Pivot of the Sky

Mayor Dusty's expression was surprising and a little bit of a laugh. He could tell that Amon was looking for Xiao Gu. He couldn't help but wonder how dare this child. Amon did have a reason, Xiao Gu almost cut off one of his fingers last time, and Amon could never have offended the priest, but wanted to think about it, but the child actually did!

It is not impossible, but very rare, for Amon to claim to have discovered unwanted Tiancheng nuclei in the runoff of mountain floods. If the townspeople really picked one or two of these kernels, they would only take them home quietly. It is impossible to register and report them. Of course, the mined stones will remain on their own, as long as they don't say who will know?

Amon did so clearly to make Xiao Gu pay taxes for him, who made this commitment to apologize?

Xiao Gu's face was ugly, but it was hard to say anything in public. He just asked: "Amon, you are a lucky and honest child, can you give me a look at the stones you have mined? ”

He thought Ammon had picked up one or two kernels, and when Ammon took a sheepskin out of his arms and opened it, everyone around him shouted. Only Lord Xiao Gu's eyes darkened, but he fainted instantly. If not for the servant's hand next to him, he would have to hit the back of his head on the stairs!

In this dirty sheepskin, there are not only twenty colorless and transparent Standard Divine Stones, but also a special Divine Stone with a dark blue glow, like a strange and mysterious wave of water.

The people around him were surprised to say nothing. At this time, the mayor of the town was most calm. The first time he looked back, he gasped and asked: "Amon, did you really pick this, this, these? ”

Amon nodded unchanged: "Yes, it must have been a flood of a certain year that just swept through a vein, and a pile of kernels appeared in dry currents, which I was fortunate to discover. ”

Dusty swallowed a breath of spit and felt his lips dry. He looked at the lower voice around him: “Actually, you can... do this... to yourself... ”

He said only half of every word, but it was obvious. In fact, Amon can stay quietly and not say anything to anyone. This is to force Lord Xiao Gu to pay taxes, which is not good for Amon himself, because Lord Xiao Gu will surely retaliate. Is Lord Xiao Gu's position of power a miner's son capable of offending?

Then someone next to him said, "Lord Xiao Gu has passed out, what should we do? ”

"Lord Zhen, I'm paying taxes," replied Amon. "You won't let me violate the ordinance in public? ”

Mayor Dusty sighed and couldn't help but say: "Wake Lord Xiao Gu up, we all know that he will pay the taxes of the Ammon family this year! ”

Only the mayor here knows why Xiao Gu fainted. If there are only twenty Divine Stones, Xiao Gu pays taxes on eighteen Divine Stones on his behalf, even if it hurts like a knife to cut meat, it will not be like this. The key is the blue stone, and the miners in this town don't know what it's worth, which amounts to 200 standard stones if taxed.

In other words, Xiao Gu is required to pay a total of 1,988 divine stones tax for Amon. The value of one divine stone is equivalent to 20 baht gold coins, so Xiao Gu is required to pay nearly 4,000 baht gold coins! Such a sum of money could buy a luxurious estate in the State of Syria plus a flock of slaves and cattle and sheep.

Xiao Gu was woken up with a rub on his chest. He stood still with the help of two servants. He trembled and asked: "Amon, are you really paying taxes?” His eyes were like a drop of blood when he spoke, and if his eyes could kill, Amon would have been torn apart.

Amon looked at Xiao Gu's eyes as if they were provocative. The tone was very calm and clear: “Yes, the registrar responsible for registering taxes, do you want me to evade taxes in public? ”

If you're forced to pay for this, you'll have to pay the tax. Xiao Gu avoided Amon's sight and said to Dusty in a mournful gaze and a pitiful tone: "Lord Mayor, I accept this tax and register it as 21 magical stones. ”

It seems that only Dusty understands what this means. This is a word game. The blue stone is also a divine stone. There seems to be nothing wrong with this registration. But it involves a secret between Xiao Gu and Dusty. It is also the best way for these two aristocratic adults in town to make their living. In the past, miners were ecstatic when they mined special stones.

It is not clear to the townsfolk how valuable the special magic stones are, as long as they are mined they will be taken away, nor will they be able to appear on the market as circulating currencies like standard magic stones. Knowing that this is rare, one of hundreds of magic stones may appear. If mined, the mayor will be happy to reward the craftsman with an extra magic stone.

The rest is that the mayor and the registrar are tired of cats. One special gemstone can reach 200 standard gemstones, leaving 20 by decree, while the miners who mined it received only one reward and the remaining 19 were swallowed up by Dusty and Xiao Gu. This is not the most profitable situation, and if they play a word game with the acquiescence of the mayor and the registrar registers only the Divine Stone and not the Special Divine Stone, they can privately divide the equivalent of one hundred and ninety-eight Divine Stones!

