Chapter 35 I need a candle
Boom!
Xu Heng’s consciousness felt like a roller coaster, being forcibly pulled into his mind.
Since the last time I lit a candle and used the Seven-Star Beidou to quickly master the solar terms, the luster of the Seven-Star Beidou has obviously dimmed a lot.
This time the last small candle was lit, and Xu Heng once again entered the state of looking inside his mind.
The Seven Stars of the Big Dipper are clearly visible under the candlelight and gradually become brighter.
Xu Heng took a deep breath quickly and began to exhale the air using the breathing method.
Strands of thin Xiaohan solar terms were affected and swarmed into his mouth and nose.
Gradually, as the Xiaohan solar term absorbed into the body accumulates and solidifies, it finally becomes a complete solar term in the sea of consciousness.
Xu Heng’s realm suddenly returned to the fourth level of Jianqi.
Four festivals surround the Xiaohan Festival, floating slowly.
Xu Heng continued to breathe out a large amount of air, constantly absorbing the Xiaohan solar term, and spit out other solar terms that had nothing to do with it.
Two and a half hours later.
The fifth ray of solar term finally condensed successfully and floated in front of the black mist-like Xiaohan solar term.
“It can be considered as the fifth level of Jianqi…eh?”
Xu Heng was originally impressed by how powerful the Seven Stars Beidou was, and how quickly he absorbed and condensed the fifth Xiaohan solar term.
Unexpectedly, this ray of Xiaohan solar term had just solidified, and the black mist in the sea of consciousness suddenly shook, swallowing up the wisp of Xiaohan solar term.
Finally returned to the fifth level of Jianqi, and suddenly returned to the fourth level of Jianqi.
“What’s going on?”
Xu Heng was confused.
This Xiaohan Festival swallowed the Beginning of Spring Festival before, but now it also swallows the solar terms?
His consciousness immediately stirred slightly, and he forcefully probed into the black mist with two small sharp corners.
An unexpected result occurred.
He discovered that the small green pointed corner was actually deeply embedded in the black mist.
Under the small pointed corner, there are three green gaseous "roots" and a black gaseous "root" that is gradually turning green.
“Are these the three Xiaohan solar terms that disappeared before? And the one that was just swallowed?”
Xu Heng was suddenly shocked.
He originally thought that the three Xiaohan solar terms that disappeared before were a kind of consumption price, which made his solar terms stronger, but the solar terms were permanently consumed.
But it’s obviously not the case now.
That green little pointed corner seems to be occupying the magpie's nest, and is it planning to start its own business?
Soon, with the newly swallowed Xiaohan solar term, it turned completely green.
Under this small green pointed corner, there are four turquoise gaseous roots, deeply rooted in the black mist.
“So my Xiaohan Festival is considered parasitized? After swallowing the Beginning of Spring Festival, there is still a Xiaohan Festival to feed this green sharp corner?”
Xu Heng was a little stunned.
Haunted for a long time, this is not a one-time transaction, but a mandatory renewal transaction?
Although the seasonal ability has become twice as strong, from now on, every time you upgrade a small level, you will have to absorb double the Xiaohan solar term?
Hmm, actually it’s not a loss.
The most important thing is to spend more time and energy, burn more candles, and absorb twice as much Xiaohan solar terms as ordinary people.
“Wait a minute, what if next month’s Jingzhe Festival is swallowed up again…”
Xu Heng suddenly realized that he seemed to have oversimplified things.
If Devour appears again during the Jingzhe Festival next month, your own seasonal ability will likely be tripled.
Then the amount of Xiaohan solar term that needs to be absorbed will be tripled.
And so on.
If the twelve festival seasons are completed by the end of the year, the Xiaohan Festival ability will be strengthened by twelve times.
At that time, if you want to reach the tenth level of building qi, you need to absorb a total of 120 Xiaohan solar terms...
“Ah this…”
Xu Heng was shocked by the numbers he calculated.
Others who have cultivated to the tenth level of Jianqi can enter the second stage of descaling.
But he needs to cultivate one hundred and twenty levels of Jianqi before he can enter the descaling realm?
How much time will this take and how many candles will it consume?
And this is just the Qi-building realm, the first stage...
“Why do I feel like this round is not so profitable? The price seems to be slightly higher than I thought.”
Xu Heng couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart.
Let’s not think about the future situation for the time being. Right now, we plan to sprint to the tenth level of Jianqi before the college entrance examination this year and win the top prize in the city festival in one fell swoop.
The college entrance examination is generally held in June, but it is only February now, just after the Spring Festival.
This means that the Xiaohan Festival may engulf four more festivals before the college entrance examination.
