Chapter 131 [Chen’s Appearance]
Taking advantage of Alike's daze, Du Wei tried his best to memorize this list. For a while, he couldn't help but memorize the list of magic plants and the dosage in the formula. Waiting for Alike to recover.
When God came, Du Wei had already calmly placed the formula on the extremely expensive metal test bench.
Old Alec's face was extremely ugly, his eyelids were drooped, and his proud look was gone. He suddenly moved his lips and whispered to himself: "Could it be...have I been wasting my time all these years? Alas...yes...yes
Yes! Yes! I made a conceited and smart decision. In this field, there is no one higher than me in the entire magic union. Alas, it turns out that I am too conceited. No wonder those guys don't take it seriously for every invention I make.
Even my disciples don’t think highly of me. Well...popularize, popularize! If the cost of inventing something is higher than the original one, then what’s the point! I’m really wasting my time!”
After saying that, Alec's eyes flashed with absolute determination. He shook his robe, and a green flame immediately shot out from his sleeves and shot towards the sheepskin file on the table. In an instant, the sheepskin file was dissolved in the flames.
For ashes. This green flame was extremely strange. The green fire was lingering, but it only burned the parchment, leaving no trace on the metal table.
Du Wei couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he saw old Alley being so disappointed. However, what he said was actually not wrong, but the cost was naturally extremely expensive for others, but for him, Du Wei, having the ability to stimulate
The "Time Passing" spring water that generates the vitality of all living things, no matter how expensive and rare the magic plant is, is easier for him to cultivate than Chinese cabbage!
However, this secret cannot be told to others.
"Master Alec." Du Wei hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "I don't think you should be so disappointed. In fact, in my opinion, you are the most outstanding magic inventor I have ever encountered! Flying broomstick,
And your 'Blood of Alec' is something I have never heard of before. Simply put, this creativity and idea is unprecedented."
"What's the use of that! Huh! What you get out has no actual use value at all! After getting out the blood of Alec, the cost is probably more than double that of mithril! The replacement is more expensive than the original.
It’s all expensive. It’s a joke.”
"That's not what you said." Du Wei shook his head: "At least you proposed a new idea, and you proved with practical actions that this new way is feasible! It turns out that no one has ever successfully found it.
Something that can replace mithril, but you found it. Even if this product is not very successful, it has at least inspired others and allowed everyone to discover another possibility! I can guarantee that there will be more magicians studying yours in the future.
With this invention, maybe in the near future, someone will be able to improve your formula and reduce the cost. Or simply find a new way! The greatest significance of your invention is that it proves that you can indeed find something to replace the secret.
Silver, in this simple sense, has been a great discovery!"
Only then did Alec come back to his senses. He looked this boy up and down carefully, and felt that what this little guy said was really to his liking. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Oh! What a pity, what a pity! You
You are the most admired boy I have ever met in my life. None of my idiot apprentices can compare to you. If I had met you earlier, I would have found a way to take you in as my apprentice. In my whole life, I have no other skills.
It’s nothing, I just like to get some novel magic props. After I die, I’m afraid no one will inherit these things. Alas, it’s a pity that you are Master Gandolf’s disciple, so I can’t teach you any more.”
Du Wei rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Why can't you teach? Do you have to be my teacher before you can teach me something? Do you have to have a master-disciple relationship to teach me something?"
In the magic circle of Roland Continent, magic knowledge has always been taught privately by masters and apprentices. If you are not a disciple, you will never learn your own magic. This is almost a traditional rule. But Du Wei's words fell on the ears of the old madman
, he was originally a weird person, so he wasn’t angry after hearing this. The more he thought about it, the more feasible it became.
"Well! I don't teach him any magic spells. I just teach him my ability to make magic props. It doesn't break the rules... Moreover, I heard that the matter that the chairman and the royal family discussed was after the summer festival.
There will be results. By then, all the rules of private teaching between master and apprentice will probably be broken. What else should I be afraid of?"
Thinking of this, Alec slapped his head: "Okay! As long as you are willing to learn, from today on, you can come to me at any time and I will teach you how to make magic props!"
The old monster cheered up again and chatted casually with Duwei for a while. Alley Coco was the leading master of magic props in the Magic Guild. He was familiar with all kinds of magic plants, Warcraft, and all kinds of magic crystal gems in his life.
He has been immersed in research for more than a hundred years, and his cultivation in this area can be said to be the first in the mainland.
And Du Wei is a freak. He spent so many years doing nothing else but sitting in his room reading books all day long. He has been a man in two lives, and the knowledge from his previous life, coupled with the knowledge of magic in Roland Continent, is often
It can create some wonderful sparks, and he has read a lot of books, so he has a lot of knowledge in his heart. The more the old man talks, the more speculative he becomes. Alec always thinks that this guy is already Gandolf's apprentice.
He was his senior, but he really couldn't accept a disciple, so he couldn't help but stamp his feet and beat his chest.
The two chatted for a long time, and then Du Wei mentioned that his original intention of coming today was for the flying broomstick. After hearing this, Alley couldn't help but blush, and hesitated for a long time before sighing and explaining.
the truth.
It turns out that the flying broomstick, like the "blood of Alec", is a flashy thing. The cost of that flying broomstick is probably more expensive than three or four wind magic arrays!
Under normal circumstances, for example, the magic crystal used in Du Wei's flying cloak costs about 20,000 gold coins. And the flying broomstick made by Old Alley can be made without crystals, but... the cost is probably even more terrifying!
I'm afraid I can't even get it without 70,000 or 80,000 gold coins!
