Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 905 Shaved Ice
The North Sea, under the real Arctic Aurora.

There was a parasol, a deck chair, and a small table in the middle of the sea ice. A leisurely man was lying in the deck chair, wearing sunglasses to block the sun. There was a large bowl of shaved ice in a glass bowl on the small table next to him.

The mountain-shaped shaved ice is soaked in lemon syrup, and the surface of the syrup has a thin, crispy shell like a candied haws. The whole bowl of syrup is covered under the iceberg and the sugar shell.

Suddenly, a figure in black clothes trotted over from the edge of the ice holding a telephone.

The man on the recliner took off his sunglasses and glanced to the side:
"What's the matter? I didn't say I was on vacation. Oh no, I'm in seclusion. So don't bother me if you have anything, just go find Shangluo directly."

"Your Majesty, actually."

"Hmm?" He glanced at the person who came.

"Ah, Master Zhu, Master Zhu, I forgot just now. Master Zhu, how about you answer the phone?"

"Give it to me." Zhu Xianxi took off his headphones and sat up straighter. He reached out to take the phone and listened to the report from the other end.

"Door God? Yangshan Stele? I've already told you that I'm in seclusion. You may not understand what seclusion means? Seclusion means that I'm not myself now, and you should just pretend that I don't exist. If you have anything to do, go find Shangluo. You don't have to come and report to me alone."

"Ah this."

"If there's nothing else, please leave. I'm still in seclusion." As he said this, he put on his headphones again.

He planned to eat the shaved ice next to him later. Anyway, it was icy and snowy, and the shaved ice wouldn't melt.

The man in black holding the phone next to him saw that Zhu Xianxin was really in seclusion, so he had no choice but to leave.

"It's been sitting there for so long, it should be at room temperature by now. Let me try this Arctic shaved ice~"

The interruption made him realize the passage of time. He took a look at the shaved ice and found that the surface of the shaved ice had changed from syrup to sugar shell.

"Oh~~As beautiful as Amber."

He sat up a little straighter, and in a completely unceremonious posture, he half-lying in the middle of the sea ice and picked up the bowl of shaved ice.

Eating while lying down was his dream for many years. Now, there was finally a place in the world where he could eat shaved ice while lying down without being criticized.

He tapped the crispy sugar shell with a spoon - snap, and the sugar shell cracked into beautiful icy cracks.

He was about to take a bite, but the spider-web-like ice cracks suddenly reminded him of something:
"Hey!" He suddenly shouted into the distance, "Come back!"

In less than 10 seconds, the Jinyiwei who had just delivered the phone came back, which made him more certain of his judgment.

"Let me ask you, have you felt anything different in the past two days?"

"No." The Jinyiwei thought for a moment, "Eat well, sleep well. There is everything in the palace, and it is very convenient to do anything."

"Then let me ask you, have you noticed something?" He pointed to the ice:
"Didn't you realize that this ice surface is actually just a layer of ice shell?"

"Huh?" He lowered his head and touched the ice with his toes - crack, and the ice collapsed and formed a big hole.

"Wow! Your Majesty, let's run!" Before he finished speaking, the cracks in the sea ice had already extended to under Zhu Xianxun's chair. However, the chair did not move at all, just standing on the sea surface.

"Eh? Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

"I've already told you that I'm in seclusion." Zhu Xianxi shook his head. "Do you really think I'm just slacking off? You don't have to worry about me. I'm surprised by your situation. The thickness of this ice block shouldn't be able to bear the weight of a person. How did you get up here?"

"Eh???" This situation scared even himself.

He tried to test the water with the soles of his feet. The water still touched his boots, so he was not unable to sink.

"Don't try. It's not like you're really floating on the water. You can still jump down by yourself - so what's your cultivation level? As far as I remember, you're not among the cultivators in the Qi training stage."

"Could it be that I, ahaha! Your Majesty! I did it! I did it! Could it be that I have reached the Qi training stage?"

"Congratulations, but have you done anything yourself?"

"No, I didn't seem to do anything. I didn't feel anything."

"Hmm," Zhu Xianxi pondered for a moment, "Go to the palace and test yourself to see if you have really reached the Qi training stage. Then look at the others and calculate the ratio."

"Yes, report it immediately!"

"Don't report to me. I've said it many times." Zhu Xianxi shook his head and said, "Report everything to Shangluo. I'm in seclusion. Don't disturb me during my seclusion. Let the Heavenly Sovereign handle the affairs of the Heavenly Court, and the court officials handle the affairs of the court. I, here, I don't care about anything."

"Really? Is that so? I understand." After hanging up the phone, Lu Huaiyang walked to Shangluo who was nearby.

The statue was still under construction, and there were still clanging sounds inside, making quite a lot of noise. Almost everyone who could come came. Even if there was nothing else, many people wanted to stand on the front line and witness the birth of a miracle.

"Lord Shang Tian." Lu Huaiyang approached Shang Luo and called out.

"Ah? Captain Lu, what's up?" He used his job title when he was working. Lu Huaiyang called him Tianjun, and he also used his job title to respond.

"Just now, the Beiji Palace called back and said that they found a large number of new cultivators. 3% of those who were originally stuck at the border of the Qi training stage have stabilized in the Qi training stage. We are still counting the exact number of people, but if we follow this ratio, the total number of cultivators in the Jinyiwei will expand from the current 297 to thousands."

"There are so many people???" He was stunned for a moment, "What about the imperial guards?"

"The average cultivation level of the Imperial Guards is much lower than that of the Royal Guards. And according to the rules, the Imperial Guards only promote and popularize external skills, and do not include internal skills or even immortal skills. Before, only Imperial Guards who clearly showed potential would be absorbed into the Imperial Palace, and we would also recommend suitable talents to other sects such as Wudang to become apprentices. But if we follow this ratio, there are probably quite a few people in the Imperial Guards who have improved their cultivation level - so, Lord Tian, ​​do you have any idea?"

"Ah! Actually, I seem to have seen it before. Several imperial guards showed the strength of the Qi training stage after wearing the round light. Did the round light enhance them?"

"How can there be such a powerful magic weapon? If there is a magic weapon that can increase one's realm in an instant, then I can reach the foundation-building stage now. That circle of light is just a ring for gathering qi. They must be able to gather qi first before they can be strengthened by the ring. If they can't contain true qi, then gathering qi is useless."

"Ah," Shangluo thought, "So you tried it on Lu Liang?"

Lu Huaiyang nodded.

(End of this chapter)