Almighty Alchemist

The material collection area in the castle contains a total of about 300 kinds of monsters, 400 kinds of magic insects and 500 kinds of magic plants. It is divided into 60 areas, each of which is managed by 60 young servants, and provides various designated materials for the alchemist Haines. In different regions, the number of varieties of monsters and magic plants is also different. In some areas, there may be as many as a hundred kinds of magic plants or magic insects, while in some areas, only one or two kinds of monsters exist. Those that exist in small quantities tend to be more dangerous and more difficult to collect materials.

Gong Hao's job is to take care of the forty-two varieties in area 13, a total of eighty-six magic plants. Most of these eighty-six magic plants come from the jungle of Lianhe Island, and four of them are almost extinct in Fengming Continent, and there are only a few of them in Lianhe Island.

Once the caretaker accidentally kills a plant, maybe the entire Fengming Continent will lose a species.

Today Gong Hao is pruning a Asparagus. This kind of grass is like a spiritual creature, and its branches and leaves will shake around like human arms. Its rhizome is red and highly corrosive. If it accidentally touches the skin, it will cause large-scale ulceration, so Gong Hao must be careful when handling it.

"Hey, Xiuyi." A little head got into the flower shed.

Gong Hao turned around and saw that it was Fink.

"Why are you here?" Gong Hao asked.

Fink came in with a smile and said, "I've done my work, anyway, I have nothing to do, so I'll come and see you."

"It sounds like you have an easy job."

"My luck is pretty good. Hey, did you hear that? Brent's unlucky bastard was assigned to Area 9. There was a terrifying saber-toothed beast there. The head of the saber-toothed beast alone was as big as a table, and its teeth were long and sharp. Wow, that thing is really scary." Fink's tone was a little gloating, but the little guy's way of speaking was still naive.

He gestured to the head of the saber-toothed beast with his hands, his face full of exaggerated expressions.

This Brent once bullied Huey and Fink when he was on the boat. At that time, Gong Hao hadn't crossed yet, and the two little boys were beaten badly by Brent, who was a head taller than them. Maybe it was because of his burly body, Thaker arranged for him to serve the ferocious fourth-level monster in area 9.

"Yes, I've heard that, and I also heard that Brent cried on the spot." Gong Hao smiled.

"That's right." Fink said triumphantly, "His job is to grind some powder from the teeth of that saber-toothed beast every day. I heard that it has very magical effects. But the saber-toothed beast probably doesn't like other people treating its teeth like this."

"The tooth powder of the saber-toothed beast can be used to make mana-blocking potions. The saber-toothed beast itself cannot release any spells, but they are extremely powerful. The most rare thing is that they can resist most magical attacks. So its teeth are not only its weapon, but also its self-defense weapon." Gong Hao said.

"How do you know?" Fink was surprised.

Putting the pruned asparagus back into the flower pot, Gong Hao replied: "You know that I once served them on Baron Harden's mansion. Baron Harden likes to hunt. There is a Red Leaf Mountain in Southwell Town. He is a frequent visitor there, and he also took his son to go there. Once we found a saber-toothed beast on the Red Leaf Mountain, and the ferocious guy killed three people on the spot. The baron was so scared that he became seriously ill when he came back. After that, he didn't go to Red Leaf again for half a year Shan. That's when I heard about the saber-toothed beast."

From Hugh Igleser's memory, Gong Hao discovered that Baron Harden is a good person. He is cheerful and generous by nature, but it is a pity that he does not have much business ability. If it weren't for the support of his ancestral property, he might have gone bankrupt long ago. Now Baron Harden actually has nothing but that piece of pastoral land.

What a pity, if the baron had more money, maybe he wouldn't be sold to this ghostly place.

Well, instead of regretting the baron's downfall, it's better to be angry at my aunt's greed.

After pruning the asparagus grass, Gong Hao has done his last job.

Even though it was only the second day he came to Lianhe Island, Gong Hao quickly grasped all the matters that need to be paid attention to in his work. In his previous life, he was a top student in the Department of Chemistry, and he often participated in various chemical experiments, so his hands-on ability was extremely strong.

"Okay, I'm done with my work, Fink, let's go for a walk together. It's better not to stay here if you have nothing to do." Gong Hao said.

"What's the matter? I think this place is very good. Look how beautiful the flowers are blooming." Fink pointed to a brightly blooming red flower not far away.

Gong Hao's face changed drastically, and he shouted: "Be careful!"

The beautiful flower pointed by Fink suddenly bloomed, and under the calyx was a large circle of densely packed sharp teeth, and then bit down on Fink's finger.

Gong Hao rushed over and threw Fink to the ground. The calyx with sharp knife teeth rubbed against Gong Hao's shoulder and tore off a piece of flesh on his arm.

