210. Chapter 210 Fire Seeing Method and Magic Sky Formation
Li Mengnan once heard the old man say that as early as more than a hundred years ago, magicians still mastered the method of artificially creating illusion force fields, but to this day, no one can reproduce this magical method.
This is not to say that this method has been lost. Although the Li family's line of magicians has been passed down for hundreds of years and has gone through several wars, under the careful protection of several generations, most of the classics have been preserved intact, including the one titled "
The artificial creation method of the illusory force field of "Five Elements Changing Heaven Formation".
You read that right, it’s “changing the sky” rather than “illusioning the sky”. It is said that in the complete version of this formation, anything created in it can escape the detection of the rules of heaven and earth, and eventually become something that really exists in reality.
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However, the conditions required for such a heaven-defying formation are also extremely demanding. The materials used to arrange the formation are all rare geniuses and treasures in the world. Even in the ancient times when products were abundant, these things were extremely precious and rare.
, not to mention today, even hundreds of years ago it was almost completely extinct.
There are many talented and beautiful opera masters in the Li family. Based on the "Five Elements Transforming Heaven Formation" left by their ancestors, they gradually developed a simplified and castrated version of the "Five Elements Magic Heaven Formation" and used this formation for a time.
Reproduce the past heyday of the Li family.
It is a pity that even this castrated version of the "Five Elements Magical Sky Formation" cannot escape the bad luck of the extinction of the formation materials. To this day, even if Li Mengnan can memorize the "Five Elements Magical Sky Formation" backwards and forwards, it is impossible to reproduce this formation again.
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Of course, Li Mengnan did not think that the phantom force field in this room was deliberately created by someone.
The reason is very simple. The formation materials required for the "Five Elements Magic Sky Formation" are extremely rare and genius treasures. Even if most people do not recognize these things, those who set up the formation will definitely understand their value.
Would anyone spend a hundred yuan on a taxi to find the lost ten yuan?
The value of any of these genius treasures is far greater than that of this house. It is too easy for an illusionist who knows the "Five Elements Fantasy Formation" to deal with an ordinary person. There is no need to do such stupid things as using anti-aircraft guns to kill mosquitoes.
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And there is a very critical point, the range of this illusory force field is too small.
Even the castrated version of the "Five Elements Fantasy Formation" has a minimum range of several tens of meters. However, the range of this phantom force field is only in this set of rooms, and it does not even interfere with the residents downstairs. Obviously this
It can't be the real "Five Elements Fantasy Formation".
Then the only possibility is that there is something else in this room that can generate an illusory force field on its own.
This speculation made Li Mengnan feel extremely excited.
Because the old man once said that there are actually many things in this world that can generate phantom force fields on their own, some are naturally generated, and some are acquired mutations, but no matter what kind they are, they all have a very important common characteristic, that is, they can be used as
A substitute for the formation materials of the "Five Elements Fantasy Formation".
Ever since he learned about the difficulty of setting up the "Five Elements Fantasy Formation" from the classics, Li Mengnan had almost given up on this grand formation that could almost be called the "ultimate trick". His life experience of more than ten years later also proved his decision.
The accuracy of those legendary formation materials is not even found in real folklore, let alone any real objects.
The existence of this special room with an illusory force field allowed him to once again see the hope of recreating the "Five Elements Fantasy Formation". Although there was only a mere array material, he had finally taken the most difficult step.
step.
For other people, it might be difficult to find the object that generates an illusory force field on its own in this room, but for Li Mengnan, it couldn't be easier.
Generally speaking, the shape of the phantom force field is irregular, and it is particularly easy to be attracted and blocked by metal objects. This is why the phantom force field is often limited to certain houses.
But no matter how irregular the phantom force field is, they must have a unique force field center. The closer to this center, the greater the intensity of interference from the position, and vice versa.
The method used by Li Mengnan was also passed down to him by the old man, and it was called the "Fire Viewing Method".
