Chapter 41: The Elixir of Charm (I)

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The boy suddenly cried out, the emperor had no clothes at all. And so it was just like that, the tricks of the crooks were revealed......"

After talking about "The Emperor's New Clothes", it is customary to discuss and answer the many whys that Avril raised.

"Xiuyi, is it true that every person with power will be deceived by his subordinates?"

“...... Yes, just to a different extent. ”

"That's what you call gain and loss, right?"

"Yes, when you are on top, power blinds you and prevents you from seeing many things, you are blinded, deceived, surrounded by lies. Perhaps the biggest difference between a good emperor and a bad emperor is that he can distinguish between what is a lie and what is true. ”

Avril fell silent.

As if remembering something, she muttered, "My mother, the queen of the empire, always considered herself the most beautiful woman. And the maids around her always say the same. But her father was always very indifferent to her. She tried desperately to dress herself up, trying to get her father to pay more attention to her, but the result was ......"

Avril Lavigne's eyes flashed, tears like crystals: "Actually, she's too old to be beautiful anymore, right?"

"Yes. Gong Hao nodded.

"Those maids are lying, aren't they?"

“...... Yes Avril, they're lying. They don't dare to tell the truth because they are afraid that your mother will not accept the truth that she is old. ”

"I feel so uncomfortable that I've been living a lie all along. Avril was sad and got under the covers and covered her head.

Gong Hao gently lifted the quilt, looked at the little face full of tears, and said softly: "You are much happier than your mother, because you have at least one friend, and he will not cheat on you." ”

Avril blinked her big bright eyes and stared at Gong Hao: "Are you saying you'll never lie to me?"

Gong Hao thought for a moment and replied, "Avril, you must know that there are many kinds of lies. Some are well-intentioned, some are malicious, some are for their own benefit, and some are forced to be helpless. If you ask me if I will never lie to you, then I can only answer you, I will do my best to protect you, not to hurt you, maybe in the future I will hide something from you, maybe there will be a well-intentioned deception, but in any case, I will not let you live in a lie because they are afraid of you, as your subordinates do. ”

Avril sighed, "I don't think it's good to be a princess now. ”

"Well, as a princess, you may lose some of the happiness of the commoners, but you will also not have the troubles of the commoners. You can't get everything, that's a given. When you understand this, you have grown up. ”

"Yes, I see. ”

Avril smiled secretly, as if she remembered how she had behaved when she first arrived on the island.

Gong Hao felt that Avril was really much better now than when she first met.

"Huey, do you think I'm good-looking?"

"Yes, you are beautiful. ”

"Truth?"

"I'm tempted to say you're ugly to prove that I dare to tell the truth. But in the face of this most outstanding creation of the gods, I really can't blaspheme. And that's the real lie. ”

"You're a lot better at your sycophants than those people. The little princess giggled.

"Even the truth can be said nicely, and of course, just for you. ”

The princess stuck out her tongue, it seemed that half of her discomfort just now was because she suspected that people's praise for her beauty was a lie, and now that it was confirmed from Gong Hao's mouth, it naturally felt different.

She squirmed a little.

"Okay, don't be upset. Gong Hao smiled: "I think I have good news for you." ”

"What's the good news?" Avril knew that Gong Hao's good news always made her excited.

"Maybe I can give your mother a little more favor from your father. ”

"You mean ......"

"Anti-aging potion, you know. However, it can only delay aging, and cannot further increase the attractiveness of women. I thought maybe I could make a better potion, and I called it a charm potion. Of course, it's all done for you, and I want you to keep it a secret......"

Avril bit her lower lip and looked at Gong Hao with a slightly slanted look, which was full of temptation. She whispered, "Huey, you're so nice. ”

Gong Hao patted her little hand: "But I need someone to help me." How about lending me a maid? I'll have to put a potion on her to see if it works. You know that the result of alchemy may be beautiful, but the process is always cruel. I don't want to test on you. ”

Avril nodded desperately.

She shook the bell.

The handmaiden walked in.

