Yuan Tong
Chapter 1394 Preparations for Summoning the Red Moon
Hearing Hao Ren's novel idea, the first to jump up was Lily: "Awoo! Landlord's a genius! Landlord's a genius! I want to go up and see too! I've long been curious about what exactly that thing is that the bat summons every time!"
The husky's leaping about was so loud that Hao Ren even subconsciously dodged to the side, then looked at Lily with disdain: "Look at your eagerness, haven't you seen enough in your past life? You even got yourself killed, have you forgotten?"
This was Lily's sore spot. Her experience of being directly killed by Vivian's Red Moon in her past life was listed by the husky girl as one of the three great shames in her life—a friendly note here that her other two great shames were never catching a rabbit and having Elizabeth steal the last rib on the table—in fact, she didn't really care how she died in her previous life, after all, she had almost forgotten about it. What she really cared about was that she was killed by Vivian, and instantly killed, which made the proud husky girl a little depressed.
So she pouted, indignant: "I just remember being killed by that thing in my past life, this life I have to figure out what it is, at least go up and write 'I was here', that's called revenge, do you understand revenge!"
The revenge of a husky is truly incomprehensible...
Lori had been quietly listening to their conversation from the side, but at this moment she couldn't help but feel a little curious. She nudged a snake tail that was swaying next to her, then quietly pointed in the direction of Lily and Vivian: "What's wrong with them? What's with the 'past life' thing?"
Nangong Wuyue lowered her voice: "It's nothing much, Lily was just killed by Vivian once in her past life."
Lori's eyes went wide: "That's nothing much?!"
Those who work beside God are indeed terrifying, being killed once or twice in their spare time doesn't even count as anything!
At this time, Vivian also understood Hao Ren's meaning, and she was a little curious: "Your plan is quite interesting, but why are you suddenly interested in my Red Moon?"
"It's like this," Hao Ren glanced at Lori, then slowly explained the information he had heard last night, "Yesterday I learned some things about the ancient magic empire from Lori, and she mentioned that in the years before the outbreak of the Godslayer War, the priestesses saw during their prayers..."
After explaining everything, Vivian couldn't help but widen her eyes: "There's such a thing?! Exactly the same as my Red Moon?"
"It looks similar anyway, but I'm not sure if it's the same thing," Hao Ren nodded, "That's why I want to confirm it."
Vivian lowered her head, resting her fingers on her chin as she fell into thought. Seeing this, Lily immediately started clamoring: "Hey, Bat, what are you hesitating about! Don't you trust the landlord's abilities? And don't you want to figure out what your Red Moon is?"
Vivian slowly raised her head, the expression on her face firming: "Alright, I can't really put my mind at ease if I don't figure out the truth about the Red Moon. But I need to prepare a little. Summoning the Red Moon consumes a huge amount of energy and has a great impact on reason. I summoned it once not long ago in the secret realm of Heracles. I must adjust my state before the next summoning."
Hao Ren looked at her: "How long will it take?"
"Not too long, seven or eight days if things go smoothly," Vivian smiled, "I just need to prepare some magic rituals and materials to amplify my mental power and strengthen my soul. But we have to choose a quiet 'test site'. The Red Moon's summoning is a grand spectacle, and people within hundreds of kilometers can see it. Unless we find a large other dimension, it's best not to do this on Earth."
Hao Ren felt that this was not a problem at all: "That's easy to say, the universe is so big, I can find a place for you to use as a summoning ground... How about Aerym? I have a batch of ready-made space stations and laboratories left in orbit around the planet, which can be used to observe the Red Moon. And seven or eight days later will be the time when Lori prepares to set off, so she can go to Aerym on the last day, which can be considered worthwhile for this trip to the surface world."
Hao Ren's "Red Moon Exploration Plan" was finalized, and the fact that the mysterious veil of the Red Moon was about to be lifted made Vivian herself seem full of motivation. It wasn't that she wasn't curious about the mysteries surrounding her, but that she had been unable to explore these things for the past ten thousand years. She didn't even know how to start exploring. Now, these difficulties were no longer obstacles. She suddenly realized that she could easily see what the Red Moon she summoned was, and a kind of excitement and anticipation was difficult to suppress.
So after finishing the housework, she immediately prepared to prepare the materials for amplifying her mental power and soul. After seeing this, Hao Ren also enthusiastically planned to help: "Collecting materials? Tell me what you need, and I'll help you."