Generate a cluster of illusion flames in your hand, hold the flame and move around in the illusion force field at will. As the flames get bigger, it means you are one step closer to the center of the force field. If the flames get smaller or remain unchanged, it means you are going in the wrong direction.
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Under the guidance of the illusion flame, Li Mengnan quickly found the point where the illusion force field occurred.
It was a root sculpture placed in a small attic on the top floor, with the words "XX Travel Souvenir" underneath. It was probably a travel souvenir that the original owner of the house had brought back from a friend.
There was only a small energy-saving lamp with a wattage of no more than 20 in the attic. Li Mengnan could not see the specific details of the sculpture, so he moved it from the attic to the brightly lit balcony.
The workmanship of this carving was worse than expected. If it weren't for the famous brand below, Li Mengnan wouldn't have been able to tell what it was. It was as if the roots were dug out of the soil, spray-painted and sold directly as handicrafts.
Of course, Li Mengnan was not interested in the artistic value of this thing - if it could be considered a work of art.
He directly picked up a bone chopping knife from the kitchen knife holder, used the thick back of the knife to smash the plastic base of the root carving very roughly, and quickly cut off the roots and branches of the root carving as if it was a tangled mess. The root carving was originally the size of a bonsai.
Only an irregular wooden stake as thick as a calf remained.
He casually cut off a small piece of sawdust, smelled it, and put it in his mouth to taste. Li Mengnan couldn't help but have a hint of surprise on his face.
It's actually peach wood.
Among all the trees, peach trees and locust trees are the two trees that are most likely to generate phantom force fields. Because of this, in folklore, these two trees have always been the main ones that become spirits.
This kind of wood that can generate phantom force fields by itself is one of the array materials of the "Five Elements Fantasy Array".
According to records in classics, locust trees often contain the evil spirit of Yin, and the illusory formations they set up often have extremely murderous intent, which can easily backfire on the illusionist himself. Peach trees are naturally capable of resisting Yin evil and protecting the mind, and they also have strong illusory properties.
, is the best material for setting up a magic array.
However, Li Mengnan was also a little puzzled. Even for a peach tree to be able to generate an illusory force field, it must be at least a hundred years old. However, a century-old peach tree often has to be hugged by three or four people. How can it be as thick as a calf?
Could it be that this tree is also gifted?
Li Mengnan placed the tree root stake in his hand horizontally on the ground, and chopped it down with the bone chopping knife in his hand.
He originally wanted to cut a section and check the growth rings inside, but he didn't expect that the knife got stuck only halfway through the cut. The violent shock coming from the handle of the knife seemed to be that it had hit some extremely hard object, and the other side of the knife got stuck.
There was a faint clanking sound inside that was obviously similar to that of gold and stone.
This section of tree root... is definitely unusual!
Pulling out the bone chopping knife, he found that the high-carbon steel blade actually cracked a small gap. It seemed that the foreign object inside was extremely hard, so Li Mengnan no longer worried about damaging the things inside. A set of "Chaotic Cloak Knife Technique" cut this
The roots of the tree are chopped into a pile of large and small irregular wooden pieces.
The foreign object that cracked the bone chopping knife was an extremely transparent emerald green crystal, which looked very similar to jade, but the semi-crystalline wooden structure connecting the upper and lower sections clearly showed that this thing was originally this section.
part of a tree root.
"Is this... thunder-tempered wood crystal?"
Picking up this gem-like object, Li Mengnan's face was full of disbelief.
He once heard the old man mention that there is a top-notch illusion material called thunder-struck peach, which, as the name suggests, is the remains of an ancient peach tree that has been struck by lightning.
The interior of this material has been transformed by the powerful energy of lightning. The phantom force field it produces is not only stable, but also extremely aggressive. When used to arrange phantom arrays, it can break through the mental barrier of the human brain faster than ordinary materials.
Illusion is also more domineering.
Generally speaking, lightning-struck peach is a special kind of carbonized wood that is not very strong, but occasionally another situation occurs - a very special high-temperature and high-pressure environment instantly occurs inside the tree after being struck by lightning.
