Royal Alchemist

Maybe it's long and distant, maybe it's just a blink of an eye, Qiuye just knelt on the golden object, motionless, as if it was integrated with it, and seemed to be completely immersed in its own world.

The sad breath permeated the bottomless cave, infecting everyone.

Seeing him crying like this, Feng Qi was heartbroken at first, and wanted to rush over to hold him in his arms, but after being blocked by Yuan Da, he calmed down, watched him silently, and didn't bother him anymore.Slowly walking to Qiuye, caressing the golden object lightly, the sad emotions also covered her face, like a net falling down, and a heart slowly pulling up.

Yuan Da also came over, with heavy steps, stopped one step away from Qiuye, looked up at the hill-like substance, and pressed his resolute lips tightly.He stood upright, and the golden light set off his rigid face and towering body. At that moment, his stern and majestic expression did not look like a smuggler.

Qiu Ye moved a bit, and stood up with difficulty. Kneeling on the gravel and mud made his knees hurt, but he didn't seem to notice it. He touched the surface of the material affectionately, only to find that there was a circle around the seemingly one-piece material. A soft film, but the film is full of cracks, and huge energy leaks out from the cracks.

Sadness was still written on his face, and his heart still had the lingering aftertaste of colic, but his mind had calmed down, and his exhausted body was filled with peaceful breath, giving him endless courage.

He covered the surface of the golden object with his hands, his face was dignified, and golden rays of light bloomed from his palms, outlining a radiant alchemy circle.

No one told him what to do, but he knew it naturally, where the hands touched, the cracks gradually closed, and the golden object was re-wrapped.

Yuan Da stared at him, his deep eyes reflected the figure of him performing the spell, a ray of light flashed in his eyes, and finally turned into nostalgia and settled in his eyes.

Qiu Ye meticulously repaired each piece of film, with a serious expression as if he was doing something sacred, the scattered golden light hooked his fingers and kissed his fingertips, his hands were like a pianist playing the most beautiful melody , Smart stretch.

After a long time, when the last gap was repaired, Qiu Ye, who was sweating profusely, shook her body and almost fainted. Her mental power was consumed a lot, and her whole body was limp and weak.

Feng Qi stretched out his arms just right, supported him to stand still, and wiped away the tears on his face.

"It's done." Qiuye said hoarsely.

The golden substance was still lying there quietly, emitting its light like the sun, and one could still feel the alchemy energy spreading, gentle and powerful, but much more stable than before.

Yuan Da responded, put one hand on the golden object, closed his eyes, opened and closed his lips slightly, and said something silently.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Qiu Ye staring at him intently, different from his usual happy and casual appearance, at this moment he was calm and indifferent, full of thoughts, there were many questions in his eyes, but in the end what Neither asked.

Yuan Da sighed, and his broad, callused hand fell on Qiu Ye's shoulder: "Good job."

The tattered fighter took off again, and Qiu Ye in the cabin kept her gaze on the golden object, unwilling to look away at all.

When the matter in the line of sight gradually became smaller, the surrounding light gradually dimmed, and the fighter plane sank into the darkness, Qiu Ye finally closed his eyes and leaned on Feng Qi wearily.

Fortunately, there was someone beside him who could support him, otherwise he would have fallen to the ground long ago.

He held a few golden crystals in his hand, which he picked up around the object. Although they were only a few small pieces, they contained huge energy.

Back outside the city, Feng Qi pulled Qiu Ye and jumped off the fighter plane.

"Send him back to rest quickly, and I'll thank him tomorrow." Yuan Da said to Feng Qi, lying on the crumbling cabin door.

Feng Qi raised his head, his gaze stayed on Yuan Da's face for a moment, and said calmly: "No need, this is what he should do."

Yuan Da's thick black eyebrows twitched. Those ice-blue eyes have the ability to see through the appearance and see the essence clearly. They seem to be condensed from ice and tempered in the fire. , even a person like Yuan Da who has gone through vicissitudes of life can't help but pause for a moment.

Immediately, Yuan laughed and stroked his stubble, and waved his hand to bid farewell.

Feng Qi embraced the collapsed autumn leaves, and walked slowly towards the city. The two people who are leaning on each other are the most solid support for each other.

Yuan Da watched them go away, with a serious and a touch of peace of mind on his face.

-

Three days later, Yuan Da arranged for a ship to take the two of them back to the Imperial Capital Star. It was a miniature shuttle.

"I won't send you off. Tim will send you to the Imperial Star and drive the ship back. If you have any questions, please contact him." Yuan Da held the wine bottle in one hand, and put Fengqi's shoulder in the other. .

When Tim heard the boss mention his name, he turned and waved.

