Kemo Stoll walks into the alchemy workshop.

"Master Mentor," the apprentices bowed their heads at the sight of Kemo.

He waved his hand, "You go on." ”

The apprentices crouched down again, busy with their own work.

The outermost part of the workshop is the sorting room, where materials from all over the Grey Keep are washed, sorted, screened, and ground. The design of the washing room is also very clever, with a stone floor laid over a small stream, which is used for passage in the middle, and is flanked by a babbling stream that flows parallel to the stone path, across an arm's width stream, and the outermost part is the washing area.

At first glance, the narrow washing room seems to be divided into three sections by two streams from the longitudinal direction. Light streams in through the openings in the windows on either side of the wall, reflecting on the stone floor and the stream, forming long patches of light across the room. Light and darkness overlap each other, like the markings of a snake.

Nearly a hundred apprentices leaned against the wall, handling the materials assigned to them. If the debris is lighter than water, it can be thrown directly into the stream, and if it is heavier than water, it should be put into a basket and taken out of the washing room before being discarded. If you use live water for cleaning, the effect is much better than that of stagnant water in wooden barrels.

They will study here for three to five years, until they know all about sorting and cleaning all kinds of materials, and then they will have the opportunity to be selected by the teacher as disciples and go to the next room.

Kaimo stepped on the light and dark spots and walked into the core area of the alchemy workshop, the refining room.

Pushing open the door, the line of sight suddenly cleared, and twelve giant trees brought from the Hidden Forest served as pillars to support the extremely spacious room. The stone walls are surrounded by windows, and even the roof is covered with patios and shields, allowing the room to be flooded with light. In the center of the refining room were six wide wooden tables, which were piled up with all kinds of alchemical utensils: round-bottomed bottles, glasses, scales, mortars, stoves, crucibles...... Each mentor was responsible for managing and using a table, and as the chief alchemist of Chishui City, he naturally used the longest and most utensils.

It is always full of chaos and disorder, like alchemy, mixing all kinds of raw materials, heating, distilling, passing water, and incineration. Its results are always ever-changing and fascinating.

If you can find a clear direction from these disordered changes and write it into words, it is an extremely rare alchemical formula. Those who can invent the original alchemy formula can be called alchemists. So far, he has come up with more than a dozen alchemical formulas, each of which seems to be a whisper from a god - Kemo believes that alchemy has developed to a certain level that it can not only separate the origin, but even combine all things.

"How's your snow powder replicating, Chames?" he asked.

A young man in his twenties walked over, shook his head, and said, "These damn Wang Capital alchemists must have added other raw materials to it, and the powder is very finely ground, and they really can't separate anything useful." ”

He is the youngest alchemist in the alchemy workshop - in general, it is impossible to create an alchemical formula without a long period of accumulation and experimentation, and sometimes even a little luck. Many people in the workshop have been disciples all their lives, and it is difficult for them to further their cultivation until they die. Chammez has an extraordinary talent for alchemy, and two years ago, he summed up the method of dry distilling alum to obtain acid, which won the unanimous approval of the five alchemists, and since then there has been a long table in the refining room.

"Don't rush, take your time. He smiled and patted the other man on the shoulder as a sign of comfort. After eight years as the chief, Cammo naturally understands the difficulty of finding truth from disorder and chaos, "But I did make a good thing last night to give the haughty ones a little color." Follow me. ”

He walked over to his table and asked two of his disciples to bring the storage box, which was about half a man's height and made entirely of wrought iron, making it difficult to steal or destroy. He pulled out the key and opened the first layer of the lattice, where a small piece of transparent crystal lay in the center.

"Cut crystal?" Chames, who was standing aside, carefully squeezed it in his hand and looked at the sunlight outside the window, "No, this is ...... Crystal glass! Oh my God! You did it!"

"That's right," Kemo smirked, "I'd love to see what kind of look those guys must have on their faces when they see that the alchemy product they're most proud of has been successfully copied by me." ”

Chammez's irrepressible admiration alarmed the other alchemists, who put down their work and gathered around.

"That's what you did last night until midnight? ”

"It's so beautiful, it's like crystal. ”

"Congratulations, in this way, the status of our alchemy workshop in the heart of the duke will be greatly improved. ”

"How did you do that? Can you tell me about it?"

Kaimo nodded, "We all know that the composition of glass is very similar to that of river sand, and the color of the glass burned by river sand varies from place to place, because it contains impurities. Either find a way to remove impurities, or find a way to get a purer sand. Everyone is trying in this direction, and so am I. The success of this alchemy was largely due to an accident. I chose the fine white sand from Liuye Town and the sandstone from Falling Dragon Ridge......"

Everyone gathered around him and listened quietly, and it wasn't until he finished speaking that the alchemists exhaled in unison, "I see, you've thought so thoughtfully. ”

Crystals are rare and expensive gemstones, and colorless and transparent crystals are even rarer. Only the cleanest and most translucent glass can be called crystal glass, and the Royal Capital Alchemy Association relies on this product to steadily surpass the Alchemy Workshop of Chishui City, and the golden dragon earned every year is even more enviable to the Duke of Chishui City.

Now, that is about to change. If Chames can figure out the composition of the snow powder, coupled with the method of making acid from two stones, they will completely surpass the Royal Alchemy Association, and at that time, those who can only look at people with their chin may have to lower their rooster-like heads. Thinking of this, Kemo Stow's mood is even happier.

Just as he was about to sift through the raw materials for the second batch of crystal glass, a disciple hurriedly walked up to him, "Master Chief, there is an emissary from the Western Frontier Town who wants to see you, and he has brought a letter from the Fourth Prince, Roland Wimbledon. ”

"Fourth Prince?" Kaimo frowned and thought for a moment, it seemed that there was indeed such a person in the Grey Keep royal family. He knew very little about the affairs of the aristocracy, and he had the impression that these people were ignorant and ignorant, and would only fight for power and wealth. "What's the matter with him looking for me?"

"I don't know, the messenger said that as long as you read the letter, you will naturally understand what His Highness means. ”

The chief alchemist of "......" showed an extremely impatient look, and the content of the letter must have either recruited him with a lot of money, or reprimanded alchemy as a demonic trick. But since the other party is a prince, the basic etiquette still has to be maintained, "Take me to him, and let him go when I get the letter!"

"Yes, Chief Mentor. (To be continued.) )