Gong Hao rushed to the lakeside with all his might.
Lancelot was still in a deep sleep. Gong Hao took out a small bottle of Sobriety Potion and gave it to Lancelot to sniff before immediately running out of the wooden house.
He had already tampered with the wooden stake outside. He roared and punched the wooden stake more than ten times in a row, until both his fists were bloody. Then, he flew up and kicked the wooden stake into pieces.
This series of big movements caused his wounds, which had just been healed by the healing potion, to burst open again. He could no longer control his body and fell weakly to the ground.
A warm current suddenly overflowed from his body and quickly restored his strength. It seemed that it was the work of the new tenant again.
Sensing the new tenant's actions, Gong Hao couldn't help but wonder if this new tenant would use a violent method like the demon spirit to break open his body in the future, or would he use a gentler method to not hurt him?
Yes, this was indeed a problem.
One thing was for sure. Unlike the Soul Seed, the new tenant could not avoid the inner vision of the Combat Aura. It was more powerful than the Soul Seed, but it did not have the ability to avoid the Combat Aura. Gong Hao could easily find its location.
Should he dig it out from his stomach?
Gong Hao thought.
He immediately felt a sense of fear in his mind. It should be from the new tenant in his body.
This guy can sense my thoughts? It looks scared, and it's begging me for mercy?
Alright, if you promise that you won't cause trouble and that you won't hurt me when you're born, I'll consider sparing your life.
Birth? Damn it, why would I use this word? Am I going to be pregnant for ten months like a woman? Gong Hao felt a little sad.
Should I use the word 'hatching'? No, I'm not a hen! I'm willing to be pregnant!
Two emotions-joy and friendly teasing-appeared in his mind.
It seemed like the deal was made.
Gong Hao heaved a sigh of relief. Sigh, if it was possible, who would be willing to stab themselves in the stomach?
"Looks like you're really hardworking. You didn't slack off when I was sleeping.”Lancelot's voice suddenly rang in his ears.
"Sir Lancelot, you are awake.”
Gong Hao struggled to get up. The sweat on his head confirmed that he had indeed exhausted himself.
Lancelot used a healing potion to heal him. Gong Hao felt his vitality recover once again. Even the new tenant in his body felt like breathing heavily. It looked like it was really worried about him.
After a while, an acolyte ran over from the castle.""Shuiglaire, you're really here? Didn't you see what happened in the castle? Lord Andrew is looking for you everywhere.”
" I'm very sorry, Wizard Hughes." Gong Hao stood up with a panicked expression.”
At this moment, he had turned back into the former Shuiglaire.
When they hurried to the castle, all the servants had already woken up.
Andrew and Pierre were there, and even Heinz came out of the tower.
The entire castle was now in a mess. Houses that had been destroyed by magical beasts were everywhere. A few magical plant gardens had been trampled and eaten by magical beasts, causing serious damage. Some rare magical plants had even died.
Looking at all of this, Gong Hao felt the pleasure of revenge.
"Have you calculated the losses?" Heinz asked in a low voice.
" I'm counting them now," Andrew replied with a trembling voice." However, it has been confirmed that there are about seventy-three magic plants lost, and twelve of them are extinct." I think we can only use substitute materials. In addition, some of the finished materials were also damaged to varying degrees.”
"What a pity." " No," Heinz shook his head regretfully." It was only because of the negligence of the guards that caused a few magic beasts to run out, and this happened. It must be known that some things could not be replaced by other materials at all, and because of the lack of one or two materials, some products might not be able to be made anymore. I'm afraid it's impossible to deliver the goods normally this month.”
Andrew glared at Gong Hao, who had rushed over. The lack of energy from the magical crystal caused the cage to lose its magical barrier. A few large magic beasts broke out of the cage, causing a huge loss! Why didn't you report the jingshi to me?”
Gong Hao didn't find Andrew's anger strange at all. He had already prepared for this. Now, he was ready to start the next step of his plan.
"Lord Andrew, I've only just heard about the escape of the magical beasts." As for the jingshi, I've already reported it to you.”
"Nonsense!" "When did you report to me?" Andrew shouted.”
"Lord Andrew, I sent you a work report five days ago. At that time, you were doing experiments, so I placed the report on your desk.”
"I've seen the reports, but there's no report of insufficient energy in the crystals.”
"Sir, I can guarantee with my life that I did submit a report to you. Perhaps you were too busy to see it. You know, without your consent, I can't get the energy crystal. So I've been waiting for your reply, but you haven't given me a reply.”
"Pierre, go to Andrew's room and see if there's that report," Heinz immediately said.”
Pierre immediately left.
After a while, Pierre came out with the report.""Mentor, there is indeed this report. It clearly states that the crystals of some cages are already lacking energy…If Andrew had replaced the crystals earlier, this situation wouldn't have happened.”
"Sigh." Heinz sighed.”
Andrew didn't expect this to happen either. He was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say. Gong Hao quickly said,"Master Heinz, Lord Andrew has been very busy these days. I think he might not have seen the report, rather than ignoring the contents. Actually, this is my fault. I should remind you again. But you know, I have a lot of things to do myself, so…I'm sorry, Master.”
