The material collection area in the castle contains about 300 kinds of monsters, 400 kinds of monster insects and 500 kinds of monster plants. It is divided into 60 areas, which are managed by 60 young servants, and provide various designated materials for the alchemist Hines. In different areas, the number of monsters and monster plants is different. In some areas, there may be as many as 100 kinds of monster plants or monster insects, and in some areas, there are only one or two kinds of monsters. Those with small numbers are often more dangerous and more difficult to collect materials.

Gong Hao’s job is to take charge of the forty-two varieties in Area 13, totaling eighty-six magic plants. Most of these eighty-six magic plants come from the jungle of Purgatory Island, and four of them are almost extinct on Fengming Continent, and even on Purgatory Island, there are only a few.

Once the person in charge of the caretaker accidentally kills one, perhaps the entire Fengming Continent will lose a species.

Today, Gong Hao is pruning a dragon beard grass. This grass is like a spiritual creature, with branches and leaves shaking around like a human arm. Its rhizome is red and has strong corrosiveness. If it is accidentally touched with the skin, it will cause large-scale ulceration, so Gong Hao must be careful when dealing with it.

"Hey, Xiuyi." A small head came into the outside of the flower shed.

Gong Hao turned around and saw that it was Fink.

"Why are you here?" Gong Hao asked.

Fink smiled and said, "My business is done. Anyway, there is nothing to do, so come and see you."

“It sounds like your job is easy.”

"My luck is pretty good. Hey, have you heard of it? Brent was arranged into Area 9. There was a terrible saber-toothed beast there. The head of the saber-toothed beast alone was as big as a table, and its teeth were long and sharp. Wow, that thing was so terrible." Fink's tone was a little gloating, but the little guy's way of saying it was still innocent.

He gestured with his hands at the head of the saber-toothed beast, his face full of exaggerated expressions.

Brent once bullied Xiuyi and Fink while on the boat. At that time, Gong Hao had not traveled through time, and the two little boys were beaten very badly by Bulunte, who was one head taller than them. Maybe because he was quite burly, Sak arranged for him to go to the No. 9 area to serve the fierce level 4 monster.

"Yes, I heard that Bulunte was scared and cried on the spot." Gong Hao smiled.

"That's right." Fink proudly: "His job is to grind some powder from the teeth of the saber-toothed beast every day. I heard that the thing has a very magical effect. But the saber-toothed beast probably doesn't like others' treatment of its teeth like this."

"The tooth powder of the Sabertooth beast can be used to make mana blocking potions. The Sabertooth beast itself cannot release any spells, but they are extremely powerful. The most rare thing is that it can withstand most magical attacks. So its teeth are not only its weapon, but also its self-defense weapon." Gong Hao said.

"How did you know?" Fink was surprised.

Putting the pruned dragon beard grass back into the flowerpot, Gong Hao replied: "You know I have served them at Baron Harden's house. Baron Harden likes hunting. There is a Hongye Mountain in Southwell town. He is a regular visitor there, and he also takes his son with him. Once we found a sabertooth beast on the Red Leaf Mountain. The fierce guy bit three people to death on the spot. The Baron came back and was so scared that he fell seriously ill. After that, he never went to Hongye Mountain again for half a year. It was at that time that I heard about the Sabertooth beast."

From Soiglare's memory, Gong Hao discovered that Baron Harden was a good person. He was cheerful and generous by nature, but unfortunately he did not have much ability to manage. If it weren't for the support of his ancestral property, he might have gone bankrupt. Now, Baron Harden has nothing except that countryside.

What a pity. If the Baron had been richer, he might not have been sold to this ghost place.

Well, rather than regretting the Baron's downfall, it is better to be angry at the greed of my aunt.

After pruning the dragon beard grass, Gong Hao would do his last job.

Although this was the second day after he arrived at Purgatory Island, Gong Hao quickly mastered all the things he needed to pay attention to in his work. He was a top student in the chemistry department in his previous life and often had to participate in various chemical experiments, so he had a strong hands-on ability.

"Okay, my work is done, Fink, let's go out for a walk together. It's better not to stay here if you have nothing to do." Gong Hao said.

"What's wrong? I think this place is pretty good. Look how beautiful the flowers are." Fink said, pointing to a bright red flower not far away.

Gong Hao's face changed drastically, and he shouted: "Be careful!"

The beautiful flower pointed at by Fink suddenly bloomed. Under the calyx was a large circle of densely packed sharp teeth, and then he bit Fink's fingers hard.

Gong Hao rushed over and threw Fink to the ground. The calyx with sharp teeth rubbed Gong Hao's shoulders and tore off a piece of flesh from his arm.

