Returning from the abyss

Chapter 431 Opening

[Magic science has flourished so far. If we say that the most prosperous event, it should be the magic science exchange meeting held every five years in Evalang, the magical holy capital of the Violet Valley.And this is also the only opening date of the holy capital.

Of course, this openness is only relative.

Within half a year before the exchange meeting, the magister council in the holy capital will draw up a list of 8000 people. The [-] people on this list will receive invitation letters. They have knowledge of magic research in the past five years. For those who have made major discoveries or made outstanding contributions, this invitation letter will also allow two people to follow them into the holy capital.

In addition, there are 2000 people who will be randomly selected from all magic apprentices in the world.According to the rules specified by the original founders of the Holy City, discoverers deserve to be rewarded, and latecomers are also indispensable.These apprentices will receive a magister badge, which will be used as a voucher to enter the holy capital during the exchange meeting.

The Magic Science Exchange will last for 30 days, the first ten days are for the magisters to communicate with the invitees, and the next [-] days will be for all lectures, forums and other activities to be fully disclosed to the students in the holy capital.Therefore, some people say that the knowledge learned in one exchange meeting may be more than what can be learned behind closed doors for [-] years. 】

Lu Ning pressed her slightly swollen temples.

[Alchemy Apprentice Lilian, you come from a little-known small village, where nothing big enough to attract attention has happened, and you are just a little girl who ran away from home because she couldn't bear the life of farming.Of course, growing up in the countryside gave you a lot of knowledge about plants, and after getting lost, you happened to meet an old and weak alchemist in the forest.After you used herbal medicine to help him relieve the pain and stayed with him for more than ten days, the old man gave away the wealth of his life before he died-a notebook of alchemy, a copy of "Elementary Alchemy", a set of broken I got a lot of unusable alchemy tools, and a leather box full of patches are left for you.

As you embark on the path of alchemy, you will soon know that the old man is just a junior alchemist who has achieved nothing in his life, and the diary contains more of his fantasies and hearsay stories. "Elementary Alchemy" allows you to get started, but it is difficult to gain much room for development.It is often said that an alchemist is either very rich or poor, and you have already experienced it, at least the second half of the sentence.

Just when you really planned to use your own blood to try whether it would work as an introduction to some alchemy potions, luck hit your head like this.You've received a letter with a magister's badge that says something you've almost never heard of.With almost no need to judge, you sold all the sundries you had on hand, took your alchemy equipment and broken suitcase and embarked on the road to the holy capital.You don't know what the future holds, because you just don't want to go back to that ordinary village and live a mediocre life.

You rushed to the holy capital, and you finally stepped on the opening day. With your badge, you were able to enter. Here you finally found a store that is willing to take you in. Because you have no money, you have to provide at least five bottles every day Alchemy potion to the shop owner, otherwise you will be homeless.

·Personal secrets belonging to tourist Lu Ning will be incorporated into optional missions.

This mission:

[-]. Obtain a rubbing copy of the magic book.

[-]. Obtain a Crystal of Light and a Crystal of Darkness.

[-]. Designate a "book thief".

[-]. The identity will not be exposed until the library is opened.

[-]. (Optional) Obtain a copy of the original magic book.

[-]. (Optional, secret) Complete the refining of the World Stone.

[-]. (Optional, secret) Expose members of the group "Twilight Thieves" and survive thereafter.

[-]. (Optional, secret) Expose members of the organization "Book Burning Officer" and survive afterward.

[-]. (Optional, secretly) Kill an informer.

Additional rules for this mission - "Informer".

Meditate for 3 minutes in front of any magister statue, and then form the appearance and name of a person you have seen in your mind. If the person is a tourist, it is considered a successful "informant".After any successful whistleblowing, the visitor will automatically become a "Whistleblower".

Each visitor has three chances of failing to inform, and a response will be given if the informant succeeds. No tourist can repeat the informant against the same person.

If the informant is successful, the score reward for this settlement will be increased by an additional 5% on top of the base value, and this additional increase will not be included in the upper limit of the third-order score.If you are informed, you will be reduced by 5%. There are more than 21 tourists in this mission, so there is a possibility of negative points.

Only by personally killing the informer against oneself can the deduction of points be lifted, and the death of the informer for any other reason will still deduct points.

