Xuan Weizi opened the window, and a piece of snow fell from the roof. Looking into the distance, there were only two colors left in the sky and earth, black and white, and the cold air hit him. Some of the more industrious people in Chaidui Town had already started to go out.
Clear the snow.
More than half a month had passed since Shandoli led the natives to attack Chaidui Town. The originally suffocating weather suddenly turned cold, and heavy snowfall for several days almost buried Chaidui Town under the white snow.
Although Xuan Weizi prepared enough medicine and worked with Sir Salemi to treat the injuries and illnesses in the town, some townspeople still couldn't bear it. Together with the dead from the previous battle, there were dozens more outside the town.
grave mound.
After performing one round of exercise, Xuan Weizi washed himself briefly, then took off a large piece of smoked dried meat hanging on the beam, pushed the door open and left the house, and came to a temporary log shed not far away. This is where the house was placed.
Rosaleen's shack.
As soon as Xuan Weizi approached the shack, he stopped and walked around in a small circle before opening the hay curtain. He was greeted by a warm breath, and a saber-toothed leopard with shiny black hair was sleeping with its eyes closed, snoring slightly.
, the huge body rises and falls slowly with breathing.
Xuan Weizi placed the smoked dried meat in front of Rosalin and said, "Although you can survive as long as you take in a little energy, it's not good to hold on."
Rosalian immediately woke up from her deep sleep, stood up on all fours, and was taller than Xuan Weizi, almost breaking the roof of the shed. She stared at Xuan Weizi and communicated with her heart: "I don't need you to please me."
"Just ignore the harassment from the townspeople." Xuan Weizi said.
The black saber-toothed leopard seemed to have a sneer on his face as she said: "Yesterday, a man defecated in front of the door, thinking that he could humiliate me. I was also prepared to see your expression after stepping on him."
"The damage you caused to Chai Dui Town is natural for people to do this. They rushed in without weapons, which shows that they still have sense." Xuan Weizi sat on the haystack, silently sensing Rosalian's vitality with his soul.
vitality.
Rosaleen retorted without hesitation: "If you invaders hadn't cut down the forest and taken away the homeland where the spotted beast tribe thrives, would we have attacked you?"
"I didn't say what you did was wrong." Xuan Weizi replied: "But whether the matter can succeed depends on various complex factors. Just being eager for revenge cannot make it happen."
"These words can only be said after you invaders put down their weapons and leave." Rosaleen sat down again.
Xuan Weizi did not argue with her, but just used his divine energy silently. A ball of starlight in his hand was constantly twisting, and little bits of light were flowing in it.
Over the past few days, Xuan Weizi has learned a lot about the life characteristics of magical beasts by treating Rosalian every day, and has roughly figured out the ideas.
One thing that can be understood is that the emergence of magical beasts like Rosalin is not an alien product that violates the natural laws of this world, nor is it the result of deliberate shaping by intelligent life.
In Rosalie's blood, primitive and pure magical energy flows, combined with her life form, so she has the innate ability to cast spells. However, Rosalie's spellcasting behavior is obviously different from that of a mage. She does not need any spells.
Or gestures are not based on logical learning to acquire the ability to cast spells, they are just performed instinctively.
If someone is born with the ability to cast spells, what kind of existence would he regard this ability as? An extra arm, the ability to see further, hear more clearly, be able to spray fire or ice? And so on,
The mental shaping of acquired development will make such people think differently from ordinary people.
There are also some warlocks among humans who have special blood and have natural spell-casting abilities. This spell-casting ability is collectively referred to as spell-like abilities. But there are very few warlocks these days. Civilized society has experienced more than one persecution against the blood of warlocks, so Xuan
In the past, Wei Zi was unable to study the connection between innate spell-like abilities and the mind and body of the spellcaster.
The reason why Xuan Weizi is concerned about this is because there is a similar state in the practice of alchemy. From "growing a holy fetus", passing through the "gate of Xuanguan", to truly being reborn. Like a newborn baby, not only the physical body is
When the tripod is refining and reborn, the immortal body is first formed, even the perception and thinking will undergo development again, and magical powers will arise spontaneously.
It's just that similarities are just similarities after all. Xuan Weizi has certainly proven this level in his previous life, and can also see the specific difference from his natural spell-casting ability.
Alchemy monks are reborn, either by practicing hard on their own, or by using external elixirs to transform their physical bodies, but no matter what, they still have to rely on their own mental skills. It is said that magical powers and magic power are generated spontaneously, but in fact, one is
The integration of all the previous practices has become the instinct of the new body and mind; secondly, at this state, the physical and mental induction and perception are far better than before, and are not affected by the self-grasping of things. They gain great freedom and can naturally comprehend things from heaven and earth that have never been seen in the past.
Some magical powers.
