Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

【God's Strike: Sending Staff! 】

【God's Strike: Sending Staff! 】

Apollonia adjusted the boots' functionality. Instead of two celestial beings overseeing the boots' "divine movement," a host of celestial soldiers were added, attaching them to each movable part. Depending on the location, three different types of profound skills were attached: divine movement, walking on water, and leaping on rocks.

By using the direct casting of spells by heavenly soldiers instead of heavenly generals, the function of the entire boot becomes more stable and controllable, rather than following the will of the heavenly general himself.

However, Shangluo couldn't give orders to dozens of heavenly soldiers individually, so the heavenly general who had originally entered was still responsible for controlling the overall situation. This was also why only three types were sent in. Because whether casting spells themselves or commanding heavenly soldiers, these heavenly generals could only prepare three kinds of profound skills, which were placed in the three Dantians of the Heavenly Position, the Earthly Position, and the Human Position respectively.

Although I don't know where Douzi's Dantian is, three kinds are just enough, and they can be combined quite flexibly. This is because the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art has a full 72 different spells that can be combined.

For example, the "Climbing Technique" in the Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts has no effect on its own, but it can amplify the "momentum" of other things. The ordinary "Flame Breathing Technique" can only spit out a diffuse fireball like a magic trick, but when combined with the "Climbing Technique", it can spit out a huge fireball.

However, some profound skills weren't suitable for current use. For example, the "Stone-Seeing Technique" allowed one to disappear within metal or stone, but Shangluo only had gloves and boots to cast the spell. Therefore, only his gloves and boots could allow him to disappear within the metal or stone, much like a cat stuck in wet cement.

After using the three mysterious skills of walking on the boots, walking on water and leaping on rocks, this set of boots can make him move as fast as Dai Zong, the Speedy Guardian.

Besides Divine Movement, Lushui is used to increase terrain adaptability, preventing him from tripping over small stones and the like. Leaping Rock can be used to leap from high places, a skill specifically designed for Yujing's terrain. Because Yujing's terrain is a "fully urbanized area" filled with buildings, using Leaping Rock from atop a building allows one to traverse the city unnoticed.

But the problem is that if a group is deployed instead of a single general, it will certainly achieve more stable performance, but Shangluo will not be able to remember the name of each of them.

"Well, say sorry for me."

They said it's okay. There's no need to rush. You'll get gold beans sooner or later if you follow them. But if you have a chance to get one, you should take it as soon as possible.

"That's easy. But I plan to keep a hand. I want to leave one hand specifically for one of the generals to exercise his subjective initiative."

Shangluo also wanted to see what those generals could achieve if they were given autonomy.

He took out one of the gloves and asked:

"Former young general, are you there?"

"Yes, yes, yes," he said.

"Let's start with you." He took out the boxing glove on his left hand.

After careful consideration, he first determined his requirements.

First, one must be able to fly. Both "Wind Control" and "Sword Control" allow for flight, but the difference is that Wind Control has a much greater power and can fly high and far. Sword Control can't fly very far, but it allows for greater flexibility in combat.

After a brief thought, Shangluo chose "Sword Control." This wasn't just because he wanted to use it as a hidden weapon. These profound skills themselves were miraculous powers. The closer they were to "miracles," the more spiritual energy they consumed.

If it's a remote-controlled airplane, then controlling the wind wouldn't consume much spiritual energy, because remote-controlled airplanes can fly. But gloves wouldn't work, because they don't look like they can fly, and they completely need spiritual energy to support flight.

In comparison, the cost-effectiveness of the sword is very high, and it is more powerful.

Shangluo chose the other two, "The Art of Holding the Sky" and "The Art of Inhibition of Qi." "The Art of Holding the Sky" provides immense strength, and when combined with the sword, it can create a flying punch. As for "Inhibition of Qi," it's a more interesting technique.

They say that "Qi Ban" is a mysterious skill that controls qi. However, its function isn't to make qi flow, but to stagnate it. Its simplest function is to stop bleeding. When injured, one can "Qi Ban a Metal Wound," and the bleeding will stop immediately. A more advanced function is "Qi Ban a Blade," which can break a sword's qi, allowing one to fight a blade barehanded. If used effectively, it can even block another person's qi.

"Can their luck be banned?"

[Yes. Just pinch hard, and the location must be precise. However, if you want to suppress someone's Qi, you need the "status" of the "Qi Ban" technique in the universe to practice it. The Heavenly Soldiers don't have this skill.]

"The Heavenly Soldiers only have Heavenly Ranks?"

[Yes, so they are Tianyi Guiren, and they have their own Tianwei magic. Status and human status have different effects. If you want to suppress someone's Qi, you need to focus on status.]

