The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 389 In the Tower
Although this world is a fantasy world with wizards, magic beasts and other fantasy elements, in the wizard world, or even in most worlds, magic beasts do not have things like magic cores and magic crystals.

As for races that have similar things, their magic essences and magic cores are also used as energy storage devices or attack organs.

But the thing in front of Richard that was similar to the inner elixir had nothing to do with these two.

The Toad King's inner elixir is pure white in appearance and the size of a baby's head. It is covered with a layer of calcification similar to scale and weighs about five kilograms.

In addition, the outer shell of this inner elixir has a very strong isolation ability, and Richard's mental power cannot detect its interior.

"This thing is a remnant from the toad's body. Don't underestimate it. When I found it, it was soaked in the toad's venom, but it was not corroded at all."

Ulysses was introducing the situation of the inner elixir, and a hint of surprise flashed across Richard's face as he listened.

"This thing can actually withstand the venom of the Toad King? That's worth studying."

Richard took the inner elixir to the test bench, carefully scraped some white powder from it, and conducted a test.

The test results show that this powder is an extremely stable calcified substance and is very useful as an insulating layer.

Then, he took out a few magic probes and tried to explore the situation inside the inner elixir.

But unfortunately, the protective effect of this inner elixir is very good, and the magic waves emitted by the probe are firmly blocked outside by the outer shell of the inner elixir.

Richard looked at the results of the probe, touched his chin and guessed: "I don't think this inner elixir is some kind of organ. It looks more like a stone specially prepared by the toad to preserve something."

"It's just a stone."

The Snake King's voice suddenly came from behind Richard.

Richard looked back and saw that the snake king's body that had been blown apart had returned to normal, but the life radiation from his body revealed a sense of exhaustion.

This newly recovered body is probably just a showpiece. It will probably take a long time to fully recover.

"This stone is a special ability that this toad has evolved, and it can be used to store certain things. I suggest that you take precautions and open this thing directly.

It probably contains the secret behind the evolution of this toad."

"Oh?" Richard was surprised. "What did you find?"

The snake king nodded slightly, "This toad is in my stomach and should have been digested obediently. But as soon as I swallowed it, I noticed something strange happening inside it.

An abnormal energy wave exploded in his body, reactivating the self-destruction that I had suppressed.

If I hadn't discovered it in time and detonated it in advance, I would probably have turned into a pool of thick water like this toad.

I think the source of the abnormal fluctuations was stored in the body of this toad using stones."

Richard nodded slightly after hearing this. The Snake King's judgment made sense. He then handed the inner pill to the World Mushroom.

"Cut this thing open and see."

"Yes."

Soon, the mycelium incarnation of the World Mushroom came to Richard with a transparent force field cage.

In the cage was a pitch-black stone.

"Master, this thing has very strong energy radiation, which can stimulate the flesh and blood to mutate."

The voice of the World Mushroom sounded in Richard's ears. Richard nodded slightly, then reached into the force field cage and gently touched the black stone.

[Raw materials: unknown black stone]

[Extractable rules: Radiation rules (extremely incomplete)]

[Refining Consumption: 5 Soul Power]

Looking at the information given by the Miracle Crucible, Richard took his hand, which had begun to mutate, out of the force field cage.

"Nice stuff, put it away first."

Ulises asked curiously, "What is this?"

"It's nothing, just a stone with radiation rules. I think the Toad King broke through the limits of mortals with this thing."

……

As the Snake King was injured, Richard let him stay in the secret realm to recuperate, and he and Ulises returned to the Green Forest World, preparing to enter the Crystal Tower.

After leaving the secret realm, Richard felt only silence all around him.

He looked down at the ground and saw that the swamp water, which used to be muddy, was now pitch black.

"Ulises, didn't you get rid of the venom?" Richard frowned.

The poison in the Toad King's body is extremely toxic and contains rules for infection.

If left untreated, this poisonous swamp will turn into a deadly place.

"Huh, I didn't expect that." Ulysses smiled awkwardly, then holy light lit up on his body and he cast several divine spells into the water.

Under the effect of divine magic, the swamp water instantly became clear.

"What kind of magic is this?" Richard asked in surprise as he looked at the swamp water that suddenly became clear.

Ulises' magic seems to be even more magical than the wizard's magic.

"Water Purification, a minor magic. This thing can purify sewage and poisonous water. The purification effect will increase as the user's strength increases.

