Chapter 22 Chapter 19 The Mystery of the Magic Circle

In the blink of an eye, a bottle of holy potion worth 120 points of combat merit was drunk by the little dryad Balfour like drinking a soda, which made my eyes jump.One-third is 40 points of combat merit, which can only be collected by hunting 20 level 7 bugs! The little dryad Balfour burped, smacked his lips and said, "The taste is not bad, um, there are golden vanilla, ice and snow vine, Tianhualu, um... and longevity wood, black dragon fruit..." Hearing the name of more than 20 kinds of ingredients reported by the little dryad Balfour in one breath, I was dumbfounded, and asked after a while, "Can you taste the ingredients in this bottle of potion?"

You must know that this bottle of potion is worth 120 points of combat merit. If...the formula can be calculated... even if the potion is less effective, it will be worth a lot of combat merit. This is a large amount of wealth, enough to exchange for a large amount of The materials needed to refine the Guardian Monument. Practice makes perfect in everything. Refining the Guardian Monument will definitely not be successful once. The so-called failure is the mother of success. The more you fail, the more experience you get, and the closer you are to success.The premise of being able to withstand failure is to have enough rare materials.

The little dryad Balfour said proudly: "Of course I can taste the ingredients. You must know that our dryad family is a natural master of medicine. And my mother is a noble tree of life. I have a complete and rich inheritance in my mind. , Compared with other dryads, I am better at potions. But you have to know what the ingredients do, do you want to make this kind of potion too? I advise you not to do it, the taste is not very good, there is no one Fools will like this taste. Moreover, the source spar in it is too rare, less than one-twentieth, and has no power of evolution at all. Make this shitty potion."

I looked at the proud little dryad speechlessly.After a while, I sighed and said: "You don't want to do it, it's a pity that this bottle of potion is worth 120 points of combat merit. Only a level 6 bug can be exchanged for a point of combat merit. How many source crystals can the bugs get?" Dryad Balfour's ears perked up when I mentioned worms.When I talked about one hundred and twenty sixth-level insects, the little dryad Balfour jumped over decisively, his small eyes were wide open, staring at me with mist and said: "Master... Master, what you said is true ?"

I spread my hands and said, "Anyway, you don't want to make this shitty potion, what difference does it make between real and fake?" "No, no!" Little Dryad Balfour said anxiously, "Master, this is wealth, a lot of wealth. We can use this to exchange for more source crystals." I said: "I'm afraid not. No one here can make source spar except you. We can only exchange some precious materials and star coins with potions. After a period of time, insects will lose their activity, and the active ingredients of source spar will also be lost." loss, so it doesn’t make sense for us to exchange potions for bug corpses.”

The little dryad Balfour said, "Star coins, are they the kind of stones that contain energy?" I said: "That's right." The little Dryad Balfour said: "Wealth is wealth. Even if we can't exchange the source spar, we can still use star coins to buy a lot of things that are useful to us. We can buy many slaves. On our planet, every life Trees have a large number of slaves to protect themselves and take care of themselves. We also need wealth to arm them." At this moment, the little dryad Balfour turned into a shrewd businessman, babbling to me about the benefits of wealth.

I secretly said happily: "Okay, since this is the case, let us make this potion. How do we distribute the profits?" The little dryad Balfour said anxiously: "Master... I think 28 points is a good ratio." I glanced at it and said, "Are you two and eight?" The little dryad Balfour called: "Master, although you are my master, I must solemnly tell you that I need to analyze and experiment with the ingredients and proportions of the potion, and the refining and extraction of various materials are also difficult. I need me, and I’m the one who made it in the end. You hardly contributed to the production of the potion, and you can get 20% of it because you are my master.”

When it comes to wealth, this guy will immediately compare pennies and pennies, and it is very difficult to let him give up the benefits he has obtained. I shook my head and said, "Either one shot and two splits, or five to five splits." The little Dryad Balfour snorted and said, "Maybe, I should find someone else to cooperate." I said: "Perhaps others will be happy to turn a little tree spirit with less than three levels of combat power directly into their slave or cash cow instead of a partner. Don't imagine that every master is as kind as I am." The little Dryad Balfour said indignantly: "This is the most serious trampling on the rights of intelligent species. It is absolutely not acceptable to split 50-50. At most, I will give you another 10%."

