After the meeting, the alchemists gathered from all over the place quickly dispersed.
Ling followed Maria Bell back to the top floor of the IBC building and enjoyed an exquisite afternoon tea in Maria Bell's boudoir.
"I thought there would be more supporters for what you're doing, Bell." The Alchemists are too loose a group. Although the number of Alchemists is much larger than Ling thought, everyone has no confidence in the Bi-Ling Project.
His attitude was not as enthusiastic as Ling initially thought.
"After all, it was a dream that started 1,200 years ago. After such a long time, we, the Illusionary Familia, can still have the soil to grow, which is worthy of thankfulness. We are both the Treasure Familiars. Compared with the Kong Familia and the Kong Familia who have no news
The people of the earth are much luckier."
Unlike the Familiars of the Flame, who were renamed the witch clan, and regularly sent out traveling witches, the last time the Familiars of the Earth, renamed the goblin clan, appeared on the scene was nine hundred years ago. Although Ling and Alberich are very familiar with each other.
, but she was not ready to tell Maria Bell yet that the Black Workshop, which Bell was also familiar with, was the Earth Familiar who had changed their new vests. So Ling mentioned the situation at Liber to Bell.
"Bell, don't you know about the Royal Liber family? I remember that they should be the descendants of the Sky Familiar."
Maria Bell glanced at Ling in surprise.
"I heard that Ling, you lived in Liber for a period of time last year. It seems that you also found out a lot about things in Liber. Maybe it's true about blood, but the most important thing is the inheritance of mysterious knowledge. I think the inheritance has been lost.
The clan is not qualified to be regarded as the most precious family members."
"There are obviously so many alchemists, but if no one understands them, wouldn't Bell feel lonely?"
"It doesn't matter even if I'm the only one. It's hard for my ancestors to find close friends in the era they lived in. And it's not your place to ask this question. Ling, aren't you the one who understands me?"
Maria Bell smiled knowingly, but Ling had some objections to this.
"To say that I am an understander is to think too highly of me. At best, we just have the same interests. There are not many areas of overlap in our respective research fields."
"But the direction is the same. Just thinking that there are people moving towards the same goal as me is inspiring."
Maria Bell didn't take it seriously.
"Although the alchemists who participated in the gathering came from all over the continent, it is a pity that they can only return to the place where they originally entered after the gathering. If that phase can be used as a transfer station, wouldn't it be possible to move long distances across the continent?
?”
What Ling was thinking about was the "Hearthstone" provided by the association in her hand. Using that, the executors and apostles could be easily transferred. Ling had also analyzed its composition, but that thing was just a terminal, and the real host was hidden inside.
other places.
"Transit station? That's impossible. The Star Clock can be said to be proof of our existence in the human world. If it weren't for it as an anchor, we could easily get lost in time and space through the transfer of souls into a different phase.
The worst result is that while moving forward aimlessly, you will travel to another world and never find your way back to the human world."
"It's so dangerous..."
In fact, Ling herself is familiar with the term anchor point. Whether it is the Castle of Shadows or the driving space of the God of Riding, they all have a similar feeling. The place of entry and the place of departure are the same place.
"I heard that there are legends about drifters from another world who can't find their way home. Although I don't think anyone can survive the turbulence of time and space, I'd rather believe that they exist than not believe that they don't exist. According to this
The simplest calculation shows that those who can survive in the gap between time and space are probably some guys with extremely powerful spiritual essences. The mages who travel in different worlds... let's call them planeswalkers. That may be our Semilia
There is an existence that the mages born and raised in the mainland cannot imagine or understand."
Huh? Is Maria Bell talking about Macbon? Obviously she has not joined the association yet.
Ling blinked, but Maria Bell didn't seem to notice her somewhat unnatural expression.
"I've said too much irrelevant things, but there's one thing that's strange to me. I don't believe that fighting spirit and magic power conflict. There are many people on the mainland who practice both magic and martial arts. Ling, do you really have no magic power?"
Mariabel put down her teacup, propped her elbows on the table and crossed her hands against her chin, staring at Ling intently.
"What's wrong? Isn't this something you knew when we first met four years ago?"
"Well, so I didn't pay too much attention to it at the time. Although not everyone has magical powers as an alchemist, most of them are due to limitations in talent. But Ling, you are different. You definitely don't have any problems with your talent. Just because
I can tell this just by looking at your tactical force guide. Why didn't I notice it before?"
