"By the way, what was the highest bid just now?" Hawkins asked casually.
Everyone looked at each other, and finally, all eyes were focused on Alehan.
At this time, Alehan, who was a little embarrassed, wiped the beads of sweat from his head and said, "Minister, since you are here, we will naturally restart the auction. I believe everyone can understand this."
As the vice president and director of the Alchemy Department, Hawkins is Alehan's immediate superior. Normally, Alehan always addresses Hawkins as the director, which is considered to express a kind of intimacy.
Most of the people present were friends of Disol, so they naturally would not tear down Disol's friend Alehan at this time. They all nodded and said, "Yes, Master Hawkins, now that you are here, we naturally have to restart the auction."
“Yeah, we’ve just started the auction.”
“.”
Richard couldn't help but laugh in his heart. It seemed that wizards were not incapable of flattery, but there was just no one worthy of flattery.
Hawkins smiled and shook his head, saying, "The rules of the auction cannot be broken. Alehan, just tell me, how much did you bid just now?"
Seeing this, Alehan had no choice but to report his previous bid.
When Hawkins heard this, he was slightly stunned, as if he didn't expect the price to be higher than he expected.
Just when Alehan wanted to say something else.
"I'll offer 150,000 magic stones, plus a copy of... um... since it's a secret blueprint, sorry, everyone, this blueprint is one of the confidential blueprints of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood, please allow me not to reveal the specific content and name."
Hawkins looked around and found that there were still two or three people who were not members of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood, so he spoke apologetically.
"Of course, Lord Hawkins, we understand this very well." The wizards bowed slightly with a hint of nervousness.
"Levi, this is the blueprint. Take a look. I believe you will be surprised." Hawkins took out a parchment scroll that looked newer on the surface and was tied with a thin black thread of unknown material.
"Lord Hawkins, you're welcome." Richard said humbly, and in the envious eyes of everyone, he took the parchment scroll, quickly opened it and read it carefully.
What caught his eyes was a line of gray dwarf text: "Dual Energy Core Channel Design Drawings". After just reading a few lines, Richard knew the purpose of this drawing.
Hiss! Hawkins really invested a lot of money. This time he came to participate in the auction, he really didn't rely on his strength as a second-level wizard to rob.
It seems that it is very likely that because of the last transaction with Hawkins, he knew that I was more interested in puppetry, so he specially chose this blueprint.
Moreover, I have never seen this blueprint in the contribution value exchange list. Judging from the newness of this parchment scroll, it seems to have been written not long ago. Could it be that this is a newly developed blueprint?
It seems that the gray dwarves have a profound foundation in puppetry. As time goes by, instead of disappearing like some ancient wizard traditions, many new ideas and inventions have emerged like mushrooms after rain.
Richard hesitated for a moment before making a decision: "I am very satisfied with the exchange item given by Lord Hawkins. Uh. According to what Disol said at the beginning, as the shareholder, I have the final right of interpretation. Here, I decide to choose Lord Hawkins as the equity transaction partner of the Beer Chamber of Commerce."
"At the same time, Levi would like to thank everyone for their participation!" Richard stood up and bowed slightly to everyone.
"Congratulations, Master Hawkins, and Master Levi."
"Congratulations, Master Hawkins."
“.”
This result was actually expected by everyone. If a level 2 wizard failed to win the bid against a group of level 1 wizards, it would become a joke if the news got out.
What's more, everyone present knew that Hawkins, Alehan, Disor and Levi belonged to the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood.
After acquiring 30% of the shares of the new beer, Hawkins chatted privately with Richard for a few minutes.
Although everyone present was very curious, no one had the courage to eavesdrop on the private conversation of a second-level wizard, and in fact, it would be impossible to eavesdrop even if they wanted to.
The gap in strength is here.
After a while, Hawkins left in a hurry, and the whole salon began to come to an end.
However, when everyone slowly began to leave, Richard called out to Fana: "Ms. Fana, please stay."
Fana, who was originally quite disappointed that she failed to successfully acquire the shares, was stunned when she heard Richard calling her, and immediately turned her head with a puzzled look on her face.
"Master Levi, are you calling me?"
Richard smiled and nodded.
"Ms. Fana, please follow me."
Richard asked Fingart to guard the door of the room and prohibit others from entering. He brought Fana to the study in his villa.
In the study, in addition to the common mahogany desk and matching mahogany armchairs, there were also several soft deerskin-like sofas and a small coffee table.
Richard extended his hand slightly and said, "Ms. Fana, please take a seat."
