The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 277 Teleportation Array
Looking at his old friend in the wheelchair, Qiao Luode was silent for a moment and sighed.

Leo's current condition is that his energy is exhausted, and his soul structure has undergone an irreversible collapse. Moreover, this collapse has been reflected in the physical body through the connection with the physical body.

Those alchemical machines were not even treating Leo. Their function was to numb Leo's senses so that he could not feel the pain of his body's collapse.

Qiao Luode took the space beacon, handed over a bag of magic essence, and then slowly spoke.

"Old friend, do you need me to help you with anything?"

Leo thought for a moment and said calmly:
"...I don't need your help with anything. I still have a student who is alive. If I die, he will come to collect my body and inherit this wizard tower."

Qiao Luode nodded and said, "It's good to have someone collect the body. Remember to ask your students to give me the address of the tomb."

Leo picked up the magic book again and turned to the page he had been reading before.

"I will. But don't pour wine on my grave. I hate alcohol."

Joe Lord turned and left.

"I remember that."

After leaving the wizard tower, Joe Lord was obviously in a depressed mood. He handed two space beacons to Richard and said in a low voice:

"The space beacon is the most important part of the teleportation array. With the beacon, setting up the teleportation array is not a difficult task... Are you listening?"

Richard, who was stunned, suddenly reacted: "Oh, I know, I know the structure of the teleportation array."

Li looked at the space beacon in his hand.

At this moment, a message is emerging in front of Richard.

[Raw materials: Fine-quality ultra-long-distance teleportation array space beacon]

[Information that can be extracted: Ultra-long-distance teleportation array space beacon blueprint]

[Refining consumption: 50 mental power]

[Refinable skills: Space beacon production]

[Refining consumption: 20 mental power]

“Is it actually a fine product?”

Richard glanced at the wizard tower not far away. He didn't expect that Master Leo was about to die, but his alchemy skills were still so superb.

“It’s money well spent.”

Richard stuffed the beacon into his pocket. In the process, he used his wizard robe to block Joe Lord's sight and extracted the information and skills.

After refining it, Richard couldn't help but raise a smile at the corner of his mouth.

"With this, I won't have to rely on others for teleportation anymore."

Joe Lord, who was standing by, saw Richard suddenly smile and couldn't help asking:
"What laughing?"

"Nothing, just thinking of some happy things."

……

It took the two of them more than half a month to return to the Tower of Truth.

The two separated on the residential floor. Richard went to the Chamber of Commerce to purchase the teleportation array installation service, while Joe Lord went to handle the procedures for entering the Chiyang World.

It was not difficult to find a teleportation array installation service, and Richard quickly found a chamber of commerce that could provide services for the installation of ultra-long-distance teleportation arrays.

In the shop, the mechanic placed a crystal ball in front of Richard, and then asked him respectfully:
"Master, what kind of installation service do you need?"

In the crystal ball, the Chamber of Commerce has a total of three plans. The first one is that the customer does not need to worry about anything at all. He only needs to hand over the address and magic essence to the Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce will build a teleportation array according to the specifications he requires.

This solution is very worry-free, the only drawback is that it is expensive.

The space beacon of the teleportation array is of considerable value. Qiao Luode relied on his face to buy a set of beacons at cost price, which also cost him two thousand magic essences.

As for the Wizards Guild, a set of space beacons required for this ultra-long-distance teleportation array actually costs five thousand magic essences.

Looking at the Wizarding Chamber of Commerce's plan, Richard couldn't help but feel lucky that he was able to buy two beacons at cost price.

The second option is for the Chamber of Commerce to provide a space beacon, but the wizard himself does not set up a teleportation array.

This option is slightly less expensive than the first one, but the bulk of the expense is still on purchasing space beacons.

Richard moved his attention to the third type, which was the least expensive one, requiring only five hundred magic essences.

It requires the customer to provide a space beacon, which will then be deployed by personnel from the Wizarding Chamber of Commerce.

Below this clause, the Wizard Chamber of Commerce also added a disclaimer - since the space beacon is provided by the customer themselves, the Wizard Chamber of Commerce is not responsible for any transmission accidents caused by the space beacon.

The core component of the teleportation array is the space beacon, so this disclaimer from the Wizard Chamber of Commerce is perfectly normal.

"I choose option number three."

The mechanic took back the crystal ball and bowed to Richard.
"Okay, please wait a moment."

Soon, a one-ring wizard came to Richard.

"You are the master who purchased the installation service of Teleportation Array No. 3. I am Gao Wen, and I am happy to serve you."

Gawain still looks human, but behind him, four mechanical tentacles are constantly wriggling around him.

"Yes, is there any problem with choosing plan number three?" Richard asked doubtfully.

Gao Wen shook his head. "Of course not, but I have to remind you that the space beacon of Service No. 3 is not provided by our Chamber of Commerce. If there is any problem with the space beacon, we will not be responsible."

Richard nodded and took out two space beacons from his pocket.

After seeing the beacon, the mechanical tentacles behind Gawain suddenly froze.