"Guiding magic? I can use that one, but you can't see anything."
"No, it has nothing to do with the guidance magic. I'm talking about the form of the chain. It just so happens that I haven't talked about this topic with you before, so let's talk about these 'basic knowledge'."
Maria Bell took out her own force guide. Unlike the arcus that Ling used, Maria Bell's tactical force guide was a deluxe collector's edition trial version of the Enigma Zero specially provided by the Epstein Foundation.
Mode.
After picking off the crystal circuits embedded on the dial one by one, the dial with a double magic limited edition single chain was revealed, which was exactly the same as the chain that Ling had briefly owned.
"I am a single chain, Tio-chan is a single chain, Ling, you are also a single chain."
"What does this mean?"
"During my PhD studies in the Leman Autonomous Prefecture, I once studied the forms of force guide chains of different people. Before the invention of force guides, magic was a mysterious power in the hands of a few people. It was not until modern times that it became a gradually popular technology.
According to my sampling research, whether a person has the qualifications of a mage can actually be easily judged from the shape of the force guide chain."
"The number of force guide chains?"
"No, it's the number of holes that are not on the main chain. The function of the force guide chain is to simulate the magic circuit built by the caster in the body, so the important thing is the length of the longest chain. 4+3 is not necessarily better than 5+1+
1 is even more qualified as a spell caster."
"Why?"
"Taking our latest seven-hole force guide as an example, 5+1+1 and 5+2 are the same level of spell qualifications. And 4+3, 4+2+1, 4+1+1+1 are three
They are also the same level of spell qualifications. For the sake of convenience, I set the two Zaholes as medium spell affinity constitutions, and the three Zaholes as low spell affinity constitutions. As for the more Zaholes... they
There is no magic qualification. There are slight differences between individuals, but according to my sampling data, it basically follows the normal distribution range."
Maria Bell pulled out a piece of paper from the drawer and roughly drew a pyramid structure.
No holes (single chain), special spell affinity.
A miscellaneous hole (6+1), superior spell affinity.
Erzakong (5+2/5+1+1), medium spell affinity.
Three holes (4+3/4+2+1/4+1+1+1), inferior spell affinity.
"Magic power, telekinesis, mana, prana, and alchemical energy have different names and different cultivation methods, but they are basically similar things. They are all refined from spiritual power. We alchemists do not have such high requirements for talent.
It is enough to wait for the spell qualification. Most of the monks in Qiyao Church have a medium spell affinity before they can learn the church's healing spells. As for the witches... I heard that the traveling witches who can leave the Witch Village must at least have a high level spell affinity.
, I don’t know much about the situation of the witches, and I don’t know if this is the actual situation on their side. Although the shape of the guidance chain can be changed day after tomorrow, and this change is inherited through blood, it can be achieved with the efforts of one generation.
The changes are very limited, so the caster’s qualifications are mainly inherited from the bloodline of the ancestors.”
"Are you talking about the magic circuit?" Ling suddenly thought of the relevant settings of the Moon World, the background of a large-scale violent card game in her previous life.
"This is the first time I heard this word. Different inheritances have different names. The medieval magisters and itinerant witches called it the magic circuit, the Church of Seven Glory calls it the mana pool, and we alchemists call it the mana pool.
Constructive. I inherited the talent from my father. Our Kurois family has thousands of years of accumulation that has never been cut off before the Great Collapse. This is what the predecessors planted trees and the next generation enjoys the shade."
"Uncle Dita is also single-chained!? Didn't he claim to have no talent in alchemy?" Seriously, Ling had not even considered this possibility before.
"Why do you think that my father's spell aptitude is not good? My alchemy enlightenment was taught by my father. As for having no talent... The lack of talent my father said does not mean that he has no spell casting ability, but that he has no interest in research. His interest
My hobby is making money. But for us alchemists, as long as we have enough magic power, the most important thing is the accumulation of knowledge and continuous demonstration."
"I see, I got it wrong. Let's continue with the topic just now. The names of several inheritances are different, but the principles are similar. In fact, I also tried it, but I was finished in the first step." Ling
She is quite longing for the magic power itself. After all, flying freely in the sky like Master is one of her dreams.
"It doesn't make sense. Since you are also a single chain, there is no reason why you can't refine your magic power." Maria Bell frowned.
Ling saw her serious expression and thought it would be better to let her see it.
"Then I'll just refine it here."
