Saving the Midas Rod is indeed a result that the alchemist can remember but is of little use. After all, the Golden Wand is as necessary to the alchemist as food and water for ordinary people. This method cannot be promoted and used, and it has no practical value. It can only be displayed as an academic achievement at most.
After telling this story, the two of them arrived at the separate places. Lu Ning thanked Rochester and watched him walk into the dining area at the back, while she came to the shelf of rainbow mushrooms.
As a well-known alchemy shop, it naturally sells a variety of finished products here. Lu Ning searched for a while on the pharmacy shelf and found what she needed.
"Heart-breaking potion..."
She took down two pill bottles tied together with a knot from the shelf.
Medicine is divided into three parts poison, this theory is also universal in this world. Alchemy potions are very effective due to purity issues, but there is also the danger of overdose. Even if they are in standard bottles, they need to be used according to certain instructions. The main function of the heart-breaking potion is to relax, relieve mental stress, and distract attention. It is a very useful stress-relieving potion. People who are too busy at work or too nervous may need such a bottle of potion to have a peaceful sleep. However, the effect of this medicine is a bit long, so a bottle of antidote is usually provided to prevent things from going wrong.
Lu Ning took the potion to the counter. The price was not high, only ten copper coins.
After doing these things, she left the Rainbow Mushroom and turned towards the Crow Hotel. But after walking a few steps on the commercial street, she saw a tall, thin figure in black robe striding around a corner and walking into an alley on the commercial street.
It's Anri, the owner of a second-hand bookstore.
"His store doesn't seem to be there... Isn't the store open during the day?"
Lu Ning was a little confused, but she didn't go and take a look just because of this curiosity. After all, everyone may have some abnormal behavior occasionally, and you can't investigate everyone.
She kept the matter in mind for a moment, and then continued her actions. Because she set off earlier this time, the door was still closed when she arrived at the Crow Hotel.
After knocking on the door several times, Pierre came out yawning.
"I just lay down...I said, is there anything urgent?"
"Did you hear about the blockade of the commercial street this morning?"
Pierre rubbed his eyes and nodded his head: "The council found some traces, and based on these, they found the address of a book thief. It wasn't actually on the commercial street, but the guy was probably just an offline person who was kicked by the guard. The door immediately shook, and I used the transfer magic to escape, but ended up getting stuck in the wall."
"Stuck in the wall?"
"The spatial fluctuations of the entire Evarang corridor are under surveillance. Of course, if such a transmission occurs, it will be typed directly. It's just that the cargo is not very good. But... anyway, the parliament already knows about this, and they must be there too. Expand search..."
"No." Lu Ning remembered what Xue Ni said last night, "The council will give priority to the interrogation. Although they have enough resources, the interrogation has to go through a process. It will take at least two days to get specific clues from that person. Come. Two days."
"Two days? Tsk, wait, two days?" Pierre opened his eyes wide and was no longer sleepy.
"In two days, the effect of the mental barrier will disappear. There is no guarantee that the person will suddenly change during the interrogation." Lu Ning said solemnly, "It is easy for the parliament to suppress it. The problem is that even if they arrest the person at this time, the remaining Those 'bombs' they dropped will also explode together."
"that is not……"
"What we need to ensure is our own safety here, and we need to figure out our priorities. Have you done everything I said before?"
"The guy has been calmed down and has eaten all the food sent to him in the morning." Pierre nodded, "This guy is also a guy who is inexperienced in the world."
"Put this in your lunch." Lu Ning took out a medicine bottle from her pocket and gave it to Pierre.
Pierre was stunned: "So cruel? Is it necessary? He is also a victim..."
"When he decided to let the magic book be lost, he became a perpetrator, not to mention that he will definitely die. Unless you kill him with a spell now, his end is already doomed." Lu Ning said coldly. , "But I want to exchange his life for valuable returns instead of squandering it casually. This is alchemy."
"I can now understand why the lady asked you to take charge of our affairs." Pierre took the medicine bottle, "I still can't bear to face this kind of thing."
