Imperial Crown

For the next few days, Raven behaved very normally, as if nothing had happened.

If there was any change, it was that he was more self-disciplined than before. He cut off all his leisure time and either spent his time in the secret room enchanting or meditating in the bedroom.

This day was still the same.

The magic-infused lemongrass was lit, and the orchid-like fragrance filled the air.

Raven sat cross-legged on the bed, his arms hanging naturally, his eyes closed, and his breathing steady.

In the empty world of meditation, two nebulae rotated around the star portal endlessly, and the majestic gravity siphoning the elemental star clusters, turning into rolling magic power, pouring into Raven's magic pool.

There were only two whirlpools, but the efficiency of absorbing magic power was a bit weird, and some elemental star clusters that were obviously not within the gravitational range would also be pulled in.

Since obtaining the True Ancestor Blood Core, this phenomenon has begun to appear, and as time goes by, it becomes more and more obvious, to the point where it cannot be ignored.

"It's time."

A ray of silver light flowed out of Raven's eyes, and the Eye of Truth quietly activated.

The perspective was split in two, one was pulled up, overlooking the entire room from a high place; the other was sunken in the void world, observing the flow of energy.

In the material world where Raven was, he could see that the magic-infused lemongrass floating in the air presented a psychedelic light blue color.

This light blue color also appeared in the void world, outlining an invisible disk between two nebulae.

Compared with the two nebulae, the disk was larger in scale, but it did not rotate. It was it that captured more elemental star clusters and replenished Raven's magic power.

A little enlightenment rose from Raven's heart - this was the embodiment of the True Ancestor's blood core in his body.

Taking a deep breath, Raven's mental power rolled back, poured into his own magic pool, seeped into the vortex, and appeared between the two nebulae.

He wanted to find out the foundation of this disk.

There was a burst of burning between his eyebrows, and the world was divided into three layers in Raven's eyes, like a cocktail with clear boundaries.

The top layer is a colorful material world, where Raven sits.

The middle layer is the inner world with only blue and white colors. The blue is magic and the white is the vibrant spiritual power.

The bottom layer has returned to its colorful state, with two nebulae, an invisible disk, and the deep and mysterious portal to the starry world.

And Raven himself seemed to have become a complete "other", observing himself from a completely detached perspective.

This is an extremely wonderful experience.

As the spiritual power penetrated, the invisible disk turned blood-red.

It was not a disk, but a sea, a sea made of blood!

A mysterious intuition surged into Raven's mind. He did not hesitate and pierced the sea of ​​blood with his spiritual power according to the prompting of his intuition!

A powerful suction suddenly appeared in the sea of ​​blood, and the vision collapsed layer by layer at this moment, just like the collapse of a high-rise building. The material world and the inner world all fell into the meditation world, splashing blood waves all over the sky!

But the blood waves could not break free.

Everything was compressed into a black dot.

Even Raven's consciousness disappeared at this moment.

Like the Big Bang, the black dot exploded, and Raven's consciousness returned, and his vision was divided into three layers again.

However, everything was different.

At the bottom, the nebula disappeared, and the sea of ​​blood disappeared, leaving only an ocean.

A deep purple ocean!

On the surface of the ocean floated an invisible portal to the star world; on both sides of the portal, there were two huge whirlpools like the eyes of the sea!

This sea water is the embodiment of magic elements, and the whirlpools are continuously converting it into magic power!

In the inner world, two groups of magic whirlpools spewed magic power, and the speed was more than ten times faster than before!

And in the uppermost real world, the air was filled with light blue magic starlight, and they gathered on Raven like fireflies!

The original magic power of the third-level one-star soared at this moment, two stars, three stars...

It stopped until it reached the four-star level and barely broke through the five-star level.

Raven slowly opened his eyes, and the silver light of his spiritual power disappeared like smoke.

"True Ancestor Blood Core..." Raven clenched his palms: "It's only now that I have really digested it!"

Although he is only at level 3 and 4 stars, Raven's magic power is three times that of a magician of the same level, which means that his current magic power limit has exceeded the limit of a level 3 magician.

On the other hand, the starry sky of the meditation world turned into an ocean, which also means that his efficiency in absorbing magic power has been further improved. Even if the magic power limit has been expanded a lot, the speed of natural promotion will not be slower than that of a magician of the same level.

What's more, Raven can also use magic cores to strengthen his magic power.

Perhaps, the day when he can fight against the Church of Light is not as far away as he imagined.

After a short silence, Raven got up and left the room. Seeing Petty standing at the door absent-mindedly, he sighed in his heart and stepped forward to pat her skirt.