After finishing speaking, Ling closed her eyes and began to repeat the magic refining method that she had tried countless times.
Magic power is refined from spiritual power, and there is probably no one in the world who understands the nature of spiritual power better than Ling. Most of her basic experiments are conducted around this topic. Generally speaking, spiritual power is Qiyao
Power, and at the microscopic level, it is the form of action of spirit particles on matter. Different from the previous life on earth, here in Samlia, it is an existence that can be observed, controlled, and utilized.
The spirit son is not a "purely objective" existence, but, like other basic particles observed in the microscopic state, it follows the observer effect and changes the will of the observer.
Therefore, in the process of refining spiritual power, subjective imagination is crucial.
The source of spiritual power is divided into the big source that fills the world, and the small source that is generated in the living body. The power of the Seven Glory that fills the atmosphere everywhere is the big source. The power of blood contained in every cell,
It's for Xiaoyuan.
Turn on the switch, use your body as a conversion circuit, absorb spiritual power from the outside world, circulate it in your body, tame it, and dye it with your own color.
In Maria Bell's eyes, the astonishing spiritual pressure radiated from Ling's body, the aura that made people's hair stand on end, was like a fantasy beast from a myth.
"Didn't you go very smoothly..."
Maria Bell stopped talking in the middle of her sentence, because the surging spiritual pressure quickly declined, and in just a few seconds, it was gone.
Ling raised her head and looked at Maria Bell spreading her hands.
"That's probably it. I don't know what the reason is."
Maria Bell thought hard for a while, and suddenly became thoughtful.
"Can I check your body?"
"Yeah, no problem. Have you thought of anything?"
Ling didn't mind it at all. Although she didn't have a habit of showing off, she didn't have much shame either. There were probably no one who would still be interested in her current body.
Maria Bell was stunned for a moment when she saw Ling's dried body.
“Is this what muscles that have been exercised look like?”
"This is what overworked muscles look like."
Maria Bell clenched her fist and looked at the slightly bulging biceps on her right upper arm, and then looked at Ling's condition. There was something wrong with Ling's body style. It wasn't that she was too thin. In fact, the thickness and dimensions were different from those of ordinary girls.
Not much. But those extremely clear muscle fibers...
"I think it would be better for you to gain weight. Use fat to cover up your body structure and show soft lines. This will make you more attractive as a girl."
"Anyway, I don't intend to use my body to seduce men. You can't tell with my clothes on, so let's check it out quickly."
"oh."
Maria Bell dipped her fingers in water and quickly drew a magic circle on Ling's belly. She stared intently at the analysis and reflection, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and then she quickly started calculating on the white paper.
After Ling put on her clothes and waited for a few minutes, she saw that Maria Bell looked at her in a way that didn't seem right.
"What did you find?"
"Have you seen the truth?"
Ling was stunned for a moment. Finally, she nodded with difficulty.
"Although that was not my intention."
"I think you also know that the refining of the human body is regarded as the most difficult research in alchemy. The difficult part is not the refining of the body, but the refining of the soul. Our Courois family specializes in the study of artificial
The family lineage of a human being (homunculus), and the 'child' now placed with you is the highest masterpiece of our alchemist group. But as long as it is an attempt to create a human soul, it will pay a heavy price once implemented. According to the ancestors
According to records, not one person in a hundred can still live after seeing the truth. Therefore, we use the self-organizing technology of spiritual veins obtained from somewhere to replace the production of artificial souls by condensing the power of the soul with natural spiritual power.
.”
"No, I shouldn't have done any soul refining. Besides, that accident happened before Bell and I met. At that time, I didn't have any knowledge of alchemy. No, that's not right..."
Originally there was no such thing, but the knowledge about the creation of the human body did exist in her mind, and she knew it even before she met Maria Bell. When was it, and by whom... Ah, I remembered it, it was that idea.
The necromancer who wants to take over her body...
"Remember anything?"
"I'm not sure. But I'm probably 80 to 90 percent sure."
Ling closed her eyes and remembered the nightmare-like scene that happened five years ago.
What is the DG Order pursuing? What role did I, who just happened to pass by, play in the downfall of the order? Is true wisdom really the panacea (azoth)?
"Are you okay? You look very pale?"
Maria Bell asked worriedly.
"I remembered some nasty things. But there are some clues to the mystery. Now, Bell, have you heard of the Philosopher's Stone (lapis_philosophorum)?"
