Heavenly Dao Formula

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In the middle of the night, Xia Fan leaned against the head of the bed, looking at a metal object he found from the side of the track.

It looks like a bronze product, almost one finger long and two fingers wide. After the green patina is wiped off, the characters engraved on it can still be vaguely seen—but the characters are difficult to identify, and seem to be different from the current characters of Daqi Kingdom. Big difference.

And that track...

Wooden rails are not a rare thing. People have long thought of the idea of ​​using straight wood instead of bumpy roads, and they can run with only rolling logs. The problem is that the wooden square has always limited compressive capacity and is easily damaged by moths, so this special road has never been able to become the mainstream. No one wants to spend a lot of money and material resources to build a road that needs to be repaired and rotated every few months, unless it is absolutely necessary or there is an urgent need.

Therefore, wooden rails generally appear on the mountain. After all, if there is no quarry nearby, it is not realistic to build a flat and durable bluestone road on the mountainside.

Qingshan Town is just a remote town built on the mountainside?

No, these two things are enough to prove that Qingshan is not a remote place, and many people have come and gone here.

The examiner obviously concealed the key information.

What is the reason that made Qingshan become what it is now?

"Squeak."

There was a soft knock from the overhead window.

Xia Fan put away the bronze piece, looked at the black shadow at the window, "I thought you wouldn't come today."

It was the fox demon that appeared there. The faint moonlight poured in from behind her, illuminating her pointed ears.

"Beef, I ate it."

"I know."

"Then you should understand that I accepted your plea." She changed from squatting to sitting down, and raised her legs, "You may be used to having no integrity, but I haven't."

Uh... is it actually a plea? Also, the moonlight needs to be a little brighter.

"But it's almost past time now, don't you want to stay up until I fall asleep so that you can have a supper for nothing?"

"White?" The fox frowned suspiciously. Although she seemed incomprehensible, she seemed to know that it was not a good thing to say. "I am free to come when I come, and you didn't set a time in advance. Besides, I am also very busy." , If it wasn't for the bullshit..." She stopped suddenly, "Anyway, if you fell asleep, you can't blame me. Anyway, I fulfilled the agreement."

"That makes sense." Xia Fan didn't want to worry about these details anymore, after all, time is precious. As for what the other party said about being busy, it's not necessarily a lie—she obviously hasn't forgotten her original intention of coming to Qingshan Town, "Did you make many people have nightmares again today? Of course, if you think this will help me in the exam , you can pretend I didn't ask."

"It's less than yesterday." The fox demon said bluntly, "If people have other emotions, the appeal of dreams will decrease. But tonight their emotions are all increasing."

"What kind of emotion?"

"Anxiety and hatred."

Xia Fan's heart skipped a beat, was it affected by the environment of the exam? The money that must be carefully calculated, the spiritual fire that is never enough for the candidates, and the order established by the family... It seems natural that the dissatisfaction will spread.

"By the way," he thought for a while, and then took out the bronze piece he found on the back mountain, "Do you know what this is?"

The other party glanced uninterestedly, "I don't know. Why do you think a fox demon knows more about human stuff than you do?"

"Probably because you have lived for hundreds or thousands of years?" Xia Fan organized his words and said, "You can never go wrong with the saying of being well-informed..."

"Heh..." She grinned first, and then laughed loudly, "Hahahaha..." That laughter obviously had nothing to do with kindness, but was full of sarcasm. "If the demon can live for so long, do you think you will still be the ones who rule the world?"

"Uh, isn't it?"

"Although qi can prolong life, it only brings demons and ordinary people to the same level. Even alchemists can't compare, and only ignorant people in the countryside will rumor that demons live longer."

This answer greatly exceeded Xia Fan's expectations. It means that the average lifespan of a demon is only fifty or sixty years old, and it is probably all rumors about cultivating for a hundred years to develop spiritual wisdom and a thousand years to transform into a human being?

"Then...how on earth were you born?" He asked the question he wanted to know the most.

"What's the meaning?"

"That is to say, when did you find out that you became a demon?"

"Of course it was from the beginning." She shook her ears in dissatisfaction, "You don't think that I was just an ordinary fox when I was born, did you? First there is energy and then there is spirit, and the same is true for people. Didn't your master teach You?"

"Teaching is teaching...but is there any connection between these two things?"

