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Chapter 26 Blooming Tulips

"The space here is not enough..." After inspecting Huaye, Zhao Qiankun touched his chin and analyzed: "But you can extend it down the wall. There are a lot of magic channels engraved in advance, which saves a lot of effort..." While checking, he calculated on the paper, outlining the prototype of the transformation array, and marking points on the ground...

After a morning of calculations, the idea of ​​the spirit gathering array was basically formed. Zhao Qiankun returned to the ground, and the magic materials were almost processed. He asked the mayor to prepare several large baskets, filled with various magic materials, and returned to the top of the tower.

The flying ability given by Dapeng's power is quite convenient, but this speed is not easy to master. For example, in order to prevent the material from being sprinkled out, Zhao Qiankun did not jump directly, but chose to float up slowly. However, Dapeng's speed was a thousand miles in an instant, and he had to control it, just like walking on an egg, he had to be careful and float up little by little. He often couldn't control the speed, jump upwards and then fell down for a while... It seemed that a beginner could not master the accelerator well.

Although the Golden-winged Roc has great abilities, it is not something that ordinary creatures can withstand. He wants to fly at full speed, and the body outside is still afraid that it will not be able to bear it. Maybe the skeleton has arrived and the flesh is lost halfway... Before flexibly mastering this ability, it is better for Zhao Qiankun to try to use it in front of others as little as possible...

After getting far away, Lao Zhao floated all the way to the top of the tower, sorted the materials, and then placed them bit by bit in the magic circle according to the previous design.

To engrave magic circles on the ground of the elemental shield alloy, ordinary knives are not good. In order to save time, Zhao Qiankun endured the pain and bit off a piece of his right fingertip that had been poked before, revealing the sharp claws of the King Kong skull and outlined it on the ground.

"In order to compensate for your holy objects, I have made such a great sacrifice, so it is considered to be the most righteous!" Zhao Qiankun sweated on his forehead, and he comforted himself while enduring the pain of engraving the magic circle.

After several hours of carving, the existing materials were basically used up. At this time, the second batch of materials mentioned by the mayor had also been delivered. Zhao Qiankun wrapped his injured fingers in gauze so that others would not see the bones inside, jump from the top of the tower and return to the ground, directing the young men to deal with the new materials.

To put it short, after two days of hard work, Zhao Qiankun's spiritual gathering array has finally taken shape. Although many of the materials are substitutes, they should not affect their operation.

The next thing to do is debug. He told the mayor to go to the operation room to stand by, and then use his magic power to light up the magic circle, so that the mayor can try whether various functions are perfect.

The spirit gathering array needs power to operate. After it is activated, it can be self-sufficient by relying on the absorbed elemental power, but to start it, it still needs a help!

After everything was ready, Zhao Qiankun poured a large amount of magic into the magic array and lit it up in one breath!

In the underground control room, the operating table in front of the mayor flashed a few times, and finally restored the previous dynamic holographic image. Seeing this scene, the mayor excitedly tried the weather control ability of the lighthouse. As soon as it was started, the operating table darkened again.

Dorian conveyed the situation on the operating table to Zhao Qiankun, and Old Zhao frowned: "It seems that there are still some connection problems... need to be modified!"

In the next two days, Zhao Qiankun began fine-tuning of various parts of the lighthouse, allowing the magic circle and the original components of the lighthouse to be better combined. Finally, after many debugging, the various functions of the lighthouse were basically restored! Although the strength was slightly insufficient compared to before, the ability to recover had already made the mayor excited and grateful.

"Mr. Zhao, I really don't know how to thank you..." In front of the lighthouse, the mayor held Zhao Qiankun's hand tightly: "I can't believe how to maintain the light town without a lighthouse..."

"You're welcome..." Zhao Qiankun took out a stack of drawings: "The top of the calyx secret chamber on the top of the tower was smashed open. I filled it with ordinary metal and pressed a door... It was the magic array I designed, and some materials were substitutes. It can last for a few years, but I'm afraid it won't last long. When you collect the genuine materials, you can use them as instructions above to replace them. However, before replacing, be sure to close the magic array, otherwise there is a risk of explosion!"

"Yes, yes..." The mayor nodded quickly: "But we are shut down. You are not here, how do you restart?"

