Dragon Clan: I am Lu Mingfei, the Intelligence Strategist, the God of Concepts!

Chapter 55 Constantine... and Su Xiaoqiang's Visit

[Comment] It's rare for someone to say something fair.

If a contemporary Flamel mentor, far away at a mountain college in Illinois, were to witness this scene...

He'd probably actually pick up a beer bottle from the ground, smash it, and plunge it into his fat-filled belly, then stir it around to see if he was hallucinating from alcohol poisoning.

Damn it, someone actually carved the cheap, readily available crystals into alchemical artifacts?
Is it even a memory stone that has been lost for a long time?

Should we consider finding a new apprentice...?

Fortunately, he can't see, so he doesn't have to think about all that and can just continue enjoying the badly worn DVD of "Scent of a Woman".

……

For Lu Mingfei, who lives in the luxurious Peacock Mansion community in Binhai City.

This scene is equally significant.

The good news is that the alchemy was successful.

He created an alchemical tool, which was included in the panel's detection range, and his name was even clearly filled in the creator's column!

The bad news is that he might have been set up.

"Purification... what is that?" Lu Mingfei's eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

Ok.

He remembered.

"Alchemy, as one of the two cornerstones of the dragon race's power, is centered on endowing matter with special properties through dragon runes. The higher the 'purity' of a substance, the greater the amount of dragon runes it can carry, and the higher the proportion of attribute inheritance..."

This is the very first sentence written at the beginning of that 'Elementary Alchemy Knowledge' document.

The degree of 'purity' is undoubtedly the ultimate goal of 'purification'.

The higher the purity of a substance, the stronger the attributes it can inherit from the dragon runes...

That's perfectly reasonable.

The problem is that this 'Elementary Alchemy Knowledge' only teaches the method of dragon inscription, but not the method of purifying substances!

Who knows how to purify crystal?! Do I have to open a textbook for compulsory courses?! Is this even related?!
"The first memory stone in 626 years...to gain permanent memories...sounds impressive, but what can you do in 3.7 seconds?"

Lu Mingfei examined the precious gem in his hand, which had cost hundreds of thousands to create, with a melancholy expression.

In such a short time, it feels like you can only memorize a codebook or something, and even flipping through a piece like "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" requires a lot of speed.

"But does that mean that if a better carrier can be found, the memory stone's duration can be extended?"

Three seconds and ten minutes are clearly not the same thing.

Lu Mingfei was well aware of this.

Of course, 3 seconds is still pretty good. Even a small mosquito is still meat. There are still some 2A grade white crystals left on the table, and he still plans to turn them all into memory stones.

After all, crystal is... how should I put it?

Just like diamonds, buying them is easy, but returning them and getting them back is probably harder than climbing to heaven. If you don't use them, they're just decorations and a waste, so you might as well practice your diamond skills...

At this time.

Lu Mingfei suddenly noticed that Old Tang beside him had a furrowed brow.

I've been standing there frozen for several minutes.

"Old Tang, what's wrong?" His voice sounded inexplicably tense.

"No, I just suddenly feel like I remembered something," Old Tang said absentmindedly.

Lu Mingfei: ...!

He stumbled back a few steps in terror.

Dude, what's Norton's reputation all about? He didn't do anything wrong, how could he get so upset? Is he got a dragon's heart or a fragile heart?

Fortunately.

After a moment, Old Tang came to his senses and simply smacked his lips.

"Why are you looking at me like that? There's nothing wrong."

Is... is it?
Lu Mingfei chuckled dryly, triggering the exclamation mark above Old Tang's head to reactivate.

The panel has changed.

But it's still in the "favorability" section...

[Favorability 6-7]

Lu Mingfei: "??"

This is really strange! Why would my favorability rating increase for no reason, especially at the very difficult-to-change stage of 6-7?

Startled, he immediately activated his [Deep Intelligence Extraction Permission]

[Current deep intelligence extraction privileges: 3 times.]

The following information can be extracted:

[1: Peacock Residence...Investor...Media Asia Group...****]

[2: Dragon King Norton...the most powerful alchemist...****]

【3: Baidi City... Ruins... ****】

[4: The Bronze and Fire King... Seven Outstanding Achievements... ****]

[5: Ronald Don completes an alchemical process with others for the first time, witnessing the birth of a new alchemical artifact, which ignites his passion.]

As expected, a problem arose!

Lu Mingfei gritted his teeth, immediately disregarding the need to save on the number of times.

Select the fifth piece of information that appears after the refresh.

【confirm】!
He silently recited those two words in his mind.

A few seconds later, he was stunned.

"Holy crap! The King of Bronze and Fire is a twin! And Old Tang has a younger brother too!"

……

"Is that so?"

A moment later, Lu Mingfei exited the [Deep Intelligence Extraction] state.

