The next morning.

After breakfast, Rosen, Dumont, and Moreau had a secret meeting in their study.

"Old sir, I thought about it carefully last night, and I think that it is best to hide our alliance for a while, and not let Fupos know for the time being, so as not to provoke him to go crazy."

"So, I won't take Damon back this time, just leave him a spell book to learn first."

Originally, he brought Van Damont with him, so that Dumont could send more bodyguards to deal with Faeron's sneak attack.

But after connecting with Vivien's spell, he was not afraid of Faeron, so naturally there was no need to drag others to take risks.

Dumont thought about it and was right: "You are steady, just do what you say."

Rosen added, "In addition, there will be about thirty ships of supplies brought back from the eastern border."

"Of these thirty boats, the old gentleman can intercept ten boats."

"When the time comes, I will mark it with the white flag on the ship, and five ships will be given to you, and five ships will be given to the lord of Moreau, which is not only the transit tax I pay, but also a clear statement to Vobos."

Dumont was delighted: "That's a good idea."

He really didn't want to completely tear his face with Fubos until the matter was completely settled, and now such a secret alliance was exactly what he wanted.

Lawson continued, "Now that the summer flood season has passed, the matter of the flood control dam is not urgent for the time being."

"I suspect that within three months at most, the battle for the title of earl will finally be decided. When it happens to be early winter, I'll send some trained construction mages to help the old man strengthen the embankment for free."

After speaking, he looked at Lord Moro again: "Lord Moro will also help you strengthen the embankment and help you build a new manor castle if necessary."

As soon as he heard this, Dumont said, "Morrow, there is no threat of flooding in your territory, but the castle really needs to be repaired. My daughter has lost weight when she comes back this time, and it looks like life is not going well."

Lord Morrow immediately said, "Father-in-law, I will definitely build a new castle as soon as possible."

Finally, Rosen talks about Shabolai and Cassandrin.

"In a few days, I will arrange for Shapole to go to Lord Morrow's castle, and as soon as the matter is completed, I will let Shapole go and cry to the Count, and the marriage will surely be done."

Dumont shrugged his shoulders, feeling like he was helping his daughter do it, but this matter involved the future of the family, and it was natural to use some extraordinary means.

He said, "Moreau, then you can take Shanshan back this time, and then send her back when her belly is big."

Lord Moro is a decent man and a gentleman, and it is the first time to do such a thing, and he doesn't know how to evaluate it, so he can only nod his head, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.

At this point, the matter is agreed.

Lawson said, "Then I'll be back to Crescent City in a moment. It's so busy in town that I can't be away for long."

Then, the three of them left the study and started to work step by step according to the situation they had discussed.

About an hour later, Rosen, Vivian, Morrow, and Chabolai's wife, Cassandrin, boarded the wooden boat and sailed back to Fanggu.

On the wooden ship, instead of going to the deck to blow the wind, Lawson sat in the cabin and carefully studied the principle of mana connection.

Anyone with eyes can see that this mana connection has a great future.

If he figured it out, he could have cultivated a group of purely meditative mages from an early age as power banks.

If it can be combined with one, it can even break through the limit of the gods, even if it can only be combined with one, the two high-level mages can be connected together, and they can also match the archmage.

Now, he was poring over the alchemy book given by Vivien.

The book is quite complex, many times more complicated and cumbersome than the previous petrification, and it is also extremely detailed.

And it was written.

"23.3 Crystal Yellowstone of Fosa and 722 Searles of distilled water, the water should be cold to the touch, and it is best to use ice cubes to control the temperature."

He asked, "What is Crystal Yellowstone?"

Vivien was holding a small silver mirror, a small wooden comb, and carefully trimming the broken hair on her temples with a delicate pair of small scissors, and began to explain when she heard this

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"It's crystals extracted from urine, pure and colorless, but it's hard to purify, so it's a little yellow."

Rosen understood, and continued to read.