The flower stem retracted and swallowed the bloody piece of meat. The thick flower stem was like a human neck, and the movement of chewing and swallowing could be clearly seen, making the scalp numb.

Fink's little face paled with horror. "Oh, I'm sorry, Huey, I really didn't know that flower could do that."

"It's the bloody orchid, a jungle killer, almost extinct now, and this is the only one. Damn it, I just fed it, and it's still not full." Gong Hao gritted his teeth in pain, the skin sensitivity of the boy was far more sensitive than that of an adult, and the wound where a large piece of flesh was torn off was burning hot.

After glaring at Fink, Gong Hao said helplessly, "Don't approach the plants here lightly, you must know that not only creatures with fangs and sharp claws are scary."

"Like a woman." Fink said quickly.

Gong Hao looked at Fink in surprise: "Who told you?"

"My father, he used to be an excellent businessman, but in the end he was swept away by a woman. He got drunk because of this, and then died. I had nothing to rely on, so I was sold here. Before he died, he told me that all beautiful women are terrible creatures. But I didn't expect a flower to be like this."

Gong Hao thought of the female intern who blew up the entire laboratory and sent herself here, and put her arms around Fink's head: "Yes, your father is right...and, even women who are not so beautiful are equally scary."

"But I still like to see pretty girls." Fink said with a silly smile.

Gong Hao also laughed, his body shook a few times, touching the wound, causing him to breathe out softly in pain.

"Hey, your injury is serious, you have lost a lot of blood. Let's go to Lord Andrew, this is an alchemy castle, and it has the best healing potion."

"No!" Gong Hao was startled, and grabbed Fink: "Fink, I'm your good friend, right?"

"Yes, what's the matter?" Fink was a little surprised.

"Did I save your finger just now?"

"Maybe it's the whole hand... Its mouth is so big. Well, what the hell are you trying to tell me, Huey? Your injury is serious and you can't delay."

"Then listen to me, Fink, you owe me a favor. I want you to pay me back now."

"You tell me what to do, and I will listen to you."

"Well, don't tell anyone about my injury. Remember, don't tell anyone."

Fink looked at Gong Hao foolishly, Gong Hao sighed softly: "Believe me, Fink, this place is not as simple as you imagined. I just don't want Andrew to know that I'm useless. On the contrary, we have to do better than anyone else."

"Is that necessary?" Fink asked suspiciously: "We are just servants, no matter how well we do, we will not be promoted."

"It's very necessary." Gong Hao affirmed: "Remember, Fink, don't come here to find me if you have nothing to do in the future. If there is something to do, I will go to you. I have to understand the environment here first, and then make a decision."

"Okay Xiuyi, you just saved me, I listen to you. But is your injury really all right?"

"Trust me, flesh and blood injuries are nothing serious." Gong Hao said with certainty.

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If a person cannot see clearly the environment he is in, then he is doomed to be mediocre all his life.

This sentence was taught to him by Gong Hao's father.

No matter what kind of place Purgatory Island is, Gong Hao can be sure that this place is by no means a paradise for philanthropists.

The servants here are all bought from the market by the Lance Empire and sent here, and the jobs here are not safe. If you can be sent elsewhere if you don't work hard, doesn't that mean that only those who are inactive can escape danger?

This kind of paradox will never appear in any intelligent world, whether it is the material world or the magical world.

Moreover, the castle on Purgatory Island has existed for 20 years. It doesn't make sense that even 60 servants who are willing to work hard can't be found in the past 20 years. There must be something wrong!

Because those who were sent to the island were all underage and half-grown children, they were not deeply involved in the world, and many of them did not understand the deceitfulness of the human heart. A simple lie can deceive everyone, but it is impossible to deceive Gong Hao. After all, his thinking is already an adult.

Just to cover up, many times he has to speak like a twelve-year-old child, but he always unintentionally reveals the maturity of an adult. This puts him at odds with the rest of the teens, save for Funk.

Unfortunately, Fink is still naive, and there are many things he can't tell Fink. He couldn't tell him that the place was probably pulling all the people who didn't work hard and killing them, or doing something with them.

No, it should not be execution.

Send some young people from thousands of miles every month, and then pick out a batch to kill? This is pointless behavior. Purgatory Island is not a place of execution.

So where did the missing young servants go? What did you do? No matter what the answer is, it must be related to the alchemy experiment!

But what kind of experiment needs so many people?

Gong Hao realized that in this world, alchemy is a huge systematic project, but his own understanding of this aspect is actually too little.

Maybe it's time to study the mysteries of alchemy before finding out for yourself.

After sending Fink away, Gong Hao looked at the eighty-six magic plants in the greenhouse, and he thought that maybe his understanding of alchemy should start from these plants.

The wound hurts!