heads proudly.

Neither Red, Green, nor Asahi had signed a contract with Xiui for any situation. Xiuyi's respect for them is the greatest guarantee of their friendship. Although they have always followed Huey, they are also free. They are an equal existence with each other, and what they have is mutual respect between good friends.

As the fire was extinguished, the crowd dispersed and everyone returned to their homes.

The night regained its calm.

Standing on the eaves in the distance, Xiu Yi gently chanted the incantation, and the door of space opened.

Xiu Yi stepped in, and the next moment, he had appeared in the lord's mansion.

Casually released a mana**, Xiu Yi desperately extracted the magic power on Xu's body to make up for his own consumption.

The amount of magic required to open a spatial passage is not at all what the current Xiu Yi can bear, but fortunately, the little demon dragon has played the role of a magic power replenisher at this moment. Compared to Mana Recovery Potions and Mana Booster Potions, the biggest benefit of the little one's presence is to save money.

Asahi snorted disapprovingly, and Shui tossed it a hedron as a reward.

He then walked around the lord's palace as if he were walking in his own back garden.

Abulit's chamber is in a rockery in the backyard, and opening a passage to the interior of the rockery requires a special technique.

At this moment, when he came to the rockery, everything was as he guessed. The rockery is surrounded by some strange runes, in the eyes of those who don't understand, these carvings look like children's graffiti here, but in Xiuyi's eyes, every carving, every symbol, has its unique meaning.

Alchemists are the rich magicians of this world, they study all kinds of magic theories, and their understanding of things like magic circles and enchantments is far greater than that of ordinary magicians. Although Xiu Yi himself is not an expert in the alchemy field, he still has enough confidence that he can crack the magic circle enchantment laid by a space mage. The difficulty is only that the strength of this space department ** master is too strong, and it is really difficult to come up with a single movement to crack him without letting the master notice.

He thought about it for a while, and finally decided to use the safest method.

Space-based advanced spell - Barrier Breaking.

This is a fifth-level space spell. As a junior mage of the space system, it was impossible to use such a spell. But fortunately, Xiu Yi is also an alchemist. The secret of alchemists is that they can always use other auxiliary means to complete the magic that a mage can use, and all this has nothing to do with the level, only with how much knowledge they have and how many conditions they have.

The next moment, Xiu Yi began to arrange the "Enchantment Breaking" circle. This magic circle can use the enchantment breaking spell instead of him, although it can't be used casually like a space mage, it doesn't have enough power, and it consumes a certain amount of materials and energy crystals every time it is used, but just by this point, it can already be seen that the strongest name of the alchemist does have his uniqueness.

Alchemists may be the weakest in a face-to-face battle, but given enough time and preparation, they can do what many great mages can't. This truth has been confirmed time and again.

After the array was activated, there was a slight noise, but fortunately, Xiu Yi had planted a soundproof barrier beforehand. With a small cloud of white light, the defensive barrier set up by Abrite was broken, and a dark passage appeared inside the rockery in front of him.

Releasing the wind warbler to explore the way, in Xiuyi's palm, a phosphorescent grass shimmered with blue light, illuminating the road under Xiuyi's feet.

He walked inside.

There was no ambush in the passage, and it seemed that Ablit trusted the spatial defense barrier he had laid down. Space spells have always been the strongest in the enchantment, and most of the people who can break the space enchantment are also the best masters of the space system. In the Reims Empire, there is no one who can surpass Ablit in space spells.

So Abrite would never have imagined that an alchemist would easily find his secret treasure and easily break through his defensive barriers. You must know that even if you make an "enchantment breaking" circle, it is also not something that any alchemist can do.

He hadn't gone far before he saw the glow of a magic lamp in the distance.

Rows of shelves appeared in front of me, on which some small wooden boxes were placed. Most of the storage inside are some magic gems, rare alchemy materials, and some magic scrolls.

In the middle of the chamber, there is a small platform.

There's a place on it.

Huey knew that that was the target he had come to seekβ€”another Electra notebook.

No one can say how many notes about alchemy Electra left behind back then. But for the alchemists, even the ancient artifacts placed in front of them were no more valuable than Electra's notes.

What Huey got from Pierre was an essay on Electra's early puppet making, and for Huey, the notes didn't mean much. This is mainly due to the fact that, unless Hue is confident that he can create an army of troll gods that can rival the Lance Empire, thousands of puppets will be of less value to him than a disguise potion that can disguise him as someone else. After all, due to the existence of the soul, the puppet cannot be put into the space ring. And an army of puppets that can't fight against their opponents really doesn't have much to do other than expose his presence and kill a few more enemies.

So he was keen to get his hands on a notebook on Electra's other accomplishments, the field of alchemy was vast and complex, and Huey thought he had a lot to learn.

