Analyzing and researching materials was a long and boring job. It was impossible to produce results in a short period of time. However, Gong Hao believed that if he focused on a certain aspect, it was completely possible to achieve a breakthrough in a short period of time.
Especially when this kind of research was completely blank in the entire field of alchemy.
What he was currently researching was the Dragon's Claw Grass juice that could be used to make corrosive potions.
He had cultivated this type of Dragon Claw Grass in Area No. 13. After Agu Ya and the other magical beasts escaped from the prison, the 13th area was the most severely damaged. Gong Hao suspected that all the magical beasts had gone there to take a look. As for the reason…it was most likely to express their gratitude to him.
As a result, the damage in the 13th area was the most severe. The Dragon Claw Grass was completely destroyed. The materials used to make the corrosive potion lacked important raw materials and could only be temporarily stopped. At present, there was only a small amount of extracted juice in the warehouse. After using it up, there would be no more.
Through research, Gong Hao discovered that the reason why Dragon Beard Grass could become the main material of the corrosive potion was not because of its good effects, nor because of its high compatibility with other materials. It was completely because the root of the Dragon Beard Grass could be used to make the anti-corrosive potion.
Back in the library, Gong Hao knew that the application of corrosive potions had always been two-sided. Not only did he have to create high-efficiency corrosive potions, but he also had to create a protective film that could resist corrosion. Otherwise, he would not be able to smear it on his own weapon. Before he could corrode other people's armor, his own weapon would rot first.
Since the Dragon's Claw Grass could provide a good material for the isolation membrane, it became the most suitable main material for the corrosive potion.
If that was the case, then it was not difficult to replace the Dragon's Claw Grass with other materials. The difficult part was finding a suitable isolation membrane.
Corrosion resistant isolation membrane…
Gong Hao remembered that when he was in the laboratory, he had been involved in the research on the acid and alkali-resistant properties of the isolation membrane. He was completely familiar with the formula and processing methods.
That was awesome! Gong Hao almost cried out.
If he could make it, not only would he be able to resume the production of the Corrosive Potion, but he was also confident that he could further improve the efficacy of the Corrosive Potion.
Although the conditions were simple, Gong Hao immediately started working.
He followed Lancelot to the forest every day to search for substitute materials. After he returned, he would refine all kinds of chemical materials.
Although the Magic Continent and the Material Continent were different in many ways, they were also similar in many ways. In many aspects, they might be behind material technology, but in many aspects, they were ahead of material technology.
Gong Hao made full use of all the methods he could use and tried his best to produce all the materials he needed in his spare time.
The others didn't know what he was up to when they saw how crazy he was, but since Heinz had given him the authority, they couldn't say anything.
Twenty-six days later, he finally completed the production of the first isolation membrane.
Holding this isolation membrane, one could imagine how excited Gong Hao was.
On the same day, Heinz heard that Gong Hao had completed a new corrosive drug and personally came to test its effects.
Looking at the excellent corrosion effect, Heinz was so shocked that he could swallow a big duck egg.
"I have to say, Glaer, you are indeed an outstanding genius. You have made the Corrosive Potion more effective, but the materials and production process required have been reduced. Considering that you have only been an apprentice for two months, this is really unimaginable.”Heinz returned to his amiable old man.
However, Gong Hao would never forget the ferocious expression on this old bastard's face when he gave him the ultimatum a month ago.
It was as if he had two faces. One was a smiling face, giving an affirmative expression when you performed well. The other was a fierce face, and that face was woven from the blood and skin of countless people.
"All of this is thanks to your guidance and Lord Andrew's help.”Gong Hao replied respectfully.
"Andrew? I know he admires you. His talent in alchemy was limited, but his ability to manage people was not bad.”Ol 'Amos took the corrosive potion and nodded."" Then, I look forward to your better performance, Glaer.”
"I'm sorry, Master Heinz. I'm afraid that's all I can do.”
"Why?"
"Because the Liberty is coming tomorrow. I think they will send new apprentices this time. At that time, I will return to my position.”
Heinz was silent for a moment." That's a pity, Glaer. Actually, I can't bear to let you go."”
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The next morning.
Liberty docked.
They brought a piece of unfortunate news.
