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Chapter 171 Mark

In Zhuang Cai's studio.

At this time, Zhuang Cai was leaning on the back of his seat and thinking deeply.

He had probably already planned what he was going to do during this period, so naturally he had to get the most important things done first.

What's the most important thing to do after leaving a copy?

Without a doubt, it’s about mastering the new skills you’ve acquired.

Zhuang Cai's new skill is naturally [Abstract Reference].

A thing that looks so abstract that you don’t even know what it is.

Its weakened version is [Ritual Deconstruction].

S+ level skills are upgraded versions of S level skills. The upgraded version naturally includes the weakened version.

[Deconstruction of Ritual] Just by looking at the name, you can tell that it is related to ritual.

Zhuang Cai himself didn't actually know much about the ritual. The only way he knew about it was through the magic circle.

Magic circles, spells, and tattoos can all be regarded as different branches evolved from the divine characters.

Zhuang Cai mainly uses spells, supplemented by magic circles.

As for the tattoo, it was too different from the talisman, so Zhuang Cai gave up on it.

Through skill recommendation, you can also clearly know whether it is recommended or not, plus the path of tattooing.

Otherwise, the recommended skill for clearing that instance would not be [Rune Body], but a skill such as tattoo engraving.

The ritual can be seen as a branch that goes through the line of the magic circle.

To laymen, rituals and magic circles look a bit similar, and even for some magic circles or rituals, there seems to be no difference between the two.

The magic circle only needs to be carved with energy and materials, and it can exert its own abilities under the control of the leader.

Its advantages are large range, long duration and powerful effect.

The disadvantages are naturally that it takes a long time to prepare, consumes a lot of materials, requires a lot of knowledge, and has relatively strong requirements on the leader himself.

So what about ritual, as a line branching off from the line of the magic circle, what are its advantages and disadvantages.

Naturally, it is an enhanced version of the magic circle, with a larger range, longer duration, and stronger effects, and the requirements for the leader of the ritual do not need to be so high.

Just like what Zhuang Cai saw in this copy. Even if you don't understand the divine characters at all, you can still exert some of the power of the divine characters through rituals.

The disadvantage is naturally that it consumes a lot of materials, is very troublesome, very cumbersome, and is extremely easy to destroy before the ceremony is completed.

The most important thing is that abstract material specification is required.

The materials used in many rituals are not expensive, but they are so abstract that people cannot understand what they are used for.

Some rituals require the bones of an ordinary bird, but this bird requires a special death.

It requires some strange tears and strange liquids. These materials are not precious, but they are difficult to obtain. Apart from rituals, it is difficult to know what effect it has.

These abstract materials are combined to exert an extremely exaggerated power through ritual.

Rebirth, resurrection, seizing bodies, destroying heaven and earth, rewriting thoughts, creating items, and realizing wishes.

The magic circle can also be quickly arranged through some means, but such a possibility will never exist in rituals.

Cumbersomeness, fixedness, and trouble are the biggest disadvantages of rituals.

If you look at Zhuang Cai's skill [Abstract Reference] at this time, you will know what it does.

To put it simply, it is to let Zhuang Cai know what the abstract meaning of some materials actually represents.

It can also let Zhuang Cai know what kind of abstract references those materials have, and even let Zhuang Cai know what kind of abstract materials are needed for a ceremony.

Directly let Zhuang Cai know the core things that need to be mastered in a ritual.

But if this is the case, it seems that for Zhuang Cai himself, it will not have such a big effect on his current system.

For Zhuang Cai, this skill does not meet the S+ level skill recommendation.

What is s+? Really top-notch skills recommended.

Not only will he recommend powerful skills to you, he must also ensure that the recommended powerful skills are suitable enough to match the users.

Here we are going to talk about the existence of [abstract reference].

The most important difference between the essence of a ritual and a magic circle is that it is something that relies on "borrowing" to exert its power.

Borrow from whom?

