Fang Zheng and Nanali naturally didn't know what Kulia was doing. They just watched the girl leave in a hurry, and then return in a hurry with an old man. When she saw the old man in front of her, Nanali suddenly became nervous.

"Master President!"

"President?"

Hearing Nanali's words, Fang Zheng couldn't help but take a closer look at the old man in front of him. Indeed, the old man in front of him looked quite dignified, but he himself did not have much power. He did not look like a warrior or a magician. However, Fang Zheng felt like his eyes were going blind after just one glance at him.

There was no other reason, it was simply because the magical aura emanating from this old man was too dazzling.

How many high-end magic props are he wearing? It's really hard to look at such a rich man.

If Fang Zheng threw a magic detection aura at the old man at this moment, he would probably become a second little sun.

"Hello, Nunnally, long time no see."

Like all people in high positions, the old man smiled and greeted Nunnally without any airs, and then began to carefully observe everything in front of him. He walked from one end of the greenhouse to the other, carefully observing the crops in front of him, and even reached out to pinch the fruits and leaves of the oranges, and grabbed a handful of soil to study it carefully.

After a long while, the old man stood up and nodded with satisfaction.

"That's a very good idea. Well, many people think that alchemists are exploring the ultimate mystery, but in fact, when we want to change the world, sometimes we don't need such powerful spells... You did a good job, Nunnally."

Having said that, the old man looked at Nunnally again and smiled.

"I know a few things about you, and I'm glad you've changed. Don't think that inventions made with materials like slime are insignificant. In fact, the more ordinary something is, the more it tests an alchemist's strength. Anyone can use dragon blood to make a brute force potion, and that's not uncommon. But if you can make a brute force potion with powerful mushrooms, that's a real skill. At least for now, I think your invention is mature and useful."

"Thank you, President!"

Hearing the old man's evaluation, Nanali's face turned red with excitement. She knew the old man's identity very well. To be honest, Nanali had never thought that she would get such a high evaluation from him.

"So, can you tell me how you came up with this?"

"this……"

Hearing the old man's question, Nanali's expression was a little complicated, but after hesitating for a moment, she decided to tell the truth.

"In fact, Mr. President... it was Mr. Ezio and Ms. Nymph who gave me the advice. I was just responsible for completing the work. In fact, at the beginning, I didn't expect it to have such a good effect..."

"oh?"

The old man was obviously surprised by Nunnally's answer. He then raised his head and looked at Fang Zheng and the blue-haired little angel beside him.

"Are these two also alchemists?"

"We are not alchemists."

In response to the old man's question, Fang Zheng shook his head.

"In fact, we should say that we are Miss Nunnally's relatives and employers... Well, we hope to conduct some business here. In addition, we have a small relationship with Miss Nunnally, so we invested here and wanted to rely on Miss Nunnally's alchemy to conduct some alchemy trade."

When it comes to making up nonsense, Fang Zheng's skills are at least level 5. At least he said it with his eyes open, so whether others believe it or not is not his problem.

"I see."

Hearing Fang Zheng's answer, the old man nodded as if he had understood something, but didn't say much. Just like in Fang Zheng's world, many companies would invest in research laboratories. In this world, it was not uncommon for businessmen to invest in alchemists. In fact, many inventions in the Alchemist Association came from similar investment research.

But even so, the old man still looked at Fang Zheng meaningfully for a while. You know, ordinary businessmen don't have such ability. They may be able to come up with a lot of ideas on a whim, but it is not so easy to turn these ideas into reality.

According to what Nunnally said just now, the young man in front of him not only provided novel ideas, but also gave suggestions on raw materials, and all Nunnally did was to process them through alchemical techniques. If that's the case, then the core of these inventions is not Nunnally, but the young man in front of him.

"May I have your name?"

"My name is Ezio, Ezio Auditore da Firenze."

"Mr. Ezio, these wonderful ideas of yours are really interesting... Well, at present, I think they are very valuable... May I ask what else you plan to do next?"

"certainly."