Vivian thought for a while, found a pen and paper and wrote a list, writing and saying: "There are a lot of materials, all of which are magic potion recipes that I have researched in the past ten thousand years. I'll list the parts that you can help collect, you can take this and go to the grocery market first..."
Hao Ren agreed casually while taking the list: "Oh, don't worry, it's not a problem for me, a dignified inspector, to collect things on Earth, not to mention the grocery market, just... Wait a minute! Grocery market?!"
Hao Ren's eyes widened, and he saw Vivian nodding as a matter of course: "Yes, the grocery market - prepare the easy-to-collect things first."
Hao Ren lowered his head and looked at the things listed on the paper, his eyes quickly moving over the cucumbers, vegetables, and lamb bones: "No... Didn't you say you were going to prepare magic potion ingredients? These things can make magic potions?"
Vivian glanced at Hao Ren: "What do you think magic materials are?"
"Black goat skin, mushrooms grown in volcanoes, crystals from the depths of glaciers, or at least loaches caught in thousand-year-old cold springs..." Hao Ren's tone became more and more strange as he spoke, "Why are these all found in the grocery market..."
"You're just letting novels get into your head and not using logic," Vivian rolled her eyes at him, "Who told you that the raw materials for magic rituals must be so rare and strange? Who told you that you can't buy things that can be used for spellcasting in an ordinary grocery market? No matter how powerful magic herbs are, aren't they also plants? Aren't vegetables also plants? Humans have been active on Earth for so many years, how many magic plants have they dug up and used as vegetables..."
Hao Ren was dumbfounded: "This works too?!"
"What's wrong with that," Vivian said, crossing her arms, "Indeed, there are many magic materials hidden in remote places that haven't been discovered by humans on Earth to this day. Those materials are precious varieties, and some are even on the verge of extinction—but more materials are actually not rare at all. Think about it, ten thousand years, ten thousand years (Vivian used a very exaggerated tone here)! Humans are a species that dares to eat anything. Thousands of years ago, a few primitive people dug up moonlight grass in the deep mountains and old forests, and after tasting it, the primitive people thought, um, this is delicious, so they dug it back and planted it as spinach. Some ancients got lost in the forest and dug up a ground root grass to fill their hunger, and after returning alive, they gave it a name called potato and planted it... The basis of demon pharmacology developed by aliens on Earth is based on the Earth's flora and fauna system, and its raw materials are of course the Earth's flora and fauna. How many of the Earth's flora and fauna do you think haven't entered human pots in the past ten thousand years?"
Hao Ren listened to Vivian's long speech in a daze, and suddenly felt enlightened, feeling that this fossil lady was right—but another question came to his mind: "Then according to what you said, most of the raw plant and animal materials that were related to magic rituals in ancient times are now things that ordinary people can come into contact with?"
"Excluding those that have become extinct, basically that's the case," Vivian nodded, "How can it be as coincidental as it is said in novels that all the raw materials related to magic just happened to accurately avoid human activity areas—are there any places on Earth where no one is active, they have already started drilling into the ice caps of Antarctica..."
"Then why have humans used these raw materials to cook for thousands of years, and no one has fried a chain lightning arrow in the kitchen?"
Vivian smiled slightly: "The core material of most electronic products is either metal or silicon, so why didn't the miners and blacksmiths of thousands of years ago hammer out an iphone7?"
Hao Ren was speechless.
"Raw materials are simple, the processing and catalytic methods are the key, not to mention that most magic rituals also require the ability to control one's own mental power to start—Old Wang can draw a teleportation array with soy sauce, you try someone else," Vivian spread her hands, "Of course, occasionally there are also gifted humans who use these things to create magical effects. You thought the alchemists and warlocks in human history came from self-study—but these self-taught people are not systematic except for the real wizards who learn magic from aliens, basically they are either killed by the things they made themselves, or killed by the emperor..."
"Alright, alright, alright, I believe you, okay," Hao Ren waved his hands repeatedly, "Then I'll take this and go to the grocery market... uh, I can understand all the other things you want, but why are there two bottles of laundry detergent at the end? Is this also a spellcasting material?"
"Oh, the laundry detergent at home is used up, anyway, you can just buy it on the way, the grocery market is not far from the supermarket."
Hao Ren: "..."