Marina knew that her teacher Arcade was from the Holy Land of Wizards, the Tower, but where was the Tower, what the Tower was like, and what kind of people were in the Tower, Marina had never heard Akad talk about it.

Except for herself and a few people who were accepted as students by the teacher, Marina had never seen any other wizards, for Marina, her teacher Akad was already the most powerful and knowledgeable existence in the world, and Marina never thought that her teacher still had a mentor.

"The teacher is already a hundred years old, right? Older than my grandfather's grandfather, when he told me, I couldn't believe it, so this teacher's teacher, how old should it be. ”

"It turns out that he looks younger than me, is this a powerful wizard? Has it become an immortal being? ”

"Have you lived for hundreds of years?"

Marina guessed the age of the landing fish with a girl's gossip mentality, and slowly came to the dock, wearing an orange long dress Marina was very conspicuous on the dock, and the middle sleeve revealed a white wrist watch with a leather wristband, which is also an extremely rare thing in Tut City.

"Hi, Miss Marina!"

"Did you come here again today?"

"I have a few nice gadgets here, do you want to see them?"

"I have a book from the West, would Miss Marina want to see it?"

The passing traders on the docks were very popular, some of the vendors who set up stalls, the owners of the caravans, and the ships and sailors moored on the docks, all greeted the beautiful and generous Marina, and in addition to the lovely girl herself who was pleasing to everyone, the wealth of the alchemist was recognized in Tut City.

Marina was a student of the great alchemist Akkadian, and her generosity was welcomed by many traders on the docks, and some of the ships that sailed far away and the merchants in the city often brought back some of Marina's favorite gadgets from afar in order to maintain a good relationship with the Akkadian alchemy workshop.

"Miss Marina, you just happened to be here, I was about to look for you, I caught a rare thing at sea, would you like to come up and take a look?"

A ship that had just been moored at the dock, paying taxes to the tax collector and counting the holds, was a little old, and the sailors on it were busy, and an old man on the bow waved his arms and shouted to Marina, his face full of courtesy.

"Daddy Gagniestria, you won't use the Sophok slate of the Orc Empire this time to lie to me, saying that it is the treasure of some ancient human civilization." But Marina clasped her arms to her chest, looked him up and down, and looked at the old man with a suspicious expression.

The old man's face was suddenly embarrassed, and he hurriedly waved his hand: "There is really something good this time, you can come up and take a look." ”

Marina boarded the ship and immediately saw Ganister wave his hand, and two sailors came up with a large wooden barrel and put it in front of Marina, Marina frowned: "What is this?" Alive? ”

The old man smiled mysteriously, and then lifted the lid of the wood, and Marina looked inside, and saw a jet of water squirting out of it, spraying Marina in the face.

Marina let out a scream on the spot, and after drying her face, she saw a little guy inside the wood looking at the outside world in a daze, a pair of purring eyes were extremely smart, blue hair was like the sea, and there were two blue lines on the cheeks.

But this is not the most eye-catching, what is amazing is that her lower body actually has a slender fish tail, this is a mermaid, it looks only a few tens of centimeters long, like a human child.

"Oh my God? What is it? ”

It was a creature that humans had never found or seen, she had the same upper body as a human, but had a fish-like lower body, and her beautiful blue eyes and hair instantly caught Marina's attention.

Ganeste said to Marina: "We found her while we were sailing at sea, how about it, Marina, do you like it?" ”

Marina grabbed the hem of her skirt, very moved, looked at this cunning old man, and pouted: "Okay, how much does it cost?" ”

Ganeste waved his hand: "No money, Marina If you like it, I can give it to you directly." ”

Marina covered her mouth, she knew the temperament of this old man very clearly, in the past few years, she has been cheated by this kind-looking, but black-bellied guy, and this humanoid creature that looks different can definitely be sold for a lot of money in Tut City, this old man can be so generous, which immediately made Marina more vigilant.

"What's the conspiracy?"

Looking at Marina's suspicious face, Ganeste immediately said: "A few days ago, my grandson passed the examination of the Akkadian Alchemist Academy, and he will be able to go to school after a while, I want you to help take care of him." ”

"Of course, as long as he is not bullied by others, my grandson, a little introverted and timid, I used to worry about what he would do in the future, after all, the sea running boat business, but it is a dangerous and hard job, he is not in good health, his father also died early, and now he has been admitted to the ......"

