It seems quite easy.
Could it be that I really am a genius?
A smile appeared on Xia Zhi's lips and her eyebrows raised slightly.
He originally thought that this attempt would not be very smooth, and that he might have to go through several setbacks and failures before he could figure out a way. However, he did not expect that it would go so smoothly, as if it came naturally.
Ahem, don’t be proud. According to a certain magician, real magic does not require any special talent, effort, location, or time. It can be used by anyone regardless of gender, race, wealth, or preparation. of.
Just picking up a stone or a branch can trigger a miracle. This is magic.
Although it sounds a bit whimsical, considering the original plot, Kamijou Touya, as an ordinary person who knows nothing, unintentionally created magic just because he brought back some travel souvenirs from all over the world and put them together at home. Formation——
This caused a world-wide magic like "Angel Falls".
From this point of view, the magician's discussion of the nature of magic may not be nonsense, and its credibility and rationality have been confirmed to a considerable extent in the face of real cases.
Maybe Touya Kamijou was just a blind cat and a dead mouse, but his record was there for real.
Compared to a great magic like "Angel Falls", Xia Zhi is currently just an attempt to burn some scraps while boiling the pot. It's not even a real alchemy... I can't be satisfied with this.
Curbing his smile, Xia Zhi stretched out his hand calmly. The few Qi pills containing pure power in the "Alchemy Furnace" seemed to be pulled by invisible forces, rising leisurely and contentedly from the furnace, and fell into his hands accurately. palm.
There are four Qi Pills in total, each one showing a round and perfect shape, about the same size as a human thumb, like a work of art made of the essence of heaven and earth.
They lay quietly in the palm of his hand, and their surfaces were as smooth as mirrors, reflecting the moonlight falling in the night sky. The glimmer of light flowed through them, making them crystal clear and shining.
"Colorless and transparent..."
Looking at the pure and flawless texture of the Qi Dan in the palm of his hand, Xia Zhi was a little surprised. According to the art of boiling stone, the Qi of the earth veins is directly cooked to turn it into pills. The quality of the Qi Dan is deeply affected by the original properties of the Qi of the earth veins. .
However, the condensed Qi Dan in the hand at this moment is crystal clear, does it mean that they originate from a colorless force without any tendency?
Perhaps - this is what's special about the entire Holy Grail system?
It is precisely because this power itself does not have any inherent tendency that it has broad and unlimited shaping possibilities. It can guide and shape development in any direction, thereby achieving the omnipotent cauldron that is said to be able to fulfill wishes?
Such thoughts naturally emerged in Xia Zhi's thoughts. He relied on his extraordinary perception of magic power to conduct a meticulous exploration of each Qi Dan.
Although it had been refined through the art of boiling stone, impurities had been completely removed and the essence retained in theory, he still decided to act with extreme caution.
After repeatedly checking that it was correct, he thought for a moment and swallowed an Earth Vein Qi Pill resolutely. After all, this is the purpose of this trip. When it is time to be decisive, it is natural to be more decisive.
The Earth Meridian Qi Pill melted as soon as it touched the tip of his tongue, and the pure power contained in it spread quietly. With the natural flow of magic power in his body, it quickly penetrated his body like a torrent, flowed through his limbs and bones, and penetrated into every minute part of his body. place.
The magic furnace heart that operates on its own in his body is absorbing this invisible power at an extremely fast speed and converting it into magic power that he can use...
The whole process is as smooth as clouds and water, without complicated refining steps. This pure power without any attributes or tendencies is naturally absorbed and integrated into itself.
Xia Zhi used an unusual concentration to observe the internal changes in himself. After some introspection and estimation, he confirmed that his upper limit of magic power had increased significantly, and his physical sense had increased by more than half.
Although it is probably because his own magic power base is relatively small that he can feel the obvious increase. But considering that it only takes one Qi Dan to swallow, this efficiency is undoubtedly amazing.
Moreover, Qi Dan is colorless and has no tendency of nature, so even the refining process is omitted.
Although it was a bit cliché and a bit like a classic quote that a villain would say, at this moment, Xia Zhi really wanted to say something - "It's just God helping me."
That being the case, what is there to hesitate about in the next choice?
That’s right, I’ll eat it right away——! !
Glancing at the already darkening sky, Xia Zhi decided to carry out construction work overnight.