To all people, to everything in the natural world, to the world itself, to gods, to demons, to any high-end being.

As long as they want to.

Therefore, in many high-level rituals, sacrifices frequently appear.

If you borrow from these higher beings, they will naturally offer sacrifices.

And you have to think about whether such a being is willing to lend it to you.

He might even forget to lend it to you, and he might even give you a lesson for disturbing him, or even put some personal work into the gift he brought you.

These are consequences that must be endured.

[Abstract reference] allows Zhuang Cai to understand the abstract meaning brought by some strange materials.

He was able to use these materials to produce some strange effects.

Not just ritual.

Zhuang Cai's main ability is the talisman expanded through the divine characters, supplemented by formations to allow the weak talisman to exert greater power.

The essence of a spell is to use divine words and some materials to produce effects.

The reason for the low consumption is that it does not require Zhuang Cai to inject the energy in his body into it. Instead, the divine words, symbols and will on it are used to connect with the existence of nature and the surrounding environment to produce effects.

The ritual is a branch of the same formation.

One of the most important things in the ritual is to borrow power from the world itself and the surrounding nature.

This is the most normal and common ritual. Almost all rituals have such a link, because the world itself and nature will never refuse, as long as your ritual can link and activate their power.

In this way the two overlap.

Zhuang Cai was able to make these relatively abstract materials into paper and ink, and then use the power of the symbols and divine words on the spell to turn it into a more powerful and suitable spell.

In addition to being powerful in itself, such a spell also has a certain abstract reference.

This means that it can replace some strange materials.

Zhuang Cai can use such talismans to form a talisman array, and the ceremony also requires the use of certain formations.

It can also be connected through the composed spells to form a small ceremony.

As long as the spell is suitable, add some materials. Zhuang Cai was able to quickly put together a ritual to achieve an exaggerated effect.

However, the problem is that in order to achieve such an effect, Zhuang Cai must understand many plants and animals.

This is another long process of knowledge accumulation.

And it takes money.

How come everything is money, money, money?

Everyone is numb.

And there’s a lot of studying involved.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Cai couldn't help but stretched out his hands to cover his face and sighed deeply.

"If I had this kind of enthusiasm for learning when I was studying, I wouldn't even dare to think how talented I would be."

Thinking of this, Zhuang Cai rubbed his eyebrows.

"Put these things aside for now. The focus now is on the understanding of the divine word."

This is the most essential power, derived from everything else that is developed with mind as the center.

Zhuang Cai has never forgotten the essence of its source of power.

Having said this, Zhuang Cai sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, facing the sacred tablet that had been running in front of him to comprehend every day.

This time he had to comprehend all the previous divine words at once.

Not because of anything else, just because his mental attributes have improved again.

Directly increased by 5 points.

This time, we directly crossed a stage.

As his spirit and physique improved, he was naturally able to understand the power of these divine words more deeply.

To put it simply, as his attributes improve, the divine word opens up a higher experience bar for him and opens up higher permissions to him.

He needs to fill it with his own experience and spend time to understand it in order to gain higher authority.

Of course, compared to the previous understanding from scratch, his current understanding must be much faster, so it won't take too much time.

Putting together several divine words, it might only take him about 20 days.

No, it seems that time is not short either.

And if he knows more and more divine words in the future, it will take more and more time.

After the corresponding Zhuang Cai comes, he may no longer clear the dungeon as soon as the cooldown time is up, as is the case at this stage. After all, clearing the level in the future will no longer be the same as now.

You must ensure that nothing goes wrong before you think of a way to clear the dungeon.

Thinking about Zhuang Cai like this, his thoughts completely settled.

……

Once Zhuang Cai's thoughts settled down and he began to strengthen himself, time flew by quickly.

Learn new spells, make more abstract materials such as paper and ink, and construct new spells of your own.

To understand the divine word, you also have to think about the combination of rituals and how to expand your own rituals.

From time to time, I have to go to the training ground to train.