"Ah!" Petty came back to her senses, and her eyes lit up when she saw Raven: "Lord Baron!"

Recently, although Raven's activities were very regular, everyone in Eagle Castle knew that Raven had not come out, and everyone was worried, including Petty.

After a few days, Petty began to have dark circles under her eyes.

"Go, notify the kitchen to make me something to eat, and it must be fresh and refreshing." Raven said: "Tell them not to cook fish. I have been eating fishy these days, and my burps are full of fishy smell."

"Yes, Lord Baron, I'll go now!" Petty smiled sincerely.

She walked away quickly, but suddenly stopped, turned around, and threw herself on Raven and gave him a big hug.

Before Raven could react, she turned around with a red face and ran away quickly.

Raven laughed and stretched.

No matter what difficulties he had experienced, life must go on.

Constantly putting pressure on himself will not only fail to improve efficiency, but it will be really bad if the string is broken.

Kneading the birthday gift that Lux gave him, Raven said to himself: "Don't worry, wait for me!"

It was rare for the Baron to make a request in person, so the kitchen naturally put a lot of thought into it, and soon a table of dishes was placed in front of Raven.

A small plate of vegetable salad - that is, mixed cold dishes, tender cucumbers were smashed into pieces, lettuce leaves were torn, and ripe tomatoes were added, a little fruit vinegar was poured on, and a pile of them were put on with a fork and stuffed into the mouth, full of fragrance.

There was also chopped bacon on the plate, with fine knife skills, each slice was as thin as a cicada's wing. Pick up a corner and put it in your mouth to chew carefully, and the salty taste and smoked meat aroma will spread.

At this time, lower your head and drink a mouthful of cold porridge, how refreshing!

Old Gordon stood by, reporting on the matters that should be paid attention to in the near future as usual.

Just when he talked about something, Raven almost spit out a mouthful of rice: "... Can you say it again?"

Old Gordon pushed his monocle: "Margaret..."

"I didn't ask the previous one." Raven waved his hand: "How much sleep do you think she has had these days?"

"Uh, it's impossible to count the specific numbers." Old Gordon coughed: "Anyway, there are currently nine women who have reported to me that Margaret seduced their boyfriends and husbands."

"Okay..." Raven rubbed his chin, and his expression began to become strange.

Margaret's problem must be cured.

"Are the Death Hand group still in Eagle Town?" Raven asked.

"Yes, Baron." Old Gordon said, "But about two months ago, they moved to Lion King's Pride to live."

That's right, after all, the Crystal Palace is not cheap, and they probably don't have that much spare money.

"I know."

After the meal, Raven called Margaret and gave her an order - to get close to the Death Hand Cult, especially Doug.

Get a clear grasp of their whereabouts, the more detailed the better.

Margaret was bored, and Doug was indeed a handsome guy, so she agreed immediately.

After sitting in the room for a while, Raven stroked his schedule with his fingers and decided to change it slightly.

This incident made him realize one thing more deeply.

Time waits for no one, expand your strength, the sooner the better!

He put on his clothes and went out, and soon came to Bucky's alchemy shop.

The door was locked, and there was dust on the keyhole, obviously it had not been opened for a long time.

When Raven walked into the laboratory from the back door, Baki simply saluted and then continued to immerse himself in his work.

He was still improving the magic potion that could awaken people to become mages.

If enchantment is a combination of painting and sculpture, then alchemy is a chemical experiment.

It can be roughly divided into four steps.

"Material division", "preparation", "blending", and "storage".

The so-called "material division" is to select and sort out the raw materials needed.

This process is a test of the alchemist's experience and vision. After all, even if the magic plants produced by the same company have different medicinal properties and quality.

The second step "preparation" is to process each raw material.

Including but not limited to grinding, crushing, roasting, juicing, boiling, filtering, extraction, etc.

The third step "blending", as the name suggests, is to mix the prepared raw materials together in a specific order.

The same few materials, different order, may produce completely different effects.

There is a well-known case in the alchemy circle.

The same three raw materials are red mist fruit, hematite powder, and jellyfish gel. The processing methods are the same, but according to different orders, three different products can be produced: "Fire Glue", "Primary Rage Potion", and "Suffocation Potion".

The last step, "storage", is the most important.

Different potions require different storage methods. Some require wood, some require stone, and some require leather. Otherwise, once the potion and the container react, it will be ineffective at best, and unpredictable products will be produced at worst.

Because of the complexity of the preparation process, a set of alchemy equipment itself is also composed of many parts.

