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Chapter 108 Northern Emperor Fengdu Black-Covered Mysterious Light Technique

"The Sun-Swallowing Ritual, also known as the Northern Emperor Fengdu Black-Covered Mysterious Light Ritual, is a practical ritual that evolved entirely from traditional Taoist rituals."

According to ancient records, this method originated from the Fengdu lineage of the Northern Emperor and was integrated with the methods of Meishan and Maoshan. It uses black veils to capture light and to obscure the sun's brightness.

According to the "Maoshan Fengdu Eight Fiends Treasure," it is based on the "Thirty-Six Thunder Gods" and encompasses a complete ritual from the "Imperial Edict Incantation" to the "Great Suppression Ritual."

"This method is listed among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Methods, alongside techniques such as Concealing the Sun and Invisibility. It is an extremely ancient ritual and magic technique."

The annotation states: "If you wish to practice this method, you should have reverence in your heart. This method is not the orthodox method. Its first purpose is to isolate yourself from heaven and earth. Once it is performed, the sun and moon will lose their light within a radius of thirty feet, and the light will be swallowed up and devoured."

"This ritual does not require any special objects to activate it; it is initiated solely through language (incantations) and actions."

The specific implementation process is as follows.

"Raise your right hand in front of you and write the taboo names for the Sun and Moon in turn. Make sure to place your right hand directly in front of you, where your eyes meet."

"The ritual has strict requirements on the distance when writing. When writing, you can imagine a virtual plane that is 40 centimeters directly in front of your line of sight, which is strictly perpendicular to the horizontal plane and strictly parallel to the focal plane of your line of sight. Write on the focal plane with your finger."

"After finishing writing, extend your left hand diagonally upwards and to the left, with your five fingers spread, making a 'grasping the moon' motion."

"Immediately afterwards, extend your right hand diagonally upwards and to the right, with your five fingers spread, as if grasping the sun."

"After completing the action, chant the following incantation in ancient Chinese pronunciation in sequence."

"Dark Heavenly Demon, command my divine brush! One point of light sinks, two points of light flicker, three points of darkness descends upon the world. Hurry, hurry, as the Northern Emperor commands!"

"Heaven and earth, in their natural order, disperse all impurities. Within the cave, profound and mysterious, the primordial energy shines brightly. The mighty spirits of the eight directions command me to be natural. All filth is cleansed, the altar is purified. So be it!"

"Four days of closure, eight sides of dark clouds, reaching the Milky Way and the Black Swamp above, down to the Ninefold Darkness below. Black winds and thunder, black mist surging. Black nets and black chains, black wheels. Black thunder and black hail, black clouds. I walk in a black shroud, stabilizing heaven and earth, swallowing light and devouring brightness, all light returning to darkness."

"After reciting the three mantras, pinch the base of the middle fingernail with both thumbs."

"At the same time, chant the following mantra for covering the sun."

"The method of concealing the sun, let us preserve its text for now. One must be fully accustomed to stillness and skill, and the karmic retribution will not be violated. Place a bowl of water in front of you, and write the taboo of the sun in ink, so that sunlight enters the left eye; then write the taboo of the moon, so that moonlight enters the right eye. Conceal the light as it sinks into the Yellow Springs, and the sun and moon lose their light. The sky darkens and the earth becomes gloomy, and the eight directions lose their radiance. I am acting on the decree of the Great Emperor of the North Pole, so be it!"

"Once the incantation is complete, the Sun-Swallowing Ritual is finished."

"To conclude the ritual, simply chant 'The sun and moon reappear'..."

, 7

Sitting at the makeshift desk, Lu Ran meticulously organized the entire ritual procedure of the Sun-Swallowing Technique, word by word.

Of course, most of the content was dictated by Lin Shu, but after her processing and editing, the entire ritual immediately became more rigorous.

Time, actions, distance, language...

Under the control of standardized language, the entire ritual is no longer like something that is "taught by words and deeds" in the traditional lineage transmission, something that can only be understood intuitively but not explained. Instead, it has truly become a "tool" that everyone can learn and implement.

That's basically it...

Lu Ran let out a long sigh.

"I have sent all the spells to the rear. The spells are quite long, so it will probably take some time to translate them."

"The main function of this ritual should be triggered by incantations."

"It's unlikely to be used for a surprise attack, but given two or three minutes of preparation time, it's still quite powerful."

"Moreover, the functionality of this ritual is extremely exaggerated."

"Completely absorbs visible light within a certain range..."

"I can't even imagine how fast our progress in the quantum field would be if this thing could be used in quantum optics to build reflectionless quantum channels."

"A reflectionless quantum channel?"

Lin Shu frowned.

"What is that thing?"

"Forehead...

Lu Ran subconsciously rubbed her temples and leaned back in her chair.

How can I explain this to you...?

"The biggest problem with our quantum computing technology right now is decoherence."

"The decoherence problem is actually strongly correlated with external interference, and of course, it is also affected by the particle's own reflection and interference."

"If we can create a completely dark region, even just eliminating visible light particles, quantum decoherence can be significantly reduced."

