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Chapter 92 Magic Tower

In the late autumn weather, the sky is blue and high, and the sound of cicadas is still heard from afar.

Guided by the servant, Fan Zuosi walked into the spotless courtyard. The servant smiled and asked him to sit down: "Master Fan, please sit down and have some tea. Let's go invite Master Emperor."

Fan Zuosi hurriedly took the tea from the Ru kiln teacup with a smile. He could see that although these little servants were wearing ordinary green clothes and looked like ordinary boys, they could tell they were just looking at their strictly trained manners and voices. The little eunuch in the palace, and it can be seen that he has been working here all the time, and when he thinks of the guards who came in and stood outside, they are obviously guards.It's really kind to the emperor to treat the emperor's teacher, Fan Zuosi thought to himself.

Seeing the waiter go in, he drank tea slowly by himself, looked in the flower hall, and saw that the Ru kiln vases in the flower hall were full of lotus flowers.On the middle hall there is a banner inscribed "Don't let the spring and autumn be a good day, the most difficult thing is the wind and rain for old people to come". At a glance, you can tell that it is the emperor's imperial pen. If you look carefully, it is covered with the emperor's idle stamp. In the world, in this small room in the market, there are only such words of cherishing spring and hurting autumn.

Turning around, I saw an inlaid screen hanging on the wall behind the grand teacher's chair. The writing was very scribbled. In Liaokuo, dreams of the past have reached the sky. Rubbing the plain moon, the world has been bowed for thousands of years..."

The whole piece of paper has no title, no postscript, and no signature, but Fan Zuosi guessed that it was written by the emperor. When I came out of it, I saw his impatient face: "What's the matter? Isn't everything going well?"

Fan Zuosi hastily bowed and said, "The Ministry of Rites and Industry has urged our Qin Tianjian, saying that now the cost and materials are complete, urging us to build the Star Observation Tower as soon as possible... just to discuss with you, the location... Let me first Arrange people to do some preliminary exploration and drawing work."

The Lich was a little impatient: "It's none of their business, isn't it our Qin Tianjian's business whether to build it or not?"

Fan Zuosi coughed lightly: "I heard that the emperor told us, why don't the Ministry of Rites visit us on weekdays?"

When the Lich heard that it was the emperor's confession, he remained silent. After a while, he said, "I see, just leave the matter of the Star Observation Tower to me." But he took out two pictures and showed them to Fan Zuosi: "I think you know a lot of miscellaneous knowledge, what do these two monsters come from?"

Fan Zuosi had not had time to care about the word "miscellaneous", but he was first attracted by the two pictures: "Is this painted by the emperor? It's really good! It's lifelike! This painting method is similar to that of our Central Plains. It's very different!"

Lich: "..."

Fan Zuosi took a closer look: "I wasn't sure about the first picture with a tiger body and wings, but looking at the second picture with a sheep body and a human face, the teeth are like a tiger, and the claws are like human feet. Of the alien beasts that have been recorded, the first one is Qiongqi, the second one is Roe Owl, and this one is called Taotie, with tiger teeth and human claws, and its voice is like a baby."

The Lich was thoughtful: "Is this monster famous and widely spread?"

Fan Zuosi said: "Qiongqi, Taotie, Chaos, and Wuwu, these are the four legendary beasts."

The Lich was thoughtful, and wrote the characters Qiongqi and Taotie on the upper right corner of the two drawings, and then said to himself, "The Four Great Beasts? So maybe there are two more?"

Fan Zuosi didn't understand what he meant, so he just asked him: "Is the emperor in good health now? Would you like to go to Qintianjian to see our current printing and calendar office? Bring some goods back here, and they sell very well, and now it’s really a lot of money.”

Fan Zuosi handed over a few calendars, and the Lich took them, flipping through them casually, not paying much attention, and Fan Zuosi babbled again: "Yu Kehui's son, Full Moon, asked me to invite the emperor's teacher , must go to drink a glass of wedding wine."

Lich put the almanac back: "Which Yu Kehui?"

Fan Zuosi said: "Have you forgotten? When we were hunting in Xishan, King Wu Lie was still there at that time, and he introduced the sons of the emperor's family. Yu Kehui was the one who advised him at the time. Now the Shibo Division is doing very well for him, and it is flourishing day by day. Doujin, more than half of the imperial court’s treasury is filled with the income of the four port and city shipping departments, and now the prime minister of the imperial court will surrender when he sees him.”

