"Three leaves of the magud vine, plus 0.5 ounces of black saltpeter, and a little snail slime"

Wutong muttered, his hands were busy throwing all kinds of strange things into the beaker in front of him, seeing that the solution gradually turned from turbid to blue, he nodded with satisfaction: "Just add a little bit of Thunder Eagle saliva water"

Wutong, who sucked up some transparent mucus with a straw, suddenly slumped: "Wait!" How much is this 'little bit'? A drop? Or two drops? ”

Wutong, who had been thinking about it for a long time, scratched his head and said in annoyance: "Oops! No matter! Add 3 drops first."

"Boom!" With a deafening bang, the capital of the Duchy of Andele, Fairhaven City, and the Tallinn district of Venarn Academy, once again heard the blasting sound that everyone has heard so often in recent times, and nearby pedestrians and occasional passers-by looked up at the white giant tower towering in the academy as usual.

"It's the 23rd time today, isn't it?"

“25！ I counted it very clearly! ”

"Is Master Zemmour developing some terrible arcane warfare weapon?"

"I guess I heard that the border hasn't been very stable recently! Maybe it's preparing for war? ”

"Such a terrible explosion, it must be some kind of powerful weapon, right?"

"Of course! When Master Zemmour was young, he was known as the 'Andel Demomania'! Do you know how the gap in the base of the Anle Palace came from? I heard that it was because Master Zemmour, tired of the Anle Palace, always covering the sunlight in the sky, and blasted it with an arcane rocket! ”

"Huh? Wasn't that gap blown up by the goblins' alchemical railguns during the war? ”

"Huh? Is it? How did I hear that Master Zemmour did it? ”

“”

In some hidden corner of Fairhaven City

"Immediately report to the chief that the Duchy of Andère has violated Article 60, Article 60, of the Agreement on the Protection of Crown Authority, secretly researching forbidden weapons"

"Uh, are you sure this is researching a forbidden weapon? And the whole city knows? ”

"Soul light! When I say it's a forbidden weapon, it's a forbidden weapon! Didn't you hear that terrible explosion? ”

When the entire body of the Endless Tower and tens of thousands of windows were billowing smoke, Master Zemmour appeared in a certain laboratory with a blue face, waved his hand to disperse the smoke with [Wind Magic], and then pulled out the blackened sycamore from the messy pile of ruins.

"That's it! Brat! You can tell me now! Why did you do a stabilizer test, and you could make it explode? Looking at the 25th laboratory, which was destroyed today, Old Man Zemmour finally roared uncontrollably.

"Teacher, why didn't you tell me that Thunder Eagle saliva and black saltpeter can't be put together?"

At the critical moment, Wutong, who saved his life with the trigger-type [Shield Technique], [Mage Armor], and [Force Field Wrist Shield], puffed out a puff of black smoke, coughed violently and rubbed his eyes, and looked innocently at the old man with a snow-white beard blackened by him.

Old man Zemmour took a deep breath and said calmly in a tone as smooth as possible, "Then when did I say that they can be put together?" ”

"Hmm" Wutong rubbed his chin and nodded deeply: "It seems that I haven't said it, but didn't you tell me to do alchemy experiments, to have the courage to try, dare to innovate?" ”

The old man Zemmour's eyes were black and he almost fainted, he gritted his teeth tremblingly before he persevered, and nodded indifferently and said, "Very good, but I think you should go and learn the theory first."

"Theoretical knowledge?"

Wutong looked at him puzzled: "That part?" I've read all the book lists you gave me! ”

Old man Zemmour felt his veins pounding suddenly: "Are you sure that you have read all the twenty-eight thousand four hundred and sixty-two books on the list of systematic study books of the nine schools I opened for you?" ”

"Do you want a spot check?" Sycamore winked innocently.