Feng Qi stared straight at the ship in front of him.

Yuan Da was triumphant: "Do you still like this ship? This is my precious private collection."

Feng Qi stared blankly at the sexy nude girls spray-painted on the ship.

Yuan Da glanced at Qiu Ye in the distance, and poked Feng Qi's waist: "Don't worry, even if someone is watching you, you should relax occasionally. You are still young, and it is the time when you are full of enthusiasm and full of energy."

Feng Qi turned around with a cold face: "Thank you..."

Yuan Dami smiled.

"I mean thank you for your ship."

"Hahaha, you're welcome, I knew you would like it."

"I mean excluding spray paint."

"Hahaha, don't explain, I understand."

Qiu Ye is saying goodbye to Dr. Bai.

"Thanks to you this time, the disaster was resolved." Doctor Bai's light golden hair fluttered in the wind.

"No, I should thank you for your hospitality for so many days."

"You haven't taken the alchemist assessment yet, have you?" Dr. Bai mentioned his sadness.

Qiu Ye said sadly: "Yes, I missed the assessment, and I will probably wait until next year. It's all that Fast Kirk, it's really disgusting."

Doctor Bai held Qiuye's hand tightly: "Kirk?"

"Yeah, he actually had someone kidnap me, deliberately preventing me from taking the exam." Qiuye said angrily, "You know the Kirk family, a well-known aristocratic family in the empire."

"Ah..." Doctor Bai opened his mouth and whispered, "I know...I know..."

"Doctor Bai, your complexion is not very good, is it because the sun is too hot?" Qiu Ye helped him wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"I'm fine." Doctor Bai called softly.

"Don't sigh, Doctor Bai, I will come back to visit you." Qiu Ye said seriously.

Doctor Bai relaxed his body and smiled slightly.

"Besides, I think I'll be back soon." Qiu Ye looked at the blue-colored Eagle Mountain in the distance, with endless thoughts in her heart.

"Okay." Doctor Bai's smile was gentle and firm, "I'll wait for your return, the day you become an alchemist."

"Brother Qiuye!" The crisp shouts came from far to near, and Mu Nan ran forward with a big basket, because the basket was too big, and he almost tripped while running.

"Be careful." Qiu Ye went up to him and supported him, "Don't worry, we haven't left yet."

Mu Nan hurriedly stuffed the basket into Qiu Ye's hands: "This is the dry food my mother prepared for you!"

Seeing that there were bread cakes and fresh fruits again, Qiuye stuffed a basket full of delicious food: "Thank you mother for me."

Mu Nan's apple face was tense: "Brother Qiuye, are you really leaving? Don't you live here?"

"We have to go home." Qiu Ye smiled.

Mu Nan's face became even more bitter, and he raised his neck and shouted: "Can't this be your home? Don't you like this place?"

"No, I like it here very much, but I still have some things to do. Don't worry, I will come back. I still want to eat the dishes made by your mother."

Mu Nan pouted: "Do you remember my mother's dishes?"

"Of course you remember you." Qiu Ye rubbed his short hair.

"Don't forget that you still owe me a long sword."

After Qiu Ye sent a dagger, Mu Nan was ecstatic, and stalked and ordered a long sword.

"It turns out that you are thinking about weapons, not me at all." Qiu Ye pretended to be angry.

Mu Nan blushed, and pulled Qiu Ye's sleeve: "You squat down."

Qiu Ye happily squatted down and looked at Mu Nan at the same level. Mu Nan looked around for a while, then suddenly hugged Qiu Ye's neck, and kissed him hard on the face: "I will marry you when I grow up!"

Qiu Ye turned to petrification, mechanically turned to look at Feng Qi on the other side, Feng Qi was still discussing something fiercely with Yuan Da, and didn't notice this.

He touched the saliva on his face: "Kids, don't talk nonsense."

"I'm not talking nonsense!" Mu Nan stubbornly poked his neck, his eyes gleaming with starlight, "Our teacher taught us that an alchemist in the combat department must marry an alchemist in the auxiliary department to be harmonious, so Brother Qiuye, you must wait for me to grow up." Great! I will definitely become a very powerful combat alchemist!"

With black lines on Qiu Ye's face, Dr. Bai smiled and pulled Mu Nan to his side: "Okay, your brother Qiu Ye is leaving, so bid him a good farewell."

Mu Nan flattened his mouth and did not speak.

Qiu Ye touched his head, and a charming dimple appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Boarding the ship, Qiu Ye was lying on the porthole, Mu Nan waved his hands to say goodbye, as if he was afraid that others would not see him, Yuan Da casually smoked a cigarette, as if he didn't come to see him off at all, and Doctor Bai hung his hands by his side, Tilting his head slightly, although his eyes are closed, he always feels that he can see.

