Lu Ning followed Catherine and the three of them around the commercial street, and found that the parliament had indeed responded quickly. Catherine was relieved.
"Evarang has been established for hundreds of years. There must be countermeasures for every possible problem. You don't need to worry." Liz shook her head, "Now you should think about your own affairs."
Catherine's face, which had just improved, turned bad again.
"How can I help?" Lu Ning asked.
"It's none of your business." Catherine waved her hand, "It's my family's private matter."
"If it's a marriage contract or inheritance issue, I think I can still give you some ideas."
"Pfft! How did you know?" Catherine turned her head and looked at Lu Ning.
"Although I haven't participated in it, aren't these stories the most widely circulated among the people?" Lu Ning put on an innocent expression, "You can still hear a lot even if you don't pay careful attention."
"Liz, Xue Ni, what exactly is the image of nobles in the eyes of common people?"
"It doesn't matter what the image is, as long as it's an image they understand." Xue Ni smiled, "You don't still care about this kind of thing, do you?"
"Of course I care! If the whole world knows about that nonsense, I will commit suicide!"
"It's not that serious." Liz said disdainfully.
"It's not your business anyway, right?" Catherine glared at her, "Anyway... forget it, I'm too embarrassed to ask for a sealing spell for this kind of thing. Let's find a place to eat."
There are many places to eat on the commercial street, but Catherine and the other three are not very good at spending money in places other than magic, so they chose an ordinary restaurant. The four of them sat in a separate room. After ordering, Catherine sighed and said to Lu Ning:
"Since you know a little bit... let's say you have a friend..."
"I'm afraid this friend is not you." Liz interrupted her, "You can make people cry when you quarrel with others, and you are clumsy and tongue-tied when you talk about yourself. Can you be more frank?"
Catherine stared at Liz and took a long time to hold her breath.
"Actually, Liz doesn't know the specific situation." Xue Ni whispered beside Lu Ning, "She probably also wants to hear the excitement."
Seeing Xue Ni acting like this, she probably knew it, but didn't take it seriously.
After a slight pause, Catherine began to tell the story. And just as Lu Ning expected, it was the kind of bloody engagement in the aristocratic circle that was very easy to see in various story books.
Leaving aside the specific content, the fundamental problem with Catherine is that this agreement can be broken when she demonstrates a certain level of magical talent. However, this magic ability is said to be good, and the specific judgment still depends on the level. When Catherine entered school, she happened to choose the powerful but expensive and difficult crystal magic. Logically speaking, at her age, she could pass the exam in two years. An intermediate magician can be considered an excellent level.
"The problem is that it will be two years later." Liz was not just watching the fun, she quickly understood the biggest problem, "Seeing that you are so unhurried, you actually still have such a troublesome agreement?"
"The progress of magic is not a problem that can be solved in a hurry." Catherine said distressedly, "The biggest problem now is that they are all coming!"
"Can you just explain it to them clearly? Anyway, the agreement cannot be fulfilled now." Xue Ni seemed to know more about the inside story. "If you pass the exam in two years, won't it be fine?"
"The problem lies in... the cost of learning crystal magic?" Lu Ning understood the specific problem because of her previous experience.
"That's what I'm most worried about." Catherine leaned down on the table. "As long as they reduce their resources a little... it might be difficult for me to pass the exam."
"So despicable?" Liz raised her eyebrows.
"In our circle, that's called a little trick." Catherine rubbed her face, "And I think the chance of this happening is very high."
"Would you rather destroy an intermediate magician? Or even a magician with a bright future?" Lu Ning asked.
"No, the country where Catherine is located is still very powerful. With the foundation laid by Evarang, she will not have any trouble in improving after returning with sufficient resource supply. This is equivalent to making a free profit for the other party. A wife with unlimited potential, so you understand why Catherine said that this is likely to happen, right?" Xueni said.
"Uh..." Lu Ning probably understood what was going on.
"Taken together, the only problem here is that Catherine is unwilling to get married, but in fact everyone except her feels that it is a good thing for everyone."
