The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 585 Taoism
"I think you think too highly of yourself." Richard said with some disdain in his voice.

"At most you can attract a few soldiers. Even if you make a scene, the immortal who killed the White Wolf King will only let him take a look at you."

People always fall into the mindset of the emperor using a golden hoe, thinking that what they consider a big deal is also a big deal in the eyes of others. But in fact, what many people consider a big deal is nothing at all to people in higher positions.

Not to mention that Bai was just a second-level creature, a guard trained by a family. Even if Bai had now reached the state before Richard became a great wizard, in the eyes of the immortal, he was just a big bug.

At most, he could just wipe out a few aristocratic families.

As for the ruler of a world, he can have as many tools as he wants, such as aristocratic families.

Richard's ridicule made Bai fall into silence. He could feel that Richard was really not afraid of the immortal who overthrew the White Wolf King.

Could it be that in ancient times there were creatures that could rival the White Wolf King?

Shaking off the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Bai continued the interrogation.

After acquiring the Taoist technique of gathering and dispersing energy, Richard no longer paid attention to Bai's movements.

Taoism is much more important than interrogation.

This Taoist technique, called Gathering Shape and Dispersing Qi, was of Grade Five according to the Taoist. Even in the Immortal Realm, it was considered an excellent technique. Once mastered, one could temporarily transform the body into energy mist, which was very effective in defending against physical attacks.

But in Richard's view, his introduction was pure bullshit.

Using this technology to defend against physical attacks is like using a nuclear fusion reactor to barbecue. You ask if it can be used in this way. Yes, but it is undoubtedly a huge waste.

If energy can be transformed into complex physical bodies, it can naturally be transformed into other substances.

Because if this thing is thoroughly studied, it means that most of the materials in this world will no longer be rare.

After copying the Taoist method of gathering and dispersing energy into the magic book, Richard immediately began to study this magical technology.

The practice of gathering and dispersing Qi is very simple. It only requires the user to have a strong enough soul, that is, strong enough mental strength, to practice it.

There were no requirements for blood or energy. From werewolves to wild beasts, everyone was qualified to practice.

When practicing, the Taoist needs to construct a talisman in his soul, and this talisman is the essence of Taoism.

Richard spent some time imitating others and made a talisman. Then he walked out of the floating city and began to experiment in the star realm. The laboratory in the floating city could not withstand Richard's tricks, so it was better to be safe when experimenting with this unknown spell.

The floating city turned into a stream of light under Richard's feet and flew away. After Richard was sure it had gone far away, he began his first Taoist experiment.

boom!
After activating the Taoist magic, one of Richard's fingers suddenly exploded and turned into something like a cloud. The shock wave of the explosion even caused a large ether vortex in the astral world.

"Good thing I didn't do this experiment in a lab."

Richard looked at this scene and said happily with some relief.

If this were to be tested in a laboratory, let alone completely dispersing it, even the power of this one finger spreading out would be enough to overload the laboratory's energy barrier.

After spreading out his fingers, Richard thought about it, and the scattered mist gathered back and turned into a finger again.

"...How is this possible?" Richard asked in horror.

As soon as he thought about it, a complex rune composed of energy appeared before his eyes.

This rune is the talisman needed to use the method of gathering and dispersing energy, and in addition to serving as a spell model, it also has a recording function.

In other words, this talisman is like a machine. Before using the Gathering and Dispersing Qi, it will record your body information, and after using the Gathering and Dispersing Qi to explode, it will reassemble your body based on the information you previously input.

To be honest, Richard felt it was a little unbelievable just by describing this method.

If according to his insight, does that mean that if he inputs the information of refined gold into the talisman, the talisman can transform the energy into a piece of refined gold for him? If this is really possible, then the civilization that masters this technology can be said to be invincible.

Richard couldn't imagine, if the wizards' magic costumes were all made of high-grade materials such as refined gold and secret silver, how strong would their combat power be?

No, if it really comes to that, the battlefield will become the stage for alchemical puppets.

The puppet army made of fine gold shells, mithril pipes, Austrian steel frames, and various top-grade materials will dominate the battlefield of low-end combat power. No matter how many galaxy mayflies there are, they will only be conquered by wizards.

But how could a civilization that mastered this technology end up with the world being destroyed?

No, it's not necessarily a fragment of the big world. For a civilization that has mastered this technology, it shouldn't be difficult to turn a secret realm into a vehicle like a floating city.

Of course, all this is based on the assumption that his guess is correct.

This Taoist technique was still a black box to Richard. It was not the behavior of a mature wizard to draw conclusions too early.

