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Chapter 319 The Fantasy of the Philosopher’s Stone

Convert lead into gold!

Although it sounds very powerful, in fact this is only the most trivial of the countless uses of the Philosopher's Stone.

As long as this near-artifact miracle is properly used, material reactions, energy transformations, life creations, and even more incredible feats can occur.

All uses that the alchemist can imagine or cannot imagine are within the functions of the Philosopher's Stone.

This is not an empty fantasy of alchemists, but something that actually exists.

According to records, during the ancient Holy Roland Empire, alchemists created a large number of Philosopher's Stones and developed a prosperous civilization through them.

Finally, before a certain disaster struck, the alchemist even created a new dimension through the Philosopher's Stone.

"Well, the Philosopher's Stone does exist." Chen Zhou also nodded in agreement. At least he has many methods to create such secondary artifacts.

There are many different ways to create the Philosopher's Stone, from expensive magic materials, to sacrificing human life and soul, to direct rubbing by high-level alchemists...

Its cost ranges from 0 to hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and its possible effects are endless. It can be called the alchemical version of "wishing".

However, even knowing the method of creation is meaningless.

Firstly, it is difficult to meet the required materials, and secondly, if you want to create the Philosopher's Stone, you must have a quasi-legendary spellcasting level, that is, a ninth-level (20cl) spellcaster.

"In fact, it is not necessary to reach the ninth level. As long as the caster level meets the requirements and can professionally process raw materials."

The basic caster level is not equivalent to the caster level. Through various spells, talents, skills and rare items, a spellcaster can obtain power far beyond the upper limit of his basic spellcasting ability.

It's just that how to skillfully use spellcasting abilities that are far beyond the upper limit of one's abilities is still something that requires long-term practice.

"But I heard that the Norton Kingdom is not studying the Philosopher's Stone?"

After Rufus clearly pointed out that the alchemy of matter and chemistry could not create the Philosopher's Stone, Chen Zhou suddenly thought of the information he had seen through the "New Horizons" forum when he was at Blue Star.

According to the information from the Star People who have infiltrated the Alchemy Association, it seems that the Norton Kingdom has been conducting research on creating the Philosopher's Stone since two hundred years ago.

"what?"

Rufus wondered, how could they have the ability to create inferior artifacts?

"The alchemists of Norton Kingdom are not that good yet."

Shushu also thinks so. If there really is an alchemist who can create the Philosopher's Stone, the Norton Kingdom would have already unified the continent after punching the orcs, kicking the elves, and sweeping Carlos Gajelan.

"unless……"

It is not impossible to obtain spellcasting abilities that exceed your upper limit when your abilities are insufficient.

Sacrifice, a special spellcasting method that has existed since ancient times, can temporarily strengthen the caster's ability by consuming specific things.

The effect of this method of paying a price in exchange for power depends on the size of the price paid and the person being negotiated with. If one can communicate with a more powerful demon lord or similar existence, it is not impossible to create magical effects beyond the ninth level.

"Sacrifice?" Rufus and Shushu thought together. Not only that, as a member of the Alchemist Guild, Rufus, who was once regarded as a genius by his mentors before turning to study elemental alchemy, also knew some inside information about the Alchemist Guild.

Through his own experience in the Alchemy Association, he was frightened almost instantly, and cold sweat broke out on his back... It seems that the group of lunatics in the Alchemy Association had no possibility of sacrificing humans in exchange for the ability to cast spells to create the Philosopher's Stone.

"Is the Alchemy Association so unprofessional in your eyes?" Chen Zhou was stunned for a moment, and he just said casually, how could the other party be so convinced that the Association would use such unlimited means.

"Because the current situation of the Norton Kingdom is actually not as good as it seems."

After Rufus looked around and confirmed that there was no risk, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The pollution of the environment and the tide of magic have brought us a lot of trouble."

Only then did Chen Zhou realize that the Norton Kingdom, which everyone had thought had maintained development amid the tide of magic, was far from being so easy.

According to Rufus, the wanton discharge of alchemical waste over hundreds of years has led to serious environmental pollution.

Although those waste materials are exposed in the wilderness and buried deep underground, substances harmful to human body gradually penetrate the soil and enter the underground water bodies over time, or are mixed into the atmosphere through the flow of air.

The foggy appearance of the Norton Kingdom today is precisely due to the alchemical substances spreading throughout the territory along with the circulation of water vapor.

Some druids in the association have used magic to prevent this harm from spreading to surrounding countries and regions, and have limited its danger within the Kingdom of Norton.

This invisible harm was not obvious at first, but as time went by, it gradually turned into reality and caused many inconveniences to the Norton Kingdom.

For example, food, the cost of imported food is increasing year by year.

If it weren't for the large amounts of high-quality food sold by the Northern River Territory, the azure priest's demonic sacrifice this year would have almost caused the conflict in the Norton Kingdom to explode.

Since a long time ago, the association's alchemists have been trying to solve this problem, including restricting the emission of pollution through portals, and have developed many technologies and solutions.

However, it will still take a long time for the environment to recover. Whether the problem can be solved before the alchemical waste has a more obvious impact on the Norton people is the current main research direction of the association's alchemists.

"Ahem, that's why I became so unpopular after I switched to energy research. I lost even half of the funds I could have applied for."

But Rufus believes that temporarily abandoning the current alchemy technology and using relatively harmless element alchemy is also one of the solutions to the problem.

"However, elemental alchemy is not as simple as you think. The instability of elements makes them easy to explode when acting on alchemy. The various abilities of energy researchers are basically developed towards explosives with various properties. .”

Elemental alchemy can indeed solve the current dilemma of the Norton Kingdom, but the problem is... they don't have enough time.

"So you think the Alchemy Association is preparing to sacrifice?" Chen Zhou still couldn't understand Rufus' uneasiness, "There's no need to be so worried about your family."

Rufus' face turned dark. It was precisely because he knew the Alchemy Association so well that he felt that they would definitely do this!

"If you think about it carefully, there have been many suspicious research plans since the magic tide broke out at the end of last year. Maybe they are making dangerous plans."

He immediately jumped up and said, "No! I have to investigate this matter. I can't let their opportunistic practices desecrate the legitimacy of alchemy!"

(End of this chapter)