Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Then how about I ask Shangluo to deliver it to her?"

"I have no objection." Ao Zang replied, "I think you and Xiao Yi are destined to be together, just like your father and I are destined to be together. If you don't mind, you can recognize her as your adopted sister."

"Mind? How could I mind?"

"Just send her some food. However, I don't recommend you to send it to her now. She needs to avoid suspicion now. By the way, Shangluo, if I'm not mistaken, the dragon ball should be in your possession now? Why don't you try it here so I can see if the size is suitable."

"Is it on me? Oh, yes. I think it's easy to go back to the city to get it." Shang Luo picked up the phone. "Wait, I'll ask the Imperial Prison to bring the Dragon Ball over."

Chapter 1087 Transformation

Through the shortcut in the basement, Shangluo took out the dragon ball from his bag.

Looking closely, each dragon ball seems to have a subtle difference in appearance. For example, the one in front of me is roughly the shape of a pink pearl, and has a gorgeous metallic luster. Although I have never seen the real body, I think Otohime's dragon body should also be a white dragon with a hint of pink.

"How to use this?"

"This needs to be used in conjunction with the mind method and the spell." Ao Zang replied, "The so-called mind method is to 'understand the principle of this matter.' The spell is the trigger of the spell. You have almost understood the mind method. The so-called dragon's transformation is like clouds and rain, and the flow of things. Dragons have the appearance of all living beings, so they change into the form of all living beings. This does not require a dragon to perform it. Any spiritual creature born and raised by nature can do it. I am just explaining it to you from the perspective of a dragon."

"Yes, got it."

"And the spell, I sent it to you via Fetion."

"???" Shang Luo was stunned for a moment, "Is it that simple?"

"It may be difficult for mortals. But for a cultivator like you, it is not difficult. Because you already have the foundation of the spell 'Mind Over Matter'. In addition, this is just the use of the dragon ball, so it is much simpler than casting a spell out of thin air. I have sent you the spell, take a look."

Shangluo opened Fetion and took a look——

He saw a picture. A picture of golden flowers on a black background, with three layers of golden flowers stacked inside and outside. The spiritual connection was too wonderful, and the Tao was clear. After taking a look, he seemed to have a glimmer of enlightenment in his heart, and the idea of ​​knowing the heavens and the gods, and creating a mysterious death, spread from the top of his head.

However, as soon as I closed my eyes, the feeling disappeared.

"Is this a spell?"

"Yes." Ao Zang nodded and said, "Or do you want something more traditional? If so, I'll have someone carve this diagram on dragon scales for you later - never mind, I'll give you both. The Taiyi Jinhua diagram carved on dragon scales will be made separately, so you can take a look at the electronic version first."

“Just look at this picture?”

"If you want to learn the 72 transformations, you mainly need to look at the patterns. After looking at them, do you have some mysterious insights?"

Shangluo nodded: "But I feel like I can't remember it if I don't look at it."

"That's right. You can't remember the Taiyi Jinhua Diagram. So when you cast a spell, you have to call out the diagram, look at it, visualize it, and put your thoughts into the dragon ball, and the shape will naturally take shape. You really can't remember it with your current level of cultivation, but it doesn't matter, just take it out and look at it every time you cast a spell."

"What about the dragon scales?"

"Before we had cell phones, we used dragon scales as carriers - but dragon scales have another use, which is to perform thirty-six transformations. Thirty-six transformations are different from seventy-two transformations. You don't need to understand the contents of the atlas. You just need to wear the dragon ball and stick the scales on your forehead. However, the thirty-six transformations are not complete, only part of the dragon shape is revealed. Compared to the seventy-two transformations to avoid the three disasters, the partial transformations of the thirty-six transformations are more suitable for fighting."

"Ah," Shangluo nodded, "I see. That doesn't seem that difficult to say, does it?"

"Because you are already a monk, it is not difficult from a monk's perspective. If you are not a monk, just 'using thoughts' or 'visualization' is extremely difficult. It only seems simple with the help of your cultivation."

"Then I'll try it now!" He picked up the dragon ball -

“Hey hey hey!” Ao Zang raised his hand. “Shang Tianjun, you may not understand the ethics of shapeshifting, but you can change your size at will. If something strange happens, it may be difficult to deal with.”

"Ah! Sorry, sorry. Is there a dressing room here?"

"That way please. There will be someone at the door to lead the way."

"Okay, okay, I'll be right back." It's my first time transforming, and I feel a little excited just thinking about it.

3 minute later.

“Has it gotten better?”

【Forehead】

"I asked you if you've gotten better? I have to prepare myself mentally before looking in the mirror."

【Forehead】

"Can you please say something?"

[You should see it yourself. You can see it by pulling back the curtain. And, Lady Victoria, please calm down.]

"Ah~~~~" Victoria screamed in the bag, "Why, why did it become like this. Wuuuu~~Change back quickly, change back quickly~~"

"What's wrong? What happened to you all?"

Before he finished speaking, the door suddenly opened.

Phaethon pushed the door open and walked in: "Are you getting better?"

"It's getting better now." Shang Luo replied from behind the curtain.

"Then come out and take a look."