He fell into deep thought. "So, the alchemical knowledge that could stimulate Norton's Dragon Heart must also involve alchemy in the form of two people working together? Or is it related to Constantine?"

Konstantínos.

During this in-depth intelligence gathering, he learned of this name.

Old Tang didn't suddenly mutate; he simply developed a sense of familiarity from the alchemical collaboration.

Even though he didn't know that Lu Mingfei had just been performing alchemy and simply thought it was some kind of handicraft, he still transferred that feeling of closeness to Lu Mingfei out of affection for him.

"It's kind of scary."

Lu Mingfei muttered to himself.

Looking at Old Tang's slightly bewildered back, Lu Mingfei sighed silently for no apparent reason.

……

We had a quick lunch first.

In the afternoon.

There was a knock at the door.

"Coming." Lu Mingfei immediately put down his carving knife and ran over to open the door.

Su Xiaoqiang stood outside the door, carrying a pink suitcase, her naturally alluring eyes fixed on him.

"Little Fairy, what are you doing? Come in quickly." Lu Mingfei looked puzzled.

"Hmph." Su Xiaoqiang withdrew her gaze and snorted lightly, "I didn't expect you to be so capable, actually managing to persuade my dad!"

"Uh heh heh..." Lu Mingfei gave an awkward laugh.

Actually, he didn't expect that when he mentioned this to Su Jiannan last night, the old man would actually agree without hesitation, instead of smashing the cup in his hand and letting the eight hundred axemen hidden in the hall rush up and chop this arrogant brat into mincemeat!

He even seemed to have figured something out and said some things that terrified him.

In fact, Lu Mingfei didn't have any other intentions. He simply felt that the configuration of his home was indeed much better than Su Xiaoqiang's villa, and at least he could be protected in case of trouble.

Su Jiannan should... agree with this point!
Which room do I stay in?

Su Xiaoqiang handed the pink suitcase to Lu Mingfei, put her hands behind her back, and skipped into the house with her long ponytail.

"Hey, you're not being polite at all! Change your slippers first!" Lu Mingfei sighed and closed the door.

"Change my ass! This floor is so dirty I wouldn't even want to step on it with my slippers!"

Su Xiaoqiang pointed to the thick layer of dust on the ground, made a gesture that might be misunderstood by the Korean man, and looked disgusted.

After entering the house, the girl's nose twitched slightly, as if she was sniffing to see if there was any strange smell in the house.

"It's alright, just like the kind of house I imagined a boy's would have," she muttered to herself.

"What kind of image do you have in mind?" Lu Mingfei asked curiously.

"It's dirty and smelly, but yours is okay. It's a bit dirty, but at least it doesn't smell."

"It's good to ventilate regularly, okay? Don't have stereotypes!"

Lu Mingfei made an awkward remark.
"Actually, it's usually very clean, but we just did some carving work and haven't had time to clean it yet."

"Let me take you to your room first. Here, the key..."

However, Su Xiaoqiang did not notice his actions.

Those beautiful eyes were completely drawn to the direction of the dining table.

On the table were several 'memory stones' that Lu Mingfei had just finished making. The white crystal surface was inlaid with golden threads. Just sitting there quietly gave people a sense of amazement. After all, the threads on them outlined dragon patterns, which naturally possessed the attributes of elegance and order.

"This is... the carving technique you were talking about?"

Her voice carried a hint of surprise and disbelief.

"Yes, yes," Lu Mingfei said, feeling inexplicably guilty.

Su Xiaoqiang turned her head and glanced at him: "Hey, did you really do it or is it fake? When did you get this ability?"

"I really did make it."

Lu Mingfei's expression was as innocent as a little white rabbit.

"I just learned it."

"Really?"

"real!"

Su Xiaoqiang stared intently at Lu Mingfei: "Could you be a little more confident and a little more generous? You did a really good job, it was beautiful!"

Lu Mingfei subconsciously straightened his chest.

Seeing this, Su Xiaoqiang smiled, her eyebrows curving like beautiful crescent moons.

Immediately.

She approached with graceful steps, looking at him with curiosity.

Lu Mingfei was somewhat confused and quickly took a half step back.

Su Xiaoqiang smiled again, tiptoed, and leaned close to Lu Mingfei's ear, her voice as soft as a whisper.

“I don’t know why you’ve suddenly changed so much, and I don’t know what you said to my dad, but I hope we can still get along like before, instead of you acting like you owe me something every time you see me now…”

The girl was almost pressed against him.

The breath she exhaled tickled his earlobe.

"Lu Mingfei, you don't owe me anything, do you understand?"

I could feel the warm touch and the soft breath.

"Okay," he said instinctively, his body tense.

From this angle.

Lu Mingfei could also see Su Xiaoqiang's earlobes.

It's a lovely pink color, adorned with a crystal-clear pearl.

A light, delicate fragrance wafted over.

Suddenly.

He blew a breath as if possessed.

(End of this chapter)