Chapter 209: The Alchemist

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"The Pompeydi family's Potions Workshop has been around for more than 130 years. Speaking of the Pompey family, it can be regarded as a famous family in the empire. The rise of the Pompey family began 130 years ago, even before the Tulip family.

Speaking of which, back then, the Pompey family was only a second-rate chamber of commerce in the empire, but the Pompeidi family produced a legendary figure nicknamed Warcraft Mountain. This legendary patriarch was the confidant of the regent of the empire back then, and he also had a good personal relationship with His Royal Highness Du Wei, Duke of Tulip. Originally, the Pompeydi family was only engaged in the ordnance business in the army, supplying some weapons and ordnance for the army, and would also be responsible for raising some military rations.

The Pompeydi family first started out on these businesses. However, when it came time for Lord Warcraft Mountain to preside over the Chamber of Commerce, this gentleman clearly pointed out that if the family was only conservatively satisfied with being a military supplier, then it would never become a climate.

Therefore, although the empire was at war at that time, the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce made a lot of money because of it, but Lord Warcraft Mountain still made a new plan for the Chamber of Commerce, and he spent his life transforming the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce from a simple military supplier to a comprehensive chamber of commerce. At present, the business of the Chamber of Commerce involves catering, jewelry, antiques, sundries, magic potions, Nanyang specialties, food, weapons and so on...... In short, almost all industry fields, the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce is involved. The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce is currently recognized as the third largest chamber of commerce in the Empire, as well as the largest supplier of munitions and the largest Potions Workshop. ”

Pinto has not known how many times he has said this introduction hundreds of times in more than ten years, so he is very skillful in speaking. He walked into the hall with Chen Daolin, passed through a small door, and came to an exhibition hall inside.

As soon as he entered the door, Chen Daolin actually saw something at first sight. It made him stunned.

This is a specimen of a flame rhinoceros!

The flame rhinoceros's internal organs had already been hollowed out, and its body had been treated with special medicine, and it was placed at the entrance of the hall, with its hooves spread. Make a roar and come to life.

The Flame Rhino can already be regarded as a mid-level magical beast, and such a thing is already rare.

And then, this exhibition hall has a wall, and all the specimens of the heads of demonic beasts are hung. There are flame rhinoceros, ice and snow wolves, snow foxes, and sand foxes. There's even a griffin!

"Exactly. Our Potions Workshop doesn't just make magic potions. And some common magic materials, we also have business. For example, some Warcraft materials. Our Pompeii Chamber of Commerce and several of the Empire's largest mercenary groups have a good relationship all year round, and every year these mercenary adventure teams venture out to hunt magical beasts in the frozen forests or southern swamps. We will buy a large number of goods to stock up. Of course. If the guest has any special needs, they can also book directly, and we will make a reward to the mercenary group according to the customer's booking needs. ”

After a pause, Pinto smiled: "In the first half of the year, there was a guest ...... I'm sorry, but in order to protect the guest's **, I can't disclose my name. The guest asked for a monster skin that could only be found in the South Seas, and we offered a bounty to three top mercenary groups, and then we organized a fleet to go to the South Seas at great expense, and searched the sea for two months, and finally found the trace of the monster and hunted it back. ”

When Pinto said these words, his tone couldn't help but show a little pride and pride.

"In the north of the empire, the business of the Frozen Forest is basically monopolized by the Tulip family, only their caravans can enter and exit the Frozen Forest, and the other chamber of commerce convoys will be blocked by those damn orcs. However, our Pompeii Chamber of Commerce also has an agreement with the Tulip Family, our convoy can hang the Tulip Flag in and out of the frozen forest, and we will also go to the Great Round Lake every year to trade with the Elves, and some of the artifacts made by the Elves such as bows and arrows, magic swords, and some wood carvings are extremely popular here. ”

As he spoke, Pinto couldn't help but glance at Barossa, who was beside Chen Daolin, and laughed in a low voice: "If I hadn't looked away, this female companion of yours should have come from the shore of Dayuan Lake." ”

Chen Daolin glanced at Barossa, who pursed her lips and smiled: "You are really a wise eye, I am a grass and tree elf." ”

"Then on behalf of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce, I welcome the people of the Elven God. Pinto smiled slightly, and then actually stroked his chest to do an elven etiquette.

Barossa hurriedly returned the salute, and when she looked at Pinto again, her eyes couldn't help but be a little closer.