"Because you don't know the consequences."
A little negligence and soft-heartedness brought about an avalanche of disasters. Whether it was personal experience or reading records, Lu Ning already knew enough. Pierre said that Todd was not deeply involved in the world, but doing some underground transactions that slightly exceeded the law under the protection of the Holy City did not allow him to understand the consequences of something getting out of control.
Pierre walked into the house to prepare lunch for Todd, while Lu Ning walked into the alchemy laboratory again.
This time she did not use the third-level refining formation, but took out a charcoal pen from her pocket. When Lillian was at her poorest, she practiced alchemy by picking out some charcoal that could be used to make pens from extinguished fires on the roadside, and drawing transformation formations on the cheapest parchment.
Although Lu Ning disapproved of Lilian's decision to leave her hometown, her efforts were at least commendable.
This time, Lu Ning was back to her old business. She couldn't use the materials casually, but the parchment was provided in sufficient quantities. She sat down at the desk and began to draw the transformation formation according to Lilian's memory. This was just a familiar process. After two pieces of paper, she drew a usable refining formation.
This type of refining formation can generally only be used to refine potions, because the maintenance time is too short, and it is also a disposable product. The paper cannot withstand the high temperature released by the exchange of substances during refining.
Then, Lu Ning took out the materials she bought yesterday from under the table. She didn't take them with her when she left. After all, there is no more professional place to deal with them than here.
"If it's just a test..."
She broke off two sections of the rhizomes of the Silver Silk Grass and used a small silver knife to squeeze out the juice. After extracting it with a dropper, she carefully dropped a few drops of the liquid on several corners of the refining formation.
At this stage there is still no problem.
Then Lu Ning took some magic raw liquid. The parchment alchemy formation is different from the alchemy table. There is no magic outlet, so the original liquid is usually dropped in the center and the alchemist guides it manually. Lu Ning operates according to the process in memory, and when the original liquid After it all seeped into the paper, he rubbed his fingers slightly, and a flame appeared on his fingertips.
This small spark can evaporate some excess water, and then activate the magic liquid to generate a magic flow. But this time, Lu Ning still needed it to cooperate with his experiments.
When the magic flow was generated, Lu Ning used the Midas touch to guide it, causing the magic flow to gradually change into a rather complex shape. During this period, her other hand kept the flames on her fingertips. After about ten seconds, the magic flow began to become unstable, and even the complex configuration could not be maintained. Lu Ning pulled out the Midas Touch, picked up a corner of the parchment and threw it out.
With a whoop, a ball of silver fire swallowed up the parchment, a failed refining.
"It's harder than I thought. The formula cannot be complicated arbitrarily, otherwise the disturbance will spread evenly to each item, so the filtering effect will not be produced..." Lu Ning reflected on the previous mistake, and then pulled the next piece of parchment. .
After about an hour or so, Pierre finally knocked on the door of the laboratory.
"Miss Lillian, something's wrong with that kid."
"how?"
"What kind of medicine did you give him? There was nothing wrong with him when he was eating, but when I went to collect the bowl, his expression was a little strange, and his facial expression was a little distorted. I went there just now, and he was banging his head against the wall."
"Hit the wall? That might not be the time yet." Lu Ning didn't move.
"It's not the time yet? When will it be the time?"
"When he starts swearing and crying."
Pierre shrugged: "Okay, I'll keep an eye on it."
Todd's time was shorter than Lu Ning thought, and Pierre came back again after more than an hour.
"He is now begging for mercy while shouting and cursing the liar, kneeling on the ground as if praying to someone, and sometimes jumping up to continue cursing. Is this okay?"
"Okay, let's go over and take a look." Lu Ning folded a piece of parchment and put it in his pocket, got up and followed Pierre into the prison again.
As soon as she passed through the wall, Lu Ning heard hateful curses and miserable begging for mercy inside, but none of them specified the target. When she looked closer, Todd was kneeling on the ground crying with blood on his forehead.
