Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 287 - 8 Bob’s Invitation

Chapter 287 -8 Bob’s Invitation

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, thirty years had passed.

On the experiment table, a golden flame silently burned within a magic array.

“Such intricate energy structure in this flame, applying this structure to spells could increase the energy level by at least a hundred or two hundred.”

Ali, looking at the successfully simulated golden flame, her pretty face was full of joy.

The two’s research on the unusual fire element artifacts had been very successful, and in this short period of thirty years, all the strange artifacts Richard had brought back were thoroughly studied.

The secrets they contained allowed Richard and Ali to make significant advances in their knowledge of Shaping Magic.

Under the enhancement of this knowledge, Richard’s Fireball Technique had reached the power of seven hundred energy levels. Including the amplification from the magic wand, Richard’s Fireball Technique had now reached eight hundred and sixty energy levels.

Besides, in these years, Richard had modified several Shaping Magic spells. These spells were not outstanding in power, mainly incorporating the research findings of the strange artifacts, as well as dealing with some special situations.

Richard went over to Ali’s side, looked at the flame on the experiment table, and casually said,

“This is the last of the strange artifacts, you’ve been troubled with this for years.”

During the research process, Ali had always been the main researcher.

After all, Susanna was a student of the Black Tower Great Wizard, and her knowledge’s depth and breadth were astonishing. Even though Ali had become a Wizard, she could only parrot many of Susanna’s research findings.

She had to make a huge effort to fill in her knowledge gaps to fully understand the mysteries within.

And this also made Ali’s knowledge in Shaping Magic far exceed an average wizard’s.

Of course, had Richard been extraordinarily talented in the field of Synthetic Beasts, capable of inheriting Jolod’s mantle, his situation wouldn’t have been much better than Ali’s.

But unfortunately, like Anna, Richard had not chosen Jolod’s path and thus had to find his way on his own.

Ali turned off the magic array, and the golden flame vanished.

“How time flies, thirty years past in a blink of an eye,” Ali sighed, “The progress of these thirty years feels like it’s more than what I would have achieved studying alone for three hundred years.”

Richard laughed and said, “We’ve completed the study on a few strange artifacts in thirty years, if we didn’t make great progress, that would be absurd.”

Ali pulled a face, then began to gather up the notebooks from the experiment table.

“Now that the research is done, it’s time for me to leave.”

“What, you’re running away as soon as the research on the artifacts is over?”

Ali gave Richard a look, then leaned into his arms, her tone coquettish,

“Then I’ll stay a bit longer, but you better not run away.”

Richard’s expression stiffened, and he said somewhat sheepishly,

“Let’s not, being together too often isn’t conducive to the development of feelings. There’s a common saying in my hometown, ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder.’ Let’s just give each other plenty of space.”

Ali glared at Richard and reproached,

“Coward.”

With that, Ali opened the window and flew out.

Richard stood in place and grumbled in a voice only he could hear,

“Me, a coward? If it were any other wizard being tormented by you, they’d have run away howling by now.”

Over the years, Richard had finally learned what Bloodline Ali had fused with.

The Bloodline Ali had fused with was a unique creature that the Black Tower Great Wizard had exchanged from a being in another world during a journey through the Star Realm.

The Black Tower Great Wizard referred to this creature as the Fire Dragon Demon.

This creature was a hybrid of a Giant Dragon and some otherworldly creature, but in this instance, the dragon bloodline did not dominate; instead, it merged with the blood of that otherworldly creature, causing a mutation.

The advantages of the dragon bloodline were retained, while the greatest flaw—the erosive nature—completely disappeared.

Black Tower Great Wizard handed the specimen of this creature to Susanna.

After studying the creature, Susanna found the powers brought by its Bloodline quite impressive, so she fused it into her body.

After the fusion, Susanna didn’t feel any dangerous side effects. Thus, she incorporated it into her wizard legacy, and after taking Ali as an apprentice, she passed this Bloodline to Ali after she became a Wizard.

When in the Insect Nest World, Ali had just fused with the Bloodline and hadn’t completely integrated it, so the Bloodline’s abilities weren’t apparent.

But during the years that Richard campaigned in the Red Sun World, Ali finally fully integrated the Bloodline. Her physique, strength, agility, and even control over energy greatly improved.

If Richard hadn’t become a Second Ring Wizard, he really wouldn’t have been able to suppress her.

Moreover, what puzzled Richard the most was that Ali seemed to possess some sort of adaptability.

Because as time went on, Ali could fight him to a standstill and recently even showed signs of overpowering him.

For this reason, Richard had specifically asked Ali for some Fire Dragon Demon Bloodline, planning to study it when he had the time.

If fusing with a Bloodline could give him abilities like an Adaptation Body, then there was no need for him to research an Adaptation Body any further.

After Ali left, Richard tidied up the laboratory. Over the years, as the lab had been used by the two of them, some of the arrangements had inevitably changed.

Now it was time to restore it to its original state.

But as Richard was clearing up, a surge of Magic Fluctuation caught his attention—

His Communication Crystal Ball lit up.

“Who could be looking for me at this time, could it be Iyad?”

He had asked Iyad to notify him when someone came to claim Damir’s legacy, but thirty years had passed, and there had been no word from Iyad.

Richard walked to the next room and looked at the message on the crystal ball. However, the sender of the message surprised him.

“Bob, why is he sending me a message?”

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Although Richard had given Bob some sample parts, hoping to do business with alchemy parts, Bob never got back to him, so he had put that out of his mind.

No matter, his orders for the Magic Support Vehicles were already full.

