What Nia was puzzled and suspicious of was probably the same as that of many alchemists.

Alchemy can create many wonderful things, but the practice of alchemy is much more difficult than the cultivation of magic and fighting spirit, alchemy does not mean that one material and another material are refined together in a special way, there are too many alchemy theories and skills to learn and master.

Even if there is a ready-made alchemy formula, the alchemist has to go through countless experiments and configurations, and after being completely proficient in each step of the formula, he can refine it according to the formula.

Therefore, one of the biggest difficulties in learning alchemy is...... Money!

The value of gold coins worth of alchemy materials consumed by an alchemist in a year is definitely a terrifying number. Without a certain amount of financial support, it is simply impossible to study alchemy to a high level.

However, the benefits brought by alchemy are also huge, and now the alchemy products are all over all aspects of the empire, directly working for the imperial officials, and the salary alone is a lot of assets every year, not to mention many benefits.

Alchemy does not have a realm, but according to the difficulty and effectiveness of some alchemy formulas, there is a corresponding six-order level division with the realm of the practitioner, and being able to skillfully complete the production of the corresponding level formula means that the alchemist has reached several levels, and as long as there is some talent, he is willing to work hard to spend some money when learning alchemy in the early stage, and then pass the official alchemy standard exam of the empire, which is basically the spring of the alchemist.

Since ancient times, the so-called poor literature and rich martial arts, cultivators have spent enough money to cultivate magic or fighting spirit, and you can know a little bit about the terrifying tuition fees of major cultivation colleges every year, but it is not difficult to make money with the ability of cultivators, so alchemists who specialize in earning money from cultivators are indeed very rich most of the time.

Just more often than not...... They will go from rich to poor overnight.

This is because of another great difficulty in cultivating alchemy - explosion!

It requires very high-end control when performing alchemy, and if you accidentally slip your hand...... The consequences are often unimaginable, and the worst and most common result is an explosion!

As the famous saying in the alchemy world said before: only after countless experiments and countless explosions can a complete alchemy formula be achieved!

There is a more straightforward version of this wise saying: Explosion! If there is alchemy, there will be an explosion! Alchemy produces an explosion, and an explosion makes alchemy! An alchemist who has not experienced an explosion is not a good scholar!

Di Xue, who used to stay in the Ministry of Military Industry, deeply understands this, according to statistics, every year, the Alchemy Research Branch of the Imperial Ministry of Military Industry blows up 300 million alchemy test tubes!

So, if you accidentally slip your hand...... If you drop an extra drop of solution, put a little more powder or something, then cause an explosion and destroy all the rare alchemy materials, then the alchemist will be the result of bankruptcy overnight.

Getting rich overnight or going bankrupt overnight is a common thing for alchemists.

Therefore, the alchemists who often experience explosions don't care about such things as bankruptcy, because they are used to breaking and breaking.

But there was still no alchemist who wanted to face the experimental explosion.

For what?

What if the fuck kills someone?!

Because of the above ...... Alchemists are known as one of the top ten risky professions in the empire.

But there is no doubt that the more difficulties there are, the more rewards will be, alchemy for the alchemist to bring wealth and honor, because now many alchemy products popularized by the empire have brought a lot of convenience to the people of the empire, in the empire, an alchemist is actually more admired by ordinary people than a magician.

And alchemy can also be refined into many extremely powerful products, and the alchemy that is at its best can be refined into alchemy products that are comparable to the power of magic at the level of magic guides.

For example, when the refining weapon is available at the right time, place, and people, it can create an artifact with the power of mortals, and the history of cultivation records that there have been legendary alchemists in history, and under special conditions, they have even refined terrifying alchemy products that are comparable to forbidden spells.

However, these peerless alchemy products, needless to say, also mean that many extremely rare materials are used, such as some herbal materials that can only mature once in thousands or even tens of thousands of years, or rare minerals hidden deep under the thick soil of the Jedi, or materials from some terrifying beasts.

These things are not available to ordinary people, and some of them cannot be bought even if they have money, or they are difficult to get their hands on with the help of super strong people.

How far can this road go? This is a common question in the hearts of all alchemists who are struggling with the bottom line.

Nia had a similar idea at this time, as an alchemist, she deeply knew how difficult and dangerous it was for the Dao to refine some powerful alchemy products, and it was basically consumed after one use, and it was difficult for an alchemist to have a strong force like a magician or a martial artist.

What happened on the island this time made Nia deeply realize the weakness of the alchemist's strength and the importance of strength.

And in the face of Nia's question, Di Xue didn't think about it for long.

Some things, from his perspective, are different.

Soon after Nia's words, Di Xue asked rhetorically, "Then what do you think is the so-called real strength?"

Nia was slightly stunned, thought for a moment and said, "The strength is ...... Isn't it just how much damage it can do?"

Di Xue smiled noncommittally: "Maybe it can be understood like this, so what do you think...... The power of alchemy is not as powerful as magic?"