"Master Levi, it seems you have something to discuss with me." Fana seemed to have realized at this time that Richard must have something to discuss with her.
She also vaguely guessed that Richard might want the Fenrir potion in her hand. This was easy to guess, after all, the other party was a master of potions.
However, the shares of the new beer have been auctioned off, and the Qingling potion has also been improved. If the other party only has magic stones, she will not choose to sell the Fenrir potion in her hand!
As a potion that can increase the concentration of a formal wizard's mental power, it is extremely rare and is usually exchanged for something else.
If Fana hadn't expected the new beer to be very popular, she wouldn't have brought it out.
Although Richard also saw Fana's smile slowly fade, he didn't think about anything else and said with a smile:
"Ms. Fana, I want to buy the Fenrir potion in your hand. As for the price."
But before Richard could finish, Fana interrupted him and said, "Master Levi, although I admire your attainments in pharmacy very much, please forgive me, I cannot agree to this deal." After saying this, Fana breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
Although his straightforwardness might make Master Levi unhappy, it at least avoided the possibility of the other party continuing to ask for more.
Fana's resolute attitude immediately made Richard quite confused. After thinking about it, he decided to raise the question:
"Ms. Efana, weren't you eager to get a share of the new beer just now? Why don't you want it now?"
"What! Master Levi, what did you just say? Shares? Do you still have shares to sell?" Richard's words made Fana's mind suddenly confused. She widened her eyes and said in disbelief.
"What else?" Richard said unhappily.
Women are so fickle.
"No, no, I think you misunderstood. Of course I am willing. I thought..." Fana blushed and waved her hand quickly.
But he stopped talking halfway, feeling embarrassed to continue.
Richard waved his hand and said, "10% of the shares plus 50,000 magic stones, is that okay?"
"Ah! Only 10%?" Fana's delicate face, which had been smiling like a flower, suddenly fell silent again.
"Yes, only 10%. Why, you don't want to?" Richard felt quite amused as he saw Fana frowning and looking hesitant.
After all, it is better to have something than nothing. If I don’t seize this opportunity this time, I may never have another chance in the future.
Fana took out an old parchment scroll from her arms. The parchment scroll seemed to be quite old, slightly yellowed, and the corners were rounded, probably due to wear and tear caused by being read many times.
Although these parchments that record important potion formulas are generally processed with special witchcraft and potions, they will gradually become ineffective if left for too long.
"Here, this is the recipe for Fenrir's potion." Fana handed over the parchment scroll.
Richard took it and opened it to read in front of Fana.
I saw that the text inside was written in Hebrew, not Akkadian. This was just as Richard expected, and this parchment scroll had a very long history.
Richard took a quick glance and knew there should be nothing wrong with the recipe.
However Richard hesitated for a moment and asked, "Ms. Fana, although the Dream Spirit Flower and Silver Ginseng in this recipe are relatively rare, I have heard of them, but this Shadow Grass and Flame Flower is the first time I have heard of them."
Fana laughed sweetly: "Master Levi, Shadow Grass usually grows in dry and dark environments, and it is not uncommon in the Underdark."
"However, fire flowers only grow in volcanic craters, near the magma. Because a large number of volcanoes in the Dark Region have entered a dormant period in the past hundred years, fire flowers are almost extinct in the wild."
This immediately made Richard frown, but Fana seemed to see Richard's worry and continued, "Currently, the only place I have heard of the existence of Fire Flowers is the Scorched Earth Secret Realm."
"However, there are not many wizards who are capable of entering the Scorched Earth Secret Realm, and there are even fewer who are willing to put the Fire Flower up for auction. Therefore, it depends on Master Levi's luck to collect them all." - After the salon, Richard resumed his previous almost straight-line life. In the morning, he went to the headquarters of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood, and after completing his daily routine production tasks, he returned to the alchemy room on the second underground floor of his villa.
Of course, sometimes when he needs to look up information, Richard will stay at the headquarters of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood for a while longer.
Richard also understood the situation of the Flame Flowers, and it was basically the same as what Fana said. There were very few Flame Flowers that people were willing to sell, and they were often sold at sky-high prices.
From this point of view, it is basically impossible to obtain cheap flame flowers, unless you go to the Scorched Earth Secret Realm to collect them yourself! However, Richard plans to put the matter of the flame flowers aside for now.
Firstly, it would take time to collect other raw materials, and secondly, his main focus in the past two days had been on the drawing given by Hawkins.
The principles contained in the dual energy channel diagram had a profound impact on Richard.
Over the past few days, Richard has read a lot of information, which gave him a vague idea in his mind.