"[Pharmacy], [Occult Medicine], [Alchemy], [Enchantment], [Heraldry], [Runic Symbols], [Archaeology], [Identification]"

When the old man was still trying to remember what he could learn, Wutong nodded: "I've read it all." I have even read all the books of the [knowledge] discipline, all the sub-disciplines, the more than 600 sub-departments and the more than 400 side subjects under the name of the classification project. ”

The old man looked at Wutong blankly: "That"

"Do you mean all the books in the main library and the four annexes of the academy, as well as the twelve sub-libraries? Except for the books in the "Pink Book" series and the "Forbidden Doctrine" series that you have never let me read, the librarian has never lent me anything, and I have basically read all the books in them! ”

Wutong blinked his eyes and pretended to be cute, and took out a few badges from his pocket: "I told you, have I already received the [Diligent Study] Gold Badge from the Academy, the [Spell Erudite] Medal of Honor and [Junior Doctor] status from the Royal Arcane Society, the [Research] Golden Staff Medal and [Junior Researcher] status from the Arcane Council?" ”

The old mage's throat squirmed, and before he could speak, Wutong took out some more things to show the old man as if offering a treasure: "You see, I have also obtained the professional qualification certificates of [Intermediate Pharmacist], [Intermediate Herbalist], [Intermediate Appraiser], [Intermediate Scholar], [Intermediate Clerk], [Intermediate Scribe], and [Junior Alchemist], [Junior Enchanter], [Junior Appraiser], [Junior Archaeologist], and [Junior Arcane Master]!" ”

The old man Zemur looked at his disciple blankly, "Praise me!" Compliment me! The look of anticipation, and the pile of things he was holding in both hands, twitched the corners of his mouth, and nodded slowly: "Okay, good job, maybe it's time for you to learn something more esoteric." However, the combination of work and rest is very important, today you can take a holiday and go out and relax! Uh-huh, that's all! After speaking, the old mage Biu~'s hand was gone.

"Shh~"

Wutong breathed a sigh of relief, stuffed all the badges into his pocket, and was about to tidy up the laboratory that he messed up when the old mage came back again, scaring Wutong half to death, but fortunately he didn't say anything bad about him just now!

"That's right! I forgot to tell you that, due to your excellent performance, the Arcane Council has decided to pass your [Mage Rank Assessment] without taking the exam, and you don't need to take the exam."

As if he had just remembered, the old man told him what he should have told Wutong more than half a month ago: "You take the time to go to the headquarters of the Arcane Council and get your [Beginner Mage] badge, well, there are some miscellaneous matters about your [Junior Mage] status and treatment, and they will tell you after you go."

Also, recently I have to study a spell project with a few ** masters, I may not have time to teach you, you can go to your other eight school teachers, or arrange your own time, if you have time, go and do all the accumulated academy tasks, if you don't complete those academy tasks, you won't be able to graduate from the academy

What else? Oh, there's been a lot of chaos in Fairhaven lately, so you can help the Knights of the Enforcers if you have time

Also, the royal family has decided to give you a medal, so you should take the time to go. Alright, that's all, I'm leaving! So busy, so busy! ”

The old mage finished muttering to himself, and the sound of biu~ disappeared.

Wutong was dumbfounded for a while, making sure that the old man would not come back again, so he simply cleaned up the laboratory and quickly left the Tower of Eternity, and after leaving the range of the Venane Academy, Wutong opened his arms and hugged the sky with tears in his eyes: "Nima! Lao Tzu is finally free! ”

Wutong, who was "under house arrest" by the old man Zemmour, in the Venane Academy for a whole month, almost didn't lie down and kiss the free land outside the gate of the academy!

After completing the inaugural task, Wutong was not happy for two days, when he was caught back by the old man Zemur, who found that he was a little "not doing his job", and then assigned him a lot of homework, which Wutong estimated that he would not be able to learn before the age of 800.

Feeling that the old man was deliberately tidying up his sycamore, he got into a fit with the old man in a fit of rage, called all the funds in hand, and started the crazy gold coin burning activity again, [copper coin time], [silver coin time], [gold coin time], can no longer meet the needs of Wutong, in order to obtain a larger proportion of extra time, Wutong did not hesitate to run to the Wujin Temple, exchanged a bunch of currencies of various denominations back.

