Almighty Alchemist

From this day on, the magic plants in area 13 changed from forty-two varieties to forty-three varieties.

Gong Hao has another job - to take care of that strange magic plant that looks like a ghost face flower.

Gong Hao found out that this flower was really not a ghost face flower. Not only is it not a ghost face flower, but it is also completely non-aggressive.

As for why it grows like this, Gong Hao believes that this is a kind of protective color for it. The Ghost Face Flower is a well-known vicious plant in Fengming Continent. Except for humans, it has almost no natural enemies. Just think about its terrible toxicity, which makes the place where it is located turn into a barren place, and you can understand the horror of this flower.

There are many precedents in the natural world where some weak and small creatures use bright colors to camouflage and protect themselves from being violated. And the flower in front of me is obviously like this.

It disguises itself as a ghost face flower, so that most herbivorous monsters dare not invade it. It's just that it can fool ignorant beasts, but it cannot fool humans. Lancelot easily saw through its disguise, and brought it back to the castle.

To Gong Hao's surprise, this kind of protective color usually only appears on some weak monsters, and a few magical plants with strong spirituality will also evolve protective colors for themselves, but there has never been a plant that can make itself exactly the same as other types of magic plants.

The flower in front of me not only made itself look like other flowers, but also imitated the most vicious ghost face flower, which is a bit unbelievable.

Are plants also intelligent?

He suddenly remembered this sentence: "Desire is the source of wisdom, and emotion is the embodiment of desire."

So, does this mysterious flower also have desires?

Thinking of this, Gong Hao immediately acted.

First, the kettle was lifted up, but the flower did not respond, and no movement could be seen. Gong Hao added some wet soil to the flowerpot, but it still remained the same.

Frowning slightly, Gong Hao muttered to himself: "I don't know what you like, what you hate, what you are afraid of, but I think if you have wisdom, you should have some basic ways of expressing it. If you can't cooperate with me and let me know how to take care of you, then I can only use some drastic methods."

He picked up the big scissors and aimed at the stem of the flower, as if he wanted to cut it off.

The flower immediately made a magnetic sound, and the entire flower disc began to condense backward.

Gong Hao smiled with satisfaction.

"Okay, now I know how you express fear, but you don't express how you like. It seems that you don't care much about drinking water, so what do you care? Let me think about what's in the swamp..."

Gong Hao thought hard.

His eyes suddenly lit up: "The spotted poisonous python? Damn it, how did I forget about it?"

Gong Hao rushed out and came to the library. He quickly found records about the spotted python. This is a very terrifying giant python, and their toxicity is no worse than that of the ghost face flower. But the saliva of this monster has a surprisingly good effect on the growth of some magic plants. Therefore, wherever the poisonous spotted python exists, it must be a place with lush vegetation.

saliva? Is it the saliva of the spotted python? Gong Hao suddenly understood.

Damn it, where did I get the saliva for this thing?

At that moment, he thought of Lancelot.

He seemed to have defeated a spotted poison python and brought this flower back.

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Andrew frowned deeply:

"Forgive my ears, are you sure I heard correctly? A servant actually wants to dispatch a sky warrior to catch the spotted poison python for him?"

Sky Samurai? That's a level nine warrior!

Gong Hao's heart skipped a beat, this is already close to the sanctuary realm.

The warriors in Fengming Continent are divided into ranks, except for the sanctuary, the highest is the star warrior. The following are sky warriors, earth warriors, and sea warriors. Marine warriors are level seven warriors, and warriors above level seven are also called free warriors. That is to say, the general country will not impose mandatory regulations on warriors of this level, but hire them with a lot of money.

Except for the legendary existence of the Sanctuary, it is said that there are no more than 500 sky warriors in the entire Fengming Continent. Distributed all over the continent, there may be only a few sky warriors in a country.

No wonder he dared to go deep into the central area and defeat the seventh-level poisonous python.

Andrew looked at Gong Hao with dark eyes.

"It's like this...Master Andrew." Gong Hao stammered: "You know that the flower was sent by Lord Lancelot, and he needed me to grow it alive. But I found that the flower doesn't like water to nourish itself. It doesn't seem to absorb nutrients from the soil, because... I found that its rhizome has degraded seriously, and it hardly has the ability to absorb."

Andrew looked at the blond boy in front of him, sincerely, this little guy worked hard, worked hard, and he had a pretty good impression of Xiu Yi. "Then you mean..."

"I think this kind of flower is very strange. It seems to have strong intelligence, so it is also very picky."

"My concern is what kind of material it can provide."

"It's not very clear yet. Yes, Lord Andrew, I can chop it up and hand it over to you for research, but you know, in case it has any important function, and we can't find a second flower like this..."