Flying higher and higher, the people on the ground became smaller and smaller, until nothing could be seen, the ship suddenly accelerated, broke through the atmosphere and entered the universe.

Qiu Ye sighed faintly: "Oh, I'm so reluctant."

Tim, who was sitting in the driver's seat, checked the route for the last time, and glanced at them with a smile: "When we first boarded our ship, who was clamoring to go back to the Imperial Capital every day, and now he is reluctant?"

Qiu Ye smiled: "Thank you for sending us back."

Tim waved his hand, indicating that it was a small matter.

When the farewell has become a fact, the excitement is far away, the world is quiet, the smile on Qiu Ye's face fades, and the sadness envelops her heart again.

Only a few necessary lights were turned on in the cabin, so the ship was dark and very quiet. He sat on a chair bored, with his head down, and every day on Queser was like a painting before his eyes. .

Especially today, his mood was extremely heavy, and when there were many people, he could dilute some sadness, but when he calmed down, all the sadness piled up again.

"Today...is the anniversary of Marshal Ravenor's death." Qiu Ye murmured in a low voice, as if talking to herself.

Feng Qi, who was looking at the star map, paused.

Tim's smiling face froze in an instant, and his complexion was extremely heavy. After a long time, he smiled very shallowly: "I didn't expect you to remember."

"Of course I have to remember." That's my father, Qiu Ye said in her heart, but she justified it, "We have to take the exam."

Tim couldn't help laughing wryly: "Well, I used to memorize these things the day before the exam."

Qiu Ye lowered her head limply and raised her feet in boredom.

Maybe it’s really because of the blood relationship. Every time I hear the name of Ravenor, I can’t stop trembling in my heart. Whenever I hear someone talking about his deeds, I will listen attentively and hear the love for my father from others. Evaluation, there will always be a strange feeling.Secret joy, admiration, nostalgia, all of them, and of course sadness, especially in the past few days.

"But so what?" Tim sneered, "When the marshal just died, the empire paid homage to him every year, but in recent years, it has rarely been mentioned again. In another ten or eight years, I'm afraid everyone Forget about the marshal."

Akiba suddenly realized this problem. Marshal Ravenor was most frequently mentioned as a shield and sharp weapon used by the upstarts to attack the old nobles, but as time went by, the shield and sword became more and more difficult to use.So much so that now the empire faintly has a new saying, saying that the battle with the dragon people was too tragic, it was the tragedy of the whole empire, and it should not be mentioned again and again, and it will dampen the morale of the soldiers of the empire if it is said too much.

Some people have already proposed that the content about the battle of the Black Vortex and the Marshal should be deleted from the examination syllabus, and some people have even proposed whether the part of paying homage to the hero statue should be removed from the opening ceremony of the Royal Military Academy.Fortunately, Principal Lindsay strongly opposed it. He emphasized that forgetting a hero is a betrayal.

Qiu Ye became more and more depressed: "I will remember him."

Tim glanced at him, but said nothing.

Feng Qi who had been silent all this time said: "Qiu Ye, come here."

Qiu Ye walked to him listlessly: "What are you looking at?"

Feng Qi drew a frame on the star map and enlarged it in front of Qiu Ye: "Where do you see this?"

Qiu Ye is not very good at reading star maps, but there is a large belt of meteorites floating and rotating on the screen, from large to small, stretched into a cone, like a curved conch.

"It's a black vortex!" Qiuye opened her eyes wide.

"Yes, the battlefield where the marshal died is not far from here. It takes about half a day to get there at the speed of this ship. Do you want to go and see it?"

Qiu Ye's breathing became short, he stared at the constantly rotating picture, his hands trembled slightly, his eyes were reddish.

"Is it okay? Can we go and see?" Qiuye looked at Tim.

"Of course." There was a faint smile on Tim's solemn face.

-

On Queser Star, Yuan Da seriously shaved in front of the mirror. He twisted his neck carefully and focused on tidying himself up.

Doctor Bai waited for him with half a smile: "You are really slow, like a woman."

Yuan Da didn't care: "On such an important day, of course it should be tidy."

"Just pay attention to your image at ordinary times."

"I usually have a good idea, and no one looks at me." Yuan Da put down the razor, touched his bald neck, and suddenly became much more energetic.

He stared at himself in the mirror for a while, picked up an unpackaged bottle from his hand, poured some liquid on his hand, and spread it evenly on his face.The skin on his face made a hissing sound, as if something was melting. Gradually, the skin swelled and rolled up, and the edges of his cheeks began to fall off. He reached out and grabbed a mask that was exactly the same color as his skin.