"In this scenario, the computational efficiency of quantum computers could potentially increase exponentially. We might even be able to build a truly general-purpose quantum computer..."

"That can't be right, can it?"

Lin Shu asked curiously, "I've heard that a real quantum computer is actually some kind of time machine. If it were built, it could basically solve all the world's problems?"

"That's about right."

Lu Ran nodded.

"In reality, building a true quantum computer is not that simple. I was just mentioning it in passing."

"Of course, even if it's not used in the field of quantum computing, there are many other areas where this instrument can be useful."

"For example, it can be used as a basis for photometric calibration, or as a testing condition in the research and development of photosensitive materials, etc."

"Furthermore, we have now observed the phenomenon of light disappearing, but where did the energy go?"

"When I was enveloped in darkness, I could already feel the outside temperature rising."

"But we were in a cave at the time, and the sunlight wasn't very strong, so the conversion of light and heat wasn't obvious. Besides, it was an open system, so the heat exchange was very fast, and a gust of wind could carry the heat away."

"If—let's assume, suppose we design a completely enclosed glass space, and then activate this sun-devouring ritual within that space, creating a temperature difference to circulate the air...

"Haven't we obtained an incredibly powerful photovoltaic energy system with almost no energy loss?"

"Just imagine that scene, isn't it...amazing?"

Holy crap!

Lin Shu's eyes widened.

The scene Lu Ran described was just too...incongruous!

Imagine a Taoist priest in a robe walking into a glass enclosure and beginning to chant incantations in an ancient language.

Immediately afterwards, the entire glass room plunged into darkness.

As the temperature rises, air flows through the glass chamber, driving the generator's turbine to rotate. Meanwhile, electricity begins to flow, and machines in the distant factory also start operating...

After a long day, the exhausted Taoist priest clocked out and went to the canteen with the other Taoist priests from the power plant. They chatted about how much electricity they had generated that day and shared throat lozenges...

Squeeze it...

What kind of black slave laborers are these?!

And they were actually black slaves!

Lin Shu wanted to laugh but dared not—because he could tell that Lu Ran was indeed working on a very sophisticated scientific concept.

"Ahem... I think we should test this ritual first."

"After all, we don't know if there will be any side effects after the ritual is activated, or if the casters within the affected area will experience any... discomfort."

"It's better to play it safe."

"Of course I know."

Lu Ran shrugged.

"The translation results haven't arrived yet..."

"No translation needed."

Lin Shu coughed.

"Didn't I tell you? This is a kind of... empowerment and transmission of power."

"The meaning of 'initiation and transmission of power' is that I already know how to pronounce all the mantras."

"If you want, you can read it with me right now."

"Oh my god, why didn't you say so sooner!"

Lu Ran suddenly stood up.

"Then hurry up! What are you waiting for?"

"You didn't ask—haven't you been tidying up the whole time?"

Lin Shu casually made a comment, but didn't waste any more words. Instead, she started from the beginning and chanted all the incantations.

Lu Ran's talent or affinity in rituals was not particularly high, but her memory was truly astonishing.

After the first reading, she already remembered most of it.

By the time Lin Shu read it aloud for the third time, she had memorized it completely.

Although it wasn't very smooth, there were no errors or omissions.

"That's great... how about trying it with hand gestures?"

"I'll do it now, everyone else step back a bit."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Shu immediately organized everyone to retreat to a distance of thirty meters.

Jin Yue stood beside Lin Shu and asked curiously, "Will it succeed?"

"Who knows? There's no harm in trying."

On the other side, Lu Ran repeatedly performed hand seals and chanted incantations.

But there was no reaction from the surroundings.

Not far away, several support helicopters had already approached and were requesting permission to land.

Just as Jin Yue was about to call off the test, ...

A spherical dark area suddenly appeared around Lu Ran!

The dark area is not large, with a diameter of about five or six meters.

Compared to the effects used by Zhang Jingxu, the Corpse-Dissolving Immortal, it is still far inferior.

But at least it was a success!

"good!"

Lin Shu clapped excitedly, and a few seconds later, Lu Ran released the "Sun-Swallowing Technique".

"I can't see anything inside—I can't even see myself inside."

"It does indeed absorb visible light directly, but it doesn't grant the caster any other abilities."

"Jin Yue, how wide was the impact just now?"

"Six and a half meters."

"That's not bad either..."

Lu Ran paused, then suddenly asked, "Captain Lin, would you like to give it a try?"

"I?"

Lin Shu hesitated for a moment.

"That's also an option..."

He walked towards Lu Ran and switched places with her.

The rest of the team continued to retreat, until they were more than 50 meters away.

They all knew that the ritual spells Lin Shu performed would definitely have enhanced effects.

50 meters, that should be safe, right?

Lu Ran looked at Lin Shu with anticipation, while Lin Shu had already finished reciting four sets of incantations.

next second.

The world suddenly went dark!

"Holy crap! Captain Lin! Quick, collect it!!"

At this moment, the pilots in the helicopter formation, who were searching for a suitable landing spot, were dumbfounded.

He witnessed firsthand how an absolute black domain, appearing from nowhere, like a black hole, swallowed the entire mountaintop in the blink of an eye...