After all, there is not much time left for him. According to Miss Master, the Holy Grail War generally does not last too long. According to past experience, it is likely to be overturned in about a week.
So how much time does he have except today?
Of course, we can only work hard and eat dirt overnight...
Eat dirt, just eat dirt. Anyway, eating dirt is like krypton gold. Besides, eating dirt can make you stronger, but others can't eat it if they want!
So, Xia Zhi acted decisively. He carefully examined the surrounding terrain and environment, and re-selected a more secluded location, which could avoid the prying eyes of nearby residential areas and ensure that people on Yuanzang Mountain could not detect it. Any unusual movement.
Well aware of the principle that "if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools." He went to a nearby convenience store alone to buy a large stack of sticky notes, and spent a lot of time processing them into rune engravings, carefully pasting them on the stickers. Around.
This is a technique called "Dispersal of Idlers"——
The main effect is to make people nearby feel like they don't want to come near this place for some reason, thereby achieving the purpose of driving away idlers.
This can effectively prevent some unexpected situations. For example, everything seems to be going well, but due to accidental collision, some unrelated people inexplicably break in and just break the villain's conspiracy...
Of course, this technique is not omnipotent. It works very well for ordinary people, but it may not be the same for extraordinary people.
Therefore, the scope of the technique must also be considered. It is best to limit it to a certain range and not expand it indiscriminately. Otherwise, it will not drive away idlers, but attract enthusiastic citizens from all walks of life to investigate the situation.
After careful adjustment and operation, Xia Zhi felt that he had temporarily achieved the expected goal, so he stopped what he was doing.
He suddenly realized that after all this busy work and spending a lot of time, the night was getting darker. He quickly started to continue boiling stones and making elixirs, constantly activating magic, cooking the earth, and boiling the energy of the earth veins into pure energy. Dan.
Next, he was like savoring snacks——
Absorb these Qi Pills one by one and transform them into his own surging magic power, thereby nourishing and strengthening his fundamental source.
Although it is said to be alchemy, it is not really alchemy. After all, although the art of boiling stones is an alchemy art, it can cook five kinds of stones and the energy of the earth's veins, but it does not mean that the direct cooking is a "real elixir".
The actual situation is more complicated. Real alchemy still requires following rigorous elixir recipes, selecting various medicinal stones, following the principle of compatibility of monarchs, ministers, and envoys, cleverly combining a variety of materials, and going through hardships to finally refine elixirs with specific effects.
In those dozens of pages of wisdom that the world regarded as forbidden, in addition to detailing the essence of the art of boiling stones, Index also silently recorded the secret methods of preparing several kinds of elixirs.
Like Xia Zhi, the method of directly cooking the earth with the technique of boiling stones and then swallowing the Qi Pill is completely a method of gathering natural resources. It is equivalent to eating the medicinal materials raw after processing the medicinal materials without taking them to make elixirs. Already...
However, what can he do?
Xia Zhi is not unaware that this approach is undoubtedly a great luxury and waste, but in the face of the current demand dilemma, only this seemingly absurd method can be used to cope with it.
If we really want to collect many rare medicinal materials step by step, and then steadily open the alchemy furnace for refining, not to mention the success rate, the idea itself seems quite unrealistic.
I'm afraid that even when the dust of the Holy Grail War settles, we won't be able to refine a few scraps.
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As the night gets darker.
From evening to now, Xia Zhi has been unable to count how many times he has refined the "Qi Pill". Each furnace may only produce a few pills. The quantity may seem insignificant, but he can't help but refine it quickly.
The art of boiling stone has an almost natural plundering power over the earth's veins and energy. It can take whatever it wants. It is worthy of the taboo knowledge coming from the magic book that teaches people how to become immortal and immortal. It can also be seen from it the meaning of seizing the heaven and earth.
After all, even stones and soil have to squeeze out spiritual power. If this is not taking away good fortune, then what is taking away good fortune?
Frankly speaking, this kind of extremely repetitive operation is generally very boring, but the current situation is completely different, because the progress bar that can be seen with the naked eye and the considerable growth rate are all exciting.
It's like playing those idle placement games. In the early stage, as long as you keep clicking, you can see various values continuously break through...
The positive feedback brought about by this continuous increase in value is indeed addictive.