"Thirty to seven cents?" I rubbed my chin and said, "Perhaps I should exercise my power as a master. Shouldn't the slave's wealth belong to the master?" I glanced at it and said: "In your home galaxy, the wealth owned by the slaves of every tree of life probably belongs to the tree of life." Dryad Balfour was staring at me angrily with veins throbbing in his head, but it was clear that I was telling the truth.The little Dryad Balfour was finally discouraged and had to compromise: "Okay, five to five points, this is my bottom line." On the basement floor, there are many tools and utensils left by General Long Codman, which will come in handy.

The little dryad Balfour made a list for me, and there are a total of twenty-six materials on it, not including the source spar. Undoubtedly, the source spar is the most important ingredient, but it is also the least needed. The other twenty-six materials are auxiliary materials, but the required amount is not small. When I found the quartermaster and compared the prices according to the materials, I realized that I was still too naive.There are only 2/3 of the materials needed to make the holy potion here, and the quartermaster pointed out that I might be able to buy the other 1/3 in some shops in the Scarlet Fortress.

Just these two-thirds of the materials are worth more than one million star coins, even if I were sold, it probably wouldn't be worth the money, let alone one-third of the rarer materials.The spine of the seventh-level desert catfish was only sold for more than 90,000 star coins. Balfour the Dryad and I went all the way back to our residence with sad faces.After a long time, I said: "Maybe we can make a weakened version of the holy potion." The holy potion does not have the evolutionary power, but neutralizes the evolutionary power of the source spar, catalyzing a powerful healing power.In other words, everyone valued the holy potion because of its extraordinary healing ability.If the healing ability is weakened, I don't have the slightest assurance whether everyone will value it. I said to the slow tree spirit: "Can you minimize the unnecessary materials in it, but retain the healing effect of the potion to the greatest extent?" The little dryad Balfour's eyes lit up and said, "It's very simple. I originally planned to propose to you, Master, to reduce some of the materials." "Golden herb and honeydew flower can increase the activity of the body, but their biggest function is to cover up the weird smell of bugs in the potion, which is not very helpful to the healing effect of the potion." The little dryad Balfour first eliminated the two kinds. These two materials are exactly what the quartermaster does not have, and being able to eliminate these two materials saves a lot of trouble.I encouraged the little dryad Balfour: "Very well, let's see what else can be eliminated." With the little dryad Balfour's hard thinking, he eliminated nine kinds of materials that were not very helpful.The little dryad Balfour looked at the potion bottle again, his eyes lit up and said: "There is also a dragon scale fruit, which can activate and purify the source spar liquid, but we don't need this." I asked, "Why don't we need it?" My question drew a disdainful look from the little Dryad Balfour, and he said disdainfully: "Because the original liquid has already been purified by the most evil Dryad Balfour into source spar, there is no need for a second purification. .” I immediately expressed my understanding, and expressed my admiration for the little dryad Balfour, and then asked: "Then, after removing these ten materials in total, how much of the healing ability can be retained?" Little Dryad Balfour said: "You can keep 70% to 80%." I gave a thumbs up to the little Dryad Balfour. Twenty-seven materials have been reduced by ten. Three of the ten are particularly expensive. Removing these materials will save at least half of the cost, but the healing effect will be weakened. Not a lot, it seems that the prospects are good. But even so, I'm still short of cash, and the remaining materials need at least hundreds of thousands of star coins. For me, this is still a huge sum of money.Soon, I set my sights on the two-thirds of the holy potion left in the bottle. Although the little tree spirit drank one-third of the holy potion worth 120 points of military exploits, it should still be enough to sell for hundreds of thousands of star coins. You should know that military exploits can be exchanged for star coins, but star coins cannot be exchanged for military exploits, so no matter how rich you are, if you want holy potions, you have to exchange them with military exploits, and it is well known that military exploits are difficult to obtain.One hundred and twenty points of military exploits are six ninth-level bugs, and how many strong people can easily kill six ninth-level bugs? With such a decision, I immediately went to the quartermaster and said that I would sell the remaining two-thirds of the holy potion, and told him that it was given to me by General Long Codman. Pulling tiger skins to make a big banner, with the title of General Long Codman, even if the quartermaster had any crooked thoughts about me, a newcomer, he had to restrain himself. Sure enough, when the quartermaster heard the name of General Long Codman, he was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and doubled the previous quotation from 400,000 star coins to 800,000. With 800,000 star coins, plus the money from selling the backbone of the