Andrew understood: "Well, you can ask Lancelot to help. He lives by the lake."

So Lancelot doesn't live in the castle? Gong Hao was overjoyed, but the next moment he still said with a look of fear: "But my lord, you know that the lakeside is a forbidden area."

Andrew said impatiently: "It's not a forbidden place there, it's just that Lancelot doesn't want others to disturb his cultivation, and we don't want this guy to disturb our work... Anyway, that place doesn't matter, you can go there to find him. You have your badge, and the castle warriors won't stop you from going out."

"Thank you, my lord."

"However." Andrew took a deep look at Gong Hao: "If you want to take this opportunity to escape from Purgatory Island, then your fate will only be to be buried in that jungle."

Gong Hao looked confused: "Master Andrew, why did I run away? I eat well and sleep well here, and the work is not too heavy."

Andrew smiled with satisfaction: "That's right, you really have no reason to run away. Then go, you go to Lancelot, bring this list to him, and tell him that this is the dosage needed for tomorrow. Of course, add your spotted poison python to it."

"Yes, Lord Andrew."

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Lancelot lived in a cabin by the lake.

This samurai of the sky is not advocating luxury, on the contrary, he likes to get back to nature. The scenery of the lake is beautiful, but the facilities of the wooden house are very simple.

Gong Hao has heard that many high-ranking warriors live a simple life, because a life of luxury and lust is the biggest obstacle to human progress. In order to pursue a higher level of martial arts, they almost gave up all the enjoyment and devoted themselves to practicing hard.

Hard work is always the best talent.

Of course, there are always exceptions to everything. I heard that in the Southern Continent, there is a sanctuary who must make a big show whenever he goes in and out, and even has seven or eight attendants to serve him when he eats.

From this, Gong Hao felt that everything has its own track, but human behavior has no logic at all.

Walking towards the lake from a distance, before reaching the wooden house, Gong Hao smelled a pungent burning smell.

Something seemed to be burning.

He ran over quickly, only to see a person walking out of the wooden house, it was Lancelot.

It's just that compared with his calm and generous demeanor yesterday, Lancelot at this moment is in a state of embarrassment. His armor was covered with black and ash, and his face was black and white. He looked as if he had just experienced a big battle and was beaten into a mess.

But when Gong Hao saw him like this, he almost burst out laughing, he understood what happened too well.

Sure enough, Lancelot's angry whisper reached his ears: "Damn it, why is cooking so difficult?"

That's right, this big man who was admired by thousands of people even in the empire was defeated by a meal. Annoyed, he took out a pot of burnt food from the house, and poured it to the open space on one side.

The wooden house is full of rubbish littered by the sky warrior. The wooden house is not only simple, but also dirty.

It seems that the excessive study of martial arts has caused this solitary warrior to lose the basic ability of human survival. Under the gorgeous and powerful appearance, there is a low energy for life hidden.

Gong Hao stepped forward and bowed respectfully: "Lord Lancelot."

Lancelot glanced at Gong Hao: "Is it you? I remember I told Andrew once, don't send anyone to disturb my cleaning at random. What, did you violate the rules of the castle, or Andrew has become so arrogant that he doesn't take me seriously?"

Despite his embarrassment, Lancelot's tone of voice at this moment is still the demeanor of a king. He didn't even need to move his hands, a huge aura had already enveloped Gong Hao's whole body, restraining him so much that he couldn't move at all.

Compared with his poor life skills, this sky warrior's fighting ability is terrifyingly powerful!

Gong Hao hurriedly shouted: "No, that's not the case. I'm sending you tomorrow's list on the order of Master Andrew."

The aura disappeared, and Gong Hao finally regained his freedom.

Lancelot looked at Gong Hao and suddenly laughed: "You really think I'm going to kill you?"

Gong Hao quickly replied: "Lord Lancelot, as the most peak warrior in the empire, of course he disdains to attack a lowly servant like me."

"Hmph, the most peak warrior... so what, he was sent to this deserted island to do this kind of work as a monster hunter." Lancelot's tone was full of resentment. It's no wonder that such a top warrior should have contributed to the protection of the country and enjoyed the worship of countless people in the country. Here, he has to obey Hines, and even his two student assistants can give orders to him.

Gong Hao hurriedly said: "Lord Lancelot, the existence of Purgatory Island is related to the rise of the empire in the future. Those who can be sent here are the most trusted and valued figures of the country, and they can even be said to control the fate of the empire. From this, it can be seen that the empire still attaches great importance to you. Besides, only a warrior like you can deal with those powerful monsters on Purgatory Island."

