The Book of Hibernation

The turmoil at the pier had just subsided, and Dong Ji was still in a state of restlessness, but he didn't have time to adjust slowly, and working for the chamber of commerce was not easy.

Several days passed like this.Ryan came back in the middle, went back to the room to take some things, and ran to the temple again.

It is said that he travels between the city hall and the temple every day, and he should still be running around to expose the evil deeds of the slave trade.

When Ryan came back, Winter Thistle was in the laboratory, and Ryan didn't look for him.

Although Winter Thistle was unable to see Ryan with his own eyes, knowing that he was healthy and safe gave him a lot of peace of mind.

On this day, Kanai called Winter Thistle to the study.

Ever since Winter Thistle came under his command, they had been busy with various things concerning special spell-casting materials.Now that the results are emerging, Kanai says she has some good news to share.

Not long ago, under the operation of the Chamber of Commerce, some consumable workshops in the eastern region raised the purity standards of several types of ore powder.The difficulty of refining increases, and the quality of the finished product is better, but the cost is also higher.

At the beginning, other workshops and commercial firms did not follow suit, and still stuck to the original standard materials.Because the original standard is more cost-effective, there is no major problem in using it.As a result, the business of those material workshops in the eastern region has decreased.

But it didn't last long.

Kanai was able to talk to people from the Hilda Academy, and he contacted some old friends. With their assistance, he brought the high-purity rosestone powder to the Academy and handed it over to a well-known spell caster. tutor.The instructor used this material in an academic demonstration, and cast several astonishing elemental manipulation spells.

Although this is only an academic activity of the academy, not only the people of the academy are concerned about it, but also envoys and mages from the royal capitals from various countries.

They realized that high-purity refined products are of great significance. It can not only affect the power of instant spells, but also affect many fields such as protective field, weapon storage, weapon enchanting, etc., and may even affect the defense capabilities of various kingdoms and city-states.

Raising the standard of material purity is not a big deal, and ordinary workshops can do it. The reason why everyone doesn't do it is because the speed is slow and the finished products are few, so the gain outweighs the gain.

But now, the situation seems to have changed: there are some workshops that can process high-purity refined products in batches, and the price is slightly higher, but the effect is amazing, and the quantity and speed of shipments are good.

Emissaries from Sargo first began working with these workshops.Then, other regions started to follow.

The workshop, which had been deserted for a while, was crowded again, and other businesses related to it became more and more lively.

In this way, the price of ore powder refined products has risen as a whole, but the demand is still high.The eastern workshops, which proactively raised the purity standards, reaped huge profits.

In the long run, the original low-purity finished products will gradually be eliminated.The elimination process has not yet been completed, and there are still individual mages who will buy low-purity finished products. However, everything takes time, and this time will not be too long.

Other workshops are also trying to make high-purity products.The problem is, none of them can give such high yields, nor can they maintain such consistent quality even at low yields.

They don't understand why those eastern workshops can do it.Some people speculated that it was because of the different origins of the raw materials, some thought that there were too many refiners in the eastern workshop, and some said that the high output was only a temporary result, and it would fall back sooner or later...

In fact, it's all about winter thistles.

He is bored in Kanai's laboratory every day, not just focusing on the little things he is interested in.As a "spell book left by a legendary refiner", his book must of course show some effect.

Using the technology learned from her mother, Winter Thistle changed two detailed formulas in the process of making the refined catalytic liquid, and combined with the similarly modified arcane character embedding method, developed a unique refined catalytic liquid.

With the help of this catalytic liquid, the processing method of high-purity ore powder has changed.The processing time is shortened, the quality is more consistent, and the cost is basically the same as that of lower purity products.

Under Kanai's suggestion, Winter Thistle did not write down the recipe, but regularly produced catalytic liquid finished products.After the workshop under the Chamber of Commerce purchases the finished product, the casters in the workshop will naturally know how to use it.

The spellcasters in the Chamber of Commerce Workshop are very smart, they know that trust and income are the most important, and they will not reveal the secrets that are beneficial to them.

Moreover, even if someone wants to leak it, they can't do it.The refiner's work is special and meticulous. Other mages may be able to analyze the general principles, but they cannot reproduce the finished product.

After briefly talking about the situation, Kanai handed a document full of numbers to Winter Thistle.