"What's wrong?" Lu Ning asked, maintaining the tone of the previous conversation.
Todd suddenly raised his head and saw Lu Ning. He rushed to the door and stuck his hand out from the gap in the railing. But even so, there was still about a meter between them.
"They are liars, they deceived me! Magic book! It's a magic book! I can hear it! I heard the voice of heaven! But I shouldn't go there, I'm not... I'm not him! Save me! Save help me!"
He roared at the top of his lungs, and the despair in his tone even made Pierre next to him get goosebumps.
"It's really a lie, and you didn't even think about it before you fell for it." Lu Ning sighed slightly, took out a medicine bottle from his pocket, and gently placed it in Todd's hand, "Maybe this can help you Better.”
Todd's eyes suddenly lit up a little. He grabbed the bottle and bit off the cork in one bite, drinking all the medicine inside without even asking what it was.
And soon, Todd became quiet and knelt on the edge of the railing, breathing heavily.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
"That spell is fake. It can't block the influence of the magic book...it just delays the influence. Now the spell is failing! I can feel it! I saw the divine residence he saw! I just...no, I'm not... ..." Todd held his head and started to feel pain again, "I can't hear now, but I still remember that it's a magic book... it's a magic book..."
"So you are just being used. Evarang has not found a way to allow low-level mages to read the magic book safely. This is not to exclusively enjoy the benefits of the magic book." Lu Ning put his hands in his pockets and calmly said Looking at him quietly, Todd also slowly raised his head under her unchanged tone.
"The potion you gave me just now..."
"It can delay it slightly, but just like the antidote is just a general emergency medicine, it naturally cannot really prevent the contamination of the magic book."
"What should I do? I don't want to die... With that kind of potion, it must be..."
"How can I do something that Evarang can't do? At this point, it's better to place my hope on that spell."
"That's fake!"
"Yes, but what if a temporary spell has a high-level permanent version? Maybe the person who handed you the magic book really mastered it, but they also don't want to share it, just like the psychology of many people." Lu Staring into Todd's eyes, there was a strange attraction in her dark blue eyes that belonged to Lillian, "After all, I don't study magic books, and I can't possibly know too much about magic books. Secret. As for the person who taught you the spell, think about what they have done. They must have studied the grimoire for a long time. It is more likely to find them anyway."
"Looking for them?"
"Yes, since you are in this situation, we don't need to lock you up. Your things are all there, and we haven't touched them. Except for the magic book that cannot be returned to you, everything else will be returned to you. "
"You want me to leave?"
"Otherwise? We can't save you, and we can't stop you from surviving and let you die in this prison, right?" Lu Ning shook his head slightly, "But what happens next depends on you. I'll tell you another piece of news. Yes, the council seems to know about the operation of opening and delivering the magic book. There has been a manhunt in the morning, so it is best for you to be more secretive when you act."
"I know, I know! Thank you, thank you! That..."
"I'm sorry, no one carries a bunch of emergency medicines with them. I can't give you a second bottle. You have to find those people as soon as possible. Based on what you said before, those people may transfer their residence. Location, but the contact channel is probably not closed yet, you can try starting from here."
After Lu Ning finished speaking, she stepped aside and signaled to Pierre.
"Let him out."
"ah?"
Pierre was stunned for a moment, but he still opened the cell door as Lu Ning said.
"Hmph, you're lucky... everything is in that box, go get it yourself."
Todd didn't care about Pierre's attitude. He couldn't care less about it when his life was at stake. He hurriedly ran to the opened box and took out his most important magic tool, and then rushed out of the phantom wall.
"Just let him go? Will there be any trouble?"
"It's going to cause trouble. Wherever there is trouble, those book thieves will be hiding, probably around tomorrow night." Lu Ning said.
"That's not far from a complete explosion..."
"Pierre, controlling the contamination of the magic book is a matter for the parliament. I am going to cut off the source now." Lu Ning turned her head and looked at him, "I'm not here to judge right from wrong, I'm here to carry out executions. Find out. at this point."
