Imperial Crown.

Chapter 216 The Effects of the True Ancestor Blood Core
Over the next few days, Raven behaved extremely normally, as if nothing had happened.

If there is any change, it is that he is more self-disciplined than before. He has cut all his leisure time and is now either enchanting in the secret room or meditating in the bedroom.

It is still the same today.

The magic-infused lemongrass was lit, and an orchid-like fragrance filled the air.

Raven sat cross-legged on the bed, his arms hanging naturally, his eyes closed, and his breathing steady.

In the empty world of meditation, two nebulae were rotating around the star portal, and the tremendous gravitational force they brought siphoned the elemental star clusters, turning into rolling magic power, pouring into Raven's magic pool.

There are clearly only two whirlpools, but their efficiency in absorbing magic power is eerily fast, and some elemental star clusters that are clearly not within the range of gravity will also be drawn in.

This phenomenon began to appear ever since the True Ancestor's blood core was obtained, and it became more and more obvious over time, to the point where it could no longer be ignored.

"it's time."

A ray of silver light flowed out of Raven's eyes, and the Eye of Truth quietly activated.

The perspective was split into two, one was pulled up, overlooking the entire room from a high vantage point; the other was sunk into the void world, observing the flow of energy.

In the material world where Raven was, he could see that the magic-infused lemongrass floating in the air was a psychedelic light blue color.

This light blue color also appeared in the void world, outlining an invisible disk between the two nebulae.

Compared to the two nebulae, the disk is larger, but it does not rotate. It is it that captures more elemental star clusters and replenishes Raven's magic.

A flash of enlightenment rose in Raven's mind - this was the manifestation of the True Ancestor's blood core in his body.

Taking a deep breath, Raven's mental power rolled back, poured into his own pool of magic power, seeped into the vortex, and appeared between the two nebulae.

He wanted to find out the origin of this disc.

There was a burning sensation between his brows, and the world was divided into three layers in Raven's eyes, like a cocktail with clear boundaries.

The top layer is the colorful material world, where Raven sits.

The middle layer is the inner world with only blue and white colors. The blue represents magic and the white represents vibrant spiritual power.

The bottom layer had returned to its colorful state, with two nebulae, an invisible disk, and the deep and mysterious portal to the starry world.

And Raven himself seemed to have become a complete "other", observing himself from a completely detached perspective.

It was an extremely wonderful experience.

As the spiritual power penetrated, the invisible disc turned into a blood-red color.

That was not a disc, but a sea, a sea made of blood!
A mysterious intuition surged into Raven's mind. Without hesitation, he followed the prompting of his intuition and pierced into the sea of ​​blood with his mental power!
Suddenly, a powerful suction force emerged in the sea of ​​blood. At this moment, the field of vision collapsed downwards layer by layer, just like the collapse of a high-rise building. The material world and the inner world all smashed into the meditation world, splashing blood waves all over the sky!
But the blood wave couldn't break free.

Everything is compressed into black dots.

Even Raven's consciousness disappeared at this moment.

Like the Big Bang, the black spot exploded, and Raven's consciousness returned, and his vision was divided into three layers again.

However, everything is different.

At the bottom, the nebula disappeared, the sea of ​​blood was nowhere to be seen, and only an ocean remained.

Deep purple ocean!

An invisible portal leading to the star realm is floating on the surface of the ocean; on both sides of the portal are two huge whirlpools like eyes of the sea!

This sea water is the embodiment of magical elements, and the whirlpool is continuously converting it into magic power!
In the inner world, two vortexes of magic power spewed out magic power at a speed more than ten times faster than before!
In the real world above, the air was filled with light blue magical starlight, and they gathered on Raven like fireflies!

The magic power of the original third-level one-star increased rapidly at this moment, and the two-star, three-star...

It didn't stop until it reached the four-star level and just broke through the five-star level.

Raven slowly opened his eyes, and the silver light of his mental power disappeared like smoke.

“The True Ancestor’s blood core…” Raven clenched his fists. “I have only digested it now!”

Although he is only level three, four stars, Raven's magic power is three times that of a magician of the same level. In other words, his current magic power limit has exceeded the limit of a level three magician.

On the other hand, the starry sky of the meditation world turned into an ocean, which also meant that his efficiency in absorbing magic power was further improved. Even if the upper limit of magic power was expanded a lot, his natural promotion speed would not be slower than that of a mage of the same level.

What's more, Raven can use magic cores to strengthen his magic power.

Perhaps, the day when we can fight against the Church of Light is not as far away as we imagined.

After a short silence, Raven stood up and left the room. Seeing Patty standing at the door in a daze, he sighed and walked forward to pat her skirt.