Lancelot looked at Gong Hao: "Very well, you are a very good talker, but there are some things you don't understand. Forget it, give me the list, and go back and ask Andrew to send me a meal."

Gong Hao handed over the list: "If your lord needs to eat, maybe I can help."

Lancelot looked at him in surprise: "Do you know how to cook?"

"Yes, my lord, I used to work as a handyman at Baron Harden's house, where I did various things, including cooking."

"Baron Harden? I remember that there was once a Minister of Etiquette in the Empire whose surname was Harden."

"Yes, Baron Harden is the descendant of that minister."

"No wonder you are so polite. It turned out that you came from the House of Etiquette. You must know that in the history of the empire, Old Harden was famous for his stubbornness and stalemate." Lancelot muttered, and it seemed that he knew the history of the empire very well.

"Okay." Lancelot said, "I can try your handiwork. It just so happens that there is some saber rhino meat that I haven't had time to spoil."

Half an hour later, Gong Hao brought up the roasted sword rhinoceros meat, which was golden in color and full of aroma, and Lancelot's index finger moved wildly.

He tore off a piece and tasted it, with a satisfied smile on his face: "Very good, very delicious, much better than the cook in the castle."

"My lord Lancelot, the meat of the sword rhinoceros is still a bit tough, and it's actually not suitable to be a delicacy on the table. Moreover, there are not enough condiments and spices here, so I can only cook it casually. I think if I am given a chance, I can make it even more delicious."

"Really?" Lancelot was very moved. He really wanted to taste the delicacies that Gong Hao had made for him with all his efforts.

But the next moment, Gong Hao regretted: "But unfortunately, I can only come today."

"Why?"

"Because the poisonous python on the list is actually what I need. So Lord Andrew ordered me to send the list along the way."

Lancelot immediately understood: "Is it for the pot of flowers I gave you yesterday?"

"Yes, Lord Lancelot, you have told me to take good care of it. I don't want to disappoint you, but without the spotted poison python, I'm afraid I can't keep it alive."

Lancelot nodded: "So that's the case. What part of the spotted python do you need?"

"Its saliva."

"That's troublesome. If you know this, I have to catch you a live one. It's not difficult for me to catch a live one. The problem is that it's a seventh-level monster. How do you plan to get saliva from its mouth? Do you think it's a weeping weed, and you can pinch your face and squeeze it?"

Gong Hao immediately sighed pitifully: "Oh, I know it's troublesome, but what can I do. I can only try desperately."

"Well..." Lancelot frowned and thought for a while: "Okay, for the sake of your food, maybe I can teach you a few things."

When Lancelot said this, Gong Hao was shocked.

His original plan was to find a way to have a good relationship with Lancelotella no matter what. In this way, Andrew would definitely treat him differently. When he discovered that Lancelot was troubled by cooking skills, he had already made up his mind to get Lancelot to help him by cooking for Lancelot every day, such as extracting the saliva of the spotted poison python. But he never expected that Lancelot didn't intend to do this at all. He planned to directly teach Gong Hao to practice fighting qi and martial arts. In this way, even if it was still impossible for him to deal with a seventh-level monster, it would be much easier to deal with a monster that was locked up and sealed most of its abilities.

Happiness is like this sometimes falling from the sky. It always gives you a higher return than expected after you put in enough effort.

Lancelot's laziness gave Gong Hao a chance to learn fighting spirit, if he didn't know how to seize this opportunity, he would be really stupid.

The matter was decided in this way, and Lancelot wrote a receipt asking Gong Hao to return to the castle and hand it over to Andrew. From today onwards, Gong Hao will be in charge of delivering the list. In this way, Gong Hao can not only follow him to learn battle qi, but also cook for him, killing two birds with one stone.

Surely Andrew wouldn't object to that - yet another apprentice had been released from the servitude.

In this way, Hugh Igleser got another job - sending Lancelot a collection list of monsters every day and preparing three meals a day for him.

Before leaving, Gong Hao couldn't help asking Lancelot a question: "Mr. Lancelot, can I ask you a question?"

"Don't call me a teacher. I just teach you some of the most common basics. As for the higher-level things, I don't intend to teach you. Okay, what's your problem?"

"Yes, Lord Lancelot, I just want to know, since you can get food from the castle, why do you have to work so hard to cook for yourself every day?"

"Hmph." Lancelot replied with a proud cold snort: "Who dares to eat something made by an alchemist? Poison is just like a golem, they are their housekeeping skills. Of course, they dare not poison me, but I don't want to eat food from a butcher with bloody hands either!"

boom!

It was as if a muffled thunder exploded in Gong Hao's mind.