"The key to that broom actually lies in the material used to make the broom. Although crystals can be used... but..."
Alec took out the broom and put it on the metal test stand to explain it carefully. Du Wei was a smart person, and he understood it immediately after hearing it.
Most ordinary brooms are made of dry branches, and this flying broomstick is no exception. However, in order to avoid using magic crystals, these "twigs" are not ordinary branches!
"Magic crystal is considered a must for setting up a magic circle. Because there is really no other better way to store magic power besides crystal. However, after decades of research, I found that wood is the only
It’s something that doesn’t reject magic power and is convenient. But its ability to store magic power is far inferior to that of crystal. So I was wondering if I could use wood instead of crystal..."
Du Wei thought, this old Alec's idea was very similar to that of the big-headed genius in the wand shop...well, that guy named Seth!
Sure enough, old Alec continued: "I have studied magic crystals for decades and spent countless efforts to decompose the components of the crystal. Then I came up with a result: the reason why crystals can store magic power is because they contain
A special component, I call it 'magic crystal'. I used many kinds of materials to dissolve and crush the crystal many times, and finally I used a specially created magnifying glass that can magnify objects a thousand times.
have witnessed!"
As he said that, Alec took out a crude instrument about half a meter high from under the metal table. Du Wei couldn't help being stunned when he saw it... This looked exactly like the kind of microscope he had seen in his previous life.
, it’s just many times bigger and a bit weird in shape.
"I discovered it. It is precisely because of the subtle existence of this 'magic crystal' that crystals can store magic power. So I thought that if magic crystals can be found in other substances, then they can replace magic crystals."
Alley laughed and said: "I have tested a lot of things. Other magic gems with properties similar to crystals have not been tested, because they are similar in type to crystals and have no research value. I have tested so many things. You can't even imagine, from plants to
to ordinary ores, and finally even the bones of Warcraft. Finally, it suddenly occurred to me that plants are actually the best choice. You know, among the woods, the best for making magic props is walnut.
Wood. And it must be more than fifty years old."
Alley laughed a little and continued: "Later I discovered that this kind of 'magic crystal' component is also found in wood. It's just that the content in wood is too small. Among them, the best wood is walnut.
But the content is far less than ten times lower than crystal. But I can’t find any other substances, so I had to use wood for experiments..."
The method that Alec described next opened Du Wei's eyes. He used various things to refine walnut seeds, cultivated seedlings in various ways, and even created several mutant soils.
Strange plants came and eventually caused a small amount of strange minerals to be produced in a walnut geological ground, which is the so-called "magic crystal".
"I spent a lot of effort, but the walnut seedlings specially cultivated by me are extremely difficult to survive! I spent several years of hard work, and most of the seedlings died, leaving only a few... Sigh
, originally walnut trees should live for more than fifty years, but how can I wait for fifty years? With the few remaining seedlings, I am afraid that they will wither and die within less than a year. Moreover, I am new
Although the cultivated seedlings contain some 'magic crystals', they have a fatal weakness, that is, the reuse rate is very low! And they are extremely unstable! The magic crystals inside will break and lose their effectiveness at some point.
So...the few times I started experimenting, two of my apprentices flew up with this kind of broom, but they almost fell to death!"
"Fall to death?" Du Wei's eyes widened: "Your apprentices are all intermediate magicians at least! Even if the broom fails, they can at least use wind magic to fly by themselves, and they will never fall, right?
"
"Humph!" Alec stared: "Those guys, they all deceived me into being stupid! I asked them to help me test it, but they all resisted! The first guy, he helped me test this broom, but he secretly did it.
I put the broom under my crotch and quietly used the flying technique to fly! Humph, you're lying to me like this! Do you think I can't see it? Then I used magic to seal their magic before they tested it. Let
They can't use magic!"
Du Wei’s scalp went numb!
After thinking for a while, Du Wei said: "Of those seedlings you cultivated, how many are left? Can you give me one?"
Alec waved his hand: "Whatever! My heart is cold now... Sigh, if you hadn't reminded me, I would still be trying to get over it. I thought these seedlings that I worked hard to replace the magic crystal could replace the magic crystal, but I didn't expect that these seedlings would
The energy and cost invested in cultivating it is much higher than that of crystal. It’s really not worth the loss... If you like it, it doesn’t matter if you take them all.”
After saying that, Alec turned and walked to a warehouse at the back. After a while, he moved out a few small flower pots. As expected, there were several seedlings that seemed to be extremely "difficult" to grow. The branches and leaves had a strange color.
It's a metallic color, but looking at the half-dead look, I guess old Alley just said something big.
You can't live for more than a year! I'm afraid it would be good if you can live for three months!
"And this. This is the blueprint for making a broom." Alec handed over a sheepskin file: "On it is a blueprint for a miniature earth-wind magic array of my special facility. When making it, the magic array was carved on
Just put it in the tube of the broom handle. In fact, the process is not complicated. It's just that this plant is too precious."
Du Wei carefully collected them one by one, and carefully put the seedlings into his magic bag.
Old Alec glanced at Du Wei's magic baggage and frowned: "Is this your space storage prop? It looks too old..."
But then he smiled and said: "Well, this burden was left to you by Master Gandolf, right? No wonder, Master Gandolf practices pure magic and is not very good at making props. I will give you some
It’s a good thing.”
After saying that, he turned around and took down a simple wooden box from a row of shelves on the wall. After opening it, a row of decorations were neatly placed inside. Necklaces, rings, bracelets, etc.
To be continued...