After the whistleblowing fails, even if you enter meditation again, you will not be able to get a response. 】

Next, is the most critical part of this mission.

[Tourist Lu Ning, playing Lilian.

Lilian's Secret:

[-]. Lilian had seen the record about the World Stone in the notes of the old alchemist, and became very interested in it.She knew it was an extremely powerful alchemy product, so she didn't dare to explain it to outsiders.One of her biggest goals when she came to the holy capital was to learn the detailed knowledge of the World Stone.

[-]. As a little girl who is not deeply involved in the world, Lilian has no way to completely protect her secrets. Fortunately, the emblems issued by the Holy Capital have their own exclusive marks, and snatching them is also invalid.On the way to the Holy Capital, Lilian met a masked man who claimed to be from the "Twilight Thieves Group" and lured Lilian to try to steal a magic book from the Holy Capital.And the price he offered - the supply of materials and money obviously moved Lilian's heart, but she was still uneasy about the true purpose of the Twilight Thieves Group, and secretly paid attention to it in her heart.

[-]. On the way to the holy capital, Lilian saw a murder of a magic apprentice, which made her feel terrified.Although Shengdu will choose a new lucky person again, is this luck really lucky?After asking the local guards, she learned that this was done by an organization called "Book Burning Officer".Out of consideration for her own safety, she began to pay attention.

[-]. Lilian knows that opportunities and risks coexist, just like the principle of equivalent exchange in alchemy.In this holy capital, it is absolutely impossible for everyone to have good intentions, and only by eliminating more people who threaten him can he focus more on the cause of alchemy. 】

There is a lot of information, but after digesting it for a while, Lu Ning has almost figured out the situation of this scene.She turned over and got up from the bed, pulled the linen robe on her body, looked at the dark golden curly hair falling on her shoulders, and hurried to the water basin in the room.

She now has a look that she doesn't recognize at all. Lilian's strange face is looking at her through the water. Lu Ning squeezes out a smile, and the people in the water also laugh.

"Fresh experience..."

Lu Ning muttered, reached out and picked up the hair rope from the bed, combed the messy hair on her head and tied it into a ponytail, then sat on the edge of the bed and considered the information she had obtained so far.

The holy capital itself is a huge educational institution. As a top magic school, to be able to truly become a student here must have one of the four conditions of "rich, powerful, talented, and destined".A basically "wild" apprentice like Lilian would only be hit by such an opportunity if he was very lucky. Generally speaking, he would not be able to make any waves at all.

From this point of view, the conditions of the task are so far away that they don't know how to do it at all, and they are even worried about making a living here.

As for alchemy, Lu Ning couldn't find any achievements that could be called unique talents even after searching her memory.Lilian is learning basic alchemy knowledge from the only textbook in her hand, and she can only make a few basic alchemy potions so far. In terms of magic, she has only mastered two related basic spells: spark and water mist.

Lu Ning grabbed the apprentice's robe thrown at the foot of the bed. This dress was the only dress Lilian could still see, and it was a reward for her apprentice qualification.After getting dressed, Lu Ning opened the broken suitcase, fumbled in the inner pocket of the suitcase twice, and grabbed out six or seven copper coins, which were all of Lilian's belongings.

Poverty is now the biggest problem.

Lu Ning carefully put her only property into the inner pocket of the apprentice's robe, then opened the door and walked out.

The owner of this store is called Howard, and he is quite a nice person. The room given to Lilian is the same as other employees' personal room. It is small but does not need to be crowded with others.As for the accommodation fee, the five bottles of alchemy potions are much lower than the price of ordinary hostels according to the common sense of Lu Ning's memory. After all, the price of basic alchemy potions is not very expensive.

The old man got up very early, and when Lu Ning walked out, the boss was already sitting on the rocking chair at the door of the store, supervising the work of the employees.

This store is the most common grocery store in the Holy City, in other words, the type that sells everything.After all, except for some specific items that require business qualification certificates, everything else in the Holy City is free trade. Many people will start a small business to subsidize their families, but Howard is serious about doing this.

One Eyed Squid is one of the largest grocery stores in the area.

"Good morning, boss." As soon as Lu Ning saw the person, she immediately entered the mood.Lilian's character is bold and cautious, otherwise she would not dare to run away from home, nor would she be able to enter the holy capital safely.As for dealing with people, she lacks some basic common sense, but her apprenticeship has also allowed her to accumulate some basic manners, as long as Lu Ning doesn't overdo it.

