Chapter 25, A joke of fate
Back to two and a half months ago, Fugate and the others had been going to the desert to investigate alchemical materials for a long time.
But this day is the wedding day of Fugate's apprentice Hetara.
Hetara's marriage partner is a young man from the Knights of the West Wind.
He is a descendant of an alliance family that Hertara's father is very optimistic about, and Hetara's childhood sweetheart.
"To be honest, I really don't want to marry you." A certain childhood sweetheart whispered to Hetara, "I'm so familiar with you that it's hard to start."
"I feel the same way." Hetara also whispered, "And you are a bit too weak and do not meet my taste."
A certain knight's mouth twitched. He was the champion of the last Mondstadt Knight Competition, okay? But he really couldn't beat Hetara. Hetara didn't know what kind of ghost sword skills she had learned from that damn place in Sumeru. .
Although the offensive ability is insufficient, with sword skills alone, even the captains are no match and cannot break through the defense.
What's more, Hetara also has the God's Eye of the wind element, and has developed the application of the wind element in acceleration, shielding, treatment, wind spells, etc.
Only the top captains and the bishops in the cathedral can beat him.
Thinking of all the troubles this woman caused after returning from studying abroad, the corners of the knight's mouth twitched even more.
"Okay, you two, if you have something to say, you should go home and talk. Today is your wedding. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event. You should be more serious about it. Lord Barbatos, please don't let me do it today." Kick your ass," said a young man with a serious face and wearing a priest's robe.
The person holds a scripture in one hand and wedding supplies in the other. The scripture is also inlaid with the Eye of God with the element of wind.
"Yes, brother!" Hetara said quickly.
The knight quickly responded.
This bishop is the next head of the Loefat family, the eldest of the three brothers of Hetara, and the youngest bishop in the West Wind Cathedral. He is thirty-three years old this year.
However, this proud bishop received the Eye of God in his youth.
Now its combat power ranks among the top three in the entire Mondstadt.
Of course, he was not so strong a few years ago, ranking in the top 20 at most, but then Hetara returned and brought many magical potions. With the blessing of these potions, the bishop's strength improved by leaps and bounds, lighting up the world in one fell swoop. Take away all your destiny.
If Fugate were to identify him, this guy's level would already be LV81.
The two childhood sweethearts began to prepare for the wedding seriously. Although they both felt that the wedding was very troublesome, they thought it would be this once in a lifetime, so they tolerated it.
The bishop put away the wedding things and prepared to continue helping.
At this time, I saw a servant walking towards Hetara's room with large and small packages.
"What are you doing?" The bishop stopped the servant.
"Young Master." The servant bowed and said, "These are gifts from people that the eldest lady cares about. I want to give them to the eldest lady."
The bishop frowned and said, "Did it come from Xumi?"
"Yes." The servant said, "It was sent by the eldest lady's teachers and classmates."
The bishop touched his chin and noticed something was wrong.
Also proficient in prophecy, he felt a hint of astrology and fate's playfulness in these gifts.
From these gifts, he seemed to see his sister accidentally slipping and making a fool of herself while laughing.
Today is not the time for my sister to make a fool of herself, for the glory of the Lowfart family.
"Put the gifts and other things in the ceremony room, and tell Hetara after the wedding is over."
The servant nodded, bowed and left with the gift.
Then the bishop also left. The divination just now made him spend some energy. If he needed to take a rest, he should go to the prayer hall to rest.
"Speaking of which, this [Fugate Intelligence Development Potion] is really useful. Without this potion, I don't know how long it would have taken me to learn divination. The best thing about this intelligence development potion is not the development of intelligence. It’s about sorting out his own knowledge system the moment he drinks it.”
The bishop disappeared into the corridor with some thoughts in his mind.
Shortly after he left, the knight and Hetara, who had finished dressing up, appeared in the corridor.
The time is almost up and the two of them are going to attend the wedding ceremony.
The wedding ceremony went smoothly. After all, the two were childhood sweethearts who had known each other since childhood and were both leaders in their respective fields. No matter what they thought in their hearts, in the eyes of outsiders, they were a match made in heaven.
"Let's get together like this from now on." Hetara had already anticipated her marriage.
So after the wedding ceremony is completed, you can basically do whatever you need to do.
For example, when most people were not paying attention, she led her husband to the gift room to see the congratulatory gifts sent by others.
Most of these gifts are valuable antiques, a small part are fine swords, and a small part are various precious alchemical materials.
Hertara's eyes glowed when she saw it. With the help of these materials, her alchemy would be able to make a big breakthrough in a short period of time, and she could even develop several products named after Hertara.
"Hey~ These seem to be sent by your teacher and classmates." The knight saw the letters and packages sent by Fugate. "...It turns out they were all sent by your mentor."
"Let me see it." Hetara took back her letter and read it.
Although the things were all given by Fugate, they also contained the thoughts of other apprentices.
For example, there are several classics related to psychic witchcraft, which were dictated by Fugate and copied by Charmian.
