Returning from the abyss

Chapter 437 Learning
Lu Ning followed Catherine and walked around the commercial street, and found that the parliament had indeed responded quickly, and Catherine was relieved.

"Ewa Gallery has been established for hundreds of years, and there must be countermeasures for all possible things, so you don't need to worry about it." Liz shook her head, "Now think about your own affairs."

Catherine's complexion, which had just improved, became worse again.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Lu Ning asked.

"It's none of your business." Catherine waved her hand, "It's my family's private business."

"If it's a matter of marriage contract or inheritance, I think I can give some advice."

"Puff cough cough!! How do you know?" Catherine turned her head to look at Lu Ning.

"Although I haven't participated in it, aren't these stories the most widely circulated among the people?" Lu Ning put on an innocent expression, "Even if you don't pay attention to it, you can listen to a lot."

"Liz, Xue Ni, what is the image of nobles in the eyes of ordinary people?"

"What kind of image is not important, as long as it is the image they understand." Xue Ni smiled, "You don't still care about this kind of thing, do you?"

"Of course I care about it! If the whole world knows about that crap, I'm going to kill myself!"

"It's not that serious." Liz dismissed it.

"It's not your business anyway, right?" Catherine glared at her. "In short...forget it, I'm too embarrassed to ask for another sealing spell for this kind of thing. Let's find a place to eat."

There are many places to eat on the commercial street, and the three of Catherine are actually not very good at spending money in places other than magic, so they only chose an ordinary restaurant.The four sat in a separate room. After ordering, Catherine sighed and said to Lu Ning:
"Since you know a little... let's say you have a friend..."

"I'm afraid this friend is not you." Liz interrupted her, "Arguing with others can make them cry, but when you talk about yourself, you are clumsy. Can you be more straightforward?"

Catherine stared at Liz, holding her breath for a long time.

"Actually, Liz doesn't know the specific situation." Xue Ni whispered next to Lu Ning, "She probably wants to hear the excitement."

Seeing Xue Ni like this, she probably knew it, but she didn't take it seriously.

After a short pause, Catherine began to tell the story.And just as Lu Ning expected, it was the kind of bloody marriage contract in the aristocratic circle that is very easy to see in various story books.

Leaving aside specific details, Catherine's fundamental problem is that this agreement can be broken when she demonstrates a certain amount of magical talent.But this kind of magic can only be well-spoken, and the specific judgment still depends on the level. When Catherine entered the school, she happened to choose the powerful but expensive and difficult crystal magic. It stands to reason that at her age, she could pass the exam even after two years. Intermediate magicians can be considered excellent.

"The problem is that it will be two years later." Liz didn't just watch the excitement, she soon understood the biggest problem, "Seeing that you are not in a hurry, you still have such a troublesome agreement?"

"Magic progress is not a problem that can be solved in a hurry." Catherine said distressedly, "The biggest problem now is that they are all here!"

"You just need to explain to them clearly, anyway, the agreement is not fulfilled now." Xue Ni seemed to know more about the inside story, "Wouldn't it be okay if you pass the exam in two years' time?"

"The problem is... the learning cost of crystallization magic?" Lu Ning understood where the specific problem was because of her previous experience.

"That's what I'm most worried about." Catherine leaned down on the table, "As long as they reduce resources a little...it may be difficult for me to pass the exam."

"So despicable?" Liz raised her eyebrows.

"In our circle, it's called subterfuge." Catherine rubbed her face, "And I think the probability of this kind of thing happening is very high."

"Would you rather destroy an intermediate magician? Even a promising magician?" Lu Ning asked.

"No, the national strength of the country where Catherine is located is still very strong. With the foundation of Avalon, she will not have any troubles to improve when she returns to get sufficient resources. This is equivalent to making a profit for the other party. A wife with unlimited potential, so you understand why Catherine said that this has a high probability of happening?" Xue Ni said.

"Uh..." Lu Ning probably understood what was going on.

"Taken together, the only problem here is that Catherine doesn't want to get married, but in fact everyone but her thinks it's a good thing for everyone."