So if you want to reach the tenth level of Jianqi before the college entrance examination, you need to absorb and condense a total of 60 Xiaohan solar terms.
Now, including the green pointed roots, he only has eight solar terms in total.
“That’s it. If every candle can help me condense six solar terms, then I still need to consume eight candles before the college entrance examination to reach the tenth level of Qi Jianqi.”
Xu Heng suddenly missed the pollution caused by the last Qingming Festival.
Would you like to find someone to find out how to contact the cult?
I really want to ask if they still have Qingming solar terms bombs.
When will it be launched? Where to send it?
After all, even if you collect eight candles, you can only satisfy the tenth level of Jianqi before the college entrance examination.
There are still six festivals waiting to be devoured in the second half of the year. If you want to continue to maintain the tenth level of Jianqi by then, you will need to get ten more small candles.
…
At the same time, the Darong City Branch of the Inspection Department.
In the conference room, several leaders were looking at an old deputy director sitting on the main seat.
As soon as the old deputy director hung up the phone, several people hurriedly asked: "How is it? What did the higher-ups say?"
“What else can you say? As usual, let us figure it out ourselves.” The old deputy director responded angrily.
“Damn, it’s like this every time.” When everyone heard this, they cursed in a low voice.
After a while, someone asked: “What should we do now?”
The old deputy director frowned: "What else can we do? There are only two options. If the interrogation plan is judged to be invalid, this matter will come to an end for the time being, and compensation can be saved. However, people like us in the branch will definitely offend Fu Yongqing. .
"If the interrogation plan is determined to be effective, Lin Cheng's case will have nothing to do with that kid from now on, and we will also work with the Lin family to compensate that kid."
These two options are actually known to everyone here.
It’s just that no one can make a choice. After all, the cause of this matter was ordered by the superiors, but now they need a solution, but the superiors said that they should decide on their own.
This is tantamount to digging and not burying, no matter what choice you make, if something goes wrong in the future, it will be them today who will be held accountable.
“Okay, don’t pretend to be dumb. Let’s raise your hands to vote. Raise your hands if you agree that the interrogation plan is effective.” The old deputy director frowned and raised his hands after speaking.
After hesitating for a moment, the others also raised their hands one after another.
This result made the old deputy director feel surprised. After all, not everyone will be afraid of Fu Yongqing, and whether the interrogation plan is effective or not is also ambiguous, so any choice is reasonable.
But unexpectedly, it was passed unanimously, and all branch leaders agreed that the interrogation plan was effective.
“Oh, it seems that the Four People’s Associations have also contributed!”
The old deputy director seemed to have thought of something. He looked at everyone present and smiled meaningfully.
He was certain that among the leadership of the branch, there were definitely members of the "Scholar Organization" of the Four People's Associations, but he didn't know which one or which ones they were.
After all, the “shi organization” only recruits officials or trains them themselves, and its members are spread across all departments on all continents.
But an organization is an organization, and a cult is a cult.
If there were cultists lurking in the department, they would have launched a thorough investigation long ago, and they would not be able to remain so indifferent.
So now, everyone has become accustomed to this situation and has remained silent tacitly.
In any case, the attitudes towards the Four People's Associations from above are polarized. As long as they don't explicitly and openly attack the Four People's Associations, then we are still good colleagues.
“Speaking of which, what the Four People’s Association did this time was a bit outrageous. They sneaked into our inspection department branch and killed the Lin family. Immediately afterwards, someone came out to confess and surrender..."
When the old deputy director said this, he glanced at the many leaders present, and continued to smile: "I am very curious, why would Xu Heng be so valued by the people that they would give him such a big gift?"
“Old leader, they are obviously still playing Fu Yongqing’s idea, and they are just using Xu Heng’s incident as a favor, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to make such a big show of it.” Someone laughed.
“This is not impossible.”
The old deputy director nodded: "But I am a little interested in the kid named Xu Heng. I heard that Supervisor Tiansi is paying close attention to him. We might as well send someone to pay proper attention to him. Talented people Although it takes time to grow, we can’t do without companionship, otherwise how can we compete with Supervisor Tiansi for talents in the future?”
"That kid is only at the third level of Jianqi now. I don't know how long it will take for him to grow up. But I heard from Zhou Yanan that he seems to want to participate in this year's college entrance examination, and he will choose the seasonal exam." A leader said.
"Oh? So ambitious?" the old deputy director said in surprise.
“Haha, what’s the use of having ambition? If he wants to get good grades, he must at least build up his Qi level nine to ten.
"There are only four months left before the college entrance examination. Is it possible that he can still imitate his senior sister and build tenth level of Qi in half a year after awakening to the season? Young people are still too impetuous."