Another example is the latest edition of Alchemy Theory Guide and Leyline Phenomenon Summary. Although the academy took the lead, Kulu also participated in the compilation.
The latest potion formula collection was compiled and summarized by that guy from Batu.
Baanka did not have any major academic achievements, but he also had his own exclusive secret recipe, which was a formula for a beauty ointment.
Samer gave some alchemy materials that are special products of the desert. They were originally given to Fugate, but were forwarded by Fugate.
What Fugate himself gave was something special. He gave a crystal ball.
There was a countdown on it. After watching it, the two found that there was still some time left in the countdown, so they turned to read other books.
After counting the gifts, Hetara smiled with satisfaction...
"Ouch~" The proud Hetara's steps became disordered, and she suddenly tripped over the wedding dress.
At the same time, a burst of white smoke rose from the crystal ball.
Hetara fell, and the moment when the knight sacrificed his life to help her was recorded by the crystal ball. There was also a line of small curly characters below the crystal ball.
Knight and Princess, a trick of fate - a gift from Nathan Les H. Fugate to his disciple Hetara.
After seeing this message, Hetara expressed that she couldn't laugh or cry. It seemed that the mentor was really serious. After all, a mentor in a self-destructive state did not understand jokes. Only a mentor with an online consciousness could do this.
Of course, this crystal ball is not just a joke about recording disciples.
This crystal ball has also been imbued with powerful prophecy and psionic witchcraft by Fugate. When his disciples encounter danger, they will be just as safe as this time, and when they want help, help will be available soon. arrival.
Fugate fixed this future destiny through psychic magic and astrology.
When Hetara held up the crystal ball and looked at it, she could read the effect of this psychic witchcraft through her spiritual energy.
Yes, this prophetic psychic witchcraft is also the gift that Fugate wants to give to Hetara. It is worth mentioning that this witchcraft was researched and improved by Fugate himself. According to the system's evaluation, this witchcraft is at the three-star level, or a very high three-star.
If this spell is not too independent and is the product of a flash of inspiration from Fugate, and if Fugate understands more and is willing to perfect it into a system, then the four-star level cannot escape. After all, it involves a mysterious and mysterious fate. Although the frontal combat power is not strong, it still has strong character.
As for the difficulty of learning, it is extremely high for ordinary people, but it is very simple for several apprentices who are deeply involved with Fugate.
Why is this so? This has to be said about the Essence Awakening and Holy Number Ceremony held by Fugate. As one of the sacred numbers, it will be much easier for the apprentices to learn the psionic and witchcraft knowledge related to Fugate.
Back to Xumi, in a small courtyard in Xumi City.
"How cunning," Banka complained.
"Aren't I afraid that you won't believe it?" Xia Mian stuck out his tongue and said.
"I knew that the teacher could do astrology, but I didn't expect that he could also do prophecy." Batu said.
"The teacher knows it, that's too much." Kuru said, pushing up his glasses.
After returning to Sumeru City, Kulu's trainee dharma was promoted through many levels. However, he worked a little too much during the period after returning, which made his eyes a little short-sighted, so he had to wear glasses. Well, the glasses are still there. It's quite expensive, but it's nothing to him.
After his promotion, Kuru entered the Siphandama Academy to teach, teaching two courses respectively, one was a basic alchemical theory course that he participated in the compilation of, and the other was a consciousness research course.
According to the arrangement between Fuget and Mjevan, he will become the official Draupta within two years.
"Okay, don't talk about mentor, be careful he senses it and uses his psychic energy to beat you up." Sameer smiled and put a plate of fruit on the table. The teacher has become stronger recently. If someone calls him, he can even use Psychically sensed.
A few days ago, when Kuru was complaining too hard, Master Fugate punched him with psychic energy.
The others immediately shrank their heads and changed the topic.
Speaking of this house, this is the new home of Kuru and Sameer. The two of them got married not long after they returned from Sumeru City.
Then they chose a house in the city that was not far from Liuzhong Manor and Sibandama Academy as their new home.
The room is not big. It can only be said to be a standard scholar's residence. It is much smaller than the six-storey manor in the suburbs of Fugate. It only has a small alchemy room. Nowadays, the few of them are having dinner together in Sameer and Kulu's new home.
As for the reason why they gathered together, it was relatively simple. It was because they happened to be free today. Yes, it was that simple.
The last time they were together was at Kullu and Sameer's wedding.
Ordinary people think that gatherings of scholars may be about discussing advanced knowledge, but in fact this is not the case.
These five wise men cherished their time together, so the conversation was not about all kinds of advanced knowledge.
Instead, they were exchanging various experiences.
Kulu and Sameer talked about some interesting experiences in the desert area, such as helping their mentor improve the extraction of the bones of the holy beast.
Batu talked about some of his experiences in the health home. The separation between patients and their families was sad.