"Ishadora, Hugh Igler's alchemical experiments need a maid. I lend you to him for the time being, and from this day forward, you are at his command. You can do whatever he tells you to do, do you understand?" In addition to being gentle to Gong Hao, Avril faced other subordinates most of the time, and she was full of majestic orders, and she did not allow her subordinates to resist her will at all. This huge difference made Gong Hao feel a little weird.

"Yes, Your Highness Princess. The maid replied on her knees, and then hurried aside.

"Okay, the story is over, you can rest early, I'm going back to sleep too. There is still much to do tomorrow. Gong Hao said to Avril.

"Oh, Xiui, I can't bear to let you go. Avril pulled Gong Hao and was reluctant to let go.

"Alright, Avril, I have to go. I'll have to make some fireworks for you before I go to bed. God knows how you set off all the fireworks in one day. I told you you can only put them when you're lonely and bored. ”

"I've been lonely without your time. ”

Avril's answer moved Gong Hao a little.

He squeezed Avril's soft little hand and got up to leave.

He could feel the reluctant gaze behind him.

Closing the door gently, the maid named Isadora was still waiting at the door.

Gong Hao said to her, "Come to my laboratory in the Alchemy Pagoda tomorrow morning." You'll know what you're supposed to do. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

The maid replied.

What a fresh name, Gong Hao couldn't help but sigh.

When did you become an adult?

He looked around carefully, and then he realized that almost all the servants and maids were looking at him with a look that was a little extraordinary.

No one dared to see Gong Hao as a lowly servant or an ordinary apprentice.

Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Gong Haoxun left.

Back in his room, Gong Hao gathered his mind and returned to work.

However, instead of making fireworks for Avril, research on flesh golems is conducted.

After seeing the illusion brought by the troll god that day, he realized that Electra was likely using elemental concussions to complete the creation of the flesh golem.

He had to prove his conjecture through trial and error.

Tonight is the twenty-eighth trial.

Mentally moving a ball of soul energy into the soul bead, Gong Hao began to meditate.

Through meditation to stimulate elemental induction, after resonance, the soul energy is adjusted to the level of elemental oscillation, and then the energy in the magic bead is fixed at the same rhythm through some alchemy means.

Electra is using the means of a magician to complete alchemy, in a sense, this completely deviates from the original intention of alchemy, so it is no wonder that alchemists cannot reforge the glory of Electra.

After all, no alchemist has ever had the talent to cultivate magic.

Under the effect of meditation, the soul energy in the bead began to appear like the concussive reaction in the bead of the troll god, like boiling water, constantly boiling and tumbling in the bead.

Gong Hao carefully adjusted his rhythm and sensed the changes in mana, he could clearly feel that in this process of alchemy, his ability to sense the elements had increased significantly, and a trace of magic power had entered his body, bringing him unprecedented pleasure.

It worked!

Gong Hao's heart was ecstatic.

He finally understood why Electra would practice alchemy as a magician.

It turned out that he was not only alchemy, but also practicing magic.

By resonating with soul energy, not only can you create powerful puppets, but you can also greatly enhance your ability to sense your own elements, which is actually a way to kill two birds with one stone!

Electra, you're such a genius. He undoubtedly understood a way to cultivate magic that resembled the samurai's extreme training method.

And the results are even better, and they don't stop due to excessive fatigue.

The energy in the magic bead gradually calmed down after the violent elemental shock, and the slightest soul aura began to escape to the periphery. Gong Hao knew that it was a method that he had not yet known that could effectively shackle the soul energy, and it was obvious that this part belonged to the category of alchemy.

However, it should not be difficult to solve the problem in this area, and Hines estimates that it can be done.

As long as the problem of soul strength increase is solved, it is equivalent to solving the problem of increasing the combat power of flesh and blood puppets and soul selection, and increasing soul strength through elemental shock, such a genius method is probably only possible for Electra.

Although this is only his first success, and it will take some trial and error to confirm that it works, Gong Hao believes that this is no longer a problem. In a few days, he would be able to report back to Hinenes.

With a long sigh of relief, Gong Hao only felt a splitting headache.

It turns out that using this method to increase the strength of the magic power and exercise the soul will also have certain sequelae, but fortunately, as long as you sleep, you should be fine.