"However, he has always remembered the kindness of the emperor's knowledge and the kindness of the emperor's teacher to take in his sister. Although he is in such a department that is making money every day, he is still poor and self-confident, conscientious... At that time, there was a Pei family. Pei Rongyun, do you still remember? At the beginning, the emperor sent him to Honglu Temple to serve as an idle official. Who would have thought that he would be quite capable later on? After going to the household department, he is already the servant of the household department, and seeing that he will succeed Shangshu in the future, it is just around the corner."

"The most rare thing is that, with him as the introduction, the Pei family actually played more than a dozen generals successively, and made countless achievements in battles in the past few years..."

"Therefore, who doesn't say that today is the emperor of Shengtian, but he was only a young emperor at that time, but he had sharp eyes and a clear understanding of people..."

Hearing his ramblings, the Lich couldn't help asking: "I see that the emperor is always kind, but you are all afraid of him. You might be angry sometimes, right? Usually he is angry, and you...how do you calm him down? "

Fan Zuosi: "..." He sized up the Lich for a while, and said quietly, "Sir, no matter what you do, the Emperor will not be angry with you, but will only sulk with himself."

The lich's eyes wandered, and Fan Zuosi's heart trembled when he saw it: "Sir, the emperor is younger than you after all, if there is any waywardness, you should be tolerant..."

The Lich coughed lightly: "Okay, let's talk about the Star Observation Tower later." He got up and sent Fan Zuosi out, Fan Zuosi was flattered, and said: "You stay, you stay..."

But I saw Lich talking to Zhu Rufeng under the tree: "What is the emperor's plan today?"

Zhu Rufeng was expressionless: "The emperor left the court today, and the cabinet members were very worried, so the emperor recruited a few cabinet ministers to discuss matters in the study, but when he went out, he asked, and it seemed that he hadn't seen dark clouds for a long time."

The lich asked, "Did you tell him?"

Zhu Rufeng said: "Yes, my subordinate said that Marshal Lin came once and took Wu Yunduo away. I heard him tell He Changan that Marshal Lin came to the palace for questioning."

Lich: "..."

He stared at Zhu Rufeng without saying a word, but Zhu Rufeng remained expressionless: "And Gan Rulin, all the guards on duty in the palace were asleep last night, and it happened that you asked Gan Rulin to come in and be on duty. I asked Gan Rulin to ask, the emperor knew about it, and sent Gan Rulin to ask, and I heard that he also summoned the daughter of Marquis Chengen."

The Lich turned her head and thought about last night...Although Xiao Yan has always been very shy and reserved and not easy to let go, he tried his best to bear it and was very conniving towards him.It’s just that last night it was a bit... the time in the cloud cocoon was too long, so that the emperor was too sensitive, and when he was not conscious, he bit his shoulder and cried a little bit. His eyes were swollen when he woke up in the morning. I had to use a primary healing potion to scrub his swollen area with a cold compress, so that I missed the morning meeting.

When he went out, his face was cold and he didn't have a smile at all... Lin Jiangping and Gan Rulin would definitely not hide it. Once the account is settled, he might be angry again that he kept it from him. He thought about it and turned to leave However, Zhu Rufeng stretched out his palm: "Sir, why do Gan Rulin and Marshal Lin have sugar, but Wei Fanjun and I don't?"

Lich: "..." I vaguely remember that it should be packaged and bought candy at the Fairy Forest Market, and the taste is very ordinary.And isn't it on the table, he can take whatever he wants to eat, and even deliver it by himself?

He turned his head and went in and grabbed a handful of star candies and stuffed them into Zhu Rufeng's hands: "Here you are."

Zhu Rufeng was satisfied now, took a handkerchief and wrapped the candies carefully, Lich: "..." He told Zhu Rufeng: "The emperor is here, just say I'm waiting for him in Falling Star Valley."

Zhu Rufeng said: "Okay, but what if the emperor doesn't come back?" He had heard from He Changan that the emperor was actually resting in the study in the name of meeting the cabinet, tsk tsk.

Lich: "..."

He rubbed his nose: "We can agree on when you will come back." He got up and walked to Qiyun Manor.