Therefore, compared to the innate spell-like abilities, Xuan Weizi speculates that the spell-casting abilities spontaneously acquired by magical powers after the rebirth of Alchemy are either supernatural abilities that cannot be dispelled, or special abilities that have been completely integrated with the physical and mental existence.
The magic-like abilities of magical beasts are either due to the mutation factors hidden in the bloodline, or the physical and mental abilities have changed due to the influence of external magical energy. These processes are not autonomous and cannot be promoted if the external conditions are insufficient.
The transformation of physical and mental abilities, even if it seems to be the inner blood, is the result of the transmission of the life characteristics of the race, just like it is impossible for a person to choose his family origin.
Rosalian's situation is relatively lucky, she has both. Firstly, her saber-toothed leopard tribe seems to contain primitive magical energy in the blood, but the beast cannot concentrate the blood characteristics through effective mating, so Rosa
Lian's appearance was also accidental.
In addition, the totem djinn worshiped by the spotted beast tribe is the image of the saber-toothed leopard. Over time, the spotted beast tribe gained the ability to communicate with the saber-toothed leopard group, and the totem djinn also caused various subtle difficulties for the saber-toothed leopard group.
Under the influence of observation, and as a result of the interaction between the two, Rosaleen began to undergo physical and mental changes at an early age.
It was supposed to be a saber-toothed leopard with spotted hair, but Rosaline was completely black and shiny, and her body grew larger and larger, far exceeding her peers.
Coupled with her natural ability to cast spells, Rosalian is even considered to be the incarnation of the totem djinn in the Spotted Beast tribe, and she is indispensable in daily life without the support and service of the tribe's natives. And she has also been entrusted with the important task of guarding the Spotted Beast tribe.
A sacred place guarded through the ages.
However, this time during the attack on Chai Dui Town, due to the death of Tu Randi, Sandoli approached Rosalian and asked her to help defeat the invaders. In the end, she was defeated by Xuan Weizi. As for being imprisoned here, it is no wonder
There was resentment in her heart.
Xuan Weizi remained silent and kept sitting on the haystack, seemingly defenseless. The astral body in his hand came and went, and he had no idea what he was doing with his eyes closed.
But Rosalian didn't dare to act easily. She could vaguely feel the power of Xuan Weizi swimming in her body, and it would stay somewhere and emit warm currents from time to time, making Rosalian feel very comfortable and let out bursts of light purring.
, I almost wanted to roll over.
"So that's it, it's interesting...I probably understand." Xuan Weizi smiled, and just like that, the astral body flew out and transformed, and when it landed, there was a silver light shining like a saber-toothed leopard carved from crystal!
Rosalian was stunned and let out an unhappy growl. Facing this crystal saber-toothed leopard, which was much smaller than her, it seemed that she was encountering some kind of tit-for-tat enemy.
Xuan Weizi moved his fingers to call the crystal saber-toothed leopard to him, and then touched its chin and belly like a cat.
"Unfortunately, it's not very useful." Xuan Weizi raised his hand and closed it, and the astral body returned to his sleeve.
"Why can you master the skills of the totem guardian?" Rosalian asked dissatisfied and surprised: "I can see that the thunder and lightning you summoned that night and the saber-toothed leopard you transformed now are actually used to communicate with the giant spirits.
How can you, an outsider, learn how to use it?"
Xuan Weizi crossed his arms and said: "When Tu Randi was about to die, he tried to combine his soul with the totem giant spirit, activating the natural energy gathered in the totem altar at that time to fight back, but I used it to capture his soul. I
After analysis, I naturally learned the skills of the totem guardian."
When saying this, Xuan Weizi twisted a glass bead. To Rosalin, it was an evil intruder brazenly showing off his trophies.
"But, the so-called totem giant spirit's spell-casting skills are indeed crude and rudimentary." Xuan Weizi played with the glass beads and said, "The imperial mages call them spirit messengers. This name is really accurate."
"Why?" Rosalie followed the other party's words, thinking of getting more information from Xuan Weizi so that she could tell Sandori when she left.
"Totem guardians communicate with giant spirits, which is based on tribal totem worship. It is a primitive and simple pictogram worship. The advantage of this is that it can relatively intensively shape the tribe's beliefs, and it is also helpful for the totem guardians to concentrate on their spiritual aspects." Xuan Wei
Zi explained one by one with a serious expression:
"But this approach actually divides the imageless natural spirit into specific parts...to be precise, specific aspects. Instead, it abandons the broad vision that could have been pursued. In addition, the totem giant spirits worshiped by the tribe are relatively single, and they also
The infinite changes that may exist in the natural spirit are compressed, and over time, what is formed is the spirit.
You said that with a good foundation of animistic belief, it is possible to develop and integrate everything, and to adapt to the achievements of things. In the end, the result is that the soul is clinging to the soul and the path is narrow. This group of indigenous people deserve to be killed by the colonists and the tribe will wither."