But the more valuable the blue stone, the more taxes Xiao Gu will have to pay for Amon. Xiao Gu was hinting at Mayor Dusty, as he had done before, not to register as the blue heart. He was even giving the mayor a look, hoping to hide the value of the blue water heart and lure it out of Amon's hands with the reward of ordinary magic stones, so that instead of losing money, he could make a fortune.

Mayor Dasti hesitated, coughing and talking. But Amon shouted, "Lord Priest, I'm sorry, don't forget I'm literate too! Please register truthfully. Twenty standard Divine Stones and a Blue Divine Stone. I can read them. ”

This sentence was like an invisible miner's hammer striking, Xiao Gu's body suddenly trembled, then leaned softly against the servant's shoulder, afraid to look at Amon but only at Dusty. Dusty's face also became ugly, and he shouted to Ammon: "Tax matters are left to adults, and they won't let you pay taxes anyway. Besides, if you can give me this blue blue stone, this town will give you a special reward. ”

Amon asked, “If taxes have been paid in full, I can keep all the stones, can't I?" ”

Dusty's voice was a little dry, and he said in a sincere manner: “If you hand over a special stone, it will give you an extra reward. For you, there is nothing to lose...”

Before he finished, Amon felt a hand pressed against his shoulder and listened to the old lunatic's voice without slowly saying: “Lord Mayor, I often see a thing, someone has taken possession of something that is not supposed to belong to him, and over time has developed a habit, but forgotten that it is not his. If one day he didn't get something that didn't belong to him, he'd feel like the real owner shouldn't have it. Who do you think this is? ”

Amon looked at Xiao Gu poor Baba and pleaded with the mayor. For some reason, an unnamed rage rose in his mind. He could hardly hold it down. He wanted to punch him in the face with the first two steps. This thought spurred Amon's body to shake. The old madman happened to show up at this time, pressing Amon's shoulder with his hand, an invisible force that made him immobile.

Mayor Dasti stopped talking, and the old lunatic kept talking: “This is the devil! Desire is not necessarily a sin; it encourages people to create and pursue more good.... but I'm going to tell a story that once someone stole a gold coin from me every day and nobody pursued it, and then once I kindly told him that it wasn't good to do it, but inside him was all hatred and curse, asking me to encourage and praise him to continue this behavior, otherwise it would be my evil deed, but I completely forgot that he had gotten so much from me.... Whose evil is this, you say? ”

Mayor Dasti, stared at by the eyes of the old madman, unwittingly took a step back and turned to Xiao Gu: “Registrar, Amon's request is normal and legal, since he knows how to read, let him look at you to register, write twenty standard and one blue magic stone, taxes are paid by you. ”

At one exit, I saw Lord Xiao Gu's eyes turned white, his body stood up, his mouth sprayed with a mouthful of blood, and then fell into the servant's arms. The servant panicked to bring him to the temple for first aid. Most people do not understand what happened. It seems that Master Xiao Gu is ill and very ill.

The old lunatic looked at Xiao Gu coldly and was brought into the temple, which was why he said to Dusty: “The registrar is not feeling well and cannot insist on working. The mayor of the town should register himself. ”

Dusty wiped the sweat off his forehead and nodded, “Okay, I'll check in, you take this kid away! ”

Ammon Ben had an uncontrollable emotion, full of violent impulses, but when he saw Xiao Gu spit blood fainting, it seemed more serious than his own punch, and somehow calmed down, suddenly he felt that this noble priest was like a humble pathetic worm. At this time, the old lunatic put his hand on his shoulder slightly harder, and Amon couldn't help but turn half a circle and follow him.

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“Son, Xiao Gu deserves it, but you are enduring your own suffering, understand the desire of both sides? Learn how to face it, just like learn how to use power. … what you are doing today is dangerous and not calm enough. If you do not learn how to face this test, I will not see your accomplishments in the future, I am afraid you will soon see your body. ”

It was at the old lunatic's house, Nietzsche talking and drinking, but not pouring Amon wine.