"Where are your parents? Don't you want to ask your opinion?" As soon as Lu Ning said this, she found that she thought less.
"First of all... the family ties between nobles are not as deep as you think. My parents and I have not communicated with each other for a long time." Xueni smiled slightly, "Secondly, even if there is the influence of family ties, under such interests, it is very It’s hard to say how much it can be maintained. In the end, it’s usually not just one or two people in a noble family who can speak, even if it’s the clan leader.”
"Don't you have this kind of trouble..." Catherine looked at Xueni speechlessly.
"I have my own source of income, and I don't learn crystal magic."
"So you also want to see my joke!"
All joking aside, Lu Ning also knew that what Catherine hoped now was that her problem would not be discovered and she could get through the current difficulties. Although this matter seemed to have nothing to do with her mission, it was obviously beneficial to help.
"First of all...when will you meet?"
"It shouldn't be until the end of the internal communication meeting, and now that going out is closed, they should be more concerned about when to release people. I still have some time."
"The instructor should be present during the meeting, right? Otherwise, how will your progress be determined?"
"But my mentor will definitely not help me hide it..." Catherine said irritably, "Even if our relationship is good, it's not good enough to ask her to lie to help me prevaricate the engagement."
"No... Lilian means, if your mentor is not here." Xueni said.
Catherine looked up, looking a little confused.
"Now is the time to search for the magic book. The principal's meeting is probably because of this kind of thing. In other words, the principal will definitely come to participate in the magic book search. And during this period, there is probably no time to prove it for you."
"Then I can't cause trouble just because of my own affairs?"
"...Where are you thinking." Lu Ning held up her forehead, "You can use this reason to bypass the instructor's special proof first."
"This is just a loss of a direct witness. There must be people who come who can see Catherine's current situation." Xueni said.
"Then we may need to fake it next."
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Lu Ning doesn't have the ability to fake things, but she can still come up with counterfeiting ideas, and it's up to Xueni and Liz to help with the specific details. When the discussion officially started, she got up and said goodbye and walked outside. She just wanted to stop this kind of thing. She didn't want to get involved too deeply, at least not until her strength improved.
She ate something before leaving, and she happened to be in good spirits now, so she continued to walk into the Rainbow Mushroom. This time she planned to follow the intermediate alchemist's instructions and pay more attention to the external situation.
We were sitting in a familiar place again, and the work of the four alchemists was still exactly the same as yesterday. The chaos that occurred in the morning had long since subsided. The residents of Evarong had long been accustomed to such emergencies and quickly resumed their usual lives.
Lu Ning still remembered what Boliwell said in the morning. She had not noticed the influence from other alchemy stations before, but this time she paid more attention to the flow of magic power. Sure enough, she found that the flow of magic power on the potion alchemy table was different from that of the potion alchemist. The Midas touch doesn't quite fit in with the command.
However, judging from the extraction reading on the drainage tube, each bottle of medicine is at a top level of more than 97%. Is this completely based on the familiarity of the formula to complete the strain response?
No.
Lu Ning is now somewhat familiar with the theory of alchemy. Apart from the two steps of initial magic power drainage and final refining partition, which need to be controlled with the Midas touch, alchemy can be said to be a state of no control in the middle. Although it is not controlled at this time. He could use the Midas touch staff to continuously fine-tune it, but this intermediate alchemist made no similar moves and just waited for the potion to take shape.
Stable formation of high-quality potions under the disturbed magic flow? Lu Ning began to think hard. This was probably the real "advice" given to her by the intermediate alchemist. However, it was not easy to understand the reason at her current level.
The flow of magic power...refined...the Golden Wand...
Lu Ning, who gradually fell into a state of thinking, had already begun to calculate using the method of mechanical data. If you don't understand, just substitute the real situation in front of you into the theory, which will always give people some understanding.
But at this moment, the alchemists' rest time came. Lu Ning had lunch a little earlier, and this group of alchemists had just arrived at meal time. They all just finished their work, left the alchemy platform and walked out the door while chatting.
When the potion alchemist passed by Lu Ning, he glanced at her and smiled.
