Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 266 New Discovery (4000 words)
I don't know how long it has passed, Rhodes opened his eyes, and found that the sun outside the window had already reached the top.

It's already noon now, and the chief scholar didn't wake me up?
Rhodes stood up and moved his stiff body.

In one night, he performed a total of hundreds of Zhoutian's Hunyuan Yiqigong.

After taking the Xisui Pill and Xue Bodhi, his meridians became much wider, and the speed of his internal force became faster, and he no longer felt stagnant as before.

"Internal force and spiritual force, magic power and spiritual force are all fused together, but the three are not integrated into one." Rhode carefully sensed the situation in his body.

He used the energy obtained from the fusion of internal force and spiritual force to point out the window with a yang finger. This time the yang finger was completely different from the past, as long as he moved his mind, he could control the direction of the invisible qi.

The invisible air hit the ground in the distance and left a pothole.

"The power hasn't increased much."

Rhodes used the flame tongue technique again with the energy obtained from the fusion of magic power and spiritual power. Red flames spewed out from the palm of his hand. With a thought in his mind, the flames gathered into a sword. I really felt like being directed by an arm.

With another thought in his mind, the long sword turned into a fiery snake spitting out letters.

"It's interesting." Rhode lifted the Flame Tongue Technique, and he found that as long as he fused his spiritual power into his internal power or magic power, he could freely control martial arts or spells according to his mind.

As long as the mental power does not leave the body beyond a certain distance, Rhodes can take back the mental power without loss. His mental power attached to the Flame Tongue Technique will be completely withdrawn, and the mental power that flies to the invisible air flow ten meters away Some power is lost.

"If the Mage Ball is used to assist, will this distance increase to the range of mental power detection?" Rhodes used the Mage Ball with his left hand, and Yiyang Finger with his right hand again.

He was pleasantly surprised to find that the invisible airflow emitted by Yiyang Finger could move freely within the detection range of his mental power according to his thoughts, and after the airflow dissipated, he could fully withdraw his mental power.

If you want to replenish your mental power, you must sleep or meditate. Rhodes' mental power is not very strong, so he has to sleep every day.

The Baoyuan Shouyi he got a long time ago is a method that can replace sleep and enhance mental power, but Baoyuan Shouyi will enhance the magic power in his body, so he hasn't used such martial arts for a long time.

Now that he thinks about it, he thinks it's a waste of money.

In order to achieve the optimal ratio of the fusion of internal force and magic power in the body, it is a bit inappropriate to give up enhancing the magic power.

After taking Blood Bodhi, his internal strength has increased a bit. The best fusion ratio with magic power was three to seven before, but now it has become two to eight. That is to say, as long as he increases his internal strength a little more, he can make his body The natural fusion of the internal force and magic power in it.

Exercising Hunyuanyi Qigong can also replace sleep, and the internal force will be converted into spiritual force to restore the spirit, and the internal force will continue to increase during exercise.

Rhodes decided to run Hunyuan Qigong instead of sleeping for the time being, and after the internal force in his body exceeds a quarter of that magic power, he will use Baoyuan Shouyi and Hunyuan Qigong in turn.

He closed his eyes, operated the Hunyuanyi Qigong again, tried to fuse the inner power, magic power and spiritual power, and found that the fusion was still possible, but the speed of decomposition was faster than the speed of fusion.

It seems that mental strength is the key to fusion.

After Rhodes opened his eyes, he recalled the feeling just now and came to a conclusion.

I'm a little hungry.

Rhodes touched his growling stomach. He didn't eat much for dinner last night, and he practiced sword for a long time, and he hasn't eaten since then.

After simply washing up, he opened the door and walked out.

This is completely different from the aristocratic life he imagined before. He used to think that after he became a nobleman, even if he got dressed in the morning, he would be served by a young and beautiful maid. Now it seems that he is thinking too much.

However, this is also related to the fact that he did not spend money to find servants. As long as he is willing to spend money, even if he is not a nobleman, he can live a life where there are people waiting for him to eat, dress and bathe.

Rhodes walked into the restaurant and saw an empty table, looked around, and didn't even see a servant.

The servants brought by the Chief Grand Maester were all dedicated to take care of him, and now they don't know where they went.

