mesbooks Chapter 1238: Magical Boundary Area
Chapter 1238: Magical Boundary Area
Chapter 1238: Magical Boundary Area
Following the passage formed by the knight alchemy puppets, it didn't take long for Lei Xiao to sense a faint fluctuation of space energy in front of him.
Lei Xiao, who often traveled between Jiang Xi and Bingshi City, was no stranger to this special feeling of nothingness.
Sure enough, after reaching the end of the knight passage, a translucent space crack began to slowly unfold in front of Lei Xiao like a scroll, making everything around him look shimmering.
For Lei Xiao, who had been to places such as the half-elf barrier area and the winged people barrier area, all of this was not unfamiliar.
"Your Highness, please come this way."
Joniel nodded to Lei Xiao, and then stepped into the barrier area first.
Following the footsteps of the old alchemist, when Lei Xiao stepped into the space crack, a familiar feeling of lightness emerged.
When the fleeting wonderful feeling faded away, Lei Xiao was already standing on a road surrounded by blooming flowers.
Sniffing the elegant floral scent coming towards him, Lei Xiao couldn't help but open his eyes wide.
I was at the end of a wide road, the sun was shining brightly overhead, and everything looked extremely dry, but a thousand meters ahead was a scene of snowflakes flying all over the sky and the ground covered with snow.
These two completely different climates do not affect each other and look very visually impactful.
In addition, Lei Xiao quickly noticed.
In the area with colorful flowers on both sides of the road, there are fields crisscrossing each other. What is planted in them are not ordinary crops, but rare magical plants needed for alchemy, including these flowers.
"Your Highness, this is the Miracle Path of the Alchemist Headquarters."
Jonil stroked his graying beard and introduced beside Lei Xiao: "Because some magical plants have extremely high requirements for the environment in which they grow, this wonder of distinct four seasons appears."
"Of course, using magic circles to constantly control the four seasons is difficult to achieve in the outside world, but it is relatively easy to do within the relatively limited area of the enchantment."
Joniel bowed slightly, and while guiding Lei Xiao forward, he continued with a smile: "This is also one of the characteristics of the Alchemist Guild Headquarters."
“It was a truly stunning scene.”
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and withdrew his gaze from the vast fields around him.
Although Joniel said it lightly, it was not difficult to tell from the surprised expression of Jiang Xi beside him that this was obviously an extremely difficult task even in the barrier area.
Under Joniel's guidance and introduction, Lei Xiao experienced the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter on the same road, and then passed through special terrains such as mountain streams, deserts, swamps, dense forests, wastelands, and even volcanoes.
During this process, busy figures farming and gathering can be seen everywhere, but if you look closely, you will find that these figures are all alchemical puppets, and they look extremely skilled.
"As expected of the Alchemist Guild, they are able to use the alchemy puppets so perfectly."
Lei Xiao stood in front of a trickling stream, looking at a team of alchemical puppets collecting in the forest ahead, and exclaimed.
"Your Highness, you are too kind. This is not a one-day achievement, but the result of three thousand years of continuous improvement and accumulation. Compared to combat, these special alchemical puppets are better at doing some auxiliary work."
Joniel nodded to Lei Xiao, and then gave a detailed introduction to the information about the alchemical puppets here.
Through Joniel's detailed description, Lei Xiao learned more.
There are more than 100,000 alchemy puppets in the Alchemist Headquarters, half of which are auxiliary alchemy puppets and half are combat alchemy puppets.
Among them, the auxiliary alchemy puppets are mostly at the first level, while the combat alchemy puppets are all above the second level.
Just as he had thought, it was the existence of the alchemy puppets that greatly improved the shortage of staff at the Alchemist Guild headquarters, allowing the alchemists to concentrate on alchemy and research.
"It's quite interesting. This is a wonder that cannot be seen in the entire human world."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, listened to Joniel's introduction, and took another step forward.
Along the way, not only were there common magical plants and alchemical puppets scattered across various terrains, but there were also some other extremely rare treasures that were being slowly cultivated, which made the group marvel at the sight.
