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When he had all the magic materials and items he needed that he could get so far, Lucian stopped guiding the magic apprentices such as Sage, Smile, White Honey, and Mercury, lowered his voice, and smiled gloomily: "Hey, this time it's over here, and I'll explain it to you when I attend the party next time."
Lucian, who has already realized that knowledge is equal to money, and is very short of money and longs for money, of course, will not use his knowledge to exchange for some useless things, and his own foundation is also very unsolid.
The sage and the others were already very satisfied with being able to get so many magic problems from a senior and knowledgeable formal magician, and even felt that what they had paid was far from what they had gained, so they all stood up, put their right hand on their foreheads, and bowed deeply in the etiquette of ancient magicians paying tribute to their mentors, expressing their gratitude.
"Mr. Professor, next, we will begin the exchange of items, 'knowledge', and magic discussions, and you are welcome to listen." The sage said to Lucian with joy.
The so-called magic discussion is different from "guidance", but everyone speaks freely on some magic issues, discusses with each other, is completely open, if you are unwilling to express your opinion even on a question, then you can leave after exchanging items, the sage invites Lucian to listen on behalf of all magic apprentices, which means that he can just listen and not speak.
Of course, in the eyes of magic apprentices such as Sage, White Honey, and Mercury, such a gentleman with extensive knowledge and strength would definitely not care about the superficial, apprentice-level magic issues discussed by himself and others.
Lucian still has some apprentice-level magic, but due to the interference of the knowledge he brought and has not yet fully mastered, the analysis is not smooth, and the magic casting, matching, and skills are in the stage of being limited to witch notes and his own exploration, so after hearing the sage's invitation, he was simply hit by a lot of money, suppressed his joy, and replied calmly: "Then I'll listen to it."
"Thank you, Mr. Professor." White Honey first expressed his gratitude with his hoarse and slightly sexy voice.
After the ten magic apprentices exchanged items and knowledge, their discussion officially began.
Since most of the magic problems that needed guidance today were solved by Lucian, and the rest were solved a lot in the exchange of knowledge and items just now, after discussing a few problems, they began to analyze some magic, release and match specific magic, and other applied small problems as Lucian expected.
Although each magic apprentice must have retained his own unique skills and knowledge, just a general discussion of magic application allowed Lucian to gain a lot, greatly making up for his shortcomings in the application of apprentice-level magic, and the gap between magic knowledge and application was filled in some of the gaps, so he listened attentively and engrossed.
However, under the cover of the hood, in the eyes of magic apprentices such as White Honey, Oak Tree, and Sage, the powerful and mysterious professor completely looked down on the shallow discussions of himself and others, quietly thinking about the profound problems on the sidelines, which inevitably made them feel a little disappointed.
At more than twenty o'clock in the morning, the magic apprentices stopped discussing, and after ** changed some news about the Melzer Black Forest and several well-known ruins nearby, this secret gathering officially ended.
When sending Mr. Professor out of the basement, the sage said sincerely: "Dear Mr. Professor, if there is any news about the ghost dust, I will tell you directly at the gathering, of course, if you don't want to delay time, you can give me a way to contact you."
Lucian shook his head: "If there is any news, you can tell the owl, he knows how to contact me." Although Smile is not necessarily reliable, there is a lot more room for his own buffer across a layer, and he knows Smile's true identity, and there will definitely be no less hidden observation.
Mercury sighed slightly, looking a little disappointed: "Then Mr. Professor, will you come to the party in two weeks?"
The eyes of the other magic apprentices around them, hidden by their hoods, seemed to be focused on Lucian.
"Depending on the situation, it may go to the depths of the Melze Black Forest, or it may be a critical time for magic experiments, and no one can say for sure what will happen in two weeks." Lucian was ready to make his participation in the secret party a random act, making it impossible to guess.
"At least I didn't refuse directly!" Mercury and other magic apprentices comforted themselves with a slight relaxation, having previously feared that without the temptation of the Arcane journal, the mysterious "professor" would not return.
Lucian's harvest this time, in addition to the application of magic, there are also many real material things, especially the set of magic experimental utensils is the heaviest, fortunately, Lucian has insisted on exercising during this time, and his strength has increased a lot compared to the past, so he did not look embarrassed when climbing the ladder to leave the basement, lost his demeanor, and forgot his vigilance.
After leaving the basement, Smile communicated with his familiar owl Doro at close range, and when he saw it wobbly indicating that there was nothing abnormal, he signaled Lucian and the magic apprentices who followed him to leave.
The night was deep, like a piece of fabric dyed black, Lucian randomly chose a completely different direction from the others, and walked briskly without panic or haste, in the familiar slums, turning around around the east.
When he arrived at a relatively spacious place, Lucian suddenly stopped and said coldly: "Your Excellency, come out, don't follow me anymore."