desert catfish, I finally started my plan.I bought all the materials I needed from the quartermaster and from several different merchants. A large amount of materials were stuffed into the basement, and the little Dryad Balfour started his career as a pharmacist with great enthusiasm. What I didn't expect was that this guy destroyed half of all the materials, and he couldn't make a bottle of potion. These materials are all ten times the amount. Although this guy spoke eloquently, he couldn't hide the fact that he was a novice pharmacist.Come to think of it, this guy just inherited the knowledge of a pharmacist from his mother, but he never did it himself.As long as there is a slight error in making the potion, the whole failure will result, such as a temperature difference of one degree, or a higher humidity, or the time being advanced by one second, all of which will lead to failure. Seeing these raw materials quickly disappear from my eyes, my originally calm heart also hangs up. They are raw materials worth more than 800,000 star coins. By the evening of the fifth day, I had lost all hope.More than 800,000 star coins left me like this, and I can only comfort myself that this holy potion is free anyway, and it comes and goes quickly, as if I have never owned it, and I feel better. The only thing that comforts me is that the energy circle on the second floor of the basement is unexpectedly good.When I sat on it for the first time, I poured my own energy into the energy circle according to the steps Mr. Feng Er said, and watched the intricate lines gradually light up, forming a breathtaking scene. The stunning picture, I am also amazed in my heart.Even without any function, these patterns can be regarded as works of art that are difficult to measure. When all the lines are lit up, I seem to be in a certain foreign space in an instant. This is the illusion caused by the power generated by the energy circle wrapping me up.Although the energy circle has started to operate, it still keeps drawing energy from my body. This state lasted until the energy in my whole body was drained, including the dark energy and the power of the stars, and the energy circle stopped.The illuminated pattern keeps flickering, giving me a feeling that my brain is calculating something quickly. This process lasted for more than ten seconds, and the energy circle suddenly flashed an astonishing white light, and the intense light illuminated the entire basement like daytime under the scorching sun.The light immediately disappeared, and the entire energy circle became dim, leaving only a small group of soft light flowing along the patterns in the energy circle around me. At the same time, pure dark energy gathered like a stream of water.I have never encountered such pure dark energy before. It seems that as long as I take a casual breath, I can absorb a mass of pure dark energy. Every cell seems to make a cheering sound, desperately absorbing the surrounding energy. dark energy. I have never felt such pure dark energy before, whether on the earth or on the guardian star. Usually, when I practice, I absorb different energy particles, and after some transformation, they can be transformed into dark energy that can be absorbed.This process is essential, just like eating rice, the rice grains must be cooked before they can be eaten. Converting energy particles requires both time and a certain amount of energy.But now I am sitting in the energy circle, surrounded by pure dark energy, as long as I absorb and store it, I don’t know how much time I have saved. This energy circle is really extraordinary, I've made a lot of money just from this energy circle, and it doesn't matter whether the little tree spirit can refine imitation holy potions. I have broken through to level seven, but I haven't had time to replenish my energy.It's like a teapot that has changed from a small size to a large one, but no water has been added to it. Therefore, although the teapot has become larger, because no water has been added, it can pour three cups of tea before, and it is still the same now. Only three cups of tea can be poured, and the large teapot has not been used at all. The cells in my body are now like fish with their heads up and their mouths open, desperately absorbing the dark energy around them. After a while, the dark energy was replenished, and the energy circle suddenly stopped.Just when I was wondering, the energy circle started to work again, and I was surprised to find that the weak power of the stars was being gathered into the energy circle, which was exactly the cold and chilling kind I was used to absorbing. It symbolizes the power of the stars. You must know that usually only at night can you feel the power of the stars.This is also because the stars close to us are too powerful, and its light will weaken and shield the starlight shining in the distant starry sky.Only at night, when the stars close to us cannot illuminate our hemisphere, can we sense the light of distant stars more clearly. In fact, starlight spreads in the universe all the time, so this energy circle can also gather the power of stars during the day. If I have the opportunity to replenish the power of the stars, I will naturally not let it go, and although the power of the stars can only be said to be like a stream compared with the dark energy river that gathered just now, the power of the stars gathered is also pure, and it is easy to get rid of it. can be absorbed and stored. Then it added pure wind-type dark