"It's Lilian? How did you sleep?"

"The room is very good, and I slept soundly, thank you very much." Lu Ning bowed again.

"Then according to what we said, you only need to hand in five bottles of potions to me every day, and you can control the rest of the time freely. Unless you are sick, if you can't give me potions, then you can't stay here. Business," said Howard sternly.

"That's all right, Mr. Howard. May I begin now, please?"

"If you're ready, the alchemy laboratory is over there." Howard pointed to a hut built alone in a secluded place in the yard.

After thanking Lu Ning again, she walked towards the laboratory.

Of course, Howard would not let Lu Ning use that set of tattered alchemy equipment for potion refining. The laboratory provided a complete set of tools and materials. Although they were of ordinary quality, they were much better than those in Lu Ning's hands. .And now Lu Ning happened to be familiar with alchemy here.

The concepts of potions in alchemy and the other three branches of magic, such as potions, herbs, and botany, are completely different.First of all, one thing that is not needed is the transformation formation. Depending on the medicine, different types and qualities of the transformation formation are required. Even the most basic medicine needs at least one.After Lu Ning entered the room, she saw three refining formations painted with gold and silver powder on a piece of marble. The materials used for this kind of ordinary refining formations are not rare, and the price is just to ask an enchanter to draw them.The advantage is that this kind of formation can be used for a long time, unlike Lilian who usually draws with graphite strips for one-time use.

Lu Ning thought about Lilian's medicine, and decided to start with the most basic recovery medicine.

The materials are simple and easy to find. At least Lu Ning quickly found the basic materials needed in the medicine cabinet, and then various measuring tools and equipment... When she turned around from the medicine cabinet with a tray of things, she saw behind her. A somewhat scruffy man with sticky hair was standing there, yawning while waiting for her to finish taking the materials.

"Uh... hello?" Lu Ning held the tray in both hands and could only greet verbally.

"Hello, are you done? It's my turn after you take it." The man barely opened his eyes and glanced at Lu Ning, then yawned again.

Lu Ning hurriedly got out of the way and walked to a refining formation with nothing nearby.

This man is the alchemist that Howard has hired for a long time. Howard also told Lilian before.His name is Bollywell, a junior alchemist, and this first meeting gave Lu Ning a really bad impression.

The distribution center will not arrange any adventures for you, so if you meet a scruffy alchemist with a bit of a strange appearance and behavior, and a very low level, then he is probably an ordinary alchemist, not some hidden master , Lu Ning has seen countless failure cases from the records of many people trying to get lucky, so she doesn't care what Bollywell is doing, concentrates on arranging things, and begins to prepare for the first alchemy in her life.

Equivalent exchange.

As the most important part of alchemy, measurement is a very critical step in every alchemy. Lu Ning carefully weighed out the amount of materials required for six potions with a balance, and then placed a row of golden sticks Put the bracket in the most accessible place at hand, take the 5% magic liquid with a measuring cup, and start the refining formation.

At this time, there was a rattling sound from the side, and Boliwell also took the materials and started weighing. He is naturally much more proficient in using measuring tools such as balances than Lu Ning, an apprentice, and the speed is also very fast. , but it is still carried out in accordance with the strict operation process of alchemy.

The room fell silent for a while, both of them were concentrating on the work in their hands, without any intention of communicating.

The materials were put in in order, and the three magic crystals began to shine, representing the state of magic fluctuations in three directions. Lu Ning pulled out a golden staff and began to drain the magic power. Instead, it is through "exchange" to obtain a substance with a specific purpose, and the extent to which the magic power required to achieve the purpose flows. Every alchemist has his own experience in his heart, which is why the alchemist's notes are very important.

Although it was her first time doing it, it took Lu Ning a little longer to adjust to a more confident position of magic power flow. This kind of experiential experience was useless even if she had Lilian's memory, she had to explore it by herself.

The alchemy array shone brightly, Lu Ning tapped the golden stick on the node she had determined, waited for about five seconds, pulled it out, and threw the golden stick into the waste bin next to it.

"Burning money..." She sighed, no wonder alchemists are easy to be poor, many things are disposable, no wonder Lilian wants to bleed herself, magical blood can replace several necessities.

(End of this chapter)