Quiet, still dark and quiet.
"I've already found you, don't hide anymore, you don't have to follow me sneakily if you have anything, just ask me in person." Lucian had a terrifying cold aura emanating from him, as if he had a powerful magic about to be cast.
In fact, Lucian didn't find anything, but he was careful and used the bravado tricks of bad guys and evil magicians to deceive people, so as not to be followed, after all, there are formal magicians behind people like Mercury, White Honey, etc.
In the silent darkness, just as Lucian was about to go around home again as planned, a crow croaked up on the top of a tree in front of him, leaving in the other direction, as if he was noisy by Lucian's voice.
It was not clear whether it was really being followed by someone else's familiar or summoned creature, or if it happened to startle the crow, in short, Lucian was still very satisfied with this effect, so he pretended to shake his head profoundly: "It's really ......."
The aura of the "Ice and Snow Avenger" converged, and Lucian quickly went around a slum street full of forks, and if he was not familiar with the place, he would definitely get lost.
While spreading his spiritual power, he continued to turn around in the fork in the road, and when he finally left through a certain exit, Lucian saw that he still didn't find anything, so he returned to his home.
Achieving this step was already Lucian's limit.
After returning to the cabin, nothing happened, and Lucian finally let go of his worries.
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Late at night a week later, a large black hole appeared in Lucian's cabin, in a small kitchen-like place with a stove and a clay pot.
This is a basement three meters long, two and a half meters wide, more than one person high, this is the laboratory that Lucian took time to build every night for seven days with the "micro-effect fossil into mud" magic circle, the basement wall is made of hard stone, and there is a small magic circle on top that cancels echoes, so as not to be entered by someone after entering his house, accidentally walking to this place, judging from the sound of footsteps that the bottom is empty.
In the basement, Lucian stepped on a stool, holding a silver dagger with magic runes, and pushed it with concentrated mental power to carve straight lines on the wall above.
This is the "sterling silver dagger" that Lucian obtained from the secret gathering to depict magic circles, which is part of the magic experimental vessel.
As the lines increased, the outline of the magic circle gradually took shape, and it was a complex small magic circle that could hide magic fluctuations.
Originally, "Eliminating Fluctuations" was a three-ring magic, but because of its wide application, it has been simplified into a small, weakened magic circle that can be used by apprentices with less high requirements in ancient magic.
After carving the magic circle, Lucian took out a bag of black odorless powder, picked it up little by little with a sterling silver dagger, and applied it to the lines of the magic circle.
This powder is very strange, no matter what it encounters, it sticks quickly, it is ground from a magical plant called "Black Tuo Fuji".
After applying the magic circle once, Lucian took out the mercury again and carefully poured it onto the magic circle, drops of silver-gray liquid were sucked by the "Black Tuvine Powder" like water droplets, and were firmly glued to the lines.
After placing some other materials in the correct position using various methods, Lucian pressed the core of the magic circle with his hand, spreading the spiritual power and activating the magic circle.
The silver-gray lines lit up little by little, and the entire magic circle completely shone, and then merged into the stone wall, and no more lines and light could be seen.
Lucian walked down from the stool with some collapse, depicting a magic circle was very mentally exhausting, equivalent to casting four or five informal magic, and after ten days, the materials that made up the magic circle were completely consumed, and it needed to be replaced.
If you want it to last longer, you can either maintain it with your own spiritual power, or replace it with a formal magic circle with a complex structure that can slowly and automatically recover power, such as the one in "Ice and Snow Avengers", or find things that contain more magical power, such as the core of a magical creature, which may be fur, horns, eyes and blood, etc.
"Finally got the magic laboratory done."
Lucian sat on the stool and recovered, because this was a magic circle that "eliminated fluctuations" and needed to be arranged last, while other magic circles and magic traps were completed late yesterday night and in the middle of the night before.
After resting for a while, Lucian placed his magic experimental vessels one by one on the long stone table made by the reverse use of "micro-effect fossils into mud", completing the last step of the magic laboratory layout.
Looking at the crystal glass products, exquisite small stoves, etc., Lucian nodded in satisfaction, walked back to his hut from the stone stairs, and performed the "Switching Technique" and activated the "Manufacturing Mechanism" magic circle to close the entrance.
From the outside, there is nothing out of the ordinary here.
"In the future, you can do some less intense magic experiments and spellcasting practice."
Lucian returned to bed and hurried to sleep for a while, because it was almost dawn.
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"Lucian, take care of your health." Pierre looked at Lucian's slightly worse face from staying up late, and said with pity and concern again.
Lucian smiled and shook his head: "It's just insomnia."
"By the way, I haven't asked yet, what instrument did you learn from Mr. Victor?" Pierre asked with a jumping mind.
(End of this chapter)