"How about my two beacons?"

Gawain took the beacon, fumbled around on it for a while, and said respectfully:

"The master's skills are amazing. These two beacons are absolutely exquisite. I will draft the contract for you right away."

Soon, the contract was signed.

Richard handed over the five hundred magic spirits to the Chamber of Commerce, and then brought Gawain to the Qingshuang Wizard Academy, where there was a portal leading to the Chiyang World.

……

The Chiyang world is still calm. Although the Fire Lizard King Minar is about to break the seal, the great wizard Qingshuang has already set up a huge number of magic circles around him.

Even if he breaks the seal now, he won't cause any trouble.

Because Richard brought in agricultural experts, several farms were built around the mine to cultivate and grow various fruits and vegetables that salamanders eat on a daily basis.

The agricultural experts who returned to the mainland have accepted their fate. Under their management, grain production has increased significantly and the workers in the mines have become more moderate in their attitude towards them.

People always respect capable people.

Looking at the scenery of the Chiyang world, Qiao Luode pinched his nose.

"Why is it that a world with an unbalanced fire element always looks like this?"

Richard smiled. This was not the first time he had heard the same complaint.

Richard brought Joe Lord and Gawain to the mine. Gawain looked at the mine in front of him and began to carefully survey the surroundings with instruments.

The location of the teleportation array also has its own requirements.

After a few days of investigation, Gawain selected a location. According to him, there was a small ground vein node under this location, and a teleportation array could be set up on it without consumption.

This place is quite far from the mine, about ten kilometers away.

Jorod looked at the spot Gawain had chosen and frowned.

"Richard, have you taken another mine?"

"No. But I got a fiefdom in the Red Sun World."

"manor!"

Joe Lord and Gawain looked at Richard in surprise. The great wizard would not give out fiefdoms casually. A wizard must have made great contributions in the war before he would be rewarded with fiefdoms.

Richard said casually: "It's just luck, let's set it up here."

But even though Richard said this, neither Joe Lord nor Gawain took it seriously.

Luck is a humble word used by the strong.

Seeing Richard make the decision, Joe Lord did not object.

Gawain was not vague either. He immediately took out various materials from his magic pocket and began to set up the teleportation array.

Of course, Gao Wen did not show this process to others.

Richard and Joe Lord could only avoid it temporarily.

When the two arrived at the mine, the mine supervisor, Heskan, immediately came to greet them.

"Lord Richard."

Richard introduced Joe Lord, "This is Heskan, the mine supervisor. He manages the mine quite well."

Joe Luode nodded. Using the natives to manage the natives is a management method often used by wizards.

Then, Richard told Joe Lord about the rules he had set for the mine. But the more Joe Lord listened to the rules, the deeper his frown deepened.

After Richard finished speaking, Qiaoluode was silent for a while and then said:

"Your management method is...very novel. Is there any research behind it?"

Eight-hour work system, group competition system, extra rewards for increased production... and even freedom!

In Joe Lord's eyes, the rules set by Richard could no longer be described as benevolent, they were simply welfare. Even the wizard's alchemy factory would not have such loose working regulations.

But these rules are very organized and don't seem to be made at the last minute.

So Qiao Luode didn't question it at the first time.

After all, his student's thinking has always been different from that of ordinary wizards, and some of his experiences may be wrong to Richard.

"These rules are meant to stimulate their productivity," Richard explained. "I've observed that a pure slave Salamander must be watched by a supervisor at all times while working, so as not to be obviously lazy. This is too wasteful for us."

"Waste?" Qiao Luode asked with some confusion.

Doesn’t this phenomenon seem very normal to him?
Slaves have to be whipped to work.

"Teacher, we don't have many slaves." Richard explained, "Many wizards consider slaves to be consumables, because they have enough financial resources to support them to treat slaves as consumables.

But our financial resources are not strong enough. It would be a shame to spend all the magic essence we have worked so hard to earn on slave labor.

So I set up this set of rules and gave them some small benefits so that they would work harder for us.

Compared with the benefits they bring us, what we pay is just a drop in the bucket.

The input-output ratio is quite amazing.”

Seeing that Joe Lord still had a confused look on his face, Richard did not explain any more. It was like talking to a deaf person to these wizards whose minds were still at the slave-owning stage.

He opted for a more direct explanation—he brought Joe Lord to the warehouse.

The warehouse was filled with Red Sun Gold-veined Stones, which instantly resolved Qiao Luode's doubts.

As long as the output is high, it doesn’t matter if the rules are weird. Joe Lord is also a pragmatist.

After three days in the mine, Gawain finally completed the layout of the teleportation array. Looking at the circular teleportation array in front of him, which covered an area of ​​more than 300 square meters and had a space beacon suspended in the center, Richard nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good, let's go to the other side next."

As he spoke, Richard took out a map and marked a point on it.

“This is where we’re going.”

"Isn't this a lava sea?" Gawain asked doubtfully.

Richard smiled and said, "You'll know when you get there."

(End of this chapter)