"Where are your parents? Why don't you ask for your opinion?" Lu Ning just said this and found that she was thinking less.

"First of all... the family relationship between the nobles is not as deep as you think. My parents and I have not communicated with each other for a long time." Xue Ni smiled slightly, "Secondly, even if there is the influence of family relationship, it is very difficult under such interests. It’s hard to say how much can be maintained. In the end, in a noble family, it’s usually not just one or two people talking, even the patriarch.”

"Don't you have such troubles..." Catherine looked at Xue Ni speechlessly.

"I have my own source of income, and I don't learn crystallization magic."

"So you also want to see my jokes!"

All joking aside, Lu Ning also knew that what Catherine hoped now was that her problem would not be discovered, so as to get through the current difficulties.Although this incident seemed to have nothing to do with her mission, it would be beneficial to help out.

"First of all... when will you meet?"

"It should not be before the end of the internal communication meeting, and now that they are closed to go out, they are more concerned about when they should release people. I still have some time."

"The mentor should be present when we meet, right? Otherwise, how will your progress be determined?"

"But the mentor will definitely not hide it for me..." Catherine said irritably, "Even if we have a good relationship, it's not good enough to ask her to lie to help me avoid the marriage contract."

"No... Lilian means that if your mentor is not around." Xue Ni said.

Catherine looked up with a puzzled expression on her face.

"Now is the time to search for magic books. The principal's meeting is mostly because of this kind of thing. In other words, the principal will definitely come to participate in the search for magic books. During this period, there is probably no time to prove it for you."

"Then I can't make trouble because of my own affairs?"

"...Where are you going?" Lu Ning raised her forehead, "You can use this reason to bypass the tutor's special proof link first."

"It's just the loss of a direct witness. Among the people who came, there must be someone who can see Catherine's current situation." Xue Ni said.

"Then we may need to fake it next."

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Lu Ning doesn't have the ability to fake, but she can still come up with fake ideas, and Xue Ni and Liz will help with the details.When the discussion officially started, she got up and said goodbye and walked outside. This kind of thing can be done at the end. She doesn't want to get involved too deeply, at least not before her strength has improved.

She ate something before leaving, and now she was in good spirits, so she continued to walk into the Rainbow Mushroom. This time, she planned to pay more attention to the external situation as the intermediate alchemist said.

Sitting in a familiar place again, the work of the four alchemists was still exactly the same as yesterday.The chaos that occurred in the morning has subsided long ago, and the residents of Ewalong have long been accustomed to this sudden situation, and soon returned to their usual life.

Lu Ning still remembered what Bollywell said in the morning. She hadn't noticed the influence from other alchemists before, but this time she paid more attention to the flow of magic power. The command of the golden stick does not quite fit.

However, judging from the extraction readings on the drainage tube, each bottle of potion is more than 97% of the top level. Is it possible to complete the response to the strain entirely by familiarity with the formula?
No.

Lu Ning is already somewhat familiar with the theory of alchemy, and apart from the two steps of alchemy, which need to be controlled by a golden stick in the initial magic power drainage and the final refining partition, it can be said that there is a period of no control in the middle, although at this time there is no control. He could use some golden sticks to keep fine-tuning, but this intermediate alchemist didn't have a similar action, just waiting for the potion to take shape.

Stable formation of high-quality potions under disturbed mana flow?Lu Ning began to think hard, this is probably the real "instruction" given to her by this intermediate alchemist, but it is really not easy to understand the reason at her current level.

Magic power flow...refined...a gold stick...

Lu Ning, who was gradually falling into a state of thinking, had already started to calculate by imposing data.If you don't understand, just substitute the real situation in front of you into the theory, and it will always make people understand.

But at this moment, it was time for the alchemists to rest.Lu Ning had lunch earlier, and the group of alchemists had just arrived for lunch.They also just finished their work and left the alchemy platform one after another, chatting and walking outside the door.

When the potion alchemist passed by Lu Ning, he glanced at her and smiled.

