Struggle in the Steam Age

As soon as the lighter samples were produced, Lawrence took the samples and drawings straight to the Church of Knowledge to apply for a patent.

Among the things he created before, new medical discoveries and new treatment methods cannot be patented. Pesticides have affected too many people and involved too many interests. There will be many unpredictable risks in collecting patent fees from it. So he simply transferred all the patents to the Church of Agriculture for free.

But now this lighter is not related to people's livelihood or involves many things like Lawrence's invention before, so he naturally went to the Church of Knowledge to apply for a patent to protect his own interests.

Because of my own people, the patent application was very fast, and the patent was approved after only two hours of waiting.

In the next week, Lawrence spent a sum of money from the factory's account to specially make a batch of lighters with various special casings at the dwarf craftsmen of the Church of Knowledge. Then he and Safir sent them to those who had known status before through their respective channels.

I have to say that this kind of lighter, which was popular all over the world in Lawrence's previous life, is still very unique. In just a few days, those recipients, especially those with smoking habits, threw away the matches that had been used for more than ten or even decades and used lighters.

Even young people like Little Fontaine would take out the dwarf hand-made lighter with his initials at the party, flip off the lid and light cigarettes for himself and his friends, and then While puffing and puffing, he enjoyed the curious eyes of the people around him.

According to Safir, when his grandfather attended parties recently, he would hear people asking about lighters. This also represents the great success of Lawrence's previous marketing.

In addition to opening up a market in the upper class, Lawrence also had an unexpected harvest, that is, when he gave a lighter with a patterned steel casing to Geralt, the leader of the Witcher Guild, as a Geralt who often acts in the wild Lotter keenly discovered the value of the lighter.

After drinking half a bottle of Flame Whiskey, a specialty of the Great Lakes in the north, with Chairman Geralt, Lawrence signed a contract with the Demon Hunters Guild in Eagle Castle, offering 8 yuan per lighter and 50 pieces per month. Price supplies the most common steel casing lighters to the Demon Hunters Guild.

During this time, Safir also negotiated a cooperation plan with a luxury store on Linden Street. They obviously knew the sudden popularity of the upper class recently, and they were willing to vacate a counter to sell this product named Spark. lighter.

Seeing the factory slowly getting on the right track, Lawrence also turned his focus back to the practice of extraordinary power. During this period of time, he also became an official-level warlock and stabilized his realm, so he just happened to be able to go to the Church of Agriculture and the Church of the Suffering God to receive blessings in the parish main church of Eagle Fort.

So after three days of serious fasting, it was the eleventh day after the game and returning to Eagle Fort. Lawrence went to two churches in one day to accept the blessings that he could not accept due to his own reasons.

These two blessings are not much different from the blessings of the Church of Knowledge that Lawrence received before, from the process to the end. If you insist, the blessings given by these two churches are less than the blessings of the Church of Knowledge. Not a lot.

After all, Lawrence is considered a member of the Church of Knowledge, not the Church of Agriculture and the Church of the God of Suffering. Therefore, it is completely understandable that the rewards given are slightly worse.

Moreover, this so-called difference is only relative to the last blessing of the Church of Knowledge, and it does not mean that the content of the times is really bad. In all fairness, what Lawrence gained from the blessing ceremonies performed for him by the two churches is completely equivalent to his previous contributions.

Perhaps because of some internal rules of the gods, the blessings given to Lawrence by the two churches consisted of almost three parts, the first part of which was knowledge. From the blessings of the Church of Agriculture, Lawrence gained a lot of knowledge related to planting and breeding , and in the blessing of the Church of the God of Suffering, the knowledge he acquired was related to medical medicine.

The second part is the improvement in strength. The blessing of the Church of Agriculture made Lawrence purify and upgrade his bloodline again. This bloodline improvement did not allow Lawrence to increase his spellcasting positions or directly improve his strength, but it made the characteristics that belonged to Bai Ze appear in his body in advance.

The Church of the God of Suffering strengthened Lawrence's body through blessings. With the addition of silver blood, his body is now comparable to some black iron-level melee professional transcendents.

