After thinking for a moment, Zhou Xuan changed his direction and opened the window. Outside the window was a wide-open green area, with another villa about four hundred meters away. This direction was unobstructed, which was perfect.
Zhou Xuan then transported the ice vapor out of the window. Without any obstruction, the ice vapor moved much more smoothly. However, after traveling more than seventy meters, approaching seventy-five meters, it could no longer hold on and fell to the ground in an arc.
Ice vapor is different from light. Light can shoot straight out, but ice vapor is like a projectile arrow or bullet; once it reaches its limit, it bends down in an arc and eventually falls to the ground.
If the ice gas is distributed in all directions, it can now reach 50 meters. If it is bundled together, it can only be bundled together by 20 meters, reaching a maximum of about 70 meters. In other words, Zhou Xuan used to be able to transform objects at a distance of 15 meters, but now he can reach 50 meters. If he can concentrate the ice gas into a bundle and focus on a specific point, it can reach more than 70 meters.
But thinking about it another way, being able to subdue an enemy at a distance of seventy or eighty meters without making a sound is also a remarkable ability. Zhou Xuan pondered this further. Since the ice energy, like everything on Earth, is subject to gravity and will eventually fall in an arc, why not directly probe the underground?
If you concentrate all your ice gas into a beam, how far can you ultimately measure?
Going underground would definitely be much easier. Zhou Xuan suddenly became excited. If he could measure very deep underground, wouldn't it be easy to detect what was underground?
This is great. If we used it for mining, gold and jade mines would be a piece of cake.
Zhou Xuan couldn't help but chuckle as he channeled his ice energy again, condensing it into a bundle. It wasn't as difficult to probe downwards then, but after penetrating the concrete slabs of two-story buildings, the mass of the ice energy decreased by half. By the time it reached the ground floor, the ice energy had diluted by two-thirds, and after probing only about twenty meters underground, it could no longer penetrate further.
It seems this path isn't very feasible either. Being able to probe twenty or thirty meters underground is still useful, but it's not like I just thought, where I could find any treasure I wanted. The earth doesn't conduct ice energy very well.
Just as copper and aluminum wires can conduct electricity, so too can the ground, but its conductivity is limited by distance. Aluminum and copper, however, can conduct electricity over unimaginable distances, and the results are similar when applied to ice.
Zhou Xuan touched his head. It seemed that the ice vapor dissipated as it passed through the water and the ground, so it could not penetrate any further after reaching a certain limit. But what about the copper and aluminum wires?
"Thinking about this," Zhou Xuan recalled a time when he had transported ice energy to the electrical wires in a hotel room in Tengchong, Yunnan. It had traveled more than a hundred meters. Now that the energy of his ice energy had increased, how far could it travel through the conductive copper wire?
However, Zhou Xuan wasn't very interested in this. After all, it wasn't an arbitrary detection range. What was the use of detecting a great distance through a metal wire?
If you want to find underground treasure, do you really need to dig a pit and put metal wire down there? If you can dig such a deep pit, then there's no need for him to do the testing!
Since he had nothing else to do while sitting, Zhou Xuan channeled his icy energy into the power cord above his head.
Zhou Xuan could clearly feel the icy energy moving very actively through the wire, passing through effortlessly. Moreover, its speed was incredibly fast, almost comparable to the speed of a bullet or sound. Furthermore, because the icy energy moved through the wire, there was no need to exert any effort to confine it into threads, saving a great deal of energy.
Zhou Xuan wasn't sure exactly how far the icy vapor traveled along the power line, because the line had many bends and twists. However, when he focused his attention on a certain endpoint and projected the icy vapor through that point, he could visualize the area within four or five meters of that endpoint.
The brainplate was made of intertwined electrical wires, so it wasn't surprising that Zhou Xuan's icy aura was present in this place.
Dacheng Advertising? Zhou Xuan felt a sense of familiarity. After thinking for a moment, he realized that Dacheng Advertising was located on the street outside Hongcheng Square. It must be at least a kilometer away from here, right?
It's probably more than that. Because the ice gas must have taken many bends and curves in the power lines, the actual distance is definitely more than a kilometer.
It can detect distances over a kilometer. Being able to see such distant situations is indeed something that even Zhou Xuan himself finds astonishing. But how come the distance needs to be transmitted via wires? Zhou Xuan feels it's not very useful and doesn't quite match what he wants.
They repeatedly probed the ice energy that had been gained and then lost, discovering many new uses for it. With the ice energy greatly increased, the energy consumed in the probe was almost negligible, with little loss. Zhou Xuan himself was extremely excited because the ice energy had finally returned, and its energy had increased to a level that was previously unimaginable.
While excitedly conducting various experiments with the ice gas in bed, Zhou Xuan suddenly detected Fu Ying in the bathroom next door, and couldn't help but get excited.
Whether it was excitement or agitation, Zhou Xuan's hands and feet seemed to tremble. Then he suddenly felt that it was a bit despicable. Was he going to spy on Yingying?
