As a Ron Warlock, Xu Nan asked himself if his understanding of alchemists was still very good.

But his knowledge comes from bloodline inheritance or swallowing dates, and he is still lacking in science theory.

So when he saw the description of "God's Alchemy", the whole person was confused.

"Isn't alchemy a trick that follows the law of energy and matter that is exchanged equally?"

"Can you still make something out of nothing?"

Xu Nan was surprised.

This intelligence summary is obviously in place, not only combing the ins and outs of the news very clearly, but also attaching an explanation about the alchemy of the gods at the back.

It turns out that this is a school that is very unpopular in Stephen Sand.

A long, long time ago, before the laws of modern alchemy were laid, there were two theoretically incompatible schools of alchemical techniques: the Society of Equilibrium and the Society of Deception.

The Society of Equilibrium believes that the main function of alchemy is equivalent exchange, and equivalence lies in the fact that matter and energy are measurable and balanced before and after alchemy; Exchange refers to the change of material form through the replacement of alchemical materials. This idea is recognized by most people, and modern alchemists basically follow the alchemy laws of the Equilibrium Society, and there are few mistakes or omissions.

The Society of Deception holds a different view, arguing that alchemy is unmeasurable, immeasurable, and random. There are many ways in which humans can reduce these variables, but it is never possible to accurately measure every variable in the process of alchemy; At the same time, they believe that alchemy is an inherently crafted skill out of nothing, and that only by breaking away from the rigid framework of equivalent trading can people comprehend the wonders of the realm of the gods.

This is where the alchemy of the gods comes from.

They represent the two ideas of alchemy, according to Xu Nan's superficial cognition, the Equilibrium Society is more inclined to materialism, and the Deception Society is more idealistic. In the age of ignorance, it was normal for the idea of deception to be born.

This is a step that must be taken in the development of things.

It turns out that with the development of history, the deception society has indeed been gradually eliminated.

The alchemy system of the Equilibrium Society is very solid, safe and stable, under the leadership of many genius alchemists, a hundred flowers bloomed, accompanied by the arcane empire to the peak, and then after several twists and turns, there were weaknesses and troughs, but it was also inherited by Stephen Sand and other spell holy places.

Contemporary alchemy is basically based on modern alchemy, with slight improvements in techniques and the introduction of semi-automatic assembly line construction concepts, etc., and the basic framework is still based on the idea of equilibrium society.

The alchemy of the deception society is too unstable, and it is even easy to make monsters and kill people, so it is gradually abandoned.

But there is still a small wave of people who have gone off the rails, tirelessly studying the so-called "alchemy of the gods".

They were outliers at Stephen Sand, and they weren't expelled only because Stephen Sand's style was one that welcomed diversity of thought. But despite this, these people are still ridiculed by most alchemists, considering them the sorrow of the times.

Obviously, the female alchemist named Helena was one of the few members of the Deception Society.

In Xu Nan's opinion, this woman is inevitably too cruel, in order to get the award and correct the name of her society, she actually made her son into an alchemy puppet!

After the incident, Helena and the alchemical doll named the sun god both disappeared.

Stephen Sand, however, was caught up in a frenzied discussion over the alchemy of the suspected gods revealed by the sun god.

Some of the Alchemists of the Equilibrium Society were enraged, feeling that Helena's actions violated Stephen Sand's principle of "chasing the truth, but loving life more". They spontaneously launched a series of purge campaigns, and began to target a small number of deceptive alchemists in the city.

As for the alchemists who deceived the Society, it was even more inexplicable, their Society had long since declined, and the relationship between everyone was very loose, and at least two-thirds of the people did not know Helena, and they were suddenly targeted. These alchemists also have tempers, and in fact, the guys who are still studying the alchemy of the gods are somewhat stubborn.

In the face of the massive purge, they angrily resorted to more fierce means of resistance.

These included drastic tactics such as the throwing of Molotov cocktails and the vicious cursing of the leaders of the purge.

For a moment, Stephen Sand suddenly became confused.

Although the number of people in the Equilibrium Society occupies an absolute advantage, the alchemists who deceived the Society have been fighting guerrilla for many years, and after a week, the initiators of the purge movement have been severely taught a lesson.

The law enforcement team is naturally busy, no wonder Jiang Yuan will be transferred to work later.

At the same time, the whereabouts of Helena and the "Sun God" are actually more concerned by the rest of the people.