"When adding boiling crystals, be sure to mix slowly and evenly, and stir constantly to avoid the foam from spilling out quickly."

"For extraction, we use the best quality aromatic powder oil, which is extracted from the pink olives......

"Heat the liquid to the tipping point of boiling, but never boil.......

Looking at it, Lawson had a headache.

"Why can't you see the principle at all? It's all a lesson learned? And the conditions are very vague, so what if it's wrong?"

"If you're wrong, you'll come back."

Vivien looked right.

"Let me tell you, the matter of the mortal world is 10,000 times more complex than the stars in the sky, and alchemy is to grope for the path in the dark night without stars and moons, and it is already good to find the way, and it is delusional to want to see the whole picture."

Rosen understood, and continued to watch.

Vivien, however, was aroused by the conversation and sighed with emotion.

"Therefore, in alchemy, the experience of senior alchemists is the most important. An alchemist who does not respect his predecessors will soon lie in a cold grave."

Rosen asked, "Have you ever thought about exploring the basic laws of the material world?"

"I thought, but unfortunately I don't have the ability to do it. Even if it's you, I don't think there is."

"Because the earthly world is so complicated, the more you know, the more ignorant you feel."

As she spoke, she trimmed her sideburns and turned to ask Rosen, "Help me take a look, is it neat?"

Lawson looked at it carefully and nodded, "I bet the difference in the number of hairs on the temples is definitely within ten."

Vivien was pleased with this answer.

She continued to trim her hair as she said, "It seems to me that mortal matter is also distinguished by high and low mortal substances."

As Lawson reads, he casually responds, "Oh?"

Vivien didn't need any formal response, she just looked for someone to talk to.

"The lowliest, of course, is the stones and dirt that can be found everywhere on the roadside. The nobler ones are all kinds of precious ores, and the noblest of all are the substances that make up life."

"Many people say that rats can grow in a rice bowl and small fish can grow in a pond, but that's all nonsense."

"I've done a lot of experiments, and I'm sure that only life can give birth to life!"

"It is impossible for life to be born out of thin air in the lowly matter of non-life, at least I have never seen it."

Rosen listened carefully, and felt that Vivian was really a rare scientific talent.

He wanted to give some enlightenment, so he smiled and asked, "You said that there are low and noble material things, then I want to answer some questions for you."

As he spoke, he shifted his gaze from the alchemy book to Vivien, and suddenly felt speechless.

"I said, "I'm on the boat now." Aren't you afraid of cutting the meat?"

Vivien glared at Rosen dissatisfied, "If you hadn't made trouble last night, I wouldn't have been in such trouble."

Although he said this, he did panic a little, but handed the scissors to Lawson.

"I'm not right from the perspective myself, you cut it for me."

Lawson shrugged his shoulders and took the scissors to help.

Without any worries, Vivien said, "As long as it's a question about alchemy, just ask, and I'll do my best to answer it."

Rosen began to ask.

"If material things are high and low, then why can grass and trees grow in the lowest soil? And how can a man grow up when he eats the seeds of grass and trees?"

"In the same way, why watering crops with manure makes the crops harvest better."

"Then since dirt and manure can grow crops, can one eat the former and skip the intermediate steps?"

"It is an obvious fact that man must eat what grows out of the earth, and the earth has nothing to offer man

Please, even if there is no one."

"This shows that the earth is far more powerful than people, and people are more like blood-sucking fleas on the body of the earth's "giant beast"."

"Behemoths and fleas, who is expensive and who is cheap?"

After some questioning, Vivien was speechless.

After a while, she said, "I am worthy of being a master of flow numbers, and I am far inferior to you in terms of logical thinking ability. I can't answer any of your questions."

"But I have to say, your question is very enlightening and points me to many research directions."

Rosen smiled slightly, "Actually, I'm also very curious about life."

"In fact, I've already ordered a batch of equipment from the East to build a high-quality alchemy laboratory."

