Chapter 15 Meeting Hines for the first time
After curing the flame bird, Andrew became more and more satisfied with Gong Hao, and he decided to keep his promise.
"Glair, tell me what kind of reward you want, I can satisfy you."
I want you all to go to hell... Gong Hao said in his heart.
However, reality is reality after all. Andrew spoke beautifully, but he might not have been unable to test him. In his opinion, Shuiglare was too smart, so smart that he had to worry that this kid might see through the secrets behind Purgatory Island.
Through his request, he may be able to see his true thoughts.
If he dared to ask to leave here, I would kill him immediately. Andrew thought viciously.
However, what he did not expect was that Gong Hao replied respectfully: "It is my supreme glory to be able to work for the greatest alchemist in the empire. As a servant, how can I make a request to my master? The servant should be grateful for his master's favor, and the servant should be afraid of his master's reward."
"Very good, then you are not going to ask for a reward?"
"Sir." Gong Hao gave Andrew a humble answer: "It is my greatest honor to be able to work here, because history has witnessed us, and I am working for the glory of the empire. If there are any regrets, it may be that I have been here for more than half a year and I have not been lucky enough to meet Master Hines. Of course, this is not the reward I asked, but I am asking you to satisfy my little wish."
Andrew laughed: "Want to meet my tutor? Interesting request, very good, I can give you this opportunity. I will report your tutor's situation and your work, and I think he will be very interested in meeting you."
Gong Hao was overjoyed: "Thank you for your grace."
Andrew left with a sleeve.
Three days later, Gong Hao received a message from Andrew, and the great alchemist Padrick Hines will meet him on the top floor of the Alchemy Tower.
Patrick Hines is an old man with all his hair and beards. He looked exactly like Gong Hao imagined. He was wearing a mage robe, a funny sharp-cornered hat on his head, and a magic wand in his hand.
When Gong Hao came in, Hines seemed to be conducting some kind of large-scale experiment in his laboratory.
It is different from Gong Hao's imagination. Not all alchemists must be with test tubes, solvents, and crucibles. Many alchemists themselves have certain magical cultivation, and the directions they are studying are also different. For example, the production of items such as potions is naturally indispensable, crucibles, solvents and other items, but some are not needed.
For example, the research that Hines is currently engaged in does not require any such thing at all.
The empty laboratory floor was covered with various strange symbols, and magic silk threads made of special materials were covered with a huge magic circle.
And in the center of the array diagram, a small ring is placed.
It seems that Hines is doing something about this ring, and he actually has to work such a big formation.
As Hines chanted the spell softly, the magic circle emitted a huge light, and all the light concentrated at one point in an instant, condensed into a small ball of light, and finally condensed on the ring.
At that moment, Gong Hao saw a tiny black hole suddenly appearing on the ring, absorbing all the light, and then calmed down again.
The various crystals placed on the magic circle were absorbed in an instant and scattered into pieces.
Hines picked up the ring and looked carefully, sighed and shook his head: "Space fluctuations increase as energy increases. For every double space, it is necessary to increase ten times of energy, the stability of space decreases by a hundred times, and the maintenance time... three seconds, the test failed."
Almost instinct, Gong Hao quickly took out paper and pen from his pocket to record it. Suddenly he remembered that this was not a library, and that Hines's experimental content was not something he could record, so he put it down in disappointment.
The old man turned his head and looked at Gong Hao: "I heard about you. Little guy, do you want to see me, right? Come here, come here."
He looks majestic.
"You saved my flame bird, cultivated some rare magic plants, and also took on many tasks and kept everything in order. What's especially rare is that you always have awe of your master, which is a rare and extremely precious quality."
Gong Hao knelt on one knee: "It is my honor to be able to serve Master Hines."
Hines waved Gong Hao up and shook the ring on his hand: "Do you know what this is?"
Gong Hao shook his head.
He looked extremely honest at this moment.
Hines said: "It's a space ring."
"Space Ring?" Gong Hao's eyes were full of surprise. His expression at this moment seemed to be like a big boy who was surprised and surprised. He exclaimed: "I thought they were lost."
"Yes, the method of making space rings has indeed been lost. Now all the things that have passed away are left over from the Hundred Years War, and each one is priceless. But this does not mean that we cannot redevelop it."
"So have you succeeded?" The childish voice echoed above the laboratory.