Next to the Falling Star Valley in Qiyunzhuang, the Lich found a place, touched the soul ring on his finger, stretched out his palm, and threw out a mage tower from inside. The mage tower grew in the wind, and soon a tall tower It suddenly appeared beside the Valley of Falling Stars, with the emblem of the Dawning Star on the gate of the tower.

The dawn stars quickly clustered under the tower and opened into pieces. The lich thought about it again, and added a dragon totem at the connection of each floor in a low-key manner. Seeing that the dragons on each floor were shining golden, entangled in the flowers and vines Among them, it seems that the golden dragon is dotted with starlight, embracing the white tower.

Xiao Yan sent Gan Rulin and Sun Xuexiao away, and went to He Changan: "Go and ask General Zhu where the emperor is now."

He Chang'an said with a smile on his face: "I saw that the emperor was busy asking questions before, so I didn't dare to disturb you. The emperor said that he was waiting for you at the Falling Star Valley."

Hearing Luoxinggu, Xiao Yan recalled that the lich made a magic fountain there to propose to him, his stern expression relaxed slightly, and he whispered: "What is he doing there?"

He Chang'an said: "I heard that Master Fan Zuosi came to him early in the morning and talked about the construction of the Star Observation Tower, so he went there."

Xiao Yan sat up straight, the feeling of fatigue and soreness came up again, his face changed slightly, but thinking of what Lin Shuai and Gan Rulin said back today, he was still very concerned in his heart, and even had some hidden worries.

He still got up, the feeling of soreness all over his body became more and more obvious, but he still insisted on dignified and walked out, went to change all the big clothes, and changed into light and loose robes, and then went to Qiyunzhuang up.

The weather in the afternoon was still hot, Xiao Yan walked out of the courtyard and saw the eye-catching white pagoda at a glance.Although he already knew that the Lich was unpredictable, the sudden appearance of the White Tower still made him sigh slightly.

He walked towards the white tower and stood in front of the huge and exquisite arch. The door opened automatically, and the lich stood inside, wearing the mage robe he wore when he first saw him, and his hair was not crowned, hanging down his shoulders. On the way, he smiled at him: "Welcome to my mage tower."

He stretched out his hand to hold Xiao Yan's wrist: "You are my partner, we have set a soul mark, you can freely enter here at any time, this is your place."

Xiao Yan asked sensitively: "What is soul branding?"

The lich's golden eyes sparkled: "It's a kind of soul contract, which is usually used between spouses, so that no matter where you are, I can find you immediately, even if you are not in the same space or time."

Xiao Yan did not let him go: "What other effects does this soul imprint have?"

The Lich hesitated for a while: "That's... when the opponent receives fatal damage, it will automatically share half of the damage, making the fatal damage invalid."

Xiao Yan looked up at him: "But I remember you said that you are a lich, as long as your soul box is still there, you will never die."

The Lich said: "Well, even though I have a human body now, my soul body is still a Lich, and a human body is not so vulnerable to fatal injuries, so don't worry."

Xiao Yan said: "It means that this contract is just that you unilaterally share the harm for me. In fact, I can't help you with anything, and you won't be fatally injured at all. Even the terrible impact of traveling through time and space, your The physical body remains unscathed, only the soul body is injured."

Lich: "..." My partner is too smart and seems a little difficult to coax.

Xiao Yan's face was still cold: "Where did you get this tower? Soul ring?"

The Lich coughed softly: "The mage's tower is the most important magic item for every mage. From the beginning of his apprenticeship, every mage began to study how to make his own mage's tower by himself. The mage's tower is the mage's home. Research The center, the laboratory, and the castle in case of danger, so this thing has been bound to my soul since its construction, but before my mana was not enough to call him, maybe when I can call it later, I have to I’m not going back, so you haven’t seen it.”

Xiao Yan said calmly: "So you have already recovered your mana?"

The Lich said euphemistically: "Not for long, just with you..." He glanced at Xiao Yan's calm face, and changed a subtle word: "After Dun Lun with you, I feel that the mana in my body has recovered very much. Quickly...but I'm not sure about the laws of this world, so I try to suppress it as much as possible and use as little mana as possible."

Xiao Yan said: "In the past, you told me that your magic system is different from ours, and that dual cultivation is impossible."

Lich: "..."

Xiao Yan stared at him with dark eyes: "So which gentleman, lied?"