"Maybe one day, I will be able to find the hidden laws of matter under the cover of the complex material appearance."

By now, Rosen knew very clearly that he had to explore the laws of matter.

It is even necessary to find out the most complex form of matter - the law of life.

Because it has been proven that even in the transcendent, the flesh is extremely important.

The soul and the body are the two thighs that lead to transcendence, and both are indispensable!

Vivien's eyes lit up when she heard this, and when she saw that her leg was in the way of Lawson's hand, she moved her body and adjusted her posture.

"Is it like discovering gravity through the stars before?"

Lawson nodded, "I wish I could find it."

Vivien excited, "With your intelligence, you can find it."

Lawson didn't say anything: "It's a matter of luck."

He cut a few more knives, and when he felt that it was almost there, he said, "That's how my level is, can you see for yourself?"

Vivien took the mirror and looked at it, and nodded, "It's pretty good, it's a painter's hand, it's much better than my own trimming."

She put down her skirt and carefully smoothed the folds on her skirt, and when she was done, she saw Lawson lying lazily on the chair while the alchemy book was put aside, so she asked, "You don't study the principle of mana connection?"

Rosen shook his head: "It's all a summary of some experience, and if you can't find anything truly certain, you can't naturally summarize the principle of certainty."

The principle of mana connection was much more complicated than he had imagined.

With his current knowledge, there is no possibility of understanding, let alone improving on this basis.

He sighed softly, staring at the void in front of him with a blurred look.

"The relationship between the soul, the body, and the matter is innumerable, and it is indeed countless times more complex than the stars in the sky."

Vivien agrees.

Lawson turned to look at her, "Can the Nexus Potion be taken for a long time?"

"No, taking too much will make your brain worse."

"The insurance calculation can only be once every six months, and if you are higher than this frequency, you may become a madman, not only you will become a madman, but I will also become a madman."

"Oh~ what a pity."

He also thought that he could get a very powerful secret method, but now he looks at it, it can only be used as an emergency.

"Don't say it, I'm going to modify the spell, you can do whatever you want."

High-level spells are purely logical, and they have found the right way, so it is natural to fully exert their effects.

It has been changed for half a day last night, and it is just the same as today.

The return trip is against the current, and many places still have to pull the fiber to get on.

It took more than three times as long as downstream, and by the time we arrived at Moreau Castle, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

Lawson didn't rush back to Crescent City, first rested in Morro Castle for a night, and then focused on studying spells for a night, completing the high-level of several major logic spells he would know.

Early the next morning, he rode in the Bright Moon Carriage and headed north to Crescent with Vivien, the five Silver Moon Rangers.

"Vivien, I'll take you to Maple Leaf Town, and then you'll go back to the manor yourself."

"Okay."

"You may encounter it on the road

Sneak attack, when the time comes, you will hide in the carriage of the Bright Moon, and leave everything else to me."

"Is it Faeron?"

"There's a good chance he's been spoiled by you."

"He's an archmage, are you sure you can deal with him?"

"Originally, I didn't, but now at least I can protect myself."

As he spoke, he blessed himself and Vivien with two extremely dexterous, dismantled trigger-type high-level thorn shields.

The same defensive spell, a defensive object, the power reaches master level 2, and the constant effect lasts for 12 hours.

Then, he waited for his mana to recover.

After that, he used the same technique to bless each Silver Moon Ranger with a spell thorn shield, which was also level 2 of the master.

When you're done with that, close your eyes and rest.

About half an hour later, the Bright Moon carriage drove out of Fanggu Town and into the wasteland outside the town.

In this place, on the left is the Amber River, where the river flows, and on the right is the undulating hills, and you can see some scattered mountain villages on the mountainside in the distance, but the distance is more than five or six miles.

As he walked, Hansen's voice suddenly came from ahead.

"Mayor Mare, something is wrong, it's so quiet that there is no birdsong."