owlsbooks Chapter 51 Is alchemy such an inconvenient thing?
Chapter 51 Is alchemy such an inconvenient thing?
Fang Qi replicated the special effects from before, and Mina was very satisfied, her tail wagging involuntarily.
She had no idea how to make this, but that didn't stop her from being happy.
A 6% drop rate means that only one in sixteen people can get one. You're already lucky if the Blue-Eyes Dragon Girl blesses you!
Mina reached out and opened the partition, intending to pick up the magic crystal, but unexpectedly, the magic crystal flipped over, just avoiding her fingertips.
Didn't get any?
It must be a coincidence... Mina didn't pay attention and reached out to grab it again.
The magic crystal happened to tilt again.
"Oh? I can't catch you?" Mina got excited, gripping the shipping port with both hands, her vertical pupils fixed on the strange magic crystal.
"Isn't this exactly the same as the cat I had in my past life?" Fang Qi couldn't help but laugh.
The "Cowardly Magic Crystal" is obviously not a living thing; it is synthesized by imbuing a magic crystal with a C-rank "Cowardly" attribute.
It's one of the most expensive materials in this batch; if you look at it separately, it's actually a bit of a loss.
A small loss of 1 point in the index.
"Hey!" Mina stared for a moment, seemingly discovering a flaw in the magic crystal, and lunged forward, shouting, "Don't run!"
This time, Mina reacted as if she'd been burned, pulling her hand back faster than she could extend it.
Timid magic crystals will automatically react to "rapid approach." They will usually dodge, but if they can't dodge, they will unleash magical resistance. The way to break this is to approach slowly...
Okay, they've already resisted.
Fang Qi was both amused and exasperated. He pushed the magic crystal away, and the screen displayed "Handle with care".
Having learned her lesson, Mina was much more cautious this time, slowly reaching out to touch it, and finally succeeded.
After she left happily, Rosie called out the number at the opportune moment:
"Next, number 3."
"Lucky Blind Box, upgraded version, includes sound-absorbing minerals and a standard helmet."
"Number 4".
"A regular blind box, but for the unluckiest players: a rusty broken sword and cracked bones."
"Number 49".
"Premium blind box, the unlucky one, shattered stones and a broken belt." Rosie's eyes showed a hint of sympathy.
This person is really unlucky; they spent the most credits but got the worst combination.
She still remembers that the stone was used to prop up the pot, but it was blown into several pieces that day;
That belt was also used to hang the furnace, and it broke in two with a "bang".
……
It took Fang Qi and Luo Xi more than two hours to finally empty the garbage from the warehouse.
The students at the front of the line had already submitted their work to their tutors and stepped back to the sidelines, gathering in small groups to await the results.
Seeing that she had no blind boxes left, Rosie couldn't contain herself: "Mr. Box, where are mine? What am I going to do?"
She passed everything else, except for this crucial mentor promotion test, which she absolutely had to get first place in!
"Is alchemy the process of fusing several substances together through specific operations, or creating another substance?" Fang Qi did not answer her question immediately.
"Not necessarily, but it's usually done by mixing magic and then combining it with various auxiliary materials..."
Loshi found it strange. Why was Mr. Box suddenly asking these questions? Was he also interested in alchemy?
"Then let me ask you, is the focus of alchemy the product or the process in between?" Fang Qi continued to press.
"It should be a product. There are many schools of alchemy, and everyone has their own methods," Rosie said, somewhat confused, after a moment's thought.
"I usually prefer to use a spatula, Professor June prefers to use a wrench, and Zhu Lai likes to add a lot of solvent and simmer it over low heat..."
She knows them all like the back of her hand.
"That's right!" Fang Qi said, having laid the groundwork, and then called out to Luo Xi:
"I'll give you a piece of tire tread and half a bottle of drink—the leftovers from yesterday. Don't use your magic; just stir-fry them casually, and before you fry them, pretend it was an accident and toss them into my lid."
Rosie knew what Mr. Box was up to—he was going to pull a stunt behind the scenes!
She is currently outside the alchemy workshop, where the external space is extremely unstable. If she uses magic, the probability of the furnace exploding is as high as 99%!
Despite having a significant advantage over his classmates in terms of both skills and social class, he has been unable to secure a professorship for a long time, and this is the reason why.
"But will this work?" Loxi flicked her tail twice quickly, her expression hesitant.
"If I didn't refine it myself, can it still be considered alchemy?"
"Input raw materials, output products—do the processes in between matter?" This is an opportunity to instill industrial thinking: "Is gold refining such an inconvenient process?"
In a while, Fang Qi plans to have Xiaolongniang build a product production line. Now that there's a good opportunity, he can give her some pointers in advance.
"It seems...not important?" Luo Xi hesitated for a moment, then seemed to realize something and suddenly understood.
"I'll listen to you." She jumped in front of the creation machine and, under the watchful eyes of all the mentors, pretended to choose the basic blind box.
As planned, Fang Qi produced a non-European-level gift: a piece of rubber and half a bottle of beverage.
"No top-tier materials were found?" June was puzzled. Shouldn't contractors and creators be very close, or even have internal channels?
Could it be that the Creator knows that exams need to be fair and just? He didn't think so.
Loxi took out her spatula set, infused it with magic, added the ingredients, and a translucent dragon claw gripped the handle, twirling it up and down.
She's growing to love these two claws more and more; they're just as dexterous as her hands, and most importantly, they're not afraid of being splattered or burned.
The instructors couldn't help but tense up when they saw Rosie begin to operate the device.
They all simultaneously took out their protective gear and surrounded Rosie.
Vance, holding his spellbook with a serious expression, looked ready to unleash a wide-area protective spell at the slightest provocation.
Most people would probably be shaking so badly they couldn't hold the alchemy furnace properly in this situation, but Rosie was used to it.
It's always like this; after frying them so many times, you get used to it...
To make the performance more realistic, she used only a little magic, thinking she could hold on a little longer. But after only three minutes of juggling, she felt the pot in her hands getting out of control.
Oh no, it's the pre-explosion state of the oven!
Roche has extensive experience with this, and there will be two possible variations.
One is to evolve into a preparatory state, entering an irreversible process of furnace explosion; the other is to degenerate into a non-explosion state, but the materials are washed away by magic and may be ruined.
So at this point, you should stop immediately, find cover, and peek out to observe, but...
Rosie is not alone now; she has Mr. Box's help!
Amidst the tense expressions of the mentors, Luo Xi put on her acting skills and exclaimed "Oops!" as her tail conveniently tripped over her feet.
She stumbled, and the dragon's claw twitched...
The spatula, along with all the alchemical materials, was poured into Fang Qi's magical interface.
clang!
An error message sounded.
A message appeared on Fang Qi's screen: "Foreign object detected. Returning the object immediately. Please wait..."