Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 155 Alchemy in the New Era (Part )
"Adding magical ingredients to alchemical products intended for civilians?" Offred asked in disbelief, his eyes widening. "How dare you do that? Don't you know this is illegal?"

When he shouted, all the other alchemists in the refining room raised their heads in surprise and looked towards him with a confused look on their faces.

Ofrey quickly unscrewed the crystal bottle in his hand, leaned in and took a deep breath. The elegant and fragrant aroma instantly made him feel relaxed physically and mentally, and the anger in his chest was instantly extinguished as if by a cool rain.

"Tell the truth! You didn't let the formula of this potion perfume spread out, did you?"

Chris was also frightened and said blankly, "Of course not, Master, I just successfully mixed this three days ago..."

"Also, I don't intend to use this thing on civilians. I believe its true use lies in improving the quality of life for spellcasters and alchemists. That's where its value lies."

Offrey was speechless. "Selling perfume to those old-fashioned spellcasters who subsist on water and bread all day? Making them fall in love with the aristocratic hobby of applying makeup? It's simply unrealistic."

He admonished Chris a few more times, asking him to focus on the production of this batch of alchemical armor customized for the blood knights under a certain duke, then he slipped the bottle of magic perfume into his pocket without leaving a trace and slowly left the refining room.

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By the time Ofrey finished inspecting the family's alchemy workshop and dealt with some tricky material purchasing issues, it was already completely dark when he returned home. His twin brother Ed also returned home almost at the same time.

The two of them basically never focus on the same task at the same time, always acting separately to ensure efficiency. When one person needs to deal with the official affairs of the Federation and the Exploration Society, the other person will be responsible for paying attention to the family's internal industries.

After a simple dinner, the two brothers tacitly entered their private alchemy laboratory at home and began the only research work of the day that required them to complete together.

"Today in the family workshop, Chris gave me a little surprise..." Offrey took out a small crystal bottle of magic perfume from his pocket and handed it to Ed.

Ed's sense of smell, transformed by a special magical ritual, was noticeably sharper than his brother's. He unscrewed the bottle, took a closer sniff, and laughed, "Haha, that kid's at it again, mixing the extract from the Soul-Condensing Flower bulb with the essence squeezed from ordinary flower petals. It can't be taken as an energy potion, and it violates the Federation's regulations—no magical substances can be added to alchemical items made for civilians."

"He said this thing is designed for spellcasters and alchemists to improve their quality of life." Offrey snorted coldly, "What a whimsical guy..."

Ed wasn't angry, but instead sighed with emotion. "Chris's audacious personality and wild ideas made him perfect for intensive training and later joining our... Life Transmutation Experiment Project. Unfortunately... alas, his interest is always in tinkering with these useless prank products."

Offred stared at the exquisite crystal vial and whispered, "The other alchemists in the family workshop have complained to me directly more than once about Chris wasting precious magical materials on his private alchemical experiments... You know, the refining room can only accommodate twelve official alchemists, and those old men in the family have long wanted to squeeze their own descendants in."

"Transfer him to the Exploration Society's official workshop? Sooner or later, he'll get into trouble. I'm afraid by then, he won't even be able to keep his alchemist robes..."

The two sighed in unison, then ended the topic with a dull look and began their daily routine phase experiments.

Ofrey remembered that he had been looking for trading information for some rare magic materials on the spellcaster forum, and wondered if anyone had replied in the past day.

He immediately sat down in front of the "Magic Brain" device, logged into his forum account, clicked on the information exchange section, and began to browse. "How can it be so easy to find active magical materials from sub-dragon creatures?" Ed also put down his work and walked behind Offred, muttering, "It's easy to imagine. Dragons have been extinct for four or five hundred years. Magical creatures with dragon blood are rarer than legendary spellcasters in the southern continent."

The last magical creature discovered to have dragon blood was a giant dragon rhino living in Isengard, the kingdom of cavalry. It was now hunted down by high-level spellcasters sent by the Federation, and its corpse and bones were stored in the treasure house of the Sky Realm. The active magical materials that could be used on the corpse were probably divided up and consumed by the Federation.

When searching for this kind of material on the spellcaster forum, Ofray himself did not hold out much hope. It was just that his experiments in life refining kept failing and were always stuck at a critical research node, forcing him to rely on finding more rare materials and seeking breakthroughs in research with the help of external objects.

Suddenly, he saw a familiar member code name begin to flash on the crystal panel, and someone took the initiative to respond to his material purchase application.

It was the independent alchemist whom both he and Ed admired very much - Mr. Kel'Thuzad.

They had just recently joined him on an expedition to roam the magic web. Unfortunately, although they found the nest of the colorful dragon, they only obtained a small amount of bone powder from the skeleton of a dragon that had died long ago. This material did not have active magical properties and was of no help to their experiment.

[Kel'Thuzad: Hello, Mr. Mirror, I saw your purchase request on the forum.]

Kel'Thuzad was one of the few people who knew the codename of the members of the Mirror Man, who were two twin alchemists. However, they had a good relationship, so there was no need to worry about their identities being exposed and causing any unnecessary trouble.

This independent alchemist received a lot of free help from the Quinn brothers and always spoke up for them in the forum. He was considered one of the friendly peripheral members of their small group.

[Man in the Mirror: Long time no see, Mr. Kel'Thuzad. Do you have the magical materials I need?]

The Quinn brothers believed that the other party was just an independent high-level alchemist with very difficult conditions. It was unlikely that he had a private collection of such rare sub-dragon active magic materials. At most, he might know some secret information channels, which would also be of great help to them.

[Man in the Mirror: If you can provide information and channels for obtaining this material, we are also willing to pay you points or other compensation as a thank you.]

Kel'Thuzad: I'd like to ask if the active magical materials you need from the sub-dragon creatures can be replaced with other ancient creatures? Haha, this is just my guess. After all, the magical properties contained in the bodies of ancient creatures of different races vary slightly...

The Quinn brothers looked at each other in surprise, feeling a little bit unbelievable.

"Could it be possible that besides subdragons, he could also obtain active materials from giants, ancient high elves, and abyssal sea beasts? Those creatures are probably even rarer than subdragons, right?"

[Man in the Mirror: If a special refining and fusion method is used, it is indeed possible to replace the active materials of sub-dragon creatures. However... I'm sorry, let me be frank. The active materials of other native ancient races are probably even rarer than sub-dragons, right? Can you possibly obtain these materials?]

[Kel'Thuzad: I do have a portion of concentrated blood from an ancient high-ranking vampire, one that has not lost its biological activity, but the quantity is extremely small. It comes from my family heritage. I wonder if you are interested in trading it?]

(End of this chapter)