The old man chattered non-stop, and his proud and proud tone made Marina also calm down, and immediately patted the old man's shoulder: "Don't worry, this matter is on me, they are all acquaintances, and they will definitely take care of it." ”

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Marina climbed the round tower with a bucket, the bucket is very large and very heavy, but it is nothing to Marina, although it is still just a wizard apprentice, but the basic body modification technique, Marina still learned, this very mature witchcraft, has a large number of branches, up to the bloodline witchcraft and monster cultivation, down to the body transformation, bloodline awakening, etc., during the apprenticeship awakening what bloodline to match, all have a certain formula.

Marina carefully walked through the door of Akkad's office on the fourth floor, holding a barrel in both hands, and further up the library, the laboratory, and the rooms of their students and assistants.

However, as soon as Marina reached the door, she was stopped by a voice from the room: "Is it Marina?" Come in and close the door to your room. ”

Marina's body stiffened suddenly, as if she had been discovered by a teacher or her parents, and looked inside, only to find that Akkad and Lu Zhiyu were there, as if they were conducting some experiments and discussions, and they were not discovering themselves, so she breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Marina pushed the barrel aside with her foot, then tied her hands behind her back, closed the door and cautiously walked in: "Teacher, Mr. Anthony, is there anything to find me?" ”

"Come and see this."

When Marina approached, she saw a palm-sized metal mechanical figure standing on the table, and when she saw Marina looking at her, she immediately bent down and saluted and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Marina." ”

Marina's mouth opened wide, she felt that there were too many strange things she had seen today, but Marina immediately reacted, this is the highest meaning of alchemy that Arcade had mentioned to their students—alchemy life.

"This? Is this alchemical life? ”

Marina looked at this metal mechanical figure in shock, walking and talking on the table, this kind of technology, for Marina, and even for Akad, it is unimaginable, Akad has seen the birth of Eva, and is relatively calm, while Marina is calm.

Marina thought that this was just the existence imagined by the alchemist, but she didn't expect that there really was alchemy life, which was already a forbidden knowledge that touched the mystery of the creator, looking at this villain, Marina even felt a little frightened for a moment.

"Can even life be made and created?" Marina asked.

Lu Zhiyu glanced at Marina, and then at Arcade, "Do you rarely mention wizarding things to your students?" ”

Akkad nodded, and said to Marina: "The creation or transformation of life, for wizards, there is no difficulty, even some newly born magical beasts, are also from the hands of wizards, a long time ago, wizards began to involve the field of life, the earliest Levi, pioneered the experiment and manufacture of synthetic beasts, and the later Ardnos was even able to create undead creatures. ”

"I didn't tell you this, I don't think this is the right path, and the one in front of you is an existence ten thousand times more profound than the realm of life, the supreme meaning of alchemy - alchemy life, it is not a simple life transformation, but a real metal life made out of thin air, which is far more difficult than the birth of ordinary life."

Lu Zhiyu then said to Marina: "This is just an alchemy life, not an intelligent alchemy life, it just works according to the program I set, so it is still full of flaws. ”

Akkad immediately thought of Eva, and his face was full of longing: "But teacher, you have already created a perfect alchemy life. ”

Lu Zhiyu sighed: "That's not replicable, it's just luck." ”

Marina said, "Is there any difference? ”

Lu Zhiyu said seriously: "The difference is very big, just like the difference between a wizard and an ordinary person, it looks the same from the outside, but inside, it is completely different. ”

Lu Zhiyu stood up and said to Arcade, "Akad, see you next time!" ”

Arcade smiled wryly: "I hope there will be a next time." ”

"I've got this gadget for you."

Lu Zhiyu grabbed the mechanical puppet and gave it to Marina, the creation of metal life is not only in the metal cell, but in the design and modification of the life template, except for Lu Zhiyu, no one can carry it out, so Lu Zhiyu just showed it to him at Akkad's wish, even if he is an alchemist, he has not reached the threshold of level seven or eight, and he cannot be involved in the creation of alchemical life at all.

Lu Zhiyu is just casually willing, anyway, this casually made mechanical doll has no effect and significance for Lu Zhiyu, but for Marina, it is like a pie in the sky, grabbing the doll in her hand, looking at Lu Zhiyu in disbelief.

Lu Zhiyu directly turned into light dust and disappeared into the Leaning Tower, but before disappearing, Lu Zhiyu glanced at the bucket outside the door, revealing a surprised expression.