For example, this set of third-level "Secret Chamber" alchemy set, produced by the Mage Guild, cost 8536 gold coins.

It has a very corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant magic pattern iron as a table top, and there is a magic fire pit on the lower left, which can withstand up to the third-level magic input and produce the unique cyan magic flame of the third level.

This is also the most expensive part of the whole set of equipment.

In addition, there are flame-resistant cauldrons made of star iron, crushers powered by magic, distiller made of glass jars, and various test tubes and beakers.

The equipment is in operation, and most of the auxiliary materials have been processed and mixed in the magic crucible.

The only thing still being processed is the mantila root.

This is a second-level magic plant. The "mantila root element" distilled from it is an excellent fixative that can greatly enhance the stability of the potion.

When the distillation is completed, Bucky holds half a bottle of mantila root element in his hand and begins to shake the bottle violently.

Raven's eyebrows jumped.

Although Mantilagen is a fixative, its own properties are extremely unstable. It will quickly denature when shaken violently, becoming a highly corrosive liquid.

As Bucky shook it in his hand, the dark green Mantilagen turned black, and the bubbles quickly filled the inner wall of the container.

Bucky was sweating, and immediately poured the completely denatured Mantilagen into the magic crucible.

With a sizzling sound, white smoke and a pungent smell spread, and the originally colorful material turned into a bowl of black sesame paste.

Raven's frown relaxed quietly.

Then, Bucky took out the golden magma obtained from the locust bee and poured it into the crucible along the edge.

Strangely enough, after being washed by the golden magma, bits of black debris continued to settle down, and the bowl of sesame paste was immediately dyed with golden red and became clear and transparent.

Bucky breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat off his head, filtered the clear liquid into a clean beaker, and heated it until tiny bubbles kept coming out of the surface, like a bowl of boiling sugar water, or like rolling magma.

Carefully opening the drawer, Bucky took out a Congyun kumquat, pierced its skin with a golden needle, and let the juice flow into the beaker with the solution little by little. When half of the Congyun kumquat shrank, he immediately put it in.

The golden fruit fell into the solution and scattered like an egg falling into boiling water.

Bucky knocked his head and sighed in disappointment: "Failed again!"

Because in the solution, dozens or hundreds of tiny golden fragments were visible to the naked eye, which were the medicinal power of the Congyun kumquat that had not been able to fully take effect.

Raven stroked his chin: "You use shaken mantilagin to reduce the strong medicinal properties of the auxiliary materials as much as possible, so as not to affect the purity of the final product."

"Yes, Baron." Bucky nodded: "Your vision is really accurate, but it is still not up to expectations!"

After a little thought, Raven said: "Have you ever considered not boiling it in the last step, but using cold brew?"

"Cold brew, this..." Bucky lowered his head and thought, then pulled up a slightly dirty parchment and began to write something on it. Gradually, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Maybe it works, I'll try it now!"

The production started again.

This time with Raven's help, the speed was much faster, but there were still several failures in the middle. Bucky's heart ached when he saw Raven casually pouring those "failed products" into the waste liquid bucket.

You know, if you take out a portion of these potions, you can exchange at least four or five thousand gold coins!

But keeping it secret is the most important thing. If people knew that Eagle Territory could produce magic potions by itself, not to mention others, the Mage Guild would immediately wipe the entire territory off the map!

When the fourth potion was completed, as the Congyun Kumquat completely dissolved in the solution, the entire potion underwent a wonderful change.

In the red solution, golden dots of light danced.

"Perfect, too perfect, Baron!" Bucky grinned excitedly, rubbing his hands constantly.

"With this method, as long as the person who takes it has the potential to become a magician, then it will definitely not fail!"

Raven smiled and poured the magic potion in the beaker into the potion bottle himself.

Indeed, this potion is perfect enough.

If there is any flaw, it is that the Congyun Kumquat has been used up. It will take at least half a year to wait for the next batch.

Thinking about who to give this first third-level magic potion to, when he returned to the castle, Raven had already made a decision.

Those who take it must be absolutely loyal and reliable, and will not reveal anything to others, whether they succeed or fail.

He called Petty and put the potion on the table: "Drink it."

Petty knew nothing about magic, but the potion was so beautiful, like a bottle of flowing gold, it was extremely precious at first glance.

"Is this really for me?"

Raven smiled gently: "Of course."

Petty picked up the bottle with her slender fingers and opened the cork. Suddenly, a fragrance that almost permeated her soul spread.

She closed her eyes and drank the potion in one gulp!

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