Zhou Xuan ultimately couldn't bear to retract the ice energy.
Fu Ying didn't take off her clothes in the bathroom. Instead, she stood in front of the large mirror, looked at her face, clasped her hands together, and whispered, "May God bless my Zhou Xuan to be safe and sound."
After a while of silence, Fu Ying breathed heavily in the mirror, then wrote the name Zhou Xuan on it, drew a heart on the name, looked at it, and finally leaned in to kiss the name before straightening her clothes and leaving the bathroom.
Zhou Xuan had been using his icy aura to detect Fu Ying's approach to his room until she entered, at which point he realized what was happening and quickly withdrew his aura.
"How are you?" Fu Ying stared at him for a while, then reached out and pinched his cheek. She said, "Hmm, you look much better. Yesterday was terrifying. You've been like this for a while now, looking exhausted. But now you seem to be in good spirits, and your eyes are bright, though you look a little silly!"
Zhou Xuan was still a little dazed, thinking something might have happened to Fu Ying in the bathroom. He also felt it was too disgusting to treat Yingying like that, and his face was burning! "It's nothing, I just took a nap. My head is still a little dizzy."
Zhou Xuan casually changed the subject to cover up his lie, saying, "I still need to find someone to fix the door!"
Fu Ying glanced at the door and said with a smile, "Oh dear, I'm sorry, don't worry about it. I'll find someone to fix it tomorrow. Mom said she wants to hire someone to renovate the room, so we can do the renovation at the same time!"
Zhou Xuan was still thinking about his ice energy and didn't pay much attention when he said, "You're going to renovate the room? Why bother with all the renovations? I think it's fine."
After saying these words, Zhou Xuan paused, looked up and saw Fu Ying staring at him angrily, biting her lip and remaining silent, clearly somewhat angry.
Zhou Xuan was taken aback. Seeing Fu Ying's reproachful expression, he suddenly remembered that his mother had asked someone to choose a date for his and Fu Ying's wedding. Fu Ying had been busy preparing for the wedding with her mother all this time. How come he didn't seem to remember this at all?
Fu Ying was definitely angry. Zhou Xuan quickly slapped his forehead and said hastily, "Yingying, I'm sorry, I've been so busy that I didn't even remember this. Let's go ahead with the renovations, let's decorate our new house beautifully. You can decorate it however you like!"
Fu Ying was angry, but as soon as Zhou Xuan said it, her anger disappeared and her face turned red. Zhou Xuan loved seeing Fu Ying's shyness.
"Let's go downstairs for dinner. My mother and I went to the city to buy some tonics and congee. Aunt Liu has already cooked the congee!" Fu Ying turned her head and then called Zhou Xuan downstairs.
Fu Ying is just too easily embarrassed. Zhou Xuan looked at her face; she looked very tired. She had worried about him enough these past two days, and probably hadn't slept a wink at the hospital.
Zhou Xuan felt a surge of affection and couldn't bear to tease her any longer, so he took her hand and affectionately led her downstairs.
In the living room, Jin Xiumei watched her son and Fu Ying holding hands affectionately, and she couldn't stop smiling. Recently, she had been making plans for her son's marriage, and in her heart, she was only thinking about getting her son married as soon as possible.
The family sat down in the dining room. Jin Xiumei first served her son and Fu Ying a bowl of porridge, saying, "This is medicinal porridge, you two should both have some. It's good for your health!"
Fu Ying took it. She said softly, "Thank you, Mom!"
Although they were not married, Fu Ying followed Jin Xiumei's personality and addressed everyone in the family according to the customs of married life, which made Zhou Xuan's family extremely happy.
Now, most of the family members know Fu Ying's identity and wealth. She is a rich heiress who can come to their Zhou family. She is not arrogant at all and has no spoiled temperament. She tries her best to learn what she doesn't know. What more can we ask of her?
Zhou Xuan's father, Zhou Cangsong, rarely comes home. He's always busy at the shop, and Zhou Tao has been incredibly busy these past few days, returning home exhausted and leaving early each morning. He's been extremely occupied with matters concerning Xu's Jewelry Company. He was supposed to report to Zhou Xuan last night that Xu Juncheng had changed the company's name to "Zhou's Jewelry," but Zhou Xuan vomited blood and collapsed yesterday. Zhou Tao had no choice but to stay home, worried about his brother's illness. He even made sure to return an hour early today.
Jin Xiumei noticed Li Li standing behind Zhou Tao, carrying several bags of fruit. She paused for a moment, then quickly said, "Zhou Tao, Li Li is here too? She's having porridge. Miss, sit down and have some porridge!"
Zhou Xuan noticed that Zhou Tao and Li Li looked a little awkward. Understanding the situation, he smiled and said, "Li Li, sit down and have some porridge!"
Volume 1, Chapter 232: Folk Treasure Appraisal (1)