Disol looked at Richard, forced a smile, and said rather embarrassedly: "Sir Levi, I'm sorry to bother you so late at night, but I just sensed the breath of the Spider Woman's Blood, so..."
"Mr. Disol, please come in and talk." Richard smiled slightly, moved aside and let Disol enter the room.
The fish has taken the bait! Disol was more anxious than he had imagined. Richard thought that he would be patient and wait until tomorrow to discuss the matter with him, but he did not expect that he would come much sooner than expected.
It seems that the value of Spider Woman's blood should be higher than expected.
No, to be precise, one thing that is certain is that the Spider Woman's blood is of great value in Disol's heart.
Desol came too quickly, so quickly that Richard himself hadn't figured out which plan to follow from plan one to plan three to deal with the Spider Woman's blood.
However, I can listen to the other party's sincerity first and then make plans.
Richard invited Disol to sit on the mahogany chair in the reception room, while the twins took over Stephanie's maid job and poured two cups of wormwood tea for the two adults.
Disol frowned slightly, as if he was still considering how many things he should throw out first to make the other party interested and exchange for the Spider Woman's blood.
Richard was not in a hurry at all. He sipped the wormwood tea leisurely. This tea is said to be one of the specialties of the gray dwarves. It tastes bitter at first but sweet later with a long aftertaste. Richard tasted it and felt that it was quite similar to the green tea in his previous life.
Disol rubbed his hands and said carefully: "Sir Levi, for a master of alchemical bombs like you, you will definitely not be short of magic stones."
"So, could you please tell me your original plan for using the Spider Woman's Blood? In this way, perhaps I can provide you with the items you need in a more targeted manner."
Richard smiled. Disol was indeed cunning and was trying to test his bottom line.
Of course, the ultimate goal is to pay the least possible price in exchange for the Spider Woman's blood.
But how could I let him get what he wanted so easily?
Richard took out a drop-shaped bright red crystal containing the Spider Woman's blood from the isolation box beside him and played with it casually in his hands.
When Disol saw Richard take out the crystal, his eyes kept moving following the red color.
"Sir Disol, regarding this Spider Woman's Blood, to be honest, my original plan was to buy the required Flame Crystal after arriving in Tug City, and then use it to enhance my spiritual power."
Before Richard could finish his words, he was interrupted by an anxious-looking Desor.
Disol looked angry and said anxiously, "I'm sorry, Mr. Levi, please forgive me for being frank. If you really do this, it would be a waste of natural resources. You should know that the price of the source blood of this pure-blooded creature is several times that of a mixed-blood creature."
"If it is only used to enhance spiritual power, the difference between the blood of pure-blooded and mixed-blooded creatures in this regard is not that big. Of course, I am talking about the scope of first-order creatures."
Richard raised his eyebrows, it turned out there was such a difference.
It seems that it is the same as what I judged. The spider woman's blood in my hand should be valuable. At least it is the blood of the pure-blooded creature mentioned by Disor, not some mixed blood.
Disol carefully took out a brown wooden box with strange patterns from his arms. After opening it, he could clearly see a fist-sized spherical crystal emitting red and green light inside.
"This is a blood from a swamp giant whose strength has reached the first level. The swamp giant has the mixed blood of giants and swamp cavemen, so in terms of value, it is not as valuable as the spider woman's blood from Lord Levi, but it is better in quantity."
"If used as a way to burn blood essence to promote the growth of spiritual power, the effects of the two are almost the same."
After listening to Disol's explanation, Richard looked at the fist-sized swamp giant's source blood and fell into deep thought.
Richard knew that the strength of an ordinary swamp giant after adulthood was only at the quasi-wizard level, and there were not many swamp giants who could reach the first-level strength. So, to some extent, the swamp giant's blood crystals were indeed precious.
But compared to the Spider-Woman's blood, it is obviously inferior, because according to Disor, the Spider-Woman is a pure-blooded creature.
Moreover, from another perspective, we can also see the difference in grades between the two.
One is the size of a fist, and the other is only the size of a fingernail, but the effects are almost the same.
From this point, it is obvious that the degree of refinement of the swamp giant's blood is far inferior to that of the spider woman's blood, so the quality difference can only be offset by the large quantity.
However, Disol only took out one swamp giant's source blood for trading, and it was obviously not enough!