"Yes, for example, according to the so-called alchemist level of your human race, the same person with cultivation talent, who has studied alchemy to become a third-order alchemist, can work hard to create a bottle of concentrated fiery potions, but if he cultivates destruction magic to the bachelor's realm, he can use the bachelor's level destruction magic at will! Moreover, the fiery potion made by the third-order alchemist is much weaker than the bachelor's level magic!" Nia said very seriously.

Di Xue still smiled incomprehensibly: "Well, what you said is good, but that only represents personal force, there is no doubt that the strength of an alchemist is indeed not as strong as a magician or a martial artist, but...... What I just asked about is the power of alchemy, is it not as powerful as magic?"

Nia looked a little confused, but Di Xue turned back to the Ris centurion who was sitting in the driver's seat and said, "Ris centurion, this king asks you a question. ”

The Ris centurion turned sideways and bowed his head to Di Xue and said, "Your Royal Highness, please speak!"

Di Xue said: "Suppose, I now send a great demon guide to be your subordinate at your command, or send you a war sword flying saucer, which one do you choose?"

Reece didn't hesitate long before replying, "The last general will choose to fight the sword flying saucer!"

Nia was a little surprised when she heard this, the strength of a great magic guide must be stronger than a war sword flying saucer, why did Reese choose this?

Di Xue turned back to her and said, "Is it strange why he chose this for him? Because the Great Demon Guide is a human being, and when manpower is exhausted, people will think when they have emotions, and they will be tired, dissatisfied, angry, painful, and ...... A great magician-level powerhouse, you can't really treat him as an ordinary soldier, if you don't provide for him and serve him, will he obediently die for you?"

"The flying saucer does not have these problems, because the flying saucer is just a tool, you can use it as you like, as long as you pay attention to daily maintenance, it can fight for you at any time, even if it is hit by the enemy, as long as it can fly, you can drive it to continue fighting!"

"It is much more difficult to support a strong man and a subordinate than to fly a flying saucer, so as a soldier, even if the destructive power that a sword saucer can cause is far less powerful than that of a great magician, Centurion Reese will still choose to fight a sword flying saucer. ”

Nia was thoughtful, Di Xue paused and continued: "What I want to say is that there are many manifestations of 'power and strength', in my opinion, the most convenient to use is the best and most powerful force and quantity, to make a magic flying saucer, you need to use a lot of alchemy techniques, the flying saucer we are sitting on now is a combination of many alchemy, alchemy, and magic circle techniques, and it is the crystallization of the wisdom of countless sages. ”

"The strength of alchemy does not lie in the strength of individual force, perhaps human beings who cultivate magic and fighting qi can eventually have the power to destroy the world and destroy the world, but the refining weapons, alchemy, and magic circles are the academic that promotes the entire process of human civilization!"

"The strength of individual human beings will eventually be exhausted, and the cultivation of cultivators to the realm of masters is already the limit, and even master-level powerhouses will die after all, but the techniques of alchemy and refining arrays have been continuously developed since countless eras, and the knowledge inheritance will never fade!

Nia nodded as if she didn't understand: "I understand, how powerful a force is, not in how terrifying the destructive power it is, but in what meaning it plays! The meaning of alchemy power is different from magic and fighting energy. ”

Then she looked at Di Xue with a look of surprise and gratitude: "Thank you, Di Xue, your words today have taught me! I will definitely find the path of alchemy that I should take!"

Murong Lie, who had been silent, suddenly raised his head and said, "What is the meaning of the power of the power is meaningless, the meaning of the alchemy power you just mentioned only exists when your royal family has sealed these high-level alchemy techniques and kept them secret, right?"

Di Xue looked at Murong Lie very seriously: "Yes! That's right!"

Murong Lie felt a little inexplicable at Shen Xue's calm gaze, didn't this guy understand his sneer? So Murong Lie continued to say sarcastically: "Then this meaning is only for the empire and the royal family, do you dare to reveal the skills of the war sword flying saucer? Let other powerful forces also use the war weapons created by these techniques? Hmph! There are so many excuses to block military secrets!"

Di Xue was looking at Murong Lie with a kind of idiotic gaze: "You know that the Dao is a military secret, so of course it must be blocked! Do you mean that we should print out the design of the military flying saucer and throw it all over the street? And then watch other forces to make military flying saucers, and drive the flying saucers everywhere to bombard the continent into the flames of war? And then we sit back and wait for the peaceful unification of the empire to fall apart? Hundreds of millions of people have been displaced and died? The Red Sea Continent has returned to the late church age? You don't even understand that the strength of the country means peace and the peace and happiness of the people?

Murong Lie was choked up again by Di Xue's series of words, and he blushed for a long time and said, "How do you know that if someone else makes a military flying saucer, he will definitely drive it against your royal family?"

Di Xue simply didn't speak this time, but just despised him with his eyes.

Murong Lie had more and more black lines on his head in Di Xue's contemptuous gaze, and Di Xue had already laughed maliciously in his heart, facing Murong Lie, a guy who was not deeply involved in the world, had a simple mind and developed limbs, and was arrogant and smelly, he was like facing a child with an adult body......

Whether in terms of psychological maturity or IQ, it is full of a deep sense of superiority......