After configuration, Shangluo set up the sword-controlling technique for the heavenly position, the qi-confining technique for the earthly position, and the sky-supporting technique for the human position.

"Alright, all set up. How are you feeling, former youngster?"

The glove moved, then floated into the air under the effect of the Heavenly Sword Technique, and gave Shangluo a thumbs up, indicating that everything was normal.

"Come on, let me play with you first. I have a trick that I've wanted to try for a long time." He put on the gloves and clenched his hands.

"rock-paper-scissors!"

"Oh! I lost!" The former player with the left hand played rock, and he played scissors. The former player won, but he couldn't stop playing. After all, this was a left-right game, a game between the left and right hands.

"Outsourcing the left-hand work is fantastic. Um, former young general, can I discuss something with you? Can you help me with my homework?"

I will take a short break today and update once. I will update earlier tomorrow and there will be three more updates.

Chapter 321 Spell Position

After making some fine-tuning to the settings of the gloves, Shangluo roughly understood the effective path of Tianyi Guiren's "Heaven, Earth, and Man" spell.

The Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts comprise 72 different types, each manifesting three distinct functions across the three spell levels of Heaven, Earth, and Man. Specifically, if sword control techniques were assigned to each of the three levels, then the Heavenly level's effect would be "white light appears, a flying sword takes a human head," with the Heavenly level focusing on controlling external objects, while the Human level's focus would be more on the sword itself.

Shangluo didn't need to learn the art of human swordsmanship; he knew it all on his own. Even if he hadn't fully grasped the principles, being able to use it was enough. How to use it was his own responsibility, while analyzing it was the job of his coaches, or rather, his mentors. What they could learn from him was none of his business.

Now he only cares about whether this sword-controlling technique can help him with his homework.

He squatted beside it, his pencil case open, his homework spread out on the floor. He hadn't done his weekend homework yet, and that homework included copying from books, which he hated the most.

Because simply copying wasn't enough; the school's standard required writing neatly within the grid, using the standard of hard-pen calligraphy, so copying books and practicing calligraphy was also a way of life. Although the poem he was supposed to copy this time, Du Mu's "Ode to the Afang Palace," only had a little over 600 characters, it would take him at least several dozen minutes to finish it.

He had to go to the racetrack soon, so he didn't plan to let the former young player help him copy it here. He wanted to see the effect first.

He asked, "Are you sure?" It's not good to avoid doing homework. He thought it would be better for you to do it yourself.

"I know, I know. Next time, I'll let you try."

[Okay, he said he'd give it a try. But it won't happen again.]

Next time. Oh, next time it won’t be your turn to disagree.

——Old Six, who was watching over the warehouse, was stunned. He didn't know whether to go up and ask. Although he could clearly see that Shangluo was trying to skip work, was this something he should ask? He didn't know either. He just glanced to the side, not seeing anything anyway.

The former young player here agreed to give it a try and immediately started writing.

"Right here." Shangluo squatted beside him, holding up the textbook. "The first paragraph, start from 'The six kings are gone, the four seas are one, the Shu mountains are steep, and the Afang Palace is out', and continue until 'Within a day, within a palace, the climate is different.'"

The former young player looked at it for a while, grabbed a pen, and said.

chua!!!

He copied the lines horizontally like a printer, his pen moving as fast as the shuttle on a spinning machine, fully demonstrating the speed of drawing film in a camera. He finished copying the first line in less than three seconds.

[Okay, he asked you how you felt. Let me see, it's pretty well copied, neat and tidy. You're such a thief, you copied a quarter of a paragraph.]

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"What? Did he copy it wrong? It looks correct to me."

"He..." Shangluo covered his forehead, "It would be fine if you copied it in official script. But this is printed script! And it's Fangsong Guobiao No. 2312 printed script! Is this something a human can write? How can I hand it in?!"

"Eh?" Apollonia and the former general were both puzzled. "But you were the one who asked him to copy this paragraph. It's so neat and precise, exactly the same, so beautiful. The book clearly uses this imitation Song Guobiao 2312 font."

"I asked him to write by hand! What's the difference between this and a printer? Why don't I just buy a printer and type directly? Can he write normally?"

[Wait, let me ask. Ah. Ah.] Apollonia understood. [He said no.]

Shangluo, unwilling to give up, asked, "Why?"

Because he couldn't read.

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The former young general couldn't read. So he copied whatever was in the book. He couldn't quite grasp the meaning of the characters, nor did he know how to write. He saw characters as just a series of symbols, so he just drew whatever he saw. For example, he didn't know the difference between "少" (little) and "小" (small).

"Why are they both idiots?"

[Hey, hey, hey, it's good enough that I wrote it for you. Just make do with it and hand it in.]

"If I can pay any of it, it won't be completely gone. Oh, forget it, I'll find another way."