Amon asked, "You mean Xiao Gu will retaliate against me? ”

The old lunatic laughed: "Bullshit, you know the consequences! Of course he has the heart to kill you... do you really not understand the value of the blue heart? ”

Amon: “I don't know, you didn't tell me. I guess it's worth it, right? ”

Old lunatic: “People in Duke don't think much about money and wealth outside. A blue heart is worth 200 magic stones, equivalent to 4,000 baht gold coins, and you can buy it if you want. Such a sum of money, wherever it may be, could trigger a bloody conflict, let alone in the hands of a child like you. It's still safe in Duke Town, at least with me, but when you're alone? ”

Amon lowered his head: “You seem to know what I'm going to do, but you haven't stopped me. ”

The old madman shook his head: “Advocacy is useless, I can stop you, but it is not a substitute for your desire to rise. After this, you should understand how to grasp it, face it soberly and even enjoy it, but not let it dictate your thoughts and your words and actions.... Besides, I would also like to see you clean up Xiao Gu, he deserves it, just pay attention to yourself. ”

Amon nodded: “I think I understand. ”

The old madman stood up and said, "Just understand, now you can learn the most basic first degree magic. There are many kinds of theology, including elemental theology, spiritual theology, blessing, space theology, information theology, etc. It is difficult for a magician to master all types of theology, and he is often good at it. I don't know what you're good at, but since there's a blue heart, let's start with water element magic. ”

The magic was so mysterious in Ammon's mind, but the old lunatic told him to meet the standards of a first-degree magician and it was simple, it was a piece of ice!

Summoning the water contained in the environment, condensing it into ice, and quietly placing a layer of ice on the ground around it, even if it succeeds. Ammon is not clear that these have meant three water elemental theologies, all of which are first-degree theologies, but the techniques used in this combination are quite simple and need to be accomplished simultaneously in silence.

The old lunatic didn't tell him how hard it was for a freshly introduced magician, just to say it was the easiest start.

Condensing water into ice is easy, and according to the old madman's method, Amon did it for the first time. Summoning the water elements in the environment to form countless tiny ice crystals gradually filled the ground, making it a little hard, but it also succeeded a few days later. The old madman laughed and said to Amon, "You can practice again and again, but when you practice yourself, stop using the blue heart. ”

When Amon does not use the Blue Water Heart as an intermediary for performing the divine arts, he finds it more than tenfold difficult to use the same divine arts. The old madman should give him a staff, but the old man seems to have intentionally forgotten, but he wants Amon not to rely on any artifact, is to use his magical powers to carry out.

Amon can't do it. In fact, many low-ranking magicians can't do this, including third-level magicians. At least they have a staff set with ordinary sacred stones! But Amon already knows exactly how to do it, he has mastered the skills, he has already succeeded many times through the blue water heart, so he does not doubt that his methods are wrong, just that the power has not reached, there is no doubt and frustration, practice well!

That's when the old lunatic explained to Amon the special features of the blue water heart and how it should be used. The Blue Heart not only helps to awaken power, but also greatly aids in the performance of water elemental theology. If Amon had been allowed to perform such magic in his own right from the beginning, he would not have succeeded, and it would have been a coincidental way to do so with the help of the blue heart.

Coincidence, however, has one principle that can only be used in two contexts: first, to gain a better grasp of a certain kind of magic and to understand its methods and techniques in the most thorough way; and second, to fight against human life and death, it is impossible to retain any power. But after mastering some kind of magic, try not to use the usual practice, otherwise it will form dependence and complacency, which will not benefit your strength.

That's what the old lunatic said, Amon did. He couldn't have done it, but he wasn't in a hurry. Amon also kept an eye on it. Every time after a while, he quietly tried it again with the blue water heart to see how much his power had grown? He was satisfied that the ice was condensing faster and more broadly.

Of course, the old madman knew that it was too difficult for Amon to condense the water and make ice on his own, and to do it quietly at once. If he did it simply, he would be surprised. There is a limit to what genius! Apart from that, the old lunatics didn't teach anything else, not even Ammon physics.

Until one day, Amon spent an afternoon snuggling an almost invisible layer of ice on the old maniac's threshold, wanting to see the old maniac fall, and hiding beside him to help him. As the old lunatic returned home, the ice had inexplicably disappeared, and Amon behind the door slipped and fell.

That's when the old madman said to him, "Son, you're already a first-degree magician. In such a short time, of course, it's a remarkable achievement for others, but for you, I just hope that time will come. … because disaster will soon befall you, then you have to be able to protect yourself and learn how to protect yourself. ”

Amon curiously asked, "What disaster? ”

The old madman was reluctant to say more, but only asked: “Do you still practice magic at Cold Springs every night? ”

Amon nodded: "Yes, I'm used to it. ”

That cold spring is no longer cold, it's just a cool pool, but Amon is used to calling it a cold spring, and he's used to bathing there every day and practicing magic. The place is hidden, the environment is peaceful, and Amon has a familiar and friendly feeling.

The old madman didn't say anything more, just nodded: "Well, go on. ”

Amon didn't know why the old lunatic said disaster was coming, but on that very night, Amon really had a catastrophic event.

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