Returning from the abyss

Chapter 435 Alchemy

Lu Ning slowly realized the charm of alchemy.

At first, she thought that the difference in potions was due to the alchemist showing off his skills, but after careful consideration and comparing the flow of magic power, she realized that it must be different.

The formula of alchemy is very rigid, and the trend generated under a certain position, angle, flow direction and concentration of magic power has great directionality. However, this alchemist took advantage of the combination of such rigid routines. The magical flow suitable for three directions is arranged on it.If it is said that there is an element of showing off skills, it is the touch of the golden stick that he taps every time after the potion is prepared. The combination of the two agents creates an environment suitable for the third agent.

And in such a cycle, he did not refine three kinds of potions. In fact, Lu Ning sat here and watched him have made more than a dozen different potions. This is undoubtedly a familiarity with formulas and magic control. Only people can do it.

Before she knew it, there were many fewer people around Lu Ning.After all, people from Ewalang also come to this store, and many of them come here with a little interest, and don't have so much time to spend here.Lu Ning——Whether it's Lu Ning or Lilian, they are beginning to be a little obsessed with this kind of "magic" at this moment.

It's not that Lu Ning has never been exposed to powerful superpowers in many scenes before, but the way of using them like weapons and throwing them away after use doesn't give her much real feeling. Learning can be traced back to the time when I learned a few formations a long time ago.And now she has found happiness again in this kind of thinking and harvesting, just like when she was exposed to Go before.

The potion alchemist accurately checked the completion time of the three bottles of potions in the final refining, took down the three bottles of potions, handed them to the clerk next to him, and then walked off the alchemy table.At this moment, Lu Ning suddenly knew that he was going to rest.

The alchemist came over from behind the alchemy platform, looked at Lu Ning, and smiled: "Go for a walk?"

Lu Ning was stunned.

"You have been watching here for a long time, and no one has been watching for such a long time. Interested?"

Nodding of course.

The alchemist made a gesture of invitation, Lu Ning no longer hesitated, and followed him outside.The two walked to the corridor, stepped over the fence, and entered a courtyard surrounded by mushrooms.Lu Ning looked up at the sky and found that it was not too early.

"You are...the one who came to the holy capital because of the exchange meeting? Since you can come in, it doesn't look like you have any special status, so you are one of the lucky ones selected?" The alchemist took out a The silver flagon chatted with Lu Ning.

"Yes."

"Apprentice, are you interested in potions?"

"Actually... I am interested in everything, but now I only know medicine." Lu Ning said truthfully.

The alchemist laughed loudly.

"Is it too greedy?"

"Greedy? Hahaha... What did our patriarch want to do? Turn stones into gold! Our profession is very greedy." The alchemist gently stroked the short beard on his chin, "But greed requires With the capital of greed, he really used stones to refine gold, and also created a precedent for alchemists, but what about you? A small apprentice, still in the accumulation stage."

"Yes, I want to learn more knowledge."

"People say that the alchemist is fixed in a frame by the formula, but the formula is not a frame. I think you watched it for a long time beside me. If you didn't have some understanding, you probably wouldn't have watched it for so long."

Lu Ning immediately explained her previous inferences.

The alchemist chuckled, "Not bad."

"Am I thinking right?"

"That's right, you can basically understand these things if you become a junior alchemist, but it's still very valuable as an apprentice." The alchemist nodded affirmatively, "Then let me ask you a question, why do many people know this? Reasonable, do you still not plan to use this method for refining?"

"Safe?" This was the first reason Lu Ning thought of, "After all, this method requires a broad understanding of alchemy products and the skillful use of compound formulas. If something goes wrong if you don't pay attention, several products will be destroyed together. Most alchemists don't want to bear such a loss."

"Well, what else?"

"Uh...too much energy consumption?"

"Any more?"

Lu Ning thought about it and decided to stop here.

"Unexpected."

"It's okay. You can think about this question slowly. Now that you're interested, I'll guide you a little bit...don't be afraid of failure."

Lu Ning nodded.

