Although he didn't know what Whispering Lady's plan was, he could at least confirm one thing, that is, this demon god was not prepared to use violent means to bring himself to his knees, perhaps because he needed to slowly corrupt himself, and he needed to disintegrate his resistance from the most fundamental spiritual will?

Xia Ran is also confirming or testing this speculation now, and he naturally feels a little unscrupulous, he can only say that what he can't get is always in turmoil, and those who are favored are always fearless.

Well? Is there anything wrong with this statement?

“……”

“……”

"Naturally, you just need a lot of patience and a little practice."

After a very brief moment of silence, a deep woman's voice rang out in the air.

With the whisper of the demon god, the surrounding scenes suddenly switched, and the originally narrow room suddenly widened, and the area increased by I don't know how many times.

Xia Ran saw the hardwood table in front of him disappear without warning, replaced by an alchemy table rising from the ground, and the bookshelves around him were replaced by storage shelves, on which a large number of materials were placed.

He only glanced around and found that among the materials were plant roots, stems, flowers and leaves, ore fragments, animal bone scales, and even human skulls...... It's scary to look at.

In the midst of this dazzling switch, the young magician was unable to react for a moment.

"Although this is only a spiritual illusion, I can make its laws and rules completely equal to reality, whether it is the change of matter or the reaction of energy......

The Demon God's whisper rang out again—

"You can practice here as many times as you like, and you don't really consume rare and valuable materials, all you need to do is your mental strength...... If you really get the hang of that recipe and can make it here, you can do it in reality. ”

Can you still do this?

Xia Ran was immediately shocked, do you want to cheat like this?

"If you're going to make this potion, you should use the Frost Dragon's blood as the core, right? Then there are a total of five materials that need to be changed......" Lady Whispering ignored what he was thinking, and began to guide in a straight way.

Xia Ran's heart froze, and he hurriedly concentrated his attention, and his body acted almost subconsciously, quickly took the corresponding materials, and used the instruments on the alchemy table to deal with them.

Grinding, distilling, separation......

On the alchemy base purified from the core materials, the subsequent auxiliary materials are added one after another according to strict steps......

These are the basic operations that he practiced when he brushed his proficiency before, and it is not a big problem. However, this is not enough, alchemy in the true sense of the word is not a regular chemistry, but a skill that belongs to the mysterious realm.

Because alchemy is not only about the chemical reaction that occurs after the mixing of more than two substances, but also the change in the nature of the original magic contained in the magic material itself, and it is precisely because of the existence of special factors such as magic that alchemy is difficult to grasp.

The chemical reaction itself must be taken into account, and the magical properties of the materials used in the current step must change as expected before or immediately after the reaction, or at some stage during the reaction......

This is already a very troublesome restriction -

There are multiple steps that need to be operated, and time may not be abundant, and some may even be only a blink of an eye, so it is necessary to strictly grasp the timing of the operation.

Sometimes the operator needs to use his own magic or mental power to induce and induce the trigger, and he can't stupidly wait for the original magic contained in the material to change naturally, which will definitely not be able to keep up.

Moreover, the material itself is also very variable, it is very likely that just a certain material is just an extra gram of the amount of a certain material, or the year of growth is a few years longer or a few days less, and the amount of raw magic contained in it is likely to be significantly different.

- Mephala is probably also completely realistic, and does not make all the materials the same, but each has its own differences.

As a result, there will also be an indefinite time error in the change response, from a few seconds to a few minutes, or even a few hours or even longer, perhaps speeding up, maybe slowing down.

And it's not just the difference in time, it's also likely that the size and strength of the reaction will be affected, so a series of follow-up reactions will come, so you have to make relative adjustments to the material processing and alchemy operations in the future, and you can't continue to throw the materials into the pot without looking at anything.

Even stir-fried vegetables are not fried like this, let alone alchemy.

All in all, it is very complicated, Xia Ran is sweating on his forehead unconsciously, and his mental power is also being consumed sharply, and the realism of this environment is really completely equivalent to reality......

How complicated is this? It can be said that from the first step of making the alchemy base, he couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all, because the alchemy base he made would always have some deviations than expected, resulting in the materials he had processed in advance not being used at all.

It could be a little more, or maybe a little less, and it needs to be dealt with again. However, time is limited, and if the auxiliary materials are not added to the mixing reaction as soon as possible, the properties of the alchemy base itself will also be rapidly volatilized and lost in a short period of time, and other changes will occur.

If he can't keep up with the speed, for example, he wastes too much time when he carefully calculates how many grams of material should be added or subtracted, and when he carefully adds or subtracts, then it is equivalent to a complete waste.

The same is true for the next step, he almost despairs to find that it seems impossible for him to accurately get the expected result at each step, without the slightest difference, resulting in the next step having to change.

Because some stages only have an extremely short reaction time, it is impossible for him to calculate the amount of deviation in an instant, and then process the previously prepared material again in an instant, so that it meets the standard, and seize the time to add it.

Moreover, the difference in the medicinal strength of the year of the medicinal material itself also needs to be considered, and there are really too many factors and variables that need to be paid attention to and calculated, and the requirements are also very accurate and complicated...... One wrong step, one wrong step, mistakes are like a snowball.

What the heck?

Is this really something that people can do? Could it be that a master alchemist who can make gold-level potions is the kind with more than 100 agility and intelligence, and his actions can be used as a unit of time in hundredths of a second, and his calculation speed can be compared to that of a computer?

Failure, failure, failure......

Time was passing quietly, if it weren't for the fact that these materials were all fake, Xia Ran suspected that he had wasted hundreds of thousands of points, and it was precisely because he had no worries that he dared to grit his teeth and continue to waste materials again and again.