He also mentioned that he would be promoted to a trainee monk in the near future. However, he did not follow the path of Fugate's mentor, but the relationship between his parents and family, to be precise, the relationship between the Sheng Lun sect.
Baanka talked about some strange things he encountered while opening up trade routes, such as the ghosts and gods in Liyue.
Charmian is much simpler. She has nothing to say and just responds to what others say.
After all, her research direction is high-end alchemical theory and cutting-edge alchemical applications. Not to mention that there are no results, even if there are results, she cannot talk nonsense.
She can't say that she is currently making the so-called [gene seeds] with her mentor.
The concept of [gene seed] is still vague to her. She only knows that it is a very magical thing. It is a masterpiece of biological knowledge, witchcraft and even elemental power.
The main material of this thing is the power of Hermanubis brought out by Charmian.
However, the production of [Gene Seed] has not yet begun, because the power of Hermanubis, Master Fugate, has not yet been thoroughly studied.
Only after thorough research can the power of Hermanubis be transformed into [Gene Seed] without loss.
However, Shamian and Fugate have already researched something similar to [Gene Seed].
They used stray kittens for experiments, and the kittens modified with biological enhancement technology were even able to directly kill the tiger with long sideburns.
Unfortunately, this technology still has certain flaws. The kitten modified by the biomodification technology is not strong because of the nature of the gene seed (made by extracting the essence of monster flesh and soul), so the lifespan of the recipient is not greatly improved. Big enhancement.
The body that had been ravaged by various biological agents and biological enhancement technologies only lived for about five weeks before dying due to excessive biological cell division.
The next step is to use the demonic power extracted from the Holy Skeleton Beast to create gene seeds.
According to Fugate's speculation, the gene seeds produced by the power of the demon will greatly extend the lifespan of living beings. Not to mention immortality, but living for eighteen hundred years is just like playing.
Later, Fugate plans to try the legendary demon god residue. However, this kind of thing is rare in Xumi, but it is quite common in Liyue. Fugate plans to go to Liyue to catch a few more. Try it.
Fugate had quite a lot of inspiration for the Demonic Remnants, but the materials were really not enough.
The last step is to use the power of Hermanubis. The power and wisdom contained in the power of Hermanubis are much stronger than ordinary demon remnants. Fugate predicts that making it into a [gene seed] can extend the life of the recipient. Extended to eternity.
Of course, Fugate also knew that the world of Teyvat was not friendly to immortal species, so Fugate also perfected the sleeping ritual.
This is a ritual Fugate obtained from "Detailed Explanation of Ritual Magic". It was originally used by high-level vampires to sleep. Later, it was learned by human forces and made a lot of improvements, turning it into a ritual that can make people fall into suspended animation. In this state of slumber, the subject can organize and strengthen his or her consciousness and knowledge, and in this state, the life span is almost not consumed. Ten years of sleep is approximately equal to ten days minus the life span.
However, this kind of deep sleep also has disadvantages, that is, it cannot sleep for a long time, nor can it sleep continuously, and the deep sleep cannot be interrupted, and if it is interrupted, it will wake up, or it will be weak for a whole year after being awakened.
A person can sleep for up to a hundred years at a time. After waking up, he must be active for at least thirty years before he can sleep again.
Fugate improved it and combined it with his own holy number essence. In the end, he was not afraid of being interrupted in his sleep. The period of weakness after waking up from sleep was shortened to thirty-six days, and he retained a certain amount of strength from the beginning.
However, this also has certain disadvantages, that is, the maximum period of sleep is June 6, 1966, and the required active time has not been reduced.
For those big forces, Fugate's transformation may be considered a failure, but for small forces, especially small forces and small groups like Fugate, this transformation is just right.
After all, safety is everything, and the ceremony needs to be maintained. If no one maintains it, the ceremony itself will go wrong.
"These little guys..." took back their psychic abilities.
A smile appeared on Fugate's lips, and then he focused on the black energy in front of him again.
These black energies are the so-called demonic remnants on the continent of Teyvat. Fugate can restrain these black energies well with the psychic restraint device.
While studying these black gases and obtaining the characteristics of these black gases, Fugate also obtained many advanced applications of elemental power by analyzing these demonic god residues.
However, these advanced applications will not be integrated into Fugate's own combat system. After all, Fugate's own combat system is already complete enough.
"But how should we extract the essence of these demon god residues, and there are too few of these demon god residues." Fugate scratched his hair in distress.
These demonic remnants were extracted by Fugate from the bones of the Holy Skeleton Beast.
The essence of the Demonic God's residue is the entanglement of various forces such as the Demonic God's power and the Demonic God's resentment.
If you want to completely obtain the essence of the devil's residue, you need to analyze it one by one and then purify and sublimate it. Finally, you need to eliminate the influence of resentment, purify the impurities and various mixed powers, and finally use it to make gene seeds.
For example, the essence of the monster used by the kitten, Fugate spent hundreds of processes just to make it into gene seeds, and hundreds of thousands of molas were used for the monster material alone.
(End of chapter)