"You will definitely feel that if you fail, you can't afford the loss at all-this is also the problem faced by most alchemists. The cost of failure is too high, and everyone is cautious. But what does alchemy need? Imagination and discovery, In the case of conforming to the refining norms, it’s okay to make some outrageous actions, which will give you a deeper grasp of the properties of the potion. And when you start to get in touch with other refining, you will also learn by analogy.”

"I think... I seem to understand what you mean." Lu Ning was thoughtful.

"Of course, please do it according to your financial resources." The alchemist stood up and began to walk back slowly, "Also, you can come here to learn refining at any time. You have a good observation of the flow of magic power, but it's too easy to get lost. Pay more attention to some nearby things, maybe you can find more discoveries.”

Lu Ning quickly got up and bowed: "Thank you for your advice."

"It's a little effort, I wish you success in your studies." The alchemist waved his hand casually, and walked back along the corridor.

And after Lu Ning left the Rainbow Mushroom, he also returned to the One-Eyed Squid, after all, it was getting late.She didn't buy any materials, and those were still at a level that was out of her financial reach.

Howard was very happy to see her come back: "How is it? Did the three eldest ladies reward you with anything? If Catherine just gave you a gem, it would cover all the rent you paid for living here."

"No." Lu Ning shook her head, shattering Howard's daydream, "They still took me to get familiar with this place today, if I really want to talk about it, I should still pay for the tour guide."

"Hmph, as expected."

"Mr. Howard, you seem to be familiar with them?" Lu Ning saw that Howard didn't have any surprises on his face, obviously he knew this result a long time ago.

"Of course, they are regulars here."

Lu Ning glanced at the grocery store. Although Howard's store is a big one, it is obviously not as good as those stores on the commercial street in terms of professionalism and decoration.

"It's strange, isn't it?" Howard is already mature, so he naturally knew what Lu Ning meant by looking at her. "You are obviously a rich lady, why would you still buy things in a store like mine?"

"Actually... I can guess it." Lu Ning smiled, "What they buy from you are ordinary daily necessities. Compared with those flashy and expensive things on the commercial street, your place is at least high quality and cheap."

"Hmph. You girl is not bad at being clever."

Howard can live to the present level in the Moonstone District. If he knows people who are easier to spend a lot of money than Catherine and others, there must be some people, but he still didn't recommend those people to Lu Ning, probably because he felt that those people were not reliable. Spectrum.

"So I still have to give you the medicine tomorrow." Lu Ning herself also considered this level, but she didn't say it clearly.He clapped his hands together and smiled at Howard, then ran back to his room.Howard glanced at her and snorted, "Young... really energetic."

Howard didn't care about the food, but Lu Ning took two copper coins to the kitchen to buy a large piece of toasted bread and came back. The freshly baked bread was still soft and sweet, so she quickly ran back to the room with the bread and ate it While taking out those books, I started to compare them.

It's not that she didn't find books related to crystallization magic, but she encountered a very serious problem - she couldn't understand those special terms.

Lilian is not illiterate, and being able to teach herself alchemy proves that her level is not bad.However, the level of crystallization magic has surpassed Lilian's poor magic knowledge, and there are even a lot of references to the original descriptions of various foreign languages. Even if Lu Ning wanted to find keywords such as "crystal of light", she didn't know how to find them. .

And since she has no clue about the task for the time being, of course she prioritizes improving herself as her first goal.After all, no matter how the scene changes, it is always more convenient to have the strength.

Bringing out the selfless energy she had when she was studying back then, Lu Ning compared the three notebooks and the two "Elementary Alchemy" records to sort out the application schemes of various formulas, and took out the sand table she brought with her - a bag Fine sand, a rectangular frame stretched on wooden boards with wooden strips - to carry out formula deduction.

It is certainly difficult to deduce without a foundation, but after observing the refining process of the alchemist, she already knows that some types of magic power flow are feasible, just like knowing the reverse process of the answer, even if There are still many difficulties, but there are still some ideas to follow.

It was already late at night like this.Lu Ning rubbed her eyes, turned off the crystal lamp wearily, and fell directly on the bed without even changing her clothes.