Two days after the Liberty set sail, the apprentice Chackley had selected for Purgatory Island accidentally fell into the sea. By the time they found him, he was only a skeleton. Chakley told Heinz that it would be very difficult to find another excellent apprentice, because he had spent a month to find one, and in the end, he had died in an accident.
That night.
In Heinz's laboratory.
"Teacher, I think we should let Shuiglaer continue to stay in the Alchemy Tower. He's a genius. He can help us solve many problems. In the two months he had been here, everyone had seen his performance. He was even more outstanding than a real apprentice.”It was Andrew who spoke.
" I don't think so, Master," Pierre objected." Shuiglaire is getting closer and closer to our secret. If this continued, he would discover all of this one day.”
Andrew sneered." Pierre, I respect that you're an outstanding alchemist and that you're better than me in alchemy. But you obviously don't know how to manage and use people. Schuiglaire was a genius. And we need such a genius."
" Andrew," Heinz asked," do you really think that child can help us?”
"Yes, Teacher. Our research on the Giant Demon God has stagnated for many years, and His Majesty is very dissatisfied. But I think he might be able to give us hope…We need some fresh ideas. Alchemists also needed fresh and energetic blood. Look at his achievements. In just two months, he had already proved his ability. No, perhaps it should be said that he had already proved himself when he was still a servant and still fiddling with those flowers and plants. If it were anyone else, his performance a year ago would have been enough to make him an apprentice. He had put in ten times more effort than others, and he had also done things that other servants and apprentices could not do. He even improved the formula!" Andrew shouted.
"Andrew, you shouldn't have yelled at your mentor."”
Andrew shrunk his neck." I'm sorry, Teacher."”
Heinz waved his hand to show that he didn't mind."So you mean…"
"Open the Alchemy Tower below the fourth floor and allow him to enter and study freely.”Andrew said.
" What?" Pierre cried out," We're discussing whether we should let him continue to stay in the Alchemy Tower, but you want to give him more power?"”
"We can take away the information on the flesh puppets, undead puppets, and demon spirits. All the production can be done in the valley, and the rest can be handed over to him. Perhaps he could make a flesh puppet that could be refined without living people?”
" If that's the case, we need to give him that thing…" Heinz hesitated.
" No!" Pierre shouted." You can't give it to Shuiglaire. He's just a servant!"”
" We can first make a copy of the information on the Flesh Puppets and Undead Puppets for him. If he can restore Elektra's technology and create real Flesh Puppets, we can consider letting him join the research of the Giant Demon God, or even the engraving of mageweaths, spatial rings, teleportation arrays, and so on.”
"Oh my God, Andrew, are you crazy? What you're doing is nurturing the strongest enemy for yourself in the future. He might even be the most terrifying enemy of the entire empire. I can't imagine what kind of revenge he'll take on us once he finds out about the Spirit Seed in his body.”Pierre shook his head.
"Pierre, you're always so alarmist. If that's the case, we can kill him immediately. Don't forget that it's precisely because he has the spirit seed in his body that his life is in our hands. He has no right to resist. I just hope that he can reach his full potential before he finds out the truth and decides to betray us.”
Heinz stopped the argument between his two disciples and said,""Let's let him continue looking for new acolytes first.”
Andrew was very discouraged that Heinz did not take his advice.
A month later, when the Freedom entered the harbor again, Chakley had a helpless expression.
He told Andrew that the second apprentice he had tried so hard to find had died of illness on the way.
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"Master Heinz, you're looking for me?"
Gong Hao called out respectfully at the door.
Heinz looked at Gong Hao playfully."I have to say, you are very lucky, little guy.”
"Yes, Master. Meeting you and following you is my lifelong fortune.”
"No, I'm not referring to that." Heinz shook his head and asked Gong Hao to sit down beside him.
Then, he looked at Gong Hao and said,"This month, you improved the formulas of two more potions. In just three months, you've already made contributions that most apprentices can't." Tell me, how did you do it?"
"Work hard, Master Heinz. Lord Lancelot taught me that there is no talent more important than hard work. I think it is the same even if it is used in alchemy. Of course, a little bit of luck and guidance from a master is also needed.”
"Well said. You really make me feel ashamed, because I have taught you almost nothing.”Heinz stood up." I heard that you asked Andrew to make some interesting tools and used them to do those things," he said." Is that true?”