Sure enough, Disol, with a frown on his face, took out an old parchment scroll from his arms. He seemed very reluctant to part with it, but he still made up his mind and handed it to Richard, saying, "Sir Levi, this is a rare puppetry blueprint I got from the secret realm - the Obsidian Combat Puppet. Since it is made entirely of obsidian, it has a strong resistance to all kinds of witchcraft. From..."
Richard tapped the armrest of the mahogany chair with his fingers, interrupting Disol's introduction and saying, "Sir Disol, you know that I am an alchemy enthusiast. At the same time, I also have a little interest in witchcraft, but I know nothing about puppetry."
"I think such a rare blueprint is more suitable in the hands of a puppet master to better play its role, don't you think?"
Disol took the obsidian combat puppet blueprint that Richard handed back without even looking at it, with an expression of relief and anxiety on his face.
"Then Sir Richard, can I make up the remaining difference with magic stones?"
Richard did not give Disol the definite answer right away, but fell into deep thought again.
At present, the best choice for me to use the Spider Woman's blood is definitely to enhance my mental strength, so from this point of view, if the same purpose can be achieved, there is no big problem in exchanging it for Disol.
As for the previous consideration of using the Spider Woman's blood on Stephanie's new body to allow her to increase her blood concentration again, Li realized that there was no rush.
After all, one's own strength is the most important thing. With the magical weapon, the Nightmare Mirror, and the dragon's blood in hand, the night elves will probably not give up so quickly in a short period of time.
In this case, I should have a chance to obtain the Spider Woman's blood again.
However, it is definitely not enough for Disol to just use the source blood of a swamp giant to exchange for the source blood of the spider woman, because the magic stone is of little use to him at present.
In that case, then... "Sir Disol, I need a flame crystal and some knowledge about higher-level source blood. If you can do it, this spider woman's source blood will be yours!"
"Oh, Father Titan! Sir Levi, if we add a flame crystal, it will exceed the value of the Spider Woman's Blood!"
"You still want higher-level source blood knowledge. This is really unacceptable."
Disol stood up, his face flushed!
It seemed that he was very indignant at Richard's behavior of asking for too much.
Richard picked up the teacup, took a sip of wormwood tea, and said calmly, "Mr. Desol, you asked me to name the price. You should know that this is not a forced transaction, right?"
"You can totally walk away from this deal."
Richard's words made Desor's face turn pale and blue, as if he had swallowed a fly! "Sir Levi, your words are like a sharp knife that breaks my heart! But if you can agree to one condition of mine, this deal is not a bad idea!"
"Oh, Lord Disol, although I can't guarantee that I will agree, you might as well tell me." Richard raised his eyebrows and said.
"That's right. I hope that Lord Levi can join the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood." Disol said seriously.
"First of all, if you don't join the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood, I really can't trade you the source blood knowledge above the third level because of my oath. I can only give you the source blood knowledge of the second level at most."
"Secondly, you can rest assured that an alchemist like you who specializes in bomb science will be respected enough in the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood!"
"There won't be any overly dangerous missions. The only thing you need to do is to provide the organization with a certain number of alchemical bombs on a regular basis."
"Of course, the organization will certainly give you corresponding remuneration and matching treatment."
"Moreover, one thing you can rest assured about is that the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood is the leading wizard organization in Toug City. To some extent, it can be said to represent the official Gray Dwarfs, so in terms of treatment, it is definitely the best among all wizard organizations!"
Disol whispered the last sentence into Richard's ear.
This request immediately made Richard feel a little ridiculous.
Unexpectedly, Disol was circling around and pretending to be angry. It turned out that he was waiting for him here.
Obviously, the other party valued his identity as a master alchemist.
Richard could understand this point. For the gray dwarves who had been fighting with the night elves for many years, an alchemist master who was capable of developing alchemical combination bombs was of extraordinary significance.
Richard thought about it for a moment and decided to agree.
He originally had the idea that after arriving in Tug City, he would choose and join a wizard organization, so that he would have a relatively normal channel to obtain knowledge at the first-level wizard level.
However, if the wizarding organization is relatively powerful, it will inevitably have higher requirements for its members and a strict organization. This means that gaining the trust of the wizarding organization is not something that can be achieved in a day or two.
You must slowly accumulate trust through daily tasks in order to gain points or contribution points from the organization in exchange for the knowledge you need.
