casket of old days

Chapter 147 The Ring of Foolishness

Chu Qiguang looked at himself in the bronze mirror with incredible surprise in his eyes.

He stroked his chest slowly, but the place where he touched was a piece of normal skin, and he couldn't feel the slightest abnormality.

But in his line of sight, a black hollow the size of a palm appeared on his chest.

It looked as if someone had dug a big hole in his chest with a knife.

And at the edge of the black hole, there is a circle of purple light flowing, which looks like a purple flame surrounding the hole.

Chu Qiguang looked carefully, and seemed to be able to vaguely see weird characters burning in the purple flames, but he couldn't see clearly if he wanted to look carefully.

Qiao Zhi, who was on the side, meowed around Chu Qiguang, and looked at it in amazement: "It's such a big hole, doesn't it hurt you? Why isn't there blood coming out?"

Chu Qiguang murmured: "This is not a hole, and what flows out of it is naturally not blood."

Qiao Zhi asked curiously, "What is this thing? Why didn't I know there was such a thing?"

Chu Qiguang said lightly: "The ring of ignorance... the mark on the cursed seeker. It can resist the power of magic dye, but it will flow out the knowledge in the mind."

Qiao Zhi was surprised: "How do you know?"

"I don't know, but I just know." Chu Qiguang shook his head, stroked the ring of foolishness on his chest, and said softly:
"People with this ring of ignorance will return to normal even if they are possessed by demons, but the pursuit of knowledge will make them embark on the path of demons again, and sooner or later they will become ignorant fools."

"The tragedy is that the knowledge they shed will create new demons, which may be why they were exiled."

Qiao Zhi looked at Chu Qiguang who was calm at the moment, and worried: "Are you okay?"

Chu Qiguang shook his head: "It should be something... put this ring of stupidity on me, and taught me the information just now."

His expression was a bit puzzled at the moment: "It is said to be a curse, but in fact it can prevent people from becoming demonic, and even causing demonic contamination after the outflow of knowledge... It can also be used as an attack method that cannot be defended against."

Chu Qiguang touched his chin and thought: "I feel that there are more advantages than disadvantages. Why is it called a curse?"

Under Chu Qiguang's explanation, Qiao Zhi understood what the so-called knowledge outflow was.

This is an ability that Chu Qiguang can activate on his own initiative. After activation, he can choose to 'flow out' certain knowledge in his mind, and the knowledge that flows out will be completely forgotten by him.

And the magic dye caused will make people within tens of meters around him speed up and walk in the direction of being possessed, as if they were possessed by a large amount of knowledge in one breath.

Different levels of knowledge flow out, resulting in different degrees of magic contamination.

Qiao Zhi said: "However, the influence of this kind of magic contamination should have different effects on different people, right? For example, if you have the talent to banish immortals, even if the magic pollution caused by a lot of knowledge flow out, I'm afraid you won't be enchanted by the magic."

"Ordinary ordinary people with no qualifications may become demons directly due to the magic contamination caused by the outflow of knowledge."

Chu Qiguang nodded: "Of course, everyone's resistance to enchantment is different." He felt it in his heart, and found that the knowledge that he can cause the most serious enchantment now is the knowledge in "Undead Medicine". Incomplete spells and prescriptions.

The next moment, under Chu Qiguang's deliberate control, the Ring of Foolishness began to disappear little by little, and finally disappeared completely, making his chest at this moment the same as before.

Although the appearance of the Ring of Fool is very weird and strange, Chu Qiguang can't find any results at the moment, so he can only put it down temporarily and accept the existence of this thing.

The next thing he has to do is to improve his strength as soon as possible, and then go to Zhenmensi... Maybe he can use Zhenmusi's power to find out the origin of this ring of foolishness.

……

It was the fifth day after the textile machine press conference.

In the hall of Hao's house, Hao Yongtai looked in the direction of the gate from time to time while eating tea, feeling restless.

After waiting for a long time, he finally saw the housekeeper running over in a hurry, and he quickly asked, "How is it? What's the price? Have you received the shares?"

The housekeeper said: "Young master, it's already 20 taels per share! We'll collect 18 taels a share, but we won't receive any shares at all. Those small households are not willing to sell casually."

As soon as he heard a share of 20 taels, Hao Yongtai felt a burst of heartache dripping with blood.

On the day of the press conference, after completing the share subscription, many wealthy households present were not yet familiar with this new game.

Some families who saw business opportunities bought a lot of shares at a price of 11 taels per share the next day.

The next day it rose to 12 taels...

On the third day it rose to 14 taels...

……

And when the price of the shares rose all the way, those who had sold their shares at the beginning were heartbroken.

Hao Yongtai... is obviously this type of person.

In the share subscription after the press conference, he spent 1 taels on behalf of the Hao family and directly subscribed for 5000 shares.This is mainly due to his trust in the Wu family, the Taoist temple, and Chu Qiguang, and the numbers at the meeting really made his blood boil.

However, after the shares grew all the way to 15 taels, he couldn't help but sell 500 shares and made a profit of 2500 taels in one go. He was so happy that he didn't sleep well all night.

But the stock price rose again the next day.

Today, it has risen all the way to 20 taels. Not only does Hao Yongtai not feel that he has made a profit, but he even feels that he has lost 2500 taels.

"It's only 20 taels a share, which has already doubled, and it's almost reached the end."

Hao Yongtai thought for a while and said, "Why don't you just give away the batch in your hand? Wait until it falls and then buy it?"

The butler at the side quickly said: "No, young master, the stock price will definitely continue to rise, so you must not make a move at this time."

While Hao Yongtai was discussing with the housekeepers, in Liyang County, Boyang County, Qingshui County, Linhe County, Shanyin County and other major counties in Beiyue Prefecture, the news about the hydraulic loom was even more serious. It's amazing.

This is all at the suggestion of Chu Qiguang, and a large number of people sent by the Wu family are helping to speed up the flow of news about the hydraulic textile machine.

As more and more people knew about the existence of hydraulic looms, cotton cloth merchants from other counties began to rush to Qingyang County to inquire about the hydraulic looms.

Then, on the tenth day of the press conference, Chu Qiguang held another road show, demonstrating the existence of the hydraulic textile machine directly in front of thousands of people at the northern pier of the city.

On this day, Chu Qiguang reached [-]% of his journey to the fifth realm of Taoism in one breath, and he was still [-]% short of reaching the fifth realm of Taoism. However, he also felt more and more bottlenecks appearing on his path of cultivation.

According to Qiao Zhi, the barrier leading to the fifth realm is enough to keep ordinary ascetics stuck for ten or even twenty years.

(End of this chapter)