Shang Luo felt something was wrong: "Who else is out there besides you?"

"It's just me. I thought something might be wrong, so I came to take a look."

"Then I'm coming out."

Shangluo opened the door curtain——

It was wearing a tight jumpsuit that reflected silver light. It had a white crown on its head and antennas on both sides that stood up like dragon horns.

"???" Phaethon calmed down and said, "Oh my goodness! I told you to turn into a dragon, but you turned into Otohime? And your eyes, my goodness, are so cool."

"Huh?" Shang Luo walked to the mirror and took a look - his face had become exactly the same as Yiji's. The only difference was that the white part of his eyes had turned black, and his pupils had turned white. In the white pupils, there was a faint flash of lightning.

"This!" He lowered his head suddenly, "It can't be that even this... Ah! Why can it change even this! Didn't we say that it would turn into a dragon?! How can I change back?"

[It's not in the manual. Wait, should we call him over? ]

"Then you must call them! How can I get out like this?"

Ao Zang came in immediately. When he saw Shangluo, he was stunned: "Shangluo, what on earth were you visualizing just now?"

"Of course I am visualizing the dragon!"

"I was told to visualize the appearance of a dragon, why did you visualize my daughter?"

"Isn't your daughter a dragon?"

"She is a dragon in human form. If you visualize her appearance, you will naturally become like her. Ah, she really looks like her, no wonder she can transform into 72 different forms. And your eyes."

When he looked into his eyes, Ao Zang suddenly perked up: "It is indeed Shang Tianjun. I suggest you wear sunglasses from now on. People who look into your eyes seem to see something bad."

"Now I want to ask how can I change back?"

"Ah, this. You can change back if you take out the dragon ball and visualize your own appearance. Oh, you are in trouble now. The first impression is very important. You will become what you look like the first time. I should have asked you to visualize her dragon form. Oh! She also needs this dragon ball to transform into a dragon. The dragon ball is in your hand, so you can only see her human form."

Ao Zang knocked his head twice: "How could I forget about this? Sorry, Shang Tianjun. But if you don't mind, you can use this. When it comes to casting spells, human-shaped dragons are more powerful. But Shang Tianjun, you may need to wear a pair of sunglasses to cover your eyes." He looked Shang Luo up and down:

"It seems that this pupil is the difference between you and your original form after transformation. It is very obvious. But you may have to carry sunglasses with you all the time in the future. When you turn into something else, it is better to wear sunglasses."

Chapter 1088 Fine-tuning

Facing the mirror, the black in Otohime's eyes was slowly fading, leaving only the red of blood. Her eyes looked much more normal, at least not as scary as a Shura, but the black lightning still lingered in the depths of her pupils.

It wasn't just the melanin in his pupils that faded away, his hair color also gradually became lighter, returning to his original natural color.

Shangluo breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, I can at least make some minor changes to the details, so that I can finally have my own feel."

"This is very important." Ao Zang nodded and said, "If you can't tell at first glance that someone is not yourself, it will have an impact on your state of mind. If this continues for a long time, it is possible that you will develop mental demons. So Shang Tianjun, you should really try to choose an appearance that you can identify with - but it can't be exactly the same, otherwise it will cause your self-perception to deviate."

"This magic method of transforming into a dragon is really amazing, so why can't I just reshape the face and adjust the body shape?"

[That's a different price - I mean, you have to recreate the character to adjust that. Adjusting eye and hair color is much easier - it looks like this.]

"That's true." Ao Zang agreed. "It's good as it is now. And if you look too much like my daughter, I'll have some illusions sometimes. Add your own features, and then we won't make any mistakes."

"Let's do this for now." He accepted the current situation helplessly. He took the sunglasses handed to him by Ao Zang and put them on first. "Although the eye and hair colors have been changed to the original body's eye colors, it is better to wear sunglasses just in case. Things like thunder robbery are best not to be seen by others."

He asked Ao Zang again: "Do I need to wear these sunglasses every time?"

"Yes, this is an external object. My daughter doesn't wear glasses, so this external object cannot take shape."

"Oh, that's fine." Shang Luo touched his head. "At worst, I can just treat it as a transformation animation. Next time when I transform into something else, I'll take out my glasses and put them on."

I have a bag on me, so it wouldn't be a big deal to store a few more sets of equipment.

He glanced in the mirror, and there was something about this look that he was not satisfied with - the tights.

This tights was so trendy that Shangluo was embarrassed to go out with Yiji. Fortunately, the citizens of Yingtian seemed to have a strong acceptance of strange clothes, and her brief appearance did not cause any commotion.

But Shangluo considers himself to be quite shy. He always feels that this silver tights is the same as not wearing anything.

"Let me see if there's anything I can change into. Victoria, please hand me that bag, yes, my suitcase. Let me take a look, this is the one."

He took out the black round-necked robe that Zhu Xianxun had ordered for him last time, put it on with the help of Phaethon, then bent down and began to button it from bottom to top -

"Eh?" When he buttoned it to his chest, he suddenly realized that he couldn't button it.

"No way! Is it so troublesome?"