Since it was about business, Fang Zheng would not waste this opportunity.

"In fact, the greenhouse and slime fertilizer are just the first step. When the time is right, I want to study soilless cultivation technology..."

“Soilless cultivation?”

Hearing this, the old man widened his eyes in surprise. This word was actually easy to understand, but because of this, he couldn't believe his ears.

"What do you mean? You want to study a technology that can grow crops without soil? Is it possible?"

"Of course, but please allow me to keep you in suspense as to the specific content."

Fang Zheng thought of this only after confirming that slime fertilizer could speed up crop growth. Although soilless cultivation itself is a very sophisticated technique, with Nymph and Nanali around, plus slime fertilizer, it is not difficult to make nutrient solution for soilless cultivation.

But this is based on the fact that there is nothing wrong with the slime fertilizer itself.

Otherwise, Fang Zheng's plan would be completely ruined.

"grandfather!"

Seeing her grandfather chatting with others, Kulia, who had been waiting impatiently, also shouted out. After hearing the voice of his granddaughter, the old man also laughed.

"Okay, okay, I know... um, leave it to me."

As he spoke, the old man took out a small box from his arms. Seeing this, Fang Zheng also raised his eyebrows.

"This is……"

"Hehe, to be honest, I'm here mainly because my lovely granddaughter asked me to test the ingredients of these fruits... Well, although in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with these oranges, but the inspection is still necessary."

As he spoke, the old man opened the box. Then, Fang Zheng and the others saw a ball of pure water emerge from it, and then it turned into a bird-like creature and landed on the old man's shoulder.

Elemental creatures.

Seeing this, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly. As a mage who specializes in spells, he certainly knows how powerful elemental creatures are. Especially this kind of elemental creature that can shape itself, it must be a high-level elemental creature. What Fang Zheng didn't expect was that, unlike the mage who summoned through the elemental plane, it was actually possible to possess such a high-level elemental creature?

It seems that the alchemist is not an easy character to deal with.

"What is this?"

Looking at the water bird, Nanali also asked her question out of curiosity. After hearing her friend's question, Kulia proudly puffed out her almost non-existent breasts.

"This is Grandpa's most powerful companion. Don't underestimate it. It can break down the elements of any food and determine their value. If these oranges are dangerous or harmful, it can also detect it, okay?"

"Is that so?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng's eyes lit up. The reason why he had to conduct the experiment carefully was because Fang Zheng knew that even if he said that these things were fine, others would not believe him. To put it bluntly, if he did not conduct repeated experiments to obtain real and reliable data, he would not be able to reassure others. But now, if the president of the Alchemist Association endorsed it, then there would be no need to worry about the safety issue.

The old man smiled at Nanali and Fang Zheng, then reached out his hand and whispered something to the bird on his shoulder. The bird, which was only the size of a sparrow, spread its wings and flew to one of the orange trees, then... suddenly opened its mouth like a snake and swallowed the entire orange tree, including its roots, into its body.

“…”

Is this ok?

Seeing this, Fang Zheng's eyes widened in surprise. Although the orange tree was not as tall as other trees, and more like a bush, only half a meter high, the water bird was only the size of a sparrow... How could this be possible?

After swallowing the orange tree, the bird's body swelled up like a balloon, and Fang Zheng and the others could even clearly see the orange tree it had swallowed. The orange tree seemed to be soaked in some kind of liquid, and then gradually began to decompose into some kind of light green substance, which was then absorbed by the bird.

As the orange tree completely decomposed, the water bird's body became greener. Seeing this, Fang Zheng curled his lips - this reminded him of a muscular weirdo with a green body... Is this glowing?

Come to think of it, it seems that slime is green...

Did it go wrong?

“I never expected that…”

At the same time, the old man widened his eyes in surprise, staring at the emerald green water bird in front of him. Then he suddenly turned his head and looked at Fang Zheng and Nanali.

"Mr. Ezio, Ms. Nunnally, your inventions are amazing!"

“…”

Meow meow meow???