After dispersing the talisman, Richard turned into a stream of light and flew rapidly towards the floating city in the distance.

……

The flesh worms were dug out of the Taoist's body, and a beam of incandescent flame spurted out from the white prosthetic limb, burning the Taoist's body in the energy net into ashes.

After some interrogation, Bai was sure that this Taoist really knew nothing and was just a wandering Taoist who did things for money.

However, it didn't matter if he couldn't get any information from the interrogation. Anyway, the young master he was supposed to protect had been rescued by the Xianshui Luo family. If the people who attacked the Quan family were from the Xianshui Luo family, then he only needed to rescue the young master from the Luo family. If not, then he would go to the Luo family and continue to be the young master's guard.

As a shadow guard, protecting the young master is Bai Ren's creed. If he loses this creed, his life will be meaningless.

Bai dug out the metal skeletons in the courtyard one by one, and dug a large pit on the spot to bury the skeletons. Among these skeletons were his companions, his teachers, and some respected Inu family masters.

Except for the young master, this pit almost buried his past.

After filling up the pit, Bai bowed to the tomb without a tombstone as the sun set, then turned and left.

"Has he killed her?"

Richard's voice suddenly rang in Bai's ears.

"Already killed."

"Forget it then. Where are you going next? If you are not in a hurry, you can help me catch two Taoists. I need some research materials."

"…Evil ghost, what do you think of life as?"

"I have to say, before you say this, you just killed someone."

"He and I have a vengeance that must be avenged."

"If you think you can kill people just because you have a grudge, then you should just assume that I have a grudge against all the Taoists in this world. These fools who hold a mountain of treasure without knowing it deserve to be killed."

Bai didn't say anything else. He sensed a familiar taste in Richard's tone, and he had only smelled that taste in the voice of the head of the Inu family.

They don’t take life seriously and they don’t take it seriously either.

This evil ghost named Richard, like the head of the Inu family, is a member of a group called "Big Shots".

……

Ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta.

A majestic, pure black horse galloped on the road, its bowl-sized hooves leaving deep hoof prints on the solid dirt road with every step.

On the horse's back was a warrior wearing a bamboo hat and a straw raincoat. But unlike the black fur of ordinary werewolves, this warrior's fur was gray and looked like he was aging prematurely.

This person was Bai who was heading to Xianshui Luo's house.

Suddenly, Bai reined in his horse and stopped in the middle of the road.

Not far from him, a group of warriors wearing masks and black armor were blocking the road. Behind the black warriors, a raging fire was burning, and the screams and wails could be clearly heard even by Bai Du hundreds of meters away.

"How come we ran into a village massacre again?" A helpless voice sounded beside Bai's ears. Richard looked at the black warrior and the burning village behind him through his artificial eyes, and couldn't help but complain, "The road you picked is a bit difficult to walk on."

Tucun, this world temporarily named fairyland by Richard, is a must-try experience.

In this family ruled by aristocratic families, the children of aristocratic families and ordinary civilians are equivalent to two races.

A noble family could dig out the eyes of a commoner just because the commoner looked at him. He could also kidnap a commoner's wife or daughter just because he liked her, and then kill them as souvenirs after the fun.

Things like meat screens and beauty paper are common operations in this world. Shi Hu and Gao Yang are just ordinary people here.

In Richard's impression, only Tantra and Slaanesh can compare with those aristocratic families.

For the aristocratic families, civilians are like weeds on the ground. As long as they are not killed all, new weeds will always grow.

Among the list of elixir materials required by the fairyland, a material called blood essence is in great demand. Blood essence is not natural, but must be extracted from the blood of living things.

The blood can be from wild beasts or humans.

Therefore, slaughtering the whole village became an inevitable step when blood essence was insufficient. The noble families were not crazy. One wild beast could fight against a hundred people, and it was easier to refine. Unless it was necessary, no one would do such a loss-making business as slaughtering the whole village.

"Evil ghost, I'm going to take action." Bai said calmly.

"Yeah." Richard replied absentmindedly.

Although killing all these warriors would not solve the problem of the aristocratic families slaughtering the village, it would still be a temporary solution. Richard had no complaints about his subordinates having a simple sense of justice. No one would like to have a group of perverts under his command.

Moreover, killing samurai is not entirely useless.

The tools used by noble families to refine blood essence are products of Taoism, and the tools used by different noble families are different. Collecting more tools will just give Richard more research materials.

Dismount and draw your sword.

When the black-armored warriors saw this, they also drew their swords.

Not all people are monsters like the sons of noble families. There will always be people who cannot tolerate things like massacring a whole village.

(End of this chapter)