Xu Nan hurriedly scanned Stephen Sand's recent newspaper and found that the appearance of "Sun God" had indeed detonated Stephen Sand's hot spots.

Every day there are a bunch of alchemists talking in the newspapers, but there are also real masters who are seriously discussing the feasibility of "alchemy of the gods".

Although this view is easy to be sprayed, most rational people are more thoughtful.

After all, thousands of years have passed since the foundation stone of modern alchemy was laid.

Alchemy has not progressed by leaps and bounds for thousands of years.

"Has the alchemy of equilibrium really come to an end?"

"Is our alchemy really flawless?"

"If you want to break through the existing framework, can you learn from the ideas of the Deception Society?"

Similar thought-provoking soul torture emerges one after another.

A mighty alchemist debate unfolded in Stephen Sand, attracting the attention of many people.

For this kind of thing, the [Red Pinwheel] representing Ansuli's will and the [White Tower] representing Lawrence's will are more acquiescing, in fact, as long as they don't make big news, Stephen Sand's official attitude has always been very relaxed.

"It's worthy of being the orthodox inheritance of the Arcane Empire, and it looks amazing."

Xu Nan sighed, and then silently packed up the information.

"It's a pity that it has nothing to do with me."

No way, he's not a mage, he's just a warlock, not an academic.

As a typical Ron warlock and earthling, Xu Nan is the ultimate pragmatist, and in his opinion, whether it is solid equilibrium alchemy or pompous alchemy of gods, it has nothing to do with him.

All he needed to do was to settle down, wait for Stephen Sand's argument to finish, and then learn the fruit......

As for the process of arguing, let these genius mages participate.

It's not modest, he really can't do it.

No wonder Jiang Yuan didn't mention these things to Xu Nan for a long time, probably because he felt that even if Xu Nan knew, it would be meaningless.

After all, he is a person who eats by his appearance.

"I just need to be on time for the Northern Lights celebration in a week's time."

"These alchemists make trouble casually, no matter how much trouble they make, it won't make it to the Aurora Tide Celebration, right?"

"It has nothing to do with me anyway."

He yawned lazily and lost the appetite to continue gossiping.

……

Jiang Yuan slept for a full eighteen hours, and after waking up, he shouted "suffered", and hurriedly jumped up and told Xu Nan to participate in the celebration on time, and then opened the portal and fled.

I don't know if there is still a mission in Stephen Sand.

Of course, Xu Nan, who knew the ins and outs, would not really ask her to take on the responsibility of the chief mage, this thing was indeed just a fictitious position......

In the next week, Xu Nan honestly played the role of the city lord, sorting out the big and small matters of the anonymous city, and the faces of the officials of the city hall were all better, and they finally didn't have to worry about what the city lord should do every day.

I don't even complain much about the flowing fire.

The Anonymous City is in good condition, but the Eastern Kingdom is different.

After returning from the Ice Wind Leader, Xu Nan had already sent people to use the gold mine to forge the Golden Dragon Order non-stop, because he also knew that if he didn't make a lot of money, after the war broke out, the Golden Dragon Order might not be worth much.

The entire eastern kingdom is currently in a state of rain and wind.

With the exception of Evelyn, the other three heirs of the kingdom have secretly returned to the royal capital, and they have the support of their respective forces in the eastern kingdoms, and they all want to get their hands on the throne.

Even the children who sell newspapers in the royal capital know that the sky is about to change.

Everyone's eyes were on General Howell, who drank in the palace every day to kill his sorrows.

The most important reason why many major forces are still fluctuating and not taking a stand is because Howell has not taken a stand.

Whoever can get the support of this great general will have a high probability of winning the throne.

But sadly, the death of the old king seemed to be an additional blow to General Howell, who spent his days drinking and sullen in the old friends of the palace, ignoring the several heirs to the throne who came to visit, and had no intention of presiding over the government at all.

This makes the situation in the royal capital more and more confusing.

The heirs couldn't get Howell, so they could only get some small tricks.

Among them, the southern forces, led by the second prince, suddenly criticized the declaration of independence of Snowfield Castle.

His rhetoric was fierce, ostensibly blaming the Lord of Stendhal, but in fact he was pointing the finger at Evelyn, who was still in the Icewind Territory and had not returned.

Soon, two other heirs expressed similar sentiments.

Even Xu Nan understood.

