I, who was supposed to slay dragons, accidentally started cultivating immortals

Chapter 192 Joining the Equipment Department and the Taoist Priest of Sotheby's Auction House

After flying back to China from Kassel and spending the summer vacation with Su Xiaoqiang, Lu Mingfei flew to Kassel again reluctantly, and officially joined the Equipment Department as a foreign researcher.

Brother Chu came to the school with him, and with his outstanding ability, Brother Chu had already been recruited by Professor Schneider and became his official student before taking the entrance examination.

Professor Schneider is not only the actual leader of the executive department, but also a senior professor in the school. Each senior professor is selected from the tenured professors, and there are no more than ten in the whole school.

Brother Chu can become a student of a senior professor at the beginning of his enrollment. This starting point is very high in the whole school - the premise is not to compare with the special case of Lu Mingfei.

As a special external researcher of the Equipment Department, and a second-level researcher next to special-level and first-level researchers, Lu Mingfei, who is only 17 years old, can be regarded as a middle-level senior in Kassel College.

The positions of the members of the Equipment Department are divided into six levels, from low to high, they are intern researcher, assistant researcher, third-level researcher, second-level researcher, first-level researcher and special researcher.

Among them, the only special-level researchers in the entire equipment department are director Akadura, two deputy directors, and four senior researchers who lead different categories.

The director of the equipment department is the highest among the leaders of all the sub-departments of the school, probably between the principal and the vice-principal, and the position of the deputy director is between the vice-principal and senior professors.

The other four special researchers are equivalent to senior professors like Professor Schneider, but because Professor Schneider is also the leader of the executive department, the actual status of Professor Schneider is a little higher than the deputy director of the equipment department, second only to the principal , the vice-principal and the director of the equipment department, Akkadullah.

A researcher at the next level is equivalent to an ordinary tenured professor. Lu Mingfei's second-level researcher is equivalent to a full professor, and the third-level researcher and assistant researcher below him are equivalent to associate professor and assistant professor respectively.

As for the intern researcher who is even humbler than an assistant researcher...

The people in the equipment department don't regard them as their own until they can bear the gang of lunatics in the equipment department and are accepted and assimilated by them.

Director Akadullah originally planned to directly promote Lu Mingfei to a first-level researcher—although directly promoting to a second-level researcher is an unconventional act, but at Anger's suggestion, in order to prevent Lu Mingfei from attracting the school board In response to the attention of the families behind the school board, Director Accadula only arranged Lu Mingfei as a second-level researcher, but in fact he enjoyed the treatment of a first-level researcher.

Of course, in the end, the second-level researcher still attracted the attention of the Gattuso family in the school board. Fortunately, other families seemed not very interested in Lu Mingfei, a second-level researcher who appeared suddenly. The first subspecies of drake would certainly not scare the investigators of the Gattuso family.

With the beginning of the new semester, Lu Mingfei also started his leisurely and fulfilling research life in the equipment department - the reason why he is both leisurely and fulfilling is because although he spends a lot of time doing research every day, but He doesn't torture his brain cells every day like other researchers.

As a person who has inherited all the knowledge of refining medicine and equipment from the Heavenly Book, Lu Mingfei is only a little better than ordinary pharmacists and equipment refining masters in that world at this stage. If refining medicine and equipment also have nine-year compulsory education and high school , He can be regarded as a junior high school student at most, and currently he only needs to study, and there is no need to take the initiative to study at all-he is far from that stage.

Compared with those colleagues in the equipment department who need to constantly open up the way forward, all Lu Mingfei needs to do is to continue to learn from Tianshu, and occasionally make some research results, which attracts sour "but that's it" and "it's okay" Right." "It's just the average level of the equipment department." "It would be better if it could explode."

Hmm...the appearance rate of the last comment far exceeds the sum of the previous ones.

Lu Mingfei did not bring Xiaotian with him this time when he came to Kassel. He took a few flowers and leaves from the dragon head and phoenix tail nobile that he picked from the Nibelung root in Shennongjia, and refined them into some suitable for the monster race. The medicinal liquid, after taking it to Xiaotian, the effect is unexpectedly good, and Xiaotian has a tendency to break through the realm.

Spiritual demon, mysterious demon, great demon, demon king, and great sage, these five realms correspond to the cultivator's Qi, Xuanzhao, heartbeat, alchemy, and golden alchemy respectively. The realm of "Tathagata" and "Su Wang", until that world exploded, no demon could touch it.