This efficiency is too slow! Although he did not know which wizard organizations there were in Tug City, as Disol said at the end, any organization named after the three words "Dwarfs" must have the tacit approval of the official Gray Dwarfs.
Furthermore, with the introduction of the old man Disol, under normal circumstances, I should be able to integrate into the group quickly and quickly accumulate points or contribution points through my identity as an alchemy master.
It can be said that when I feel sleepy, Disol brings me a pillow! However, Richard still pretended to be extremely reluctant, nodded, and said, "Okay! Since the knowledge of source blood above the third level must join your organization, I think after I arrive in Tug City, I will choose to join the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood."
When he heard Richard reluctantly agreed, a cunning look flashed in Disol's eyes, as if he was proud of his plan having succeeded.
If he knew that even without his invitation, Richard would visit him after arriving in Tug City and seek his help and introduction to join the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood, what would Disol think? "Great! Sir Levi, then we will soon be members of the same organization. The Gray Dwarf Brotherhood welcomes you to join!" Disol said with a beaming face.
"By the way, I think we should have a drink to celebrate the joining of Lord Levi." Disol turned and looked at the twins and Stephania.
The twins understood Disol's look immediately and trotted to the next room, carrying a large box of liquor labeled Bordeaux.
"Here! Lord Levi, this is the 99-year-old Tugel liquor that I have treasured for a long time!"
99-year-old Tugel liquor. From which year did the 99 years begin? Could it have been stored for 99 years?
"Sir Levi, we'll each take half!"
Looking at the box of twelve bottles, half for each person, Richard couldn't help but frown!
What kind of celebration? You old man, are you just looking for an excuse to get me drunk? - Half an hour later.
Disol, who was so drunk by Stephanie that he was confused, was now staggering towards the next room with the help of the twins.
He really loves food and drinks! After Desol left, Richard did not rest, but took the flame crystal he had just exchanged and looked at it.
I saw a cluster of small flames jumping inside the thumb-sized hexagonal flame crystal.
According to the knowledge given by Disor, he has met all the conditions to burn the essence of blood to stimulate the growth of mental power.
In this case, why not start improving now! After all, it is better to improve your strength sooner rather than later.
Immediately, Richard used his mental power to control the flame crystal and the swamp giant's blood to float in the air. With the infusion of mental power, the flame crystal shattered instantly, releasing an extremely pure flame energy.
And under the guidance of Richard's mental power, like a fire elf that had just been unshackled, it jumped around the swamp giant's source blood.
As the source blood continued to burn, in less than a few seconds, a miniature swamp giant appeared in the air and roared at Richard, as if wanting Richard to stop the burning process.
But at this point, how is this possible?
Richard immediately began to increase the input of mental power, and the flames suddenly burned more violently. The shadow of the swamp giant became smaller and smaller, and the screams continued, but became weaker and weaker.
In the end, the shadow of the swamp giant didn't even have the strength to murmur, and it floated in front of Richard's eyes like a piece of refined human-shaped mental gel.
Suddenly, a desire emerged from the depths of Richard's soul, as if saying that eating it, as long as he ate it, would be very beneficial to the body.
Immediately, Richard no longer hesitated, opened his mouth slightly, and the refined shadow of the swamp giant was swallowed directly into his body.
The next second, Richard felt as if his soul was soaking in a hot spring. When Richard woke up again, he found that the light outside the window had become much brighter. Obviously, in the Underdark, this meant that it was already daytime.
Stephanie is still sleeping soundly on the bed. Richard calls up the inspiration panel and takes a look: [Name]: Richard Clavier [Attributes]: Strength 10.9, Agility 11.2, Constitution 11.1, Spirit 46.7 (Atomization 27%)
Hiss! His mental strength increased by more than ten points, and Richard could clearly feel that other attributes of his body were also slowly increasing.
The degree of atomization soared to 27%, an increase of 14 percentage points. It is only 3% away from reaching the middle level of a first-level wizard.
This made Richard extremely happy!
You know, even if you practice the variation of meditation method that has reached the extreme level every day, it still takes at least more than a year to reach the current level.
But with the help of the essence of blood, it only took one night for him to complete the journey that would have taken him a year!
Moreover, if it were an ordinary new wizard with a lower level of control over meditation, it would probably take at least two to three years to achieve the same level of improvement as Richard has now.