The flower stem is retracted and swallowed the bloody piece of meat. The thick flower stem is like a human neck. You can even see the movements of chewing and swallowing, which makes people's scalp numb.

Fink's little face turned pale: "Oh, I'm sorry, Xiuyi, I really don't know that the flower will do this."

"That's a bloody orchid, a jungle killer. Now it's almost extinct. This is the only one. Damn, I just fed it, but it's not full yet." Gong Hao grinned in pain. The boy's skin sensitivity was far higher than that of an adult. The wound that was torn off a large piece of flesh was so painful.

Glazed at Fink, Gong Hao said helplessly: "Don't get close to the plants here easily. You must know that it is not only creatures with fangs and sharp claws that are terrifying."

"Like a woman." Fink quickly interfaces.

Gong Hao looked at Fink in surprise: "Who told you?"

"My father, who was an excellent businessman, was finally swept away all his property by a woman. He drank alcohol because of this, and later died, and I had no support and was sold here. Before he died, he told me that all beautiful women were terrible creatures. But I didn't expect a flower to be like this."

Gong Hao remembered the female intern who blown the entire laboratory away and sent herself here, and hugged Fink's head: "Yes, your father is right...and even a woman who is not that beautiful is equally terrible."

"But I still like to look at beautiful girls." Fink smiled foolishly.

Gong Hao also laughed, his body shook a few times, and he pulled the wound, causing him to exhale softly.

"Hey, your injury is very serious, you have shed a lot of blood. Let's go find Lord Andrew, this is an alchemy castle, with the best healing potion."

"No!" Gong Hao was shocked and grabbed Fink: "Fink, I am your good friend, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Fink was a little surprised.

"I saved your finger just now, right?"

"Maybe it's the whole hand...its mouth is so big. Well, what do you want to say to me? Your injury is very serious and you can't delay it."

"So listen to me, Fink, you owe me a favor. I want you to repay me for this favor now."

"I will listen to you when you say what I should do."

"Okay, don't tell anyone what I'm hurt. Remember, don't tell anyone."

Fink looked at Gong Hao foolishly, and Gong Hao sighed softly: "Believe me, Fink, this place is not as simple as you think. I just don't want Andrew to know that I'm useless. On the contrary, we have to do better than anyone else."

"Is that necessary?" Fink asked in confusion: "We are just servants, and no matter how well we do, we will not be promoted."

"It's very necessary." Gong Hao said affirmatively: "Remember, Fink, don't come here to find me if you have nothing to do in the future. If there is something, I will go to find you. I want to understand the environment here first and then make a decision."

"Okay, Xiuyi, you just saved me, I'll listen to you. But is your injury really okay?"

"Believe me, it's no big deal to get hurt." Gong Hao said very surely.

If a person cannot see clearly the environment he is in, then he is destined to be mediocre and useless for the rest of his life.

This sentence was taught to him by Gong Hao's father.

No matter what the place is Purgatory Island, Gong Hao can be sure that this is definitely not a paradise for philanthropists.

All the servants here were bought from the market by the Lance Empire, and the work here was not safe. If you don’t work hard, you can be sent elsewhere. Isn’t that the only people who are passive and slacking off will have the possibility of escaping from danger?

This paradox will never appear in any world of wisdom, whether it is the material world or the magic world.

Moreover, the castle on Purgatory Island has existed for twenty years. There is no reason why even sixty servants who are willing to work hard for twenty years cannot be found. There must be problems here!

Since the people sent to the island are all underage half-aged children, they are not well-educated, and many people do not understand the deceitfulness of human hearts. A simple lie can deceive everyone, but it is impossible to deceive Gong Hao. After all, his thinking is already an adult.

Just for the sake of concealment, he often had to speak like a twelve-year-old child, but he always inadvertently showed his maturity as an adult. This made him a little out of place with other teenagers, except Fink.

Unfortunately, Fink is still naive, and there are many things he can't tell Fink. He can't tell him that this place is likely to pull all those who don't work hard to death, or do something else with them.

No, it shouldn't be executed.

Every month, some young people are sent from all the way and then a group is picked out to kill them? This is meaningless behavior. Purgatory Island is not the place where the death penalty is executed.

So where did the missing young servants go? What did they do? No matter what the answer is, it must be related to the alchemy experiment!

But what kind of experiment does it require so many people?

Gong Hao realized that in this world, alchemy is a huge systematic project, and he actually knows too little about this.

Before you find the answer, you might be careful to study the mystery of alchemy.

After seeing Fink away, Gong Hao looked at the eighty-six magic plants in the flower room. He thought that perhaps his understanding of alchemy should start with these plants.
Chapter completed!