Xiaotian fell into a deep sleep and transformed after taking the medicinal liquid made from the dragon-headed phoenix-tailed gold hairpin. If there is no accident, when he wakes up again, he will transform from a "spiritual demon" to a "mysterious demon". ...Senior brother Chu will definitely not be able to defeat Xiaotian.

Since Xiaotian is still in the transformation stage, in order to avoid affecting its transformation, Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang can only temporarily leave it at Su Xiaoqiang's house and let the housekeeper take care of it. After Xiaotian wakes up, the housekeeper will contact Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang again .

During the days when Xiaotian was away, apart from talking on the phone with Su Xiaoqiang every day, Lu Mingfei focused his energy on analyzing new prescriptions—he planned to refine them with the powerful medicinal properties of the dragon-headed phoenix-tailed gold hairpin. Some medicines that can be given to him and Su Xiaoqiang.

But compared to the simple and crude medicines for demons, the medicines for humans are not only more difficult to refine, but also require more and more precious materials, so Lu Mingfei gave priority to refining the medicines for Xiaotian medicine, because it is easier to refine.

Lu Mingfei was wearing a white coat and standing in the independent laboratory assigned to him. Various precious materials were spread out on the large experimental table in a chaotic and orderly manner. Lu Mingfei checked the materials on the table again to confirm the quantity. After the type and type are correct, it is ready to start refining.

The prescription he analyzed this time is quite special. The complete version of the prescription is complete with monarch, minister, assistant, and envoy, and the effect is very good. It can bring great benefits to monks from the three aspects of essence, energy, and spirit.

He used the classics in the equipment department to find all kinds of substitute materials, but unfortunately, although the substitutes for the ministerial medicine were not as "treasures of heaven and earth" as the dragon-headed and phoenix-tailed golden hairpin as the king's medicine, they were It is still extremely precious, at least he has confirmed it with Director Akadullah, and it cannot be found in the inventory of the equipment department.

Even if there is, Lu Mingfei does not have the right to pocket such precious materials, and the privileges given to him by Director Akadullah are limited, and he cannot really be allowed to completely use the warehouse of the Equipment Department as his private treasury.

Although all the materials on his table now are all that he secretly made during this month.

Fortunately, this prescription does not have to have ministerial medicine, even if it is not available, it can be used, but the efficacy of the medicine will be greatly reduced, especially for the strengthening of "God", only less than [-]% of the original prescription, "Jing" and " The effect of "Qi" has also been weakened to less than [-]%.

But there is nothing he can do if he can't find the minister medicine. He can't keep looking or waiting. If he waits for more than ten years, his inner alchemy will be finished.

So the effect is almost almost, let's practice!
Lu Mingfei took a deep breath, and then an electronic display beside the table suddenly lit up in red—this was a signal that someone was looking for him outside.

Perhaps it is because most of the experiments carried out are dangerous to a certain extent. The private laboratory of the equipment department not only has various security measures, but also pays great attention to privacy. If you want to come in from outside, you can only press the "doorbell". It's the button on the door frame that's connected to the display.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then turned around and walked towards the door, opened the door, and outside the door was Director Acadura.

"Mingfei, are you doing research?"

Director Acadura held a pancake fruit in his hand, but it was wrapped with hamburger meat, and he was still chewing something when he was talking to Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei nodded, and his eyes fell on an exquisite color-printed leaflet in his hand.

"Didn't you ask me two days ago if there is a 'Crystal Mandala' in our warehouse?" Director Arcadullah raised the flyer in his hand, "You are lucky, a mixed-race auction house in Chicago happens to have A few crystal mandala auctions, just tonight."

Crystal mandala, this is the "minister medicine" that Lu Mingfei needs. Mandala is a very symbolic flower in Buddhism. It is itself a transliteration of Sanskrit Mandala, which means "altar" or "altar". field".

Li Shizhen recorded in detail in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that "When the Fahua Sutra talks about the Buddha's teachings, the sky rains mandala flowers. There is also an envoy of the Daola star in the Beidou of Taoism, who holds this flower in his hand. Therefore, later generations use it as a famous flower."

The mandala in Buddhist records contains the spirit of insight into the dark, transcendental awareness, and endless illusions. In fact, it is because the toxicity of mandala can make people fall into a state of coma and confusion, and can even be used as raw materials. into an anesthetic.

The "Crystal Mandala" that Lu Mingfei needs is a kind of Datura flower impregnated with dragon genes. The miraculous effects that ordinary mandalas do not have, after being concocted by alchemists, can even really make users have a "transcendental awareness" mentality in a short period of time.