"You can go and have a look now."

Lu Ning was overjoyed, and got up and ran to the alchemy platform. She was not very intuitive before, but now she is standing in the front view, watching the magic flow that is dissipating on the alchemy formation, and she begins to substitute the previous process according to the formula - very similar to It's a replay of Go.

And things that can be successful can always find some rules. Facing the empty refining formation, Lu Ning slowly outlined the alchemy process she saw, and gradually discovered the way to it.

There are many different factors affecting the magic power flow formula caused by node position disturbance.Previously, the alchemist adjusted not one formula, but several "items" in the formulas. Because the factors are different in size, the permissible range of disturbance for some nodes will be very large. As long as the magic interference acts on these nodes On the other hand, it will not affect the quality of the refined product too much.

Is this knowledge useful?Lu Ning reacted the fastest to this kind of thing—combat application.

From Lu Ning's understanding, the most criticized thing about alchemy is that it cannot be used in battle. After all, no one will wait for you to draw a refining formation, weigh the materials, maintain a stable magic flow, and wait for the product to be completed. Alchemy can only be used in battle. What works is to cause an explosion.But now this method made Lu Ning feel a little possibility. Although the middle-level alchemist's intention may not be this, it made Lu Ning's thinking start to diverge.

The formula doesn't matter, the price of "Intermediate Alchemy" is very cheap, and the formula of alchemy never needs to be kept secret.The theory also has a clue, at least now she can imitate the transformation formation in front of her and make a fake.The only problem is the material.

It's back again.

Using this method requires as many "terms" as possible in the formula. In other words, the more complicated the refined product, the better. It doesn't matter even if you don't know what you are refining. She is for the experiment, but the experiment costs money .

Now she even wants to ask Catherine to pay for some advice.

While Lu Ning was sitting on the sidelines thinking about ways to make money, the alchemists also came back after lunch.The alchemist found that Lu Ning was still thinking, so he asked her, "How do you think? Did you gain anything?"

Of course Lu Ning did not dare to say the real gain, but since she thought of this, it is not difficult to understand the alchemist's original intention.

"Use a highly fault-tolerant formula to increase the success rate, even if you make the formula a little more complicated. You can't simplify the formula for the sake of speed."

The alchemist nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Your comprehension is pretty good. Now that you know it, you don't have anything to learn from what you can see here. Why don't you look at the refining of the other three? You enter the elementary school and prepare."

"Thank you very much for your guidance, I wonder if I can get your name?"

"Jean Rochester." The alchemist stood in the position that Lu Ning vacated, and started the alchemy formation, "I will be here for the internal exchange meeting for a few days, but I won't be here after the public day, if you have any questions, hurry up here Ask me in a few days, and I will answer you when I have time."

"thank you very much."

Lu Ning sat down as she said, and began to watch the process of other alchemists performing the alchemy.But what she was thinking about was the feasibility of that idea, and she was even wondering if anyone in this world had noticed it, tried it, failed, and what might be the reason.

So she didn't sit for long today, and left after seeing that it was almost done.

After leaving the commercial street, she went to the gate of the Moonstone area, and sure enough, the gate was sealed with something like a white mist.Some guards wrapped in armor, whether they were human or otherwise, stood by the door. They ignored those who were at the door to test whether they could leave the city, and all of them were bounced back by the white mist.Looks like it won't act without someone trying to break out violently.Relevant prohibitions and explanations also appeared on the bulletin board at the city gate.

Lu Ning just looked around to see if there were any useful clues, and then returned.At this time, the jewel in his pocket became hot again, this time it was Xue Ni's communication.

She picked it up, and immediately Xue Ni's voice came:

"Lilian, can you make a fake death potion?"

"Huh?" Lu Ning was stunned for a moment. Theoretically, only junior alchemists can refine the fake death potion, but the real strength of an alchemist lies in the use of formulas. If she can get the formula or deduce it...it's not impossible try.

But what does Xue Ni want this thing for?
(End of this chapter)