However, the next second, Richard realized that if the effect of this source blood was so magical, wouldn't powerful wizard families give it to their talented offspring and use it frequently to quickly improve? No, this matter should not be that simple.
Richard concentrated and held his breath, probing his consciousness into his body and carefully checking his physical condition. After a while, his expression changed slightly.
At the same time, he immediately took out the record crystal that Disol had traded to him last night.
After a while, he discovered the problem.
It turns out that after using the method of burning blood essence to stimulate the growth of mental power, the blood essence will remain in the body for a considerable period of time.
During the residual period, no blood essence can be used again, otherwise it will cause damage to one's own soul!
The more powerful the blood essence, the longer its residual period after use. Generally, the residual period of a first-level blood essence ranges from half a year to two years, and varies greatly with the physique of each wizard.
The residual period of the second-level source blood is as long as three to five years, but the effect will be better.
The third-level source blood is even more terrifying. Moreover, Richard also discovered that the level of the original source blood is not determined by the organism itself.
Instead, it is based on the level of bloodline. For example, the Spider Woman's source blood can be purified through the secondary refining witch array to produce the Mistress's source blood. The Mistress's source blood is a second-level source blood, but its size may only be the size of a grain of rice.
Although it is a second-level source blood, it is only the size of a grain of rice, so in terms of effect, it is almost equivalent to the spider woman's source blood the size of a fingernail.
From this perspective, the larger the size of the creature, the higher the total amount of its blood. If it contains high-level blood, it will be easier to purify it a second or even third time.
The information provided by Disol also gave the example of the extinction of the Dragon Vein Gnolls.
To date, black dragons and red dragons have disappeared from the Underdark for nearly a thousand years. Hundreds of years ago, it became almost impossible for wizards to find high-level dragon blood.
But there was a talented wizard who invented a high-level source blood purification magic array, which could purify the blood twice or even three times, thereby obtaining a very small amount of ancient and powerful ancestral source blood contained in certain organisms.
After he slaughtered an entire tribe of dragon vein ogres and collected the blood of thousands of ogres, he used the high-level source blood purification magic array and finally purified a drop of black dragon source blood the size of a fingernail.
After this method was leaked, the Dragon Vein Kobolds were slaughtered in just over ten years! In the next few hundred years, there were almost no Dragon Vein Kobold tribes with more than ten people in the entire Underdark. ——After two days of trekking, Grace brought Irene to a hilly area. Because it was a secret operation, she did not bring the remaining three Demon Spider Knights.
The hills ahead were undulating and covered with lush vegetation. In addition to the ferns common in the Underdark, there were also dense vines and rare tall trees.
It seems that there is some kind of strange energy supply in this area that makes these plants grow particularly well.
“Heart-Eroding Grass!!”
"Devil's vine! There are too many poisonous weeds here! It's simply too much to be normal!"
Irene exclaimed as she walked, and it was obvious that she recognized the many poisonous plants around her.
Grace nodded and said, "Yes, this is the custom of the Jade Fire Church. They like to plant poisonous weeds around their residences!"
"(Night Elf language) Tsk tsk, isn't this our dear Grace? What a rare guest." The voice of a night elf man was heard nearby.
However, when Irene turned her head to look at the dense forest where the sound came from, she was shocked.
I saw a tall monster walking out of the dense forest. The plants on both sides seemed to have consciousness and automatically separated a path for the monster to walk out slowly.
The other party is a monster, yes, that's the only way Irene can describe it! Because except for the face of this monster, which can be identified as the handsome appearance of a night elf man, you will not associate any other part of the other party's body with a well-proportioned and handsome night elf.
Nicol, the once handsome night elf man, had now expanded by at least two times and was over two meters four in height. He had a pair of black horns like a cow on his head, and his hands had transformed into a pair of extremely sharp claws.
The lower half of his body, which resembled a ram, had large hooves at the end of its feet! Irene could even see the short tail swaying behind his butt.
"Nichol, how come you have become so mutated?" Grace looked at Nicole in shock.
Compared to the Nicol she saw three years ago, the other party was more seriously mutated now, and it was almost impossible to see the basic external characteristics of the night elf bloodline.
Is this the result of believing in the ancient demon Xavius? This is simply too terrifying!
If it were her, she would rather not have powerful strength than become such an ugly monster.
(End of this chapter)