energy, ice-type dark energy and fire-type dark energy.The three dark energy cores are fully supplemented by dark energy, and they all appear lively when they are running. When the energy circle exhausted the energy that was drawn from my body at the beginning, I was still a little bit unsatisfied. I asked Xiaohu in my mind: "Xiaohu, have you discovered the mystery of the energy circle?" A picture immediately appeared in my mind, which was the pattern of the energy circle.A certain part of the pattern is lit, and it circulates according to a certain route.Then the pattern is darkened, and the other part is lit up, circulating along different routes. Xiaohu's voice sounded in my mind at the same time: "According to my analysis, different lines correspond to different energies, but my computing power is not enough to analyze such a complicated energy circle, so I can only make a rough estimate. The energy circle can correspond to at least one thousand Two hundred energies of different attributes." Such a huge number is probably enough to guarantee that this energy circle can serve anyone. I walked out of the energy circle and decided to go out and buy a map near the Scarlet Fortress.Since the hope of counting on the little tree spirit to make potions is likely to be shattered, then one has to be realistic and prepare for each month's military exploits. A map is essential to minimize the dangers of hunting bugs.Going up from the basement, when I passed the basement floor, I saw the little dryad still busy in the bottles and jars.It seemed to take such care of its work that it didn't notice when I passed by the basement. After leaving the courtyard, I walked towards the center of the Scarlet Fortress.There are some shops gathered there, and there should be maps for sale. It was hard to imagine that someone would come to such a dangerous place to do business.But having said that, businessmen have always been afraid that they will not make money, as long as they can make money, they will be there. The house that General Long Codman gave me is relatively close to the city center. After walking for about ten minutes, I came to the area where shops are concentrated.The flow of people here has obviously increased. Although it is still sparse, it is much stronger than the situation where only one or two people can be seen on a street in other places. The store business here mainly focuses on the sale and maintenance of weapons and armor, the purchase and sale of various raw materials.As for restaurants and restaurants, there is no one. I don’t know if it’s because General Long Codman doesn’t allow anyone to open them, or because the cost of transporting ingredients and drinks from other planets is too high. In short, there are things that people can enjoy here. very few. Sure enough, as I expected, I went to two shops and bought the map I wanted.I bought a detailed map within a radius of 300 kilometers of the Scarlet Fortress at a high price of one hundred stars, and Xiaohu easily scanned and stored it. After I bought the map, I went to a few shops that bought raw materials with great interest. These shops looked deserted, but each business was worth hundreds of thousands of stars.This is also the reason why many strong people are willing to come here. Although it is dangerous, they can earn a lot of money for their family members. I asked about the price and recorded the raw materials that these shops are willing to buy, so that at least I can know which part is valuable when harvesting bugs. Most of the raw materials purchased by these shops are parts of worms, and some of them are special minerals from the Dune Star, such as a thing called Yuxiangsha.Most of this ore is obtained from the body of desert catfish, and it is named Yuxiangsha because of its special smell. Fish-flavored sand is like the stones in the body of desert catfish. It is usually very small, about the size of a soybean, light yellow, and has a strong pungent smell. However, this fish-flavored sand can be made into an expensive The high-end perfume is deeply loved by many intelligent races. I walked through a few shops, but I didn't see anyone buying source spar, which shows that most people here don't know the existence of source spar.Compared with the materials they bought, the source spar is the real value in Dune Star. I walked through a few more shops, and after grasping the general situation, I also had some ideas in my mind, so I decided to set off tomorrow morning and try my luck in some safer places near the Scarlet Fortress. I had just walked out of a shop not far away when I suddenly saw a familiar figure walking out of a shop by the side of the road.When the other party raised his head, I greeted in surprise: "Big stone!" When Jushi saw it was me, he also blurted out in surprise: "Lan Hu, you're not dead!" Then he said embarrassedly: "I didn't mean that, I meant that you also arrived at the Scarlet Fortress safely." I shrugged and said it didn't matter: "I've been in the Scarlet Fortress for several days, but you, when did you arrive?" Jushi said: "I arrived the day before yesterday." With a look of lingering fear on his face, he added: "This planet is really too dangerous." Jushi's demeanor looked a little sluggish, as if he hadn't recovered from some kind of huge energy consumption. I was very interested in knowing what happened after Jushi turned into a giant, so I invited him to my residence to sit and chat.He also seemed to have a lot of things to tell others, so he went happily.