The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 220: The Origin of Alchemy: Dragon Alchemy

From Bob, Richard got a general understanding of the war situation.

Overall, the current battle situation is not so smooth, but the problems of each party have not yet erupted. Now it seems to be in a balance, and the wizards are even at a disadvantage.

However, Richard was neither a great wizard nor a hired wizard. He was just a technical consultant who received no wages and did not have to fight on the front lines.

The situation of the war had little impact on him.

So, the topic of their conversation soon shifted from the war situation to the resources of the Chiyang World.

"Brother Richard, look at this."

Bob took out a damaged black scimitar from his magic pocket and adjusted the monocle on his face.

"You are an alchemist, do you see any difference in this scimitar?"

Machete?

Richard suddenly remembered that he still had a few good-quality scimitars.

Is there some secret hidden in this scimitar?
Richard took the cutlass.

There are a lot of fire element minerals mixed in the Salamander's scimitars, which causes their scimitars to have high temperatures. The more refined and luxurious the scimitar looks, the higher its temperature.

Like the ones Richard obtained, he had to use magic to isolate the scimitars.

Although he has a high resistance to the fire element, being fine does not mean that he does not feel anything, and Richard does not want to be burned.

He used magic to explore the structure of the scimitar, and then looked at the color of the broken end.

"This knife...is good." Richard said.

Bob's eyes twinkled: "Brother, what do you think is good?"

Richard returned the machete to Bob, a hint of doubt flashing across his brows.

“This knife is made of alloy, and there are no cracks or cavitations in its structure, which is not uncommon for the natives of a world.

but……"

Richard hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "But I sense something similar to our alchemy here. It seems to be another kind of enchantment."

Bobde smiled slightly when he heard this and put the scimitar back into his pocket.

"Brother, you are right. The alchemists in our Chamber of Commerce have also noticed this. We guess that these natives have mastered a technique similar to our alchemy and have been developing this technique for a long time.

This is a gold mine.”

But after thinking for a while, Richard shook his head.

"Bob, if you plan to hoard these scimitars and sell them to alchemists, I advise you to give up this plan."

Bob's smile froze, and he immediately asked, "Oh? Brother Richard, what did you see?"

Richard said nothing more and looked at Bob with a half-smile on his face.

Seeing this, Bob immediately understood what Richard meant, and immediately took out a bag of magic essence from his pocket, smiling and saying:
"Look at how confused I am. It's a fair trade and an equal exchange."

But Richard did not collect the magic spirit.

"Bob, I don't need magic essence for the time being. You must have collected a lot of scimitars recently. Do you have any fine ones to lend me for inspection?"

"This fine product is available, but how much is it..."

Bob hesitated to speak, obviously, he didn't think Richard's information was worth the money of those machetes.

Even if you don't study the craftsmanship behind these scimitars, they are still good choices as materials or weapons.

Richard knocked on the counter beside him and said with a smile, "I will only observe it and will not conduct any destructive tests on it. I will return it before the war is over."

"No destructive tests... Brother Richard, you are really interesting."

Not conducting destructive tests is a very broad scope. Melting a scimitar is considered a destructive test, but using a scimitar to cut certain hard objects is also considered a destructive test. Even many of the alchemist's detection methods are considered destructive tests because they will cause damage to objects.

Without conducting destructive tests, Bob really couldn't understand what Richard could do with these machetes.

After hesitating for a moment, Bob extended his right hand to Richard.

He had nothing to lose from this deal, so he might as well listen to Richard.

Richard reached out and shook it, and the deal was done.

Bob quickly drafted the contract, and after the two confirmed that the information was correct, they signed their real names.

As the contract turned to ashes, Richard spoke:

"The methods of these fire lizards are not very meaningful to most alchemists. The value of these things is just fine as a collection. But if they are sold under the guise of special indigenous technology, the Nine Stars Chamber of Commerce will probably suffer a loss of reputation."

"Hmm? What do you mean, brother?"

Bob was confused. This thing was obviously somewhat similar to alchemy. Even if it was backward, it was not completely worthless.

"Brother Bob, how much do you know about the origin of wizard alchemy?" Richard said slowly.

"This... I haven't heard of it. I'd like to hear more about it." Bob said honestly.

"As for the origin of wizard alchemy, few alchemists know it. After all, that period of history is too long ago and is of little help to alchemy. Today's wizard academies focus on profit, and apprentices rarely spend their spare money to learn useless knowledge.

But if you don’t understand it during your apprenticeship, you will be even more lazy to understand it later.

However, I was relatively wealthy during my apprenticeship, so I made an effort to learn about the origins of alchemy."

As Richard spoke, several scenes of him reading in the library during his apprenticeship flashed through his mind, and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

Bob on the side quietly waited for Richard to get to the point. "In the Age of Ignorance, the various systems of wizards were not yet perfect. At that time, the ruler of the earth and the sky was still the dragon. Therefore, the first object of study for wizards was the dragon.

The earliest wizard alchemy was a crude imitation of dragon alchemy.

However, after a long period of time, wizard alchemy has developed its own path based on dragon alchemy.