Do I have to cook by myself again today?
Rhodes decided to go to the tavern outside to find something to eat, when he heard Lorraine's voice.

"My lord, have you not eaten yet?" Lorraine stared at Rhodes with her big eyes blinking.

Rhodes turned his head and nodded vigorously, "I'm a little hungry. By the way, why are you here?"

He remembered that Lorraine stayed in the castle a few days ago.

"I haven't seen you for the past few days. I asked the soldiers in the castle and I knew you were here, so I ran here." Lorraine replied, "If you haven't eaten, I can go to the kitchen to feed you now." You go to prepare, I have learned several dishes in the past few days, just for you to try."

"Thank you." Rhodes nodded. He is really hungry now, and he doesn't worry whether Lorraine will be a master player in the dark cooking world like him.

Rhodes sat at the dining table and took out the cheat book of Hunyuanyi Qigong to continue researching.

After a while, Gilbert's voice sounded in his ear.

"It just so happens that you're here too." Rhodes turned his head and saw Gilbert walking in with a tired face. "I have a few questions I want to ask you."

"Ask." Rhodes closed the cheat book.

Gilbert took out an animal skin scroll from his pocket, which was densely written with words.

"First question, why does the coal dug out of the mountains and the plants and animals contain a lot of carbon as you said?" Gilbert asked.

"Coal is the remains of plants buried deep in the ground and formed over countless years. Animals and plants have a common ancestor, but they took different evolutionary paths later. I thought you would ask some valuable questions. " Rhodes shook his head.

"The second question is valuable," Gilbert added.

He glanced at the animal skin, "You said that the matter in the world is made up of countless particles, so why are there such big differences in the properties of different materials? Why are the same ashes, wood ashes and vampire ashes made? The effect of the potion is completely different."

"These two things are not contradictory. Although they are both ashes, the elements that make up wood ashes and vampire ashes are arranged in a different order, so their properties are also different." Rhodes replied.

"Just like the same gas, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, which have the same constituent elements, have different properties, but it may also be related to the magical properties of the two."

Rhodes didn't know whether the conclusions drawn by countless ancestors could be directly used in this world. He felt that it should be possible, but it was only applicable to some situations in this world.

Just like classical mechanics and the theory of relativity, the rules explored by scientists on earth are the same in most cases in this world, but as long as magic or other mysterious forces are involved, there will be some changes, but they will still follow those rules. The most basic rules.

Otherwise, this world would not be so similar to the world before Rhodes traveled. If the most basic rules of the universe changed a little bit, then the world would definitely not be like this.

After hearing Rhode's explanation, Gilbert did not continue to ask, but showed a thoughtful look.

Rhodes suddenly felt that education really had to start from a baby. After a person established a complete three views, it would be difficult to change his original thinking.

Seeing Gilbert thinking, Rhodes opened the secret book of Hunyuanyi Qigong and continued to study.

Ten minutes later, when Rhodes was about to die of hunger, Lorraine appeared in the restaurant with a fragrant plate.

Rhodes' empty stomach groaned in disbelief.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Luo Lan was a little embarrassed, and her snow-white pretty face turned red.

"It's okay." Rhodes shook his head awkwardly.

"What is this? Why is it so fragrant?" Gilbert sniffed it with his nose, and his stomach also gurgled.

Rhode felt that Gilbert originally wanted to come to the restaurant to eat something, and it was just an accident to meet him.

Lorraine put the dinner plate on the table. There was a large bowl of hand-rolled noodles and a plate of fried beef on the plate.

The beef is not given soy sauce, so the color is not very good.

Rhodes, who was a southerner before crossing, prefers to eat rice rather than hand-rolled noodles, but no one grows rice in the territory.

"I don't know what these are called. I made them according to the book." Lorraine explained, "I haven't seen that kind of black seasoning, so the beef can't produce the effect in the picture."

"It's okay, it doesn't matter." Rhodes took out a pair of chopsticks he made before from the space ring, and glanced at Gilbert who was staring at the bowl in front of him.

"Where's mine?" Gilbert swallowed, the plate of beef in front of Rhodes exuded an irresistible aroma.

"I'll do it for you now." Lorraine was a little embarrassed, turned and ran to the kitchen.

Rhodes drove half of the beef on the plate into the noodles, and then gave the remaining half of the plate to Gilbert.

