Chapter 32

Uncle Xu was touched for a moment, it was not in vain that he had mediated from it for twenty years, although the mother-in-law of the family still disliked his nephew, the relationship between the several younger generations was still very good.

Uncle Xu took his soundly sleeping infant daughter from his daughter’s arms and said comfortingly, “Ning Banquet is out, and the matter is in the past.”

Xu Lingyue didn’t believe it.

After Uncle Xu’s good advice, she remained half-convinced and turned her attention to her second brother.

Xu New Year said indifferently, “A trivial matter.”

Xu Lingyue then believed it.

A proud man like Ergo wouldn’t lie about such a big thing.

County Magistrate Zhu closely followed the aftermath of this matter, and immediately rushed over when he learned of the news from the Suxian.

“How did you guys settle for Mr. Zhou?” Magistrate Zhu was stunned, unless Duke Zhou himself gave up, but he didn’t think that was possible.

“I hired a teacher.” Xu Xinxin said.

So …. Zhu magistrate suddenly realized, but felt that it was not right, the bigwigs in the imperial court all came from the State Elementary School, and it was well known that the State Elementary School and the Cloud Deer Academy were very much at odds with each other.

Even if Xu New Year’s teacher is a great scholar, the Ministry of Justice’s Sun Shangshu can’t be so quick to release the person, and there will be a lot of bullshit. Chipping the face of the great Confucian scholar of Yunlu Academy, not so easy to get things done.

“And Mr. Mu Bai.” Xu New Year finished and added, “As well as Mr. Bai from the Sithian Supervisor.”

“What?!” County Magistrate Zhu was taken aback, his expression turned cautious and his attitude straightened up quite a bit, “A tiger’s father does not have a son, a tiger’s father does not have a son.”

“Congratulations to Lord Xu, your son is gifted and talented, not only has he received the attention of the Cloud Deer Academy, but he also has a promising future as he has friendships with the White Clothes of the Divine Constabulary. To have a son like this, I am envious of Mr. Zhu.”

Second brother knew the white clothes of the Si Tian Supervisor? Xu Lingyue immediately looked towards Xu New Year, a strong sense of security welling up in her heart.

It is not uncommon for a woman to follow her father at home and her husband when she marries – responding to the two dependencies of being in the womb and being married.

At home my father was relied on, as were my older brothers.

Xu New Year shook his head, “Mr. Mu Bai was not invited by me, it was my big brother’s own connections. I don’t recognize the white clothes of the Si Tian Supervisor either, and again, it was my big brother himself who found them.”

When did Xu Ningyan become acquainted with Li Mu Bai, the great scholar of Yunlu Academy? It might have been because of Xu New Year. But how did the white coat of the Divine Constabulary become acquainted with him?

Zhu magistrate froze on the spot, full of “impossible” three words.

Xu Ningyan had been making a living under his hand for some years now, and had always been a quiet, little transparent person, whose relationship with his fellow officers could not be said to be bad, nor was it so bad as to be out of one’s mind.

No great skills, except for being able to fight.

Rather, this period of time suddenly became witty and oily, and Wang sheriff brother and brother, with fellow officers to wine and dine.

But in any case, it was not so much as to be appreciated by the great scholars, and to have the friendship of the white coats of the Divisional Superintendent.

“If this is the case, Xu Ning Banquet’s status position is incomparable, even if it is me, I have to be polite to him …. Waiting for him to order tomorrow, I’ll try to test the waters and see exactly what’s going on.” Zhu magistrate thought in his heart.

Xu Lingyue stared at her large Kazran eyes in some disbelief.

But her cleverness immediately made the connection, was it that poem? The poem that her elder brother had composed for her second brother’s farewell had been recognized by a great scholar, and that was why she had agreed to help mediate.

Just, how did the gods and goddesses of the Divine Superintendent and big brother meet ….. Big brother he, really more and more mysterious.

……

Xu Qi’an followed Song Qing down the corridor, and a beam of light shot out from an air hole in the right wall, bringing light.

There were no windows in the Stargazer Building, so Xu Qi’an was a little sorry that he couldn’t look at the scenery from afar.