These two roads are like two intersecting straight lines. The further they develop, the farther they are from each other.

Therefore, these scimitars are basically worthless to most alchemists."

After listening to Richard, Bob frowned slightly: "So these fire lizards use... dragon alchemy? Brother, although these fire lizards look a bit like dragon blood species, they are actually quite different from dragon blood species..."

Bob swallowed his words halfway because he suddenly saw that Richard's eyes were actually a pair of dragon eyes.

A wizard who could transplant dragon eyes into himself must have done some research on dragon blood. Richard couldn't have failed to see the situation of the salamander.

"These fire lizards are dragon blood, I can tell you for sure." Richard said lightly, "I'm not sure what changes have taken place in the bodies of these fire lizards, but I found obvious signs of dragonization from those royal dragon warriors.

Moreover, there are wizards who have studied dragon alchemy. Some knowledgeable old alchemy wizards have done some research on dragon alchemy.

You can find a few old alchemy wizards to take a look.

Or, you can take a look at the attitudes of the old-line chambers of commerce towards this thing."

After hearing what Richard said, Bob suddenly realized that the old wizard chambers of commerce had been lacking interest in scimitars these days, and only he and several emerging chambers of commerce were purchasing these things in large quantities.

At that time, he thought that these old chambers of commerce looked down on such a small amount of money, but now it seems that these old chambers of commerce have mostly seen through the background of this scimitar.

Thinking of this, Bob couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
Fortunately, the war is still going on and most wizards are still on the front lines, so he hasn't collected that many scimitars.

If he waits for the wizard to come back, he will probably suffer a huge loss.

The products of indigenous technology similar to wizard alchemy are priced differently from simple knife-shaped metal ingots and indigenous weapons.

If it weren't for Richard, he would have to work for the rest of his life to make up for the Chamber of Commerce's losses when he returned this time.

"Brother Richard, you really helped me a lot this time." Bob said excitedly.

Richard waved his hand indifferently: "Equal exchange, mutual benefit."

Bob went into the back room of the shop and took out a magic bag and handed it to Richard.

"Brother, these are all the scimitars I collected these days. If you like any of them, you can take them and study them however you want. Don't worry about whether they are broken or not."

Richard's words saved the rest of his life.

Richard took the bag, tied it around his waist, and said to Bob with a smile:

"Don't be nervous, bro. There are still alchemists who study dragon alchemy. As long as the number is not too large, you will definitely not lose money."

Bob smiled with some relief and then changed the subject.

The two also talked about the resources currently discovered in the Chiyang world. In this world where the fire element is unbalanced, fire element gems and various demonized minerals contaminated by the fire element are very common.

From the decorative fire elemental gems Richard saw in the Salamander's city, one can see how rich this world is.

Richard learned from Bob that many wizarding chambers of commerce had already sent people to conduct research and were preparing to submit applications to the Great Wizard as soon as the war was over.

As a wizarding guild that was also eligible to apply, Richard also had some plans for these resources. Bob lent Richard some of the resource samples he had collected for research, saving Richard a lot of effort.

This is how human relationships deepen little by little.

After leaving Bob, Richard returned to the room with the machetes.
Bob has collected quite a few machetes in recent years, many of which look to be in pretty good condition.

Richard touched all the scimitars with his bare hands, and soon, a message appeared before his eyes.

[Materials: Salamander's Scimitar]

[Refinable Skills: Dragon Alchemy (Moderately Incomplete)]

[Refining consumption: 3 mental power]

Looking at the information appearing in front of him, Richard raised a slight smile.

"Next time I come across something I haven't seen before, I'll have to touch it with my hands. I almost missed out on something good."

Bob collected more than 200 scimitars, more than a dozen of which could be used as raw materials. Judging from their shapes, they should all be the swords of the Royal Dragon Guards.

Richard piled Bob's machetes into a pile and began to refine them one by one.

Richard's current mental power is 112 points. The mental power consumed in refining these scimitars just makes Richard a little tired.

After the refining was completed, Richard took out a black gold scimitar from his pocket, and a faint light appeared in the palm of his hand.

Soon, the black gold scimitar turned red, then melted and deformed. Golden lines grew in it, like the branches of an ancient tree, complex yet with a simple beauty.

Soon, the scimitar turned into a long sword, and golden lines spread on the sword like vines.

call!
Richard swung his sword, and the tip of the sword rubbed against the wall, making a "sizzling" sound. After the end, the tip of the long sword was slightly blunt, and the originally sharp tip had now become a round head, and the metal wall of the room had a barely noticeable mark.

You know, all the rooms in the floating city are made of high-strength alloys, and it is difficult for an ordinary first-ring wizard to leave any traces even with spells.

But Richard just casually struck with his sword, leaving a trace on it.

"Dragon alchemy is indeed different from wizard alchemy." Richard muttered as he looked at the sword in his hand.

“Smelt the metal, kill the metal, and finally sublime the metal.

Compared to the wizard's alchemy, the dragon's is the real "alchemy."

(End of this chapter)