Chapter 692: Differences In Alchemy

Chapter 692: Differences In Alchemy

As Sein expressed how much he missed her, Leena lowered her head and smiled shyly.

She stood tall on the other side of the magic array, with long, silky black hair draped over her shoulders.

In recent years, Leena rarely stayed in her teenage form.

In the harsh environment of Blackhaven, appearing in that form could lead to being underestimated and targeted.

Despite the shy smile she showed to Sein, Leena was known as a cold beauty and a deadly Black Widow in the Black Tower of Cinderbones.

Not only did the black mages of the opposing Black Tower of Bone regard her with fear, but even some Rank Two black mages in the Black Tower of Cinderbones were afraid of her.

“The war between the Black Tower of Cinderbones and the Black Tower of Bone has not been mediated by higher-ranked black mages, so it is likely to escalate soon. It appears that several other black towers in the vicinity are about to be drawn into the conflict as well.

“The region around the Black Tower of Cinderbones will become increasingly chaotic over the next few decades. I may not have much time to correspond with you after this,” Leena explained.

“Do you need me to come over and help you?” Sein asked.

Leena shook her head and replied, “It’s not appropriate for you to be in Blackhaven when you’re divine tower mage. The mages here in Blackhaven are ruthless. If they were to discover your identity as a divine tower mage...”

“Then you should still try to contact me every once in a while. Even if I can’t go directly to Blackhaven to help you, I can still support you by providing magic items and potions as much as possible,” Sein replied.

Leena nodded instead of refusing his offer.

Their conversation lasted for more than an hour, and both cherished the time immensely.

With the uncertainties ahead, there was no telling when they could speak to each other again.

After stepping out from the basement of the magic tower, Sein breathed a sigh of relief and immediately plunged back into his experimental research.

***

Half a month later, in the magic tower’s alchemy laboratory.

Sein stood at the experimental table, adjusting various instruments before him as he pondered the new alchemy techniques he had recently explored.

Unfortunately, Sein’s Arcane points were limited, and he was still a Rank One Arcanist.

To access knowledge from the Arcane Light, Sein needed to make enough contributions first.

Only by providing sufficient knowledge to the Arcane Light could he redeem an equivalent amount of information.

Pushing the experimental instruments before him, Sein turned to Yuri, whose presence was so subtle she nearly seemed invisible.

“Let’s head to alchemy lab number three. Bring the demigod-level Bamboo Leaf Dragonfly molt I brought back last time,” he instructed.

“Yes, master,” Yuri replied obediently.

***

The process of an alchemy experiment was more precise, complex, and variable than a body tempering session.

The armored shell of the demigod-level Bamboo Leaf Dragonfly was extremely hard. However, thanks to Sein’s exceptionally potent verdant flame power and the recent fusion of some characteristics from the Everburning Violet Flame, he had finally succeeded in processing this demigod-level molt.

Nevertheless, this achievement came at a cost. Sein had depleted a significant portion of the verdant flame crystal he possessed.

This verdant flame crystal he received from Master Lorianne came from Master Gregory.

Sein had used the best portion of it to craft the head of his Verdant Flame Heart Rod.

He kept a large number of remaining scraps to use as elemental heating additives for his body tempering experiments.

These scraps proved invaluable when he needed to melt the demigod-level molt.

Despite the high cost, the results were satisfying.

Although the Bamboo Leaf Dragonfly’s molt measured only two meters in height, they yielded a considerable amount of demigod-level raw materials.

After all, this was the concentrated essence of an entire demigod-level being.

In terms of inherent quality, a two-meter-tall demigod-level Bamboo Leaf Dragonfly was equivalent to a Thunder Beast King that spanned hundreds of meters or a demigod-level Sea King nearly a thousand meters in size.