It was the easiest and sweetest sleep he'd ever had since he studied flesh puppets.

In the dream, he saved all the teenagers by himself, and then took them away from Purgatory Island and lived a free life.

Maybe it's because the fairy tale is too much, and Gong Hao himself feels that all this seems to be a fairy tale.

Early the next morning, Isadora came to Gong Hao's laboratory.

"My lord, do you have any orders?"

"Drink this pill. Gong Hao took out a medicine bottle and said to Isadora.

"It's ......" Isadora looked at the blue potion in the bottle, a little trepidation.

"Don't worry, it's not poison. It is a hormone that stimulates the body's hormones...... Well, how can I tell you?" Gong Hao thought for a moment, and then said, "This is a drug that can help you exud the attention of men. I make it with seductive grass and some other special things, it stimulates your body, so that your body automatically releases a special smell that has a fatal temptation for men. You're good-looking, and if you drink this stuff any more, I guess there will be a lot of men who will be obsessed with you. ”

Isadora's face flushed, "But my lord ......"

Gong Hao stopped her: "I promised to refine a potion for the little princess, this potion can make women increase her charm. You are lucky to be the first test of this potion, and if it works, I will thank you and send you a few bottles of this potion, and believe me, with it, you will definitely find the best man in the future. ”

Isadora lowered her head, only to feel her heart pounding.

"In order to test the effects of the potion, I need you to do something for me. ”

"What's the matter? ”

"Simple, how old are you?"

"Fourteen years old. ”

"Well, with your age, it's generally easy to attract the attention of your peers. But with this potion, I need your range of attraction to be so attractive that even people who are decades older than you can be fascinated by you. ”

"What do you mean ......"

"Drink this potion, and then go to Lord Pierre's laboratory on the sixth floor of the Alchemy Tower. I don't care what you do, but I want you to make sure that Mistress Pierre is paying attention to you. If you can do it, it means that the medicine works. If you can't, then I'll have to experiment with something else on you, which isn't necessarily easier than drinking a potion. Oh yes, have you ever learned the art of seducing a man?"

Isadora shook her head hurriedly.

"Then I'll teach you some. Remember, this is just a small test, and you don't have to worry about the consequences, as long as you get Mistress Pierre to pay attention. But if you do the other way around and let Mistress Pierre know your purpose, it means that not only are the potions useless, but you are also useless. You failed to attract him, but you were defeated by him. ”

Isadora was a little alarmed: "Can you ...... Try someone else?"

"No, I can't. Mistress Pierre is the most determined man I have ever met. To confirm the effects of the potion, it is necessary to test it on him. But I warn you, if you let Mistress Pierre know about my experiments, I don't think he will be pleased. Then the consequence is that I may be punished for this, and the potion will not succeed, as for your fate...... Your princess isn't very good-tempered, is she, I guess she's not going to accept my experiment because of the incompetence of a maid. So what do you think she's going to do to you?"

Isadora shuddered, "Yes, my lord, I will not let Pierre-sama see any problems. ”

"Very well, you have a month to seduce Mistress Pierre, and during this time I will keep adjusting the potions to try to get the best results. You have to report to me every day about his movements, including the way he looks at you, his movements, and what he says to you. ”

"Yes, my lord, but how shall I approach him?"

"I'll naturally make excuses for you. Gong Hao took out a few bottles of potion: "After drinking that thing, you send these bottles of potion to Lord Pierre, and say that you are sent by the princess to be my assistant, help me send some finished products, get some materials, and do some work that requires running errands." Because the princess wants me to finish my work early so that I can be with her. As for how you stay there after the things are delivered, it's up to you. You can pretend to fall, or you can pretend to be curious about those processes of alchemy. If one day you can accept his invitation to stay at least an hour in his lab, then you and I have succeeded. ”

"Yes, I'll try, sir. ”

Hearing Isadora say this, Gong Hao's feeling became more and more strange.

For a year and a half, this is probably the sentence he has said the most, and now, someone has said it to him.

Smiling slightly, he placed the vial containing the blue potion into Isadora's hand.

"Drank it. He said.