Almighty Alchemist

After handing over the notes excerpted from Electra to Gong Hao, Andrew went to meet Hines.

Did you give the little guy something?

Yes, mentor. Andrew replied with a smile: It can be seen that he is very excited.

Pierre couldn't help asking: Teacher, do you really think that a kid who has studied alchemy for less than half a year can help our research?

Oh, Pierre, don't underestimate the power of talent. Even though alchemists don't need to practice magic talent, they require more than that in terms of wisdom. It can be seen that Hugh Igles is a very smart little guy, and you can put pressure on him. Yes, his understanding of alchemy is still shallow, but knowledge is not the only thing in alchemy. You become a great assistant, not a great discoverer. To be a great alchemist, knowledge is only the foundation we need, and creativity is the source of our ascension.

Speaking of this, Hines sighed: I'm old. I believe that in my decades of endless exploration of alchemy, I have mastered all the relevant knowledge that can be mastered, but I have not managed to reproduce the glory of Electra. I think Andrew is right. Purgatory Island needs fresh blood of alchemists, and the work of developing troll gods and magic patterns also requires extraordinary thinking. Look at what that kid did in the potion laboratory, although I don't place those rare gadgets he invented In my eyes, but from him, I can see something different. He has the two most important magic weapons to become an excellent alchemist—a strong thirst for knowledge and a thinking habit that dares to break through all old ways. This is exactly what we don’t have.”

Pierre bowed his head respectfully to the mentor: Great mentor, I think this is where I will never be as good as you. I am amazed by your wisdom.

Regardless of their personalities, whether it is Hines or Pierre, their dedication to alchemy is truly fanatical and dedicated.

Through the crystal ball, Hines observed that Hugh Igles had started to study the notes, and he seemed extremely serious.

Hines nodded in satisfaction.

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From this day on, Gong Hao fell into the research of the flesh and blood puppets in a state of madness.

Electra's Notebook is clearly an essay-like existence. Most of the above records are some random thoughts when he failed the experiment.

It can be seen from these caprices that Electra is a very active mind. While he was developing flesh puppets, he was also conducting dozens of researches on alchemy. This research method surprised Gong Hao, and he couldn't figure out how he did it.

Alchemy is a profound and vast knowledge, and almost every sub-item can exhaust a person's life. Just as science has branches such as physical chemistry, and physics has branches such as advanced physics, mathematical physics, experimental physics, etc., and there are countless branches under it, the same is true for alchemy. Each alchemy has its own huge knowledge. Just one of them can make people study for a lifetime.

As for Electra, his notebooks are filled with various alchemical essays.

It's just that these essays are not complete at all, and they are written down wherever they come to mind.

They seem to be disorganized, maybe the last sentence is about the production of flesh and blood puppets, and the next sentence directly jumps to how to refine potions, and there is no connection between the two.

Gong Hao seriously doubts whether these notes of Electra are worth reading. I am afraid that after Electra himself has recorded all these, it will be very difficult to find what he has recorded.

This even involves thinking about space magic, troll gods, etc., that is to say, as early as Elector's apprenticeship period, he has already begun to prepare for research and exploration in this area.

According to Electra's notes, his initial motivation for creating the troll god was simply because he needed some more powerful puppets to protect himself. As for sweeping the world, that was not something he was interested in at all.

This is an out-and-out alchemy madman, a madman even crazier than Hines, this is the only thing Gong Hao can confirm from his notes, but how to reproduce the real flesh and blood puppet, Gong Hao has no idea at all.

These notes are too messy and random to understand at all, and even so, they are only some of the excerpts that Andrew took from them, not all of them.

This made Gong Hao feel a headache.

However, from those essays, it can still be seen that Electra believes that a truly powerful puppet warrior should possess wisdom. His initial motivation for creating the flesh puppet was to create a puppet assistant with wisdom.

In Electra's decades-long research career, no one has ever followed him. He is completely alone in the research of alchemy. The reason for this is that Electra did succeed in inventing a puppet assistant with a certain degree of intelligence later. Although the production technology of this assistant has been lost, it is impossible to imagine how intelligent it is, but it can be seen that Electra's achievements are shining with enviable light everywhere.

And the flesh puppet is just a by-product of his research on the puppet assistant. When he was still young at the time, he tried to embed a formed soul in an ordinary puppet warrior, using a prop called a soul magic orb as a carrier to complete the mission of giving wisdom.

