Arcane Lord

After dinner, on the way back, Xia Duo mentioned the Void Warehouse again, "I will take care of the Jingso Automation. You must also hurry up in the Void Warehouse. This matter is really important!"

"Don't worry, I will start preparations tomorrow. Do you have any suggestions?" Niya also became serious.

"I only have some ideas, and I have also made some prototypes of link plans, but you still have to do the specifics. But if the automation is completed quickly enough, I will also help!"

"When you say that, I feel confident."

A relaxed smile appeared on Niya's face, but there was also a trace of competitive fireworks in her eyes.

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The next day, Niya convened the team to start a new project in the Void Warehouse, while Shado counted the elemental spirits he currently possessed in the laboratory.

There are less than a hundred pieces, and most of them come from the inventory in the Wind Fortress given by the Calimshan Mairead family. A small part comes from the Arctic exploration and the harvest of elemental creatures.

There are many elemental creatures in the Arctic continent, but not every elemental creature can obtain elemental essence after killing it. Using the analogy of human soul, it is almost like after killing a human, the soul of the other person is directly separated out in material form.

If you want to stably obtain the souls of normal creatures such as humans, you need to use the [Soul Imprisonment Technique]. Sha Duo also tried to use the [Soul Imprisonment Technique] on elemental creatures when he was in the North Pole before, but he did not get the result. Elemental essence.

Obviously, elemental spirits are similar to the souls of normal creatures, but not exactly the same. For elemental spirits, there should be a method similar to [Soul Entrapment Technique] to obtain them stably.

Of course, it is also possible that not all elemental creatures have elemental spirits. This is temporarily doubtful, but Xia Duo guesses that when elemental creatures are powerful enough to a certain extent, they must have elements.

It is somewhat similar to the fruit produced after a crop matures. This also has a similar effect on normal organisms, that is, the fetus does not have obvious soul characteristics and needs to grow to a certain level to have a soul.

The more intelligent a creature is, the earlier it can acquire a soul.

Therefore, if you want to obtain a stable supply of elemental essence, you still have to find a more professional person, that is, Calimshan.

At present, there are less than a hundred elemental essences, which may not be enough for automated experiments, let alone used purely as consumables to produce 280,000 node magic weapons.

No matter how confident Xia Duo was, he would not have such delusions, so he contacted Taraf of the Mairead family and mentioned the purchase of elemental spirits.

Tarafu agreed without any hesitation, "The family element ranch happened to have a harvest recently. I wonder what level and attribute of the essence Lord Shado needs?"

"The research I am currently conducting requires the use of a lot of elemental essences. If it is convenient, the higher the level, the better. Let's have a little of each attribute!"

Xia Duo was not sure what attributes and levels of elemental essences were needed for essence automation, but he thought that the higher the level and the more types, it would definitely be more convenient.

Even if it may be wasted this time, it is a necessary price.

"No problem. In addition to normal transactions, the Mairead family is also willing to give you four elder-level elemental essences for free, which is a small gesture."

Tarafu's reply was a little later than Sha Duo expected. Perhaps he went to discuss it with his father and grandfather, and the gift of elder elemental essence he mentioned was a bit beyond Sha Duo's expectations.

Shado had indeed helped the Mairead family a lot when he was in Kalishan, but the other party had already given him a lot of rewards at that time. Not to mention anything else, just the storm fortress on the elemental plane was not Generally money can measure it.

This time he came again, Xia Duo had an inexplicable feeling of being well-deserved, but now was the critical moment when he needed the elemental essence, so he did not pretend to be generous and refused, but agreed. Come down.

Favors come and go as long as they come and go, but we don't live in a vacuum. How can we balance everything without any gain or loss?

After receiving the gift, Xia Duo expressed his gratitude to the Mairead family and expressed the friendship between the two parties. He extended an invitation to Ta Lafu to come to Daxia as a guest.

And Tarafu said——

"The previous turmoil has not completely passed. When the turmoil subsides completely, I will go to Netheril to disturb Lord Shado."

This was considered an agreement, so Xia Duo brought the topic back to elemental spirits. He asked Tarafu: "I am very curious, what is the difference between elder-level elemental spirits and ordinary elemental spirits?"

"There is no essential difference, except that elder-level elemental creatures can no longer be obtained through breeding, and each elder-level elemental creature has extraordinary wisdom. Elemental creatures of this level can only be obtained through war."

I see!

Sha Duo suddenly understood. At the same time, he finally confirmed that Calimshan has a mature elemental spirit industry. At least elemental spirits below the elder level should be mass-produced by Calimshan.

However, at this moment, he did not mention the introduction of the elemental biological breeding industry to Tarafu. He first wanted to make sure that the elemental essence could become a universal automated solution.

Moreover, such a major project is not suitable for remote communication and negotiation. It is best to find a formal opportunity for both parties to sit down and talk equally.

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Then, Xia Duo and Tarafu chatted for a while, mainly on the topic of elemental spirits. For example, lord-level spirits higher than the elder level are even more rare and precious.

The core of the Storm Fortress is a lord-level essence, which corresponds to a lord-level elemental creature, or elemental lord.

Of course, there are strong and weak elemental lords. The weak ones may not be as good as some powerful elemental elders, while the strong ones have almost no upper limit.

There is essentially no difference between elemental creatures below the lord level. When you reach the lord level, you will have a natural command ability and can control a large number of similar elemental creatures, even those stronger than them.

Instead of being a lord, one can only rely on violence to subdue other elements, rather than control.

Although Tarafu did not mention how lord-level elemental creatures are generated, it is obvious that even lower-level elemental elders cannot be obtained through raising them, and the conditions for the generation of elemental lords are definitely more stringent.

If you want to obtain a lord-level elemental essence, it is probably impossible to engage in a general war. Unless you miss it, there is a high probability that you will have an all-out war with a large group of elemental creatures.

Previously, Xia Duo thought that the value of the Storm Fortress might lie in the elemental plane or the collection of the library in the fortress. Now it seems that the lord-level elemental essence that maintains the fortress is no less than the other two!

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