"call--"

Jiang Xilin put down the etching pen in his hand, looked at the last piece of lightning arcane magic array completed on the table, stretched out, and let out a long breath.

A total of 16 yuan and it took him a whole day.

"By the way, Ciri, what time is it now?"

Jiangxi Lin asked casually.

But after waiting for a while, he didn't get a response from his assistant, so he turned around and shouted,

"hope……"

Jiang Xilin shut up before he even finished calling his assistant's name.

Because he found that his assistant Xi Rui was sleeping soundly on the experimental table next to him.

He stood up and walked to the side of the weak young man, stretched out his hand and gently pushed his shoulder.

"Um?"

The weak young man slowly woke up and was slightly confused for two seconds before he realized what he was doing.

"Ah! Mr. Black Crow, I'm sorry, I fell asleep accidentally."

He stood up hurriedly, looking a little at a loss for a moment.

Jiangxi Lin waved his hand,

"It's okay, you can go back first when you are tired."

"Oh, what about you, Mr. Black Crow?"

"I still have something to do, you don't need to worry about me."

"Then I'd better wait until you finish your work before leaving."

Xirui raised her hand and brushed her hair, which was a little messy due to sleeping, and said.

Jiang Xilin didn't understand what was going on in this guy's mind.

If he were to be an assistant to someone else, there would be absolutely no way he could just watch and do nothing with the "treasure mountain" in front of him.

Even if the other party doesn't take the initiative to teach him, he will continue to observe and ask questions tirelessly.

Knowledge is a very arrogant thing, and no matter how happy it is, it will not move on its own.

Jiang Xilin turned back to his seat, found a short fine steel rod as thick as a finger from the pile of materials, picked up the etching pen, paused, turned to Xi Rui behind him and asked,

"Are you interested in arcane magic?"

"Ah? Still, okay."

Ciri probably failed to react in time, so she hastily gave an answer with the lowest emotional intelligence.

Fortunately, Jiangxi Lin can understand this.

"In the future, please study arcane magic circles with me. Although I don't know much, I think it's okay to lay the foundation for you."

This is not Jiangxi Lin's bragging, but it can be said that the Light Arcane School has almost no foundation in arcane magic formations.

I guess with Laird's ability, he can take on the leading role if he comes here.

"Really, really?"

Xirui felt like he was in a dream. The surprise came so suddenly that it felt a bit unreal to him.

Jiang Xilin nodded, picked up the etching pen and started etching according to the spiral pattern drawn on the fine steel rod.

I saw that his speed was even, without any trembling, as steady as an old doctor who has been professionally holding a scalpel for 20 years.

But this does not affect his words to Ciri,

"Then let's start by reading through all the books on arcane magic arrays in the academy's library."

Ciri:Eh?(⊙x⊙??)

Ciri:(?ó﹏ò?)

…

…

Jiangxi Lin held up the stainless steel rotor, facing the soft white light emitted by the quartz stone rod, admiring the spiral pattern etched with mithril on it.

There is only one word to describe it, and that is biu iron fo.

Things like mithril are very expensive.

First of all, it is silver, which is a general equivalent. Secondly, it is processed from ordinary pure silver through a series of complex operations, and the value of the finished product is even far higher than that of gold of the same quality.

Jiangxi Lin only got 2 grams under the pretext of experimental research.

1 gram was used on the stainless steel rotor, and the remaining gram was reserved for the research on "simple recognition of mental power fluctuation commands".

"Ciri, what time is it?"

"Now is, now..."

Ciri, who was immersed in a pile of arcane magic circle science books, hurriedly took out the timepiece from her pocket.

"It's 11 minutes past 9 p.m."

"It's so late."

Jiangxi Lin was a little surprised,

"Pack your things and go back. I probably won't come over tomorrow. You can sleep a little longer."

Jiang Xilin said while cleaning up the fruits of labor on the table.

He planned to go to Laird tomorrow to see how the tasks he had been assigned to do were completed.

If nothing goes wrong, the experiment can be restarted tomorrow afternoon.

Xirui also packed up her things silently, and then followed Jiang Xilin out of the laboratory.

The two parted at the door of the dressing room.

After Jiang Xilin changed his clothes, he left the underground research base through the passage on the other side.

Yesterday's snowstorm lasted all day and night, and now the entire Dongting City has turned white again.

Jiang Xilin carried his bag and walked out of the door of the tavern at No. 11 Shiban Road, Baishi District. Behind him, the shop owner was yawning and locking the door.

At this time, there are almost no serious pedestrians on the street.

Therefore, he could only choose to walk home.

Fortunately, the White Rock District and the Black Rock District are close together, so if you go quickly, it’s only about half an hour’s walk.

…

…

On the main street of Heishi District, phlogiston street lights are staggered every fifty meters.

Warm yellow light fell on the ground, illuminating circular areas about five meters in diameter.

Jiangxi Lin walked along the quiet street at night, as if walking between light and darkness.

"Go to hell! (Pfft)"

A low and somewhat gritty voice came from the alleyway not far ahead.

Then not long after, a thin middle-aged man wearing a gray worn leather coat and a dirty felt hat walked out.

He held a foot-long bloody sharp knife in his right hand, and held the looted property in his left hand. He looked at the slender young man standing under the street lamp more than 20 meters diagonally opposite, stopped in his tracks, and suppressed his smile.

He shook the sharp knife he was holding, blood scattered on the snowdrift next to him, and then ran towards Jiangxi Lin with long strides.

When he got close, without saying a word, he stabbed Jiang Xilin's body with a knife.

Jiang Xilin felt a little confused. While ducking sideways, he whipped his leg and kicked him directly on the lumbar spine.

The thin middle-aged man who committed the knife attack suddenly fell to the ground with a thud.

But he didn't seem ready to give up. He immediately got up from the ground and continued to rush towards Jiangxi Lin.

Snapped--

Jiangxi Lin had quick eyes and quick hands and grabbed his wrist directly.

It was a bit cold and the body temperature seemed a bit abnormally low.

Looking at the thin middle-aged man so close to him, there was some doubt between his brows.

"Do you really want to kill me?"

The thin middle-aged man did not speak, but grinned with a sinister smile, as if to say, "Why should I kill you? Don't you have some AC in your heart?"

This made Jiang Xilin feel a little creeped out and confused, so he raised his leg and kicked the thin middle-aged man away.

boom--
To be continued...