"Yes, Master. Those are all methods that come from the people, some tricks. But if Grandmaster is interested, I can show it to you.”
"There's no need for that. I'm not interested in them. They have no meaning to me.”
Gong Hao looked at Heinz in confusion. Heinz said,"I think I should teach you something. Glaer, do you know the true meaning of alchemists?”
Gong Hao shook his head.
"Yes, you didn't know because you never thought that you were actually a magic apprentice, right?”
"Magic apprentice?" Gong Hao was a little surprised.
Since when was he a magic apprentice? This was simply a joke.
Even though Ivo had given him the mage's meditation manual, he had never really tried to practice it. For him, the most important thing was to achieve results in his work. But now, Heinz told him that he was already a magic apprentice.
"Yes, a magic apprentice. It's just that you never realized it. You see yourself as a craftsman. Shuiglaire, an alchemist was not an architect, a craftsman, or any ordinary profession. Like mages, they were noble, great, and mysterious. In fact, it was magic. Therefore, alchemists were not craftsmen, and alchemists did not use ordinary power, but the power of magic. The method you used is only suitable for the common people, not the magic domain. You might be able to achieve outstanding achievements in potions through some tricks, but it was also very likely that you would stop here. One had to know that the field of alchemy was very vast, and almost every place needed to use the power of magic. And you can't put magic into a bottle to study.”
"Whether it's the refinement of potions, the enchantment of weapons, the creation of puppets, or even the creation of high-level items such as spatial rings, all of them require the power of magic. Alchemists might not be able to use all kinds of magic as freely as mages, but our goal is the same. Alchemists only used different methods to achieve what mages wanted to achieve. Think about it. An earth mage could create a sandstorm, and could make a piece of land grow weeds and not produce food, but they could not create a storm like a water mage. On the other hand, Water Mages were unable to control the flames as freely as Fire Mages, causing a rain of fire to fill the sky. " For alchemists, we can't achieve the ability that they can do with a wave of their hand, but at the same time, we can achieve our goals through the items we make. We alchemists can do everything that mages can do, but the methods and effects are different. This was the biggest difference between alchemists and mages. Why do you think we need to make potions? Alchemists yearned to have healing abilities like Radiant Priests, but we also liked the terrifying curses of Curse Mages. They can use magic to achieve this, and we can use potions to achieve the same goal.”
"So what alchemists pursue is actually the power of magic, not making effective tools. Rather than invent a lens that could replace the Weishi app spell, I was more willing to invent a way for me to possess or use the Microvision spell. This was the difference, and also the meaning of the existence of alchemists. If you couldn't make magic your goal, then you would never reach the peak of alchemy. At most, you would be a good craftsman.”
Gong Hao was sweating profusely when he heard this. He never dreamed that the true meaning of alchemists 'existence was this. It seemed that he had many misunderstandings about alchemy in the past. What Heinz was telling him was exactly what Gong Hao had ignored.
However, he did not understand why the old thing was in the mood to teach him all this today.
He did not think that Heinz would ever be kind.
He suddenly remembered what Heinz had said when he first entered the room."You are very lucky."
He understood.
All the hard work he had put in and all the risks he had taken had probably borne fruit, and he had finally been rewarded.
" Of course," Heinz said." I'm very satisfied with your performance in pharmaceutics. You're a smart kid. You can always solve problems with a different way of thinking." This is what we lack at the moment. Chakley had sent two apprentices over, but they had both died. For the past three months, you've been replacing Neil here. I feel that you're already fully qualified to be an apprentice, so I told Zakley not to bother looking for a new apprentice. From today onwards, you're an official member of the Alchemy Tower's apprentices. The fourth floor and below of the Alchemy Tower will be open to you. You can learn anything you want to learn. If there's anything you don't understand, you can come and ask me at any time. I hope you can continue to display your talent. Perhaps it won't be long before you become my right-hand man.”
These long-awaited words finally sounded in Gong Hao's ears.
At that moment, he let out a long sigh of relief and said respectfully,"Thank you very much, Master Heinz.”
" Thank fate. Think about the deaths of those two new acolytes and Neil. This might be fate's choice. Fate is fated for you to continue working here.”Heinz replied.
Was it fate? Gong Hao smiled slightly.
If fate is destined to send you murderers to hell, will you accept it?
He walked out of the Alchemy Tower with ease.
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