Having said that, lightning strikes wood itself does not produce thunder and lightning, but in people's minds, it is proof that lightning remains in the world, so it becomes the best material for earthquake techniques.
This may seem contrary to logic, but it does not violate common sense.
Xia Fan found that a huge mystery appeared in front of him.
To what extent does common sense need to be universal for it to be considered “common sense”
Fantasy obviously doesn't count, as he had already confirmed during his wanderings, but common sense can be reversed.
When people realize that lightning strikes have nothing to do with lightning, will this material still be effective
Having said that, it seems that he has never tried the effect of lightning striking wood.
"Xia Fan?" Li's voice brought his divergent thoughts back to reality.
Xia Fan pondered for a moment and looked at the audience solemnly, "I want to conduct an experiment, and I hope you can cooperate with me to complete it."
"It won't... hurt, right?" Luo Youer asked cautiously.
"Probably a little."
"Eh!"
"Just a little bit." Ning Wanjun said without fear, "Then what can it verify, or what benefits can it bring?"
"I think it might allow you to see another side of the world." Xia Fan thought for a moment, "If you're lucky, maybe you can master the earthquake technique on the spot?"
Qiuyue trembled, "Your Highness—"
"It's interesting, then come." The princess said without hesitation.
"By the way, Your Highness," Xia Fan stretched out his hand to her, "Do you still have many lightning-struck trees there?"
…
An hour later, everyone gathered in the small room again.
In addition to gathering all the materials needed for the experiment, Xia Fan also had a lightning strike wood in his hand.
This was the first time he saw the materials originally used for the shock technique.
This piece of wood is about one finger long and two fingers thick, with a complex hollow structure in the middle, as if it had been instantly carbonized by lightning, leaving only intertwined meridians. In order to prevent insects and rot, its entire body has been brushed with tung oil, making it look shiny and clear. You can even see its newly grown bifurcations - obviously the wood was still alive when it was picked.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the chance of being burned by thunder but not being burned by fire is extremely high.
"How much does this kind of lightning strike wood usually sell for?"
"It's still available for about a few hundred taels." Ning Wanjun said generously, "But the price inside the Privy Council House is much lower than on the market, so you don't have to put too much burden on it."
If placed in a previous life, this would probably be a typical template for a perfect boss.
Xia Fan pointed his finger to the ground and secretly activated the streamer technique.
A bolt of lightning shot out from his fingertips and disappeared from sight in an instant.
And hundreds of taels of silver turned into a wisp of smoke.
It turns out that he can also cause earthquakes by striking wood with lightning!
The only obvious difference is that the power of the spell has dropped to an extremely low level. If he had used lightning strike wood when facing Ueno Kuji, then it was very likely that by the moment of discharge, the opponent's long knife would have pierced his body.
Such a shock technique, let alone drive an electromagnetic gun.
In other words, if he had used regular introductions to practice alchemy from the beginning, his level would probably be about the same as that of an average new alchemist.
Xia Fan felt that the veil of the world had been lifted a little.
People's intuitive feelings can transform Qi into reality, even if this feeling has no intrinsic connection. At the same time, this does not mean that basic research is meaningless. The correct direction of understanding can amplify the effect of transformation.
What he is curious about now is, if everyone thinks that lightning strikes wood and does not produce thunder and lightning, will this introduction still be effective
"So, what is the experiment you want to do?" Ning Wanjun said with her arms crossed, "You don't want to waste my family's wealth, do you?"
Not just her, everyone present saw that Xia Fan lightly used a shock technique on the ground. It neither caused any earth-shattering effects nor caused any changes. A precious lightning strike wood just disappeared into nothing. .
Although the princess is generous, she cannot accept the behavior of throwing silver into the water.
"I just wanted to give a demonstration. The real experiment is about to begin." Xia Fan said nonsensically, "Where do you think the source of lightning comes from?"
This question immediately distracted the princess.
"Beyond the sky?"
"Rainwater." Luo Youer answered second.
"Maybe... gods." Qiuyue made a gesture of joining her palms together.
"There are no gods in this world." Li said calmly, "Thunder and lightning are just a celestial phenomenon."
"Indeed, you can even remove the sky." Xia Fan winked at her, "It is around us, every moment."
"Every moment? Are you sure?" Ning Wanjun asked doubtfully.
"What I have to do next is to verify this scene—ordinary people can create and store thunder and lightning without resorting to any magic."
In order to minimize everyone's doubts, he did not directly demonstrate with the finished product, but assembled the test props on the spot.
Xia Fan is going to make the simplest Leyden jar.
He still vaguely remembered the story of catching thunder and lightning with a kite.
The key lies in the small bottle attached to the end of the kite string.
If there is no glass bottle, use a crystal cup from the princess as a substitute, then wrap it with a thin gold leaf and connect it to the ground with a copper wire. The inside is filled with salt water, a thin copper wire with a coil at the end is inserted, and finally it is sealed with paper and wax.
It didn't use any weird materials, and the finished product was just a sealed cup. No one could imagine that such an ordinary thing would be related to thunder and lightning in the sky.
But in Xia Fan's eyes, when two conductors are separated by an insulator, they essentially form a basic capacitor.
The next step is to charge the capacitor.
The most primitive charging method is undoubtedly frictional charging.
Rubbing the jade bracelet with silk can transfer the charge to the silk. By rubbing the silk into contact with the copper wire at the top of the cup, the charge can be introduced into the bottle.
These charges will be evenly distributed on the inner wall of the cup due to the presence of the salt solution, while the same-sex charges on the outer wall will be repulsed and flow away along the ground wire, and more opposite-sex charges will be attracted. Since there is an insulator in between, the two cannot be neutralized and will remain in the form of an electric field. From a macroscopic perspective, the capacitor is charged.
After rubbing it repeatedly for more than a hundred times, Xia Fan looked at the princess and said, "The thunder and lightning have been stored in the cup."
"How to prove it?" Ning Wanjun's face was full of doubt.
"Just open the cup."
"There won't be any safety issues, right?"
"I told you, it's just a little bit of pain."
She swallowed her saliva and approached the cup cautiously - even though her expression said she didn't believe it, her body was actually fully vigilant. She held the cup with one hand and slowly approached the mouth of the cup with the other. Just when she was about to touch the sealing wax, a blue-purple flash exploded between the princess's fingertips and the copper wire at the top.
"Snapped!"
The princess let out a soft cry and subconsciously let go of her hands.
Everyone could clearly see that the cup, which was supposed to be ordinary, shot a short but dazzling electric light at the princess.