Crystallizes part of its internal tissue and turns it into a gem-like crystal.
Its formation principle is similar to the mixing of coal and diamond.
And this magical crystal is thunder-quenched wood crystal.
The premise for the formation of thunder-quenched wood crystals is that the trees must be old enough, otherwise the huge energy of lightning will instantly carbonize the entire tree at high temperature, and the special high-temperature and high-pressure environment will not be formed at all.
In the past, ancient trees were everywhere, so even if the origin of thunder-tempered wood crystals was extremely demanding, they would still be discovered from time to time, but now they are extremely rare to see.
Li Mengnan became even more curious about the root of the tree. He picked out a relatively complete piece of wood from the ground and planned to count the growth rings on it to see how old the tree was. Unexpectedly, it didn't matter. He almost
I was not scared to the point of peeing on the spot.
There are no growth rings in the cross-section of the tree roots!
The growth rings of trees are natural traces of tree age caused by different growth rates in the seasons. Although some trees do not have growth rings, peach trees are definitely not among them.
Then the only explanation is that the growth rings of this tree are so dense that they cannot be distinguished with the naked eye.
Li Mengnan once heard an old man talk about a special peach tree called "bitter peach".
The reason why it is called "bitter peach" does not mean that the peaches produced are bitter, but refers to the living environment of the peach tree.
Bitter peach may be any variety of peach tree, but unfortunately it grows in places that are least suitable for peach trees, such as rock crevices that are drought-stricken and water-deficient. Due to its slow growth, it may look like just a peach tree after hundreds of years.
It is an inconspicuous small tree, but its internal structure is strong and dense to an unimaginable degree.
Once this "bitter peach" survives for more than a hundred years, it will 100% produce an illusory force field, and the intensity of the phantom force field produced by other ordinary peach trees is more than ten times higher than that of other ordinary peach trees. It is definitely the best among peach trees.
Judging from the diameter of this tree root, this "bitter peach" tree has probably survived for nearly a thousand years.
The thousand-year-old "bitter peach" has already been the best material that all illusionists dream of, and "Thunder Tempered Wood Crystal" has turned it into the best of the best.
It's like in a game where all equipment attributes are randomly generated, and you casually identify an inconspicuous piece of white equipment, and find that not only is it a top-notch artifact, but all its attributes are the highest that can be achieved in the game.
From a probability perspective, this possibility is infinitely close to zero. The probability of buying a hundred lottery tickets and instantly emptying the prize pool of hundreds of millions is ten thousand times higher than this.
But something that was almost impossible to happen actually happened, and he even managed to catch up.
Holding this "Thousand-Year-Old Bitter Peach Thunder Tempered Wood Crystal", Li Mengnan sat down on the ground, staring blankly at the sky that had begun to be dyed with a light golden color, like a still statue without any reaction for a long time.
He thought that he had already achieved something that he could do without changing even if the mountain collapsed. Even the Xiao family's real estate worth nearly two million yuan could be let go without any hesitation. He didn't want a stone that was not even the size of a pinky fingernail.
But he was instantly knocked back to his original form.
It seems that I still don’t have enough experience...
Li Mengnan smiled self-deprecatingly, got up, went to the kitchen to find a knife, and carefully peeled off the useless semi-crystalline part around the "Thunder-Tempered Wood Crystal", and finally got an irregular spherical crystal about half the size of a small fingernail.
This kind of the best of the best materials can be used as a small phantom force field even if the "Five Elements Magic Sky Formation" is not used. This means that in the future, within the scope of this "Thunder Tempered Wood Crystal",
It is Li Mengnan’s absolute domain.
However, the influence of the phantom force field is limited. It does not only receive Li Mengnan’s brainwaves just because of his ownership. It is obviously unrealistic to turn it on 24 hours a day, and it will only bring various consequences.
All kinds of troubles.
