Gradually, the dim interior of the volcano became brighter, and a faint red light peeked through the smoke. It's not just the glow of the Flame Ball's eggs, it's also the red-hot lava inside the volcano.

The lava 'gurgling' and tumbling, and when it reached the bottom of the volcano, the hot magma wriggled in front of my eyes, like a pot of boiling soup, and the lava was covered with dense flameballs of eggs, and I couldn't count how many there were.

Anglo, Bingzhixie, and the others stood on a flat ground more than ten meters large that protruded from the cave wall, and the clearing where they landed was less than two meters from the lava below.

The crowd was breathing heavily, and the severe lack of air made it uncomfortable for them to spend every minute they were here. The environment here is really hot, and the sweat thrown out of it will evaporate and dry before it hits the ground as soon as it is out of the care range of cryolite on the glass tube.

Chloe untied the metal kettle from her body with heat-insulated gloves in her hand, took two gulps, and handed it to the others. This kind of kettle is specially made, and the water poured out of it is ice water, and the general kettle may have been boiled through in this high-temperature environment.

Looking at the dim space and the dazzling magma, Anglo said to Alice, "This is the inside of the volcano, the scorching heat, and the flameballs that are constantly emerging from the magma. ”

"The Flame Ball Egg is born out of lava?" Alice wondered.

Anglo said, "I thought you knew. According to scholars, the Flame Ball Burst is an elemental lifeform born from volcanic lava after years of accumulation of fire and earth elements. ”

"The most valuable thing about elemental monsters is their elemental life cores, which are very useful, especially for magicians, using the corresponding life cores can complete the transformation of their body elements faster. "Extremely sensitive to precious treasures and materials, Hurington.

Alice said: "There are so many flame balls here, don't they have a lot of life cores?"

"It's not that easy. "The life kernel of an element is still a form of the element, and the element is something that cannot be grasped by the substance, the formless. Generally, the life of the newborn elemental demonic beast is still countless scattered elements, and only those elemental demonic beasts that have existed for a long time can accumulate the core of life. ”

Alice asked, "How long does it take for the elemental life kernel to accumulate?"

"It's been a long time, I don't know. Hurington said.

Anglo's colleague took out a special thermometer and looked at it: "Anglo, the temperature in the air is 434 degrees. ”

"Oh, got it, you write it down. Anglo turned to Hurrington and said, "We're going to work." It's a safe place, it's relatively open, and you can move around freely, as long as you don't try to attract the attention of the Flame Ball. ”

“haode。 ”

The four of them began to work, and they began to 'visit' the inside of the volcano.

Alice looked around with the glass tube, and the flameball blasters that passed by Alice's side that burned forever and felt the coolness of the cryolite on the glass tube were far away.

And Helrington helped Chloe do this and that, and it wasn't until Chloe answered in the affirmative that she didn't need his help, and then he started to do his own thing.

It was also the first time for Bing Zhiye to come to this kind of place, and he was also very curious about the underground shijie inside this volcano.

Anglo's work was carried out in an orderly manner, collecting lava, measuring temperature, etc., each of which was done very skillfully.

Quietly in the volcano, except for the sound of magma churning, there was only the sound of flames burning on the body of the Flame Ball. These Flame Ball Burst Eggs plunged into the magma one moment and disappeared, and then came out of the magma again, and those Flame Ball Burst Eggs that had just flown out of the magma kept dripping yellow lava liquid, as if they had just been bathed.

"Hey, look what I found. Hurrington shouted.

Alice was observing the Flame Ball Bombardment, and when she heard Hurrington shouting, she walked over and asked, "What?"

Hurrington was disappointed to see that Alice was the only one coming, but he was still happy, and took a charred stone and said, "This is it." ”

"Isn't it just a rotten rock? Alice said.

Hurrington laughed, "It's a gem." ”

"Jewels!" Alice's eyes lit up as soon as she heard the treasure, "This is a gem? is it a black broken stone, is it the obsidian you used in the Alrant alchemy before? Uncle Caesar explained to me that obsidian is produced around volcanoes, and is a kind of crystallization produced by the cooling of volcanic lava. ”

Hurington shook his head and said, "No. He picked up a small stone from the charred dirt and said, "This is the obsidian rough stone." Obsidian is easy to find in such places. This one is the rough stone of zircon. ”

"Zircon?(1) Is it hyacinth?" Alice is a person who loves gemstone orbs, and when she was in the palace, she also had a penchant for gem collecting, and she was also very good at gemstones. She looked at the black stone in Hurington's hand: "I can't see it at all, I remember that I also have a chain of navy blue zircon, which is not like it at all." ”

"Look closely. Hurrington took the hedron lamp and said, "Look if there are dark red crystals in the cracks in the stone." ”

Alice leaned in and took a closer look: "There really is." ”

"Zircon comes in many colors, and ocean blue is just one of the most valuable," Hurrington explains. This piece is dark red. Its hardness is only a little lower than that of diamond (diamond is 10, zircon is 8), and most importantly, it has a wider alchemy range than obsidian, and its melting point is 1000 degrees higher than that of obsidian with more than 1700 degrees. ”

"But as I recall, zircon, like obsidian, is a low-grade gemstone and is not very valuable," Alice said. For 1,000 gold coins, you can buy a handful of them at the gem market. ”

This sentence struck Herrington's enthusiasm straight from the peak to the bottom.

Zircon is indeed one of the favorite gems of handicrafts, decoration and alchemists, for them zircon has good hardness and easy maintenance; there are many kinds of colors, the reflection and dispersion effects are very good, it is very suitable for ornaments; it has high alchemical value, it can be used in many places, and most importantly, it is as cheap as obsidian, and gem-grade zircon can be bought for a dozen gold coins, not to mention those non-gem-grade ordinary zircon. ,

Hurrington was a little angry and said: "What does it matter if it's worthless, do you think I don't know it's not worth it? What do you know, as an alchemist, the greatest pleasure is not to buy materials, but to collect materials by yourself, and then refine them into finished products by yourself, so that you can have a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction." ”

Alice thought about it and said, "Oh, then I'll come with you to find the gem." I heard that diamonds can be found in volcanoes, and they are high-end gemstones. ”

"Diamonds have the highest thermal conductivity to fire of all natural magic gemstones, making them ideal for making fire mages out of their equipment. Nowadays, in the store, mid-to-high-end fire-type magic wands are inlaid with diamonds. "Sherington must have been a professional alchemist, and he immediately told the value of diamonds in their profession.

Alice smiled, "Then let's dig quickly, maybe it would be great to dig up an ice diamond." Let me tell you, my queen mother has a beautiful ice diamond brooch there. ”

"What did you say?" Hurrington looked at her with a sudden frown.

"I ...... I didn't say anything?" Alice was a little scared when she saw his fierce appearance, "I said ice diamond ......"

"Your mother actually used an ice drill brooch!!" Hurington clenched his hands and was about to be furious: "Do you know what is the status of ice diamonds in our alchemy world? The ice diamond with extremely cold properties was born in the hottest lava, and your mother actually used it to make a brooch!!OHMYGOD, I'm going to kill her!!"

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(Note: (1), Zircon: also known as zircon, hyacinth, zircon is a silicate mineral, widely found in acid igneous rocks, but also produced in metamorphic rocks and other sediments. Zircon is chemically stable, so gem-quality zircon can also be found in the gravel of rivers. There are many kinds of zircon, and different zircons will have different colors, such as red, yellow, orange, brown, green, or colorless and transparent, etc. Cut gem-quality zircon is much like a diamond. ）