"Forget it." Heinz waved his hand." I know you're a good kid. It seems like you have a good relationship with Andrew." But no matter what, Andrew, you failed in your duty. I will report this matter to His Majesty and he will decide on the punishment.”
"Yes, Teacher." Andrew answered helplessly.
"Master Heinz, what are those dead magical plants? I think I might have a way to solve the material problem.”Gong Hao suddenly said.
Heinz and Andrew were both shocked and looked at Gong Hao.
"Are you sure you can do it?" Heinz narrowed his eyes slightly.”
"Unfortunately, I am not sure about this. I can only say that I will do my best. But Master, if I can really do it, I hope Master can forgive Lord Andrew.”
Heinz and Pierre were a little surprised by Gong Hao's request, while Andrew was touched.
"What do you plan to do?" Heinz asked.”
"Master, as you know, I've been following Sir Lancelot around Purgatory Island for the past year to capture magical beasts. I think I have a basic grasp of the situation in the forest of Purgatory Island. I can't revive dead magic plants, but I might be able to find plants that can replace them. The only problem is…"
"What is it?"
"I don't know what their specific function is. You know that it belongs to the category of alchemy. Only by knowing their uses can I find the magic plants we need according to their uses. Also, in botany, I've heard of a method called transplanting. If given time, I can also use this method to cultivate some new species that meet the needs of alchemy. If I can't find the plant Grandmaster needs, then I'll try to cultivate it myself. However, no matter what he did, he needed alchemy knowledge. People always had to know what they needed before they could pursue what they wanted. It was like always knowing what they wanted to eat before they could plant what they wanted.”
Heinz fell into deep thought.
He knew exactly what Gong Hao's request meant.
At this moment, an acolyte rushed over.""Master Heinz, Milords, something happened in the valley.”
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Looking at the corpses of Neil and Finkle, Pierre's expression was extremely ugly.
Andrew, who had just been punished for his "dereliction of duty", looked at Pierre with a hint of schadenfreude.
If the escape of the magical beasts was Andrew's fault, then what happened in the valley was Pierre's fault.
It seemed that Pierre's negligence had caused a bigger mistake than Andrew's.
An acolyte died, and so did a young servant. It also caused the death of a Soul Seed. The Puppet Warrior's sword pierced Finkle's chest, completely destroying the Soul Seed.
Picking up the badge from the ground, the master alchemist sighed helplessly."" It looks like Neil made a mistake. He clearly underestimated the energy that a person can unleash when they encounter danger. As a result, this servant escaped and a fight broke out here. Neil's badge had fallen during the fight, so the puppet warrior had killed both of them.”
"It seems so." " But Teacher," Pierre agreed," I feel that something is fishy. Why is it that when something happens to the castle, something happens to the valley?" Is this really a coincidence?"
" Maybe it's not a coincidence," Heinz replied." It's more like a chain reaction. An accident leads to another accident." If it wasn't for the fact that the magical beasts in the castle had escaped from prison, you wouldn't have left. If you hadn't left, this wouldn't have happened. Wasn't there a ballad? Losing a horseshoe meant losing a king. Losing a king meant losing a war. Losing a war meant losing a country. Many things are interconnected, just like the alchemy we study. If we don't understand the laws of existence, we won't be able to use them. And there are always many mysterious connections between things that even we don't understand. It seemed that what happened tonight belonged to this kind of situation. We can only explain it with the certainty of coincidence. Otherwise, do you have a better explanation?”
Pierre thought for a moment and muttered to himself, I keep feeling that things aren't that simple. These servants had been tested on mageweaths before, and their strength was almost exhausted. There was no reason for Finkle to be able to escape from the valley, and there were puppet warriors in the valley. Why didn't Neil use the warriors in the valley directly, but instead chased after him and fought with him? Neil's potion showed signs of being drunk, which meant that he had been injured before. What ability did Finkle have to make him suffer such a heavy injury, forcing him to use the potion? Since he was injured in a fight, how could Neil have the time to drink the medicine and put it back?”
Andrew frowned." Just as my mentor said, people will sometimes burst out with tremendous energy when they are in a difficult situation. The extreme training method that warriors use to train their combat power is to urge that energy when they are forced into a desperate situation, right? Perhaps this was the energy that Finkle had unleashed back then. As for the reason why Neil didn't use the Puppet Warrior to chase after Finkle, hmph hmph, this kid had always been arrogant. Perhaps he thought Finkle wouldn't be able to escape, so he chased after him directly. As for the potion, perhaps it was because Finkle had torn off his badge when he was escaping, but he had also severely injured him. As a result, he was killed by the puppet warrior when he escaped from the valley. When Neil saw that Finkle was dead, he wanted to see how the Soul Seed was doing and see if it could be salvaged. He also gave himself a potion. However, he did not notice that his badge had been torn off, and as a result, he was also killed by the puppet warrior.”