You still have to learn new knowledge.

Every day, Zhuang Cai felt that his life was a little too fulfilling.

Zhuang Cai opened his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows. He had just finished his meditation for the day.

Suddenly he noticed something and stared at the back of his left hand.

On the back of the hand is a mark with a circular symbol in a rhombus. The symbol heated up slightly, and a figure emerged from it and jumped out.

Zhuang Cai quickly raised his hands to pick her up.

Really Alice.

At this time, Alice had short, smooth red hair with two rabbit-shaped hairpins on it.

Wearing a red and white tutu like a little princess.

It can be seen that Rainbow Eyes seems to be obsessed with dressing up her daughter.

This is already the third set of new clothes Zhuang Cai has seen.

This is only the second day!

She just floated in front of Zhuang Cai, spinning twice in the air, and then stared at Zhuang Cai with flickering eyes, as if waiting for his answer.

It seems that Alice herself is also very satisfied, because she did not show off the two new sets of clothes before.

This kid is so understanding.

Seeing this scene, Zhuang Cai couldn't help but smile, looked at it carefully and nodded.

"Someone's little princess ran out, I have to cover my eyes, otherwise I will be fascinated!"

Then Zhuang Cai acted extremely exaggeratedly and covered his eyes with his hands, and fell down behind him.

The exaggerated performance made Alice very happy.

She was already smiling so hard that her face turned red.

After playing around with her for a while, Zhuang Cai opened his eyes again and asked, "Who bought you new clothes?"

"Hehe, it's mom."

"It's mom, that's pretty good."

Zhuang Cai took Alice again and rubbed her face.

But he smiled and said: "Aren't you wearing iridescent eyes all day long? Why are you in the mood to come to me now? Just to show off your new clothes to me?"

To be honest, Zhuang Cai always felt that the contract he signed with Alice was more incidental.

Probably the nuns at the orphanage often require that the adoption of a child must be agreed by both husband and wife, and both of them must come.

You must be a married couple to adopt.

It makes Alice think that a man and a woman must become parents before she can enter this new family.

Alice's goal is obviously Rainbow Eyes, and Zhuang Cai is just a condition.

Such thoughts were obviously captured by the extremely powerful Alice.

Zhuang Cai's own spirit is strong, and with the contract, Alice can easily feel it.

Hearing Zhuang Cai's words, Alice suddenly tightened her mouth and looked like she was about to cry.

This made Zhuang Cai panic a little, and he quickly stood up and hugged Alice in his arms.

"Don't cry, don't cry, what's wrong? Who bullied you?"

"Dad, don't you like me?" Alice leaned into Zhuang Cai's arms, raised her head and stared at her.

His eyes were misty with tears.

Ouch, who can bear this?

Zhuang Cai couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and quickly held Alice up a little higher, and said with a smile: "How is that possible? I also like Alice very much. Come, I will take you out to play."

With that said, he hugged Alice and walked out of the rarely seen workroom.

I happened to meet Yu Xiubao coming out from the side.

He looked at Alice in Zhuang Cai's arms and smiled twice at Zhuang Cai.

"It's not easy to raise a daughter, hahaha. It's not that easy to be a father. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me to learn from you." After saying this, Yu Xiubao winked at Zhuang Cai and walked away with a smile on his face. .

Looking at Yu Xiubaozhuang walking away, he shook his head in amusement, but he had to admit that even though Yu Xiubao looked rough, he did have a way with children.

It had only been less than a day or two, and Alice, who was more afraid of strangers, was no longer afraid of Yu Xiubao and his wife.

I can only say that I am worthy of being a parent.

For example, Nan Subei and Yang Rongrong have not yet established a good relationship with Alice.

The two of them were a little troubled for a while.

"Where's your mother?" Zhuang Cai asked as he carried Alice to the elevator.

Hear this.

Alice opened her hands and drew a big circle with all her strength.

"Inside a very wide house."

Got it, at the indoor training ground.

