Lu Ning slowly realized the charm of alchemy.
She initially thought that the difference in the potions was because the alchemist was showing off his skills. However, after thinking carefully and comparing the flow of magic power, she realized that they must be different.
The formula of alchemy is very rigid, and the trend generated under a certain position, angle, magic flow and concentration is very directional. However, this alchemist took advantage of this combination of rigid routines to create an alchemy array. There are magic flows suitable for three directions. If there is an element of dazzling skills in it, it would be the touch he used with the Midas touch after each potion was prepared. It was really the Midas touch that turned stone into gold. As long as the magic flow was slightly changed, it would not affect other things. The two agents simultaneously create an environment suitable for the third agent.
And after such a cycle, what he refined was naturally not three kinds of potions. In fact, Lu Ning sat here and watched as he made more than a dozen different potions. This is undoubtedly a person who is very familiar with formulas and magic control. Only people can do it.
Unconsciously, there were far fewer people around Lu Ning. After all, many people from Evarang come to this store. Many of them come with a little interest and don't have much time to spend here. Lu Ning—Both Lu Ning and Lilian were beginning to become a little obsessed with this "magic" at this moment.
It's not like Lu Ning hasn't been exposed to powerful superpowers in many previous scenes, but the method of using them like weapons and throwing them away after use doesn't give her much realism. If they can really be called Learning goes back to when I studied a few formation diagrams a long time ago. And now she has found happiness in this kind of thinking and harvest again, just like when she came into contact with Go before.
The potion alchemist accurately timed the completion time of the three bottles of potion during the final refining, took down the three bottles of potion, handed them to the clerk next to him, and then walked off the alchemy table. Only then did Lu Ning suddenly know that he was going to rest.
The alchemist came over from behind the alchemy platform, looked at Lu Ning, and smiled: "Going for a walk?"
Lu Ning was stunned.
"You've been watching here for a long time. No one has been watching for a long time. Are you interested?"
Of course he nodded.
The alchemist made an invitation gesture, and Lu Ning no longer hesitated and followed him outside. The two walked to the corridor, crossed the fence, and entered a courtyard surrounded by mushrooms. Lu Ning looked up at the sky and realized that it was not too early.
"You are... someone who came to the Holy Capital because of the exchange meeting, right? Since you can come in, it doesn't seem like you have any special status, so you are one of the lucky ones chosen?" The alchemist took out one from his pocket. The silver wine pot started chatting with Lu Ning.
"yes."
"Apprentice, are you interested in potions?"
"Actually... I'm interested in everything, but right now I only know potions." Lu Ning told the truth.
The alchemist laughed loudly.
"Are you too greedy?"
"Greedy? Hahaha... What did our ancestor want to do? Turn stones into gold! Our profession is inherently very greedy." The alchemist gently stroked the short beard on his chin, "But greed requires With his greedy capital, he actually made gold out of stones and became the first alchemist to do so. But what about you? A young apprentice, you are still in the accumulation stage."
"Yes, I want to learn more."
"People say that the alchemist is fixed in a framework by the formula, but the formula is not a framework. I see that you have been looking at me for a long time. If you didn't have some understanding, you wouldn't have been looking at it for that long."
Lu Ning immediately explained his previous inferences.
The alchemist chuckled: "Not bad."
"Am I right?"
"Yes, if you become a junior alchemist, you will basically understand these things, but as an apprentice, it is still valuable." The alchemist nodded affirmatively, "Then let me ask you a question, why do many people know this clearly? The truth is, you still don’t 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 alchemical products and proficient use of compound formulas. If something goes wrong inadvertently, several products will be destroyed together. Most alchemists don’t want to bear such losses.”
"Well, what else?"
"Uh...it consumes too much energy?"
"Any more?"
Lu Ning thought for a while and decided to stop here.
"Unexpected."
"It's okay. You can think about this issue yourself. Now that you're interested, I'll give you some guidance... Don't be afraid of failure."
Lu Ning nodded.
"You will definitely feel that if you fail, you cannot afford the loss - this is also the problem faced by most alchemists. The price of failure is too high, and everyone is cautious. But what does alchemy require? Imagination and discovery, As long as the refining specifications are met, it doesn't matter if you make some extraordinary moves, which will give you a deeper understanding of the properties of the potion. And when you start to come into contact 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, "Besides, you can come here to learn refining at any time. You have good observation of the flow of magic power, but you are too easily distracted. Pay more attention to the things around you, and you may be able to discover more.”
Lu Ning quickly stood up and bowed: "Thank you for your advice."
"With a little effort, I wish you success in your studies." The alchemist waved his hand casually and walked back along the corridor.
After Lu Ning left the Rainbow Mushroom, she also returned to the One-Eyed Squid. After all, it was getting late. She didn't purchase any materials; they were still beyond her financial reach.
Howard was very happy to see her back: "How about it? Did the three eldest ladies give you anything? If Catherine gives you a gem, it can be worth all the rent you pay for living here."
"No." Lu Ning shook her head, breaking Howard's daydream, "Today they will take me to get familiar with this place. If it really comes down to it, I should pay the tour guide."
"Humph, it's still like this."
"Mr. Howard, you seem to be familiar with them?" Lu Ning saw that Howard didn't have any surprise on his face. He obviously knew this result.
"Of course, they are regular visitors here."
Lu Ning took a look at the grocery store. Although Howard's store was a large one, it was obviously not as professional as the stores on the commercial street in terms of professionalism and decoration.
"It's strange, isn't it?" Howard was already mature and he naturally understood what Lu Ning meant when he looked at her. "They are obviously young ladies from rich families, why would they come to a store like mine to buy things?"
"Actually... I can guess it." Lu Ning smiled, "What they buy from you are ordinary daily necessities. Compared with the flashy and expensive things on the commercial street, at least they are of high quality and low price."