"If that's the case, the badge seems to have fallen too close to Neil's corpse.”
"Who knows? Maybe the wind blew it over?"
"It could also be that someone killed Neil and deliberately faked the scene.”
"Oh?" Andrew laughed.”
" Shuiglaire has this ability. He learned combat aura from Lancelot. You and I both know this. He has the ability to heavily injure Neil. He also had a badge that allowed him to enter and exit the valley freely.”
" But the problem is that Neil also knows this. He can't just let Glaer kill him without even using the puppet warrior. Only when Finkle runs away will he not use the puppet warriors in the valley because of his arrogance. You don't think that Grayer has any way to make the puppet warriors disobey his orders, right? And it turned out that the two of them were indeed killed by the puppet warrior at the entrance of the valley. The blood on the puppet warrior's sword had not dried yet. Furthermore, Lancelot had also said that Grayer was only a beginner warrior. He did not have the ability to do all of this. He could not even defeat a puppet warrior!”
"But he is still a suspect. Don't forget that he was the last to arrive when the castle was in trouble. He had enough time to do all this.”
"Perhaps you think that this conspiracy theory can cover up your mistakes in this matter, but you'd better not pour dirty water on my most admired subordinate.”
"Just because he put in a good word for you just now? Andrew."
"Shut up, Pierre. Do you have to drag my people down with you just because one acolyte died?”
"Enough, both of you, stop arguing!”Heinz suddenly shouted. A crystal ball appeared in his hand."I just contacted Lancelot. Shuiglaire has been by the lake tonight. For the past few days, Glaer had been practicing the warrior's extreme training method. According to Lancelot, those who had undergone extreme training would find it difficult to even stand up, let alone run into the valley to kill. Moreover…this would not do him any good.”
"Indeed, Teacher." " Yes," Andrew replied respectfully." If I were Theuiglaire, even if I knew about the Soul Seed, I would only choose to run away. I wouldn't come to this valley just to kill an apprentice."”
"Maybe he was trying to save his friend Finkle.”Pierre was still a little unconvinced.
"But the problem is that he didn't save him. Finkle was dead, and he died under the sword of the puppet warrior. He had the badge, and he could have taken Finkle away.”
"Maybe he couldn't save her."
" If that's the case, Glaer won't be able to escape. Don't forget that Neil still has a way to activate the Soul Seed. He has too many ways to kill Glaer, not to let him leave Finkle behind and run away.”
"Alright." " Stop arguing," Heinz said." It has been proven that the valley incident is not related to Grayer. We have no reason to suspect Lancelot of lying." Besides, we are alchemists, not the police dogs from the Public Security Department and the Law Department. We don't have a good nose like them, who can sniff the air and restore the crime scene. We also don't have the habit of suspecting and trusting everyone like them. Therefore, there was no need to argue about this matter anymore. This was just a simple accident, so let's end it here. This is Purgatory Island. I don't think any of these kids can play any tricks under our noses. Besides, we're not conspiracy theories or bards. It's impossible for us to speculate countless possibilities based on a little clue. Alchemists should always focus on data and facts, not reasoning! I've always admired him. So far, there's no sign that he has discovered our secret, so there's no need for us to frame him out of jealousy or other reasons. Moreover, he would die sooner or later. If he really did it, then the punishment would only be sooner or later.”
"Yes, Teacher." Andrew and Pierre nodded at the same time.
Heinz used the words jealousy and framing, which meant that he was very dissatisfied with Pierre's wild speculation.
"Now we have a more important problem to solve.”" We lost an apprentice," Heinz said." We also lost a batch of important magic plants. Tonight is the worst day in the history of Purgatory Island." The problem now was how to allocate manpower and replenish the materials.”
" Apprentices already have a lot of work to do," Pierre said." We can't give them more work." It would be better to ask the Liberty to bring another acolyte over.”
" But the problem is that Liberty just left today," Andrew said immediately." They won't be back until next month. Even if we inform them of this matter next month, they will still have to wait another month before they can send an acolyte. That means there are still 60 days left. What should we do during this time? This did not include the time needed to choose a suitable acolyte. After all, acolytes were not servants. It was not easy to find an acolyte who was well-informed, skilled, and willing to stay on a deserted island for the Empire and accept our living research…Also, there were those magic plants.”
Pierre was speechless.
Heinz let out a long sigh.”
"Him?" Andrew and Pierre were shocked at the same time.”
"Of course, he can do it. I'm sure he'll be able to do this new job. This child had always been a fast learner. Moreover, he had read many records in the library and had a sufficient theoretical foundation. Then, this matter was settled. Pierre, go and tell the other apprentices that Shuiglaire will temporarily join the Alchemy Tower. All the experiments related to the valley were sealed and kept secret. They were not allowed to discuss this matter in private in the future to avoid letting Grayer find out the inside story. Then, I'll let Grayer officially take over Neil's work. Of course, the demon spirit and other parts are excluded. I think he will be a good assistant.”
"Yes, Teacher!" The two of them agreed at the same time.
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