Someone said with a smile.
Even several other leaders present could not help but shake their heads and laugh.
To build ten floors of gas in half a year?
Looking at the entire Scorpio Continent, only Fu Yongqing can do it so far.
The most important thing is that Fu Yongqing was only twelve years old at the time.
…
Soon, the night was already deep.
Xu Heng slowly opened his eyes from the dark old house and let out a breath.
The candles on the table had long since turned into ashes, and the seven-star Beidou in my mind eventually became dim again.
He absorbed a total of six Xiaohan solar terms this time.
But three of them were swallowed up by small green sharp corners.
So now we are just returning to the previous sixth level of Jianqi. Except for the double enhancement of the seasonal ability, there are no other changes from before the Spring Festival.
“Candles, I need more candles.”
Xu Heng whispered to himself.
He tried to absorb solar terms without the blessing of the Seven Stars Beidou, but the efficiency was really slow.
A rough calculation shows that it may take more than 20 days, or even a month, of breathing from morning to night to form a single solar term.
This is actually the cultivation speed of most normal people, which shows that his seasonal talent can only be considered average.
So if you want to take the college entrance examination this year, you must get more candles as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Xu Heng took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Zhou Yanan, asking about the compensation.
Then I called my senior sister again, but her phone was still turned off.
“Now that the Lin family’s matter has been settled, why is there no news about Senior Sister?”
Xu Heng frowned slightly.
“Jingle bell.”
At this moment, the phone rang. It was Zhou Yanan’s call.
Xu Heng’s expression suddenly changed.
Oops, I almost forgot that I was successful in practicing today.
Should I have known better not to send her a text message, and she couldn't reply to the message, she had to make a phone call.
Don’t do it like the last two times again?
“Hello?” Xu Heng answered the phone cautiously.
“Go downstairs.” Zhou Yanan’s clean voice came from the other end of the phone.
Xu Heng’s eyes widened immediately.
Fortunately, the next moment, Zhou Yanan's voice came again: "I have received your compensation. The Inspection Department and the Lin family need to compensate you for a total of about 50 million. According to your wishes, all of it will be exchanged for a candle. "
“What? Just one?”
Xu Heng was originally excited that the compensation was settled so quickly, but when he heard that he only got a candle in exchange, he was immediately confused.
“What do you mean by just one? Do you think this thing is so easy to redeem? This time, I added ten performance points and redeemed it for you.” Zhou Yanan’s annoyed voice came from the phone.
“Uh…” Xu Heng was startled.
Zhou Yanan can still be so kind?
You want to make up for knocking me out?
Or...she really wants the old cow to eat young grass?
Finally, Xu Heng put on two more clothes before going downstairs to find Zhou Yanan to get a candle.
But when he saw the candle, he realized that he had misunderstood.
What Zhou Yanan exchanged was a complete candle, which looked almost equivalent to the five small candles before.
A small candle can absorb six solar terms, so one candle can absorb about thirty solar terms?
Good guy, I’m just good guy.
Xu Heng’s eyes suddenly lit up.
“Captain Zhou, is there any other way to exchange candles like this? For example, use the yellow paper I had before, or offer incense?” He asked immediately.
“You even offer incense?”
Zhou Yanan was startled for a moment, then frowned and said: "These can be exchanged, but you are not a Qingming Festival commander, why do you need so many candles?"
"Can you exchange it? Then help me exchange two more candles, and replace the rest with glutinous rice."
Xu Heng did not answer her question, and immediately took out the remaining thirty pieces of yellow paper and two and a half sticks of incense, and handed them all to her.
The half of the incense stick is the one that Fu Yongqing accidentally broke off before. Its value is probably somewhat reduced, but it does not affect its use.
However, the other small half was used by Xu Heng for experiments. Unfortunately, after being lit, it was found that it had no effect on the Seven-Star Beidou and could not be destroyed.
No matter what he tried, even throwing the small piece of incense into the water, he couldn't stop it from burning.
In the end, I could only watch the small half of the incense burnt to ashes.
Xu Heng made a rough calculation.
According to the market price of an incense stick of 20 million yuan, his experiment was equivalent to burning more than 80 to 9 million yuan in vain.
What a sin!
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[PS: Yesterday’s introduction to the Four People’s Associations in the two chapters may have caused misunderstandings, so I revised it to make it more intuitive to read. I also want to say sorry to everyone. Today, I will only update the 4K words of this chapter. , because the second chapter was too slow, I decided to delete it and make adjustments, so I will continue to update it tomorrow morning. I love you all, okay. 】
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