As soon as the sky turned dark, Xia Pingan felt that the divine power in his secret mandala was rapidly recovering.
Even though the moon in the real world was covered by the clouds in the sky and only a small part of its face was exposed, in the summoner's secret mandala, above the caisson dome of the temple, there was still a brilliant full moon, sprinkling clear light everywhere.
The divine power he had expended earlier was condensing like dew on the dome of the caisson, condensing in clumps.
In a short while, he had condensed three or four points of divine power.
When he and An Qing officially went out to light the lantern, Xia Pingan's divine power had already condensed seven or eight points, and it was still rapidly increasing.
Before the sky turned dark, Xia Pingan had merged with four realm pearls, and the upper limit of his divine power was 90 points. Therefore, tonight, on the night of the full moon, he could recover 45 points of divine power. Previously, Mo Yanshao wanted him to consume at least half of his divine power.
If he had 60 points of divine power in his secret mandala, he could only recover 30 points tonight, which was equivalent to wasting 15 points of divine power.
The excess divine power from before could be converted into summoning characters and spells in the secret mandala, and stored in the secret mandala. If the secret mandala could not store them, then it would be another matter.
However, Xia Pingan had tried before and found that the number of summoning characters and spells he could store in the secret mandala was far from the storage limit of the secret mandala, so there was no need to worry.
An Qing drove her Ferrari 599 out of the Committee of Order's gate like the wind, and got on the highway around Xianghe City.
Not knowing if it was because of what happened during lunch, Xia Pingan always felt that An Qing was looking at him strangely, and he could not help but pretend to be calm.
"An Qing, laugh if you want. It's not good for your health if you hold it in for too long …" Xia Pingan said to An Qing, "It's not a shameful thing!"
An Qing finally laughed, looked at Xia Pingan, and asked curiously, "Have you really never had a girlfriend before?" “
"It's normal. The children of the poor take care of the family at an early age. I have to work to earn money and raise my sister. I don't study much. The garage is full of men. The only woman is the cashier. I'm already a grandmother. I don't have the time or opportunity to find a girlfriend!" Xia Pingan said calmly.
An Qing was slightly stunned. She seemed to have thought of Xia Pingan's background and smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry, I didn't expect that …"
"It's okay, I've been single for so many years, I'll get used to it …"
"Single dog …" An Qing couldn't help but laugh. "Your self-mockery is quite interesting."
After saying that, Xia Pingan remembered that there was no such thing as a "single dog" in this world. "Well, I guess so!"
"I heard from LingShan that she saw your sister at Guangzhou Hotel. She's quite a cute girl!"
Xia Pingan shook his head and said helplessly, "You're not cute anymore when you grow up. All you want to do is introduce girls to me. So annoying!"
"You're sensible now!"
Chatting with An Qing always made people feel warm and comfortable. After chatting for a while, Xia Pingan asked An Qing, "Where are we going to light the lanterns tonight?" "In the car, Xianghe City has been quiet for a while.
"In the car. After killing that Demon Eyes member, Xianghe City has been relatively calm for the past two days. Let's light up and patrol. In the past, the lamplighters would wander around the city with a lamp when they patrolled at night. Now, we can't patrol at night like the ancients. If we wander around the city with a lamp, we might be treated as crazy and scare children. Moreover, the city is too big. We might not be able to walk around all night, so let's sit in the car and wander around the city a few times tonight …"
"That's a good idea!"
An Qing explained to Xia Pingan, "The helicopter mission doesn't have enough time to stay in the air, and it's very noisy. We also have an airship that can light the lanterns, but the airship is too big a target in the air. It's easy to be discovered by people on the ground. That's why it's sometimes used to scare people or ordinary people. It has a symbolic meaning, so it's more convenient to drive."
"Oh, I see. Then I can light the lantern now! “
Do you know how to light it? "
"I know!" Xia Pingan said as he took out his lantern.
"Inject a little of your divine power into the lantern, and the lantern will light up. The feeling of lighting the lantern is quite wonderful. Try it …"
Xia Pingan was fully armed when he came out to light the lantern tonight. In addition to the pistol and steel whip, he also brought his lantern. As soon as An Qing finished speaking, Xia Pingan took out the heart lantern from an equipment bag that he carried with him.
The heart lantern was a magic item that was given by the Committee of Order.
The so-called magic item was an object that had its own supernatural effect. This kind of object could not be made by any factory or laboratory. The only people who could make magic items were the summoners who had advanced to a special profession.
Looking at the lantern in his hand again, Xia Pingan felt that he had seen the design of this lotus lantern before. It was too familiar.
This lamp was divided into three parts: the base, the handle, and the lamp holder. The base and the handle were connected together, covered with a lotus seat, decorated with lotus petals. The base of the base was decorated with a beaded pattern. The lower part of the handle was decorated with a honeysuckle pattern, and the upper part was decorated with a lotus flower to support the lamp holder. The lamp holder's lips were slightly restrained, and the base of the lamp was decorated with a lotus flower. The belly of the lamp was decorated with honeysuckle.
No matter how he looked at it, many of the details of this lantern were exactly the same as the ancient lantern of Northern Qi unearthed from Wang Jiafeng's tombs in Xia Pingan's memory.
Could there be such a coincidence?