"Where did you know this word?" Maria Bell's expression changed. There was absolutely no such content in the alchemy knowledge she gave Ling to learn.
"It seems to be as expected. Then I have indeed tried to create new spiritual bodies out of thin air that do not exist. It is really annoying. High-concentration spiritual crystals are, frankly speaking, the condensation of soul power. Cang Zhizhi and Fei
The molecular formula of Zhizhi is exactly the same, so why does it show different colors? What does it mean that the Samlianite has no molecular formula? I did something stupid, vomit..."
Ling retched. With her superb control over every inch of her body, this was something that should never happen, but now her whole body was trembling with uncontrollable fear. She even revealed that she had accidentally revealed
I didn’t care about the things that Maria Bell had been hiding, and I didn’t have the energy to care.
"Wisdom, you actually know this...wait, are you saying..."
Ling nodded with tears in her eyes. The little girl who had always shown a calm and cool expression actually showed such a pitiful look. Maria Bell accidentally knocked over the teacup with her wave of her hand, and it fell to the ground and turned into pieces.
, the tea also soaked into the paper placed on the table.
"Are you kidding! That is a taboo that must not be touched!"
Maria Bell grabbed the tea knife on the table and pointed it at Ling, but her hand couldn't stop shaking, and finally, she slowly put it down.
She walked over, hugged Ling, and patted her back slowly.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. The matter is over."
Ling wanted to push Bell away, but she couldn't muster any strength.
"Now, Bell, I thought they would be more disciplined. So I didn't think too much about it."
The words were mixed with sobs, and it was the first time Maria Bell saw Ling showing her unprepared look.
"It's over. It's not your fault."
"No, I don't regret it...it's just that I'm not mentally prepared yet."
Ling stood up tremblingly, but suddenly she stumbled and fell to the ground. Now she is in the weakest state since she was taken in by the association. It is not an external cause, but an internal cause.
It's so ugly, showing such an embarrassing posture in front of others.
Ling punched herself hard in the chest, her heart felt as if it was about to explode, and her blood pumping accelerated. Her face turned red, and when the blood in her body almost boiled, the tears on her face also evaporated.
He stood up from the ground and looked back at Maria Bell.
"Bell, can I borrow a place?"
"What are you going to do? Don't be too messy."
"Don't worry, I'm doing this for myself."
Ling's fingertips used fighting energy to form a small air sword and cut her own fingers open.
Using blood as ink, he began to draw architectural patterns on the ground.
Seeing the amount of blood Ling lost, Maria Bell wanted her to stop, but seeing her determined profile, she ultimately didn't stop her.
The architectural formula drawn on the ground is not large, but the content is quite complicated. The alphabetic characters of West Semilia, the square characters of East Semria, and the alchemy formation that is a mixture of several ancient characters. Even the highest level of alchemy.
Even the teacher, Maria Belcorois, didn’t immediately see what Bai Ling was going to do.
"You don't have magic power, so you can't drive alchemy."
"Even if there is no magic power, there is a substitute. Just use the power of the soul as spiritual power. I am the Philosopher's Stone with only one soul, although doing so may shorten my lifespan...ah
, it turns out that this is what burning souls is all about. Yes, it is indeed a huge spiritual energy, no wonder, no wonder. Although this is my naivety, it is still great."
After figuring out what was going on, Ling breathed a sigh of relief, then clasped her hands together and pressed them on the formation formation.
As the coquettish red light burst out, traces of red peeled off from Ling's body and gathered into drops of unknown red liquid in the center of the formation.
"Seventy-seven servings, Bell, I haven't used them. I've always used them myself."
Ling's pale and bloodless face showed a relieved smile, "In order to avoid using them up, I actively cut off the spiritual power nodes in the body. 'My body' is really amazing." Ling silently thanked her in her heart.
The "Xuwu Ling" who was once thought to have disappeared and never came out to interfere with her actions. Although she did not receive any response, being able to be with her now makes Ling feel extremely at ease.
She patted her hands on the clothes stained by sweat and blood, and the clothes became as neat as new. She picked up the broken pieces of the teacup on the ground, absorbed the external spiritual power and converted it into magic power, and then made slight corrections.
It was restored to its original state.
After cleaning the messy room, it only took a minute or two to restore Maria Bell's boudoir to its original state, but Maria Bell was very surprised.