The third part is some spell-like abilities. For example, Lawrence gained the ability to perceive the state of all domestic plants, as well as part of the resistance to mental spells.

Lawrence was a little tired after receiving two blessings in one day, especially after the second blessing from the Church of the God of Agriculture, it was already midnight, so when he returned home that day, he simply washed up without eating. I went straight to bed, and ended up sleeping until almost noon the next day.

Ah, this sleep is really comfortable. After stretching, Lawrence got out of bed and opened the curtains to let the midday sun shine directly into the house, and then began to tidy up himself.

Fortunately, it's just that the eyes are bluer. There are no scales on the body, and there are no horns poking out of the head. While taking a bath to check his body, Lawrence found that the so-called Bai Ze feature appeared earlier after the blood was upgraded and purified yesterday. Does not include changes in appearance, only changes in strength.

By the way, when I came back yesterday, my head was groggy, so I fell asleep directly. Now I should check the specific changes in my body after the blood is purified. Lawrence thought about sitting back on the chair, and then put his consciousness and mind together. Bai Ze Xuying in the movie is connected together.

After a brief communication, Lawrence learned that the awakening of the blood had allowed him to awaken the Eye of Bai Ze in advance. As part of the power of the beast, the power of the Eye of Bai Ze exceeded his expectations.

In the case of having the Eye of Bai Ze, Lawrence is equivalent to maintaining the arcane vision of the third-level magic, the dark vision and seeing through the invisible of the second-level magic, and the four magics of the zero-level magic reading magic on his body at the same time. Moreover, unlike the constant magic effect of the constant magic spell, this effect is similar to the ratman's natural dark vision, and cannot be dispelled by methods such as dispelling magic.

I have to admit that Bai Ze's bloodline is indeed very powerful. Before the blessing, Lawrence learned from the priests of the Agricultural Church that the blessing of the Goddess of Agriculture often chooses to awaken their bloodlines when facing warlocks.

After all, the priesthood controlled by the Goddess of Agriculture includes the cultivation of new species of animals, and naturally she also holds some authority over biological blood. Therefore, when facing warlocks who rely on blood for food, Her Majesty the Goddess will naturally choose to awaken the blood, which is a low-cost but very effective method.

Under normal circumstances, warlocks will awaken one or two spell-like abilities or be strengthened in a certain direction. It is similar to Lawrence being strengthened after the Church of the Suffering God blessed Lawrence.

However, Bai Ze still has his own card as a divine beast. In addition, because Lawrence previously transferred a large number of patents that were very meaningful to the Church of Agriculture for free, the clergy of the church also paid a lot of attention during the ceremony. As compensation for Lawrence's previous contributions, he paid a far greater price than ordinary ceremonies.

Under such circumstances, the power contained in this bloodline awakening ceremony is naturally much more than that contained in ordinary rituals. And this is why Lawrence's effect is so much better than others after accepting the same blood awakening as others.

After thinking clearly about the cause and effect of this incident, Lawrence felt very happy at first, but then seemed a little depressed. After all, three of the magics he chose before overlapped with the current effect of the Eye of Bai Ze, which made him waste three precious magic slots. The only good thing is that you can readjust your magic list when you upgrade next time.

You need to be content. Lawrence comforted himself as he walked downstairs to the restaurant. For him, after receiving the blessing, it was equivalent to putting an end to a lot of unfinished business. Now he can consider going back to the small town in his hometown to take a look.

Downstairs in the diner, Lawrence found the breakfast Syfel had left for him before he left that morning: a corned beef sandwich. But just as he was about to fill his hungry stomach with this corned beef sandwich, the door was suddenly opened with a loud bang.

Lawrence, are you home, Lawrence? Safir's voice was very urgent. Come and see what's wrong with little Jenny?

After hearing Safir's words, Lawrence immediately threw the sandwich plate in his hand and rushed out of the small restaurant. As a result, she was seen standing anxiously in the hallway where the entrance was. In his arms was a little girl with pale face and blue lips.