The dual energy core channel design is to build a more complex conduction system than the ordinary energy channel. Two high-quality magic stones can be placed at the same time as the energy source of the puppet.
Simply put, the dual energy core channel design essentially integrates the energy of two magic stones into a stronger energy source through some complex energy transmission.
This made Richard seem to have grasped a way to ignite the mixed black dragon blood in his hand, a way to avoid the core of the third-level flame creature.
After all, the core of a third-order flame creature is almost impossible for Richard to obtain at the moment.
But if this concept and innovative idea of dual energy core channel design can be used on the second-order flame essence, is it possible to utilize multiple flame essences to achieve the power of a third-order flame biological core?
Two flame essences?
Obviously not enough!
At this time, Richard was making his first attempt in the alchemy room.
Of course, the material is not Flame Essence. As a second-level material, Flame Essence is extremely expensive. Richard only has one on hand, so it is impossible to use it for luxurious experiments.
Richard is currently conducting an energy gathering experiment using a first-level flame crystal.
The last time Hawkins bought the Beer Chamber of Commerce shares in trade with Richard, he used most of the 150,000 magic stones to buy fire crystals, and a small part was used to continue purchasing monsters and accumulating energy points after killing them.
In the spacious alchemy room, Richard was crouching down, drawing a huge energy channel on the ground. The complicated lines drawn with energy-conducting ink would make a third-level wizard apprentice dizzy in an instant.
The principle of this wizard formation is almost the same as the concept of the dual energy core channel design, which is to gather the energy from each point to the center of the wizard formation through the energy channel.
Thereby achieving the goal of stronger energy power.
[I discovered that the host was practicing an unknown witch formation. Do you consume energy to gain inspiration for practicing an unknown witch formation? ]
Richard dragged the slider to the far right without hesitation and selected "Yes!".
He used up all the energy points he gained from killing monsters in the past few days, and there was nothing left.
After a while of spinning, Richard's soul came to the dream space. This time he was in an empty alchemy hall. In the center of the hall, there was a vague figure, drawing an unknown magic array. "Boom!"
I saw a strong explosion in the alchemy hall in the dream. Obviously the experiment failed!
"This is the 132nd failure, but the results are getting better and better!" Richard thought to himself.
Because it is a dream space, the explosion will not have any effect on Richard. Instead, it makes Richard more experienced each time. With the blessing of a large amount of inspiration, he continues to improve! [Ding! The unknown witch formation was successfully tried. Can the host name it? ]
"First-order crystal aggregation magic array!"
After a dizzying moment, Richard's soul returned to his body.
Although he used up all his energy points again, he successfully created the magic circle he wanted.
The upturned corners of Richard's mouth revealed his inner joy.
The main effect of the first-level crystal aggregation magic formation is that it can gather energy through multiple second-level crystals to achieve the effect of the previous-level crystal.
According to Richard's calculations, as long as six flame crystals are placed at all six points in the first-level crystal aggregation wizard formation, after the wizard formation is successfully put into operation, the energy reaction in the core area will be very close to the energy fluctuations of the second-level flame essence.
Of course, it’s not that Richard doesn’t want to continue adding points to the wizard formation, but if he adds more, the energy intensity flowing through will be too high, which will cause energy turbulence.
Even with the help of massive inspiration, Richard cannot solve this problem for the time being.
This may be related to Richard's insufficient knowledge base. Currently, Richard still needs to continue to accumulate relevant knowledge.
Of course, if we use millions of energy points to force it, it should be possible.
But obviously, this is not cost-effective. Most importantly, Richard does not have so many energy points on hand.
However, at least one thing has been proven at present, that Richard's idea is feasible.
In other words, as Richard continued to improve this first-order crystal aggregation magic array, he could gather the energy of dozens or even nearly a hundred first-order flame crystals together, thus achieving the effect of a third-order flame heart.
By then, it will surely be able to successfully ignite the mixed black dragon blood in Richard's hand!
"The Fire Flower contains a large amount of Fire Crystals. It seems that I have to go to the Scorched Earth Secret Realm," Richard murmured to himself.
The number of fire crystals he needed was too large. If he bought them all with magic stones, the number of magic stones he needed would be astronomical. If he wanted to buy them by accumulating dividends from the new beer, it would probably take hundreds of years!
In addition, the fire flower, one of the main raw materials of Fenrir Potion, is now found in small quantities only in the Scorched Earth Secret Realm and is currently out of stock.
So no matter from which angle you look at it, it is necessary for me to take a trip to the Scorched Earth Secret Realm.
(End of this chapter)