Lesson 13: Alchemy

  The next day, I got up early and washed up, then had someone take me to my grandmother's alchemy lab. My grandmother's alchemy lab was in the underground chamber of the palace, who would have thought that even under the ground there could be an underground chamber? After entering a wooden door, I could only walk by myself, the person who brought me here went back, without special circumstances he wasn't allowed to enter. This was a room similar to a living room, under the light of the magic lamp, it wasn't dark at all. My grandmother sat on a chair and said to me, "Come over and sit down well, I want to tell you about alchemy."

  I walked over and greeted her, then sat down in the chair in front of her.

  "Alchemy mainly refers to the techniques for making magical items, such as various magic scrolls, magic weapons, armor, and all sorts of magic potions. Most mages know a bit about alchemy, but with different focuses - I'm skilled at crafting magic scrolls and magical accessories. Potions and the like are not really my thing, I've hardly ever made any. So I'll teach you how to make magic scrolls and magical accessories. If you don't like it, I can also find another elder to teach you, what do you say?"

  "I'll learn with you first!" I replied

  "Alright, first is the production of scrolls, which is relatively simple. To put it bluntly, it's just drawing magic arrays on the scroll with a brush. If you make a mistake, it's all wasted. For example, to create a 5th-level fire-element scroll, you need a piece of fire-element beast skin that is at least level 5 or higher as the material for the scroll. You mix its blood with powdered fire-element magic crystal and write on it. The person writing must be proficient in this spell, each spell has a corresponding magic array that is the same, and the materials are also the same, it just depends on how well the writer controls their magic. But your magic level is only 3rd-level, so even if you learn it, it won't be of much use! Ah, I forgot to mention, why don't you just focus on learning how to make magical accessories instead?"

  "Uh-huh." I muttered gloomily.

  "There are many materials for making magical accessories, but the most common one is the magic core of a magical beast. Its function is to enhance magical power and reduce magical consumption. The level of the magic core affects these functions. Magical accessories also have another purpose, which is to store several ready-made spells. When using them, you don't need to recite incantations or consume your own magic, you can use them directly, it's extremely convenient, but after use, they need to be recharged again. Generally, a few levels of magic core can seal a few levels of spells. However, like the Nine-Headed Snake's magic core, it can only seal seventh-level spells. Who made his power dispersed? But even so, it's still an extraordinary thing!"

  "Is it really that hard to seal a 7th-level spell?"

  "A seventh-level magical beast is far more powerful than a golden-level warrior, your father, the Sword Saint, can only fight evenly with an eighth-level mid-tier magical beast. Seventh-level magical beasts are very intelligent, either they live in groups or run away if they can't win, it's extremely difficult to kill them and obtain their magic cores. Even for our elven tribe, we're lucky if we get a few per year, sometimes not even one. This time, your mother has obtained the equivalent of two years' worth of production for us, I have no idea how she got so lucky."

  "You've used up all six magic cores! I'd like to see Grandma's craftsmanship too!"

  "You think making magical accessories is easy, don't you? Apart from the material factors, human skill is also crucial. You have to carefully engrave many magic arrays onto the accessory, and it can't be done in just a few months. And there's also the success rate - I probably have an 80% grasp of success, which is still thanks to the blessings of the Elemental Spirit King. Other great mages at most only have a 50% grasp. That's why accessories that can seal seventh-level magic are generally priced in the tens of millions of gold coins!"

  No wonder she's a mother of mothers, withdrawing gold coins so quickly. Do they still have the bloodline of the dragon clan?

  No matter what, I still studied hard for a few days and spent all my energy to draw a first-class fireball scroll. At that moment, I was inspired - if I were to make a batch of magic scrolls using woodblock printing, it seemed like I could sleep on a mountain of gold! Heavenly Lord, forgive me, forgive me, I seem to have become greedy for wealth! I also made a magical accessory, a third-level ring that stored two lightning spells. The success rate was as high as 10%, and my grandmother's mouth twitched non-stop when she saw it - after all, the materials I wasted were worth several thousand gold coins! After I succeeded, her first words were, "Congratulations, child, you can finally leave your apprenticeship! Your mother has been prepared for a long time, and you should prepare too. Let's go back together with your mother tomorrow." Seeing my grandmother's anxious expression, how could I bear to just leave like that?