These three heirs in the royal capital have reached a tacit understanding to a certain extent-

Anyway, Howell refuses to take a stand, and it's not interesting for the three of us to continue to fight, so it's better to kick out the guy who hasn't been rushed back yet.

As a result, the internal contradictions of the Eastern Kingdom suddenly pointed to Evelyn.

At present, Evelyn still has not expressed her position, and Xu Nan is looking forward to what kind of attitude Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess can show in such a situation.

……

In addition, another major event affecting the Eastern Kingdoms came from the religious world.

The headquarters of the Church of the Ice and Snow Goddess in the capital city of Rensenburg suddenly announced that the Blue Cloak Cult is heretical!

A mighty cleansing of heresy began.

The interior of Snowfield City is better, and the rest of the world, as long as you have traces of the Blue Coat, you will be mercilessly killed by the Church Punishment Knights.

The methods of religion have always been so cruel to heresy.

It seems that the Messiah, the goddess of ice and snow, does not know what is going on in the Frost Giant's dormitory, but she finally knows that things have failed.

Then there would be no need for her to continue to tolerate the existence of the Blue Coat Cult.

The will of the goddess is as firm as iron, and the minions below must be resolutely implemented no matter how helpless they are.

Even though the pattern of the Eastern Kingdom is already very chaotic now, and the heirs to the throne are persuading the Ice and Snow Goddess Church not to launch a purge at this juncture, it still does not help.

The Eastern Kingdom was a complete mess.

The neighbors and the rest of the churches were laughing happily, and everyone fished in troubled waters!

That is, Wildfire City is far away, and the Stephen Sand card played by Xu Nan is hard, so no one provokes it.

Two days ago, a letter of alliance from Bantuo Port had been placed in front of Xu Nan.

That dragonborn city lord hoped to reach a private alliance with Xu Nan, and he could give away the food he had negotiated before.

It seems that he also smelled the smell of war.

The Eastern Kingdom is not far from civil strife.

……

Although Anonymous City is far underground, because of the presence of Wildfire City as an outpost on the ground, the news has not lagged behind.

Xu Nan didn't plan to wade into troubled waters in this war, but he felt that he could make war money.

Of course, there is no such thing as war, and it is impossible to say that neutrality is neutral.

You have to be strong enough.

In the past few days, Xu Nan has not only been working in his daily office, but also putting the formation of the army on the agenda.

With no one to replace him for the time being, he urged Tang Haiseal to recruit troops among the Ice Plains, with the goal of building the first army of about 1,000 people.

The physical fitness of the people of the ice field is very good, which is a good foundation, but the problem is that the management and construction of the army is really a difficult problem.

Even if Xu Nan only needed a thousand infantrymen to scare people, he would need a lot of expenses and more precious talents.

There was no army before Wildfire City, and some only had the private army of the Ice Plains nobles, and their combat effectiveness was basically low.

In the Northlands, in addition to the formal state, many city-states and villages often had to hire mercenaries composed of professional adventurers to settle some violent incidents and regional disputes.

Although the mercenary group composed of professionals is very powerful, the battlefield is another world, and soldiers and adventurers are completely different concepts.

Even in the world of high magic, the drawbacks of the cold weapon era still exist, except for the legendary mages who can defeat a thousand with one enemy, the strength of individuals is still limited in the face of war most of the time.

The problem Xu Nan is facing now is that there is no talent to lead and govern the army.

It's not difficult to get together a thousand Ice Plains people!

But he didn't know how to manage, how to train, and how to schedule.

Not only him, but also a similar talent cannot be found in the huge anonymous city.

There are a few guys in the Qianmang Club who are eager to try, and the most reliable one among them, the reason why Mao Sui recommended himself is only-

"I used to be a foreman on a construction site, and I managed about 20 workers under my hands!"

"It shouldn't be a big problem."

As for the other two, one is said to have experience in managing sheep, and the other is said to be good at strategy games.

In the city lord's office, Xu Nan sighed.

It happened that Flowing Fire ran over and asked strangely:

"Why is the lord of the city sighing?"

"Lack of talent!"

Xu Nan smiled bitterly.

Flowing Fire showed a puzzled look:

"Since the reconstruction of Anonymous City, the [Red Lotus Altar] has recruited one hundred and sixty-seven special talents from the other world for you, and none of these people can be looked up to?"

Xu Nan was stunned for a moment.

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