Dong Ji just looked around casually and knew that it was related to accounts.He is not good at seeing this kind of thing, and he has no interest in studying it.

Kanai smiled and said: "In fact, everyone can guess that it must be because we have excellent refiners. However, they guessed in the wrong direction. They all thought that there were a large number of refiners in the chamber of commerce. In fact, the refiners were originally Fewer, less like you."

Of course Winter Thistle was also very happy, he smiled shyly and said thank you, and returned the document in his hand to Kanai.

Kanai didn't pick it up.He reminded Winter Thistle: "You haven't looked carefully yet."

Winter Thistle said, "I don't know much about the financial stuff, and I've never been involved with it..."

"Even if you really want to see the financial details, you still can't see them. The first piece of paper in your hand is the details of your remuneration, and the last two are currency notes. You don't need me to teach you how to use it. ?”

Only then did Dongji look carefully. After seeing each line of numbers clearly, he repeatedly confirmed the symbol at the end indicating the currency.

"Gold coins?" He looked at Kanai in surprise.

Kanai said: "It's just settled in gold coins. Of course you can exchange it for silver coins when you withdraw."

Dong Ji looked at the three pieces of paper in his hand, nodded obediently, and didn't move for a long time.

Kanai understood very well why Winter Thistle asked this question: probably he rarely had the opportunity to see such a large amount...and it was the amount of gold coins.

He wanted to lament how much money there was, but he was afraid of appearing too stupid, so he was trying his best to appear calm.

When I first met Winter Thistle, Kanai had doubts in private: Generally speaking, it is true that country mages have a difficult life, but a capable spellcaster like Winter Thistle should be able to find a lot of money-making jobs. right.

Even if he is not rich, he should be able to get by... How did he live in such a miserable life?

After learning about Winter Thistle's experience, Kanai gradually understood the reason.

On the one hand, it is because Dong Ji has been taking care of her step-brother, mother and child for a long time, and it takes a lot of effort just to take care of the sick and raise a child to be healthy and happy; on the other hand, it is because Dong Ji has some scruples.

Winter Thistle had worked in some workshop or magic item shop, but he couldn't just use that knowledge from his mother, or rather, he didn't dare.

His father was quite famous in this field, and then died because of it.Therefore, he dare not reveal his specialness easily, unless he finds a strong backing that makes him feel safe.

This reminded Kanai of a creature in ancient texts called a bad dragon lizard.

The bad dragon lizard is small in size, docile in personality, extremely beautiful in appearance, with delicate scales, with fine flashes of polarized light, and its body is carved like gemstones.Its egg is more beautiful than its body, and more beautiful than all jewels that man has ever seen.

The dragon lizard reproduces parthenosexually and can naturally form eggs in the abdomen.But they don't lay eggs easily, but spend their whole lives looking for dragon nests. If they can't find dragon nests, they may not lay eggs all their lives, and just die with their eggs.

After finding the dragon's nest, they settled down in the dragon's nest.The lizard needs the subtle magic elements in the dragon's breath to stimulate its spawning, and after laying eggs, it will secrete a scent that makes the dragon feel comfortable and calming for a long time.

Therefore, usually the dragon will allow the dragon lizard to settle in the nest.To a dragon, a lizard and its eggs are as attractive adornments as gold coins and diamonds.

Because of this, dragon lairs with bad dragon lizards are more likely to be infested by other creatures.For example, another dragon, they may come to snatch the lizard, just like snatching a huge diamond; another example is humans, in the eyes of humans, the lizard and its eggs are rare treasures, its skin and eyes can Selling for a very high price, the organs also have many uses.

Today, the giant dragon is hard to find, and the bad dragon lizard has basically disappeared.These creatures only existed in ancient times, and now they can only be seen in ancient texts.

Kanai looked at Winter Thistle while tidying up the documents on the table.

Winter Thistle folded the three sheets of paper neatly, and carefully put them into the inside pocket of her robe.

He has always restrained his expression, only showing that kind of satisfied smile when he lowered his head.

Kanai said to him, "By the way, one more thing...how is your foot?"

Winter Ji said: "Recently, I started to switch to hot compresses, and the recovery is quite fast."