After putting away his pencil case and exercise books, he stuffed the former young player's gloves into his schoolbag first.

At the entrance to Yuxi Palace, two Jinyiwei stood as usual. Not everyone had Qigong practitioners guarding the gate, but even two hundred wouldn't be too many at Daozu's gate. Except for Zhu Xianxun's daily visit, there was no activity.

"Ah~~" Zuo Bian yawned. The yawn echoed in the empty cave for a while.

"Ah~~" The lingering sound made the person on the right yawn as well.

If nothing unexpected happens, today will be peaceful.

"(*Jinling Yayan*)!" The two men raised their incendiary guns almost simultaneously, swallowing their yawns. A strong wind roared from the tunnel ahead, like a rocket hurtling towards them.

Before the rocket arrived, a beam of light like a searchlight had already shone on the corner of the tunnel. The light spot was almost pure white, as if a train was about to rush over.

Torches were immediately lit, bayonets were illuminated, and the power of the sun began to gather in the barrels of their guns:

"What the hell! Stop! We're going to shoot!"

"Ah?" Shangluo stopped at the corner.

He looked back and saw no one behind him.

"Are you calling me?"

"Oh, you scared me." When they walked up to him, they confirmed that this was Shangluo.

But his outfit was different from before. He was wearing golden roller skates and golden gloves. His schoolbag was also bulging, as if it was stuffed with a lot of things.

"Are you using the subway?"

"Oh yes, use it. I need to go to the stadium."

The two men made way without saying anything. This door didn't stop him; he and Zhu Xianxun could both enter freely. Although he was dressed strangely, it was normal for a cultivator to be strange.

They made way for Shangluo to get off the subway along the same route he had taken.

Han Xingzhi's uncle, who was guarding the back door, had just arrived for work. After greeting Shangluo, he brought the teapot to the recliner and began reading a Latin copy of "The Gallic War." Nearby, he found a stack of Latin classics like "Metamorphoses," "History of Rome," and "Aeneid," helping him consolidate his Latin learning.

Then he looked down at a few words and suddenly felt something was wrong.

I looked up and saw that the car was still there.

"Eh? Didn't you come here to borrow the car? Why didn't you drive away? Did you run over there? You're really diligent."

Lowering his head, he continued to look at the half-faded book.

Chapter 322 Turbo

"Wuhu! Too fast! It's like lightning!"

Leaving the road behind and driving directly on the subway tracks, the true speed is revealed. Here, there is no need to consider the ups and downs of the terrain, no need to find the way, and no need to worry about whether to hit others.

[Ding ding, there's a train arriving 500 meters ahead.]

Through the amplified headlights, Apollonia saw the vehicle in front in advance. It was a Jiangpu Line subway train traveling in the same direction.

"clear."

Shangluo lowered his body, lowering his center of gravity, and moved closer to the front. Then, he leaped onto the tunnel wall, smoothly overtaking the car. Using the art of walking on water, he navigated the densely packed tunnel walls as if they were flat ground. After passing the station, he circled back and continued along the horizontal rails, accelerating rapidly.

He drove all the way from Xiamafang Station to Wutaishan Gymnasium Station and stopped in front of the maintenance passage before entering the station.

After all, he couldn't just climb up from under the platform, so he could only enter through the maintenance passage.

The access door was locked, but he was prepared.

"Divine Attack: Finger Transformation Technique!"

This was the third profound skill attached to his right glove. Besides being used as a headlight to avoid danger, it could also unlock doors. This way, after using the divine movement technique to scurry around the subway, he could sneak into the platform through the employee passage and exit through the normal passage.

The finger transformation spell was placed in the lower spell slot, so it could be used on the object. With just a light touch, the door lock "transformed" open. After entering, he restored the lock to its original state.

He reached the employee entrance and listened outside. After confirming that no one was there, he unlocked the door and entered the station—appearing next to the men's restroom. He washed his hands, pretending to be coming out of the restroom, and took the escalator to the exit. He then checked in with his unlimited travel pass and exited.

The "Subway Escape" technique, originally created by Zhu Xianxi, was executed with such fluidity that it reached perfection by the time it reached Shangluo. Even flying a sword wouldn't be as fast.

I looked down at my watch:

"5 minutes and 21 seconds. Wuhu, super fast!"

"Hmm? You called us?"

Shangluo looked back and saw a few people wearing Rockets jerseys. They also came to participate in the competition this morning.

"Isn't this Shangluo? Nice to meet you."

"Do you recognize me?"

"Ah, because the personnel changes in the Longjiang team are a big deal, so we know you. We saw you the last time you came. I remember you had white hair last time? You were so handsome back then, how did you change?"

"Last time, um, the teacher scolded me. It's a pity that I can only dye it back."