The way to solve this problem is also very simple. You only need to make a special small box out of metal and wear it as a jewelry. When needed, open the mechanism in it to connect the "Thunder Tempered Wood Crystal" inside to the outside world.
In this way, you can control the opening and closing of the phantom force field at will.
Of course, it is definitely too late to build this mechanism box now. Li Mengnan can only wrap it in a few layers of tin foil for ovens, stuff it into a metal tea can, seal the lid, and go to a jewelry store to order it tomorrow.
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First, he successfully borrowed Bao'er's surgery fee, and then rented a satisfactory house at a price that was almost free. While solving the hidden dangers in the house, he unexpectedly obtained a treasure that would make all illusionists jealous. Today can be said to be a wonderful day.
Three blessings are coming.
Li Mengnan was so excited that he couldn't control himself. He scratched his head and didn't know how to vent the joy in his heart at this moment. Seeing that it was getting late, he simply went out to find a restaurant to reward himself with some good dishes. It was also a disguised celebration.
The meal cost almost a whole big red ticket, and Li Mengnan ate to the fullest, but the excitement in his heart still showed no sign of letting up, so he had to think about doing something exciting to vent, otherwise
If you just go back to school like this, you will definitely get sick.
Even though Li Mengnan always looks for fun in others, if he is really asked to find some fun for himself, he won't do it anymore.
After walking for several kilometers along the most lively and prosperous main road in Sanshan City, Li Mengnan was almost out of the business district. He still didn't know what to do. Moreover, the security on the street was also quite good, and there was no thief or thieves.
It was the robber who jumped out and gave him a beating to vent his anger. It was so boring to death.
In the end, he squatted on the side of the road in an extremely obscene posture, holding his chin in boredom, and his eyes kept wandering to the young women passing in front of him.
Although real beauties are always picked up by cars when going out, and rarely walk on foot, but if you only selectively look at the neck below, they are still fat and thin, with different styles, and paired with pairs of white flowers.
The thighs give people infinite space for imagination.
Therefore, as a human being, you should not take yourself too seriously. Sometimes you selectively ignore certain things, and you will find that the world is actually very beautiful.
I was squatting on the roadside to watch, but I don't know who called the police. Two patrol members came over and interrogated Li Mengnan, and finally forced Li Mengnan to show his student ID card before letting him go.
But he warned him not to squat on the roadside and look around like this again.
Damn! I am admiring the light box advertisement on the roadside, okay? Their two bare thighs blocked my sight. Before I could say anything, they came to complain to the villain first?
Unable to play the entertainment method he finally found, Li Mengnan depressedly took out a cigarette and lit it, but unexpectedly took out two hard pieces of cardboard from his pocket.
I looked at the streetlight and saw that there were two nightclub tickets with no date limit.
Li Mengnan then remembered that this seemed to have been given to him by the fat black man Guo Debiao on the day Wu Ansu sprained his ankle.
He wasn't very interested in entertainment venues like nightclubs to begin with. In addition, during this period of time, he was always busy with big and small things one after another, and he didn't have much free time at all. Over time, he forgot about the existence of these two tickets.
Anyway, I have nothing to do, and the tickets are free. Maybe I can go and see it?
And it is said that this "Godfather" nightclub is the property of Brando, who once cheated him out of 100,000 yuan. Maybe this time we can meet this pretending uncle to catch up on old times.
Of course, Li Mengnan's real idea is to cheat him by another 100,000 yuan.
It's not that Li Mengnan has no integrity, the main reason is that money is really tight these days. With such a rich man who is not short of money, of course he is not cheating.
As the largest nightclub in Sanshan City, the "Godfather" Nightclub is very famous. You don't even need to mention the address on the ticket. If you just call a taxi and tell the driver where you want to go, they will take you to the right place without any problem.
But it’s hard to say whether it will cost you money or not – after all, if you can come to a place like this to spend money, you won’t be short of a few yuan in fares.
As a result, before Li Mengnan's money-stealing scheme even started, he was scammed by an unscrupulous taxi driver.
Of course, he only found out this after asking others.