Of course, there is a certain possibility of dying from its strong toxicity afterwards.

This kind of medicine is generally used in advanced bloodline strengthening medicine or evolution medicine, and it will also be used in higher-level and more precious bloodline locking medicine. Once the crystal mandala is added to the evolution medicine, the user will be able to use it in the crystal mandala. Before the power of the medicine disappears, he can perfectly contain his own bloodline, and there is no risk of losing his mind and degenerating into a deadpool.

How long this time can last depends entirely on the amount of crystal mandala added. The larger the amount, the longer the time will be, and the more serious the toxicity and side effects will be after the event. Generally, it is a precious consumable that is used desperately on the battlefield of dragon slaying.

There are some potions containing crystal mandala ingredients stored in the college, but there is no crystal mandala that can be used. Lu Mingfei was about to give up at first, but he didn't expect it to be bright.

"I have already applied for a batch of funds with the principal." Director Akadullah took out a document bag from the large pocket of his white coat. For other materials and data, you, as a commissioner, go to Sotheby's Auction House to take pictures of it at the stereotyped auction."

Director Acadura raised his eyebrows at Lu Mingfei, and said in a meaningful tone: "It is not stated in the materials how many flowers were sold in this auction!"

Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up, and he took the document bag handed over by Director Akadullah—this kind of task is usually carried out by senior students in the school as specialists, but this time it is obviously the most "suitable" for him to go .

"But what does a targeted auction mean?"

Lu Mingfei asked curiously.

"A directional auction is an auction of items that can only be circulated within a certain range as stipulated by law, so this kind of auction usually only invites specific customers," explained Director Acadura, "Sotheby's auction house It is the property of a certain mixed-race family, and this targeted auction is exclusively for mixed-races."

"By the way, most of the things in the directional auction are of unknown origin. To put it bluntly, they were obtained by disgraceful means, so occasionally there are great risks. In 2003, Sotheby took your Dou from the Western Han Dynasty The pottery figurines in the queen’s tomb were printed on the promotional materials, and there were only six of them, but it turned out that these six pottery figurines were all stolen cultural relics, and there was a lot of trouble at that time, among ordinary people.”

Lu Mingfei raised his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Fortunately, the Chinese embassy in the United States learned about this situation in time. They went to negotiate with the US government, intercepted the six pottery figurines that had not been sent to Sotheby's, and sent them back to China," said Akadu. Director La shrugged, "Sotheby's is one of the best auction houses in the world, but obviously they don't have a strong sense of professional ethics."

"What do you mean it's only making a big fuss among ordinary people? Don't the mixed races pay attention to this matter at all?"

Lu Mingfei asked.

"It's not that I didn't pay attention, but that something bigger broke out in the mixed-race world, and it was Sotheby's." Director Acadura smiled gloatingly, "At that time, Sotheby's Auction House was holding a There is an alchemy treasure from the Western Han Dynasty in the targeted auction for mixed races."

"It was also stolen? Did the Chinese mixed-race world make a move?"

Lu Mingfei asked curiously.

"It's considered a shot, but it can't be said that they made a shot, because no one has any evidence, and they themselves can't admit it," said Director Akadullah. "It is said that an old man with an Asian face wearing a Taoist robe suddenly broke into Entered the auction, and then took away the alchemy treasure, um...the kind of belt that you don’t pay for, but it’s reasonable, after all, it’s your thing.”

"Will the people in the auction house agree with him to leave? The auction house can't think it's reasonable, right?"

Lu Mingfei grasped the point.

"Of course they thought it was unreasonable, so all the security forces of the entire auction house were mobilized to keep the old Taoist priest and the alchemy treasure, and the result..."

Director Akadullah made a long sound.

"What happened?"

Lu Mingfei answered the question tactfully, and put on an expression of "I'm very curious".

"Let's put it this way," Director Arcadulla said, "Before that auction, Sotheby's was the strongest mixed-race auction house in the United States, and the family behind them was the top mixed-race family in the United States."

"But after that auction, Sotheby's did not hold a mixed race auction for two years. There are three auctions that keep pace with it in the field of mixed race auctions, and the family behind Sotheby's is now even the top mixed race family in the United States. It’s almost impossible to keep your position.”

"The root cause of all this is that the mixed-race security force that Sotheby was proud of in that auction was almost completely wiped out in the hands of that Taoist priest!"

(End of this chapter)