"Blunt!" The fox demon showed an expression that could not be taught by a child, "Having qi first and then having spirit is the same as what kind of qi is condensed, and what kind of spirit will be born, understand! The reason why you can feel qi, It is determined as early as conception. The same is true for all other things. At the place of conception, Qi will attach, some ordinary and some extraordinary. The ordinary are all living beings, while the extraordinary are like you and me. This process is unpredictable. It cannot be changed, this is "nature"! "

Xia Fan opened his mouth wide.

He suddenly discovered that the braised beef with half a piece of silver was really worth it.

That cheap master also mentioned "Qi Ling Theory", but it is far less detailed and specific.

He now knows that demons don't need to practice, and they don't need chances. The reason why she is a demon is because she was born this way.

"Then... can a demon have offspring with a human?" Xia Fan asked the second question he wanted to know.

The other party's eyes have obviously changed.

"Ahem, I just want to study it in depth, there is absolutely no other meaning," he added hastily.

The fox demon stared at him for a long time before saying angrily, "Your folk rumors are not wrong. Although there are very few, there are occasional exceptions..."

Meaning... okay? Xia Fan asked, "Why do they seldom appear?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? If it's not a pervert or a psychological problem, who would want to marry a demon?" She was furious, "A demon can't completely hide its own characteristics, either it has scales or a tail, in your eyes Isn’t it as ugly as a beast! Of course, don’t think that people are so good, they are naked, it’s awkward no matter how you look at them!”

Uh... is this the generation gap of the times?

Xia Fan touched his chin subconsciously, would it be more pleasing to the eye to have a beard in the future?

"That's enough. You said it was just a chat. I think you are deliberately finding fault. Anyway, I have already been here, so it is not a missed appointment. That's it, leave!"

After speaking, she jumped up and turned to leave.

"Wait!" Xia Fan repeated his old trick.

The demon fox's body froze again, and there seemed to be anger surging in its gaze.

"Today's reward has not been given to you yet."

Xia Fan took out the cloth bag containing the beef and reached out to hand it over. "I don't know what your imaginary chat looks like, but I just want to know more about you. If there is any offense, I hope you will forgive me."

The other party didn't answer, but stared at him, and said after a while, "...why do you want to know about the demon?"

"Didn't you often say that there are many prejudices between humans and demons? The root of prejudice is ignorance. I think as long as we keep in touch, this prejudice may not be eliminated."

"There are many kinds of demons, including demons that eat people. Do you think you can make people stop being afraid of demons? Can alchemists stop killing demons?"

"No, but at least it can make them no longer afraid of monsters that don't eat people. As for alchemists... am I?"

"Hmph," the other party sneered, but the anger in his eyes was a little less, "You haven't passed the examination yet."

"So would you like to help me?"

"Dreaming." She resolutely refused, "It's the first time I've seen someone like you."

"There are many kinds of monsters, but there are only more people. What's so strange about that?"

For some reason, hearing this sentence, the fox demon's movements suddenly slowed down, and the golden pupil seemed to lose focus, as if caught in some kind of memory.

After a while, she bent down and took the cloth bag away, "It turns out that you can also say a few reasonable words."

"More than that." Xia Fan spread his hands and said, "You want to weaken your enemy by reducing the number of alchemists, but it is feasible but inefficient. And I eliminate prejudice through understanding, and then popularize it among the alchemists, isn't it fundamentally Solved the problem? In other words, we are kindred spirits in some ways.”

"Who is the same as you? I will not join forces with alchemists. Besides, what do you think the Privy Council is? Do you want to change it by yourself?" The fox demon showed his fangs, as if mocking, It seemed to be a warning, "If you have this idea, I suggest you quit the exam now. The Privy Council is far more terrifying than you imagined. Once you have any unrealistic fantasies, it will only kill you." No place to die!"

Why does her tone... seem to know a lot about the Privy Council? Xia Fan keenly noticed something strange - as a monster, this is completely unreasonable. Even Da Qiren, there are not many people who know the inside story of the Privy Council.

"By the way, who is your master? I don't think ordinary people can teach a monster like you who is reasonable, righteous, and polite."

She was silent for a while, "I don't have a master."

"No? Then who taught you this?"

"It has nothing to do with you." The fox demon suddenly became impatient, she flicked her tail and jumped off the window sill, "I accept the reward, but there will be no next time. You should focus on the examination. "

"Hey, wait," Xia Fan jumped onto the table and looked out, but there was no sign of him in the night.

Did you go so fast? He had no choice but to lower his voice and shout, "I will prepare braised beef tomorrow, remember to come and get it when you are done with work!"

However, Xia Fan had a feeling in his heart that the other party was probably serious this time.

She won't come to chat anymore.