After all, many natural treasures require hundreds of years or even longer to grow, and are by no means precious treasures that can be obtained overnight.
Among the accompanying team, especially the ice demons Gars, Xueya and Fasha who were specially brought by Lei Xiao, they were amazed with their mouths wide open.
It is worth mentioning that these three alchemists of our side are all visiting this holy land of alchemists for the first time.
Among them, Garth's strength originally met the requirements, but because of his eccentric personality, he has never been allowed to enter here.
Although Xueya and Fasha's strength is now on par with Gars, both have reached the peak of the fourth level, and their alchemy skills are no longer what they used to be.
However, because they have been living in seclusion in Lei Xiao's territory, they will naturally not be invited by the Alchemist Guild. To be more precise, the Alchemist Guild does not fully grasp the changes in the strength of the two.
However, although they were surprised, when they thought about the amazing things that Lei Xiao could easily do, the three of them felt that everything was much more normal.
After all, compared with the lavish donation from the Lord, all this is a bit insufficient.
Finally, the group walked across a wide metal bridge and arrived near a large group of quaint buildings.
At first glance, except for the lack of city walls, this place is no different from a city, with the well-organized and ancient buildings forming a network of criss-crossing streets.
The street was quite lively. In addition to the alchemical puppets lined up neatly on both sides, there were also many alchemists among them, all casting passionate and respectful glances.
When Lei Xiao saw this, he was surprised to find out.
It turns out that the entire city is not without walls, but there is a translucent wall that appears and disappears from time to time, wrapping up the entire city.
"My Lord, this is a spatial barrier, a special skill that only the sixth-level or higher spatial magicians can master."
Noticing Lei Xiao's surprised look, Jiang Xi touched his chest and saluted, introducing: "Compared with ordinary city walls, this kind of city wall built by spatial dislocation is difficult to be directly destroyed, but it also requires more energy to support, especially the almost transparent appearance. Once a large army attacks, everything in the city will be clear at a glance. It can be said that it has both advantages and disadvantages."
"Mage Jiang Yu is right, but within the enchantment area, this kind of wall that can be expanded and shrunk at any time is the most suitable."
Jonil nodded to Lei Xiao and introduced: "To be honest with you, Your Highness, the first president of the Alchemist Guild was a sixth-rank space mage. It was he who built this barrier area and simplified the space magic array to the greatest extent, allowing strong people of other attributes to maintain it."
"It is precisely because of this that this place has been able to survive until today. After all, space-related experts are rare, and those who can advance to a higher level are even rarer."
At this point, Joniel shook his head helplessly and said, "It's a pity that after the first president, there has never been a sixth-level space-related expert in the human world. Several large-scale maintenances in the past three thousand years were also completed by fifth-level experts, causing many functions here to become outdated."
"Perhaps it won't be long before we have another sixth-rank space expert."
Lei Xiao looked at the slender Jiang Xi next to him, smiled slightly and said: "By then, not only will this place be completely new, I will also create more barrier areas."
“I look forward to that day.”
Joniel's old face was filled with excitement, and he continued to lead the way, saying, "Your Highness, this is the real location of the Alchemist's headquarters, the Alchemy Square Tower."
Hearing this, a look of doubt appeared on Lei Xiao's face. Although the scale of this place was quite impressive, there were no towering tower buildings.
"Haha, Your Highness, don't be confused. You will understand everything in a moment."
Noticing Lei Xiao's confusion, Joniel said with a smile: "The Alchemy Tower is in the city."
Under the guidance of Joniel and the Three Sages of Alchemy, it goes without saying how Lei Xiao and his party were welcomed when they entered the city.
Feeling the warm atmosphere in the city, Lei Xiao, surrounded by his subordinates, waved and took notice.
As I walked forward, a huge square tower was slowly emerging from the empty sky deep in the city. The sight of a building suddenly appearing without any fog undoubtedly gave people a very novel feeling.
"My Lord, it turns out to be space folding."
Jiang Xi touched his chest and saluted, and began to introduce: "This is a special spell that can usually be seen in the enchantment area. It can fold the space to hide important buildings."