"Hmph. You girl is quite clever."
Howard was able to survive to this extent in the Moonstone District. If he knew someone who was easier to spend money on than Catherine and others, there must be some people. However, he still did not recommend those people to Lu Ning. The reason was probably because he felt that those people were not reliable. Spectrum.
"So I still have to hand over the potion to you tomorrow." Lu Ning had also considered this aspect, but she would not say it explicitly. He clapped his hands at Howard and smiled, 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 and went to the kitchen to buy a large piece of toasted bread. The newly baked bread was still soft and slightly sweet. She took the bread and quickly ran back to the room to eat it. At the same time, he took out the books and started to read them together.
It's not that she didn't find books about crystal 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 she is pretty good at it. However, the depth of crystal magic has surpassed Lilian's meager magical attainments. It even quotes a lot of original descriptions in various alien texts. Even if Lu Ning wants to find keywords such as "Crystal of Light", he doesn't know how to find it. .
And since she has no clue about the mission yet, 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 strength.
Lu Ning showed off the selfless energy he had when he was studying. He compared the descriptions in three handbooks and two "Elementary Alchemy" to sort out the application plans of various formulas. He also took out the sandbox he brought - just a bag. Fine sand, a rectangular frame with wooden strips stretched on wooden boards - for formula deduction.
It is of course difficult to make deductions without any basis, but after observing the alchemist's refining process, she already knew that some types of magic flow were feasible, just like knowing the answer and the inference process, even if There are still many difficulties, but there are still some ideas to follow.
In a blink of an eye, it was already late at night. Lu Ning rubbed her eyes, turned off the crystal lamp tiredly, and fell directly on the bed without changing her clothes.
It's dawn as soon as 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 remembered correctly, that was where the store clerks rested.
Now that they had met, she said good morning. Unexpectedly, Howard's eyes widened as soon as he saw her, and he trotted towards the house over there. Soon there was noise and yelling.
"You lazy fools, learn from other girls! Get up early and get to work!"
Lu Ning quickly got into the alchemy laboratory and started to get materials while yawning. Thinking of yesterday's calculation results, she took a little more. Since she got up early today, Boliwell still didn't show up until she activated the refining formation.
As an attempt, she placed drainage tubes in two locations of the refining formation, poured in the magic liquid, started to guide the flow direction, and fine-tuned the position of the materials. Her movements were very slow, and she even slowed down the power of the refining formation for the sake of stability. Fortunately, as long as there were no problems, the first step would be basically a stable success.
The hard part is in step two.
Since this method requires refining different potions, it also means that the molding time of the potions is different. With Lu Ning's knowledge base, it is impossible to achieve perfect timing like the intermediate alchemist, but she can waste a little time on the flow of magic power and use the Midas touch to adjust it. Although there will still be consumption, at least it is better than normal. A little less.
After the first bottle of potion was drained, Lu Ning took off the drainage tube and plugged the bottle. Instead of putting a new one in immediately, she used the Midas touch to adjust the flow of magic power. At this time, her fingers were even a little trembling, and it took a little effort. It took some time for my hand to stabilize.
At this moment——
"What are you doing!"
Fortunately, Lu Ning's psychological quality has been tempered for a long time. Even when she was suddenly asked, she did not poke the Midas touch on the refining transformation formation. If it was really that light, it would be a magic storm, and if it was too heavy, it would cause the refining transformation formation to be incomplete. explode.
She ignored Boliwell and connected the drainage tube as expected. She was relieved when she saw that the medicine began to take shape slowly.
After all, Boliwell was a junior alchemist. After the initial shock, he realized that Lu Ning had not caused any experimental accidents and then calmed down. He was also frightened. When Lu Ning raised her head and looked at him, she found that he was breaking out in a cold sweat just standing there.
"Alchemists are not allowed to make loud noises while working." Lu Ning said seriously.
"I'm sorry." Boliwell admitted his mistake happily, "I'm really afraid, you only have the apprentice level... and you try compound refining?"
"It's something you have to learn anyway. It's better to practice it earlier." Lu Ning also knew what he was afraid of. If this wasn't calculated with a theoretical formula, the result would be the same as poking with a Midas stick or something like a laboratory accident. It will always be the pain in every magic scholar's heart.
"Since you know what's going on, I'm overthinking it, but it's best to tell me in advance about this kind of thing." Boliwell walked to the material cabinet to get the materials, his tone still a little frightening.
"You know this?"
"I practiced when I was young."
Lu Ning looked at his unshaven face and hair that looked like it hadn't been washed for several days, and couldn't tell how old this man was.
"Can you give me some guidance? If we talk about tuition fees..."
"Is this thing worth the tuition?" Boliwell muttered, "Just think of it as an apology to you. You don't know enough directions of change, and you don't have enough practice in timing."
He carried the materials to the alchemy table next to Lu Ning and quickly weighed three materials.
"You've probably seen the guy from Rainbow Mushroom use this method, right? Many junior alchemists will practice this technique as a training method to familiarize themselves with various formulas." He said while connecting three drainage tubes and explaining Then he gave Lu Ning some guidance on how to change the magic flow and how to match it with the formula. However, after making a bottle of medicine, he took it out directly without replacing it with a new one.
"Why not continue to refine it this way? I mean... it seems very efficient."
"The calculation pressure is too great." Boliwell waited for the next potion to take shape. "We are okay now. Once we start refining at the same time, there will be slight interference in the magic flow of both sides. The more complicated the magic power, the greater the interference. Stronger, and the calculation becomes more and more difficult. The environment of the rainbow mushroom is already relatively good, but the refining of the person next to the alchemist will still have an impact, and subsequent adjustments can easily fail because of this."