"This is... magic power? Can you already use magic power? But you didn't draw the formation formation."
"I myself am a living construct, and you can do the same when you come into contact with the truth."
"Soul refinement... Let's wait until the Bi-Ling project is successfully completed. So, your problem has been solved?"
"Well, it was resolved satisfactorily. Thanks to you."
"So, what to do with those?"
Maria Bell looked at the red gem that had condensed into a block in the center of the formation.
"Although I really want to say that they should be allowed to return to the embrace of the goddess and let the priests purify them... But this kind of thing cannot be known to Qiyao Church. It would be bad to be on the list of heresy trials. I want to avoid it as much as possible."
Ling knew that the Church had something as domineering and unreasonable as the Salt Stake weapon. Even she would definitely be in trouble if she got hit by one.
"That damn Joachim..."
Maria Bell's voice of muttering was not missed by Ling.
"I think Dr. Qiongta probably doesn't know the inside story. After all, he is not a high-ranking member of the DG Order. I think the red pool under the Sun Fortress is the source of the problem."
"There... I didn't expect that pool to be such a disgusting thing." After hearing what Ling said, Maria Bell also recalled the scene she had seen.
"By the way, do you have no doubts about me at all? My statement is not very rigorous. I just made it up to make excuses for myself." Ling suddenly asked.
"I believe you won't joke about this kind of issue. And that thing just now... you are so skilled, this is definitely not the first time you have done this kind of thing, right? Don't do it again in the future. I don't want to be the only one in this world.
The one who understands dies young like this." Maria Bell replied seriously.
"Well, actually I have decided to seal this hand."
"Huh, that's good. I'll take care of the issues with the sect. Anyway, it's great that you're okay."
Maria Bell came up and hugged Ling again. Although she was able to break away, Ling did not do so. She could feel that Maria Bell's worry about her was real.
"Bell, you are so kind to me, be careful Ellie will get jealous when she finds out."
"She is the best friend I chose. She is not as stingy as you think."
"You really have confidence in her. By the way! Isn't Ellie still studying in the Codex Country? She should be able to learn techniques such as soul purification in an honest manner."
The Codex Country can be said to be the only place in the world where you can learn spells directly from academies. Although the entrance requirements for the seminary are very strict, the Ceremony Province is actually quite open to healing spells and does not mind them.
Diffusion. Without sincere faith in the goddess, it is impossible to use advanced healing spells such as Holy Blessing and Aurora Rain. If someone can use the healing spell of non-guided magic, then he must be a true believer of the goddess. This is the case on the mainland.
Common sense.
"You want to drag Ellie into the water?" Maria Bell was still a little hesitant.
"Your overprotection will only be counterproductive. Don't forget that Ellie McDowell has been determined to become the Speaker of Crossbell since she was a child and change the future of Crosby."
The Imperial Liberation Front has not taken any public actions in the past few years. Even Ling doesn't know what Ellie has done secretly in the past two years. Maybe you can go to school tomorrow and ask the leader of the Liberation Front cadre c? No,
Let's forget it. She has no idea what they are going to do.
"Speaker... I have heard rumors that you are very close to the imperial faction, and you are even having an affair with the grandson of the speaker."
"I'm close to the Imperial faction because I'm from the Empire. As for those tidbits... do you believe those things? With my body as dry as a stick, would any man be interested in me?"
"Too low body fat rate is not good for health. So, do you really not consider gaining weight? I can recommend you a very good ice cream shop, which is controlled by our IBC, and it just opened in Crossbell
open a branch."
Suspiciously, she accepted the black gold VIP unlimited drinking card that Maria Bell gave her. After noticing that it was getting late, Ling and Maria Bell agreed on a time to meet next time to discuss the Bi-Ling project and academic topics, and then left the ibc
Building.
Now that I have finally regained my magic power, do you want to fly back to Rozenberk's workshop like a real master?
She finally gave up on this idea because the flying speed using magic was too slow. Ling, who was used to moving at subsonic speeds, no longer looked down upon the flying speed of only dozens of submoments per second.
It was obvious that he had finally unlocked the shackles of magic practice with the help of Maria Bell, but it did not bring many changes to Ling's life.
She is a proud martial artist, and she spends most of her spare time just practicing her martial arts. Human energy is limited, and practicing both magic and martial arts sounds wonderful, but she has no intention of doing so. Master Youti
Oudang is enough. For her, it would be more practical to be a warrior.