"Ah!" Petty came back to her senses and her eyes lit up when she saw Raven: "Lord Baron!"

Recently, although Raven's activities have been very regular, everyone in Eagle Castle knows that Raven has not been able to get out of the situation. Everyone is worried, including Petty.

After a few days, Patty started to have dark circles under her eyes.

"Go, tell the kitchen to prepare something fresh and refreshing for me." Raven said, "Tell them not to cook fish. I have been eating fish for the past few days and my burps smell like fish."

"Yes, Baron, I'll go right away!" Petty smiled sincerely.

She walked away quickly, but suddenly stopped, turned around, threw herself at Raven and gave him a big hug.

Before Raven could react, she turned around with a red face and ran away quickly.

Raven chuckled and stretched.

No matter what difficulties you go through, life must go on.

Constantly putting pressure on yourself will not only fail to improve your efficiency, but it would be really bad if the string broke.

Rubbing the birthday gift Lux gave him, Raven said to himself, "Don't worry, wait for me!"

It was a rare occasion for the Baron to make a request in person, so the kitchen naturally put a lot of thought into it, and soon a table of dishes was placed in front of Raven.

A small plate of vegetable salad - that is, mixed cold dishes, with tender cucumbers smashed into pieces, lettuce leaves torn, and ripe and soft tomatoes added, drizzled with a little fruit vinegar, piled up with a fork, and stuffed into the mouth, full of fragrance.

There is also sliced ​​bacon on the plate. The knife is very skilled and each slice is as thin as a cicada's wing. Pick up a corner and put it in your mouth to chew carefully, and the salty and smoky meat aroma will spread.

At this time, it is so refreshing to lower your head and take a sip of the cold porridge!
Old Gordon stood by and, as usual, reported on matters that should be paid attention to in the near future.

When he was talking about something, Raven almost spit out his food: "... Can you say it again?"

Old Gordon pushed up his monocle: "Margaret..."

"I didn't ask the previous one." Raven waved his hand: "How much sleep do you think she got these days?"

"Well, it's hard to count the exact number." Old Gordon coughed, "Anyway, there are currently nine women who have reported to me that Margaret seduced their boyfriends or husbands."

"Okay..." Raven rubbed his chin and his expression began to become strange.

Margaret's problem needs to be treated.

"Are the Death Hand group still in Eagle Town?" Raven asked.

"Yes, Baron." Old Gordon said, "But about two months ago, they moved to the Pride of Lion King."

Yes, after all, Crystal Palace’s expenses are not low, and they probably don’t have that much spare money.

"I see."

After the meal, Raven called Margaret and gave her an order - to approach the members of the Death Hand Cult, especially Doug.

Get a clear grasp of their whereabouts, the more detailed the better. Margaret was bored, and Doug was indeed a handsome guy, so she agreed immediately.

After sitting in the room for a while, Raven ran his fingers over his schedule and decided to change it up a bit.

This incident made him realize one thing more deeply.

Time waits for no one, expand your strength as soon as possible!
He put on his clothes and went out, soon arriving at Buggy's alchemy shop.

The door was locked and the keyhole was covered with dust, obviously it had not been opened for a long time.

When Raven walked into the laboratory from the back door, Bucky simply saluted and then continued to immerse himself in his work.

He is also improving the magic potion that can awaken people to become mages.

If enchantment is a combination of painting and sculpture, then alchemy is a chemical experiment.

It can be roughly divided into four steps.

"Material division", "preparation", "blending" and "storage".

The so-called "material division" means selecting and sorting the raw materials needed.

This process tests the alchemist's experience and vision. After all, even if the magical plants are produced by the same company, the medicinal properties and quality they contain will vary.

The second step, “preparation”, is to process each raw material.

Including but not limited to grinding, crushing, roasting, juicing, boiling, filtering, extracting and so on.

The third step, “blending”, as the name suggests, is to mix the prepared raw materials together in a specific order.

The same materials may produce completely different effects if used in different orders.

There is a well-known case in the alchemical circle.

The three raw materials are the same: red mist fruit, hematite powder, and jellyfish gel. The processing methods are the same, but depending on the order, three different products can be produced: "Fire Glue", "Primary Rage Potion", and "Suffocation Potion".

The last step, “storage”, is of utmost importance.

Different potions require different storage methods. Some require wood, some require stone, and some require leather. Otherwise, once the potion and the container react, it will either become ineffective or produce unpredictable products.

Because of the complexity of the preparation process, a set of alchemical equipment itself is also composed of many parts.