Through experiments, Sycamore has found that the extra time that can be obtained for different denominations, even different types of copper coins, is calculated separately and does not stack:

[Bronze Coins]: 2x [Bronze Coin Time]

[Copper Coins]: 5 times [Copper Coin Time]

[Copper Coin]: 10 times [Copper Coin Time]

[Brass coin]: 20 times [copper coin time]

[Copper Coins]: 50 times [Copper Coin Time]

[Bronze Coin]: 100 times [Copper Time]

[Silver Iridescent]:

: 3x [Silver Time]

: 5x [Silver Time]

: 10x [Silver Time]

: 30x [Silver Time]

[Silver Coins]: 50 times [Silver Coin Time]

[Ottau Gold and Silver Coins]: 100 times [Silver Time]

[Amber]: 5x [Gold Time]

[Silver and Gold Coins]: 10 times [Gold Time]

[Alchemy Coins]: 50 times [Gold Coin Time]

[Gold Coins]: 100 times [Gold Time]

[Purple Gold Coins]: 1000 times [Gold Coin Time]

[Platinum Coins]: 10,000 times [Gold Coin Time] - (↑ does not count the number of billed words) Although the currency consumption is the same as running water, but the Sycamore relied on the [Currency Time] of the Endless Hut, and insisted on arranging the old man Zemmour, and the homework that could not be done for 800 years was eaten alive within a month!

From thrift to luxury, from luxury to frugality, he has been accustomed to using the Sycamore of the Endless Hut, although he knows that this kind of money-burning behavior is irrational, but he still can't help but do it, mainly because when he was studying in the college library, in a thick ancient book, he inadvertently turned out a spell scroll:

[Scholar's Touch]: Level 1 [Prophecy System] Spell Spell Components: Speech, Posture, Materials, EquipmentDistance: Personal Goal: A Book/Level Duration: Focus ×6 seconds/Level Description: The caster can use this spell to touch and absorb the knowledge in the book, as if he had read it carefully. The spell effect makes the caster feel as if they have actually read it, but not to the point of intensive reading, so that they cannot recall the message in its entirety, as if they had only read it once from beginning to end.

Special: If you can't read the text in the book, then this spell has no effect. This spell cannot be used on spell scrolls, or books with arcane effects.

Ingredients: 1 piece of parchment paper and a pinch of velvet.

Artifact Required: A thin crystal disc.

It is through this special spell that is not in the list of regular 1st order spells that Wutong forcibly uses [Scholar's Touch], with his instantaneous memory ability, to "read" those books borrowed from the academy library over and over again, until he really remembers it, although he can't say that he can memorize every word, but at least the general content of any book, he can remember ** not far from ten!

Originally, it was still to deal with the "homework" that the old man Zemmour deliberately arranged for him, but when he found out that those homework that took eight hundred years to read, it didn't take him much time (the time of the main material plane), and when he was interested, he simply burned the entire academy library, including all the books he could find in the academy, even the large number of mage codex and various research materials found in the many mage towers in Tallinn.

This kind of crazy behavior unexpectedly caused the academy to award him a:

[Diligent Study] Gold Badge: [Knowledge] +10, and then, in order to test whether he had memorized the contents of those books, Sycamore chose to take the most difficult knowledge test in the academy, and with a score that made the four examiners appointed by the Royal Arcane Society stunned, he obtained one:

[Spell Erudition] Medal of Honor: [Knowledge] +20, [Spell Recognition] +20, [Illusion] Resistance Surname +20, and was also awarded the status of [Junior Bo Bachelor], if it weren't for his "too young", the examiners of the Royal Arcane Society felt that it was not suitable, and he might be able to get a higher [Bo Bachelor] status, in order to take care of the mood of those old mages, he was reluctantly awarded a level 2 [Bo Bachelor] title.