Rosalin snorted and smiled: "It sounds like you have a solution."
"I have a way, but whether I am willing to learn it or whether I can work hard to change my stubborn old habits is another matter."
But there is a fundamental difference."
"What's the difference?" Rosaleen asked curiously.
"What? You want to trick me so you can go back and tell Sandori?" Xuan Weizi glanced at Rosalian, his eyes shining brightly, as if he could see through other people's thoughts.
Rosalian was stunned for a moment, careful not to reveal too much of her thoughts. In the past few days, she had also discovered that this "Doctor Olenso" seemed to be able to detect the thoughts of others, including herself.
"The general program is actually very simple, it's just internal and external communication." Xuan Weizi smiled bitterly: "But it is the simplest, but also the most difficult. Using the inner Yuan Qi and the Yuan Qi of the heaven and earth, and using the self Yuan Shen to communicate with the gods of the heaven and earth,
Not only the internal divine energy must be combined, but also the external divine energy must be mobilized. Only in this way can we drive the radical changes of yin and yang, and the birth and death of all phenomena. If this can be done, not to mention a mere thunder and lightning, it will be everything in the universe, and the heaven and earth will naturally follow it.
My mind is moving."
Although the communication of "spiritual link" can ignore the difference in language, what Xuan Weizi said was the content of Alchemy and Thunder. Rosalian seemed not to understand, and said: "Do you mean communication is natural? Totem Guardian
That’s what he did.”
Xuan Weizi laughed out loud: "Do you really think it's that easy to communicate with nature with a simple sentence? What is nature? What is communication? What is Yuanqi Yuanshen that I just mentioned, and how does it manifest itself in the world?
?How to combine the two?
As I said just now, the shortcoming of the totem guardians is that their understanding and definition of nature are too narrow! They think they can communicate with nature, but they are just relying on their souls to accidentally hit it. It just fits the environment of a small area and touches my heart.
How can a natural giant that has no specific form have the right to be said to communicate with nature?"
Rosalian stopped talking this time. Although she is a magical beast and has the ability to think, it does not mean that she really has a very high level of knowledge. At least at this level, she is not much different from the natives of the Spotted Beast tribe.
.
Xuan Weizi sighed, raised his chin, gestured to the smoked dried meat on the ground, and said, "You'd better eat it. I don't have the habit of taking back things I give away."
Rosalin touched the smoked dried meat with her big paw and said with some disgust: "I like fresh and juicy venison, preferably the belly part."
"You are really picky, I will get it when I have time." Xuan Weizi stood up, straightened his robes, and asked: "Do you know what is going on inside the holy land you guarded before? Tu Randi seems to have entered it before
Pass."
Although Xuanweizi captured Tu Randi's soul, it was severely damaged and almost no content about the holy land was preserved.
Rosalian shook her big head and replied: "I don't know. No one else knows about Tu Randi's entry into the Holy Land. Except for me, he hid it from the rest of the tribe."
Xuan Weizi was silent in thought, and Rosalian asked: "Do you want to enter? Although there are probably not many guards now, I still advise you not to rush in. Tu Randi went in once, and he was sane when he came out.
It’s all a bit abnormal.”
Xuan Weizi narrowed his eyes and said, "Did Tu Randi choose to perform rituals and initiate floods and storms after entering that holy land?"
"Probably, I don't usually care much about things in the tribe." Rosaleen replied.
"I understand. If I have time, I will probably go to the Holy Land." Xuan Weizi smiled and said, "Anyway, you won't be guarding there anymore."
Rosalian was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "I have a request. If you really want to go, can you teach me your spell-casting skills in advance? It's that... internal and external relations."
"Are you afraid that I will die inside, so you want to get more information?" Xuan Weizi knocked on his forehead and said: "This is a superior Taoist method, and I'm afraid you can't learn it. Besides, you are my prisoner now.
, This kind of request is ridiculous. Don’t you think so?"
Rosalin snorted and said, "If you don't want to teach me, just forget it."
"But..." I saw Xuan Weizi looking at Rosalian with a strange look, which made the other person feel a chill in his heart.
"What are you thinking?" Rosalian took a step back. She had never been afraid even when facing the enemy, but this time she really felt fear.
"Can you change into human form?" Xuan Weizi asked.
"No." Rosalian was wondering, why did she want to become a human?
"Then can you shrink?" Xuan Weizi asked again.
Rosalin snorted coldly: "I think your current body shape is good!"
"It has big drawbacks. If you had been smaller and more flexible back then, you wouldn't have been defeated so easily by me." Xuan Weizi looked at the "Improved Starlight Cocoon" that could grow or shrink at will in his hand, with a puzzled expression on his face, and said:
"When I figure out a method that suits you, I may teach you. Then it will depend on your attitude."