"I designed an energy storage part in the magic circle, and then activated it to use the energy stored in it. It doesn't require a mage to be present!" Zhao Qiankun smiled and said, "Don't worry, as long as you follow the operations written in my instructions, there will be no problem!"

"That's how much thanks!" The mayor took a pocket: "Zhao Yingxiong, there are 5,000 taels of silver notes and 100 taels of silver in it... Of which 4,000 taels are Shao Zilong's bounty, and the remaining more than 1,000 taels are regarded as a thank-you gift from our town... After all, you have also seen that the town is in its current state and needs money everywhere. We can only raise so much, and I hope you don't dislike it."

Zhao Qiankun smiled and refused: "Forget it, I didn't plan to ask for any bounty. I'll use this money to help those homeless townspeople..." After all, he had already taken such a big bargain, just a few thousand taels of silver, and he no longer cared about it.

"How can you be so embarrassed..." The mayor wanted to stuff Zhao Qiankun's hand, but Zhao Qiankun pushed it away, and opened the topic and said, "By the way, the key to opening the lighthouse is on you, right?"

The mayor nodded: "Here!" and then he touched it out: "Do you still need to open it?"

Zhao Qiankun nodded and said, "Now, the original function has been completed, but there is another hidden function that has not been activated!"

"Hidden function?" the mayor curiously said, "I really don't know that this tower has other functions!"

"You just open it!"

The mayor nodded and inserted the key. The tower body of the lighthouse slowly opened, revealing the mechanical structure inside.

Looking at the complex gears and transmission structure in the tower, Zhao Qiankun smiled and said, "If you only use the magic array to achieve the main function, don't you think there are too many parts here?"

The mayor frowned and shook his head awkwardly: "I don't understand magic, I can't understand..."

Zhao Qiankun shrugged: "Anyway, most of the mechanical structures we see are not running. The tower sweeping festival you had before was of little use... But I guess the first tower sweeping was effective more than ten years ago. It was mostly because of the magic flow of the lighthouse. When I opened the tower body, I just removed the barrier and happened to evacuate the magic power."

The mayor nodded in a slight understanding: "How can they be run? What's the use of running?"

"You will know this right away!" As he said that, Zhao Qiankun climbed up skillfully, reached into the parts of the lighthouse, fumbled for a while, and picked out a small gear!

While taking out this gear, the entire lighthouse made a sound of a loud mechanism. Then, starting from where he was, each gear began to rotate and each transmission shaft began to operate!

Looking at the top of the tower, the huge tulip began to rotate slowly. As the rotation was turned, it spread its originally closed petals, turning from a tulip into a huge lotus!

"This is..." The mayor raised his head in surprise: "I have never seen it before, and the flowers on the top of the tower can still bloom!"

"It's not just flowers that bloom..." Zhao Qiankun fell down, pulled out the key, and closed the tower body again. However, unlike before, there was a tower body that was not completely closed, but exposed a knob-like operating device...

"This is the real way of the tulip lighthouse... Haha, maybe it's more suitable to call it the lotus lighthouse!" Zhao Qiankun looked up, looked at the light emitted by the magic flames on the top of the tower, and looked down at the knob: "This thing should be to regulate the light of the lighthouse. The magician who built the lighthouse originally planned to build a lighthouse that could adjust the angle and intensity of the light at will, but later, for some reason, gave up and sealed this function to make the lighthouse illuminate like an ordinary lighthouse."

"Why is this?" The mayor looked up at the beautiful top of the Petal Tower: "Why should such a beautiful scene be sealed?"

Zhao Qiankun smiled and shook his head without answering the mayor: "By the way, our ship is about to set sail. At that time, I hope the mayor will use this lighthouse to guide us!"

"That's for sure!!" The mayor burst into tears of gratitude.

After the lighthouse was repaired, the ship was almost repaired. Zhao Qiankun, the mayor and others said goodbye, and returned to the ship. Soon, the captain counted the number of people, confirmed the safety of each passenger, and set off the anchor and sailed. Then the east wind left the port of Mingdeng Island.

On the bow of the boat, Zhao Qiankun blew the sea breeze, looked at the endless sea level, and whistled.

"I'm in a good mood!" Isabella walked to him and listened carefully to his whistle: "What about the song I haven't heard before! Although the melody is simple, it sounds very cheerful!"