  "Grandma, you're so good to me and teach me with such care, how can I bear to leave? Let me practice more before I go."

  "No need, you've already mastered it all, your grandfather must be missing you a lot, going back to practice is the same."

  "But without grandma's guidance, how can I make progress?"

  "What?!?" The grandma was speechless for a moment.

  "It would be great if there were some finished products for reference!" I sighed.

  "Alright, just take some finished products as reference then!"

  Since that's the case, I won't be polite anymore. From third-level to seventh-level scrolls, I didn't let any of them go, and also took a dozen interesting magical items, such as the Earth Element Summoning Stone, which can summon a sixth-level earth element to help in battle after being crushed, a one-time use item; there's also a magic crossbow that can fire nine ice arrows in a row, with strong power, able to penetrate ordinary heavy armor; and a special magic wand, inside which are sealed 12 third-level magic beasts Ice Wolves, good stuff, the combat power of third-level magic beasts is second only to warriors who have just learned to fight, ordinary elite soldiers can't beat them. Of course, there were also many magical rings, necklaces, and other things, all of which were relatively low-level, grandma didn't use them anymore, so she told me to take them away. The next day I went home with my mom. When saying goodbye, grandma seriously said to my mother: "This time when you go back, be sure to find the 'Magic God's Blessing' as soon as possible, it's too important for us!"

  "I want to increase the reward for the Mercenary Guild's mission. But this divine artifact, everyone knows it can't be measured with money! If it falls into the hands of a rich person, how could they possibly give it to us?"

  "In that case, with the reward added, the Elf tribe is willing to let 10,000 Elf warriors serve for ten years the person who finds the 'Blessing of the Magic God', and the Elemental Elf Queen also promised to help him with three things." The grandma said with a firm expression.

  "Mom, is it true? The price is too high!"

  "Let's just do it as I said!" On our way back, I asked my mother: "What is the 'Blessing of the Magic God'?"

  "It's a root magic wand, without any decorations or gems, like a black wooden stick, and there are no magical fluctuations. Legend has it that it is the weapon of the Elf God, which can automatically generate magical elements and amplify various magics by a factor of one. It is what the elemental spirits have been eager to get, and the task has been posted for hundreds of years, but nobody knows where it is. In fact, there are no accurate records in history, and people suspect that this divine instrument does not exist."

  "So it is! I thought so, otherwise the Elemental Spirit Queen wouldn't have asked for your help!"

  "Who knows! Alright, don't worry about this matter anymore. When you get back, I'll find a few teachers for you. You must work hard! Don't waste my investment. Help Mom make more good things to sell. Mom won't treat you unfairly!"

  Sweat——like rain falling

  "But, Mom, let's agree first, we'll split it 50/50!"

  "No way, with the materials mom provided, how can we divide them like this?"

  "After deducting the cost of materials, it should be divided like this!"

  "This won't work either, Mom still needs to advertise, help you pick clients, and do a lot of manual labor? Mom wants 70%."

  "My stuff doesn't need to be advertised, I have the notes and works of Alchemist Grandmaster Greenspan* Dale, let's just say that magic-releasing weapons will make those warriors go crazy!"

  "But doesn't Mom's auction house also have expenses?"

  "Mom, it seems like I'm in charge now? So what I say goes!"

  "Oh? Do you have the money?"

  "Only half of the nine-headed snake!"

  "You little scamp, how cunning you are! You even schemed against your own mother! How unfilial! Don't you ever think about how I almost lost my life giving birth to you?" The mother said with a hint of grievance.

  It seems this saying is true! Who made me accept the education of filial piety as the most important thing? I had no choice but to agree with her 7-3 plan. Looking at my mother's happy appearance, I don't know whether to be happy or sad.

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