"You can go over and take a look now."
Lu Ning was overjoyed, got up and ran to the alchemy table. It was not intuitive before, but now from a frontal perspective, looking at the dissipating magic flow on the alchemy formation, she started to substitute the previous process according to the formula - very similar It's a replay of Go.
Things that can succeed can always find some rules. Lu Ning slowly sketched out the alchemy process he saw in front of the empty refining formation, and gradually discovered the secret.
There are many different factors that affect the magic flow formula caused by node position disturbance. Previously, the alchemist adjusted not one formula, but the "terms" in several formulas. Because the factors are different in size, the permissible range of disturbances in some nodes will be very large. Magical interference only needs to act on these nodes. , it will not have much impact on the quality of the finished product.
Is this knowledge useful? Lu Ning reacts the fastest to this kind of thing - combat application.
From what Lu Ning knows, the most criticized thing about alchemy is that it cannot be used in battle. After all, no one will wait for you to draw an alchemy formation, weigh the materials, maintain a stable magic flow, and wait for the product to be completed. Alchemy can only be used in battle. What does it do is cause an explosion. But now this method allowed Lu Ning to touch upon a slim possibility. Although the intermediate alchemist's original intention may not be this, it made Lu Ning's thinking begin to diverge.
The formula doesn't matter, the price of "Intermediate Alchemy" is very cheap, and the formula of alchemy never needs to be kept secret. She already had a clue of the theory. At least she could now make a replica of the refining formation in front of her. The only problem is the material.
Coming around again.
Using this method requires that the formula contain as many "terms" as possible. In other words, the more complex the refined product is, the better. It doesn't matter even if she doesn't know what she is refining. She is doing it for an experiment, but experiments cost money. .
Now she almost wanted to ask Catherine to pay for some advice.
While Lu Ning sat aside and started thinking about ways to make money, the alchemists also came back from lunch. The alchemist noticed that Lu Ning was still thinking and asked her, "What do you think? Have you gained anything?"
Of course, Lu Ning did not dare to say the real gain directly, but now that she had thought of this, it was not difficult to understand the alchemist's original intention.
"Use a highly fault-tolerant formula to increase the success rate. For this purpose, you can even make the formula a little more complicated. You cannot simplify the formula for the sake of speed."
The alchemist nodded with satisfaction and said: "You have a good understanding. Now that you already know it, you have nothing to learn from what you can see here. It's better to take a look at the refining of the other three. You enter the junior level to prepare."
"Thank you very much for your advice. I wonder if I can get your name?"
"Jean Rochester." The alchemist stood in the position vacated by Lu Ning and started the refining formation. "I will be here for the internal communication meeting in the past few days, but I will not be there after the public day. If you have any questions, please come here. Ask me in a few days and I will answer it for you when I have time."
"Thank you so much."
Lu Ning sat down as instructed and began to watch other alchemists perform the alchemy process. But what she was thinking about was the feasibility of that idea, and she was even thinking about whether anyone in this world had noticed it, tried it, and failed, and what the reasons might be.
So she didn't sit for a long time today, just took a look and left.
After leaving the commercial street, she went to the city gate of the Moonstone area, and sure enough, the door was sealed with a layer of white mist. Some guards, whose whole bodies were wrapped in armor and who didn't know whether they were humans or something else, were standing by the door. They were completely indifferent to those who were testing whether they could leave the city at the door. Those people were all bounced back by the white mist. It looks like there won't be any action without someone trying to violently break out. Relevant prohibitions and explanations also appeared on the bulletin board at the city gate.
Lu Ning just looked around to see if there were any useful clues and then returned. At this time, the gem in his pocket became hot again, this time it was Xue Ni's communication.
She picked it up and immediately heard Xueni's voice:
"Lillian, can you make a potion of suspended animation?"
"Huh?" Lu Ning was stunned for a moment. In theory, the suspended animation potion can only be refined by junior alchemists, but the real strength of an alchemist lies only in the use of formulas. If she can get the formula or deduce it... it is not impossible. try.
But what does Xueni want with this thing?