In the same way, Xia Zhi is also in the early stage and is experiencing a similar situation. As long as he continues to cook the earth, refine Qi Pills, and then eat them one by one like snacks, he can quickly increase his magic power.
How could one feel bored and tired under such circumstances?
If you don't have enough skill, come and get some elixirs!
I'm going to eat straight away——! !
However, as time went by, although his magic power experienced a huge increase, the effect of taking drugs inevitably began to decrease. At first, a Qi pill directly increased half of the success power, and later on I gradually asked for two, four, eight...
Fortunately, the essence of the Qi Pill is all pure primitive magic power, otherwise, he could be full just by eating.
Although he understood that this situation was inevitable, Xia Zhi still couldn't help but sigh, and his mood slowly lost its previous excitement. He stood up and moved around, feeling that his magic power was stronger than ever.
After working hard all night...
The progress seems to be quite gratifying...
No, no, that's not enough. It feels like it's still a little short of reaching the average level of lower-level elves in the Fairy Kingdom. It must be far from being up to par with the servants of legendary heroes in this world in the past.
Besides, Servants also have skills and Noble Phantasms, these are all gaps.
After thinking about it like this, Xia Zhi, driven by the sense of crisis, continued to force himself to repeat the work quickly.
Keep eating dirt!
Eat as much as you can, the more you eat, the stronger you will be! The best thing is to be able to eat away the surrounding earth veins, thereby breaking through the defense of Mount Enzo, entering the core of the Great Holy Grail, and then directly cooking the center of the earth veins in Fuyuki City!
This is Xia Zhi's strategy. He actually doesn't expect to simply increase his magic power to even the disparity with other followers. That would be too unrealistic.
What he really wants is to pull the trigger and lift the chessboard directly. Since this matter is difficult to handle, then don't do it!
If he can't win, then everyone will lose together. This is his philosophy of action.
Considering that the efficiency of the current alchemy was beginning to become low, he also began to try to modify the "alchemy furnace" and expand the magic circle so that it could cover more areas.
As long as the cooking range is larger and the cooking earth energy is more, the number of elixirs produced in the end will definitely be greater.
Go back later and "borrow" more gems from the lovely Master.
Her gems are really useful, and they are also very convenient for setting up magic circles.
Probably because the Tosaka family has inherited "transformation magic", and the magic direction that Miss Tosaka is good at also tends to the characteristics of "flow and transfer of force"... so the gems she prepared came in handy right now.
Anyway, the technique of boiling stones can provide some assistance in converting the energy of earth veins.
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It's quiet at night.
Everything was silent.
Fuyuki City seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep temporarily, everything was sleeping peacefully, and no accidents occurred.
There was no gas leakage or gas explosion, which probably meant that the residents of Fuyuki City could live a peaceful life for a few more days... But this just meant that the Holy Grail War had just begun, and everyone was still more cautious.
Just because there was no big fuss does not mean that there was no real collision.
At the foot of Yuanzang Mountain, on the originally empty and quiet road, the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly came.
A woman wrapped in a dark purple robe, with only her fair chin exposed, appeared in the darkness. She gritted her teeth tightly, as if she was insisting on moving forward, but her steps inevitably staggered.
It's like he's at the end of his crossbow, dying, and will fall to the ground and die at any time...
It's really ridiculous. It's so rare to be summoned, but it ends up having to exit the Holy Grail War in such an embarrassing way at the very beginning?
She laughed to herself, and at the same time she felt that the scenery in her field of vision began to darken, and the Yuanzang Mountain in front of her became vaguely blurred. It was almost difficult to see clearly in the night... Ah, this must have been the limit.
The Noble Phantasm severed the contract and cut off her connection with the real world, causing her to rapidly lose her magic power and find herself in a difficult situation.
And before she had time to find a new Master and re-sign the contract, that hateful Lancer was like a keen hunting dog, coming directly to her door. In order to get rid of him, she had to spend a lot of magic power.
As a result, it was like adding insult to injury, as the remaining magic power could no longer keep her alive.
The witch finally lost her balance with her staggering steps, and fell down at the foot of Yuanzang Mountain. She lay dying on the road, looking at the sky with her eyes blankly, not knowing what she was thinking.
Suddenly, footsteps came from beside me.
With her remaining sense of perception, she felt a powerful magic force approaching, presumably from other servants.
The next moment, the other party roughly pulled her up.
