Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 137: An unexpected surprise and sharing the spoils on the spot

Harvey and others used mental scanning to search this not-so-large alien dragon nest again, and finally had to accept the result that they found nothing except the rotten dragon bone in front of them.

The figures in the mirror flew around the dragon skeleton and said in unison, "Although we can't expect to obtain dragon crystals, these rotten dragon bones are actually quite good magical materials. Hehe, the bloodline potion made with dragon bone powder is much stronger than those common ones made with mutant beast bone powder..."

Harvey, who had recently been working with Egno to set up a magical medicine plantation, was suddenly moved and immediately asked politely, "Uh, Mr. Mirror Men, the Bloodline Knight's talent activation potion actually requires dragon bone powder?"

The Son of Flame sneered and said disdainfully, "Oh, how could those guys have such crap luck? Dragons have been extinct for hundreds of years. Modern Bloodline Knights can only rely on Warcraft bone meal as a substitute for their formula."

He looked at the huge skeleton, which was as big as a small hill, and added with regret, "It's a pity. We are in the Demonic Web plane and can't take too much bone powder with us... unless we can find its true coordinates in reality."

The figure in the mirror nodded in agreement, then turned to the silent Mind Hunter. "This adventure was initiated by you, but we encountered no danger or accidents, and we suffered no losses. So, you decide how to distribute the gains."

The Mind Hunter immediately manipulated his projection to bow gracefully and politely said, "It is because of my negligence that everyone has wasted their time exploring a worthless ruin. I will not participate in the distribution of the spoils."

The Son of Flame curled his lips and said nonchalantly, "Besides this skeleton, there's nothing else to distribute. Everyone can just take a portion. It's nothing rare anyway."

After saying that, he clasped his hands together in the air towards the giant dragon skeleton. Two huge mental powers directly bombarded the already rotten dragon bones, flattening and crushing the crumbling pile of bones.

Harvey asked doubtfully, "With the form of mental projection, we can't take away too much bone powder in one go, but if we come a few more times, can't we take it all away in batches?"

The person in the mirror chuckled and explained, "Once the bones are crushed, they will decompose at a much faster rate. If we return here in half an hour, I'm afraid there won't even be any slag left."

The Son of Flame also laughed: "You guys who have reached high levels at such a young age still have too little knowledge of these ancient magical knowledge..."

After saying that, he used his mental power to wrap up a ball of bone powder the size of his head, said goodbye to the others directly, turned around and flew away from the remains of the nest.

The person in the mirror gave Harvey a few more kind instructions, teaching him how to preserve and use the dragon bone powder after returning to reality. After receiving Harvey's sincere gratitude, he also wrapped up a ball of bone powder and left quickly.

"Mr. Kel'Thuzad, I have to say goodbye too. You should collect the bone powder as soon as possible and don't wait for it to dissipate..." The inner demon also bowed slightly to Harvey with a slight apology, and then left.

High-level spellcasters are always so realistic. Once they find that there is no profit, they will run away faster than anyone else.

Harvey breathed a sigh of relief. He stood alone in front of a pile of bone powder that was so full that several carriages couldn't even carry it away. Suddenly, he couldn't help but let out a low laugh.

When Egno was preparing for the potion garden, he had specifically mentioned to him that the cultivation of most rare potions required the assistance of nutrient soil made from the flesh or bone meal of magical creatures and beasts. This could act as a good catalyst. The better the materials used, the stronger the yield and efficacy of the potion after it matured.

"I wonder what kind of catalytic effect the nutrient soil mixed with dragon bone powder can have on the magic plant..."

Harvey stopped his unreasonable associations and manipulated his mental power. Like a giant whale sucking water, he siphoned the pile of bone powder in front of him into his huge mental anchor at a speed of siphoning, and in an instant, he swept away the remaining skeleton.

"Huh? What's this thing in the bone powder pile?" As all the bone powder was sucked into the spirit anchor for temporary storage, several strangely shaped gray-white particles suddenly appeared where the dragon skeleton originally was.