"This kind of concealment is not limited to the visual aspect. If the hidden building is not completely visible, no matter how powerful the attack is, it will not be able to reach the hidden building at all."
At this point, a trace of yearning welled up on Jiang Xi's fair face, and he added: "Of course, this is also a profound technique that can only be performed by space-based experts above the sixth level."
"First there was the Miracle Path and the Space Barrier, and now there is the Space Fold? This barrier area is really full of novelties."
Lei Xiao looked at the increasingly clear square tower in front of him, and a glimmer of anticipation appeared in his eyes.
Judging from the scale alone, this huge brown square tower is comparable to a large castle in terms of its base alone, not to mention the part that extends upwards.
Even the white tower within the Winged People's barrier area is not as majestic and tall as this one.
"By the way, Jiang Xi, do you think that in the Winged People's barrier area, in addition to the hidden teleportation array, there may also be a space folding area?"
Lei Xiao's eyes lit up and he asked the beautiful female half-elf beside him.
"My Lord, I paid special attention to this point during the previous explorations there, but I didn't find any clues. After all, some space folding methods are extremely hidden, and even if you are close, you can't find anything."
A hint of helplessness appeared on Jiang Xi's delicate face, and he responded, "What's more, the Winged People's barrier area is a product of the Silver Moon Era. We cannot rule out that the one who built the barrier area is a demigod space expert who has surpassed the sixth level, which would make it even more difficult to detect."
"I see. This is also to be expected."
After listening to Jiang Xi's analysis, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
A few days ago, after Glowing City was gradually getting back on track, he took the old bishop Lorenz and the Holy Queen Sophia to the Winged People's barrier area.
As a result, even Lorenz, who was half a step away from reaching the sixth level, could not tell what level of petrification magic had hit those winged people, let alone restore them.
From this, it is not difficult to see that the secrets hidden in that barrier area are probably much deeper than what we currently understand.
"It's not just that enchantment area, there is another location in the human world that has yet to be fully excavated."
Lei Xiao's gaze moved and looked at Shirley who was walking on the other side of him. That was naturally the triple magic restriction deep in the ruins of the light elves.
After the battle of Glowing City, Lei Xiao also took the time to take Shirley back there, but Shirley's magic circle still failed to break the magic restriction.
"I have secretly deployed heavy troops to guard these two locations. Let's not talk about the Winged People's barrier area that is currently difficult to break."
"And the secret deep within the ruins of the Light Elves is already within reach. I have a feeling that there must be something extraordinary hidden in it. Let me wait and see."
As Lei Xiao thought of this, the giant brown tower in front of him had completely solidified, and a neatly maintained road appeared out of thin air, coming into the eyes of the group.
"Your Highness, we will be there soon."
Jonil stroked his graying beard and continued to lead the way.
As they moved forward, Lei Xiao learned more through Joniel's introduction.
Currently, there are more than 6000 registered alchemists in the entire human world, including more than 5000 first-level alchemists, more than 800 second-level alchemists, more than 100 third-level alchemists, 30 fourth-level alchemists, and only 5 fifth-level alchemists including Joniel and the Three Sages of Alchemy.
After all, in the human world, potion formulas and rare treasures above level four are extremely difficult to find. Even Joniel, the president, although his strength has reached level six, is only a level five alchemist and can only make level five potions.
This was because even the Alchemist Guild, which had been standing for three thousand years, did not have the inheritance of the formula for the sixth-level potion, let alone the rare materials and treasures needed to make the sixth-level potion. These were simply treasures that could not be found in the human world.
"It's an expected result. After all, professional class and strength class don't necessarily match. Just like Xueya and Faxia, although their strength has reached the peak of the fourth level, they are only third-level alchemists and cannot compare with Garce, who is a fourth-level alchemist."
Lei Xiao, who has been cooperating with alchemists from all over the world for a long time, is no stranger to these things, and he pondered in his heart.
How to maximize the power of the alchemists is the key point that you need to consider.
(End of this chapter)