"Four years ago, for the goods booked by some guests, I personally went to the north with a caravan, and on the shore of Dayuan Lake, I was warmly welcomed by the elven tribe, and that trip is still unforgettable for me. Pinto smiled, "At that time, I was taught by Elder Guyaro, I wonder if you know Elder Guyaro?"

Barossa listened and smiled lightly: "Elder Ge Yaluo is a sacrifice of the Habitat Tribe, I am not from the Habitat Tribe, but I had the privilege of meeting Elder Gyaro last year, he is a noble and wise elder. ”

"May he be well, and may the god of the elves protect him. Pinto's tone was sincere.

With that, several people walked out of the exhibition hall and walked up the stairs to the second floor.

When he walked to the second floor, he was greeted by a smell that made Chen Daolin very familiar.

All kinds of magic plants, extracted potions, these smells wafted in the air, making Chen Daolin couldn't help but show a smile.

There are rows of cabinets in the room, just like those bookshelves in the library, but the cabinets are naturally not books, but large and small bottles and cans, and some large and small boxes and boxes.

"Basically, you can find all the usual magic potion materials here. Pinto's tone was full of pride: "It can be said that the three thousand six hundred and forty-four materials that were commonly listed in the latest edition of the Magic Pharmacopoeia last year can be seen on these shelves. Of course, some particularly rare materials are not placed, but hidden in the warehouse. ”

Speaking of this, Pinto politely smiled at Chen Daolin and said, "Of course, a magic expert like you is here. I won't go into details, but you are naturally more familiar with these things than I am. ”

Chen Daolin shook his head: "You're welcome, I'm young after all." You've been researching this for years. ”

"There are three rooms on the second floor, this one is for plants, and there are two rooms inside, one for minerals. There is also a room with raw materials extracted from Warcraft, as well as some miscellaneous materials. ”

Chen Daolin knew that Barossa was an elf, peace-loving, and didn't like to kill, so he thought that there should be many specimens of Warcraft in that Warcraft Hall - the specimens he saw when he entered the door just now had already made Barossa's face unbearable, Chen Daolin felt sorry for his elves, so he simply decided not to go to the Warcraft Hall, but asked Pinto to take him directly to the Minerals Hall.

Naturally, the Mineral Hall is filled with all kinds of magical gems. Magic crystals of various quality levels from the most common to the most common. to all kinds of magic gems with different attributes.

Chen Daolin noticed. Most of the gemstones here are made of raw materials, i.e. loose stones, and have not been made into any objects. Like rings, wands. Rings, bracelets, lucky charms and other utensils. And there are even some that are not even bare stones, but some rough stones at all.

The so-called raw ore is the ore that has not been polished and mined, and it looks like an inconspicuous broken stone.

However, after all, Chen Daolin has the knowledge of a great alchemy expert like Mrs. Stone, and these seemingly inconspicuous stones are piles of treasures in his eyes, and after looking at them for a while, he can identify them, and there are some valuable high-grade magic gems hidden in them.

Pinto saw that Chen Daolin was looking at it seriously, obviously not just looking at the flowers, but carefully tasting them, and couldn't help but feel a little respect in his heart. He naturally knew that unless he had a considerable attainment in magic ores, he would not be able to see any way to such a pile of primordial stones.

Even some ordinary low-level magicians may not be able to see anything from these rough stones. After all, many low-level magicians rarely see a few high-level magic gems in their lifetime, let alone rough stones.

Chen Daolin looked at it for a while, and then couldn't help but sigh regretfully. He sighed and shook his head.

"Master Darling...... Is there something wrong with this?" Pinto couldn't help but ask when he saw Chen Daolin's strange face.

"It's a pity, it's a pity. Chen Daolin frowned: "These rough stones are okay, but there is no problem." But...... The bare stone mined out of this is ...... Hey, what a problem, waste, waste!

"W-what do you say?" asked Pinto, confused.

Chen Daolin glanced at Pinto, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I don't know these bare stones, are you going to use them to make tools?"

"Hmm......" Pinto's tone was a little twisted, and then he smiled bitterly, "We don't dare to think of it." These loose stones were only mined, polished, and then sold, and we don't know what the people who bought them were to do with them, whether they were only made into amplification rings, bracelets, or set in what magical equipment. ”

"And so it was. Chen Daolin shook his head: "That's why I said, it's a waste." ”

After a pause, he casually pointed to the jewel in a glass case on the tableβ€”a fiery red gem the size of a fist.