Hines shook his head regretfully: "No, no. Space magic has always been the most mysterious and powerful magic. Both magicians and alchemists are fascinated by it. To open up an independent space in a small ornament, it requires very powerful mana and a deep enough understanding of space energy. We must understand the space we are in and what the space we want to create is, and why it exists. But unfortunately, we have never made further discoveries in this regard. I can now open up an independent space for this ring, but it requires powerful energy. When the energy is consumed, the space will disappear. Sometimes I doubt whether my research direction is wrong. It is not advisable to force the space to break through the space. But facing the space barrier, if you don't forcefully tear it open, are you still going to knock on the door to open it?"
"I think I understand what you mean. You are saying that there are other spaces outside the space we are in, but they are not connected to us, and they are born with a barrier. What you are doing is to open a road to other spaces through the inside of an object and isolate it, thus forming a special independent space. Is that true?"
"No, it's not so simple. The energy required to open up different spaces is much greater than the manufacturing of space objects. However, the production of space objects has higher requirements for energy fineness. This is like two adjacent rooms with no road access. If you want to go from one room to another, you must make a hole in the middle of the blocked wall. It requires quite powerful force to do it. But space objects do not need to do this. It only needs to dig a small eye on the wall through a medium, which means you have its own independent space. It is worth noting that space does not exist parallel, so you cannot simply think of it as a wall... The space barrier is everywhere, so you can do such things anywhere."
“It doesn’t sound very difficult.”
"Yes, it doesn't sound difficult, assuming that compared with the contrast between the entire space and the human power, the humans in that room are tens of millions of times smaller than ants."
Gong Hao understood a little: "So with the power of humans, we can only work on space objects, but it is almost impossible to break the wall, right?"
"Yes, unless there is a hole in the wall itself." Hines replied: "In Fengming Continent, we call such a hole the Gate of Different Dimensions."
"There is a gate of different dimensions in the Fengming Continent?" Gong Hao widened his eyes.
"Yes, kid."
“Where does it lead?”
"abyss."
Gong Hao stopped talking.
He suddenly realized that he knew too little about the world, but at the same time he realized that if two parallel spaces were compared to two adjacent rooms, in addition to the gate of the different dimension, there was at least another way to pass through the wall called the space barrier.
It is the soul, that is, the real reason why one comes here.
However, this world looks more like a Rubik's Cube, and the space connected to it is far less than one or two.
"Okay, let's not talk about my failed products. Since you have come and I have already talked to you, then if nothing happens, you can leave. I will continue my research."
There is no doubt that Hines is a crazy person, and he only has alchemy in his mind. Even if his servant wants to see him, he will talk to the other party about alchemy, and then... and ask you to get out.
It seems that this is the time for him to be the most polite.
For such a person, it is obviously inappropriate to raise him. It is better to just say something.
Gong Hao immediately said: "Master, I happen to have something to report to you."
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
"It's like that, you know Lord Lancelot has always been responsible for catching monsters in the Purgatory Island jungle."
"kindness."
"Some time ago, Lord Lancelot once sent me a pot of flowers."
"That plant that looks like a ghost-faced flower? I know this, have you discovered anything?"
"Yes, master, I found that it was just a ghost-faced flower, but it was not toxic."
"Oh?" Hines became interested: "Why is this?"
"I guess the ghost-faced flower has mutated. It is very likely that the ghost-faced flower's seed was taken away by some kind of bird that is not afraid of the poison, and then flew all the way, falling and growing there when passing through Purgatory Island. During the transportation process, the seeds were affected and mutated, so they could not produce toxins."
"Interesting guess, but so what?"
Gong Hao hesitated deliberately before muttering: "Actually, I discovered on the first day that it was a ghost-faced flower, but I didn't dare to say it."
"Why?"
"Because Lord Lancelot thinks it is not a ghost-faced flower."
"Don't you want to refute his face?"
"In fact... this happened more than once." Gong Hao continued to carefully say.
Hines' brow frowned.
Seeing that Hynes seemed to have no sign of being angry, Gong Hao continued with courage: "I didn't mean to blame Lord Lancelot. After all, Lord Lancelot is a warrior, and it is normal for him to have limited understanding of various monster plants. In fact, it's nothing to bring some flowers and plants back. But the reason why I want to say this is because I'm very worried about whether Lord Lancelot will miss some rare species for the same reason... I mean that since Lord Lancelot can bring some plants that you don't need to bring back, he may also give up some plants that you shouldn't have to give up, master."
Hines nodded: "It's totally possible. But it's true that Lancelot is no wonder. After all, he is just a warrior. It's okay to say that the monsters are of different shapes and can always distinguish them. Plants... are always difficult."
