44 Knowledge is Money (2/2)
The experiment in this article was an example. The author showed his way to find the new element — By using the 9th circle magic Fire Storm to bombard Sunstone in an enclosed magic circle, the author obtained a beautiful and pure crystal called Tai, which was both more flexible and lighter than Mythril.
Lucien speculated that there was no periodic table of the elements in this world yet. But in this magic world, elements here were probably totally unpredictable.
In order to show the conflict between the ancient element theory and real-life practice, Lucien took a few apprentice element magics for example. After hearing his idea, the rest of the apprentices present were very excited.
“Mr. Professor… I, I believe you’re right! Being explained in this way, many of my experiment questions can be easily solved!” Mercury was very grateful, “Thank you so much, Mr. Professor!”
Hanger, who was standing in the corner all the time, also could hardly conceal his excitement, “Mr. Professor, what about spirit? Is it also composed of certain elements? I don’t have the materials you need, but you can choose anything you want in my bag.”
The other apprentices now held no suspicion of Lucien’s identity. They all firmly believed that Lucien was the most knowledgeable sorcerer they had ever met, and were all eagerly hoping that the great sorcerer could share more of his ideas with them.
Disappointingly, Lucien shook his head, “Sorry, I haven’t dipped into Necromancy, so I cannot answer your question.”
After putting the three Corpse Mushrooms into his pocket and taking Philosopher’s suitcase, Lucien asked, “Do you have extra Corpse Mushroom or Revenant Dust? I want to buy more, or you can ask more questions.”
The brain tissue of the aquatic zombie was enough for about seven to eight experiments, and each of them would consume one Corpse Mushroom. Lucien hoped that he could collect the materials as much as possible.
“Since the church has been keeping an eye on us for a long time and it’s too risky to cultivate the mushroom by ourselves, Corpse Mushroom is very rare these days. Except Mercury, I don’t think other apprentices here would be able to offer you more, Mr. Professor.” Philosopher answered respectfully. He seemed like the leader of the group.
Like White Honey, Philosopher was a member of another two sorcerer groups. But the other sorcerers and sorceresses he had met were all very arrogant. They would only help the other group members who could offer something they really want, or give instructions to their own apprentices. Therefore, he was very grateful for Lucien’s help.
“Compared with Corpse Mushroom, Revenant Dust is even harder to find.” White Honey added, “The formation of revenant requires strong grievance and resentment gathering in a certain way. Although using the blood of some evil creatures can summon revenants, the blood is even more precious than the dust itself; after all, this is Aalto.”
Lucien was kind of disappointed, but he quickly moved on. Later he answered more questions raised by the other group members and got more materials and magic reagents in return. Lucien’s knowledge earned great respect for him among the apprentices.
Besides respect, Lucien also earned a whole set of magic labware, three Corpse Mushroom, many other magic materials and reagents. Just like the saying goes, “Knowledge is Money”.