"This fiery ruby looks like it's intimidating. Such a big size is rare in terms of volume, and the quality is not bad. When Chen Daolin said this, Pinto glanced at it twice, and said with a smile: "Yes, this is a good thing for us here, it was mined from a mining area in the depths of the southern swamp, and the quality has reached the intermediate level four. ”

"Unfortunately, you shouldn't have mined it. Chen Daolin shook his head: "If the original stone is transported over, it will be fine." ”

Looking at Pinto's puzzled eyes, Chen Daolin said: "Mining rough stones and polishing gems seems simple...... But you know, magic gems are no ordinary gemstones! it doesn't mean that you can just find a jeweler to mine and polish them. Ay!

Your stone is big enough, but what can such a big gem do? Is it used to set a wand? A fourth-level gem is really too bad for setting a wand. A better magician would not choose to use such a low-grade gem to set it, it was large and heavy, but its magic power was not as good as a sixth-level gem that was less than one-tenth of his size. What magician would think would be willing to hold such a large stone in his hand all day long?

Grade 4 gemstones, in general. That is, it is used as a base material for some ordinary magic arrays.

Look at this fire ruby, although its quality is generally up to the middle level four, but there is a difference, its right corner is here. The color is darker, and in terms of texture, it should be able to reach the fifth level! This is one level higher, but the difference is big!

A gem of the fifth level. It can barely be made into a ring face, and it can be set in a ring.

But I see the marks of polishing your gem, and this corner is obviously polished - I think it must be the craftsman in your workshop who polishes this stone? It must not be a magician, since he is not a magician, I am afraid that when polishing, I will not be able to see the subtleties of the fourth or fifth grade, as long as the polishing is a little carelessly polished off a little bit of the size of a sesame seed...... That would be too much to lose. Ay!

The most valuable thing about your stone is the corner on the right. It's a pity that half of it was polished off. The rest of the whole chunk. It's nothing more than a part of the base material. ”

Chen Daolin said this. Regardless of Pinto's face, he casually pointed to another yellow stone.

This is a golden fiery diamond, which can be regarded as a treasure among magic gems.

"The color of this gold filigree diamond is very good. It's a pity you didn't get it right. Chen Daolin smiled bitterly: "There are a total of three gold wire fire diamonds on this table, if I am not mistaken." These three fire diamonds should be a piece of raw material and you cut it yourself, right?"

Pinto was stunned for a moment, and nodded again and again: "Hello eyesight! Our craftsman said that although the raw material is a large piece, the quality of the raw material is uneven, and some of the quality is poor, so he simply cut it open. ”

"I cut what I shouldn't have cut, but I didn't cut what I should have. Chen Daolin sighed.

Then he said slowly: "This kind of thing is a rare fire gem. Pinto, you have also studied magic, for any fire mage, the gold wire fire diamond is the mage's favorite thing, your gold wire fire diamond, if not cut, the volume is enough to be inlaid on the wand! If it is an inlaid wand, the emphasis is on the output of magic power, in fact, you don't care much about the subtle color difference of the gem itself, but you are so qiΔ“, but the difference in color is cut out, but what about after you cut it out? These three gems, taken out at random, for a wand setting, are too small, and the magic output is obviously far from enough.

Let's make a magic array, use a golden wire fire diamond to make a magic array, I'm afraid only a magic master would be so extravagant.

As for doing something else...... If you make a ring, it is too big, and once you cut it again, it will be wasted.

The only option is to do some inlays on the equipment.

You see, it was originally a very good wand inlaid with gemstones, but you were so angry that you could only make some scraps of magic equipment, you say, isn't it a pity?"

When Chen Daolin said this, he suddenly closed his mouth and looked at Pinto.

Pinto was dumbfounded, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, his hands were hanging down, and his fingertips were trembling slightly!

Seeing Pinto's appearance, Chen Daolin couldn't help but be a little puzzled, he took two steps closer and said in a low voice: "Pinto, Mr. Pinto?"

Pinto seemed to wake up suddenly, his body shook, and then he looked at Chen Daolin with an unbelievable gaze, took a deep breath, and his voice actually trembled a little: "Da, Master Darling, I, I take the liberty of asking, may I ask you, do you study alchemy?"