When I was at my peak, one water purification spell could purify a small river. But the cost would be hundreds or thousands of times more than that of a mortal's water purification spell."

When Richard heard this, an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

"Blood contains a lot of water, so can I use the water purification technique..." "No." Ulises interrupted, "The original version of this thing does have the usage you mentioned, but after the creator of this magic knew about it, he modified it.

Things like blood can no longer be purified by water magic."

"Well, why would the creator of this magic change it for no reason? Is he being chaste?" Richard said unhappily.

A water purification technique can purify the blood in a living organism into clean water, or simply purify the tissue fluid and cell fluid into clean water directly. It’s exciting just to think about it.

"Because this god thought it was not good for an auxiliary magic to have such a horrible effect." Ulises said dimly, "Later, he created a magic called blood control based on this magic. The effect of this magic includes purifying blood into clear water."

Richard was stunned. He couldn't understand the god's thoughts.

Ulises explained: "The water purification technique is very widespread, and almost all grassroots priests know it. This is done to prevent those with bad intentions from using it to commit crimes."

After saying that, he sighed again.

“Alas, the gods cannot monitor every priest all the time, and sometimes when we take a nap, a lot of scum will emerge among the priests.

Those minor priests are often more hateful than those in high positions. These people are often in places where they are most needed, but they often do evil.

Many churches have to support a chosen one every three or four hundred years, and use powerful means to cleanse the dregs in the church from the outside to the inside. It's very troublesome."

When it comes to cleansing the church, Ulises' resentment almost materializes.

I guess he has put a lot of thought into this aspect.

"It seems that I have to pay attention to the Order of Miracles as well." Richard said thoughtfully.

After saying that, he turned his gaze towards the crystal tower not far away.

"After all this talk, let's go in first."

……

The crystal tower was not noticeable from a distance, but when Richard got closer he realized that the tower was taller than he had imagined.

The entire tower is constructed from a dark crystal material. Over the years, the crystals have lost their former translucency and have become somewhat turbid.

There is a big door on the first floor of the tower. Due to years of erosion, the protective device of the door has long failed.

Richard entered the tower easily.

The interior of the tower was completely empty, and it seemed as if all the equipment had been moved out long ago.

However, this did not surprise Richard.

Judging from the situation in this world, the pioneers at that time should have voluntarily given up this world.

We will give up on our own initiative. We will definitely move whatever is inside this tower if possible.

The crystal tower has no stairs, just a big hole in the center of each floor.

Richard speculated that these pioneers must have been born with the ability to fly, so they had no concept of stairs at all.

Richard followed the big hole in the center of the tower and reached the top.

Here, Richard saw a broken machine that was still running.

This is a crystal creation that looks like an old-fashioned phonograph. Its horn continuously releases specific energy to the outside world.

Richard looked at the crystal creation and said excitedly, "This should be the source of the thick fog in the swamp."

As he spoke, he gently touched the crystal creation with his hand.

[Raw Materials: Broken Mist Barrier Generator]

[Information that can be extracted: Mist Barrier (incomplete)]

[Refining consumption: 100 mental power]

"Huh, there are no rules?" Richard looked at the information given by the Miracle Furnace and was slightly surprised.

I didn't expect that even Ulysses' divine eyes could withstand the thick fog. It turned out to be something made using the appearance of rules.

The technology of those pioneers back then was truly terrifying.

Richard silently chose to refine, only to see the crystal creation suddenly disappear, while the base it was connected to showed no signs of damage.

After a while, the crystal creation reappeared, and Richard was surprised to find that it was still able to work.

He tried to move it and found that it was still tightly connected to the base.

"Don't try it, this is space movement." Ulysses looked at Richard who was trying to move the crystal creature and suddenly spoke.

“This is a very sophisticated method. The furnace directly moved the space where the machine was located.

Essentially, the machine has not been removed or separated from its base.”

"So magical?" Richard asked in surprise.

Ulises said calmly: "Given the status of this furnace, it is normal for it to have such means."

……

Having pocketed the greatest harvest, Richard opened his energy vision and prepared to take a look at the energy supply system of the tower, hoping to learn something.

After all, this tower relied on the self-charging system to maintain the fog barrier generator for so many years. There must be something worth learning from it.

But when Richard opened his energy vision, he suddenly discovered that this tower seemed to be maintained by more than just this fog barrier generator.

This tall tower...seems to have a basement!
(End of this chapter)