Obviously, Alice had just come to him through the back of the rainbow pupil's hand.

It's noon now, which seems to be the time for Rainbow Pupil's training.

Alice probably came to her out of boredom when she saw Rainbow Eyes training.

Talking about the Alice contract between Zhuang Cai and Rainbow Tong.

This mark is equivalent to connecting a room where only Alice can rest and sleep.

In Alice's words, it was a very comfortable little house inside.

The marks on the backs of Zhuang Cai and Hong Caitong's hands are equivalent to the two doors of this house.

Alice herself can use this house as a transit point to quickly shuttle between the two.

Holding Alice in his arms, Zhuang Cai quickly arrived at the training ground.

At this time, Yang Rongrong and Nan Subei seemed to have just trained for a while. The two were resting lazily in the corner, with some inevitable scars on their bodies.

Looking at the scars on the two of them, Zhuang Cai knew that the two must have been fighting.

In mid-air, Rainbow Eyes was fighting with those mechanical balls flying around.

Move quickly through the steel cable in the air, stretch out your legs while leaping in mid-air and kick these mechanical balls.

After being kicked, these balls will drip and count one point.

Zhuang Cai held Alice and sat aside to watch.

"How about it? Isn't the mother in heaven pretty?"

"Well, it's so beautiful, just like dancing." Alice nodded vigorously. There were little stars shining in his eyes, staring at the iridescent pupils flying around in the sky, like dancing in the sky.

It wasn't until she finished training with the rainbow pupil in the sky that she turned around gracefully and fell down through the steel cable, and happened to sit next to Zhuang Cai.

He took the towel from Zhuang Cai and wiped the sweat from his head.

Then he brought over a picture of Alice begging for a hug.

At this moment, Zhuang Cai's eyes couldn't help but fall on Rainbow Tong's legs.

Because of the battle just now, Rainbow Eyes was wearing slim-fitting clothing.

The legs were completely exposed from the thighs. At this time, you can clearly see that the metal lines like prosthetics spread from the insteps to the calves.

It didn't completely disappear until it reached the knees.

You can see that there are lines separated by metal lines on the straight calves of Rainbow Eyes.

After observing for a while, Zhuang Cai probably figured out that it was on both sides of the calves of the calves, where there should be bionic mechanical structures.

The long strip that extends from the knees to the instep should still be his own flesh and blood.

Obviously, as we knew before, Rainbow Eye's legs only underwent certain prosthetic modifications at the calf position, rather than being completely replaced.

At this time, the legs were still covered with a thin layer of sweat, shining with a crystal luster under the lights of the indoor training ground.

It makes the already perfect legs even more eye-catching.

Holding Alice's iridescent eyes, looking at Zhuang Cai's unblinking eyes next to her, she couldn't help but sneakily reached over and pinched him hard.

"Sigh~"

The sudden pain caused Zhuang Cai to take a breath of air.

Staring at the iridescent eyes next to him with wide eyes.

I saw the rainbow eyes giving Zhuang Cai a hard look: "There are children here, and they don't even blink, really."

Only then did Zhuang Cai realize that his vision was not very good.

"Ahem, I'm just observing, I have business to do."

Hearing Zhuang Cai's sophistry, Rainbow Eyes rolled her eyes.

"What's the matter, pervert."

"How can you say that about me?" Zhuang Cai took out a jade seal he carried with him from his arms.

"What are you doing with this thing? Do you want to suppress me?"

What kind of talk about tigers and wolves?

He snatched the jade seal from Zhuang Cai's hand and handed it to Alice in his arms.

Alice was very interested in this pretty little thing.

"Of course not, what are you thinking about."

Zhuang Cai shook his head helplessly, and then pointed to Rainbow Tong's leg: "Do you think if I carve some of my words on you, can it strengthen your abilities."

Hearing Zhuang Cai's conjecture, Rainbow Tong couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"You want to mark me?"

grass.

(End of this chapter)