For example, this third-level "Secret Chamber" alchemy set, produced by the Mage Guild, cost 8536 gold coins.

It has a surface made of extremely corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant magic-patterned iron as its top, and there is a magic fire pit on the lower left side, which can withstand up to the third level of magic input and produce a unique third-level cyan magic flame.

This is also the most expensive part of the whole set.

In addition, there are flame-resistant cauldrons made of star iron, crushers powered by magic, distillers made of glass jars, and various test tubes and beakers.

The equipment is in operation, and most of the processing of auxiliary materials has been completed and they have been mixed and placed in the magic crucible.

The only one still being processed is Mantilagan.

This is a second-level magic plant. The "Mantilla Root" distilled from it is an extremely excellent fixative that can greatly enhance the stability of the medicine.

After the distillation was completed, Bucky held half a bottle of Mantilagen in his hand and began to shake the bottle violently.

Raven's brows jumped.

Although mantilagen is a setting agent, its properties are extremely unstable. It will quickly denature when shaken violently and become a highly corrosive liquid.

As Bucky shook it in his hand, the originally dark green mantilagen turned black, and the bulging bubbles quickly filled the inner wall of the container.

With sweat on his forehead, Buggy immediately poured the completely denatured Mantilagen into the magic crucible.

With a sizzling sound, white smoke accompanied by a pungent smell spread out, and the originally colorful ingredients turned into a bowl of black sesame paste.

Raven's frown relaxed a little.

Next, Bucky took out the golden magma obtained from the locust-headed bee and poured it into the crucible along the edge.

Oddly enough, after being washed by the golden lava, bits of black debris continued to settle down, and the bowl of sesame paste was suddenly dyed golden red and became clear and transparent.

Bucky breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his head, filtered the clear liquid into a clean beaker, and heated it until tiny bubbles continued to emerge on the surface, like a bowl of boiling sugar water, or like rolling magma.

Carefully opening the drawer, Bucky took out a kumquat, pierced its skin with a golden needle, and let the juice flow into the beaker containing the solution little by little. When half of the kumquat shriveled, he immediately threw it in.

The golden fruit fell into the solution and scatter like an egg in boiling water.

Bucky tapped his head and sighed in disappointment, "Failed again!"

Because in the solution, there are dozens or even hundreds of tiny golden fragments floating around visible to the naked eye. These are the medicinal properties of Congyun Kumquat that have not been able to fully take effect.

Raven stroked his chin. "You switched to using shaken Mantilagen in order to reduce the strong medicinal properties of the excipients as much as possible, so as not to affect the purity of the final product."

"Yes, Baron." Bucky nodded. "Your vision is really accurate, but it still does not meet expectations!"

After a little thought, Raven said, "Have you ever considered not boiling it in the last step, but using cold brew instead?"

"Cold brew, this..." Bucky lowered his head and thought, then pulled up a slightly dirty parchment and began to write something on it. Gradually, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Maybe it works, I'll try it now!"

Production begins again.

This time with Raven's help, the process was much faster, but there were still a few failures. Bucky felt a pang of pain when he saw Raven casually pouring those "failed products" into the waste liquid bucket.

You know, any one of these potions can be exchanged for at least four or five thousand gold coins!

However, confidentiality is still of utmost importance. If people knew that the Eagle Territory could produce magic potions on its own, not to mention others, the Mage Guild would immediately wipe the entire territory off the map!
When the fourth batch of potion was completed, as the Kumquat of Congyun completely dissolved in the solution, the entire potion underwent miraculous changes.

In the crimson solution, golden spots of light danced.

"Perfect, so perfect, Baron!" Buggy grinned excitedly and rubbed his hands together.

"There is this method. As long as the person who takes it has the potential to become a magician, then it will definitely not fail!"

Raven smiled and poured the magic casting potion in the beaker into the potion bottle himself.

Indeed, this potion is perfect enough.

If there is any regret, it is that the Congyun kumquats have been consumed and it will take at least half a year before the next batch.

Raven was thinking all the way about who to give this first third-level magic-forging potion to. When he returned to the castle, he had already made a decision.

Anyone who takes it must be absolutely loyal and reliable, and will not reveal anything to others, whether successful or unsuccessful.

He called Petty over and placed the potion on the table: "Drink it."

Patty knew nothing about magic, but this potion was so beautiful, like a bottle of flowing gold, it looked extremely precious at first glance.

"Is this really for me?"

Raven smiled gently, "Of course."

Patty picked up the bottle between her slender fingers and uncorked it, and immediately a fragrance that almost permeated her soul filled the air.

She closed her eyes and drank the potion in one gulp!

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(End of this chapter)