Gong Hao immediately said, "That's why I asked to meet the master. Why not send an apprentice to the jungle with Lord Lancelot?"
Hines immediately shook his head: "No, don't waste my manpower, and they are afraid that they have less understanding of those magic plants than you. Alchemists are not hunters, so there is no need to study the survival form of magic plants. We only consider what their functions are. This alone is enough for people to study for a lifetime."
"That's a pity." Gong Hao looked regretful: "As the last resource-rich place in the mainland, there may be many materials that are needed for alchemy but have not yet been found. If you miss it..."
Hines's heart moved slightly: "I heard that you have cultivated bloody orchids and can see through the mutation of the ghost-faced flower. And you have read a lot of books in the library. You should know the magic plants very well, right?"
Gong Hao immediately replied: "As long as it is a plant I have seen, you will definitely be able to tell it."
"Very good." Hines nodded and said, "Since that's the case, from tomorrow, you will follow Lancelot to go hunting in the jungle. With you here, I believe there will be no rare magic plant I missed."
"Abide by the Master's arrangements."
Success! Gong Hao shouted in his heart with joy.
He has been waiting for this day since the moment he asked to see Hines.
From this day on, he will be completely free to enter and exit the castle and walk freely in every corner of Purgatory Island.
However, Gong Hao did not intend to give up his current job, and Hines was also a little surprised by Gong Hao's hard work.
Before leaving, Gong Hao asked Hines what to do with the mutated ghost-faced flower. Hines replied lightly: "If it's useless, just throw it away."
The moment he walked down the stairs, Gong Hao clenched his fist tightly and swung it vigorously in the air for a few times.
Great, two problems were solved at once.
But if Lancelot knew that the Lot flower named after him ended up being thrown away, it would probably not be too comfortable, right?
That's fine. Anyway, this is the order given by Hines. If you want to hate Hines, go and hate Hines.
Regarding the update, let me explain it here. Fate and the website have reached an agreement, and the number of characters updated every month is no less than 200,000 (you will be deducted if you fail to complete it.)
So this month was updated according to 200,000 words. But I don’t guarantee that I can complete 200,000 words next month. Because everyone knows that not long after Tianfeng ended, I started uploading the Alchemist. Although there were already 100,000 words of manuscripts, in fact, I don’t think these manuscripts are enough. Everyone knows that Tianfeng also had 100,000 words of manuscripts at the beginning, but the manuscripts were still exhausted after the mid-term period. During that time, I replied to the point where writing the manuscripts on the same day that day, and the quality of writing the manuscripts on the same day decreased. Although there were family reasons at that time, who can guarantee that there would be no other situation in the future that I would also experience this situation when I wrote the manuscripts on the same day?
So my original intention was to upload at least 200,000 words, but unfortunately the editor urged me very hard. I tried to write more this month. If I didn’t meet the standards in my mind, I would rather give up the bonus for next month and only sent 100,000 words for the time being. Then I will try to maintain the update of 200,000 words per month in the future.
All this is done for quality. Fate may not be of higher writing skills than others, but Fate will definitely write very seriously and hard. Every time you write a good article, you always have to read and modify it repeatedly. You may even write more than a dozen chapters and then go back to modify the previous content.
If you pay attention, you may find that you can't find many typos in Tianfeng's early manuscripts, but the number of typos in later manuscripts has increased significantly, because you passed it on the same day and there is basically no chance to read it several times.
Once the manuscript is published, I will basically not make any modifications.
So there will never be any major overhaul in my novel. I will stop updating for a while. I will not be sick today or take a day off. I will not have too obvious inconsistencies. I have obviously died and come back to life. I am still a junior warrior in front, but I can turn the sanctuary in the future. This kind of thing will definitely not happen in my novel. But this requires sufficient manuscript saving guarantee. So next month is the only thing I cannot determine the number of updated words. But no matter what, by 2010, I will strive to get a monthly increase of 200,000 words. This will basically not change. (Well, if nothing unexpected happens... If there is, it will be the end of the matter, but I guess as long as I don't go to court, it will not have much impact on me.)
Finally, let me explain it one more thing. Actually, what I said in Tianfeng: I am very disgusted with writing some subscribe and collections after the end of a chapter. It’s not that I don’t want to do this, but it will affect my reading mood. So I rarely write such content after the end of the story. But I still solemnly declare: I hope everyone supports the genuine version and refuses pirated versions. Without your support, the author cannot survive and starve to death.
Chapter completed!