Chapter 134: The Science of Wealth Creation
The strongest fighters actually have weaknesses.
For example, Gu Yun is destined to be incompatible with alchemy in his life, which is not to say that he has no talent in this area, but that his concept is very different from that of an orthodox alchemist.
In his eyes, the purpose of alchemy is to create more powerful and unimaginable weapons, and since he came to X City, he feels that modern humans have also invented similar knowledge-Gu Yun realized from the history of the development of modern thermal weapons that there are still quite a number of people with lofty ideals who coincide with him.
Because of this, the old alchemist in the village couldn't bear Gu Yun at all.
If it was the latter, he could have forgiven it because he accidentally blew up the laboratory, but every explosion that this thing made was the result of careful calculation and careful consideration, and in these dozen explosions that shocked the whole village, there were no casualties.
Farro's understanding of alchemy is a completely different statement.
"The so-called alchemy is a set of knowledge for creating wealth."
It seems that because no one has visited him for a long time, Farro is very talkative, and he is quite satisfied with An Ling, a student, and after completing the basic registration, he begins to talk about "The Basics of Alchemy" like an old gentleman.
"For a mature alchemist, the vast majority of experiments can create new items, so in my opinion, the main reason to measure the success of alchemy is whether the value of the item you create is greater than its raw materials, first-class alchemy can often create items whose value is much higher than the actual material."
So it's no exaggeration to say that the master alchemists are all humanoid self-propelled money printers.
It's just that this profession is destined to be a late bloomer, because for the apprentices, they will create items of little value for a long time.
This is also the reason why the Fallo Residence is cold - the vast majority of people cannot afford this long-term attrition, so much so that they are shy away from alchemy.
In fact, if he hadn't been born in an aristocratic family, and his father was once the president of the Holy Capital Chamber of Commerce, I am afraid that his head would have been beaten away by his angry mother when he first trained the gold bricks into iron lumps.
For his only disciple at present, Farro taught very carefully.
"Now, tell me, why do you want to study alchemy?"
"Honestly, I want to make ...... Want to learn how to create wealth! ”
An Ling had an idea and got along with a more glorified rhetoric.
She had been drowsy listening to "The Basics of Alchemy" until Farro mentioned the main point of alchemy.
Creating wealth, this has won the heart of the moonlight clan.
Considering that this game may have some connection with reality, she feels that in reality, it may also be possible to operate according to the principles of alchemy.
The main reason why she and Avril couldn't turn one pack of tomato-flavored potato chips into two packets last time was probably due to a lack of knowledge of alchemy.
In the modern society that advocates the spirit of science, alchemy has long been extinct, or no one knows whether this science has really existed in the long course of history.
"Good, that's the spirit I need."
Farro's admiration for An Ling was beyond words, and then he looked at Gu Yun again—although in his opinion, Gu Yun's talent was better than An Ling's, but he still asked in an attitude of treating everyone equally, "What about you?" Why are you interested in alchemy? ”
"Because there's a hole in the back door of my house."
Gu Yun told the truth, when he met the alchemist in the village, it was also to find the other party to help him make up the hole.
"Get me out!"
Farro had already begun to wonder if Gu Yun was privately sent by other alchemists to engage in him, there were many expert-level alchemists of his level, and everyone was secretly working hard to become a master, and it was normal for them to look down on each other.
He adjusted the rhythm of his breathing and continued to patiently lecture to An Ling, who had learned about the benefits of alchemy, and listened much more carefully than before.
"In the perception of ordinary people, the transformation of copper into gold through alchemy is the meaning of alchemy, and the concept of descent is promoted, and people deduce that alchemy is a science of transforming base metals into heavy metals, and we cannot deny this."
In fact, the reason why the alchemist was able to become the accepted doctrine of the kingdom, the creation of guilds for it, and even the rise to the core of the court doctrine, was mainly because of the unimaginable wealth it could bring.
"However, our understanding of alchemy cannot end here, I just mentioned that alchemy is a science of wealth creation, but not all wealth must be measured only by price, which is exactly what our group is currently doing - for example, the price of holy oil is not expensive, but it is one of the greatest inventions since the advent of alchemy."
An Ling nodded earnestly like a good student.
As a Scholarly Demon Hunter, she knew that the Holy Oil was the basis of most spells.
"The materials needed for the holy oil are the branches of the sacred tree, lamp oil, animal bone powder, and the blood of monsters, these materials sound complicated, but they are actually everywhere in our lives."
Naturally, there is no need to mention the branches and lamp oil of the Divine Tree, and the beast bone powder and the blood of monsters can be seen everywhere outside the Holy Capital, not only the Demon Hunters, but also the Orions who can bring back a large number of basic materials when they go out of the distance.
However, these extremely inexpensive materials laid the foundation of the school of learning.
"As you perceive the concept of 'wealth' differently, the items created will also be different, alchemy is not limited to the transformation of metal, its end is all things in the world, of course, in order to do this, you first need to have some knowledge of other disciplines, the creation of holy oil is based on the use of monster blood and animal bone powder proposed by apothecaries decades ago."
"Teacher, I see."
An Ling nodded seriously.
Beast bone powder and monster blood are a little far away from their lives, but it is easy to understand if you change the example that is closer to life.
For example, in this world, there are tomato-flavored potato chips, barbecue-flavored potato chips, and lemon potato chips, and if you want to create different flavors of potato chips, you first have to understand what tomatoes, roasts, and lemons taste like.
Thinking of this, An Ling suddenly felt a little melancholy.
I've been busy fighting wolves and killing people for the past three days, and I haven't eaten potato chips for a long time.
You have to get the business done!
"Teacher, can you give me some guidance on how to make the holy oil? I joined the Scholarly School of the Kiriyama Hermit Society, and I usually need a lot of holy oil, so it would be much more economical if I could make it myself. ”
While speaking, An Ling had already made up her mind.
When this game is officially released, her sub-profession will be alchemy!
As for the expensive upfront costs......
Just borrow some from Gu Yun first, and then return the money to him when she becomes a master of alchemy!