It's dawn when you wake up.

When Lu Ning went out this time, she happened to see Howard walking towards the house on the other side carrying a stick and a piece of iron.If she remembers correctly, that's where the shop assistants rest.

Now that they met, she said good morning. Unexpectedly, when Howard saw her, his eyes immediately widened, and he ran towards the house over there, and soon there were noises and shouts.

"You bunch of slackers are like other little girls! Wake up early and work!"

Lu Ning hurried into the alchemy laboratory, yawning and starting to get the materials.Thinking of yesterday's calculation results, she took a little more.Since she got up early today, Bollywell still didn't show up until she activated the evolution.

As an attempt, she placed drainage tubes at two positions in the formation, poured in the magic liquid, and began to guide the flow direction, fine-tuning the position of the material.Her movements were very slow, and she even slowed down the power of the evolution for the sake of stability. Fortunately, as long as there is no problem with the calculation, the first step is basically stable and successful.

The hard part comes in the second step.

Since this method requires the refining of different medicines, it means that the preparation time of the medicines is different.With Lu Ning's knowledge reserve, it is impossible to perfect the time limit like that intermediate alchemist, but she can waste a little time in the flow of magic power and adjust it with a gold stick. Although there will still be consumption, at least it is more expensive than normal to be less.

After the first bottle of potion was drained, Lu Ning took off the drainage tube and plugged the cork. Instead of putting in a new one immediately, she used a golden stick to adjust the flow of magic power. At this time, even her fingers were trembling a little. It took a while for the hand to stabilize.

Right at this moment-

"what are you doing!"

Fortunately, Lu Ning's psychological quality has been tempered a long time ago. Even with this sudden question, she didn't poke some gold sticks on the refining formation. If it was really that light, it would be a magical storm. explode.

She didn't care about Bollywell, first connected the drainage tube as expected, and was relieved when she saw that the medicinal liquid began to slowly form.

After all, Boliwell is a junior alchemist. After the initial shock, he found that Lu Ning did not make any experimental accidents and then calmed down. He was also afraid.When Lu Ning looked up at him, she found that he was breaking out in a cold sweat just standing there.

"Alchemists are not allowed to make loud noises when working." Lu Ning said seriously.

"I'm sorry." Bolivar admitted his mistake happily, "I'm really afraid, you only have an apprentice level... so you try compound refining?"

"It's something to learn anyway, and it's better to practice earlier." Lu Ning also knew what he was afraid of. If this hadn't been calculated by a theoretical formula, the result would be similar to poking with a golden stick. Things like laboratory accidents It will always be a pain in the heart of every magic scholar.

"Since you know it well, it's because I'm worrying too much, but it's best to tell me about this kind of thing in advance." Bolivar went to the material cabinet to get the materials, his tone still a little worried.

"You know this?"

"Practiced when I was young."

Lu Ning looked at his unshaven face and hair that hadn't been washed for several days, and couldn't tell how old this man was.

"Can you give me some guidance? If you talk about tuition fees..."

"Is this worth the tuition?" Bolivar grumbled, "I'll make it up to you. You don't know enough directions to change, and you don't have enough time to practice."

He carried the materials to the alchemy table next to Lu Ning, and quickly weighed three materials.

"You probably saw the rainbow mushroom using this method? Many junior alchemists will practice this technique as a way to get familiar with each formula." He connected three drainage tubes while talking, explaining Landing gave Lu Ning a little guidance on the change of magic power flow and the matching of formulas.However, after making a bottle of medicine, he took it off without replacing it with a new one.

"Why not continue to refine it this way? I mean...it looks very efficient."

"The calculation is too stressful." Bolivar waited for the potion to take shape. "We are fine now. Once we start refining at the same time, there will be slight interference in the flow of magic power on both sides. The more complicated the magic power, the more interference there will be." Strong, but the calculation becomes more and more difficult. The environment of the rainbow mushroom is already relatively good, but the refining by the person next to the alchemist will still affect it, and subsequent adjustments are actually very easy to fail because of this.”

(End of this chapter)