"I want to learn, I will teach you!" Zhao Qiankun stopped whistling and sang the lyrics: "Come on, learn from me: Let's learn to meow together, meow together..."

"The lyrics..." Isabella burst out with a thunderous laugh: "It's a little unclear, so..."

"I don't understand art!" Zhao Qiankun curled his lips and continued to turn his head to look at the horizon.

"What's in heaven?" Isabella followed his gaze and saw nothing.

"Nothing!" Zhao Qiankun smiled and said, "But there will be something soon!"

At the same time, the mayor, who was far away in Mingdeng Town, tried several times, finally figured out the knob, adjusted the angle, and shot out the lights in the direction where Zhao Qiankun left.

"This is..." The mayor was slightly stunned when he saw the direction of the light. Dorian on the side was also surprised: "It seems that there is a figure in the sky?!"

"Adjust a little!" The mayor continued to increase the power, and finally, the images in the sky gradually became clear...

"This is..." Isabella looked at the sky and widened her eyes.

I saw a huge projection on the sky before my eyes, a beam of strong light cast a huge projection, like a mirage!

And the projection content is a beautiful girl holding a beautiful tulip in her hand and dancing on the grass...

The projected lens is sometimes far and sometimes close, and from time to time, the girl will give a close-up. The girl's eyebrows and eyes are smiling, and her face is full of happiness. She will always look at the camera... or in other words, at the person who controls the camera.

"Is this a magic projection?" Isabella shook her head slightly, and followed the direction of the light and saw the Beacon Island in the distance: "Did someone store this magic projection in the light of Beacon Island?"

"This time I'm narrow-minded. Sometimes, the legend may not be fake!" Zhao Qiankun looked at the beautiful girl in the sky and smiled: "A beautiful girl fell in love with a mage who was infatuated but somewhat funny. The mage drifted to a deserted island and built a lighthouse with his youth. He devoted himself to the study of magic, but ignored his fiancee in his hometown... The beautiful girl couldn't wait for him for ten years, got married early, was only busy with her own affairs, and a man who didn't understand romance was destined to be lonely for a lifetime..."

"But what the world doesn't know is that when this magician wanders away, he misses his lover every moment, but his way of expressing his love... is a bit hardcore!"

Zhao Qiankun sighed: "He burned the image of his lover he recorded into the lighting equipment of the lighthouse. He originally planned to use this to make his lover's smile a beautiful view above the sky. Unfortunately, the news of his marriage in his hometown made the magician feel disheartened and added a spare gear to the lighthouse to seal this function."

"It's a very romantic story..." Isabella looked at the beautiful figure in the sky, and her eyes were a little wet: "The girl in the image smiled so happily. She must really like the magician. When she married someone else, she must have secretly shed tears... She felt a little regretful for the magician..."

"This is how the relationship between people..." Zhao Qiankun sighed: "It is useless to hide feelings in the heart. If you don't express them, you are just self-intoxication... The girl will not wait for him for ten years, just like him, who did not release the image of the girl in the end. It is difficult to maintain the emotion of lack of communication..."

"Speaking of this, I wonder what happened to the magician in the end?" Isabella turned to look at Zhao Qiankun: "You found something in the tower, right?"

Zhao Qiankun nodded. He had read every page of the magician's notes, but in the end, he left it in the lighthouse.

"In the end, he completed the lighthouse, was summoned by his teacher, to go to the north, and prepare for a larger project..."

"Northern?" Isabella curiously said, "I haven't heard of any important magical projects in the north a hundred years ago? Is it Yongyao Island? Or the Northon Empire, or the polar continent further north?"

"Ah!!!" Zhao Qiankun suddenly screamed, scaring Isabella: "Did you remember something?"

"Nothing..." Zhao Qiankun waved his hand, "I just remembered that the dried fish in the town is delicious, and the mayor should have some taken away!"

Isabella glanced at him: "Is it really such a boring thing?"

Zhao Qiankun shrugged his shoulders and refused to comment.

A hundred years ago, there was indeed a major project in the polar continent... Now think about it, the magic array under the castle may indeed be an upgraded version of the lighthouse spirit gathering magic array...

Maybe that infatuated mage died a hundred years ago under a pair of cold bones...
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