When he raised his head again, he saw a completely different face in the mirror. The vicissitudes of the years left faint traces on his face, but it did not damage his outstanding temperament at all. The aura, the resolute outline of the cheeks are revealed, the most masculine and masculine, full of masculinity.

He solemnly took a set of clothes from the hanger. The navy blue fabric was crisp and stiff, without any wrinkles, and even the cuffs were ironed neatly.He put the clothes on neatly, and the clothes fit just right, tightly wrapping his muscular body, and he solemnly buttoned the golden buttons all the way to the top of the neckline, with a serious expression as if he was doing something An extremely important matter.

In just a few minutes, he has changed from a sloppy and sloppy uncle to a handsome and striking uncle.

"Okay." Yuan Da touched his clothes cherishingly, with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.

He never wears this suit at ordinary times, only on certain occasions, behind closed doors, he will put it on quietly.

This one is a military uniform, and the three general stars on the shoulders are shining brightly.

Doctor Bai stood up with a smile. His hair was recombed and tied behind his head meticulously. He was always clean and tidy without much grooming. His clothes were also different from the usual light and casual thin shirts. He was like white jade, and the straight trouser line set off his slender legs.This is also a military uniform, with a star shining on the shoulder.

"Let's go." Yuan Da picked up the things he had prepared, and the two walked into the secret room of the house one after the other. In the small room, there was only a table and a few chairs, and the communication had already been connected.

On the wall are two screens side by side.

The person on the left screen is lazily leaning on a recliner made of gold, holding scented tea in his hand, and wearing a luxurious golden mask on his face.He seems terribly bored, yawning, looking at the time, and a little golden lion on the desk behind him.

"Hmph, knock your lazy bones, why haven't you died of laziness?"

The person on the right screen cursed contemptuously.

"Old man, you are so annoying." The person on the left screen scolded back.

On the screen on the right is an old man who is very old. The wrinkles on his face are almost covering his facial features. He is arched, as if he can't bear the weight of his body. People are afraid that he will fall over.

When the two saw two people, one green and one white, appearing on the screen in front of them, they suddenly regained their spirits.

"It's handsome, boss." The person on the left said with a smile.

"That's a must!" Yuan Da put the things in his hand on the table with a bang.

Suddenly his expression changed, he stopped laughing, straightened his waist, and gave a military salute with the most serious attitude.

Yuan Tian, ​​general of the empire, once served as the commander of the Legion of Glory, the number one general under the command of Marshal Ravenor, and was once praised by the marshal as "my right arm".

Doctor Bai smiled lightly, and followed suit with a military salute.

Bai You'an, a major general of the empire, was a high-level healer during the Legion of Glory period. He was once known as having a pair of "angel hands" and died in battle in the imperial military roster.

The two people on the screen also became serious.

The one on the left stood up slowly, took off the golden mask, revealing a handsome face. He didn't wear the robe woven with gold silk that he usually wears today, but a white bottom with blue stripes on both sides of the waist. A military uniform with vertical stripes, with two stars on his shoulders.

Gordon Clark, or Boss Jin, Lieutenant General of the Empire, former president of the Royal Academy of Sciences, is said to be the most talented pharmacist in the past century, and he is missing from the roster of the Imperial Army.

The person on the right side of the screen also stood up straight.

It is really standing upright, with the hunchbacked back straightened out one by one, as if the bones are about to be broken, making a rattling rattling sound, the area around the face is also slowly loosened, and the skin is gradually smoothed , looking a decade younger than before.Like Yuan Da, he was wearing a navy blue military uniform.

Bivis Warner, Lieutenant General of the Empire, Commander of the Spirit Legion, fought with Marshal Ravenor for many years and won the Medal of Honor many times. He is famous for his proficiency in raids and strange tactical concepts. He is missing in the Imperial Army roster.

Yuan Da took out two wine glasses, opened the wine in front of him, and filled the two glasses with the amber liquor.

"On this sad day, we four guides gather together to commemorate our buried past, the thousands of soldiers who died in battle, and Marshal Ravenor who died heroically at the last moment of the battle." Yuan Da He picked up one of the wine glasses and raised it high, while Dr. Bai picked up the other glass.

On the screen, Boss Jin put down the steaming scented tea and picked up a glass of wine that he had already prepared, while Bivis was doing the same.

The four people, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, looked at each other through the electronic screen, the mellow wine in the wine glasses swayed gently, and the fragrant wine fragrance wafted in the air.

"May everything we do have value, may future generations step on our dead bodies, and may the Marshal's will last forever. Cheers!"

The wine glasses collided in the air, and they drank it all in one gulp.