When Chen Daolin heard this, he smiled: "I can't talk about studying, but I'm just a little involved in alchemy." ”

Pinto listened, and stared at Chen Daolin for a long time with a complicated look.

Finally, he let out a long breath.

"Mr. Darling!!" Pinto bowed solemnly, and when he raised his head, his face was full of sincerity: "Thank you for the reminder...... If it weren't for your suggestion, I wouldn't have been able to think of these things even if I died. Although I had studied magic, I knew nothing about alchemy, and I only knew a little about magic theory and potions. But the magic weapon alchemy is completely ignorant. Over the years, the development of the Potions Workshop has been at a bottleneck, but I thought that our raw materials were selling well.

But today, when you say this, I suddenly wake up, over the years, I don't know how many good things have been scrapped in my hands!!"

Pinto looked sorry.

Chen Daolin was a little curious: "Huh, don't you have a magician consultant in your workshop? After all, you are in the business of magic materials, even if you know some magic theory. But after all, there needs to be a magician here. The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce has a big business, can't it recruit a magician?"

"There are two magician advisors. Pinto smiled wryly: "One is from the Magic Guild, and he only comes to see it occasionally on weekdays." The other one is enshrined all year round. However, he is only a low-level mage, but fortunately, he is very proficient in Potions. ”

When Pinto said this, his tone became more and more helpless: "You also saw just now, we only have some rough and bare stones here...... In fact. Why don't we want to be in the business of finished artifacts? How much can we make by selling rough stones? A rough stone can be up to 35,000 gold coins, but if it is made into magical equipment, the price code can be added to the back by zero!"

Chen Daolin nodded: "This is not bad." ”

"But ......," Pinto smiled bitterly, "but the magician who can make weapons is really not found." ”

"Oh?" Chen Daolin looked at Pinto suspiciously.

Pinto also frowned, "Isn't this obvious? Although there are magicians, alchemists are not common! Alchemists are the rarest and rarest type of magicians. If you know how to make alchemy, even if you are a low-level mage, you will be regarded as the most welcome guest of honor by the wealthy family, and you can enjoy the most generous treatment! But alchemists are really rare, and they have to become alchemists. It's several times more difficult than other types of magicians. An alchemist. Be well-versed in all the theories of magic, have deep attainments, and be proficient in Potions. Proficient in all kinds of magic minerals, magic creatures. Magical theories, magical elements, and various material principles must also have a high degree of skill and genius in their ideas...... All in all, an alchemist is almost a magic jack-of-all-trades. Such characters are becoming more and more rare nowadays. In the entire imperial capital, there are alchemists with names and surnames, who can be counted on one hand, and these people, some of whom are noble, will never be hired by us, and the others are held in the hands of other wealthy families, like thieves to prevent outsiders from poaching......"

When Chen Daolin heard this, his face couldn't help but become more and more strange.

He also knew alchemists, which seemed to be relatively rare.

However, he never thought that alchemists would be so scarce?!

After all, Chen Daolin is not a native of Roland, and his knowledge of magic and his understanding of the situation in the wizarding world all come from the memories of Madame Stone.

But because Lady Stone is an alchemist herself, she herself doesn't think how rare she is.

After all, people don't particularly cherish and value what they already have.

In addition, the person in the magic field that Chen Daolin dealt with the most was the kid Lucius - this guy is also a half-and-a-half of a man who hasn't grown all his hair, how can he know so much?

So no one has ever told Chen Daolin that alchemists are so scarce in the Roland Empire that they are so scarce?!

Pinto looked at Chen Daolin, and suddenly his eyes showed a sense of fanaticism: "Master Darling, I'...... I want to ask, it's a presumptuous question, but ...... Still is...... Well...... That one...... I don't know, what level of alchemy has you reached?"

"Realm?" Chen Daolin touched his nose: "My mage qualification should be able to reach the intermediate level soon, but alchemy, I don't know how to measure it." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly patted his head, then reached out and touched it from his arms, and found a handful of things.

It's all magic rings, rings, bracelets, charms, lucky charms, and so on.

These are all magical equipment that Chen Daolin usually has nothing to do and makes by himself, some big and some small.

He himself never took these things too seriously...... Anyway, his magic gems came too easily.

Unexpectedly, when this ring bracelet or something like that was taken out, Pinto almost fell to the ground with just one look!!

"This, these!!!......! You made it yourself?!" (To be continued)