The extra part on the chest makes it impossible to button up this round-neck gown - when Zhu Xianxun made this suit, he measured his body and made some slim cuts. In theory, not all round-neck gowns need this, but if it is not designed this way, every time you wear it, you need some "professionals" to help you tidy up the corners and deal with the wrinkles on the clothes, and you can't move them after they are fixed.

Zhu Xianxi knew that there weren't that many people in Shangluo to help him, so he had the pattern cut out for him in advance, so that he could wear it well and straight without any maintenance. Of course, the price was that other people wouldn't be able to wear it.

“What should I do?”

"You see, there's too much flesh on the chest." Phaethon walked around to the back and reached out to help him button it up. "..."

Phaethon was silent for 0.5 seconds.

"Why am I a little envious? They are just dragons. Is it necessary for them to grow to this size?"

"What should I do?"

"How about this." Phaethon walked to the front again and simply unbuttoned the top buttons: "If you can't button it up, wear it according to the style of the lapel. The lining of this round-necked robe is embroidered with gold, and it has a lapel style - well, this is normal. Take a look at this."

Shangluo looked in the mirror: after adjusting the lapel, it somehow looked a bit like a military coat. It would look even more like a military coat if the collar and cuffs were frayed.

"Okay, that's it." He put on his sunglasses and walked out of the locker room.

"Pfft..." Wen Yuan saw it at first sight, "I thought it might turn out to be like Otohime. And it really turned out like this."

"Alright, alright. Stop laughing."

"Wow." Lu Liang stared at him intently for a while, obviously seeing something that Shangluo had not seen before, "So this is what her face looks like. As expected of a princess of the Dragon Palace, she really looks very 'well-off' in every way."

"That's right"

"Have you tried casting a spell?" Lu Liang asked.

Shangluo raised his right hand, and a black ball of lightning appeared in his palm. "It's just as King Ao Zang said. This form is really suitable for casting spells - I haven't actually learned how to throw fireballs, lightning balls, etc. But after having the dragon form, using these spells is as easy as eating and drinking."

"So I just said, it's okay to become like this." Ao Zang closed the door of the dressing room and took a step back to the dining room. He walked around Shangluo and said, "She looks much more majestic than my daughter. Except for her face, everything is really different."

"Can Princess Otohime cast spells like this?"

"The human form is the most intelligent of all creatures. So when she transforms into a human form, she can control the magic as easily as using her own arms."

"What about the dragon form?" According to common sense, the dragon is the symbol of power. The human form is similar to humans, so why is it more suitable for casting spells?

"The magic of dragon form is different from that of human form." Ao Zang answered, "The dragon form is also suitable for casting spells, but it is not a 'spell' in the usual sense, it is more like divine power. If you want to create clouds and rain, or thunder and lightning, then the dragon form is more suitable. But if you want to throw a ball of electricity, or use lightning to pierce someone's head, then the human form is more suitable. So based on your needs, Shang Tianjun, if you don't plan to make artificial rain, then the human form is obviously more suitable for you."

[Ah, I understand. When in dragon form, you cast innate magic based on the laws of nature. In human form, you can cast human magic, and you can cast modern magic. That's amazing! This is much more useful than ancient magic based on nature. You can strike anyone with lightning if you want.]

Chapter 1089 Dragon Magic

"Modern magic? Ah, yes, there is such a thing." A while ago, when Shangluo and Yanqiu were discussing the filming method of Wang Lingguan, Apollonia explained "modern magic" -

From the perspective of the end of the law, although the work "Investiture of the Gods" has many flaws, one thing that is epoch-making is that the magic in it is very modern. Someone will use spells such as lightning, fireballs, and flying swords to fight.

This scene was completely epoch-making. Because before this, in the story of "Lü Chunyang's Flying Sword Beheading Huanglong", the flying sword only appeared for a moment and took away the head of Huanglong Zen Master, as if it was a punishment from heaven. Similarly, in many modern Roman literary works, mages usually wield swords, and the most a mage could do with the "fireball technique" was to light a pine cone.

The real "throwing fireball" magic appeared quite recently. Because magic is the reflection of the real world in the symbolic world, when there are only natural laws in this world, people's imagination of magic is naturally closer to natural laws - thunder magic is believed to be used to punish bad people, and fire magic is used for arson. Throwing fireballs in the real sense is a simulation of the firepower of modern warfare. Only after humans have generally seen scenes of guns being drawn and guns being fired, or cannons roaring, can the "fireball magic" based on modern weapons be reflected.

However, Investiture of the Gods has a unique way of showing the scenes of magic battles. Even without the inspiration of modern weapons, Investiture of the Gods still shows the scenes of energy weapons fighting each other, and even the magical plot of "wave-to-wave" which is a competition of pure magic power.

Compared with classics like Journey to the West, Investiture of the Gods is a little rough in many places. But this forward-looking, wonderful and novel setting still makes it very popular.

"If you are Shang Tianjun," Ao Zang explained, "if you want to do something like the Dragon King in Journey to the West sneezing and making it rain, then the dragon form is indeed better. But if you want to use the thunder magic in Investiture of the Gods, or even the 'lightning magic' that has appeared in modern literary works and tabletop games, then the human form is much more useful than the dragon form."