His mad behavior not only frightened the members of the Royal Arcane Society, but even alarmed the Royal Family of Andel and the Arcane Council, and specially held a higher-level and more difficult spell research assessment for him, and as a result, the "Arcane Council" was not willing to accept the behavior of the "Royal Arcane Society", and awarded him an additional "[Research] Golden Staff Medal" and [Junior Researcher] status to show their authority of the "Arcane Council".

Of course, the various benefits that followed were obvious, if it wasn't for Lin Linling who specially sent Xiaoba to inform him, if he continued to do this, not only would the "Travel Agency" go out of business, but even the "Secret Law Store" would even have the funds to buy it, so he stopped this crazy behavior.

After sighing for a while, Wutong suddenly found that Fairhaven City, which was originally crowded, seemed to be particularly bleak today, and on the wide street, the crowd that should have been rubbing shoulders was sparse, only sporadic pedestrians came and went, and they were in a hurry and didn't know what to do in a hurry.

Even the carriages that used to be everywhere seem to be very rare today, and when I see one occasionally, the coachman seems to be running for his life, desperately whipping the horses that he pities him, so that the carriage roars past in the thunderous hooves of the horses in the trailer.

Finally intercepted an empty carriage, Wutong climbed up, and asked the coachman strangely: "What's wrong in the city?" How are there so few people? ”

The stocky aboriginal coachman was stunned: "Dear Mr. Mage, don't you know what terrible things have happened in Fairhaven recently?" Uh, where are you going? ”

"Mercenary Street." Sycamore said puzzledly, "I've been in the Venane Academy lately."

"Drive! Drive! The coachman whipped two whips and urged the horses to run: "There have been so many things that have happened recently, I can't tell what happened, anyway, if you want to go to Mercenary Street, you can go to the Mercenary Guild to ask about it." ”

The coachman, who didn't seem to want to talk more, casually dealt with Wutong, and focused on driving the galloping carriage, making Wutong not depressed.

The sycamore, which was bumped by the galloping carriage, leaned on the seat that shook violently, and looked out of the carriage from time to time, only to see that on the originally bustling and lively streets, many shops had closed their doors, and there were few civilian activities, but a large number of adventurers and mercenaries wandered around the city in groups, and from time to time the number of law enforcers who drove horses galloped by, the number was more than ten times more than usual, and Wutong even saw groups of army soldiers patrolling.

"Is there a war?"

The confused Wutong can't figure out what's going on, and I haven't heard that the national war is going to be opened? The journey, which usually takes half an hour to reach, was "driven!" by the coachman who never stopped all the way. Drive! The sound was shortened to ten minutes.

Covering his butt and getting off the carriage, Wutong paid about five times the usual fare, and it seemed that something had really happened, and even the price of the carriage had increased.

In the mercenary street, there was no one either, and after Wutong walked around, he walked to the "No. 44 Secret Law Store", only to see Xiaoba and Xiaoxiao two little girls sorting out something in the counter, and there were even several signs outside the counter that so-and-so potions were sold out.

"Is business good?" Wutong walked over and asked strangely, "Didn't you see anyone?" ”

"No. 44 Secret Law Store" is now not only a member of the caster of the three melons and two dates, through the planning and management of Lin Linling and Xiao Hachi, a large number of casters have been recruited from the Venane Academy to produce pills and potions required by various players, and the business is not even limited to medicines, all kinds of alchemy and enchantment products are also sold.

Although the number of super-quality potions is limited by production, the vast majority of players only need ordinary potions, and the casters under the Secret Magic Store produce most of the ordinary potions, so it is theoretically impossible to sell them out.

"Ahh boss！ You've been let out! "Xiaoba saw Wutong and shouted in surprise, Wutong was so depressed, was I arrested by the police or what?

"What's the business!"

Xiaoxiao also came over and complained: "There is no one in the whole city now, how can anyone buy things!" However, the business was very good in the past few days, and we have robbed all the stock we have hoarded several times! ”

"What the hell is going on?" The more Wutong listened, the more confused he became: "Could it be that "Endless" has opened up a new expansion pack and opened up the national war?" ”

(To be continued)