The Lich explained with difficulty: "...I think he just rejected you tactfully at that time, you are too young..."

Xiao Yan's dark eyes seemed to be wet, and the Lich panicked: "It's really too young to bear... you... last night..."

Hearing him mention last night, Xiao Yan's cheeks were blood red, and he turned around angrily and flicked his sleeves: "What nonsense!" He had strode across the porch and walked inside.

The Lich hurriedly followed and introduced to him: "The bottom floor is the living room."

Xiao Yan was stunned standing at the door of the living room: "This... so big?"

Doesn't the White Pagoda look very small from the outside?The living room looks too wide. The living room covered with dark golden carpet is very spacious, and it seems to be connected to the dining room, kitchen and other rooms. Each room can vaguely see exquisite square tables, which are obviously for guests. Gather for fun.

The Lich smiled, with a little pride: "You can even hold dance parties, of course I don't like these. The Mage Tower is like this. The arcane blueprints are very important when making them. Only the magic circles made can build powerful magic. Buildings, and can continue to increase. My mage tower has been accumulated for thousands of years, and the number of floors and auxiliary buildings is constantly increasing. The cold wind and frost circle on the outer wall has a strong defense, even in the demigod domain. The strong can't destroy it with a full blow."

Xiao Yan: "..."

The Lich said: "As a magic building, the mage tower can be built on different magic landforms at any time to obtain the magic energy there. For example, in the lava field, it can absorb the fire element there; in the air, it can absorb lightning and light elements. The wind element, underwater, can also absorb the water element."

Xiao Yan was deeply attracted: "Then before you were placed on the Howling Icefield..."

The Lich said: "Yes, for the undead, the element of ice and wind is the most suitable."

Xiao Yan thought of the dawn star and dragon totem on the tower that he saw just now: "Then you build the magic tower in this Valley of Falling Stars now, is it because there is something strange here?"

The Lich said: "It's just convenient. There is no magical element in this world. I can only operate with my own mana and the previous arcane circle. However, I can absorb the spirit and resentment of the dead, which is cheap."

Xiao Yan lowered his eyelashes: "I know..."

The lich realized that he had hurt his partner's heart again, and hurriedly said: "But my magic power depends on... double cultivation with you..." He vaguely said, "As long as you and I are together, this magic power will naturally flow endlessly." I will take you to another place. There is a portal circle in the basement here, and some dangerous underground creatures are locked up. Don't go to the basement casually. Of course, it doesn't matter if you go. There are magic circles and password gates , you won’t touch it easily. There is also a library, an alchemy room, a magic liquid pool, a magic animal breeding area, and a magic plant area upstairs, allowing you to see the magical creatures from our side!”

He was very interested and explained: "Many magic plants and many magic creatures can make magic materials. I have accumulated a lot of them. You must be interested. There is also the rooftop on the top, which can really be seen. Star, this tower can go up to very, very high, with observation decks, telescopes, and of course flying platforms, as long as you are interested, we can continue to take paragliders, hot air balloons..."

He suddenly remembered the long-forgotten function that was built when the mage tower was built but never used: "There is an open-air hot spring bath, which I rarely used in the past. I just saw that the mages of the mage guild highly recommended it. It’s very enjoyable to set up such a hot spring bath in the sky, watching the stars, snowing or even raining, it’s all unique, I’ll try it with you when the time comes.”

Xiao Yan raised his head and looked at the long string of gorgeous magic crystal chandeliers on the top of the tower, countless crystal flower branches hanging down from the top of the tower, and the winding stairs that are innumerable. It is the astonishing accumulation of resources and wealth accumulated by a demigod-level mage for thousands of years, and now I am such a small mortal, I want to share it with him.

He whispered: "However, you are simply suppressing your mana to prevent yourself from touching the barrier of God again, aren't you?"

Lich: "..."

Xiao Yan looked up at him, staring at him with dark eyes: "I am your burden, right?"

The author has something to say:

Mage Tower!is my favorite!

"Don't let spring and autumn be a good day, it's hardest for an old friend to come through wind and rain" - a couplet written by Sun Xingyan, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty

"My ambition is limited, and I used to dream of reaching the sky. I rubbed the moon, and the world has been bowed for thousands of years..." Xin Qiji's "Shui Tiao Ge Tou·Autumn Water's Covenant"