"Master. Bai Xuan took a puff of his cigarette, "Do you want to think about it, I decided to hire you as a royal alchemist and set up an alchemy association in Ember City." ”

"Poof!" Paul, who was drinking water next to him, squirted out a mouthful of water.

Is it really good to dig into the corner of the wall in front of himself? Paul was indignant.

Bai Xuan looked at Paul: "I can also invest in your firm, in my private name." ”

Paul was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled: "Great, Your Highness, this is a contemptible honor, I can't ask for it." ”

He reacted extremely quickly, and he was able to climb the high branches of His Royal Highness the Prince, which was equivalent to having a big backer in Ember City, and this thigh must be firmly held.

"I wonder how long you can stay in Ember City, Your Highness?" asked Paul cautiously.

"I'm here to garrison Ember City, and I'll make an official announcement in a while. ”

Paul's mouth opened wide and stationed in Ember City?Your Royal Highness the Prince?

What does this mean, that chalk is finally about to make a move in this tribal zone? Paul's heart began to beat violently.

The master smoked his pipe and looked at Bai Xuan, and he found that this young prince, His Royal Highness, his words and deeds made him a little incomprehensible.

"By the way, Master, what are the uses of magic energy materials now?" Bai Xuan turned his head and asked Thomas, he didn't know much about these things in his memory.

"Your Highness, you are asking the right person, the members of the Royal Alchemy Society who have been doing nothing in the royal city all day long have long been outdated, and Ember City is the real place to practice. Master Thomas turned his pipe, "The application of magic energy materials has only been gradually developed in the past twenty or thirty years, and the prospects are broad. ”

Master Thomas is not pedantic at all, he has been messing around outside for a long time, and he is sophisticated, since His Royal Highness the prince asks, he naturally wants to show off his knowledge.

"Your Highness, do you know how the magic energy material was developed?"

"Through alchemy?"

"No, through the hunting and exploitation of the Black Curse Forest. ”

Once the conversation box was opened, Master Thomas was also a little emotional.

The Black Curse Forest can be said to be an extremely special existence on the continent, it was just a barren land at first, and then people slowly discovered that the plants and beasts in it slowly underwent great changes.

The number of beasts that live in the Black Curse Forest is incalculable, and the number of plants is innumerable, and when all these species are mutated, they become different.

Plants, medicinal herbs, including the most common black pine, have become materials with special effects because of this mutation, such as black pine pine nuts, which now have the effect of stopping bleeding, and when added to trauma drugs, the effect of stopping bleeding can be increased several times.

The fire cloud spores are fungal organisms, which were originally used to make mushroom soup at most, and they are delicious, but now they are ground into powder after drying, and they have the effect of burning violently and become an accelerant.

Another example is the Timberwolf, which not only became more than twice as large after the mutation, but also had the ability to attack with magical power, which can spit black smoke from the mouth and cause people to fall unconscious, and its fur has become extremely tough.

Like the jungle porcupine, in addition to getting bigger, it can also shoot spikes like sharp arrows, which is no less powerful than ordinary bows and arrows, and has a certain paralyzing effect, which can be called a mobile repeater.

Some beasts with strong mutations will also produce a magic energy crystal nucleus in their bodies, which contains strong magical power.

The list goes on and on, and these plant herbs, animal furs, including magic crystals, can be used in alchemy, and can also be used as magical materials, and the use of these plants and herbs is becoming more and more extensive as they are developed.

That's why so many mercenary groups and hunting groups flock to the Black Curse Forest.

These prey represent shiny gold coins and everything.

"Then where did these mutations come from?" Bai Xuan threw away the butt of the cigarette and rolled another one.

Master Thomas looked at his cigarette pouch with a little distress, this is the golden tobacco leaf he finally obtained, commonly known as the golden leaf, which is only produced in the high soil plains of the Rosa Kingdom, and it is expensive.

He knocked out the ash from his pipe and poured it out, filled it with tobacco again, and said, "Your Highness, you have asked the point, the forests in other places have not changed, why is the Black Curse Forest like this? The main reason should be that there should be a huge amount of magic crystal ore under this forest. ”

Magic crystal ore is a crystalline mineral containing magical power, the reason for the formation of this mineral is unknown, although it is also produced everywhere in the continent, but the quantity is scarce, the value is comparable to gold, it is the most important magic material, and it is also one of the raw materials for making magic guides.

Alchemy will also be used in large quantities, and it will also be used as a luxury ornament in the lives of nobles, such as the magic crystal lampholder, inlaid with moon stones, and the magic energy switch is made, a magic crystal the size of a pine cone can make the moon stone light for several months, which is very good as lighting.

Of course, the common people can't afford it.

"We speculate that the magic emitted by the Crystal Mine has affected or polluted the land and forest, causing these species to mutate strongly. The master said, "Your Highness will definitely ask why you don't mine the Black Curse Forest in large quantities, because the beasts are fierce and the ore is hidden deep underground, making it extremely difficult to mine. ”

This is the truth, only a small amount of magic crystal ore is exposed on the surface, which can be relatively easy to mine, and the rest is very difficult, which is not difficult to understand, mining deposits is a big project, and it is also difficult to transport deep in the forest, which has caused the Black Curse Forest to remain in an undeveloped state.

Everyone had to make up their minds about plants and beasts.

"If Your Highness wants to garrison Ember City and is interested in developing alchemy, I can help. Master Thomas made a promise, "I wonder what His Highness's plans are?"

"I will apply to the kingdom to form an army, or I will advise the king to divide Ember City into my private domain, and if there is no important matter, I will stay here and never return to the royal capital. ”

Master Thomas blinked, feeling more and more unable to see through His Royal Highness the Prince, he didn't expect His Royal Highness the Prince's determination to be so great and make Ember City a private domain?

Carres looked at Bai Xuan from the side, his eyes were full of disbelief, His Royal Highness the Prince really seemed to be a different person, and he had been idle before when he didn't care about the world, and suddenly he had such an amazing move, what the hell is going on?

He, like the master, was also lost in thought.

Bai Xuan sighed secretly, the mountain rain is coming, it is not too late to start, he came to this world, it should be at the right time.

At present, there are no large-scale actions in the major kingdoms, and they are all content with the status quo, if they are backed by the army, gather manpower and material resources, open up passages, and mine a few magic crystal mines, it is always possible to do it, it depends on who strikes first, this is something that will happen sooner or later.

Once one side does this, the other kingdoms will quickly follow, and no one wants to be left behind, especially in the competition for such strategic resources.

Now the Black Curse Forest has slowly become a place for various forces to compete for resources, and in the near future, it will become a place where the Three Kingdoms compete for hegemony.

At this point, no one can see further than Bai Xuan, and he must take Ember City into his own hands as soon as possible.

Bai Xuan raised his head and looked at the dense, dim forest in the distance.