Since Mephala said yes, then this method definitely works, and he may just not grasp the key yet.

The only thing he needs to have is a good mentality, and he can't be discouraged and give up the opportunity directly......

That's all—

Until his mental power almost bottomed out, Xia Ran had no choice but to end the practice, and he was not able to succeed once.

……

……

The lost group seemed to be on a consensus, but it seemed that they didn't rush to settle things down because they didn't have enough materials on their hands.

If they didn't say it, Xia Ran was happy to pretend not to know, after all, he had miscalculated in advance and overestimated himself. What is a 90% probability of failure, it is a 100% probability of failure.

- Even if the risk is someone else's, he is the kind that wants to succeed and can get another share of himself.

In this way, he followed Mephala in the mental space at night to diligently learn the wisdom of magic, and spent half of his time continuing to desperately brush up on the proficiency of alchemy; During the day, when he was on the road, he fixed himself on a bantam horse and followed the team, taking the opportunity to meditate and regain his spirits.

Since he wasn't part of the team himself, it was normal for him to be reticent and not talk much, and a group of melee fighters didn't have much to talk about with him.

Coupled with the fact that he was wearing a mask, others couldn't see his face, and they couldn't know what his mental state was, so naturally it wasn't clear that this powerful and mysterious senior of the law system was actually tired like a dog behind his back.

However, the effort is always rewarded, in addition to the soaring proficiency in alchemy skills, he was also pushed by the demon god in the field of magic to go a long way, and began to master the magic of illusion, summoning, and destruction beyond the specifications.

However, the point is not that he is sure how many relevant low-level spell skills he can complete or how many advanced skills he can comprehend, but that he has pulled away from his original perspective and began to try to look at the realm of magic with an extraordinary vision.

It is not simply cramming to accept knowledge, he will work hard to dig out the ideas from various angles, and have his own thoughts in his heart.

Because of the group of robbers, the next march was a little slower, and it took everyone three days to get to the abandoned mine that had just been restarted, but this was not in the way, and the time given by the snow city was still relatively sufficient.

- Actually, when the specific time is specified, it can already be seen that Xueman City is in a hurry, and I don't know what exactly needs so much copper for the construction of the city, and it is said that the three copper mines near Xueman City have been running day and night.

But it still doesn't seem to be enough, even such a remote and dangerous mine site is still not spared...... Obviously, there is not enough manpower, but I don't know exactly where it was used, and there is no place where the construction in the city needs to occupy a lot of labor and invest copper resources.

It was a steep mountain, with rocks and rocks, almost no grass, and the summit was even more towering, and it seemed normal if a dragon was resurrected and entrenched on it.

Leaving some of the guards and the people stationed here in the mine to watch over the bandits, the rest followed the lost into the mine, and even the bandit leader was taken with them.

- After all, it's a small boss with both physical strength breaking through 50 points.,Even if the skills can't keep up.,But it's a pity that this kind of combat power can't be used.。

Originally, the bandit leader still wanted to die unyieldingly, but since he confessed once before, it was easier to cooperate the second time, probably because he had a more broken jar mentality.

The most important thing is Xia Ran's threat, he has learned the follow-up advanced summoning magic of the "Resurrection Zombie" spell - "Enslave the Dead".

Anyway, what is needed is only the combat effectiveness of the bandit leader, and as for whether it is dead or alive, although this effect is still there, it is not too big......

Therefore, the bandit leader, who was originally uncooperative in killing him, was invited out of his cell by a mysterious and powerful magician to receive him with good wine and food, and slowly explained his intentions, and also demonstrated the evil power of magic on the spot.

He couldn't say anything about his refusal, he just silently picked up the rice bowl and said "It's really fragrant" with a sincere expression.

The interior of the mine is dimly lit, and many places are supported by wooden frames, but there are also many collapsed forks, and in the main workplaces or rest places, there are windproof lamps or torches.

There are also people working, but they look like thieves, and they don't dare to make too much noise at all, and they have to carefully prick up their ears to listen after digging a few times.

Because the undead in the deep tomb of the pre-Gnod have been awakened, and some of them have even entered the intricate mines, wandering aimlessly in them, it is very likely that they will be passively attracted to them.

After a while, the group decided that it was best to clear out the ghouls wandering in the mines, and then enter the deep graveyard as fast as possible.

Because it was too dangerous to fight in the narrow mine, and the space was so small, Xia Ran was afraid that if he went out with a fireball technique, he would all die in a mining disaster...... The Nord catacombs, on the other hand, tend to be very sturdy and have a lot of space to spread out.

"This is your weapon...... You go ahead, and the time has come to make a contribution. ”

Xia Ran handed the short-handled axe to the bandit leader and patted the other party's shoulder seriously.

"And what if you meet a ghoul?" The bandit leader asked, confused.

"Don't be afraid, you can just go up and chop directly with the guys, they are not dangerous......" Xia Ran said seriously.

Nothing dangerous? The leader of the robbers immediately relaxed, took the axe and walked in front with his head held high, but soon he realized that something was wrong, and when he looked back, he saw that the group of people and the guards of the brigade were watching from a distance behind him.

- at least twenty or thirty meters apart.

"You ...... What is this for......" The bandit leader held back for a long time before he asked such a sentence.

"We'll cover you in the back." Xia Ran Zhengse said.

"Shouldn't I get any closer?"

"What are you afraid of, we have dozens of guys here to protect you, and if something is wrong, they will all be thrown over!"

The bandit leader's face turned green at once.