Kanai glanced at the wooden crutches in the corner, and said worriedly: "Aldin and I are going to talk to a friend tonight, and our meeting place is 'Bird of Return', which is the largest post station in Harbor City. We want to take you with us. Did Ardine tell you?"

"No……"

"That's right. Our friend is also a spellcaster. He is now working in the Adventurer's Guild. He has several teams working with us for a long time. Both Aldin and I hope that you will be here tonight, because you are a refiner. Some things may require you to listen and judge."

Dong Ji immediately nodded and agreed, "No problem."

Kanai showed a relieved expression: "I told Aldin before... I said you would definitely like to come, but he said you might not."

"He said I don't want to?" Winter Thistle asked suspiciously.

Kanai said: "Aldin considered that you have been worried about Ryan and may not be in the mood to take care of these things. He also said that even if you were willing to come, he would be a little reluctant to make you so tired. After all, you have been busy during the day. hurt..."

"It's not so tiring, it's nothing," Dongji said with a smile, "As long as you need it, I'm willing to go. Do you need me to make any preparations?"

Kanai nodded with satisfaction: "We are not going to a formal occasion, so we don't need to prepare anything. Just wear the robe that Aldin gave you before. I will send someone to pick you up before departure."

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Today, Lane was turned away by City Hall.

Ryan returned to the temple, but the temple also politely persuaded him to leave.

The patriarch refused to see him at all, and only sent a small deacon to communicate with him.The deacon said to him, after all, you are a knight during the tour, and the temple you took the oath for the first time is not our place.It is not in compliance with the rules to keep knights during the long-term period. If the incident reaches the temple you swore, they will definitely lower their evaluation of you.We don't want to affect your future, so we will not report this matter at this time, and you'd better leave as soon as possible.

Lane has repeatedly stated that this is not about the tour period, but about justice.In the end, he also gradually understood that the little deacon was only responsible for passing on the message and could not help him.

The meaning of the Harbor City Temple is very clear, it just wants him to leave quickly.

Ryan took his luggage, left the temple, and strolled to the cemetery.

He saw Little Tar's tomb again.Now that location has been refilled, but there are no bones in the tomb.

Little Tal was only slightly older than Lion when he died.Ryan looked at the date of birth and death on the tombstone, and couldn't help but recall the cry of the female necromancer.

It's late afternoon, the hottest time of the day.Ryan's hands were cold, but something seemed to be burning in his chest.

He left the cemetery silently, determined to go back to Aldin's mansion, face them directly, and speak clearly.

He didn't expect people like Aldin to uphold justice, he just wanted to make his position clear, and then took Winter Thistle away.

Today he didn't have a horse, so he had to walk back. The distance was long, and he recalled everything that happened in Harbor City while walking.

He and Dongji went to the Ten Sails Street Chamber of Commerce just to find the murderer who killed his father 19 years ago, and now he knows who the murderer is.The murderers are all dead, and he has nothing to avenge.

Ryan thought, what they wanted to do had already been done, and the things he could do nothing could only be given up temporarily... Now, it was really time for him and Winter Thistle to leave.

In the evening, Ryan returned to the mansion.The servants didn't stop him either, they still regarded him as a guest.

After strolling around, Ryan was annoyed to find that there were only servants in the mansion, and Aldin, Kanai, and Winter Thistle had all gone out.

Ryan went back to the guest room where he stayed, and found that there was an extra money bag on the table, and there was a folded currency note under it.

For a moment he didn't understand what this meant.Is it the winter thistle?How did Winter Thistle get so much money?

Or was it sent by Aldin?Warehouse guards were not paid so well, did they expect to pay for his silence?

Ryan decided to find a place to wait for Aldin and the others to come back.As he was walking in the garden, he happened to see a servant hurrying through the stone corridor and walking towards the depths of the courtyard.

There is a corridor of vines between him and the servant, so the servant probably didn't see him.

He took a closer look. The man was holding a covered dinner plate and was armed.This is no ordinary servant, but a mansion guard.

Ryan was puzzled.When the master is away in the mansion, the servants usually eat in the kitchen or in their own rooms, and there is no need to carry the food around.

Also, even if the person was delivering food, why were the guards doing it and not the cook or the maid?

Ryan quickly took off part of the armor and hid them under the bushes.This will make his walking sound much quieter.

He followed the servant quietly, trying to see where he was going to send the food.