Not long after, they came to a secret room, and Song Qing pulled out a key to open the door and lit the candles in the room.

The chamber was lined with all sorts of odd contraptions, some of which were weapons bows and crossbows, and some of which were completely impossible to tell what they were.

Xu Qi’an looked over them one by one as if she were browsing a clothing store, when she was suddenly startled by something.

“What is it?”

It was huge glazed bottle filled with fresh water, in which a strange creature was soaking, it looked like a cat, but its body was covered with wooden lines, and there was even a wood tumor on its abdomen.

Stranger still, it was alive, and the protruding wood tumor resembled a heart, rising and falling slightly.

“It’s a great experiment,” Song Qing said in a deep voice, “Its body is a cat, and I’m trying to fuse it with a tree to give it the ability to regrow its severed limbs. In fact, I came close to succeeding, even if you cut off its head, it will grow back within three days, its only weakness is its heart.”

“But I also failed, because it became completely turned into a tree, could not move, could not think, and could only be kept in water.”

….. Are you a fucking devil? Xu Qi’an’s eyes changed as she looked at him.

“What do you think of this idea of mine?” Song Qing asked in a tentative tone, and when he saw Xu Qi’an’s eyes were not right, he frowned, a little disappointed:

“You think there’s a problem, too?”

Xu Qi’an kept his expression unchanged and shook his head, “I just think you’re going in the wrong direction because I’ve pondered about this aspect of alchemy as well, but I’ve named it hybridization technology.”

Hybridization Technology …. Song Qing chewed on the word, her eyes growing brighter and brighter.

“We can start small by interbreeding similar species, such as crossing two different breeds of cats and having them give birth to a whole new species.” Xu Qi’an said.

“Give birth to a different species? What kind of species will be born?” Song Qing urgently pursued the question.

“I don’t know, maybe it will produce a whole new, excellent breed, maybe it will be the reverse.” Xu Qi’an said, “But that’s the beauty of alchemy, don’t you think.”

“You just said alchemy, you just said alchemy!” Song Qing was excited all of a sudden.

“What’s wrong?” Xu Qi’an’s heart sank, suspecting that she had said the wrong thing.

“I think that alchemy is not limited to inanimate objects; I think that living beings are also within the realm of alchemy. So I changed the cat, but my teacher disagreed, and he said that life was not within the realm of alchemy. For this reason he was confined for a long time.”

Supervising Zheng Lord did a good job ah …. Xu Qi’an tensed his face and said, “Whether it is or isn’t, leave it to time to verify.”

After a moment’s thought, he continued, “If you want to refute Lord Supervisor and don’t want to be confined, I have a proposal.”

“You say.” Song Qing had already treated Xu Qi’an as a fellow traveler.

“You can start with plants.” Xu Qi’an said, “Plants are also life, but the nature is much more mitigated. I’ve read about an alchemy technique in an ancient alchemy book that coincides with your idea …..”

He didn’t go on.

“You say it instead.” Song Qing scratched her heart and felt uncomfortable, the two pairs of eyes on the puffy bags under her eyes glaring round.

“Senior Brother Song’s contraptions here are quite good.” Xu Qi’an prompted, “The unchanging principles of alchemy ….”

“I see, I can give you three gifts, and with your current level of the Essence Refining Realm, I think this item is suitable for you.” Song Qing immediately understood Xu Qi’an’s meaning, and he wasn’t averse to the principle of equal exchange.

It’s even appreciated.

“The material for this crossbow was refined by me by a chance, it is harder and more resilient than ordinary iron, but because of the difficulty of refining it, it cannot be mass produced. The strings are a blend of the spider silk of the Six-Eyed Poisonous Spider from the Southern Border and the silk of the Seven-Colored Silkworm. In the case of a sneak attack, it can break through the protective true qi of a qi practicing realm martial artist, excluding the peak of the qi practicing realm.”

“The most precious thing about it is that this military crossbow is engraved with a formation. The formation will increase the power of the arrows and pose a threat to God Refining Realm experts. However, it can only be used three times, after which the formation will dissipate.”

Xu Qi’an’s heart stirred, “This is a magic weapon?”