For some reason, Lorraine has changed a lot since he arrived in the castle. He dared to say a few words to Rhodes when he was in the cave, but now he has completely replaced himself as a maid and is very obedient.

While eating noodles, Rhodes was thinking about the production of salt, soy sauce, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, and sugar. Although he studied biology in college, he had taken courses related to food, so he still roughly knew how to make these condiments .

Although he had previously handed over the method of making soy sauce and vinegar to Lacal, it has been a year, and Lacal must have succeeded in making it, but Gaoshan Province is too far away from here, and it takes at least one or two to get there month time.

Apart from white sugar, there shouldn't be much problem in making several other seasonings. If you want to make white sugar, you need to import sugar cane from Fish Kingdom.

The noodles and beef tasted good, and even Rhodes, who has always been picky, couldn't find any major faults. Sure enough, cooking skills still require talent.

After Rhodes finished eating the noodles, he was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a poached egg at the bottom. He took a bite of the poached egg in the noodles.

It turned out to be thin egg yolk, Rhodes couldn't help complaining in his heart.

Although he can accept thin egg yolks, he still prefers to eat dry egg yolks.

"I kept you waiting." Lorraine brought a bowl of noodles to Gilbert.

Gilbert reached into the bowl with a fork, rolled the noodles with the fork, and made a "hoo hoo" sound.

Fortunately, Lorraine made thin noodles. If it was wide noodles, Gilbert, who can't use chopsticks, can only grab them with his hands today.

Rhodes put down his chopsticks, took out a few gold coins from the space ring and handed them to Lorraine.

"Go to the tailor and buy yourself some new clothes." Rhodes said.

He didn't pay attention to Lorraine's attire before, and now it's winter, and Lorraine is still wearing autumn clothes with many patches.

"My lord, it's not that much." Lorraine stepped back in fear.

"Take it, as if I gave you this month's wages first, and you are still wearing such thin clothes in winter." Rhode persuaded.

"Can I get that much in a month? This is more than my father's annual income." Lorraine couldn't believe it.

"I asked you to come here before I discussed the salary and work with you. From now on, you will be responsible for my three meals a day, and you will also help me wash my clothes. Maybe I will let you make supper occasionally. You ten silver coins a day." Rhodes said after thinking briefly.

Although it felt a bit rotten, he felt that he still needed a servant to help him with chores. A beautiful woman is always more attractive than a man.

"That's too much, my lord. I don't think you need to give me so much money. My mother and I are the only two people in my family now, and we still eat and use yours. I am in good health and don't need to buy new clothes. Lorraine was short of breath after hearing so much money, but he still rejected Rhodes.

After Rhodes traveled to this world, he was not very clear about the prices. He thought that buying a slave that was not as good-looking as Lorraine would cost several hundred gold coins in the slave trading market, so the price he gave was a bit higher.

"You'd better take the money and go buy some clothes and shoes. Girls should live a more refined life." Rhodes stuffed the gold coin into Lorraine's hand.

It may be that he has been single for a long time, and even touching Lorraine's hand made him feel embarrassed.

"My lord..." Lorraine still wanted to refuse.

"Don't refuse anymore, you take the money well, I won't give you any money during this period, and come to me when you don't have enough." Rhodes interrupted Lorraine.

Lorraine was worried that Rhodes would be angry, so he finally accepted the money.

"Are you still hungry? If you are not full, I can help you make some more." Lorraine asked with concern.

"Enough, you go shopping for clothes first, and when you come back, help me wash the clothes." Rhodes replied

"My room is the largest room in the innermost part of the second floor. If the water feels cold, you can boil a pot of water and use hot water to wash your clothes. Don't try to save firewood. If you have chilblains on your hands, it will be troublesome, and washing clothes in hot water is also difficult. Clean it up." Rhodes urged again.

After hearing this, Lorraine nodded with some emotion, "My lord, I'm going now."

After Rhodes saw Lorraine leaving the restaurant, he decided to ask Ott and Harman why he hadn't hired a servant for him today, while the Chief Grand Maester hadn't arrested him for work.

By the way, let's inspect the progress of some work on the territory. If you want to become a qualified lord, it is definitely wrong to stay in the study all day or go to practice martial arts...

(End of this chapter)