The notebook in front of him was deeply attracted to Xiu Yi at this moment.

However, he didn't do it immediately, but first carefully observed the surrounding arrangement.

After confirming that there was no mechanism, he picked up the notebook.

Turning the first page, a row of familiar handwriting appeared in front of me:

"Magic pattern making essay. ”

It is clear that the late Electra notes are much more valuable and technically successful than the one on Purgatory Island. After all, the first book was only the work of Electra in her early student days, and even if it was mainly made of puppets, there were still many immature places.

But the one in front of me, when Xiu Yi opened it and read it, he couldn't help but be disappointed a lot.

Because this notebook is not a notebook that records the results of the magic pattern, but also a note of Electra's research on the creation of the magic pattern. The whole notebook does not give a definitive answer to the results of the magic pattern engraving, but rather provides many fresh ideas.

For Xiuyi, these ideas will be of great help to his future growth, but judging from the current situation, they are not too valuable treasures.

After putting the notes away, Xiuy's gaze wandered around.

He hoped to find something else of value.

The collection of the sixth-level space ** master cannot be regarded as not rich, but for Xiu Yi, who has experienced the life of Purgatory Island, the rare materials and magic gems in front of him cannot be compared with those in his ring.

He was depressed that he had entered the Treasure Mountain, but there was nothing of value to be found, when a map caught his attention.

This is a map of Peking University 6, and the map itself can be said to be shoddy, which is not a high-quality product. To Huey's surprise, there was a thick red line on the map, which ran through the entire Reims Empire. Where the red line passes, there are conspicuous symbols in each area.

In one of the areas, someone drew a circle with an ink pen and made a note: Red Sun Mountains, Electra Laboratory 2, empty, two notebooks, (confirmed to be correct).

Huey's heart beat uncontrollably.

- Xiu Yi finally understands how he got the notes on Purgatory Island in the first place.

There is no doubt that the Reims Empire is on the hunt for what was once the laboratory of Electra. It is likely that they made such a map based on the legend and the route Electra had taken, and sent a large number of men to find the laboratory where Electra might be hiding somewhere.

After years of searching, the Reims Empire finally found one such place, from which they obtained two notebooks. It seems that the space master Ablit was one of the main people who pursued the Electra Lab back then, after all, space spells have unique advantages in breaking enchantments and finding hidden spaces.

And after getting these two notebooks, Abrite left himself a notebook, which was the magic pattern essay in front of him. Due to the high status of the space master Abrite, what he was unwilling to take out, even the emperor was unwilling to force him. From a deeper point of view, the popularization of magic pattern production is indeed not beneficial to the Lance Empire. Talent is an important basis for magicians to distinguish them from commoners, and it is the basic foothold of the noble bloodline theory. The popularity of the magic pattern has a great power on the magic hierarchy fundamentally, and will seriously weaken the control of the nobles over the lower class commoners. Just as the proliferation of ** will cause the weakening of government power and the chaos of social order, the engraving of the magic pattern is equivalent to a magic that everyone can use*.

Therefore, the Reims Empire can pursue any kind of greatness in Electra, but the production of the magic pattern is sealed and preserved, and no one is allowed to own or make it public. This may be an important reason why Abrite was able to keep this notebook. So no matter how Hines asked for this notebook, Ablit insisted on refusing, and now it is in the hands of Huey.

But for Huey, the map in front of him is clearly more substantial.

It is clear that the Reims Empire has divided and studied all the possible places where Electra would set up laboratories, and has been exploring them for a long time. Although they were able to find only one lab in Electra, it is clear that there may be other labs hidden in the locations mentioned above on the map.

For Huey, who has longed to follow in the great footsteps of Electra since he left Purgatory Island, this map undoubtedly gives him a direction in life.

With this map, he will know exactly where he is going, what he is going to do, what he is pursuing, and he will no longer have to worry about the direction of the future.

The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind.

For Xiuyi, recourse and being pursued may be the theme of his future life.

Thinking of this, Xiu Yi couldn't help but laugh.

He put the map away and continued to look for anything else that would interest him.

A quaint-looking black jade ring piqued his interest.

What puzzled Xiu Yi was that with his current eyes, he couldn't even tell what kind of jade this jade ring was made of.

He was especially surprised that when he looked at the jade ring, he had a throbbing sensation from the depths of his soul, as if his soul was about to be sucked into it.

This startled Xiui, and he quickly calmed down his mind, which was the only way to suppress the tremor in the depths of his soul.

After quickly putting away the jade ring and looting all the items in the treasure house, Xiu Yi casually raised his hand, and a magic long sword was impressively in his hand.

Carved on the wall with a long sword: "Master Abritte, it seems that your treasury needs to be refilled." Huey Glarelius. ”

Walk away.