During these thirty years, Richard had casually completed the structural optimization of the Magic Support Vehicle, replacing all non-enchanted parts with products of Giant Dragon Alchemy.

Now the Magic Support Vehicle had evolved to the Richard II model.

This model outperformed the previous one in stability and function, with no change in price.

A Magic Support Vehicle costs eight hundred and fifty magic essences, fair to both young and old… Even with Richard’s optimizations, the material cost of the Magic Support Vehicle had been reduced by nearly a hundred magic essences.

Jolod naturally felt some dissatisfaction with this.

“The performance has improved, so your price should also increase. Otherwise, how can we justify ourselves to the legions who first bought the Magic Support Vehicles?”

“If you don’t increase the price, how are we going to charge for the upgrades to the first batch of Magic Support Vehicles?”

“We are a commerce, your mentality is wrong; a Great Wizard won’t miss this bit of money.”

Note: All the above statements were made by Jolod after learning that Richard had optimized the material cost by nearly a hundred magic essences.

After opening up for orders, the White Wizard Army’s orders came fluttering in like snowflakes.

The effectiveness of the Magic Support Vehicles had spread among the White Wizard Army, and the on-call concentrated magic fire was something that wizards found incredibly reassuring.

So, they strongly recommended that the upper echelons of the legion make a purchase.

For the White Wizard Army, who had the backing of Great Wizards, spending a few hundred thousand magic essences on weapons was merely pocket change.

If the effectiveness of the weapons was good enough, the Great Wizards would not only not blame them but would also appreciate their meticulous work.

Therefore, they were also willing to buy a batch of Magic Support Vehicles to test the waters.

Consequently, with their enthusiasm, Richard Jolod’s Commerce’s orders for the Magic Support Vehicle were even backed up to a thousand years later.

A steady stream of magic essences kept pouring towards Richard.

To fulfill these orders, Jolod had already pulled Anna, Chax, and several of his apprentices into the commerce to work, and Richard’s Fire Lizard Alchemy Workshop was also operating at full capacity.

He now lacked the energy and interest to deal with Bob’s small business.

However, Bob’s message did not explain the situation; it merely said that Nine Star Chamber of Commerce was about to hold an auction and hoped Richard would honor it with his presence and discuss some matters.

So Richard didn’t mind making a trip.

Having researched for thirty years, it was good to go out and get some fresh air occasionally.

And the auction itself was a good place; Richard, now flush with funds, didn’t mind bidding for things that caught his eye.

Maybe he could even find a bargain.

Finding bargains was one of his favorite pastimes.

Moreover, although the Nine Star Chamber of Commerce where Bob worked was an emerging commerce, it was already quite powerful compared to Richard’s commerce.

The ink that Talgar accidentally made, with Richard’s help, had been deciphered by Fire Lizard Craftsmen seventeen years before.

Although the solution was somewhat unclear, they were finally able to produce the ink stably.

Currently, as Richard Jolod’s Commerce’s stores had not spread out, Richard had an excess inventory of alchemy ink.

Richard also wanted to take this opportunity to clear out some inventory.

Pocketing the crystal ball, Richard returned to the laboratory to tidy up the unfinished parts.

With some time left until the auction, it was most important to clean up the lab for now.

…

Nine Star Chamber of Commerce was not located at the Tower of Truth, so Richard had to leave the Tower of Truth and came to the real Wizard World.

Checking the map, Richard found that the headquarters of the Nine Star Chamber of Commerce was located at the intersection of two busy sky travel routes—in a city named Paradise City.

“This is quite good; I don’t even need to fly there myself.”

Richard, looking at the map, found a high-speed Flying Airship bound for Paradise City at an airship port outside the Tower of Truth.

To Richard’s surprise, the airship’s pilot turned out to be a wizard. Even the flight attendants aboard were high-ranking Wizard Apprentices.

“Master, is this your first time on the express airship?” The pilot, noting Richard’s surprised expression, began with a laugh.

“Indeed, it is,” Richard nodded. “I didn’t expect the pilot of a Flying Airship to be a wizard.”

The pilot chuckled and said, “I’m not as powerful as the master who dares to fight on the Plane Battlefield, I’m just a small fry with neither guts nor strength, trying to earn some magic stones by doing this kind of job.”

Richard curiously asked, “How much do you earn from one round trip?”

“One trip nets one magic essence.”

“How many trips can you make a year?”

“Five trips a year, guaranteed income regardless of drought or flood.”

Richard nodded and handed a bag of magic stones to the pilot.

“Good job, very stable. Here are a hundred magic stones; check if there’s anything missing.”

The pilot caught the bag, didn’t even bother scanning it with spiritual power, and casually tossed it into his Magic Pocket.

“Master, it’s clear you’re a big shot; you wouldn’t be short on a few magic stones.”

Richard looked at his attire somewhat strangely:

“Do I look wealthy? Or do I look fierce and intimidating?”

“Master, you normally reside in the Tower of Truth, surrounded by capable wizards who dare to go to the Plane Battlefield for a better future.

So, you don’t realize how special you are.

But the formidable aura you carry is too conspicuous out here.”

Richard frowned. A Black Wizard having a distinctive aura wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

They were usually infiltrating the enemy’s rear, striving to emit no notable presence.

He communicated with his shoulder-bound Ulysses via a spiritual message:

“Ulysses, do I have any particular aura?”

“Gaah, it happens when you’ve killed too many; in our place, you just get baptized by a priest and you’re good. Here, you probably need those Soul Wizards.”

The pilot handed over the room number and key; even on the express airship, it would take a month to reach Paradise City.

He would definitely have to stay on the airship for that time.

Richard took them and glanced at the room number.

“Room 225, interesting.”