The magic items used by summoners were all made by craftsmen, and the craftsmen's casting ability came from a special kind of realm pearl — the treasure realm pearl. Xia Pingan had not seen the treasure realm pearl, but he heard that summoners who successfully fused with it would obtain the powerful ability to cast certain magic items, and directly advance to craftsmen.
Craftsmen were a special profession developed from summoners.
And magic items were a true luxury among summoners.
Xia Pingan had countless questions about this lantern, but no one could answer them. At this time, he could only mobilize a little divine power from the secret altar and pour it into the lantern.
As soon as the divine power was poured in, the lantern's wick lit up, and a little golden flame appeared, burning firmly and gently.
The golden flame did not have a scorching temperature, but it was unusually bright.
As the heart lantern was lit, Xia Pingan felt that his entire consciousness and perception suddenly became transparent and pure, and all the distracting thoughts in his heart disappeared without a trace. It was as if he had naturally entered a state of meditation. A heart lantern lit up in his chest, shining brightly. With himself as the center, he could clearly feel all the supernatural energy fluctuations within a radius of about five kilometers.
It was indeed magical!
This was the state of the person who lit the lantern!
One with the lantern!
One with the heart and the lantern!
"Congratulations, the one who lit the lantern …" An Qing smiled and glanced at Xia Pingan.
Xia Pingan opened the window next to him.
At this moment, the car was traveling at about 80 kilometers per hour. As soon as he opened the window, he could feel the wind blowing in from the window at 80 kilometers per hour. He brought the lantern to the window and tested it. In the wind, the golden flame in the wick did not move at all, and was not affected by the outside at all.
"This lantern is indeed magical. It's impervious to wind and rain. No wonder it's a celestial item!" Xia Pingan closed the window again.
"Of course..." As An Qing spoke, her car had already driven off the road and stopped at the side of a wetland park by the side of the road, "We'll guard here for two hours and take a look. If there's nothing wrong, we'll change to another place. In these suburban parks, there are a lot of people coming at night, and the people entering the park are sparsely distributed. There are many places in the park that don't have surveillance equipment, this is an area with a high incidence of special events!"
At night, the wetland park was also very lively. There were many cars parked by the roadside. Many people would come here to camp at night. Some of them came with their families, and there were also many young men and women who were in love.
At the bottom of a slope not far away, there were many recreational vehicles parked.
There were also some tents set up by the lake and in the woods. At night, one could see the light from those tents.
Those who were camping here probably did not expect that the one who lit the lantern would silently guard them while they were enjoying life in the wetland park.
Xia Pingan put the lit lantern in front of the dashboard.
An Qing turned on the media in the car and connected to a radio station in the city.
The radio station was a late-night paranormal program. It was all about paranormal stories. Some of them were scary. Some listeners would also call in and interact with the radio station's anchor to share some of their "paranormal" experiences.
"This radio station is very interesting. Two years ago, the Committee of Order of Xianghe City discovered and dealt with several special public security incidents. They all got their clues from here. Many ordinary people who encounter some special supernatural events will categorize them as supernatural events. Instead of choosing to call the police, they will share it here with others. When they come out to patrol at night, they can listen to it. It's not only to pass the time, but also to find something. The Intelligence and Information Center will collect and analyze the stories in these radio programs …" An Qing said to Xia Pingan.
Xia Pingan nodded. "By the way, An Qing, I want to ask if we have any other channels to obtain the Boundary Bead other than the one issued by the Committee of Order?"
"Of course, there is a secret market for summoners in Xinchuan. It will open regularly. As long as you have money, you can buy other Boundary Beads in the market. Many summoners will bring things they don't need to the market to exchange! “
As soon as he heard An Qing's words, Xia Pingan's spirit was lifted. This was indeed good news for him. As long as there was a channel to obtain the Boundary Bead, he could think of a way.
… …
On the first night Xia Pingan lit the lantern, he and An Qing wandered around several points in Xianghe City for the whole night. Nothing unusual happened that night. At dawn, the two returned to the Committee of Order and went back to their respective rooms to rest.
In the afternoon, just after lunch, Xia Pingan was called to the office by Mo Yanshao.
When he arrived at Mo Yanshao's office, Xia Pingan found that apart from him, Li Yunzhou was also there.
"Okay, since everyone is here, I'll officially inform you that the provincial department has just sent a transfer order to officially establish the 'Demon Suppression Guard'. Only the two of you from our Special Operations Division have been transferred by the provincial department. Report to the provincial department in Xinchuan tomorrow morning!" Mo Yanshao said to the two of them.
"Is the provincial department in such a hurry?" Li Yunzhou asked.
Mo Yanshao nodded. "Just yesterday, several hidden sacrificial sites for the Demon Eyes were discovered in Panjiang Province, which is close to Yizhou Province, and in Xinhang Province, which is on the east coast of the Fire Country. In particular, Xinhang Province is the area with the most illegal immigrants, so the number of victims of the Demon Eyes sacrifice in Xinhang Province was the highest. There was a sacrificial site with more than 500 people. We're almost certain that there must be an undiscovered sacrificial site for the Demon Eyes in Xinhang Province.
The situation is not optimistic. The activities of the Demon Eyes members are becoming more and more frequent. In just a few days, the speed at which the provinces are establishing the 'Demon Suppression Guard' is not slow. Go and prepare. The provincial Committee of Order has entered a state of high alert. From today onwards, everyone in the Xianghe City Committee of Order will be on Level 1 standby.
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