But Electra later discovered that the soul that existed without life would eventually die out, like ice dissolving in water, and even the soul magic beads could not stop this situation, so Electra used some method to finally retain a trace of soul memory, which was used to resonate with magic elements, and gave up everything else, thus becoming a flesh and blood puppet. Through this transformation, he allowed the soul to remain in the soul magic orb for a long time.

And what Hines and Andrew have been looking for is how Electra can make the soul resonate with the surrounding elements after living in the magic beads, so as to use magic.

In the end, they chose the human beings with the highest intelligence intensity, and through a wide range of abandonment and elimination, they managed to barely retain the ability to resonate.

This is the origin of the current flesh and blood puppets.

Undoubtedly, this is a very complicated and profound subject, and Gong Hao found that Hines is indeed a genius. The preservation of the soul has always been the specialty of soul mages, but this aspect, like necromancy, is a taboo existence, and no one has ever dared to study it publicly. Without knowing soul spells at all, Hines was able to do this thanks to his extraordinary ability in alchemy. However, compared to Electra's ability to use the soul of an ordinary monster to create a flesh and blood puppet that can release three spells, it is still far behind.

Hines is like a bad cook. After exhaustive research, he can only use the best things to make the worst dishes. However, Electra's ability at hand can make exquisite food even if he is given the worst ingredients.

The gap between the two is as big as the difference between Gong Hao and Hines today.

Gong Hao also shook his head endlessly.

In this case, it is completely conceivable how difficult it is to decipher the mystery of Electra's flesh puppet making.

In the days that followed, Gong Hao studied day after day, spending almost no sleep on the flesh and blood puppet and the notebook.

Gong Hao, who could make himself look calm no matter how much work he had in the past, was at his wits end for the first time.

Time flies, and only when you devote yourself to your work will you find that time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, another three months have passed.

Compared with three months ago, Gong Hao was completely dejected to find that his research on the flesh puppets had made no progress.

It wasted almost all of his precious time and failed to make him any progress in this regard.

All possible ideas and methods have been tried, but none of them can pass. Gong Hao even began to doubt whether Electra finally completed the flesh and blood puppet described in his notes. Could he have done it by other means? Like magic patterns?

But history told him that at that time Electra hadn't invented the magic pattern, and Electra's notes clearly stated that engraving a magic circle that could resonate with magic elements on the human body was only an idea at that time and had not yet been put into action.

And the magic pattern is obviously not suitable for golems.

So how on earth did this damn genius do it?

He rubbed his face in pain.

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Gler. Walking into Gong Hao's laboratory, Andrew called him.

My lord. Gong Hao stood up.

Still no progress?

Yes, my lord. Electra is indeed an extraordinary genius. It's hard for me to imagine how he did all this. My research on the flesh and blood puppet has no clue at all.

Andrew patted Gong Hao's shoulder with a smile: The instructor and Pie carried out a study of flesh and blood for 20 years, and then barely made the flesh and blood that can release a kind of spell. You have become an apprentice for less than a year, and the understanding of alchemy is only just getting started. We will step on the sky. In the research of fleshy puppets, we will not urge you, because we can see your efforts.

Yes, my lord.

Okay, after working hard these days, go out and relax, and come back after a few days of rest, maybe you can reactivate your rigid thinking that has been caused by excessive brain use.

Master Andrew, my thinking is not rigid. Gong Hao smiled wryly.

Oh, have you already learned to refute my words? Andrew was not angry.

Gong Hao smiled and said, That's exactly how you love me.

Well said. Andrew laughed, and he took Gong Hao's hand: Come on, kid, you are only thirteen years old, and you still have a lot of time to spend on research. Now let's go to the port and take a look around, maybe you will find something good there.

Going to the port? Gong Hao was a little confused: But today is not the day when the Liberty arrives.

Oh, Liberty is not the only one who can come to Purgatory Island. I think you should understand this after what happened last year. Andrew winked at Gong Hao.

Gong Hao was startled, and the image of a girl who hadn't appeared for a long time immediately appeared in front of his eyes.

Could it be...

Andrew smiled strangely, and he said, Okay, little guy, hurry up and change your clothes, dress up, and then prepare to pick up the boat with me. Our distinguished guest...but only you can surrender.

She came for you, to find her lost friendship. He winked at him.