Harvey came closer in surprise, picked up one gently with his wizard's hand, and put it in front of his eyes to observe.

These off-white particles weren't round beads, but rather had regular, prismatic structures like polyhedral dice. "Could it be that this seven-colored dragon, which died of natural causes, also suffered from some chronic condition like kidney stones?"

I can’t care about all that anymore. I’ll just take everything away and return to the real world to do more research.

……

After returning to the castle laboratory, Harvey didn't care that it was late at night. He hurriedly called Reiner, who was assembling the alchemy beast to kill time, to take out several pure silver ingots and cut them evenly into thin silver sheets with a high-speed wire saw.

Mr. Man in the Mirror had specifically reminded him that the dragon's bone powder needed to be stored in a container with a pure silver gasket, otherwise the magical substance stored in it would quickly dissipate.

While helping Harvey assemble and modify the storage box, Reiner watched in surprise as Harvey manipulated the Mind Anchor to materialize a large pile of gray-white powder. He stopped what he was doing and was stunned.

"Sir... you went to the magic network space and just... brought back a pile of ashes?"

Harvey, without even looking up, was attaching silver sheets to the storage box as he urged, "These aren't ordinary ashes. They're the ashes of dead dragons, which are crucial for growing our potions. If Egno knew about this, he'd probably jump off the roof with joy."

Harvey also thought of a plan. He immediately activated the communication device and summoned Asdalen, who also did not need to sleep and worked in the study at night, to the laboratory.

"Sir...what is this?" As soon as Asdalen approached the pile of bone powder, he immediately noticed something wrong.

He was surprised and delighted, and asked in disbelief, "Could this be... could this be dragon bone powder?"

Harvey chuckled and explained, "That's right. This time, during our adventure in the magic network, we didn't encounter any danger. We also made a lot of money. Hehe, I was able to collect all the goodies that the high-level spellcasters couldn't take away."

As an ancient wizard with rich knowledge, Asdalen naturally knew how to store these precious materials, and hurried forward to help modify the storage box.

"Call Egno tomorrow and have him use this bone powder to mix into nutrient soil for magic plants. Our magic potion plantation will soon have a large supply of materials ready to harvest..."

Asdalen was stunned for a moment, and asked Harvey blankly, "What? You're going to give such a precious thing to that guy Egno to grow those cheap herbs? This... this is simply a waste of resources!"

He stood up, pointed at the pile of bone powder in front of him, and explained impatiently: "Do you know, if this pile of bone powder in front of you was used to mix the talent potion to activate blood in the era I lived in, it would be enough to give you hundreds of powerful bloodline warriors!"

"Even most high-level ancient wizards could only train a few dozen bloodline warriors as their personal attendants," Asdalen counted on his fingers and argued with Harvey. "The main reason is the limitation of the main ingredient of the potion. Dragons are extremely powerful and difficult to kill easily. Using ordinary magical beasts as a substitute would greatly limit the potion's effectiveness. The bloodline warriors trained cannot advance on their own and can only linger at a low level..."

Harvey had heard the Man in the Mirror and the Son of Fire casually mention this matter when he was in the Dragon's Lair, but he had no idea the difference between the two, so he didn't take it too seriously.

"Is there such a huge difference between the talent potion prepared with dragon bone powder and the one prepared with ordinary monster bone powder?"

Asdalen said excitedly, "Of course! Ordinary bloodline warriors who use secret potions to activate their talents will only be able to stimulate low-level talents and will never be able to advance again. However, if we use the ancient formula I know and the dragon bone powder to mix the potion, the bloodline knights they cultivate will be able to advance from the low ranks to the top, just like those warrior families who already have bloodline inheritances. In the end, they can even touch the legendary rank!"

"Those loyal soldiers and officers of yours are absolutely the most suitable candidates for training as bloodline warriors!"

(End of this chapter)